![]() ![]() The tower in Pavia where he was imprisoned is still venerated.īoethius was author of Latin translations of Aristotle, commentaries on various philosophical works, original works on logic, five books on music, and other works. Pietro in Ciel d’Oro, and later to the Cathedral. Boethius was revered as if he were a saint and his bones were removed in 996 to the Church of S. He was put to death in 524, to the great remorse of Theodoric. ![]() All three men rose to high honours under Theodoric the Ostrogoth, but Boethius fell from favour, was tried for treason, wrongly condemned, and imprisoned at Ticinum (Pavia), where he wrote his renowned The Consolation of Philosophy. He married Symmachus’s daughter, Rusticiana, by whom he had two sons. 480–524 CE), was son of Flavius Manlius Boetius, after whose death he was looked after by several men, especially Memmius Symmachus. ![]() Now with enhanced navigation »īoethius (Boetius)-Anicius Manlius Severinus-Roman statesman and philosopher (ca. The digital Loeb Classical Library extends the founding mission of James Loeb with an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. ![]()
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