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- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Fourth Series
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Variae as windows onto painted curtains
- Part II Cassiodorus and the circumstances of political survival
- Chapter 2 The Age of Bureaucracy
- Chapter 3 The Reign of Justinian
- Chapter 4 Voices of Discontent in Constantinople
- Chapter 5 The Anicii between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Chapter 6 The Memory of Boethius in the Variae
- Part III Reading the Variae as political apologetic
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 2 - The Age of Bureaucracy
from Part II - Cassiodorus and the circumstances of political survival
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2012
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Fourth Series
- Politics and Tradition between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Variae as windows onto painted curtains
- Part II Cassiodorus and the circumstances of political survival
- Chapter 2 The Age of Bureaucracy
- Chapter 3 The Reign of Justinian
- Chapter 4 Voices of Discontent in Constantinople
- Chapter 5 The Anicii between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople
- Chapter 6 The Memory of Boethius in the Variae
- Part III Reading the Variae as political apologetic
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and ConstantinopleA Study of Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527–554, pp. 39 - 59Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012