V.

Vacco, Major Domus to Theodahad, x. 18; to superintend purchase of provisions for Gothic garrison, x. 18.

Valentinian III, Emperor (425-455), quotation from Novellae of, ix. 18; Placidia's guardianship of, xi. 1.

Valerian, a Spectabilis, citizen of Syracuse, sons of, to be detained in Rome, iv. 6.

Valeriana, Adeodatus condemned for rape of, iii. 46.

Vandals, King of (Thrasamund), sends presents to Theodoric, v. 1. (_See_ also _Transmund_ and _Hilderic_.)

Vandals, allusion to, v. 17.

'VARIAE' of Cassiodorus, their style described, 16-19; not arranged in chronological order, 22; time and manner of their editing, 51, 52; reason of the name, 138, 139.

Velia (or Volia), dispute between Possessores and Curiales of, iv. 11.

Venantius (1), guardian of Plutianus, his accusation of Felix, i. 7, 8.

Venantius (2), by his dishonesty has caused his guarantor Ulpianus to forfeit 400 solidi, ii. 13.

Venantius (3), son of Liberius, Vir Illustris, praises of, ii. 15; made Comes Domesticorum, ii. 15, 16; rebuked for remissness in collection of taxes when Corrector of Bruttii and Lucania, iii. 8; complaints of Firminus against, iii. 36; his alleged unjust judgment of Adeodatus, iii. 46; descended from the ancient Decii, ix. 23; congratulated on Consulship of his son Paulinus (534), ix. 23.

Venerius, a farmer, unjustly reduced to slavery by Tanca, viii. 28.

Venetia, Province of, Gepidae on their way to Gaul to march peaceably through, v. 10, 11; famine in 'devotae Venetiae' to be relieved by corn distribution, x. 27; Canonicarius of, ordered to collect wine for the King's table, xii. 4; taxes of, remitted, on account of invasion of the Suevi, xii. 7; 'Venetiae praedicabiles,' xii. 24; scarcity of crops in, xii. 26.

Venice, letter containing first historical notice of (537), xii. 24.

Veranilda, convert from Arianism to Catholic faith, interceded for by Justinian, x. 26.

Vercelli, grant of freedom from taxation made to Church of, i. 26.

Veredarii, drivers of the royal mail, ii. 31.

Veredi, post-horses, not to be overworked, iv. 47.

Verruca (perhaps _Dos Trento_), near Trient, description of the fort of, iii. 48; meaning of the word, 223, _n_ 1.

Vesuvius, eruption of, iv. 50.

Vicarius, a Spectabilis and Governor of a Diocese, 90; i. 37.

Vicarius Praefectorum (?), title borne by Gemellus as Governor of Gaul, iii. 16.

VICARIUS PORTUS, FORMULA OF, vii. 23.

VICARIUS URBIS ROMAE, FORMULA OF, vi. 15; limits of his jurisdiction, 88.

Vice-dominus (?), servants of, have oppressed Provincials of Suavia, v. 14.

Victor Tunnunensis, chronicler (died in 569), as to the death of Amalafrida, 384 _n_.

Victor, Vir Spectabilis, Censitor of Sicily, severely rebuked for acts of oppression, ix. 12.

Vigilus, Pope (537-555), allusion to by Cassiodorus, 6; brother of Reparatus, 390; perhaps alluded to by Gudelina, x. 20 (_see_ p. 433 _n_).

Villiciorum Tuitio (?), removed in Spain, as being costly and unpopular, v. 39.

Virgil quoted, 63 _n_; xii. 14.

Vivarian Monastery, founded by Cassiodorus, near Scyllacium, 55; site of, 71.

Vivianus, Spectabilis, renouncing the world, foregoes the benefit of an unjust decree which he has obtained against Joannes, iv. 41.

Volcanoes, nature of, iii. 47; iv. 50.

Volusianus, one of the Quinque-viri appointed to try Basilius and Praetextatus, iv. 22, 23; died at Easter, iv. 42; his sons robbed of their possessions by a heartless intriguer, iv. 42.

Vulcanian Islands (_Lipari_), a murderer banished to, iii. 47.

W.

Walamir (_see_ Unalamer).

Warni (or Guarni), King of, appealed to by Theodoric to prevent war between Clovis and Alaric, iii. 3.

Water-clock, description of, to be made by Boetius for Gundibad, i. 45.

Water-finder has come from Africa to Rome, iii. 53; description of his art, iii. 53.

Wine, Acinaticium, xii. 4; Palmatiana, xii. 12; of Gaza, xii. 12; Sabine, xii. 12.

Winithar (_see_ Munitarius).

Winusiad, Comes, Governor of Ticinum, recommended to visit baths of Bormio, x. 29.

Witigis (or Vitigis), King of the Goths (536-540), proclamation announcing his accession, 49; x. 31; letters written in the name of, x. 32-35; his vengeance on Theodahad, x. 32; his marriage with Matasuentha, x. 32; his siege of Rome, 506; possibly alluded to in xii. 19; 509; the Burgundians' fear of him, xii. 28.

Witigisclus (or Wigisicla), Vir Spectabilis, Censitor of Sicily, severely rebuked for acts of oppression, ix. 12.

Z.

Zeno, Emperor (474-491), his concessions to Theodoric, x. 22.

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