Boethius was imprisoned and eventually executed by King Theodoric the Great, who suspected him of conspiring with the Eastern Roman Empire. In 522 he saw his two sons become consuls. Boethius himself was consul in 510 in the kingdom of the Ostrogoths. Boethius, of the noble Anicia family, entered public life at a young age and was already a senator by the age of 25. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emperor. He was born in Rome to an ancient and prominent family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius, was a philosopher of the early 6th century. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work of the Classical Period.
James Consolation of Philosophy is a philosophical work by Boethius, written around the year 524. The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius Translated By H.R.
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