entha, 43;
with Theodahad, 46, 47;
Amalasuentha announces her son's death and the association of
Theodahad to, x. 1, 2;
present of marbles from Amalasuentha to, x. 8, 9;
letters of Theodahad to, x. 15, 19, 22, 25, 26;
letter of Gudelina to, x. 24;
letter of Witigis to, x. 32;
his interference on bt half of a heavily taxed monastery, x. 26;
on behalf of Veranilda, a Catholic convert, x. 26;
petition of Senate to, xi. 13.

L.

Lactarius, Mons (_Monte Lettere_), description of, xi. 10;
health-resort for consumptive patients, xi. 10.

Land surveying among the Romans, iii. 52.

Lard not to be exported from Italy, ii. 12.

Largesse (Regalia Dona, Donativum),
Goths summoned to Court to receive, on the Ides of June, v. 26, 27;
Starcedius' donative stopped on his retirement from service, v. 36.

Laurentius, Presbyter, accused of rifling graves, iv. 18.

Laurentius, Vir Experientissimus, ordered to collect in Istria stores
of wine, oil, and corn for Ravenna, xii. 22, 23, 24.

Lawsuits not to be interminable, i. 5.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE, TEMPORARY, FORMULA COMMEATALIS AD TEMPUS, vii. 36.

Lenormant, his work 'La Grande Grece' quoted, 7, 8, 71.

Leodifrid, _see_ under Sajo.

Leontius, Vir Spectabilis, his dispute about boundaries with
Paschasius, iii. 52.

Leontius, Praefecture of, 105.

Letters, origin of, from imitation of flight of cranes, viii. 12.

Leucothea, Fountain of, its marvellous qualities, viii. 33.

Liber, derivation of, xi. 38.

Liberius (1),
Praetorian Praefect under Theodoric (493-500), 16; ii. 15, 16;
his fidelity to Odovacar, ii. 16;
conduct in assignment of 'Tertiae,' ii. 16;
father of Venantius, ii. 15;
arranged gift from Theodoric to ex-Emperor (?) Romulus, iii. 35.

Liberius (2), Spectabilis (possibly son of preceding), complains of
unjust judgment by Marabad, iv. 47.

Liberius (3), Senator, sent as ambassador by Theodahad to Justinian,
45.

Liberius (4, probably same as No. 3), Patrician, Praetorian Praefect
of the Gauls (526), viii. 6; xi. 1.

Liberius (5), second husband of Aetheria, iv. 12.

Lictor, apostrophised by Cassiodorus in his 'Indulgentia,' xi. 40.

Liguria, Province of, ships ordered from Ravenna to, ii. 20;
the Gepidae on their way to Gaul to march peaceably through,
v. 10, 11;
obscure allusion to troubles in, viii. 16;
famine in 'Liguria industriosa' to be relieved by corn-distribution,
x. 27;
relief of '