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1、Cassiodorus1CassiodorusFlaviusMagnusAureliusCassiodorusSenator(c.485–c.585),commonlyknownasCassiodorus,wasaRomanstatesmanandwriter,servingintheadministrationofTheodorictheGreat,kingoftheOstrogoths.Senatorwaspartofhissurname,nothisrank.LifeCassiodoruswasbornatScylletium,nearCatanzaroinsouther
2、nItaly.Hebeganhiscareerascouncillortohisfather,thegovernorofSicily,andwhilestillveryyoung,madeanameforhimselfaslearnedinthelaw.Duringhisworkinglife,asquaestorsacripalatiic.507-511,asaconsulin514,thenasmagisterofficiorumunderTheodoric,andlaterundertheregencyforTheodoric'syoungsuccessor,Athala
3、ric,Cassiodoruskeptcopiousrecordsandletterbooksconcerningpublicaffairs.AttheGothiccourthisliteraryskill,whichseemssomanneredandrhetoricaltomodernreaders,wassoesteemedthatwheninRavennahewasoftenentrustedwithdraftingsignificantpublicFlaviusMagnusAureliusCassiodorusdocuments.Hisculminatingappoi
4、ntmentwasaspraetorianprefectforItaly,effectivelytheprimeministershipoftheOstrogothiccivilgovernment[1]andahighhonortofinishanycareer.CassiodorusalsocollaboratedwithPopeAgapetusIinestablishingalibraryofGreekandLatintexts,whichwereintendedtosupportaChristianschoolinRome.JamesO'Donnellnotes:"it
5、isalmostindisputablethatheacceptedadvancementin523astheimmediatesuccessorofBoethius,whowasthenfallingfromgraceafterlessthanayearasmagisterofficiorum,andwhowassenttoprisonandlaterexecuted.Inaddition,Boethius'father-in-law(andstep-father)Symmachus,bythistimeadistinguishedelderstatesman,followe
6、dBoethiustotheblockwithinayear.AllthiswasaresultoftheworseningsplitbetweentheancientsenatorialaristocracycenteredinRomeandtheadherentsofGothicruleatRavenna.ButtoreadCassiodorus'Variaeonewouldneversuspectsuchgoings-on."ThereisnomentioninCassiodorus'selectionofofficialcorrespondenceofthedeatho
7、fBoethius.Athalaricdiedinearly534,andtheremainderofCassiodorus'publiccareerwasengulfedbytheByzantinereconquestanddynasticintrigueamongtheOstrogoths.HislastlettersweredraftedinthenameofVitiges.Cassiodorus'successorwasappointedfromConstantinople.Arou
