The selected letters of Cassiodorus : a sixth-century sourcebook / Cassiodorus; edited and translate...
The selected letters of Cassiodorus : a sixth-century sourcebook / Cassiodorus; edited and translate...
The selected letters of Cassiodorus : a sixth-century sourcebook / Cassiodorus; edited and translated by M. Shane Bjornlie.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
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G 2021/1423
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Language
English
Latin
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Physical Description
Physical content
312 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Sixth-century Italy in a wider world : diplomatic letters from the Ostrogothic court to the Eastern imperial and Western "Barbarian" courts -- The senate in public life and public office : letters to the senate, letters to individual senators, letters announcing the appointment of senators to office...
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"One of the great Christian scholars of antiquity and a high-ranking public official under Theoderic, King of the Ostrogoths, Cassiodorus compiled edicts, diplomatic letters, and legal documents while in office. This letter collection, the Variae, remains among the most important sources for the sixth century, the period during which late antiquity...
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The selected letters of Cassiodorus : a sixth-century sourcebook / Cassiodorus; edited and translated by M. Shane Bjornlie.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and indexes.
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Translated from the Latin.
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©2020
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G 2021/1423
Record Identifier
74VKaVbylgN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbylgN3
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ISBN
0520297350
9780520297357
DDC
945.01
MMS ID
991024416596602626
