Senator Cassiodorus (484–580) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
These 6th-century letters from a Roman senator serving Gothic kings offer an astonishingly human window into a world teetering between classical civilization and medieval chaos—filled with bureaucratic complaints, literary pretension, and genuine affection. Cassiodorus emerges as witty and vain, revealing how ordinary concerns persist even as empires crumble.
