The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus: A Sixth-Century Sourcebook

One of the great Christian scholars of antiquity and a high—ranking public official under Theoderic, King of the Ostrogoths, Cassiodorus compiled edicts, diplomatic letters, and legal documents while in office. The collection of his writings, the Variae, remains among the most important sources for the sixth century, the period during which late antiquity transitioned to the early middle ages.

Translated and selected by scholar M. Shane Bjornlie, The Selected Letters gathers the most inter...