FASTI ROMANI ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE
FASTI ROMANI ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE
FASTI ROMANI ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE
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[Cassiodorus or Cassiodorius, the author of the extant<br />
works, had borne offices under Odoacer according to the<br />
Benedictine editor in vita § 7.8. But Fabricius ad Honor.<br />
Augustodum. III.21 justly supposes that the person<br />
described in Variar. I.3.4 is the father of Cassiodorus and<br />
not the author himself. To the reasons offered by Fabricius<br />
these may be added: 1 Cassiodorus in Variar. I.3.4 was<br />
comes privatarum and comes sacrarum largitionum under<br />
Odoacer-was rectror Lucaniæ and prætorio and finally<br />
patricius<br />
710 <strong>FASTI</strong><br />
Gelasius, and is absent from some copies, it was perhaps<br />
not written by Gennadius himself.<br />
Gelasii Romani Ep.5 apud Acta Concil, tom.5 p.298<br />
Honorio Dalmatiæ episcopo. Data V kal. Aug. A. *Fausto<br />
[recte corrigunt Albino] V. C. cos. Ep.7 p.301 Gelasius<br />
episcopus universis episcopis per Picenum in Domino<br />
salutem. Data Kal. Nov. Albino V.C. consule.<br />
Gennadius wrote in the time of Gelasius: Gennad.c.100<br />
Ego Gennadius Massiliæ presbyter scripti adversus omnes<br />
hæreses libros VIII et adversus Nestorium libros VI<br />
adversus Pelagium libros III et tractatus de<br />
A.D. 1 CONSULS 2 EVENTS<br />
Est Theodericus; et post aliquot dies, dum ei Odoachar insidiaretur, detectus caute ab eo<br />
præventus in palatio, manu sua Theodericus eum in lauretum præventiente gladio<br />
interemit. Cujus exercitus in eadem die jussu Theoderici omnes interfecti sunt. Quis ubi<br />
potuit reperire cum omni stripe sua. In Incert. Chron. the affaira of the three first<br />
campaigns were recorded under the second (conf.a.490), and here the fourth and fifth years<br />
are described under the last; unless we refer this to the error of a transcriber and read thus:<br />
Anastasio principe Aug. et Rufo conss. Terræ motus-VII Id.Jun. regressus est rex pax-III<br />
Ravennam IIII Id. Sept. Albino V.C.cons. Hoc consule facta est pax-III Kal. Mart. &C.<br />
The facts are related by Jornandes Get. c. 57 Odovacer molitus toto triennio, sed frustra<br />
laborat &c.-Tantum ille solus cum cum paucis satellitibus et Romanis qui aderant et fame<br />
et bello quotidie intra Ravennam laborabat. Quod dum nihil proficeret, missa legatione<br />
veniam supplicat. Cui et primum concedens Theodericus postmodum hac luce privavit;<br />
tertioque (ut diximus) anno ingressus in Italiam Zenonisque imperatoris consulto privatim<br />
habito suæque gentis vestitum reponens insigne regii amictus quasi jam Gothorum<br />
Romanorumque regnator adsumit. The 3 years are computed from Odoacer’s retreat to<br />
Ravenna in 490, when the embassy was also sent to Zeno: conf.a.490. Idem de regn. p.711<br />
Ravennam in deditionem susepit; deinde vero, ac si suspectum, Ravennæ in palatio<br />
jugulans regnum gentis suæ et Romani populi principatum prudenter et pacifice per XXX<br />
continuity annos. Anon. Valesii p.620 § 59 Qui regnavit annos XXXIII; cujus temporibus<br />
felicitas est sequuta Italiam per annos XXX ita ut etiam pax per gentibus esset. Procop.