Theological Tractates. The Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius (Boetius) Anicius Manlius Severinus Roman statesman and philosopher (ca. 480524 CE), was son of Flavius Manlius Boetius, after whose death he was looked after by several men, especially Memmius Symmachus. He married Symmachus's daughter, Rusticiana, by whom he had two sons. All three men rose to high honours under Theodoric the Ostrogoth, but Boethius fell from favour, was tried for treason, wrongly condemned, and imprisoned at Ticinum