INTRODUCTION.

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Historical position of Cassiodorus	[1]
His ancestry	[3]-4
His name	[5]-6
His birthplace	[6]-9
Date of his birth	[9]-12
His education	[12]
Consiliarius to his father	[12]
Quaestor	[14]-16
Composition of the 'Variae'	[16]
Their style	[17]-19
Policy of Theodoric	[20]
Date of composition of the 'Variae'	[23]
Consulship	[25]
Patriciate	[27]
Composition of the 'Chronicon'	[27]
Composition of the Gothic History	[29]-35
Relation of the work of Jordanes to this History	[34]
Master of the Offices	[36]
Praetorian Praefect	[39]
Sketch of history during his Praefecture	[42]-50
End of official career	[50]
Edits the 'Variae'	[51]
His treatise 'De Animâ'	[53]
He retires to the cloister	[54]
His theological works	[60]-63
His literary works	[64]-66
His death	[67]
[Note on the Topography of Squillace]	[68]-72

Content of the MS.	[74]-75
To whom addressed	[76]
Information as to life of Symmachus	[77]
Information as to life of Boethius	[79]
Religious position of Boethius	[81]
Information as to life of Cassiodorus	[84]

Military character of the Roman Civil Service	[93]
Sources of information	[95]
Princeps	[96]
Cornicularius	[97]-102
Adjutor	[103]
Commentariensis	[104]
Ab Actis	[106]
Numerarii	[108]
Inferior Officers	[109]-114

Editions of the 'Variae'	[115]-118
Literature concerning the 'Variae'	[118]-121