Cassiodorus Flavius Magnus Aurelius
Cas·si·o·dor·us
(kăs′ē-ə-dôr′əs), Flavius Magnus Aurelius Sixth century ad. Roman statesman and historian who wrote Chronicon, a universal history to ad 519, and Institutiones, a broad course of study for a monastery.
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