arum, v. 21, 22;
his character, v. 22.

Cardinalis = chief officer of Court, vii. 31.

Carpentum, official chariot of Praetorian Praefect, vi. 3;
of Praefect of the City, vi. 4;
of Consularis of a Province, vi. 20.

CARTARIUS (or Cartularius), Clerk in the Record Office, FORMULA
APPROVING APPOINTMENT OF, vii. 43.

Cartarii ordered to prepare transfers of property to Theodahad,
viii. 23;
to receive the wine collected for the royal table, xii. 4.

Casa Arbitana taken from heirs of Argolicus and Amandianus, v. 12.

Casa Areciretina, deed of gift of, from Agapita to Probinus,
annulled, ii. 11;
this decree revoked, iv. 40.

Cassian, one of the founders of Western Monachism, Cassiodorus'
qualified praises of, 55.

Cassiodorus (1), an Illustris,
great-grandfather of Cassiodorus Senator, 3;
history of, i. 4.

Cassiodorus (2), grandfather of Cassiodorus Senator,
Tribunus and Notarius under Valentinian III,
his embassy to Attila, 3;
history of, i. 4.

Cassiodorus (3), father of Cassiodorus Senator,
Comes Privatarum Rerum and Comes Sacrarum Largitionum under
Odovacar, 3;
Consularis of Sicily, 4;
Corrector of Bruttii and Lucania, 4;
Praetorian Praefect (cir. 500), 4, 12;
Patrician (cir. 504), 4;
frequently confused with his son, 11;
his praises, i. 3, 4;
a man of tried integrity and pure fidelity, i. 26;
invited to visit Court of Theodoric, iii. 28.

CASSIODORUS, MAGNUS AURELIUS SENATOR, his position in history, 1, 2;
his name, Cassiodorus or Cassiodorius (?), 5;
Senator not a title, 5;
his birthplace, Scyllacium, 6;
date of his birth (cir. 480), 9-12;
his love of Natural History, 12; ix. 24;
appointed Consiliarius under his father, 12;
his panegyric on Theodoric, 13, 16;
appointed Quaestor, 14; ix. 24;
his special utility, as Quaestor, to Theodoric, 15;
his official correspondence, the 'VARIAE,' 16-19, 22-24;
statesmanlike insight which led him to second Theodoric's policy,
20, 21;
his religious tolerance, 22;
duration of his Quaestorship, 25;
his Consulship (514), 25;
restores harmony between clergy and people of Rome, 25;
Patrician, 27;
his 'Chronicon,' its defective character, 27-29;
his Gothic History, 29-35; ix. 25;
appointed Magister Officiorum, 36; ix. 24;
his services to the regent Amalasuentha, 38;
provides ships and soldiers for the state, 38;
appointed Praefectus Praetorio, 39; ix. 24;
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