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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius |
| Born |
480 |
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| Bloodline |
Petronius-Anicii |
| Married |
Yes |
| Children |
Yes. At least two. |
| Died |
524 (aged 44) |
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Background |
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Born in Rome to an ancient and important family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor. Boethius himself was consul in 510 in the kingdom of the Ostrogoths. In 522 he saw his two sons become consuls. |
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His father Flavius Manlius Boethius is recorded as proctor of a school in Alexandria circa AD 470, so it is presumed this is where his son Anicius Manlius received his early education. |
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Boethius entered the service of King Theodoric the Great (471-526), who commissioned the young Boethius to perform many roles. |
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By 520, at the age of about forty, Boethius had risen to the position of magister officiorum, the head of all the government and court services. Afterwards, his two sons were both appointed consuls, reflecting their father's prestige. |
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In 523, however, Theodoric ordered Boethius arrested on charges of treason, possibly for a suspected plot with the Byzantine Emperor Justin I, whose religious orthodoxy (in contrast to Theodoric's Arian opinions) increased their political rivalry. He was executed in 524. |
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Most Evil Crimes |
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List of most evil crimes |
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Crime |
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505 CE |
Of publishing false statements/sexual discrimination: (505 CE) That Anicius Boethius, Christian philosopherin the important Christian work The Consolation of Philosophy did state "Woman is a temple built upon a sewer." That such words and sentiments were deliberately designed to reinforce the suppression of the spirit of women and ensure their cultural enslavement under male dominated Christianity. |
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