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Distributed for Liverpool University Press

Translated by S. J. B. Barnish

Cassiodorus

`Variae'

254 pages,  8.3 x 5.8  © 1992
Series: Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians

Paper $25.00

ISBN: 9780853234364   Published June 1992
For sale in North America only

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
 
A. ITALY, A.D. 395-550
 
B. THE VARIAE
       1.   The Compilation
       2.   The Character of the Variae
       3.   The Variae as Separate Documents
       4.   The Variae as a Historical Source:
                                                  a Caution
       5.   The Variae: Text and Editions;
               Selectino, Dating and Translation
 
C. THE HOUSE OF THE CASSIODORI (ORDO GENERIS
                                                               CASSIODORORUM)
 
D. CASSIODORUS AND HIS KINDRED IN THE VARIAE
       1.   The Family
       2.   Cassiodorus as Diplomatic Draftsman
       3.   Cassiodorus as Quaestor
       4.   Cassiodorus as Consul and Senator
       5.   Cassiodorus as Master of the Offices
       6.   Cassiodorus as Praetorian Prefect
 
TRANSLATED VARIAE WITH NOTES
 
GLOASSARY of ALLUSIONS AND OFFICIAL TERMS
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEXES
MAPS
Subjects


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