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Flavius Magnus Aurelius, died a.d. 575, Roman statesman and writer.
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Few documents that Cassiodorus could have handed down to posterity would have been more valuable.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

We can go at once to the fountain-head for information as to the character of Cassiodorus.
Theodoric the Goth Thomas Hodgkin

This is an important passage, as illustrating the nature of the office which Cassiodorus held as Consiliarius to his father.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

The statement of Cassiodorus that he translated Nicomachus is rhetorical.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 Various

The other most important work of Cassiodorus is the collection of letters called the Vari, in twelve books.
Theodoric the Goth Thomas Hodgkin

But if you wish to know the times, you must read Cassiodorus thoroughly.
The Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley

The chief chemical ingredients are, as stated by Cassiodorus, salt and sulphur.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

Lictor, apostrophised by Cassiodorus in his ‘Indulgentia,’ xi.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

The chief record of his reign is in the collection of twelve books of public epistles composed in his name by Cassiodorus.
Chaucer’s Works, Volume 2 (of 7) Geoffrey Chaucer

Does Cassiodorus mean ‘like the water-fowl,’ or ‘like the Cyclades?’
The Letters of Cassiodorus Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

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Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 ad, Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths