The survival of classical books in the Early Middle Ages is a question never-entirely-answered that still tackles our attention. The distinc-tiveness of the classical works was fading at the time of the late antiquity, while Christianity was taking over the primacy and the throne over the society and the civilization. Vivarium was a unique foundation in terms of launching a program of Christian education, enhanced with secular studies. Cassiodorus provided his monks with an opulent library. This library in Vivarium was enriched by both Christian and classical works and was literally the only...