Cassiodorus
Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus served as a consul under Theodoric and provided some very favorable press for the Ostrogoth king, writing a (now lost) history of the Goths. He did well in public service until he retired to found a monastery named Vivarium. There he perpetuated the culture of Rome by collecting manuscripts and getting his monks to copy works by authors both pagan and Christian. He also wrote a biography of his colleague under Theodoric, Boethius.
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Cassiodorus
Originally published in 1979, this extensive examination of the scholar's life and work has been placed online by the author, James J. O'Donnell.Catholic Encyclopedia: Cassiodorus
Useful introductory bio by Paul Lejay and Joseph Otten.
Online Work
Liber Magni Avreli Cassiodori Senatoris: De Anima
Edited by J.W. Halporn; in Latin.
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