INDEX

Alp Arslan, [93].

Antony, retreat of, from Parthia, [211-213].

Aristogiton, [169-174].

Aristomenes, [40-54].

Bajazet, imprisoned by Tamerlane, [86].

—— his treatment of French prisoners, [88-92].

Brooke, death of Lord, [134].

Buchan, Countess of, imprisoned by Edward I., [87], [88].

Caligula, [134-143].

Cambyses, [120-131].

Cleomenes, [132], [133].

Crassus, retreat and death of, [198-211].

Crœsus, [77-80], [156].

Cylon, insurrection of, [154].

Darius, invasion of Scythia by, [190-198].

England, state of, under first Norman kings, [23-27].

Fatalism, [156-161].

Greek history, mythic period of, [11-13], [21-23].

Guesclin, Bertrand du, treatment by Black Prince, [103], [104], [108-113].

Harmodius, [169-174].

Hereward le Wake, [54-58].

Hipparchus and Hippias, [168-174].

John, King of France, treatment by Black Prince, [105-107].

Julian, Emperor, invasion of Parthia, and death, [213-223].

Medici, Cosmo de’, [175-180].

—— Piero, [181].

—— Lorenzo and Julian, [181-189].

Messenians, early history of, [40-54].

Napoleon, retreat from Moscow [224-237]237.

Paul, Emperor, [143-152].

Pazzi, conspiracy of, [183-189].

Pedro, Don, King of Castile, [31-36].

Pisistratus, [163-168].

Power, effects of absolute, [114-119].

Prisoners of war, treatment of, [77-113].

Reedman, Sir Matthew, anecdote from Froissart, [100-102].

Retreat of Darius from Scythia, [196-198];

—— Antony from Parthia, [211-213];

—— Julian in Assyria, [213-223];

—— Napoleon from Moscow, [225-237];

—— Ney in Russia, [190], [194];

—— Hawkwood in Lombardy, [194-197].

Roncesvalles, battle of, [74-85].

Scandinavia, compared with Greece in its early state, [9-20].

Triumphs, Roman, [82-86].

Trojan War, [36-39].

Valerian, treatment by Sapor, [85], [86].

Wallace, [58-76].