effect of, on spectators, iii. 51;
picture of, from Cilurnum gem, 231.

Cheese of Mount Sila described, xii. 12.

Chorda, the lyre so called 'quia facile corda moveat,' ii. 40.

Christmas Day (Natale Domini), promotions of Praefect's staff upon,
xi. 17.

'Chronicon' of Cassiodorus, faulty character of the work, 28, 29.

Chrysargyron, tax on traders = 'lustralis auri collatio,' ii. 26 _n_.

Church, Dean, author of article on Cassiodorus, 121.

Cilurnum (_Chesters_ in Northumberland), gem found at, representing
chariot-race, 231.

Circus, factions of the, i. 20, 27, 30, 31; iii. 51.

Circus Maximus, description of, iii. 51;
plan of, 227.

City and country life contrasted, viii. 31.

Civilitas, Theodoric's anxious care for, 20;
description of, iv. 33;
Theodahad exhorted to observe, iv. 39;
for the sake of it even Jews are to be protected, v. 37;
references to, iv. 41, 44; v. 31; vi. 5; ix. 14, 18, 19.

CLARISSIMUS, FORMULA CONFERRING RANK OF, vii. 38.

Clarissimus, title of ministers of the third rank, 91;
epithet of Clarissimus conferred on all Senators, 91.

Clavicularii, gaolers, 114;
under orders of Commentariensis, 104.

Climate, influence of, on character, xii. 15.

Cloacae of Rome, description of, iii. 30.

Clovis (Luduin), King of the Franks, date of letters to, 23, 24;
Theodoric marches his troops against (508), i. 24;
a harper sent to, chosen by Boethius, ii. 40;
congratulated on victory over Alamanni, ii. 41;
letter dissuading from war with Alaric II, iii. 3;
called 'regius juvenis' by Theodoric, iii. 2;
his overthrow of the Alamannic kingdom, 527.

Clusurae, mountain fastnesses, ii. 5, 19.

Codicilli Vacantes, vi. 10.

Coelianus, with Agapitus, seems to have had special jurisdiction in
cases affecting Patricians, i. 23, 27.

Coemptio (purveyance) of wheat or lard not to be claimed from the
citizens of Rhegium, xii. 14.

Cognitor, trier of causes, viii. 12; ix. 14, 18.

Cohortes, used of civil servants of Praetorian Praefect, xi. 36.

Coloni, apparent case of, reduced to slavery, viii. 28;
'coloni sunt qui agros jugiter colunt,' viii. 31.

Colossaeus, Illustris and Comes,
appointed Governor of Pannonia Sirmiensis, iii. 23;
pun on his name, iii. 24;
rations ordered for him and his suite, iv. 13.

Colosseum described, v. 42.

COMES ARCHIATRORUM, FORMULA OF, vi. 19.

Comes, a Spectabilis, nature of his office (military), 90 _n_;
relati