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Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century (480–524)

Also known as: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius, Аниций Манлий Торкват Северин Боэций, بوثيوس, 보이티우스

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Known works

De consolatione philosophiae (1483)
The theological tractates (1918)
Ver offentlichungen der Musikhistorischen Kommission, vol. 16: Commentum Oxoniense in musicam Boethii: eine Quelle zur Musiktheorie an der sp atmittelalterlichen Universit at
Boethius (1918)
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii Philosophiae consolatio (1957)