{"slug": "boethius", "label": "Boethius", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boethius", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102851", "qid": "Q102851", "description": "Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century (480–524)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [480, 525], "span_label": ["480 CE", "525 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "philosophy", "label": "Philosophy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodoric-the-great", "label": "Theodoric the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ostrogothic-kingdom", "label": "Ostrogothic Kingdom", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 480, "year_label": "480 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (d. 524)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739995#Births", "title": "480", "revid": 1364739995, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 510, "year_label": "510 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Theodoric the Great appoints his friend Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, to the rank of consul of the Ostrogothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739939#Europe", "title": "510", "revid": 1364739939, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 521, "year_label": "521 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Boethius introduces Greek musical letter notation to the West.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340791992#Music", "title": "521", "revid": 1340791992, "section": "Events › By topic › Music"}}, {"year": 522, "year_label": "522 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, is arrested on charges of having conspired against Theodoric the Great. He is imprisoned at Pavia (Lombardy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792002#Europe", "title": "522", "revid": 1340792002, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 524, "year_label": "524 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (b. 480)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792013#Deaths", "title": "524", "revid": 1340792013, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 524, "year_label": "524 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – Anicius Manlius Boethius, one of Rome's most prolific writers and philosophers, is beaten to death at the prison at Pavia, where he has been imprisoned for treason. During his prison sentence, he has written his final work, The Consolation of Philosophy. The date of the death of St. Boethius is later celebrated as his feast day on the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792013#Europe", "title": "524", "revid": 1340792013, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 525, "year_label": "525 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (or 524)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792024#Deaths", "title": "525", "revid": 1340792024, "section": "Deaths"}}]}