Intorno alla casa che Ennodio chiese a Boezio

When the Milanese deacon Ennodius wrote to Boethius on the occasion of the latter’s appointment as Western consul for the year 510 (epist. VIII, 1), he had already sent him at least two letters, trying to cultivate a friendship with someone with his same family background. Ennodius asked Boethius to give him a house in Milan and he will repeat the request in some following letters; furthermore, a short poem appears to ridicule Boethius, but it may have been written in fun (carm. II, 132). It is thus particularly difficult to draw a definite conclusion about the nature of relationship between Ennodius and Boethius, because the evidence provided by Ennodius’ works is not conclusive.