History of the Wars, Books I and II: The Persian War

by Procopius

INDEX

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• Abandanes,
• secretary of Chosroes, sent to Belisarius, II. [xxi. 1] ff.;
• his report, II. [xxi. 13], [xxi. 14]
• Abasgi, their location, II. [xxix. 15];
• friends of the Romans, [ib.]
• Abochorabus, ruler of the Saracens of Arabia, presents the Palm Groves to Justinian, I. [xix. 10] ff.
• Aborrhas River, protects one side of Circesium, II. [v. 2];
• near Theodosiopolis, II. [xix. 29]
• Abramus, becomes king of the Homeritae, I. [xx. 3];
• his servile origin, I. [xx. 4];
• defeats two Aethiopian armies, I. [xx. 5-7];
• pays tribute to the Aethiopians, I. [xx. 8];
• his idle promises to Justinian to invade Persia, I. [xx. 13]
• Abydus, city opposite Sestus on the Hellespont, II. [iv. 9]
• Acacius, father of Adolius, II. [xxi. 2];
• denounces Amazaspes to the emperor, II. [iii. 4];
• slays him treacherously, II. [iii. 5];
• his shameless career as governor of Armenia, II. [iii 6], [iii. 7];
• slain by the Armenians, II. [iii. 7]
• Adarbiganon, Chosroes halts there with his army, II. [xxiv. 1];
• the fire-sanctuary located there, II. [xxiv. 2];
• abandoned by Chosroes, II. [xxiv. 12]
• Adergoudounbades, made "chanaranges" by Chosroes, I. [vi. 15], [vi. 18];
• saves Cabades from the hand of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 7] ff.;
• betrayed by his son, I. [xxiii. 13];
• his death, I. [xxiii. 21]
• Adolius, son of Acacius, an Armenian, urges severe treatment of Armenians, II. [iii. 10];
• commander of Roman cavalry, II. [xxi. 2], [xxi. 18], [xxi. 20];
• commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 13];
• killed by a stone, II. [xxv. 35]
• Adonachus, commander in Chalcis, II. [xii. 2]
• Adrastadaran Salanes, an office in Persia of high authority (lit. "Leader of the Warriors"), I. [vi 18], [xi. 25];
• held only by Seoses, I. [xi. 38]
• Adulis, in Aethiopia, the city and harbour, distance from Auxomis, I. [xix. 22];
• home of a certain Roman trader, I. [xx. 4]
• Aegypt, its topography, I. [xix. 3];
• John the Cappadocian an exile there, I. [xxv. 43];
• the pestilence there, II. [xxii. 6]
• Aeimachus, a butcher of Antioch, his encounter with a Persian horseman, II. [xi. 8] ff.
• Aelas, on the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 3], [xix. 19], [xix. 24]
• Aethiopians, location of their country, I. [xix. 17];
• the ships used there, I. [xix. 23];
• iron not produced there nor imported from elsewhere, I. [xix. 24]. [xix. 25];
• sought as allies by Justinian, I. [xix. 1], [xx. 9] ff., II. [iii. 40];
• unable to buy silk from the Indians, I. [xx. 12]
• Agamemnon, father of Iphigenia, I. , [xvii. 11]
• Agesta, i.e., "agger," employed by the Persians in besieging Edessa, II. [xxvi. 29]
• Aigan, Massagete chief, in the Roman army at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 20], [xiv. 39], [xiv. 44]
• Alamoundaras, son of Saccice, king of the Saracens, marches with the Persian army, I. [xvii. 1];
• his character and services to the Persians, I. [xvii. 40] ff.;
• advises Cabades to invade Roman territory south of the Euphrates River, I. [xvii. 30] ff.;
• retires with Azarethes before Belisarius, I. [xviii. 9] ff.;
• brings charge against Arethas of violating boundary lines, II. [i. 3];
• war with Arethas, II. [xxviii. 12-14];
• sacrifices to Aphrodite the son of Arethas, II. [xxviii. 13];
• sought as an ally by Justinian, II. [i. 13], [iii. 47];
• accused by Justinian of violating the treaty, II. [iv. 21];
• a menace to Syria and Phoenicia, II. [xvi. 17];
• also to Lebanon, II. [xix. 34]
• Alani, their location, II. [xxix. 15];
• friends of the Romans, [ib].;
• neighbours of the Sunitae, I. [xv. 1];
• persuaded by Goubazes to ally themselves with him, II. [xxix. 29]
• Albani, a people near the Taurus, I. [x. 1]
• Alexander, son of Philip, fortified the Caspian Gates, I. [x. 9];
• Justinian compared with him, II. [ii. 15]
• Alexander, ambassador to the Persians, I. [xxii. 1]
• Alexandria, visited by the pestilence, II. [xxii. 6];
• citizens of, accused by John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 44]
• Amazaspes, nephew of Symeon, made ruler of certain Armenian villages, II. [iii. 3];
• denounced to the emperor, II. [iii. 4];
• treacherously slain, II. [iii. 5]
• Ambazouces, a Hun, offers to sell to Anastasius the control of the Caspian Gates, I. [x. 10];
• his death, I. [x. 12]
• Ambrus, a Saracen Christian, saves Sergiopolis from capture by Chosroes, II. [xx. 10], [xx. 14]
• Amida, a city on the border between Armenia and Mesopotamia, I. [xvii. 24];
• distance from Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 6];
• distance from the Nymphius River, I. [viii. 22];
• from Siphrios, I. [viii. 10];
• from Endielon, I. [vii. 5];
• from Thilasamon, I. [ix. 14];
• besieged by Cabades, I. [vii. 3], [vii. 12] ff.;
• bravely defended, I. [vii. 4], [vii. 12] ff.;
• captured by Cabades, I. [vii. 29];
• besieged by the Romans, I. [ix. 1-4];
• recovered by the Romans by purchase, I. [ix. 20], [ix. 23];
• captives of, generously treated by Chosroes, I. [vii. 34];
• citizens relieved of taxes, I. [vii. 35]
• Ammodios, a place near Daras, I. [xiii. 15], [xiii. 38];
• II. [xxviii. 35]
• Anastasius, Roman emperor, uncle of Hypatius, I. [viii. 2], [xi. 24];
• of Probus, I. [xii. 6];
• and of Pompeius, I. [xxiv. 19];
• refuses to purchase from Ambazouces the control of the Caspian Gates, I. [x. 10], [x. 11], [xvi. 4];
• insurrection raised against him by Vitalianus, I. [viii. 3], [xiii. 10];
• refuses request of Cabades for a loan, I. [vii. 1], [vii. 2];
• shews favour to citizens of Amida, I. [vii. 35];
• sends succour to Amida, I. [viii. 1];
• fortifies Daras, I. [x. 13];
• placates Cabades, I. [x. 17];
• fortifies Theodosiopolis, I. [x. 18], [x. 19];
• his death, I. [xi. 1]
• Anastasius of Daras, overthrows tyranny there, I. [xxvi. 8], II. [iv. 15];
• bears a letter from Justinian to Chosroes, II. [iv. 15];
• detained by Chosroes, II. [iv. 26];
• dismissed by Chosroes, II. [v. 27];
• present with Chosroes at the sack of Sura, II. [ix. 10]
• Anatolius, General of the East, averts danger to the empire by courtesy to the Persian king, I. [ii. 12-15]
• Andreas, of Byzantium, his exploits in single combat, I. [xiii. 30] ff.
• Anglon, village in Persarmenia, II. [xxv. 5];
• Roman armies routed there, II. [xxv. 23] ff.
• Aniabedes, sent by Chosroes to capture Petra, II. [xvii. 4];
• impaled by Chosroes, II. [xvii. 11]
• Antinous, city of, in Aegypt, John the Cappadocian imprisoned there, I. [xxv. 43]
• Antioch, its importance, I. [xvii. 36], II. [viii. 23], [ix. 3], [x. 5];
• situation, II. [vi. 10], [viii. 21];
• ease with which it might be captured, I. [xvii. 38];
• character of the inhabitants, I. [xvii. 37], II. [viii. 6];
• distance from Beroea, II. [vii. 21];
• from Seleucia, II. [xi. 1];
• visited by an earthquake, II. [xiv. 6];
• the citizens propose to buy off Chosroes, II. [vi. 16];
• besieged by Chosroes, II. [viii. 1] ff.;
• the wall stormed by Chosroes, II. [viii. 8] ff.;
• captured by Chosroes, II. [viii. 20] ff.;
• plundered by Chosroes, II. [ix. 14] ff.;
• burnt, II. [ix. 17], [ix. 18];
• young men of, check the victorious Persians in a street fight, II. [viii. 28], [viii. 29], [viii. 32], [ix. 5];
• citizens of, massacred by the Persians, II. [viii. 34];
• church of, robbed of great treasures by Chosroes, II. [ix. 15], [ix. 16];
• spared in the burning of the city, II. [ix. 18], [x. 6];
• citizens of, receive portent of coming misfortunes, II. [x. 1] ff.; [xiv. 5];
• two women of, their sad fate at the capture of the city, II. [viii. 35];
• captives of, offered for sale by Chosroes, II. [xiii. 2] ff.;
• settled by Chosroes in a newly built city under special laws, II. [xiv. 1] ff.
• Antioch of Chosroes, special laws concerning it, II. [xiv. 3], [xiv. 4]
• Antonina, wife of Belisarius, brings about the downfall of John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 13] ff.;
• departs to the East, I. [xxv. 23]
• Apamea, city of Syria, II. [xi. 2], [xi. 4];
• wood of the Cross preserved there, II. [xi. 14];
• it gives forth a miraculous light in the church, II. [xi. 17], [xi. 18];
• visited by Chosroes, II. [xi. 14] ff.;
• entered by Chosroes and robbed of all its treasure, II. [xi. 24] ff.;
• a citizen of, accuses a Persian of having violated his daughter, II. [xi. 36]
• Aphrodite, son of Arethas sacrificed to, II. [xxviii. 13]
• Apion, an Aegyptian, manager of finances in the Roman army, I. [viii. 5]
• Arabia, its location, I. [xix. 20]
• Arabian Gulf, called "Red Sea" by Procopius, I. [xix. 2];
• its description, I. [xix. 2] ff.
• Aratius, in company with Narses defeats Sittas and Belisarius, I. [xii. 21], [xii. 22];
• deserts to the Romans, I. [xii. 22], [xv. 31];
• sent to Italy, I. [xii. 22]
• Arcadius, Roman emperor, when about to die makes provision for the safety of his heir, I. [ii. 1] ff.
• Archaeopolis, a strong city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Areobindus, son-in-law of Olyvrius, Roman general, I. [viii. 1];
• flees with his army before Cabades, I. [viii. 10], [viii. 11];
• summoned to Byzantium, I. [ix. 1]
• Ares, House of, portion of the imperial residence in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 9]
• Arethas, son of Gabalas, made king of the Saracens of Arabia by Justinian and pitted against Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 47], [xvii. 48];
• with the Roman army, I. [xviii. 7];
• at the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 26], [xviii. 35];
• quarrels with Alamoundaras, II. [i. 3-7];
• joins Belisarius in Mesopotamia, II. [xvi. 5];
• sent by Belisarius to plunder Assyria, II. [xix. 11], [xix. 15] ff.;
• returns another way, II. [xix. 26] ff.;
• wages war against Alamoundaras, II. [xxviii. 12-14];
• son of, sacrificed to Aphrodite, II. [xxviii. 13]
• Argek, a guardsman, his effective fighting against the Persians at Edessa, II. [xxvi. 26], [xxvi. 27]
• Armenia, considered by some to extend as far as Amida, I. [xvii. 24];
• Armenians wage war with Persia, I. [v. 10] ff.;
• History of the Armenians, I. [v. 9], [v. 40]
• Arsaces, king of Armenia, progenitor of the Arsacidae, II. [iii. 32];
• his abdication, II. [iii. 35]
• Arsaces, king of Armenia, wages a truceless war with Persia, I. [v. 10] ff.;
• slandered to Pacurius, I. [v. 16];
• victim of strategem of Magi, betrays himself to Pacurius, I. [v. 19] ff.;
• confined in the Prison of Oblivion, I. [v. 29] ff.;
• kills himself, I. [v. 39]
• Arsaces, last king of Armenia, gives his kingdom to Theodosius, II. [iii. 35]
• Arsaces, commander in Sura, killed while valiantly defending the city,II [v. 11]
• Arsacidae, descendants of the Armenian king, Arsaces, II. [iii. 32]; their privileges, II. [iii. 35]
• Arsinus River, tributary to the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 21]
• Artabanes, son of John, of the Arsacidae, slays Sittas, II. [iii. 25]
• Artace, suburb of Cyzicus, I [xxv. 31]
• Artemis among the Taurians, sanctuary of, in Celesene, I. [xvii. 11];
• a sanctuary of, founded by Orestes in Pontus, I. [xvii. 15];
• another in Cappadocia, I. [xvii. 18]
• Arzamon, in Mesopotamia, distance from Constantina, I. [viii. 10]
• Arzanene, district of Armenia beyond the River Nymphius, I. [viii. 21], II. [xv. 7];
• invaded by Celer, I. [viii. 21]
• Ascan, a Massagete chief, at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21], [xiv. 44];
• his exploits at the battle on the Euphrates and his death, I. [xviii. 38]
• Asia, entered from the Hellespont by the Huns, II. [iv. 9]
• Aspebedes, uncle of Chosroes, I. [xi. 5], [xxiii. 6];
• negotiates a treaty with Celer, I. [ix. 24];
• shares command of invading army, I. [xxi. 4];
• put to death by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 6]
• Aspetiani, their alliance with Sittas frustrated by a misunderstanding, II. [iii. 12-18]
• Assyria, plundered by Arethas, II. [xix. 15] ff.
• Athens, a city near Lazica, II. [xxix. 22], [xxx. 14]
• Attachas, place in Armenia, distance
• from Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 9]
• Augarus, toparch of Edessa, II. [xii. 8];
• friend of Augustus, II. [xii. 8], [xii. 9];
• his visit to Rome, II. [xii. 9] ff.;
• with difficulty persuades Augustus to allow him to return, II. [xii. 11] ff.;
• receives from Augustus the promise of a hippodrome for Edessa, II. [xii. 18];
• his enigmatic reply to the enquiries of the citizens, II. [xii. 19];
• stricken with gout, seeks relief from physicians, II. [xii. 20], [xii. 21];
• invites Christ to come to Edessa, II. [xii. 24];
• cured upon receiving the reply of Christ, II. [xii. 28];
• son of, an unrighteous ruler, delivers over Edessa to Persia, II. [xii. 28]
• Augustus, Roman emperor, his
• affection for Augarus, II. [xii. 8-19]
• Augustus, priest in Byzantium, II. [xxx. 53], [xxx. 54]
• Auxomis, capital city of the Homeritae, I. [xix. 17];
• distance from Adulis, I. [xix. 22];
• from Elephantina and the Roman boundary, I. [xix. 27]
• Auxomitae, name applied to some of the Aethiopians, I. [xix. 17]
• Azarethes, Persian general, invades Roman territory, I. [xvii. 1], [xviii. 1];
• retires before Belisarius, I. [xviii. 9] ff.;
• exhorts the Persian army, I. [xviii. 27] ff.;
• arrays them for battle, I. [xviii. 30];
• dishonoured by Cabades, I. [xviii. 51] ff.;
• at the siege of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 41]

• Baradotus, priest of Constantina,
• his godliness, II. [xiii. 13];
• persuades Cabades to spare Constantina, II. [xiii. 14], [xiii. 15]
• Barbalissum, fortress on the Euphrates, distance from Obbane, II. [xii. 4]
• Barbarian Plain, The, near Sergiopolis, II. [v. 29]
• Baresmanas, Persian general, at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 16], [xiv. 32], [xiv. 45];
• standard bearer of, attacked and killed by Sunicas, I. [xiv. 47-50]
• Barlaus, Gate of, in the wall of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 44]
• Basilides, appointed quaestor in place of Tribunianus, I. [xxiv. 18]
• Basilius, father of John of Edessa, II. [xxi. 27]
• Bassaces, son-in-law of John, accompanies him on a mission to Bouzes, II. [iii. 29];
• escapes with his companions from an ambush, II. [iii. 30];
• leads an embassy to the Persian king, II. [iii. 31];
• comes with Armenians to Byzantium, II. [xxi. 34]
• Bassicius, trusted friend of the Armenian king Arsaces, I. [v. 17];
• flayed by Pacurius, I. [v. 28]
• Batne, fortress one day's journey distant from Edessa, II. [xii. 31]
• Belisarius, married to Antonina, I. [xxv. 11];
• in company with Sittas invades Persarmenia, I. [xii. 20], [xii. 21];
• defeated by Narses and Aratius, I. [xii. 22];
• appointed commander of troops in Daras with Procopius his adviser, I. [xii. 24];
• at the command of Justinian undertakes to build a fortress in Mindouos, I. [xiii. 2], [xiii. 3];
• prevented by the Persians, I. [xiii. 4] ff.;
• made General of the East, I. [xiii. 9];
• in company with Hermogenes prepares to meet the Persians at Daras, I. [xiii. 12] ff.;
• at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19] ff.;
• sends letters to Mirranes, I. [xiv. 1] ff., 7;
• address to his soldiers, I. [xiv. 20] ff.;
• arrays the army on the second day of the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 28];
• wins a brilliant victory, I. [xiv. 47] ff.;
• recalls the Romans from the pursuit of the Persians, I. [xiv. 53];
• hurries to meet the invading army of Azarethes I. [xviii. 4];
• follows the retiring Persian army, I. [xviii. 9] ff.;
• ridiculed by his army, I. [xviii. 12];
• attempts to dissuade the Romans from battle, I. [xviii. 16] ff.;
• insulted by his army, I. [xviii. 24];
• arrays them for battle, I. [xviii. 25], [xviii. 26];
• fights valiantly after most of the Roman army had been routed, I. [xviii. 41] ff.;
• returns to Byzantium in order to go against the Vandals, I. [xxi. 2];
• his share in quelling the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 40] ff.;
• made General of the East and sent to Libya, I. [xxvi. 1];
• victorious in Italy, II. [i. 1];
• brings Vittigis to Byzantium, II. [iv. 13];
• shares the command of the East with Bouzes, II. [vi. 1];
• summoned from Italy to Byzantium, II. [xiv. 8];
• sent against Chosroes, II. [xiv. 8], [xiv. 13];
• gathers an army in Mesopotamia, II. [xvi. 1] ff.;
• invades Persia, II. [xviii. 1] ff.;
• defeats Nabedes at Nisibis, II. [xviii. 24], [xviii. 25];
• sends Arethas into Assyria, II. [xix. 15];
• attacks Sisauranon, II. [xix. 4] ff.;
• captures it, II. [xix. 24];
• holds consultation with commanders, II. [xix. 35] ff.;
• returns to Roman territory, II. [xix. 45];
• recalled to Byzantium, II. [xix. 49];
• journeys swiftly to the East to confront Chosroes, II. [xx. 20];
• gathers an army at Europum, II. [xx. 24] ff.;
• receives Abandanes, the envoy of Chosroes, I. [xxi. 2] ff.;
• forces Chosroes to retire, II. [xxi. 21];
• gives John of Edessa as a hostage, II. [xxi. 27];
• his great fame, II. [xxi. 28], [xxi. 29];
• summoned to Byzantium, II. [xxi. 34]
• Beroea, a town of Syria between Hierapolis and Antioch, II. [vii. 2];
• distance from Chalcis, II. [xii. 1];
• Chosroes demands money from the inhabitants, II. [vii. 5];
• the citizens retire to the acropolis, II. [vii. 7];
• the lower city entered by Chosroes and a large part of it fired, II. [vii. 10], [vii. 11];
• acropolis valiantly defended against Chosroes, II. [vii. 12];
• miserable plight of the besieged, II. [vii. 13];
• citizens capitulate to Chosroes, II. [vii. 35]
• Beros, an Erulian leader, encamps near Martinus, II. [xxiv. 14];
• with Philemouth follows Peter into Persia, II. [xxiv. 18]
• Bessas, a Goth, officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3];
• commander in Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 5]
• Bithynians, on the Euxine Sea, II. [xxviii. 23]
• Black Gulf, II. [iv. 8]
• Black Sea, See "Euxine."
• Blases, brother of Perozes, chosen king in place of Cabades, deposed, I. [v. 2];
• imprisoned and blinded by Cabades, I. [vi. 17]
• Blemyes, a people of upper Aegypt, I. [xix. 28];
• receive annual payment from the Roman emperor, I. [xix. 32], [xix. 33];
• Diocletian purposes to hold them in check by means of the Nobatae, I. [xix. 30];
• their religion, I. [xix. 35], [xix. 36]
• Bleschames, commander of the Persian soldiers in Sisauranon, II. [xix. 3];
• sent to Byzantium by Belisarius with Persian captives, II. [xix. 24];
• sent to Italy by Justinian, II. [xix. 25]
• Blue Faction, their struggles with the Green Faction, I. [xxiv. 2-6];
• favoured by Justinian, II. [xi. 32];
• in the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 7] ff.;
• also called the "Veneti"
• Blue Colonnade, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 49]
• Boas River, considered by Procopius the upper portion of the Phasis, II. [xxix. 14-16]
• Boes, a Persian general, I. [xii. 10]
• Bolum, fortress in Persarmenia, near which were the gold mines of the Persian king, I. [xv. 18];
• betrayed to the Romans by Isaac, I. [xv. 32], [xv. 33];
• its return demanded by Chosroes, I. [xxii. 3];
• given up by the Romans, I. [xxii. 18]
• Boraedes, nephew of Justinian, assists in making Hypatius prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53]
• Bosporus, a city on the Euxine, I. [xii. 7];
• citizens of, put themselves under the sway of Justinus, I. [xii. 8];
• Justinian accused of seizing it, II. [iii. 40]
• Bouzes, brother of Coutzes, commander in Lebanon, I. [xiii. 5];
• sent to support Belisarius at Mindouos, [ib].;
• commander in Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 5];
• at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19], [xiii. 25] ff.;
• sent against the Armenians, II. [iii. 28];
• his offers of friendship distrusted by them, II. [iii. 28], [iii. 29];
• slays John treacherously, II. [iii. 31];
• shares the command of the East with Belisarius, II. [vi. 1];
• makes suggestions as to the defence of Hierapolis, II. [vi. 2] ff.;
• abandons the city, II. [vi. 7], [vi. 8];
• prevents the citizens of Edessa from ransoming the captives of Antioch, II. [xiii. 6];
• favours invasion of Persia by Belisarius, II. [xvi. 16];
• takes refuge with Justus in Hierapolis, II. [xx. 20];
• they invite Belisarius to join them, II. [xx. 21] ff.;
• but later come to him at Europum, II. [xx. 28]
• Braducius, interpreter of Isdigousnas, II. [xxviii. 41]
• Bronze Gate, in the emperor's palace in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 47]
• Bulicas, harbour of the Homeritae, I. [xix. 21]
• Byzantium, Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 1] ff.;
• suburbs ravaged by Huns, II. [iv. 4];
• visited by the pestilence, II. [xxii. 9] ff.;
• Chosroes contemplates its capture by way of the Euxine, II. [xxviii. 23]

• Cabades, youngest son of Perozes, I. [iv. 2];
• chosen king of Persia, I. [iv. 34];
• introduces innovations into the Persian government displeasing the people, I. [v. 1];
• cast into the Prison of Oblivion, I. [v. 7];
• escapes from it, I. [vi. 7], [vi. 8], [vi. 10];
• enters Persia with an army of Ephthalitae, I. [vi. 10-17];
• appoints Adergoudounbades "chanaranges" I. [vi. 15], [vi. 18];
• deposes Blases, I. [vi.17];
• institutes a new office, I. [vi. 18], [vi. 19];
• appeals to Anastasius
• for a loan, I. [vii. 1];
• invades Roman territory, I. [vii. 3];
• grants request of Jacobus, the hermit, I. [vii. 9-11];
• besieges Amida, I. [vii. 12-29];
• captures Amida, I. [vii. 29];
• puts Glones in command of the city, I. [vii. 33];
• his treatment of the captives of Amida, I. [vii. 34];
• routs the Roman armies near Amida, I. [viii. 8-19];
• shews kindness to Baradotus by sparing Constantina, II. [xiii. 13];
• desirous of capturing Edessa and Constantina, II. [xiii. 8];
• abandons his purpose of capturing Edessa, II. [xiii. 9] ff.;
• retires in order to meet an invasion of the Huns, I. [viii. 19];
• seizes the Caspian Gates, I. [x. 12];
• protests at the fortification of Daras, I. [x. 16];
• solicitude as to his successor, I. [xi. 2] ff.;
• cured by Stephanus of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 31];
• hates his oldest son Caoses, I. [xi. 3], II. [ix. 12];
• requests Justinus to adopt Chosroes, I. [xi. 9], [xi. 20] ff.;
• unwilling to save Seoses, I. [xi. 36], [xi. 37];
• tries to force the Iberians to adopt the Persian religion, I. [xii. 2] ff.;
• sends an army against them, I. [xii. 10];
• sends an army into Roman Armenia, I. [xv. 1];
• his gold mine at Pharangium, I. [xv. 27];
• deprived of the revenue therefrom, I. [xv. 28], [xv. 29];
• treats with the ambassador Rufinus at Daras, I. [xvi. 1] ff.;
• punishes Perozes, I. [xvii. 26] ff.;
• plans a new campaign against the Romans, I. [xvii. 29];
• advised by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 30] ff.;
• adopts the suggestion of Alamoundaras, I. [xviii. 1];
• dishonours Azarethes, I. [xviii. 51] ff.;
• refuses to negotiate with Hermogenes, I. [xxi. 1];
• bought pearl from the Ephthalitae, I. [iv. 16];
• his last illness, I. [xxi. 17] ff.;
• his ability as a ruler, I. [vi. 19]
• Cabades, son of Zames, plot to set him on the Persian throne in place of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 4];
• ordered to be killed by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 7];
• escapes by the help of the chanaranges, I. [xxiii. 9] ff.;
• one claiming this name entertained by Justinian in Byzantium, I. [xxiii. 23], [xxiii. 24]
• Cadiseni, in the Persian army at the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 38], [xiv. 39]
• Caesar, the title used by the Persians to designate the Roman emperor, II. [xxi. 9], [xi. 35]
• Caesarea, the home of Procopius, I. [i. 1]
• Caisus, a Homerite, of captain's rank, a fugitive because of murder committed by him, I. [xx. 9], [xx. 10]
• Callinicus, city of Mesopotamia, II. [xi. 28];
• on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 13];
• Roman army conveyed thither by boats after the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 50];
• taken by Chosroes, II. [xxi. 30] ff.
• Candidus, priest of Sergiopolis, makes agreement with Chosroes, II. [v. 31];
• punished by Chosroes for failing to keep his agreement, II. [xx. 2] ff., [xx. 15], [xx. 16]
• Caoses, oldest son of Cabades, I. [xi. 3];
• hated by his father, II. [ix. 12];
• claims the throne of Persia upon the death of Cabades, I. [xxi. 20];
• prevented by Mebodes from becoming king, I. [xxi. 22]
• Cappadocia, country of Asia embracing a portion of the Taurus, I. [x. 1];
• desired by Chosroes, II. [xxviii. 23];
• visited by Orestes, I. [xvii. 16]
• Carrhae, city of Mesopotamia, citizens of, offer money to Chosroes, II. [xiii. 7];
• able to see the smoke of the burning "agger" at Edessa, II. [xxvii. 15]
• Caspian Gates, their location and strategic importance, I. [x. 1] ff.;
• fortified by Alexander, I. [x. 9];
• offered to Anastasius by Ambazouces, I. [x. 10];
• seized by Cabades, I. [x. 12], [xvi. 4], [xvi. 7], [xxii. 5];
• guarded by the Persians, II. [x. 21]
• Cassandria, known in ancient times as Potidaea, captured by the Huns, II. [iv. 5]
• Catholicos, title of the priest of Doubios, II. [xxv. 4]
• Caucasus Mountains, I. [xv. 26];
• inhabited by Huns, II. [xv. 3], [xv. 29], [xxviii. 22];
• by Alani, etc., II. [xxix. 15];
• barbarians in, held in check by Lazica, II. [xxviii. 22]
• Celer, Roman general, I. [viii. 2];
• invades Arzanene, I. [viii. 21], II. [xv. 7];
• with Patricius and Hypatius besieges Amida, I. [ix. 1];
• negotiates a treaty with Aspebedes, I. [ix. 24]
• Celesene, district in Armenia, I. [xvii. 11], [xvii. 21];
• sanctuary of Artemis there, I. [xvii. 11]
• Cerataeum, a district of Antioch, II. [x. 7]
• Chalcis, city in Syria, distance from Gabboulon, I. [xviii. 8];
• from Beroea, II. [xii. 1];
• saved from Chosroes by money payment, II. [xii. 1], [xii. 2]
• Chanaranges (lit. "Commander of the Frontier Troops"), Persian term for "general," I. [v. 4], [vi. 12], [xxiii. 7]
• Chanaranges, Persian general, shares command of invading army, I. [xxi. 4];
• besieges Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 14], [xxi. 15];
• retires, I. [xxi. 27]
• Cherson, a city at the limits of Roman territory on the Euxine, I. [xii. 7]
• Chersonesus, its wall assailed by the Huns, II. [iv. 8]
• Chorzianene, place in Armenia, Eruli encamp there, II. [xxiv. 14]
• Chosroes, third son of Cabades, I. [xi. 5];
• Cabades proposes to Justinus that he adopt Chosroes, I. [xi. 6] ff.;
• Ch. awaits outcome of negotiations regarding his adoption by Justinus, I. [xi. 27];
• retires in anger to Persia, I. [xi. 30];
• declared by Cabades in his testament successor to the throne of Persia, I. [xxi. 17] ff.;
• his election to the kingship, I. [xxi. 22];
• meets Roman ambassadors on the Tigris, I. [xxii. 1] ff.;
• failure of their negotiations, I. [xxii. 12] ff.;
• grants the prayer of Rufinus, I. [xxii. 15];
• concludes the "endless peace." I. [xxii. 16], [xxii. 17];
• his unpopularity among the Persians, I. [xxiii. 1-3];
• plot to dethrone him, I. [xxiii. 3] ff.;
• slays Zames and other male relatives, I. [xxiii. 6];
• orders the chanaranges to slay Cabades, son of Zames, I. [xxiii. 7];
• hears from Varrames how Cabades had been spared, I. [xxiii. 13];
• his punishment of Adergoudounbades, I. [xxiii. 14] ff.;
• destroys Mebodes, I. [xxiii. 25] ff.;
• vexed at Roman successes in Libya, I. [xxvi. 2];
• demands his share of the spoils, I. [xxvi. 3];
• desires to break the treaty with the Romans, II. [i. 1];
• charges Justinian with having broken the treaty, II. [i. 12-14], [x. 13], [16];
• hears with favour the ambassadors of Vittigis, II. [ii. 12];
• receives an embassy from the Armenians, II. [iii. 32] ff.;
• decides to open hostilities against the Romans, II. [iii. 55];
• admonished by Justinian by letter, II. [iv. 17] ff.;
• detains Anastasius, II. [iv. 26];
• dismisses him, II. [v. 27];
• first invasion of Roman territory, II. [v. 1];
• marches towards Syria, II. [v. 4];
• refrains from attacking Zenobia, II. [v. 7];
• arriving at Sura, besieges the city, II. [v. 8] ff.;
• captures it by a strategem, II. [v. 22] ff.;
• marries Euphemia, II. [v. 28];
• releases captives for ransom, II. [v. 29];
• hears the plea of Megas, II. [vi. 18] ff.;
• exacts money from the Hierapolitans, II. [vi. 22-24];
• promises to depart from the East for ten centenaria of gold, II. [vi. 25];
• demands money from the Beroeans, II. [vii. 5];
• enters Beroea and fires a large portion of it, II. [vii. 10], [vii. 11];
• besieges the acropolis, II. [vii. 11] ff.;
• reproached by Megas, II. [vii. 19];
• his reply, II. [vii. 20] ff.;
• allows the Beroeans to capitulate, II. [vii. 35];
• moves against Antioch, II. [viii. 1];
• demands money from the citizens of Antioch, II. [viii. 4];
• hears the ambassadors, II. [viii. 5];
• insulted by the citizens, II. [viii. 6];
• storms the city wall, II. [viii. 8] ff.;
• captures Antioch, II. [viii. 20];
• reproached by Zaberganes, II. [viii. 30] ff.;
• addresses the ambassadors, I. [ix. 1] ff.;
• his hesitation in allowing the Persians to enter Antioch, II. [viii. 22-24], [ix. 7];
• his character II. [ix. 8-12];
• orders the plunder of Antioch, II. [ix. 14];
• burns the city, II. [ix. 17], [ix. 18];
• addressed by the ambassadors, II. [x. 10] ff.;
• demands money from them, II. [x. 19] ff.;
• agrees upon terms for peace, II. [x. 24];
• visits Seleucia, II. [xi. 1];
• visits Daphne, II. [xi. 5] ff.;
• burns the sanctuary of Michael at Daphne, II. [xi. 12], [xi. 13];
• proceeds to Apamea, I. [xi. 14];
• enters the city and seizes its treasures, II. [xi. 24] ff.;
• becomes a spectator in the hippodrome, II. [xi. 31] ff.;
• impales a Persian adulterer, II. [xi. 37], [xi. 38];
• exacts money from the citizens of Chalcis, II. [xii. 1], [xii. 2];
• crosses the Euphrates by a bridge, II. [xii. 3] ff.;
• eager to capture Edessa because of the belief of the Christians that it could not be captured, II. [xii. 6] ff., [29], [31;]
• demands and receives money from the citizens, II. [xii. 33], [xii. 34];
• upon receipt of a letter from Justinian prepares for departure, II. [xiii. 1], [xiii. 2];
• protests at the offer of money by the citizens of Carrhae, II. [xiii. 7];
• accepts money from the citizens of Constantina, II. [xiii. 8];
• claims Constantina as his possession by inheritance, [ib]., II. [xiii. 15];
• besieges Daras, II. [xi. 28], [xiii. 16];
• abandons the siege of Daras upon receipt of money, II. [xiii. 28];
• charged by Justinian with breaking the treaty, II. [xiii. 29];
• provides a home for the captives of Antioch, II. [xiv. 1] ff.;
• called in by the Lazi, II. [xv. 1], [xv. 12] ff.;
• prepares to invade Lazica, II. [xv. 31-35];
• Belisarius sent against him, II. [xiv. 8];
• invades Lazica, II. [xvii. 1] ff.;
• commands an attack to be made on Petra, II. [xvii. 4];
• impales Aniabedes, II. [xvii. 11];
• besieges Petra, II. [xvii. 13] ff.;
• captures Petra, II. [xvii. 27];
• retires from Lazica, II. [xix. 48];
• third invasion of Roman territory, II. [xx. 1] ff.;
• besieges Sergiopolis in vain, II. [xx. 11] ff.;
• punishes Candidus, the priest of Sergiopolis, II. [xx. 2] ff., [xx. 15], [xx. 16];
• takes much treasure from Sergiopolis, II. [xx. 7];
• sends envoy to Belisarius, II. [xxi. 1], [xxi. 23];
• retires before Belisarius, II. [xxi. 15] ff.;
• crosses the Euphrates by a bridge, II. [xxi. 21];
• takes Callinicus, II. [xi. 28], [xxi. 30-32];
• receives the hostage John, II. [xxi. 27];
• awaits the Roman envoys at Adarbiganon, II. [xxiv. 1] ff.;
• his army visited by the pestilence, II. [xxiv. 8], [xxiv. 12];
• retires from Adarbiganon into Assyria, II. [xxiv. 12];
• fourth invasion of Roman territory, II. [xxvi. 1] ff.;
• makes an attempt upon Edessa, II. [xxvi. 5] ff.;
• comes to terms with the citizens of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 46];
• arranges a five-year truce with Constantianus and Sergius, II. [xxviii. 7] ff.;
• lays plans to capture Daras and secure his possession of Lazica, II. [xxviii. 15] ff.;
• attemps to capture Daras by a ruse, II. [xxviii. 31] ff.;
• plans to build a fleet in the Euxine, II. [xxix. 1];
• sends Phabrizus into Lazica to destroy Goubazes, II. [xxix. 2] ff.;
• sends an army to relieve Petra, II. [xxix. 13]
• Christ, suffered in Jerusalem, II. [xi. 14].
• See "Jesus."
• Christians, converted two temples into churches, I. [xvii. 18];
• boast that Edessa cannot be captured, II. [xii. 7];
• reverence especially the feast of Easter, I. [xviii.15];
• the Lazi and Iberians devout Christians, I. [xii. 3], II. [xxviii. 26];
• among the Homeritae, abused by Jews, I. [xx. 1]
• Cilicia, the refuge of Ephraemius, II. [vii. 17];
• and Germanus, II. [vii. 18]
• Cilicians, the objective of Chosroes' invasion, II. [v. 4], [vi. 21]
• Cilician screens, used at the siege of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 29]
• Circesium, Roman stronghold on the Euphrates, II. [v. 2];
• its excellent defences, II. [v. 3]
• Citharizon, fortress in Armenia, four days from Theodosiopolis, II. [xxiv. 13]
• Colchis, the old name for Lazica (q.v.) I. [xi. 28], etc.
• Comana, called "Golden Comana," a city of Cappadocia founded by Orestes, I. [xvii. 19]
• Comana, city in Pontus, founded by Orestes, not the one "Among the Taurians," I. [xvii. 12]
• Comet, The, its appearance in the heavens, II. [iv. 1], [iv. 2];
• various explanations of the meaning of the phenomenon, II. [iv. 3]
• Commagene, old name for Euphratesia, I. [xvii. 2], [xvii. 23], II. [xx. 17];
• invaded by the Persians, I. [xviii. 2]
• Constantianus, an Illyrian, II. [xxiv. 4];
• envoy to Chosroes with Sergius, II. [xxiv. 3];
• appointed general, II. [xxviii. 2];
• sent as envoy to Chosroes with Sergius a second time, II. [xxviii. 3] ff.
• Constantina, city in Mesopotamia, I. [xxii. 3];
• distance from Arzamon, I. [viii. 10];
• Cabades desirous of capturing the city, II. [xiii. 8];
• spared by Cabades owing to the entreaties of Baradotus, II. [xiii. 13] ff.;
• claimed by Chosroes as an inherited possession, II. [xiii. 8], [xiii. 15];
• citizens of, their offer of money accepted by Chosroes, II. [xiii. 8]
• Constantine, Forum of, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 9], [xxiv. 24]
• Coutzes, Roman general, brother of Bouzes, sent to support Belisarius at Mindouos, I. [xiii. 5];
• captured by the Persians, I. [xiii. 8]
• Ctesiphon, town on the Tigris, II. [xxviii. 4-5];
• distance from the Antioch of Chosroes, II. [xiv. 1]
• Cyril, Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21]
• Cyrus, king of the Persians, II. [ii. 15]
• Cyzicus, John the Cappadocian exiled thither, I. [xxv. 31]

• Dagaris, a Roman spy, captured by Huns, I. [xv. 6];
• returned to the Romans, I. [xxii. 18];
• his later services to the Romans, I. [xxii. 19]
• Dagisthaeus, commands an army to succour the Lazi, II. [xxix. 10];
• with Goubazes besieges Petra, II. [xxix. 11] ff.;
• sends an insufficient force to guard the pass into Lazica, II. [xxix. 33-34];
• his incompetent conduct of the siege of Petra, II. [xxix. 34] ff.;
• deceived by Mirranes, II. [xxx. 7];
• abandons Petra, II. [xxx. 11];
• with Phoubelis attacks Mermeroes, II. [xxx. 22];
• with Goubazes attacks and almost annihilates the Persians, II. [xxx. 39] ff.
• Daphne, suburb of Antioch, I. [viii. 25];
• visited by Chosroes, II. [xi. 5] ff.;
• the portent of the uprooted cypresses, II. [xiv. 5]
• Daras, a city in Mesopotamia, fortified by Anastasius, I. [x. 13];
• distance from Nisibis and the Persian boundary, I. [x. 14];
• from Ammodius, I. [xiii. 15];
• its formidable defences, II. [xiii. 17];
• a menace to the Persians, I. [xvi. 6];
• battle of, I. [xiii. 12] ff.;
• the Persians demand that its
• walls be demolished, I. [xvi. 7];
• its abandonment by the Roman army a condition of the "endless peace," I. [xxii. 16];
• the tyranny of John, I. [xxvi. 5-12];
• besieged by Chosroes, II. [xi. 28], [xiii. 16] ff.;
• citizens of, make a settlement with Chosroes, II. [xiii. 28];
• Chosroes plans to capture it by a ruse, II. [xxviii. 17];
• failure of the attempt, II. [xxviii. 31] ff.
• Death, Gate of, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 52]
• Diocletian, Roman emperor, readjusts the Roman boundary in Aegypt, I. [xix. 29] ff.;
• builds the fortress of Philae, I. [xix. 34], [xix. 35]
• Diogenes, a guardsman, commander of cavalry, II. [xxi. 2], [xxi. 18], [xxi. 20]
• Domentiolus commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15]
• Dorotheus, a Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21]
• Dorotheus, general of Armenia, attacks invading Persian army, I. [xv. 3] ff.;
• makes a sally from Satala upon the Persian army, I. [xv. 11] ff.
• Doubios, district in Persarmenia, II. [xxv. 1], [xxv. 2];
• its trade with India, II. [xxv. 3];
• distance from Theodosiopolis, II. [xxv. 1];
• Mermeroes stops there with his army II. [xxx. 33];
• priest of, called Catholicos, II. [xxv. 4];
• sent to urge the Romans to make peace, II. [xxiv. 6], [xxiv. 7]

• Easter, its especial observance by the Christians, I. [xviii. 15]
• Edessa, the centre of so-called Osroene, I. [xvii. 24];
• in Mesopotamia, II. [xxiv. 4];
• Augustus promises to build a hippodrome in the city, II. [xii. 18];
• the story of its toparch Augarus, II. [xii. 8] ff.;
• citizens of, convinced that the city could not be captured by barbarians, II. [xii. 7], [xii. 26], [xii. 30];
• the letter of Christ to Augarus inscribed on the city wall, II. [xii. 26];
• given over to the Persians by the son of Augarus, II. [xii. 28];
• citizens of, destroy the Persian guards and give back the city to the Romans, II. [xii. 29];
• citizens pay Chosroes two centenaria, II. [xii. 34];
• their zeal to ransom the captives of Antioch frustrated by Bouzes, II. [xiii. 3] ff.;
• Cabades desirous of capturing the city, II. [xii. 6], [xii. 7], [xii. 31], [xiii. 8];
• abandons his purpose upon reaching it, II. [xiii. 9] ff.;
• attacked by Chosroes, II. [xxvi.5] ff.;
• the home of Sergius, II. [xxiv. 4]
• Eirenaeus, Roman general, sent to Lazica, I. [xii. 14]
• Elephantina, city in Aegypt, on the Roman boundary, I. [xix. 27];
• near Philae, I. [xix. 34], [xix. 35]
• Endielon, place near Amida, I. [vii. 5]
• Ephraemius, chief priest of Antioch, accused of treason by Julian, II. [vii. 16];
• retires to Cilicia, II. [vii. 17]
• Ephthalitae Huns, called White Huns, their manners and customs, I. [iii. 1], [iii. 2];
• wage war with Perozes, I. [iii. 1] ff.;
• entrap the Persian army, I. [iii. 8] ff.;
• in a second war with Perozes completely destroy his army, I. [iv. 1] ff.;
• force the Persians to pay tribute, I. [iv. 35];
• receive Cabades after his escape from the Prison of Oblivion, I. [vi. 10];
• Cabades owes their king money, I. [vii. 1], [vii. 2];
• punished for impiety towards Jacobus, the hermit, I. [vii. 8];
• eight hundred Eph. killed by the Persians, I. [viii. 13]
• Eruli, accustomed to fight without protective armour except a shield, II. [xxv. 27], [xxv. 28];
• in the Roman army, II. [xxi. 4];
• in the Roman army at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19], [xiv. 33], [xiv. 39];
• under Mundus, I. [xxiv. 41];
• in the army of Valerianus, II. [xxiv. 12];
• with the army of Martinus, II. [xxiv. 14];
• follow Peter into Persia, II. [xxiv. 18];
• in the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 20] ff.
• Esimiphaeus, established as king of the Homeritae, I. [xx. 1];
• deposed by insurgents, I. [xx. 3];
• makes idle promise to Justinian, I. [xx. 9] ff.
• Euphemia, daughter of John the Cappadocian I. [xxv. 13]
• Euphemia, captive of Sura, married by Chosroes, II. [v. 28]
• Euphratesia, ancient name of Commagene I. [xvii. 2], [xvii. 23], II. [xx. 17], [xx. 20];
• chosen by Azarethes as the starting point for an invasion of Roman territory, I. [xvii. 2]
• Euphrates River, its source in Armenia, I. [xvii. 4];
• disappears in a strange marsh, I. [xvii. 6] ff.;
• its course from Celesene as far as the junction with the Tigris, I. [xvii. 21], [xvii. 22];
• receives the waters of the Aborrhas, II. [v. 1];
• protects one side of Circesium, [ib].;
• important battle on its banks, I. [xviii. 30] ff.
• Europe, invaded by the Huns, II. [iv. 4] ff.
• Europum, on the Euphrates, headquarters of Belisarius while
• recruiting his army, II. [xx. 24], [xx. 27], [xx. 28]
• Eusebius, Roman ambassador to the Persian king Perozes, I. [iii. 8];
• warns Perozes of the stratagem of the Ephthalitae I. [iii. 13]
• Eusebius, bishop of Cyzicus, murdered by the citizens, I. [xxv. 37], [xxv. 38]
• Euxine Sea, receives the waters of the Phasis, II. [xxix. 18];
• Chosroes desires an outlet to it, II. [xxviii. 23]
• Evaris, builder of a temple of Michael at Tretum, near Antioch, II. [xi. 7]

• Florentinus, a Thracian, distinguishes himself at the battle of Satala, I. [xv. 15], [xv. 16]

• Gabalas, a Saracen, father of Arethas, I. [xvii. 47]
• Galatians, on the Euxine, II. [xxviii. 23]
• Gabboulon, distance from Chalcis, I. [xviii. 8]
• Gaza, limit of Arabia in olden times, I. [xix. 20]
• Gelimer, brought captive to Byzantium by Belisarius, II. [xxi. 28]
• George, confidant of Belisarius, persuades the inhabitants of Sisauranon to capitulate, II. [xix. 22], [xix. 23];
• saves the city of Daras, II. [xxviii. 33] f.
• Germanus, nephew of Justinian, II. [vi. 9];
• commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21];
• sent to meet the invasion of Chosroes, II. [vi. 9];
• establishes himself In Antioch and inspects the fortifications, II. [vi. 10];
• retires into Cilicia, II. [vii. 18]
• Glones, a Persian, in command of the garrison in Amida, I. [vii. 33];
• destroyed by a stratagem, I. [ix. 5-17];
• son of, I. [ix. 4], [ix. 18]
• Godidisklus, a Goth, an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3]
• Gorgo, city of the Ephthalitae, against the Persian frontier, I. [iii. 2], [iv. 10]
• Goths, march with Belisarius against Chosroes, II. [xiv. 10], [xviii. 24], [xxi. 4]
• Goubazes, king of Lazica, privy councillor of Justinian in absentia, II. [xxix. 31];
• gives himself and his people over to Chosroes, II. [xvii. 2] ff.;
• plotted against by Phabrizus, II. [xxix. 2] ff.;
• begs Justinian to succour the Lazi, II. [xxix. 9];
• with Dagisthaeus besieges Petra, II. [xxix. 11] ff.;
• defends one pass against the Persians, II. [xxix. 28] ff.;
• asks Justinian to send money to the Alani and the Sabeiri, II. [xxix. 30];
• Chosroes plans to put him out of the way, II. [xxviii. 30], [xxix. 2] ff.;
• rewarded with money by Justinian, II. [xxx. 28];
• with Dagisthaeus attacks and almost annihilates the Persians, II. [xxx. 39] ff.
• Gourgenes, king of Iberia, revolts from the Persians, I. [xii. 4] ff., II. [xv. 6], [xxviii. 20];
• retires before the Persian army into Lazica, I. [xii. 11], [xii. 12]
• Gousanastades, "chanaranges," counsels the execution of Cabades, I. [v. 4];
• put to death by Cabades, I. [vi. 18]
• Greece, plundered by the Huns, II. [iv. 11]
• Greeks, The, I. [xix. 35]
• Green Faction, their struggles with the Blue Faction, I. [xxiv. 2-6];
• in the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 7] ff.;
• favoured by Chosroes at Apamea, II. [xi. 32]

• Hebrews, of Iotabe, formerly autonomous, become subject to the Romans, I. [xix. 4]
• Helen, palace named from, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 30]
• Hellenic faith, The, I. [xx. 1], [xxv. 10]
• Hellestheaeus, king of the Aethiopians, his expeditions against the Homeritae, I. [xx. 1] ff.;
• his vain promises to Justinian, I. [xx. 9] ff.
• Hermogenes, Roman general, sent to assist Belisarius, I. [xiii. 10];
• in company with Belisarius prepares to meet the Persians at Daras, I. [xiii. 12] ff.;
• at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19] ff.;
• forbids Andreas to engage in single combat, I. [xiii. 35];
• interchange of letters with Perozes, I. [xiv. 1] ff.;
• address to the troops, I. [xiv. 20] ff.;
• arrays the army on the second day of the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 28];
• at the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 44];
• recalls Romans from pursuit of the Persians, I. [xiv. 53];
• returns to Byzantium, I. [xvi. 10];
• sent as ambassador by the emperor, I. [xviii. 16];
• negotiates unsuccessfully with Chosroes, I. [xxi. 1];
• accompanies the army of Sittas as ambassador, I. [xxi. 10], [xxi. 23];
• ambassador to Chosroes with Rufinus, I. [xxii. 16]
• Hestia, i.e. Vesta, identified with the Persian fire-divinity, II. [xxiv. 2]
• Hierapolis, city on the Euphrates, I. [xiii. 11], [xvii. 22];
• distance from Beroea and Antioch, II. [vii. 2];
• Bouzes and the Roman army stationed there, II. [vi. 2];
• suggested plan for its defence, II. [vi. 3] ff.;
• deserted by Bouzes, II. [vi. 7], [vi. 8];
• saved from Chosroes by payment of money, II. [vi. 22-24];
• Justus and Bouzes take refuge there, II. [xx. 20]
• Homeric bowmen, compared with bowmen of Procopius' time, I. [i. 9-11]
• Homeritae, people of Arabia, sought as allies by Justinian, I. [xix. 1], [xx. 9] ff.;
• location of their country, I. [xix. 15];
• domestic conflicts and intervention of Hellestheaeus, I. [xx. 1] ff.
• Honorius, Emperor of the West, uncle of Theodosius II, unable to assist him, I. [ii. 4]
• Huns, a nomadic people, of ugly countenance, I. [iii. 4];
• their homes, I. [x. 6], [xii. 7], II. [xv. 3], [xxviii. 22];
• their war with Cabades, I. [viii. 19], [ix. 24], [x. 15], II. [xvi. 3];
• Justinian attempts to win their support, II. [i. 14], [iii. 47], [x. 16];
• capture a Roman spy I. [xv. 6];
• attack of, feared by the Persians at Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 27];
• invade Roman territory, I. [xxi. 28];
• often defeated by Dagaris, I. [xxii. 19];
• receiving annual payments from the Romans, II. [x. 23];
• held back by the Lazi, II. [xv. 3];
• in the army of Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 5];
• assist the Romans in the defence of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 25], [xxvi. 26];
• invade Europe, II. [iv. 4] ff.;
• cross the Hellespont into Asia, II. [iv. 9];
• plunder Illyricum and Thessaly and Greece as far as the Isthmus, II. [iv. 10-12]
• Hypatius, nephew of Anastasius, I. [viii. 2];
• his army routed by Cabades, I. [viii. 10-18];
• his escape, I. [viii. 19];
• sent as envoy to the Persians, I. [xi. 24];
• slandered by Rufinus, I. [xi. 38];
• his punishment, I. [xi. 39];
• sent from the palace by Justinian, I. [xxiv. 19-21];
• declared emperor by the populace, and conducted to the hippodrome, I. [xxiv. 22] f.;
• his wife Mary, I. [xxiv. 23];
• takes the emperor's seat in the hippodrome, I. [xxiv. 42];
• brought before Justinian as a prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53];
• meets his death bravely, I. [xxiv. 55], [xxiv. 56]

• Iberia, Iberians, a Christian people, side with the Romans, I. [xii. 2] ff., II. [xv. 6];
• come to Byzantium, I. [xii. 14];
• given choice of remaining in Byzantium or returning to their homes, I. [xxii. 16];
• dissatisfied with Persian rule, II. [xxviii. 20], [xxviii. 21]
• Ildiger, in the army of Martinus, II. [xxiv. 13]
• Illyricum, invaded by the Huns, II. [iv. 5], [iv. 10]
• Immortals, a detachment of the Persian army, I. [xiv. 31];
• at the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 44] ff.
• India, washed by the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 3];
• boats in, tale to account for their construction without iron, I. [xix. 23], [xix. 24];
• iron not produced there nor imported from elsewhere, I. [xix. 24-26];
• silk export, I. [xx. 9], [xx. 12];
• its trade with Doubios, II. [xxv. 3]
• Ionian Gulf, II. [iv. 4]
• Iotabe, an Island In the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 3]
• Iphigenia, the story of her flight from the sanctuary of Artemis, I. [xvii. 11] ff.;
• temple dedicated to her by Orestes, I. [xvii. 18]
• Iris River, in Pontus, I. [xvii. 14]
• Isaac, brother of Narses, betrays Bolum to the Romans and comes as a deserter to Byzantium, I. [xv. 32], [xv. 33];
• commander in Armenia, II. [xxiv. 14];
• carries his brother Narses out of the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 24]
• Isaurians, in the Roman army, I. [xviii. 5];
• commanded by Longinus and Stephanacius, I. [xviii. 7];
• at the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 38];
• their inexperience in war, I. [xviii. 39]
• Isdigerdes, Persian king, guardian of Theodosius I. [ii. 7] ff.
• Isdigousnas, high Persian official, II. [xxviii. 16];
• employed by Chosroes for the furtherance of his plans, II. [xxviii. 17];
• attempts to capture Daras for Chosroes by a ruse, II. [xxviii. 31] ff.;
• continues to Byzantium as an envoy, II. [xxviii. 38] ff.
• Isis, worshipped by the Blemyes and Nobatae, I. [xix. 35]
• Italy, subdued by Belisarius, II. [i. 1]

• Jacobus, a holy man among the Syrians, I. [vii. 5] ff.
• Jason, the tale of his adventure with Medea in Colchis, II. [xvii. 2]
• Jerusalem, the scene of Christ's suffering, II. [xi. 14];
• its treasures desired by Chosroes, II. [xx. 18]
• Jesus, his life and work in Palestine, II. [xii. 22], [xii. 23];
• invited by Augarus to come to Edessa, II. [xii. 24];
• his reply, in which he promises health to Augarus, II. [xii. 25].
• See also "Christ."
• Jews, oppress the Christians among the Homeritae, I. [xx. 1].
• See also "Hebrews."
• John, father of Artabanes, of the Arsacidae, II. [iii. 25];
• treacherously slain by Bouzes, II. [iii. 29-31]
• John, son of Basilius, a notable of Edessa, given as a hostage to Chosroes, I. [xxi. 27], [xxi. 33]
• John, an Armenian, son of Thomas Gouzes, in the Roman army, II. [xxx. 4]
• John the Cappadocian, praetorian prefect, I. [xxiv. 11];
• his character and ability, I. [xxiv. 12-15], [xxv. 8-10];
• highly esteemed by Justinian, I. [xxv. 5], [xxv. 25], [xxv. 33];
• dismissed from office, I. [xxiv. 17];
• restored to office, I. [xxv. 1];
• hated by Theodora, I. [xxv. 4-7];
• hostility to Belisarius, I. [xxv. 12];
• entrapped by Antonina, I. [xxv. 13] ff.;
• forced to become a priest and exiled to Cyzicus, I. [xxv. 31];
• looks forward confidently to becoming emperor, I. [xxv. 8], [xxv. 19], [xxv. 44], II. [xxx. 50];
• his easy lot in Cyzicus, I. [xxv. 34], [xxv. 35];
• accused of the murder of Eusebius, I. [xxv. 39];
• his treatment at the trial, I. [xxv. 40];
• his punishment, I. [xxv. 42], [xxv. 43];
• imprisoned in the city of Antinous in Aegypt, I. [xxv. 43];
• returns to Byzantium, II. [xxx. 49], [xxx. 50];
• the grotesque fulfilment of his dreams, II. [xxx. 54];
• his daughter Euphemia, I. [xxv. 13]
• John, son of Lucas, Roman officer, captured by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 43], [xvii. 44]
• John, commander of troops in Mesopotamia, arrests the interpreter of Vittigis' envoys, II. [xiv. 12];
• attacked by the Persians before Nisibis, II. [xviii. 16]
• John, son of Nicetas, Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21];
• urges Belisarius to retire from Mesopotamia, II. [xix. 36] ff.;
• commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15]
• John, son of Rufinus, sent as ambassador to Chosroes, II. [vii. 15], [ix. 1], [x. 10], [x. 18] ff.
• John Tzibus, governor of Lazica,
• his origin and character, II. [xv. 9];
• persuades Justinian to build Petra, II. [xv. 10];
• monopolises the retail trade, II. [xv. 11], [xxix. 21];
• valiantly defends Petra, II. [xvii. 5] ff.;
• killed by a missile, II. [xvii. 16]
• John, serving in the Roman infantry, his tyranny at Daras, I. [xxvi. 5-12];
• his death, I. [xxvi. 12]
• John the Glutton, a guardsman, sent with Arethas into Assyria, II. [xix. 15] ff.;
• commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15]
• Julian, sanctuary of, in Antioch, II. [x. 8]
• Julian, brother of Summas, envoy to the Aethiopians and Homeritae, I. [xx. 9], II. [i. 10];
• private secretary of Justinian, sent as ambassador to Chosroes, II. [vii. 15];
• forbids giving money to Chosroes and denounces Ephraemius, II. [vii. 16]
• Justinian, nephew of Justinus, I. [xi. 10];
• his great love for his wife Theodora, I. [xxv. 4];
• favours adoption of Chosroes by his uncle Justinus, I. [xi. 10];
• as general, I. [xi. 16], [xii. 21];
• becomes emperor upon the death of Justinus, I. [xiii. 1];
• orders the building of a fort in Mindouos, I. [xiii. 2];
• appoints Belisarius General of the East, I. [xiii. 9];
• makes Arethas commander of many tribes, I. [xvii. 47];
• pits Arethas against Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 47], [xvii. 48];
• orders demolition of Philae, I. [xix. 36];
• endeavours to secure the alliance of the Aethiopians and Homeritae, I. [xix. 1], [xx. 9] ff.;
• receives the Palm Groves as a present from Abochorabus, I. [xix. 10] ff.;
• recalls Belisarius and sends Sittas to the East, I. [xxi. 2], [xxi. 3];
• receives information from a Persian spy, I. [xxi. 13];
• concludes the "endless peace," I. [xxii. 16];
• receives in Byzantium the Cabades who claimed to be the son of Zames, I. [xxiii. 24];
• his conduct during the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 10] ff.;
• his affection for John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 5], [xxv. 25], [xxv. 33];
• denounced by the Armenian embassy before Chosroes, II. [iii. 37] ff.;
• refuses to sanction treaty, II. [xiii. 29];
• summons Belisarius from Italy and sends him against Chosroes, II. [xiv. 8];
• commands Belisarius to invade Persia, II. [xvi. 5];
• sends him again against Chosroes, II. [xx. 20];
• summons Belisarius from the East in order to send him to Italy, II. [xxi. 34];
• takes measures for the relief of the victims of the pestilence, II. [xxiii. 5] ff.;
• attacked by the pestilence, II. [xxiii. 20];
• orders Valerianus and Martinus with others to invade Persia, II. [xxiv.10];
• appoints Marcellus and Constantianus generals, II. [xxviii. 2];
• sanctions the five-year peace, II. [xxviii. 11];
• receives Isdigousnas with especial honour, II. [xxviii. 38] ff.;
• sends succour to the Lazi, II. [xxix. 10];
• neglects to send money requested by Goubazes, II. [xxix. 30-32];
• finally sends the money for the Sabeiri, and gifts of money to Goubazes, II. [xxx. 28];
• sends John Tzibus to Lazica, II. [xv. 9];
• founds Petra in Lazica, II. [xv. 10], [xxix. 20];
• makes a present of money to Chosroes, I. [xxvi. 4];
• considers the question of Strata, II. [i. 7] ff.;
• accused of tampering with Alamoundaras, II. [i. 12-14], [iii. 47], [x. 16];
• advises Chosroes not to wage war, II. [iv. 17] ff.;
• sends Germanus to Syria, II. [vi. 9];
• sends ambassadors to Chosroes, II. [vii. 15];
• favours the Green Faction, II. [xi. 32];
• writes to Chosroes, II. [xiii. 1];
• the years of his reign noted, I. [xvi. 10], [xxii. 17], II. [iii. 56], [v. 1], [xxviii. 11], [xxx. 48]
• Justinus, uncle of Justinian, I. [xi. 10];
• an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3];
• becomes emperor, I. [xi. 1];
• declines to adopt Chosroes, I. [xi. 6] ff.;
• reduces Hypatius from authority, I. [xi. 39];
• captures Peter of Arzanene during Celer's invasion, II. [xv. 7];
• supports the Iberians in their revolt from the Persians, I. [xii. 5] ff.;
• makes Justinian partner in the royal power, I. [xii. 21];
• appoints Procopius adviser to Belisarius, I. [xii. 24];
• his death, I. [xiii. 1]
• Justus, nephew of Justinian, assists in making Hypatius prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53];
• takes refuge with Bouzes in Hierapolis II. [xx. 20];
• they invite Belisarius to join them, II. [xx. 21] ff.;
• but later come to him in Europum, II. [xx. 28];
• commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15];
• invades Persia apart from the other commanders, II. [xxiv. 20];
• invades the country about Taraunon with Peranius, II. [xxv. 35];
• his death, II. [xxviii. 1]

• Lazica, Lazi, later names for Colchis and Colchi (q.v.), I. [xi. 28];
• its cities, II. [xxix. 18];
• an unproductive country, I. [xii. 17] II. [xxviii. 27];
• imported salt and other necessities of life, II. [xv. 5], [xxviii. 27];
• many fortresses there, II. [xxx. 27];
• difficult to traverse, II. [xxix. 24], [xxix. 25];
• bulwark against the barbarians of the Caucasus, II. [xxviii. 22];
• its importance to Persia, II. [xxviii. 18] ff.;
• the scene of the story of Jason and Medea, II. [xvii. 2];
• the Lazi in ancient times allies of the Persians, II. [xv. 15];
• become allies of the Romans, II. [xv. 16];
• the people Christian, II. [xxviii. 26];
• Lazica claimed by the Persians, I. [xi. 28];
• forts of, abandoned by the Romans and occupied by the Persians, I. [xii. 19];
• Chosroes refuses to return them to the Romans, I. [xxii. 3];
• finally given up by the Persians, I. [xxii. 18];
• invaded by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 12], II. [xv. 1], [xvii. 1] ff.;
• limited subjection of the Lazi to the Romans, II. [xv. 2-4];
• placed under a Roman magistrate, II. [iii. 39];
• become discontented by reason of Roman misrule, II. [xv. 6] ff.;
• appeal to Chosroes, II. [xv. 1], [xv. 12] ff.;
• demanded from Chosroes by the Roman envoys, II. [xxviii. 6];
• Chosroes plans to populate it with Persians, II. [xxviii. 17];
• Lazi hostile to Persian rule, II. [xxviii. 25]
• Lebanon, I. [xiii. 5], II. [viii. 2], [xvi. 17], [xix. 33]
• Libelarius of Thrace, Roman general, invades Mesopotamia, I. [xii. 23];
• reduced from office, I. [xii. 24]
• Libyans, II. [iii. 42]
• Ligurians, envoys of Vittigis to Chosroes, II. [ii. 1]
• Longinus, commander of Isaurians, I. [xviii. 7]
• Lucas, father of John, I. [xvii. 44]
• Lycaones, in the army of Belisarius, I. [xviii. 40]

• Macedonians, founders of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, II. [xxviii. 4]
• Maddeni, tribe of Saracens in Arabia, subject to the Homeritae, I. [xix. 14], [xx. 9]
• Magi, advise Perozes to deceive the Ephthalitae, I. [iii. 18] ff.;
• entrap Arsaces, I. [v. 19] ff.;
• advice to Cabades at the siege of Amida, I. [vii. 19];
• announce to Chosroes that he will capture Sura, II. [v. 9];
• answer Cabades' enquiry with regard to Edessa, II. [xiii. 9], [xiii. 10];
• guardians of the fire-sanctuary, II. [xxiv. 2]
• Mamas, priest of Daras, assists in overthrowing the tyranny of John, I. [xxvi. 8]
• Marcellus, nephew of Justinian, appointed general, II. [xxviii,. 2]
• Marcellus, Roman commander at the battle of Daras I. [xiii. 21];
• commander of palace guards, sent by Theodora to assassinate John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 24] ff.;
• wounded in the encounter, I. [xxv. 29]
• Martinus, given as a hostage to the Persians, I. [xxi. 27];
• sent to the East, II. [xiv. 9];
• defends Daras against Chosroes, II. [xiii. 16] ff.;
• ordered to invade Persia with Valerianus, II. [xxiv. 10;]
• General of the East, encamps at Citharizon, II. [xxiv. 13];
• follows Peter in invading Persia, II. [xxiv. 19];
• commands the centre at the battle of Anglon II. [xxv. 17];
• with Peter and Peranius defends Edessa against Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 25] ff.;
• deceived by the Persian commanders, II. [xxvi. 44] ff., [xxvii. 5], [xxvii. 6];
• arranges a settlement with Chosroes, II. [xxvii. 45], [xxvii. 46]
• Martyropolis, near the River Nymphius, I. [viii. 22];
• distance from Amida, I. [xxi. 6];
• besieged by the Persians, I. [xxi. 5] ff.;
• fears
• of Sittas and Hermogenes concerning
• its safety, I. [xxi. 23];
• siege abandoned by the Persians, I. [xxi. 27];
• near Phison, II. [xxiv. 15]
• Mary, wife of Hypatius, tries to prevent her husband from going to the hippodrome, I. [xxiv. 23], [xxiv. 24]
• Massagetae, reported to be preparing to join the Persians, I. [xxi.13].
• See also"Huns"
• Mebodes, a Persian official, sent as envoy to the Romans, I. [xi. 25];
• slanders Seoses, I. [xi. 31];
• persuades Cabades to leave a written declaration concerning Chosroes, I. [xxi. 17-19];
• opposes the claim of Caoses, I. [xxi. 20];
• secures the election of Chosroes as king, I. [xxi. 22];
• his tragic death, I. [xxiii. 25] ff.
• Medea, the tale of her adventure with Jason in Colchis, II. [xvii. 2]
• Medes, the name used by Procopius as an equivalent for "Persians" (q.v.)
• Medic garments, called to Procopius' time "seric," I. [xx. 9]
• Megas, bishop of Beroea, sent to Chosroes, II. [vi. 17];
• begs him to spare the Roman cities, II. [vi. 18] ff.;
• goes to Antioch, II. [vii. 1];
• fails to persuade the citizens of Antioch to pay money to Chosroes, II. [vii. 14];
• his conference with Chosroes at Beroea, II. [vii. 19] ff.
• Melitene, chief city of Armenia Minor, I. [xvii. 22]
• Mermeroes, Persian general, invades Roman Armenia, I. [xv. 1] ff.;
• driven back by Dorotheus and Sittas, I. [xv. 8];
• invades Roman territory a second time, I. [xv. 9];
• defeated at Satala, I. [xv. 12] ff.;
• shares command of an invading army, I. [xxi. 4];
• lends an army to the relief of Petra, II. [xxix. 13], [xxx. 1] ff.;
• forces the pass into Iberia, II. [xxx. 8-10];
• reaches Petra, II. [xxx. 15];
• taunts the Romans, II. [xxx. 17];
• leaving a garrison in Petra, starts back, II. [xxx. 20];
• attacked by Phoubelis and Goubazes, II. [xxx. 22];
• departs from Lazica with the greater part of his army, II. [xxx. 32], [xxx. 33]
• Mesopotamia, bounded by the Tigris and the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 23];
• its hot climate, II. [xix. 31];
• Persians accustomed to invade Roman territory from here, I. [xvii. 25];
• avoided by invading Persian army, I. [xvii. 2];
• invaded by the Persians, I. [xxi. 4] ff.
• Michael, sanctuary of, in Daphne, burned by Chosroes, II. [xi. 6], [xi. 12], [xi. 13];
• temple of, at Tretum, II. [xi. 7], [xi. 13]
• Mindouos, place near the Persian border, Justinian attempts to fortify it, I. [xiii. 2], [xvi. 7]
• Mirranes, a Persian term (lit. "Mithra-son," denoting properly,
• not an office, but a patrician family); see Perozes 2;
• also, commander in Petra, deceives Dagisthaeus, II. [xxx. 7]
• Mocheresis, important city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Molatzes, commander of troops in Lebanon, brings succour to Antioch, II. [viii. 2];
• flees precipitately with the soldiers, II. [viii. 17-19]
• Monks, distinguished for piety, I. [vii. 22], [vii. 24]
• Moors, II. [ii. 8], [iii. 46]
• Mopsuestia, a city of Cilicia, II. [x. 2]
• Mundus, general in Illyricum, assists in quelling the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 40] ff.

• Nabedes, commander of the Persian soldiers in Nisibis, II. [xviii. 9];
• attacks the Roman troops before the city, II. [xviii. 19] ff.;
• general in Persarmenia, takes measures to urge the Romans toward making peace, II. [xxiv. 6];
• takes up his position in Anglon, II. [xxv. 6];
• defeats the Roman armies, II. [xxv. 20] ff.
• Narses, a Persarmenian, the emperor's steward, receives Narses and Aratius when they desert to the Romans, I. [xv. 31];
• a eunuch, I. [xxv. 24];
• sent by Theodora to assist in the assassination of John the Cappadocian, [ib].;
• overhears his conversation with Antonina, I. [xxv. 26]
• Narses, a Persarmenian, in company with Aratius defeats Sittas and Belisarius, I. [xii. 21], [xii. 22];
• deserts to the Romans, I. [xv. 31];
• dismantles the sanctuaries in Philae at Justinian's order, I. [xix. 37];
• encamps with Valerianus near Theodosiopolis, II. [xxiv. 12];
• leads the attack at Anglon, II. [xxv. 20];
• dies bravely, II. [xxv. 24];
• brother of Isaac, II. [xxiv. 14]
• Nicetas, father of the general John, I. [xiii. 21], II. [xix. 36], [xxiv. 15]
• Nika insurrection, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 1] ff.;
• significance of the name, I. [xxiv. 10]
• Nile River, the Nobatae dwell along its banks, I. [xix. 28], [xix. 29];
• the island of Philae in it, I. [xix. 34]
• Nisibis, distance from the Tigris, I. [xi. 27];
• from Daras, I. [x. 14];
• from Sisauranon, II. [xix. 2];
• bulwark of the Persian empire, II. [xviii. 7];
• its capture by the Persians, I. [xvii. 25];
• its territory invaded by Libelarius, I. [xii. 23];
• by Belisarius, II. [xviii. 1] ff.;
• negotiations with Chosroes there, I. [xxii. 10]
• Nobatae, a people of upper Aegypt, I. [xix. 28];
• settled along the Nile by Diocletian, I. [xix. 29] ff.;
• receive annual payment from the Roman emperor, I. [xix. 32], [xix. 33];
• their religion, I. [xix. 35]
• Nymphius River, near Martyropolis, I. [viii. 22], [xxi. 6];
• forms boundary between the Roman and Persian territory, I. [xxi. 6];
• boundary of Arzanene, I. [viii. 21], II. [xv. 7]

• Oasis, city in upper Aegypt, former home of the Nobatae, I. [xix. 30]
• Obbane, on the Euphrates, distance from Barbalissum, II. [xii. 4]
• Octava, place in Armenia, distance from Satala, I. [xv. 9]
• Odonathus, ruler of the Saracens, husband of Zenobia, II. [v. 5];
• his services to the Romans, II. [v. 6]
• Oenochalakon, place in Armenia, II. [iii. 15]
• Olyvrius, emperor of the West, father-in-law of Areobindus, I. [viii. 1]
• Orestes, the story of his flight from Tauris, I. [xvii. 11] ff.
• Origenes, a senator, counsels moderation, I. [xxiv. 26] ff.
• Orocasius, highest part of the city of Antioch, II. [vi. 10]
• Orontes River, flows along by Antioch, II. [vi. 10], [viii. 3], [viii. 35]
• Osiris, worshipped by the Blemyes and Nobatae, I. [xix. 35]
• Osroene, name applied to country about Edessa, I. [xvii. 24];
• its strongly fortified cities, I. [xvii. 34]
• Osroes, ancient king of Edessa, I. [xvii. 24]

• Pacurius, king of Persia at the time of the truceless war with the Armenians, I. [v. 10];
• entraps Arsaces, I. [v. 16] ff.;
• confines Arsaces in the Prison of Oblivion, I. [v. 29];
• flays Bassicius, I. [v. 28];
• grants favour to a friend of Arsaces, I. [v. 30] ff.
• Palestine, bounded by the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 2];
• Saracens dwelling in it, I. [xix. 10];
• the objective of Chosroes' third invasion, II. [xx. 18];
• visited by the pestilence, II. [xxii. 6]
• Palm Groves, held by Saracens of Arabia, I. [xix. 8], [xix. 9], II. [iii. 41];
• presented to Justinian, I. [xix. 10] ff.
• Palmyra, city of Phoenicia, II. [i. 6]
• Parthians, their connection with the first Arsaces, II. [iii. 32]
• Patriciolus, an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3]
• Patricias, the Phrygian, Roman general, I. [viii. 2];
• his army routed by Cabades, I. [viii. 10-18];
• his escape, I. [viii. 19];
• entraps Glones with two hundred Persians, I. [ix. 5-18]
• Paulus, interpreter of Chosroes, II. [vi. 22];
• a Roman reared in Antioch, II. [vi. 23];
• presents the Persian demands at Hierapolis, II. [vi. 22];
• at Beroea, II. [vii. 5];
• at Antioch, II. [viii. 4];
• where he exhorts the citizens to abstain from their folly, II. [viii. 7];
• at Chalcis, II. [xii. 1];
• at Edessa, II. [xii. 33];
• a second time at Edessa, II. [xxvi. 14], [xxvii. 24], [xxvii. 45]
• Pearl, story of the, I. [iv. 17-31]
• Peloponnesus, escapes plunder by the Huns, II. [iv. 11]
• Pelusium, in Aegypt, the starting point of the pestilence, II. [xxii. 6]
• Peranius, son of Gourgenes, king of Iberia, I. [xii. 11];
• commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15];
• invades the country about Taraunon with Justus, II. [xxv. 35];
• with Peter and Martinus defends Edessa against Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 25] ff., [xxvii. 42];
• Chosroes demands that he and Peter be surrendered to him, II. [xxvi. 38];
• his death, II. [xxviii. 1]
• Perozes, Persian king, wages war against the Ephthalitae, I. [iii. 1], [iii. 8];
• entrapped by the Ephthalitae, I. [iii. 10] ff.;
• escapes with his army, I. [iii. 22];
• his second expedition, I. [iv. 1] ff.;
• destroyed with his army by the Ephthalitae, I. [iv. 14] ff.;
• his famous pearl, I. [iv. 14]
• Perozes, Persian general, I. [xiii. 16];
• interchange of letters with Belisarius and Hermogenes, I. [xiv. 1] ff.;
• address to his troops, I. [xiv. 13] ff.;
• defeated by Belisarius, I. [xiv. 28] ff.;
• punished by Cabades, I. [xvii. 26] ff.
• Perozes, sons of, murder Symeon, II. [iii. 3]
• Persarmenia, its trade with India, II. [xxv. 3];
• devastated by Sittas and Belisarius, I. [xii. 20]
• Persarmenians, in the Persian army, I. [xv. 1]
• Persians, worship the rising sun, I. [iii. 20];
• their fire-worship, II. [xxiv. 2];
• do not bury the dead, I. [xi. 35], [xii. 4];
• their set character, II. [xxviii. 25];
• their trade in Indian silk, I. [xx. 9];
• the arrogance of their officials, I. [xi. 33];
• their custom of counting an army before and after a campaign, I. [xviii. 52] ff.;
• their infantry inefficient, I. [xiv. 25];
• their bowmen quick, but inferior to those of the Romans, I. [xviii. 32];
• their skill in bridging rivers, II. [xxi. 22];
• maintain spies at public expense, I. [xxi. 11];
• suffer a severe defeat at the hands of the Ephthalitae, I. [iv. 13], [iv. 14];
• pay tribute to the Ephthalitae for two years, I. [iv. 35];
• make peace with Theodosius, I. [ii. 15];
• unable to prevent the fortification of Daras, I. [x. 15];
• capture Amida, I. [vii. 29];
• receive money from the Romans and give back Amida, I. [ix. 4];
• wage war with the Huns during the seven-years' peace with the Romans, I. [ix. 24];
• seize certain forts in Lazica, I. [xii. 19];
• prevent the fortification of Mindouos, I. [xiii. 7], [xiii. 8];
• defeated in battle at Daras, I. [xiv. 47] ff.;
• defeated in Persarmenia, I. [xv. 8];
• and in Armenia, I. [xv. 16];
• refrain from entering Roman territory by Mesopotamia, I. [xvii. 25];
• victorious in the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 37];
• invade Mesopotamia, I. [xxi. 4];
• besiege Martyropolis in vain, I. [xxi. 5] ff.;
• make peace with the Romans, I. [xxii. 17], [xxii. 18];
• capture Sura, II. [v. 25];
• and Beroea, II. [vii. 12] ff.;
• capture and destroy Antioch, II. [viii. 20] ff.;
• capture Petra, II. [xvii. 27];
• besiege Edessa in vain, II. [xxvi. 5] ff., [xxvii. 46];
• save Petra from capture by the Romans, II. [xxix. 41] ff.;
• suffer a severe defeat in Lazica, II. [xxx. 39] ff.
• Pestilence, The, devastates the whole world, II. [xxii. 1] ff.;
• in Byzantium, II. [xxii. 9] ff.;
• in Persia, II. [xxiv. 8], [xxiv. 12]
• Peter, captured as a boy in Arzanene by Justinus, II. [xv. 7];
• Roman general, sent to Lazica, I. [xii. 9];
• summoned to Byzantium, I. [xii. 14];
• bodyguard of Justinian, commander of infantry, I. [xviii. 6];
• at the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 42];
• favours invasion of Persia by Belisarius, II. [xvi. 16];
• attacked by the Persians before Nisibis, II. [xviii. 16] ff.;
• commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 13];
• precipitately enters Persia, II. [xxiv. 18];
• commands the right wing at the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 17];
• with Martinus and Peranius defends Edessa against Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 25] ff.;
• Chosroes demands that he and Peranius be surrendered to him, II. [xxvi. 38];
• his base character and misrule in Lazica, II. [xv. 6-8]
• Petra, built by Justinian in Lazica, II. [xv. 10], [xvii. 3], [xxix. 20];
• its impregnable defences, II. [xvii. 18] ff.;
• attacked by the Persians, II. [xvii. 4] ff.;
• besieged by Chosroes, II. [xvii. 13] ff.;
• captured by Chosroes, II. [xvii. 26];
• fortified with a garrison, II. [xix. 48];
• besieged by the Romans and Lazi, II. [xxix. 11] ff.;
• the siege abandoned, II. [xxx. 11];
• valour of the Persian defenders, II. [xxix. 35];
• monopoly established there by John Tzibus, II. [xv. 11], [xxix. 21]
• Petrae, ancient capital of the Arabs, I. [xix. 20]
• Phabrizus, high Persian official, II. [xxviii. 16];
• employed by Chosroes for the furtherance of his plans, II. [xxviii. 17];
• attempts to destroy Goubazes, II. [xxix. 2] ff.;
• left as commander in Lazica by Mermeroes, II. [xxx. 32];
• his forces almost annihilated by the Lazi, II. [xxx. 42] ff.
• Pharangium, fortress in Persarmenia, occupied by the Romans, I. [xv. 18];
• gold-mines of the Persians there, I. [xv. 27], [xv. 29];
• given over to the Romans, I. [xv. 29], II. [iii. 1];
• its return demanded by Chosroes, I. [xxii. 3];
• given up by the Romans, I. [xxii. 18];
• near the source of the Boas River, II. [xxix. 14]
• Pharas, an Erulian chief, at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19], [xiii. 25] ff., [xiv. 32], [xiv. 33], [xiv. 39],
• Pharesmanes, of Colchis, an officer
• in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3]
• Pharsanses, a man of note in Lazica, II. [xxix. 4];
• his friendship sought by Phabrizus, II. [xxix. 5];
• saves Goubazes, II. [xxix. 7]
• Phasis River, its source in the Taurus, I. [xxv. 21];
• its course through Lazica, II. [xxix. 16];
• its size and strong current, II. [xxx. 25], [xxx. 26];
• strongly defended by the Lazi, II. [xxx. 27];
• forded by the Lazi, II. [xxx. 37]
• Philae, fortress established by Diocletian on an island in the Nile near Elephantina, I. [xix.34-36];
• its temples dismantled by Justinian, I. [xix. 36], [xix. 37]
• Philemouth, an Erulian chief, encamps near Martinus, I. [xxiv. 14];
• with Beros follows Peter into Persia, II. [xxiv. 18]
• Phison, place in Armenia near Martyropolis, II. [xxiv. 15]
• Phocas, made pretorian prefect in place of John the Cappadocian, I. [xxiv. 18]
• Phoenicia, II. [xvi. 17]
• Phoubelis, a notable among the Lazi, with Dagisthaeus attacks Mermeroes, II. [xxx. 22]
• Pitius, a fortress in Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Pityaxes, Persian general at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 16], [xiv. 32], [xiv. 38]
• Placillianae, palace In Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 30]
• Pompeius, nephew of Anastasius, sent from the palace by Justinian, I. [xxiv. 19-21];
• brought before Justinian as a prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53];
• his death, I. [xxiv. 56]
• Pontic Romans, their location, II. [xxix. 19]
• Pontus, visited by Orestes, I. [xvii.14]
• Potidaea, known in later times as Cassandria, captured by the Huns, II. [iv. 5]
• Priapus, worshipped by the Blemyes and Nobatae, I. [xix. 35]
• Prison of Oblivion, in Persia, reason for the name, I. [v. 8];
• law regarding it suspended once in the case of Arsaces, I. [v. 9-29];
• Cabades confined therein, I. [v. 7]
• Probus, nephew of Anastasius, sent by Justinus to Bosporus to collect an army of Huns, I. [xii. 6], [xii. 9]
• Proclus, quaestor, dissuades Justinus from adopting Chosroes, I. [xi. 11] ff.
• Procopius of Caesarea, author of the History of the Wars, I. [i. 1];
• eye-witness of the events described, I. [i. 3];
• chosen adviser to Belisarius, I. [i. 3], [xii. 24];
• in Byzantium at the time of the pestilence, II. [xxii. 9];
• had seen Cappadocia and Armenia, I. [xvii. 17];
• his frankness in writing, I. [i. 5]
• Pylades, the story of the flight with Orestes from Tauris, I. [xvii.11] ff.

• Red Sea, its location, extent, harbours, etc. (confused by Procopius with the Arabian Gulf), I. [xix. 2] ff., II. [iii. 41]
• Rhecinarius, envoy to Chosroes, II. [xxvii. 24], [xxvii. 25]
• Rhecithancus, of Thrace, commander of troops in Lebanon, objects to invading Persia with Belisarius, II. [xvi. 17] ff.;
• eager to return to Lebanon, II. [xix. 33], [xix. 34];
• commands an army sent to Lazica, II. [xxx. 29]
• Rhizaeum, a city near Lazica, II. [xxix. 22], [xxx. 14]
• Rhodopolis, important city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Romans, used by Procopius to designate the subjects of the empire of Byzantium, and mentioned constantly throughout;
• lack of discipline in Roman armies, I. [xiv. 14];
• their bowmen more efficient than those of the Persians, I. [xviii. 34];
• maintain spies at public expense, I. [xxi. 11]
• Rufinianae, suburb of Byzantium, I. [xxv. 21], [xxv. 23]
• Rufinus, son of Silvanus, sent as an envoy to the Persians, I. [xi. 24];
• slanders Hypatius, I. [xi. 38];
• sent as ambassador to Hierapolis, I. [xiii. 11];
• treats with Cabades at Daras, I. [xvi. 1] ff.;
• reports to the emperor I. [xvi. 10];
• meets Chosroes on the Tigris, I. [xxii. 1];
• sent, to Byzantium, I. [xxii. 7];
• false report of his death, I. [xxii. 9];
• persuades Chosroes to give back the money brought by the ambassadors
• and postpone the war, I. [xxii. 13], [xxii. 14];
• slandered to the emperor, I. [xxii. 15];
• sent again as ambassador to Chosroes, I. [xxii. 16];
• brother of Timostratus, I. [xvii. 44];
• father of John, the ambassador, II. [vii. 15]

• Sabeiri Huns, their location, II. [xxix. 15];
• in the Persian army, I. [xv. 1];
• persuaded by Goubazes to form an alliance with him, II. [xxix. 29];
• receive promised money from Justinian, II. [xxx. 28]
• Saccice, mother of Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 1]
• Samosata, city on the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 22];
• on the boundary of Euphratesia, I. [xvii. 23]
• Saracens, experts at plundering, but not at storming cities, II. [xix. 12];
• in Persia, all ruled by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 45];
• some in alliance with the Romans, I. [xviii. 46];
• their king Odonathus, II. [v. 5];
• of Arabia, ruled by Arethas, I. [xvii. 47];
• receiving annual payments from the Romans, II. [x. 23];
• settled in the Palm Groves, I. [xix. 7], [xix. 8];
• and in Palestine, I. [xix. 10];
• cannibals in Arabia, I. [xix. 15];
• never mentioned in treaties, II. [i. 5];
• observe a religious holiday at the vernal equinox, II. [xvi. 18];
• dispute possession of Strata, II. [i. 6];
• in the army of Chosroes, II. [xxvii. 30];
• in the army of Azarethes, I. [xvii. 1], [xviii. 30];
• with the army of Belisarius, I. [xviii. 7], [xviii. 26], [xviii. 35], [xviii. 36], II. [xvi. 5];
• wage war among themselves, II. [xxviii. 12-14]
• Sarapanis, a city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Sarus River, in Cappadocia, I. [xvii. 17]
• Satala, city in Armenia, its location, I. [xv. 9], [xv. 10];
• battle of, I. [xv. 12] ff.
• Scanda, a city in Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Sebastopolis, a fortress of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
• Seleucia, city on the Tigris, founded by the Macedonians, I. [xxviii. 4]
• Seleucia, distance from Antioch, II. [xi. 1];
• visited by Chosroes, [xi. 1]ib.
• Senecius, body-guard of Sittas, given as a hostage to the Persians, I. [xxi. 27]
• Seoses, rescues Cabades from the Prison of Oblivion, I. [vi. 4], [vi. 10];
• receives the office of "adrastadaran salanes," I. [v. 18], [v. 19];
• sent as envoy to the Romans, I. [vi. 25];
• slandered by Mebodes and brought to trial, I. [xi. 31] ff.;
• condemned to death, I. [xi 37]
• Sergiopolis, city in Mesopotamia, II. [v. 29];
• citizens of, give much treasure to Chosroes, II. [xx. 7];
• saved from capture by Ambrus, II. [xx. 10];
• besieged In vain by Chosroes, II. [xx. 11] ff.
• Sergius, an illustrious saint, II. [v. 29]
• Sergius, of Edessa, II. [xxiv. 4];
• envoy to Chosroes with Constantianus, II. [xxiv. 3];
• a second time envoy to Chosroes with Const., II. [xxviii. 3] ff.
• Sestus, city opposite Abydus on the Hellespont, II. [iv. 9]
• Silentiarius, a title given to certain officials in the palace at Byzantium, "privy councillors," II. [xxii. 1], II. [xxix. 31]
• Silvanus, father of Rufinus, I. [xi_24], [xvi. 4]
• Simmas, Massagete chief, in the Roman army, I. [xiii. 21], [xiv. 44]
• Siphrios, a fortress, distance from Amida, I. [viii. 10]
• Sisauranon, fortress in Mesopotamia, II. [xix. 2];
• attacked by Belisarius, II. [xix. 4];
• capitulates to Belisarius, II. [xix. 23], [xix. 24]
• Sittas, Roman general, in company with Belisarius invades Persarmenia, I. [xii. 20], [xii. 21];
• defeated by Narses and Aratius, I. [xii. 22];
• attacks the Persian army invading Armenia, I. [xv. 3] ff.;
• occupies the hills about Satala, I. [xv. 10];
• attacks the Persian army unexpectedly, I. [xv. 12];
• defeats the Tzani in battle and then wins them over by kindness, I. [xv. 24], [xv. 25];
• proceeds to the East, I. [xxi. 3];
• awaits the Persian army at Attachas, I. [xxi. 9];
• opens negotiations with the Persians before Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 23] ff.;
• sent against the Armenians, II. [iii. 8] ff.;
• his death, II. [iii. 25];
• his valour and achievements, II. [iii. 26]
• Snail, Gate of the, in the palace in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 43]
• Soinian Gate, in the wall of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 41]
• Solomon, an Armenian, according to one report slew Sittas, II. [iii. 27]
• Sophanene, district in Armenia, I. [xxi. 6]
• Sophia, sanctuary of, destroyed by fire to the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 9];
• its treasures guarded by the priest Augustus, II. [xxx. 53]
• Stephanacius, commander of Isaurians, I. [xviii. 7]
• Stephanus, a physician of note, begs Chosroes to spare Edessa, II. [xxvi. 31] ff.
• Strata, its possession disputed by the Saracens, II. [i. 6];
• meaning of the name, II. [i. 7];
• unproductive, II. [i. 11]
• Strategius, guardian of the royal treasures, sent as an envoy by Justinian, II. [i. 9];
• his advice concerning Strata, II. [i. 11]
• Summus, father of Julian, commander in Palestine, sent as an envoy by Justinian, II. [i. 9], [i. 10];
• his advice concerning Strata, II. [i. 11]
• Sunicas, Massagete chief, in the Roman army, I. [ xiii. 20], [xiv. 39], [xiv. 40], [xiv. 44];
• charges the standard bearer of Baresmanas, I. [xiv. 47];
• kills Baresmanas, I. [xiv. 60]
• Sunitae, march in the Persian army, I. [xv. 1]
• Sura, a city on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 14], II. [v. 8];
• distance from Sergiopolis, II. [v. 29];
• besieged by Chosroes, II. [v. 10] ff.;
• bishop of, begs Chosroes to spare the city, II. [v. 13] ff.;
• captured by a stratagem and destroyed, II. [v. 22] ff.;
• a woman of, made captive by a barbarian in sight of Chosroes, II. [ix. 9], [ix. 10]
• Sycae, a suburb of Byzantium, modern "Galata," II. [xxiii. 9]
• Symeon, Sanctuary of, at Amida, burned, I. [ix. 18]
• Symeon, manager of the Persian gold-mine at Pharangium, I. [xv. 27];
• goes over to the Romans, I. [xv. 28], [xv. 29];
• presented with certain Armenian villages, II. [iii. 1];
• murdered by the sons of Perozes, II. [iii. 2];
• uncle of Amazaspes, II. [iii. 3]
• Syria, open to invasion by the Persians, I. [xvii. 34] ff., II. [xvi. 17], [xix. 34];
• attacked by Chosroes, II. [v. 4], [vi. 21]
• Syriac tongue, II. [ii. 3]

• Taraunon, a district In Persarmenia, invaded by Justus and Peranius, II. [xxv. 35]
• Tatianus, of Mopsuestia, quarter-master of the camp in Antioch, witnesses the portent of the standards, II. [x. 2]
• Taurians, The, in Celesene, I. [xvii. 11] ff., [xvii. 21]
• Taurus Mountains, The, their size and extent, I. [x. 1], [x. 2], [xv. 20], [xvii. 17]
• Theoctistus, commander of troops in Lebanon, brings succour to Antioch, II. [viii. 2];
• flees precipitately with the soldiers, II. [viii. 17-19];
• objects to invading Persia with Belisarius, II. [xvi. 17] ff.;
• eager to return to Lebanon, II. [xix. 33], [xix. 34];
• commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 13]
• Theodoric, leader of the Goths, I. [viii. 3]
• Theodora, wife of Justinian, greatly beloved by him, I. [xxv. 4];
• her hatred of John the Cappadocian, [ib.];
• counsels firmness in dealing with the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 33] ff.;
• encourages Antonina in her plan to entrap John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 22];
• succeeds in punishing him, I. [xxv. 30];
• her death, II. [xxx. 49]
• Theodoras, a citizen of Daras, skilled in mechanics, II. [xiii. 26]
• Theodorus, an official in the palace in Byzantium, superintends the work of providing burial for the victims of the pestilence, II. [xxiii. 6] ff.
• Theodosiopolis, its location, I. [x. 18], [xv. 2], II. [xxiv. 12];
• near the sources of the Euphrates and Tigris, I. [xvii. 4];
• fortified by Anastasius, I. [x. 19];
• near Bolum, I. [xv. 32];
• distance from Doubios, II. [xxv. 1];
• from Citharizon, II. [xxiv. 13]
• Theodosiopolis, city near the Aborrhas River, II. [xix. 29]
• Theodosius II., son of Arcadius, as a child is made the ward of the Persian king Isdigerdes, I. [ii. 1] ff.;
• sends Anatolius as envoy to the Persians, I. [ii. 12];
• makes peace with the Persians, I. [ii. 15];
• Arsaces' abdication of the kingship of Armenia in his favour, II. [iii. 35]
• Thermopylae, attacked by the Huns, II. [iv. 10]
• Thessaly, plundered by the Huns, II. [iv. 10]
• Thilasamon, village near Amida, I. [ix. 14]
• Thomas, chief priest of Apamea, displays the wood of the cross, II. [xi. 16] ff.;
• goes before Chosroes, II. [xi. 20] ff.;
• saves the wood of the cross, II. [xi. 29], [xi. 30]
• Thomas, ambassador to the Persians, meets Chosroes on the Tigris, I. [xxii. 1]
• Thomas Gouzes, commander in Lazica, II. [xxx. 5]
• Thrace, Thracians in the army of Belisarius, II. [xix. 32], [xxi. 4];
• home of Coutzes and Bouzes, I. [xiii. 5]
• Timostratus, brother of Rufinus, Roman officer, captured by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 43], [xvii. 44]
• Tigris River, its source in Armenia, I. [xvii. 4];
• its course into Assyria, I. [xvii. 5], [xvii. 6];
• distance from Nisibis, I. [xi. 27];
• its junction with the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 22];
• flows between Seleucia and Ctesiphon, II. [xxviii. 5]
• Trajan, a guardsman, sent with Arethas into Assyria, II. [xix. 15] ff.;
• they return by another route, II. [xix. 28] ff.
• Trapezus, city on the Euxine, II. [xxix. 22], [xxx. 14]
• Tretum, a place near Antioch where was a temple of Michael, II. [xi. 7]
• Tribunianus, a Pamphylian, quaestor, I. [xxiv. 11];
• his dexterity in manipulating laws, I. [xxiv. 16];
• dismissed from office, I. [xxiv. 17];
• restored to office, I. [xxv. 1], [xxv. 2];
• his death, I. [xxv. 2]
• Tribunus, a physician, beloved by Chosroes, II. [xxviii. 8] ff.
• Tripod, before the palace of the Persian king, where all must sit who fell under the king's displeasure, I. [xxiii. 28]
• Tripurgia, a place at Edessa, II. [xxvii. 41]
• Tzani, called Sani in early times, I. [xv. 21];
• the source of the Boas River among them, II. [xxix. 14];
• conquered by the Romans, I. [xv. 19] ff.;
• become Christian, I. [xv. 25];
• reduced to subjection, II. [iii. 39];
• with the Roman army at Petra, II. [xxix. 10], [xxix. 41];
• defend the Roman camp, II. [xxx. 13];
• return to their homes, II. [xxx. 14]

• Valerianus, appointed general of Armenia, II. [xiv. 8];
• receives Persian envoys, II. [xxiv. 6-8];
• reports to Justinian, II. [xxiv. 9];
• ordered to invade Persia with Martinus, II. [xxiv. 10];
• encamps near Theodosiopolis, II. [xxiv. 12];
• follows Peter in invading Persia, II. [xxiv. 19];
• commands the left wing at the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 17]
• Vandals, II. [ii. 8], [iii. 46]
• Vararanes, Persian king, invades Roman territory, I. [ii. 11] ff.;
• concludes peace with the Romans, I. [ii. 15]
• Varizes, title of a Persian general (lit. "victorious," properly a family name), I. [xii. 10]
• Varrames, son of Adergoudounbades, shares the secret of the sparing of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 10];
• reveals to Chosroes the true story, I. [xxiii. 13];
• made chanaranges, I. [xxiii. 22]
• Veneti, name of one of the factions, I. [xxiv. 2-6];
• supported by Justinian, II. [xi. 32];
• also called the Blue Faction, ib.
• Venetian Colonnade, The, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 49]
• Veredi, the government post horses, II. [xx. 20]
• Vesta, see Hestia
• Vitalianus, son of Patriciolus, an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3];
• becomes tyrant, [ib.];
• his hostility to Anastasius, I. [xiii. 10];
• his adviser Hermogenes, [ib.]
• Vittigis, king of the Goths, sends ambassadors to Chosroes, II. [ii. 1];
• they address Chosroes, II. [ii. 4] ff.;
• brought to Byzantium by Belisarius, II. [iv. 13], [xxi. 28];
• remains in Byzantium, II. [xiv. 10];
• envoys of, one dies, the other remains in Persia, II. [xiv. 11];
• their interpreter captured, II. [xiv. 12]

• White Syrians, old name for the inhabitants of Armenia Minor, I. [xvii. 21]

• Zaberganes, misrepresents Mebodes to Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 25], [xxiii. 26];
• reproaches Chosroes, II. [viii. 30] ff.;
• at the bidding of Chosroes receives the envoys of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 16-19]
• Zames, son of Cabades, disqualified from succeeding his father, I. [xi. 4]; II. [ix. 12];
• plot to put him in power in place of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 4], [xxiii. 5];
• slain by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 6]
• Zechi, their location, II. [xxix. 15]
• Zeno, Roman emperor at the time of the Persian king Arsaces, I. [iii. 8]
• Zenobia, city on the Euphrates, II. [v. 4];
• founded by Zenobia, II. [v. 5];
• Chosroes refrains from attacking it, II. [v. 7]
• Zenobia, wife of Odonathus, founder of the city of Zenobia, II. [v. 5]
• Zeuxippus, Baths of, destroyed by fire in the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 9]

Transcriber's Notes:
Index errata:

"Caisus" should read "Caïsus"
Under Aigan "Massagete" should read "Massagetae"
Also under: Ascan
Simmas Sunicus
Under Auxomis "Elephantina" should read "Elephantine"
Also under: Elephantina Philae
Under Darras "Ammodius" should read "Ammodios"
"Florentinus" should read "Florentius"
Under Julian "Summas" should read "Summus"
"Orocasius" should read "Orocasias"
Under Phocus "pretorian" should read "praetorian"

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