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Cassiodorus was a native Italian ( Squillace, Bruttium ), who rose to become advisor and secretary to the Gothic kings in various high offices.

His and the Goths ' most successful years were perhaps the reign of Theodoric.

The policy of Theodoric's government at that time was reconciliation and in that spirit he combined Italians into the government whenever he could.

He asked Cassiodorus to write a work on the Goths that would, in essence, demonstrate their antiquity, nobility, experience and fitness to rule.