October 6 -- Cassiodorus<br>
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Var. 11.1 (self-presentation)<br>
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Great-grandfather:  against the Vandals c. 440<br>
Grandfather:  with Aetius' son Carpilio to the Huns c. 450<br>
Father:  Count of Sacred Largesses and Count of Privy Purse<br>
*Governor of Sicily c. 490 when Theoderic came in<br>
*Praetorian Prefect 501<br>
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Variae 12.15 on Squillace<br>
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C.'s career:<br>
*b. c. 490<br>
*507-511:  QSP  (panegyric orations)<br>
*514:  Consul<br>
*519:  writes Gothic History, Chronicle<br>
*523-7:  Master of Offices<br>
*533-38:  Praetorian Prefect, writes Variae<br>
*??:  writes "on the soul"<br>
*540-554:  in Constantinople, writing Psalm commentary<br>
*554:  back to Squillace/Vivarium (<a href="https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/cass.inst.html">
<i>Inst.</i> 1.29</a>)<br>
**--writes <i>Institutes</i> and other practical works of<br>
***scriptural exegesis and erudition, collects<br>
***library, patronizes translations from Greek by<br>
***others<br>
*580+:  dies aged 92+