What is "boethius"

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius (English: ; also Boetius ; c. 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born four years after Odoacer deposed the last Roman Emperor and declared himself King of Italy, and entered public service under Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great, who later imprisoned and executed him in 524 on charges of conspiracy to overthrow him. While jailed, Boethius composed his Consolation of Philosophy, a philosophical treatise on fortune, death, and other issues, which became one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages.

Boethius was a Roman philosopher of the early 6th century.

Boethius or Boëthius may also refer to:

• Boethius (consul 522), son of the Roman philosopher, consul in 522
• Boetius of Dacia, medieval Danish or Swedish philosopher
• Hector Boece (or Boethius, or Boyce) (1465–1536) Scottish philosopher and historian
• Boëthius (family), for members of the Swedish family
• Boethius (lunar crater), located on the east edge of Mare Undarum near the eastern lunar limb
• Boethius (Mercurian crater), located on Mercury

Boethius is a small lunar impact crater located on the east edge of Mare Undarum near the eastern lunar limb. To the southwest is the dark, lava-flooded crater Dubyago.

Boethius is circular and cup-shaped, with inner walls sloping down to the tiny central floor. It has a higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, and is not overlain by other impact craters of note. Boethius was identified as Dubyago U before being named by the IAU after Boethius, the Roman philosopher.

Boëthius is a Swedish clerical family descended from Herr Anders, the first Protestant vicar of Sidensjö in Ångermanland (early 16th century). His grandson Boëtius Olai Moræus (died 1628) took his surname from Mora, where he served as vicar. His given name Boëtius was a latinization of the Swedish name Bo and was assumed as a surname by his grandson Jacob Boëthius (1647-1718) who was vicar of Mora and spent ten years in prison as a political dissident. Later notable members of this family include the following:

• Daniel Boëthius (1751-1810), enlightenment philosopher
• Jacob Edvard Boëthius (1789-1849), jurist
• Simon Boëthius (1850-1924), historian, political scientist and politician
• Bertil Boëthius (1885-1974), historian, head of the Swedish National Archives 1944-1950
• Axel Boëthius (1889-1969), classical archaeologist
• Gerda Boëthius (1890-1961), art historian
• Maria-Pia Boëthius (b. 1947), feminist writer and journalist

Boethius is a crater on Mercury, named after Boethius, the Roman philosopher.

Flavius Boethius (fl. 522-526) was a Roman politician during the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy.

Son of the philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius and of Rusticiana (his aunts were Galla and Proba ) Flavius was the brother of Symmachus, with whom he shared the consulate, chosen by the Ostrogothic court.

His father fell into disgrace with the Ostrogothic ruler and had his own property confiscated; at the death of king Theodoric the Great (526), these properties were given back to Boethius and Symmachus. Flavius Boethius is known to have served as praetorian prefect of Byzantine North Africa from 560 to 561.

John R.C. Martyn suggests that Flavius had three children:

• Boethius, who is known to be Primate of Byzacena in North Africa;
• Symmachus, a patrician, who was still alive in February 601;
• Rusticiana, a correspondent of Pope Gregory the Great and patron of the Catholic church in Rome; her daughter Eusebia married into the Apion family of Byzantine Egypt, and Eusebia's son was Strategius Apion.