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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.

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