Conigastum: a Goth, holding a public office of the highest rank. Though Goths and Romans coexisted peaceably in the Ostrogothic kingdom, there was some friction. No Goths appear in a good light in the Consolatio , for B. had given up currying favor by this time. imbecilli cuiusque: "of every weak [man]." Trigguillam: a Goth, in charge of the royal household and thereby able to exercise influence over many spheres of activity. regiae . . . domus: genitive with praepositum . ab incepta . . . iniuria: i.e., ab incepta iniuria, ab iniuria iam prorsus perpetrata . obiecta periculis auctoritate: ablative absolute, "by exposing my influence to danger."