following passage from Boethius'
'Philosophiae Consolatio' i. 4: 'Paulinum consularem virum
cujus opes palatini canes jam spe atque ambitione
devorassent, ab ipsis hiantium faucibus traxi.' Considering
the relationship between Boethius and Symmachus, it is
impossible that Symmachus could be one of these 'palatini
canes,' but perhaps not impossible that Festus may be here
aimed at. Paulinus was Consul 498];
Felix is praised for cultivating the friendship of, ii. 3;
allowed to repair and appropriate public granaries, iii. 29.

Paulinas (Flavius Theodoras Paulinus Junior), Vir Clarissimus, son of
Venantius, grandson of Liberius, chosen Consul for 534, ix. 22.

Peace, praises of, i. 1.

Pedatura, length of wall assigned to be built by soldiers, v. 9.

Pedonensis Civitas (situation unknown), Benedictus a citizen of, i.
36.

Peraequatores, regulators of prices of provisions (?), vi. 6.

Perfectissimi, fourth grade in the Imperial service, 92, 320;
not mentioned by Cassiodorus, 92.

Pervasio, forcible appropriation of landed property, condemned by
Edict of Athalaric, ix. 18.

Peter, Consul (516) and rhetorician, ambassador from Justinian to
Theodahad, 46, 47; x. 19, 22, 23, 24.

Petrus, Vir Spectabilis, illustrious by descent,
allowed to enter the Senate, iv. 25;
his troubles with the Sajo assigned to him as his Defensor,
iv. 27, 28.

Physician, duty of a good, vi. 19.

Picenum, Province of, Goths resident in, iv. 14; v. 26, 27.

Pietas = pity (very nearly), iv. 26.

Pignoratio, lawless practice of, described and repressed, iv. 10.

Pincian Hill, _see_ Rome.

Pithoeus (Pierre Pithou), editor of Cassiodorus, attributes to him the
'Computus Paschalis,' 11.

Placentia, provision dealers at, x. 28.

Placidia, unfavourable comparison of with Amalasuentha, xi. 1.

Planets, periods of, xi. 36.

Pliny, on amber, 266;
on the elephant, 443.

Plutianus, a minor, Felix accused of defrauding, i. 7, 8.

Pola, Antonius, Bishop of, iv. 44.

Pollentia, battle of, represented as Gothic victory by Cassiodorus,
28.

Polyptycha, official registers, v. 14, 39.

Pompeius Magnus, theatre of, the origin of his epithet, iv. 51.

Pontonates (?), iv. 38.

Popes, _see_ Agapetus, Felix III, Gregory the Great, John II,
Symmachus, Vigilius.

Porticus Curba (or Curiae), near the Forum, 'fabricae' to be erected
above, iv. 30.

Portus (_Porto_), quays and warehouses of,
unde