The Gothic king Theodoric employed Roman elites like Boethius for administrative and technical modernization

Evidence

Theodoric employed Boethius to reform the coinage, and to astonish less sophisticated barbarian kings with such devices as sun-dials and water-clocks. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1465

Categorization

• XREF: XREF links to the historical intersection of Roman aristocracy and Gothic rule in late antiquity.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1465