mper
habuisse,' x. 11.

Amalus (according to Jordanes, Amala), ancestor of Theodoric,
'felicitate enituit,' xi. 1.

Amalabirga, niece of Theodoric, married to Herminafrid, King of the
Thuringians, iv. 1.

Amalafrida, Queen of the Vandals, sister of Theodoric, wife of King
Thrasamund, put to death by his successor Hilderic, ix. 1.

Amalasuentha, daughter of Theodoric, mother of Athalaric,
her regency, 38, 42-43;
associates Theodahad in the kingship on the death of her son,
44; x. 1-4;
dethroned and put to death by Theodahad, 45;
praises of her character, x. 4; xi. 1;
sends present of marbles to Justinian, x. 8;
writes warmly to Theodora, x. 10;
a doubtful allusion to her death, x. 20 (_see_ note on p. 433).

Amandianus, Clarissimus, heirs of, defrauded by Theodahad, v. 12.

AMBASSADORS, FORMULA RESPECTING, vii. 33.

Amber, nature of, described, v. 2.

Ambrosius, son of Faustinus,
addressed by Ennodius in 'Paraenesis Didascalica,' 358;
Count of the Sacred Largesses, viii. 13;
appointed Quaestor, viii. 13, 14.

Ambrosius, Illustris (probably the same as preceding),
appointed 'Vices Agens' to Cassiodorus as Praetorian Praefect, xi. 4;
instructions to, xii. 25.

Amphitheatre, sports of, described and condemned, v. 42.

Anastasius, Emperor, date of letter to, in the 'Variae,' 23;
his wrath against Apion and Macedonius, 105;
relations between him and Theodoric, i. 1 _n_;
informed of elevation of Felix to Consulship, ii. 1;
as to introduction of Heruli into Italy, 258 _n_.

Anchorago, a fish caught in the Rhine, xii. 4.

Andreas, intestacy of widow of, v. 24.

Andreas, defaulting taxpayer in Apulia, v. 31.

'Anecdoton Holderi,' MS. containing information as to Cassiodorus and
his friends, 73-84.

Anicii, dignity of the family of, x. 11.

Annonae, of soldiers stationed in passes near Aosta, ii. 5;
of garrisons on the Durance, iii. 41, 43;
is _praebendae_ equivalent to? 219;
to be regularly supplied, v. 13 (_see_ Praefectus Annonae).

Anonymus Valesii (an unknown chronicler of the Sixth Century, whose
fragments are generally edited along with the history of Ammianus
Marcellinus), quoted, 291, 363, 369.

Anthimus, Patriarch of Constantinople (535-536), deposition of, by
Pope Agapetus, 436 _n_.

Antianus, ex-Cornicularius, made a Spectabilis, xi. 18;
evasive reply to, xi. 19.

Antiochus, apparently a tax-collector, ii. 4.

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