Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius

Japanese: カッシオドルス（英語表記）Cassiodorus， Flavius Magnus Aurelius

[Born] 490. Southern Italy, Brussels, Scyllaceum
[Death]585
Roman historian, politician, and monk. He held important positions in Rome under Germanic rule for 40 years, and in 550 founded a monastery in his hometown and retired. His works include Orationes (Collection of Speeches), Historia Gothica (History of the Goths), Chronica (World History) which describes the period from Adam to 519, Variae (Miscellaneous Writings) which is a collection of official documents, Institutiones Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum (Institutiones Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum), a manual for monks that explains the relationship between religious and secular learning, and De Orthographia (On Orthography). He also used monks to compile church history and promote the copying of classical texts, contributing to the preservation of the classics.

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[生]490. 南イタリア，ブルッチウム，スキュラケウム
[没]585
ローマの歴史家，政治家，修道士。ゲルマン支配下のローマで 40年間要職につき，550年故郷に修道院を開いて隠棲した。作品は『演説集』 Orationes，『ゴート史』 Historia Gothica，アダムから 519年までを記述した『世界史』 Chronica，公文書を集めた『雑録』 Variae，宗教的学問と世俗的学問との関係を説いた，修道士のための手引『教育方法論』 Institutiones Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum，『正書法について』 De Orthographiaなど。また教会史編纂や，古典文献筆写の事業を修道士たちを使って推進し，古典保存に貢献した。

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