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Boethius

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

7 dated entries naming Boethius, drawn from 6 separate years between 480 CE and 525 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century

  • 480Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (d. 524)source

6th century

  • 510Theodoric the Great appoints his friend Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, to the rank of consul of the Ostrogothic Kingdom.source
  • 521Boethius introduces Greek musical letter notation to the West.source
  • 522Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, is arrested on charges of having conspired against Theodoric the Great. He is imprisoned at Pavia (Lombardy).source
  • 524Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (b. 480)source
  • 524October 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.source
  • 525Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (or 524)source

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