Tacitus: Germania Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55-c. 117) Historian Born in S. Gaul, upper class Studied rhetoric in Rome Held various government positions
Tacitus: Germania Various works, including: Histories Annals De Origine et Situ Germanorum (Germania)
Cassiodorus Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (c. 490- c. 583) Politician, scholar, educator Classical education. Rhetorical skills win him position at court of Theoderic. Holds various positions until c. 540 c. 540 Leaves court, spends c. 15 years in Constantinople
Cassiodorus Retires to monastery of Vivarium, at Squillace, Italy Several works, including Variae (c. 538), collection of official documents from time at court
Gregory of Tours 538/39-594/95 Born Clermont-Ferrand, with name Georgius Florentius 573 Becomes Bishop of Tours History of the Franks/ Ecclesiastical Histories, plus saints’ lives
The Law of the Salian Franks