This is the theory of Manso, which is not unencumbered with difficulties.
M.Buat had supposed that it was the father of Cassiodorus who held the office first named.

Compare Manso, p.

85, &c., and Beylage, vii.

It certainly appears improbable that Cassiodorus should have been count of the sacred largesses at twenty years old .-- M.] As the patron of the republic, it was the interest and duty of the Gothic king to cultivate the affections of the senate [58] and people.
The nobles of Rome were flattered by sonorous epithets and formal professions of respect, which had been more justly applied to the merit and authority of their ancestors.

The people enjoyed, without fear or danger, the three blessings of a capital, order, plenty, and public amusements.