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487–583 · 6th-century Roman senator and scholar

Also known as: Cassiodor, Cassiodorus Senator, Flavius Magnus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodurus

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Known works

  • Institutions of divine and secular learning (2004)
  • Cassiodorus, Explanation of the Psalms (1990)
  • Institutiones (1980)
  • Opera (1958)
  • Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum =