Life of Boethius
The earlier the famous philosopher was born, more difficult to state the date of the birth, in fact. So, talking about Boethius we can give more or less concrete date for that period of time, it is around 475 - 477 A.D. in Rome. His family was big and powerful. It was the period of ruling of the Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus.
So, the full name of future philosopher was Anicius Manlius Serverinus Boethius. But to the great misfortune or no, his father died and it was impossible to keep the family so Boethius was adopted. His new family was much bigger then h had and turned to be really positive factor. Now the boy was the member of the Symmachus family. In 495 A. D. he became a legal husband of Symmachus' daughter Rusticiana. Well, his adopted father, Symmachus, was his father-in-law and his best friend. They were real friends till Boethius died. In fact, he was executed.
Let's speak a bit about the main facts about the life of Boethius. So, his native family was big, his adopted family was bigger and the fact that he was a child of Rome gave him an opportunity to get good education and to the connected to the governmental affaires. He was a consul in 510 A.D. The same way his sons followed and at the year when his children became the consuls he took the post of Master of Offices. He earned such position due to doing some tasks proposed by Theodoric. His orders were different, such as creating of water or sun clocks; also he had to control the financial riches of the country.
But when he became a Master of Offices his task was to organize the meeting between the Gothic head and other officers.
Many historians believe that such promotion was one of the main reasons for the execution of Boethius. He was a person of honest conduct. He wanted to help the oppressed, did not support those who was connected to the cases of corruption. But such attitude was not accepted by the representatives of the government, I think it is not necessary to point the reasons.
The situation got worst when Boethius stood on the side of Ciprian who was blamed in the treason of the senator Albinus. In Constantine he was blamed in the work against with Emperor Justin. Well, sooner Boethius was blamed in the creating of provocation letters. He also was guilty as he tried not to show the evidences against Albinus. And as he was an inventor one more blame lied in the magic performance. Boethius tried to explain his innocence but it was too late. In 524 he was executed.
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