sks are imposed on him by
Duke Guduim, v. 30.

Dalmatia,
Simeon appointed to collect arrears of taxation from, iii. 25;
iron mining in, iii. 25;
Epiphanius Consularis of, v. 24;
address of Athalario to Goths settled in, viii. 4;
Arator sent on an embassy from Provincials of, to Theodoric, viii. 12;
Osuin appointed Governor of, ix. 8, 9.

Danube, River, 'made a Roman stream by Amalasuentha, xi. 1.

Datius, Bishop of Milan, made steward of the King's bounty to the
citizens, xii. 27. (For his history, _see_ 522.)

Davus receives sick-leave to visit Mons Lactarius, xi. 10.

Death, the inconvenience of, 'comperimus dromonarios viginti et unum
de constituto numero _mortis incommodo_ fuisse subtractos,' iv. 15.

Decennonium, Marsh of, drained by Decius, ii. 32, 33.

Decennovial Canal mentioned by Procopius, 188.

Decii, Lay of the, recited at school, iii. 6;
family of Liberius and Paulinas descended from, ix. 22, 23.

Decius, Caecina Maurus Basilius, Illustris, ex-Praefect of the City,
and ex-Praetorian Praefect,
undertakes to drain the Marsh of Decennonium, ii. 32, 33;
one of the Quinque-viri appointed to try Basilius and Praetextatus
(?), iv. 22, 23.

Decoratus (Vir Devotus), brother of Honoratus, appointed Quaestor,
his character and early death, v. 3, 4;
conflicting testimony of Boethius and Ennodius as to, 267 _n_;
instructions to, as to arrears of Siliquaticum, v. 31.

Decuriae, guilds of copying-clerks, &c., connected with administration
of justice, 277.

Defensor, Gothic soldier of a Roman noble, iv. 27, 28.

DEFENSOR OF A CITY, FORMULA OF, vii. 11.

Defensores of Church of Milan, ii. 30;
of Aestunae, iii. 9;
of the sacrosanct Roman Church, iii. 45;
of Catena, iii. 49;
of Ticinum, iv. 45;
of Suavia, iv. 49; v. 14.

'Defloratis prosperitatibus,' meaning of this phrase, used by
Cassiodorus of his Gothic History, 137 _n_.

Degeniatus = (apparently) stripped of official rank, xii. 10.

Delegatoria, warrant for increased rations consequent on promotion,
xi. 33, 35.

Denarius, puzzling passage as to relation of to solidus, i. 10.

Deputati, fifteen shorthand writers of the highest class, appropriated
to the Emperor's service, 111; xi. 30.

Dertona (_Tortona_), fortification of, i. 17;
corn warehouse at, to be opened, x. 27; xii. 27.

Diceneus, philosopher-king of Dacia, perhaps Cassiodorus' ideal of a
king, 32.

Dionysius 'Exiguus,' author of our pr