History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War

by Procopius

INDEX

• Acarnania, a Roman fleet winters there, [V. xxiv. 20]
• Adegis, bodyguard of Belisarius, [VI. vii. 27]
• Adriatic Sea, of which the modern Adriatic was an inlet, [V. xv. 16]
• Aemilia, district in northern Italy, on the right of the Po, [V. xv. 30]
• Aeneas, son of Anchises, meets Diomedes at Beneventus and receives from him the Palladium, [V. xv. 9]
• Aeschmanus, a Massagete, bodyguard of Belisarius, [V. xvi. 1]
• Aetolia, a Roman fleet winters there, [V. xxiv. 20]
• Africa, mentioned in the oracle regarding Mundus, [V. vii. 6], [7]
• Alamani, barbarian people of Gaul, [V. xii. 11]
• Alani, a Gothic nation, [V. i. 3]
• Alaric,
  • leader of the Visigoths, [V. i. 3];
  • deposited plunder of Rome in Carcasiana, [V. xii. 41]
• Alaric the Younger, ruler of the Visigoths;
  • betrothed to Theodichusa, daughter of Theoderic, [V. xii. 22];
  • attacked by the Franks, [V. xii. 33];
  • appeals to Theoderic, [V. xii. 34];
  • meets the Franks in battle and is slain, [V. xii. 35-40];
  • father of Giselic, [V. xii. 43]
• Alba, town in Picenum, [VI. vii. 25]
• Albani, a people north of Liguria, [V. xv. 29]
• Albani,
  • town near Rome, [V. vi. 7];
  • occupied by Gontharis, [VI. iv. 8], [vii. 20], [23]
• Albanum, [VI. vii. 23], see [Albani]
• Albilas, Gothic commander of Urviventus, [VI. xi. 1]
• Albis, a Goth sent as envoy to Belisarius, [V. xx. 7]
• Alexander, Roman senator,
  • envoy of Justinian, [V. iii. 13], [vi. 26];
  • meets Amalasuntha in Ravenna, [V. iii. 16];
  • his report, [V. iii. 29];
  • brother of Athanasius, [V. vi. 26]
• Alexander, commander of cavalry, [VI. v. 1]
• Aluith, Erulian commander, [VI. xiii. 18]
• Alps,
  • form boundary between Gaul and Liguria, [V. xii. 4], [20];
  • distance from Milan, [VI. vii. 37], [38]
  • definition of the word "alps," [V. xii. 3, 4]
• Amalaberga, daughter of Amalafrida,
  • betrothed to Hermenefridus, [V. xii. 22];
  • sister of Theodatus, [V. xiii. 2]
• Amalafrida, sister of Theoderic and
  • mother of Theodatus, [V. iii. 1];
  • mother of Amalaberga, [V. xii. 22]
• Amalaric,
  • grandson of Theoderic and son of Theodichusa, [V. xii. 43], [46];
  • becomes king of the Visigoths, with Theoderic as regent, [V. xii. 46];
  • marries the daughter of the Frankish king, and divides Gaul with the Goths and his cousin Atalaric, [V. xiii. 4];
  • receives back the treasures of Carcasiana, [V. xiii. 6];
  • gives offence to Theudibert by his treatment of his wife, [V. xiii. 9, 10];
    • defeated by him in battle and slain, [V. xiii. 11]
• Amalasuntha,
  • daughter of Theoderic, [V. ii. 23], [xxiv. 25];
  • mother of Atalaric, [V. ii. 1];
  • acts as regent for him, [V. ii. 3];
  • her plan for his education frustrated by the Goths, [V. ii. 6] ff.;
  • allows him to be trained according to the ideas of the Goths, [V. ii. 18] ff.;
  • her conflict with the Gothic nobles, [V. ii. 20-22];
  • sends a ship to Epidamnus, [V. ii. 26] ff., [iii. 14];
  • later recalls it, [V. ii. 29];
  • her concern at the failing health of Atalaric, [V. iii. 10], [11];
  • plans to hand over Italy to Justinian, [V. iii. 12];
  • accused by Justinian, [V. iii. 15-18];
  • meets Alexander in Ravenna, [V. iii. 16];
  • receives Justinian's letter, [V. iii. 16-18];
  • her reply, [V. iii. 19-27];
  • sends envoys agreeing to hand over all Italy to Justinian, [V. iii. 28], [29];
  • hears accusations against Theodatus, [V. iv. 1];
    • compels him to make restitution, [V. iv. 2];
    • attempts to gain his support, [V. iv. 4] ff.;
    • deceived by him, [V. iv. 10];
    • imprisoned, [V. iv. 13-15];
    • compelled by him to write Justinian, [V. iv. 16];
  • the envoy Peter sent to treat with her, [V. iv. 18];
  • championed by Justinian, [V. iv. 22];
  • her death, [V. iv. 25-27], [31];
  • her death foreshadowed by the crumbling of a mosaic in Naples, [V. xxiv. 25];
  • her noble qualities, [V. iv. 29];
  • her ability and justice as a ruler, [V. ii. 3-5];
  • mother of Matasuntha, [V. xi. 27]
• Anastasius,
  • Roman Emperor, [VI. xiv. 10];
  • makes alliance with the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 28], [32]
• Anchises, father of Aeneas, [V. xv. 9]
• Ancon,
  • fortress on the Ionian Gulf, [VI. xi. 4], [21];
  • its strong position, [VI. xiii. 6];
  • taken by Belisarius, [VI. xi. 5];
  • attacked by the Goths, [VI. xiii. 5] ff.;
  • port of Auximus, [VI. xiii. 7];
  • distance from Ariminum, [VI. xi. 4];
  • and from Auximus, [VI. xiii. 7]
• Antae, a people settled near the Ister River;
  • serve in the Roman army, [V. xxvii. 2]
• Anthium,
  • used as a harbour by the Romans, [V. xxvi. 17];
  • distance from Ostia, ibid.
• Antiochus, a Syrian, resident in Naples, favours the Roman party, [V. viii. 21]
• Antonina,
  • wife of Belisarius, [V. xviii. 43];
  • departs for Naples, [VI. iv. 6];
  • arriving in Taracina, proceeds to Campania, [VI. iv. 14];
    • where she assists Procopius, [VI. iv. 20];
  • assists in shipping provisions from Ostia to Rome, [VI. vii. 4] ff.;
  • mother of Photius, [V. v. 5], [V. xviii. 18];
  • mother-in-law of Ildiger, [VI. vii. 15]
• Aordus, an Erulian, brother of Datius, [VI. xv. 29]
• Appian Way,
  • built by Appius, [V. xiv. 6];
  • description of the road, [6-11];
  • travelled by refugees from Rome, [V. xxv. 4];
  • Gothic camp near it, [VI. iii. 3], [iv. 3], [iv. 17]
• Appius, Roman consul, builder of the Appian Way, [V. xiv. 6-9]
• Apulians,
  • a people of Southern Italy, [V. xv. 21];
  • voluntarily submit to Belisarius, [V. xv. 3]
• Aquileia, city in northern Italy, [V. i. 22]
• Aquilinus, bodyguard of Belisarius;
  • performs a remarkable feat, [VI. v. 18], [19]
• Aratius, commander of Armenians,
  • who had deserted from the Persians, [VI. xiii. 17];
  • joins Belisarius in Italy with an army, ibid.
• Arborychi,
  • barbarians in Gaul, formerly subject to the Romans, [V. xii. 9];
  • become Roman soldiers, [V. xii. 13];
  • absorbed by the Germans, [V. xii. 13-15];
  • receive land from Roman soldiers, [V. xii. 17]
• Ares, worshipped by the inhabitants of Thule, [VI. xv. 25]
• Argos, Diomedes repulsed thence, [V. xv. 8]
• Arians,
  • their views not held by the Franks, [V. v. 9];
  • not trusted by Roman soldiers in Gaul, [V. xii. 17];
  • Arian heresy espoused by Amalaric, [V. xiii. 10]
• Ariminum,
  • city of northern Italy, occupied by John, [VI. x. 5] ff.;
  • abandoned by the Goths, [VI. x. 6];
  • besieged by Vittigis, [VI. xi. 3], [xii. 1] ff.;
  • Ildiger and Martinus sent thither, [VI. xi. 4], [21];
  • distance from Ravenna, [VI. x. 5];
  • from Ancon, [VI. xi. 4]
• Armenians, Narses an Armenian, [VI. xiii. 17]
• Artasires, a Persian, bodyguard of Belisarius, [VI. ii. 10]
• Arzes, bodyguard of Belisarius;
  • his remarkable wound, [VI. ii. 16-18];
  • treatment of his wound, [VI. ii. 25-29];
  • of the household of Belisarius, [VI. ii. 25]
• Asclepiodotus, of Naples, a trained speaker;
  • with Pastor opposes the plan to surrender the city, [V. viii. 22] ff.;
  • they address the Neapolitans, [V. viii. 29-40];
  • bring forward the Jews, [V. viii. 41];
  • his effrontery after the capture of the city, [V. x. 39], [43-45];
  • bitterly accused by Stephanus, [V. x. 40-42];
  • killed by a mob, [V. x. 46]
• Asia, the continent adjoining Libya, [V. xii. 1]
• Asinarian Gate, in Rome, [V. xiv. 14]
• Asinarius,
  • Gothic commander in Dalmatia, [V. vii. 1], [V. xvi. 8];
  • gathers an army among the Suevi, [V. xvi. 12], [14];
  • joins Uligisalus and proceeds to Salones, [V. xvi. 15], [16]
• Assyrians, [V. xxiv. 36]
• Atalaric, grandson of Theoderic;
  • succeeds him as king of the Goths, [V. ii. 1];
  • reared by his mother Amalasuntha, ibid.;
    • who attempts to educate him, [V. ii. 6] ff.;
  • corrupted by the Goths, [V. ii. 19] ff.;
  • receives the envoy Alexander, [V. vi. 26];
  • divides Gaul with his cousin Amalaric, [V. xiii. 4], [5];
  • returns the treasures of Carcasiana to him, [V. xiii. 6];
  • attacked by a wasting disease, [V. iii. 10], [iv. 5];
  • his death, [V. iv. 4], [19];
  • his quaestor Fidelius, [V. xiv. 5];
  • his death foreshadowed by the crumbling of a mosaic in Naples, [V. xxiv. 24]
• Athanasius,
  • brother of Alexander, [V. vi. 26];
  • envoy of Justinian, [V. vi. 25], [vii. 24]
• Athena,
  • her statue stolen from Troy, [V. xv. 9];
  • given to Aeneas, [V. xv. 10];
  • different views as to the existence of the statue in the time of Procopius, [V. xv. 11-14];
  • a copy of it in the temple of Fortune in Rome, [V. xv. 11];
  • Greek statues of, [V. xv. 13]
• Athenodorus, an Isaurian, bodyguard of Belisarius, [V. xxix. 20], [21]
• Attila, leader of the Huns, [V. i. 3]
• Augustulus,
  • name given to Augustus, Emperor of the West, [V. i. 2];
  • dethroned by Odoacer, [V. i. 7], [VI. vi. 16]
• Augustus, first emperor of the Romans;
  • allowed the Thuringians to settle in Gaul, [V. xii. 10];
  • builder of a great bridge over the Narnus, [V. xvii. 11]
• Augustus, see [Augustulus]
• Aulon, city on the Ionian Gulf, [V. iv. 21]
• Aurelian Gate, in Rome,
  • called also the Gate of Peter, [V. xix. 4], [xxviii. 15];
  • near the Tomb of Hadrian, [V. xxii. 12]
• Auximus, city in Picenum;
  • its strong position, [VI. x. 3];
  • strongly garrisoned by the Goths, [VI. xi. 2];
  • metropolis of Picenum, ibid.;
  • distance from its port Ancon, [VI. xiii. 7]
• 
  
• Balan, barbarian name for a white-faced horse, [V. xviii. 6], [7]
  • description of, [V. xxi. 14-18];
  • could shoot only straight out, [V. xxii. 21]
• Ballista,
  • his victory over the Vandals, [V. v. 1];
  • sent by sea against the Goths, [V. v. 2];
  • commander-in-chief of the army, [V. v. 4];
  • sent first to Sicily, [V. v. 6], [7], [xiii. 14];
  • takes Catana and the other cities of Sicily, except Panormus, by surrender, [V. v. 12];
  • takes Panormus, [V. v. 12-16];
  • enjoys great fame, [V. v. 17] ff.;
  • lays down the consulship in Syracuse, [V. v. 18], [19];
  • given power to make settlement with Theodatus, [V. vi. 25], [26], [27];
  • ordered to hasten to Italy, crosses from Sicily, [V. vii. 27], [viii. 1];
  • Ebrimous comes over to him as a deserter, [V. viii. 3];
  • reaching Naples, attempts to bring about its surrender, [V. viii. 5] ff.;
    • failing in this, begins a siege, [V. viii. 42];
  • does not succeed in storming the walls, [V. viii. 43];
  • cuts the aqueduct, [V. viii. 45], [ix. 12];
  • despairs of success in the siege, [V. ix. 8], [10];
  • learns of the possibility of entering Naples by the aqueduct, [V. ix. 10] ff.;
  • makes necessary preparations for the enterprise, [V. ix. 18-21];
  • makes final effort to persuade the Neapolitans to surrender, [V. ix. 22] ff.;
  • carries out the plan of entering the city by the aqueduct, [V. x. 1] ff.;
  • captures the city, [V. x. 21] ff.;
  • addresses the army, [V. x. 29-34];
  • guards the Gothic prisoners from harm, [V. x. 37];
  • addressed by Asclepiodotus, [V. x. 39] ff.;
  • forgives the Neapolitans for killing him, [V. x. 48];
  • prepares to march on Rome, leaving a garrison in Naples, [V. xiv. 1], [4];
  • garrisons Cumae, [V. xiv. 2];
  • invited to Rome by the citizens, [V. xiv. 5];
  • enters Rome, [V. xiv. 14];
  • sends Leuderis and the keys of Rome to Justinian, [V. xiv. 15];
  • repairs and improves the defences of the city, ibid.;
  • prepares for a siege in spite of the complaints of the citizens, [V. xiv. 16], [17];
  • places ballistae and "wild asses" on the wall, [V. xxi. 14], [18];
  • guards the gates with "wolves," [V. xxi. 19];
  • smallness of his army in Rome, [V. xxii. 17], [xxiv. 2];
  • receives the submission of part of Samnium, Calabria, and Apulia, [V. xv. 1-3];
  • in control of all southern Italy, [V. xv. 15];
  • sends troops to occupy many strongholds north of Rome, [V. xvi. 1] ff.;
  • Vittigis fearful that he would not catch him in Rome, [V. xvi. 20], [21], [xvii. 8];
  • recalls some of his troops from Tuscany, [V. xvii. 1], [2];
  • fortifies the Mulvian bridge, [V. xvii. 14];
    • comes thither with troops, [V. xviii. 2];
  • unexpectedly engages with the Goths and fights a battle, [V. xviii. 3] ff.;
  • his excellent horse, [V. xviii. 6];
  • shut out of Rome by the Romans, [V. xviii. 20];
  • drives the Goths from the moat, [V. xviii. 26], [27];
  • enters the city, [V. xviii. 28];
  • disposes the guards of the city, [V. xviii. 34];
  • receives a false report of the capture of the city, [V. xviii. 35-37];
  • provides against a second occurrence of this kind, [V. xviii. 38], [39];
  • ridiculed by the Romans, [V. xviii. 42];
  • persuaded to take a little food late in the night, [V. xviii. 43];
  • arranges for the guarding of each gate, [V. xix. 14-18];
  • his name given in play to one of the Samnite children, [V. xx. 1-4];
  • omen of victory for him, [V. xx. 4];
  • stops up the aqueducts, [V. xix. 18], [VI. ix. 6];
  • operates the mills on the Tiber, [V. xix. 19] ff.;
  • reproached by the citizens, [V. xx. 6], [7];
  • receives envoys from Vittigis, [V. xx. 8];
    • his reply to them, [V. xx. 15-18];
  • appoints Fidelius praetorian prefect, [V. xx. 20];
  • report of the Gothic envoys regarding him, [V. xxi. 1];
  • as the Goths advance against the wall, shoots two of their number with his own bow, [V. xxii. 2-5];
    • checks their advance, [V. xxii. 7-9];
  • assigns Constantinus to the Aurelian Gate, [V. xxii. 15];
  • prevented from rebuilding "Broken Wall," [V. xxiii. 5];
  • summoned to the Vivarium, [V. xxiii. 13];
    • directs the defence there with signal success, [V. xxiii. 14-23];
  • praised by the Romans, [V. xxiii. 27];
  • writes to the emperor asking for reinforcements, [V. xxiv. 1] ff.;
    • receives from him an encouraging reply, [V. xxiv. 21];
  • sends women, children, and servants to Naples, [V. xxv. 2];
  • uses Roman artisans as soldiers on the wall, [V. xxv. 11], [12];
  • exiles Silverius and some senators from Rome, [V. xxv. 13], [14];
  • precautions against corruption of the guards, [V. xxv. 15], [16];
    • against surprise at night, [V. xxv. 17];
  • unable to defend Portus, [V. xxvi. 18];
  • encouraged by the arrival of Martinus and Valerian, [V. xxvii. 2];
  • outwits the Goths in three attacks, [V. xxvii. 4-14];
    • and likewise when they try his tactics, [V. xxvii. 18-23];
  • publicly praised by the Romans, [V. xxvii. 25];
  • explains his confidence in the superiority of the Roman army, [V. xxvii. 26-29];
  • compelled by the impetuosity of the Romans to risk a pitched battle, [V. xxviii. 2], [3];
  • addresses the army, [V. xxviii. 5-14];
  • leads out his forces and disposes them for battle, [V. xxviii. 15-19];
  • commands in person at the great battle, [V. xxix. 16] ff.;
  • grieves at the death of Chorsamantis, [VI. i. 34];
  • provides safe-conduct of Euthalius, [VI. ii. 1-24];
  • appealed to by the citizens to fight a decisive battle, [VI. iii. 12] ff.;
    • his reply, [VI. iii. 23-32];
  • sends Procopius to Naples, [VI. iv. 1];
  • garrisons strongholds near Rome, [VI. iv. 4] ff.;
  • provides for the safe entry of John's troops into Rome, [VI. v. 5] ff.;
  • opens the Flaminian Gate, [VI. v. 8];
  • out-generals the Goths and wins a decisive victory, [VI. v. 9] ff.;
  • his dialogue with the envoys of the Goths, [VI. vi. 3] ff.;
  • arranges an armistice with the Goths, [VI. vi. 36], [vii. 10];
  • goes to Ostia, [VI. vii. 3], [4];
  • receives envoys from the Goths, [VI. vii. 21] ff.;
  • sends out cavalry from Rome, [VI. vii. 25] ff.;
  • appealed to for help from Milan, [VI. vii. 35], [38];
  • his disagreement with Constantinus, [VI. viii. 1] ff.;
    • puts him to death, [VI. viii. 17], [18];
  • hearing of the strange lights in the aqueduct makes investigation, [VI. ix. 9-11];
  • learns of the stratagem planned by Vittigis, [VI. ix. 20];
    • punishes his accomplice, [VI. ix. 22];
  • writes to John to begin operations in Picenum, [VI. x. 1], [7];
  • arms his men and attacks the departing Goths, [VI. x. 14] ff.;
  • sends messengers to John in Ariminum, [VI. xi. 4-7];
  • sends assistance to Milan, [VI. xii. 26];
  • moves against Vittigis, [VI. xiii. 1];
  • takes Tudera and Clusium by surrender, [VI. xiii. 2], [3];
    • garrisons them, [VI. xiii. 4];
  • receives reinforcements, [VI. xiii. 16-18]
• Belisarius,
  • called in ancient times Maleventus, [V. xv. 4];
  • its strong winds, [V. xv. 7];
  • founded by Diomedes, [V. xv. 8];
  • relics of the Caledonian boar preserved in, ibid.;
  • meeting of Diomedes and Aeneas at, [V. xv. 9]
• Beneventus (Beneventum), city in Samnium,
• Bergomum, city near Milan; occupied by Mundilas, [VI. xii. 40]
  • Roman general, [V. v. 3];
  • by birth a Goth, [V. xvi. 2];
  • his ability, [V. xvi. 2], [3];
  • at the capture of Naples, [V. x. 2], [5], [10], [11], [12], [20];
  • sent against Narnia, [V. xvi. 2];
  • takes Narnia by surrender, [V. xvi. 3];
  • recalled to Rome, [V. xvii. 1], [2];
  • returning slowly, meets the Goths in battle, [V. xvii. 4], [5];
  • arrives in Rome, [V. xvii. 6];
  • in command of the Praenestine Gate, sends a false report of the capture of the city, [V. xviii. 35], [xix. 15];
  • summons Belisarius to the Vivarium, [V. xxiii. 13];
  • sent out against the Goths by Belisarius, [V. xxvii. 18];
  • his remarkable fighting, [VI. i. 3];
  • saves Belisarius from Constantinus, [VI. viii. 15]
• Bessas, of Thrace,
• Black Gulf, modern Gulf of Saros, [V. xv. 18]
  • bodyguard of Belisarius, [VI. ii. 10];
  • sent to the Plain of Nero, [VI. ii. 20];
  • helps to rout the Goths, but is surrounded and wounded, [VI. ii. 21-23];
  • after inflicting great losses upon the Goths, [VI. ii. 36];
  • rescued by Valerian and Martinus, [VI. ii. 24];
  • dies of his wound, [VI. ii. 32]
• Bochas, a Massagete,
  • son-in-law of Symmachus, [V. i. 32];
  • his death, [V. i. 34];
  • his children receive from Amalasuntha his property, [V. ii. 5]
• Boetius, a Roman senator,
  • compared in size with Thule, [VI. xv. 4];
  • offered to the Goths by Belisarius, [VI. vi. 28];
  • much larger than Sicily, ibid.
• Britain,
• Britons, [V. xxiv. 36]
  • a portion of the defences of Rome, [V. xxiii. 3], [4];
  • not rebuilt by Belisarius, [V. xxiii. 5];
  • never attacked by the Goths, [V. xxiii. 6], [7];
  • never rebuilt, [V. xxiii. 8]
• Broken Wall,
• Bruttii, a people of Southern Italy, [V. xv. 22], [23]
• Bruttium, [V. viii. 4]
  • a barbarian people of Gaul, [V. xii. 11];
  • attacked by the Franks, [V. xii. 23];
  • alliance formed against them by the Franks and Goths, [V. xii. 24], [25];
  • driven back by the Franks, [V. xii. 26], [28-30];
  • and completely subjugated, [V. xiii. 3];
  • sent by Theudibert as allies to the Goths, [VI. xii. 38], [39]
• Burgundians,
• Burnus, town in Liburnia, [V. xvi. 13], [15]
• Byzantines, their identification of the Palladium, [V. xv. 14]
  • ashes from Vesuvius once fell there, [VI. iv. 27];
  • senate house of, [V. v. 19]
• Byzantium,
• 
  
• Cadmean victory, [V. vii. 5]
  • fortress in northern Italy, [V. i. 15];
  • distance from Ravenna, ibid.;
  • garrisoned by Vittigis, [VI. xi. 3]
• Caesar, see [Augustus]
• Caesena,
  • their location, [V. xv. 21], [22];
  • voluntarily submit to Belisarius, [V. xv. 3]
• Calabria, in southern Italy, [VI. v. 2]
• Calabrians,
• Calydonian boar, its tusks preserved in Beneventus, [V. xv. 8]
  • its cities: Naples, [V. viii. 5];
  • and Cumae, [V. xiv. 2];
  • sought by Roman fugitives, [V. xvii. 20];
    • by refugees from Rome, [V. xxv. 4], [10];
    • by Procopius, [VI. ix. 1] ff.;
    • by Antonina, [VI. iv. 14];
  • Roman forces unite there, [VI. v. 2];
  • Procopius gathers soldiers and provisions in, [VI. iv. 19];
  • offered to Belisarius by the Goths, [VI. vi. 30]
• Campani, a people of southern Italy, [V. xv. 22]
• Campania,
• Cappadocians, Theodoriscus and George, [V. xxix. 20]
  • battle fought near it, [V. xii. 35] ff.;
  • besieged by the Franks, [V. xii. 41];
  • siege raised at the approach of Theoderic, [V. xii. 44];
  • its treasures conveyed to Ravenna, [V. xii. 47];
  • later returned to Amalaric, [V. xiii. 6]
• Capua, terminus of the Appian Way, [V. xiv. 6]
• Carcasiana, city in Gaul;
• Carnii, a people of central Europe, [V. xv. 27]
• Carthage, the ostensible destination of Belisarius' expedition, [V. v. 6]
• Catana, in Sicily; taken by Belisarius, [V. v. 12]
  • a sum of money, [V. xiii. 14];
  • cf. Book I. xxii. 4
• Celtica, at the headwaters of the Po, [V. i. 18]
  • occupied by the Romans, [VI. vii. 23];
  • abandoned by the Goths, [VI. vii. 18];
  • distance from Rome, [VI. vii. 19]
• Centenarium,
• Centumcellae, town in Italy;
• Charybdis, the story of, located at the Strait of Messana, [V. viii. 1]
  • alone pursues the Goths to their camp, [VI. i. 21-25];
  • wounded in a second encounter, [VI. i. 26], [27];
  • goes out alone against the Goths and is killed, [VI. i. 28-33]
• Chersonese (Thracian), the size of its isthmus, [V. xv. 18]
• Chorsamantis, a Massagete, bodyguard of Belisarius;
• Chorsomanus, a Massagete, bodyguard of Belisarius, [V. xvi. 1]
  • their disagreement regarding doctrine, [V. iii. 5], [6];
  • the following are mentioned as Christians:
    • the Neapolitans, [V. ix. 27];
    • the Arborychi and Germans, [V. xii. 15];
    • the Lombards, [VI. xiv. 9];
    • the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 33], [34];
  • Christian teachings held in especial favour by the Romans, [V. xxv. 23]
• Christ, His Apostle Peter, [V. xix. 4]
  • mountain near Taracina, [V. xi. 2];
  • considered to be named from the Homeric Circe, ibid.;
  • its resemblance to an island, [V. xi. 3], [4]
• Christians,
• Circaeum,
  • sanctions treaty with Theodatus, [V. xiii. 27]
• Circe, her meeting with Odysseus, [V. xi. 2]
  • garrisoned by Vittigis, [VI. xi. 1];
  • surrenders to Belisarius, [VI. xiii. 2], [3];
  • garrisoned by him, [VI. xiii. 4]
• Cloadarius, ruler of the Franks;
• Clusium, city in Tuscany;
  • commander of Isaurians, [VI. v. 1];
  • proceeds to Ostia by sea, [VI. v. 3];
  • captures Ancon, [VI. xi. 5];
  • nearly loses it by a blunder, [VI. xiii. 8] ff.
• Comum, city near Milan; occupied by Mundilas, [VI. xii. 40]
  • sent to Illyricum, [V. vii. 26];
  • his successful campaign in Dalmatia, [V. vii. 27-36];
  • in control of the territory as far as Liburnia, [V. xv. 15];
  • prepares to defend Salones, [V. xvi. 14], [15]
• Conon,
  • said to have discovered the Palladium in Byzantium, [V. xv. 14];
  • his forum there, ibid.
• Constantianus, commander of the royal grooms;
  • Roman general, [V. v. 3];
  • sent into Tuscany, [V. xvi. 1];
  • takes Spolitium and Perusia and certain other strongholds, [V. xvi. 3];
  • defeats a Gothic army and captures the commanders, [V. xvi. 6], [7];
  • recalled to Rome, [V. xvii. 1-3];
  • leaves garrisons in Perusia and Spolitium, [V. xvii. 3];
  • assigned to guard the Flaminian Gate, [V. xix. 16];
  • assigned to the Aurelian Gate and the adjoining wall, [V. xxii. 15], [16];
  • leaves the gate during an attack, [V. xxii. 18];
    • returns, [V. xxii. 25];
  • leads the Huns in a signally successful skirmish, [VI. i. 4-10];
  • his disagreement with Belisarius, [VI. viii. 1] ff.;
  • killed by his order, [VI. viii. 17]
• Constantine I,
  • this office held by Romans during the Gothic rule, [VI. vi. 20];
  • held by Appius, [V. xiv. 6];
  • by Theoderic, [VI. vi. 16];
  • by Belisarius, [V. v. 19]
• Constantinus, of Thrace,
• Consul,
• Corinth, near the head of the Crisaean Gulf, [V. xv. 17]
• Crisaean Gulf (the Corinthian Gulf), [V. xv. 17]
  • coast city in Campania, [V. xiv. 3];
  • distance from Naples, ibid.;
  • garrisoned by Belisarius, [V. xiv. 2];
  • one of the only two fortresses in Campania, [V. xiv. 2];
  • the home of the Sibyl, [V. xiv. 3]
• Croton, city in southern Italy, [V. xv. 23]
  • bodyguard of Belisarius, [VI. ii. 10];
  • his remarkable wound, [VI. ii. 14], [15], [18];
  • which causes his death, [VI. ii. 30], [31]
• Cumae,
• Cutilas, a Thracian,
  • adjoining Precalis and Liburnia, [V. xv. 25];
  • counted in the western empire, ibid.;
  • its strong winds, [V. xv. 5], [6];
  • opposite to Italy, [V. xv. 5], [7];
  • Mundus sent thither by Justinian, [V. v. 2];
    • conquered by him, [V. v. 11];
  • invaded by the Goths, [V. vii. 1] ff.;
  • recovered for the empire by Constantianus, [V. vii. 27-36];
  • an army sent thither by Vittigis, [V. xvi. 8], [9]
• 
  
  • sent from Rome with troops, [VI. vii. 26];
  • detained in Ariminum by John, [VI. xi. 22]
• Dacians, a people of central Europe, [V. xv. 27]
• Dalmatia, east of the Ionian Gulf,
• Damianus, nephew of Valerian;
• Dani, a barbarian nation in Europe, [VI. xv. 3], [29]
• Datius, priest of Milan; asks aid of Belisarius, [VI. vii. 35]
• Datius, brought as king from Thule by the Eruli, [VI. xv. 29]
• December, last month in the Roman calendar, [V. xiv. 14]
• Decennovium, river near Rome, [V. xi. 2]
  • sent out against the Goths, [V. xxvii. 11], [12], [VI. v. 9];
  • sent to investigate the aqueduct, [VI. ix. 9]
• Demetrius, of Philippi, envoy of Justinian, [V. iii. 5], [13], [29]
  • founder of Beneventus, [V. xv. 8];
  • received the tusks of the Caledonian boar from his uncle Meleager, ibid.;
  • meets Aeneas there, [V. xv. 9];
  • gives the Palladium to him, [V. xv. 9], [10]
• Demetrius, Roman commander of infantry, [V. v. 3]
• Diogenes, bodyguard of Belisarius;
  • deserts to the Romans, [V. viii. 3];
  • honoured by the emperor, ibid.
• Diomedes, son of Tydeus;
  • traversed by the Nile, [V. xii. 2];
  • ancient statues of the Aegyptians, [V. xv. 13]
• Dryus, city in southern Italy, called also Hydrus, [V. xv. 20]; [VI. v. 1]
  
• Ebrimous, son-in-law of Theodatus;
  • commander of the Isaurians in the Roman army, [V. v. 3];
  • brother of Tarmutus, [V. xxviii. 23];
  • at the capture of Naples, [V. x. 1], [3], [13];
  • saves his brother, [V. xxix. 42];
  • sent to Milan with Isaurians, [VI. xii. 27], [40]
• Egypt,
• Elpidius, physician of Theoderic, [V. i. 38]
  • situated on the sea at the limit of Epirus, [V. ii. 24], [xv. 24];
  • Amalasuntha sends a ship thither, [V. ii. 26, 28], [iii. 14];
  • Constantianus gathers an army there, [V. vii. 27], [28]
• Ennes,
• Ephesus, priest of, [V. iii. 5]
• Epidamnus,
• Epidaurus, on the eastern side of the Ionian Gulf, [V. vii. 28], [32]
• Epirotes, a people east of the Ionian Gulf, adjoining Precalis, [V. xv. 24]
  • serving in the Roman army, [VI. iv. 8], [xiii. 18];
  • their wanderings as a nation, alliances, customs, etc., [VI. xiv. 1-34];
  • their worthless character, [VI. xiv. 35], [36], [41];
  • some of them emigrate to Thule, [VI. xv. 1] ff.;
  • revolt from the Romans, [VI. xiv. 37];
  • kill their king and summon another from Thule, [VI. xiv. 38], [42], [xv. 27], [30];
  • their king a figure-head, [VI. xiv. 39], [40];
  • decide to ask Justinian to nominate a king for them, [VI. xv. 30] ff.;
  • welcome Suartuas as king, [VI. xv. 33];
  • abandon him, [VI. xv. 34], [35];
  • submit to the Gepaedes, [VI. xv. 36]
• Epizephyrian Locrians, among the Bruttii, [V. xv. 23]
  • the continent to the left of Gibraltar, [V. xii. 1];
  • its shape, rivers, population, etc., [V. xii. 3] ff.
• Eridanus, a name sometimes given the Po River, [V. i. 18]
  • comes to Taracina with money for the Roman soldiers, [VI. ii. 1];
  • secures safe-conduct from Belisarius, [VI. ii. 2] ff.;
  • arrives safely at nightfall, [VI. ii. 6], [24]
• Eruli,
• Europe,
  • native of Milan, [V. xiv. 5];
  • previously quaestor to Atalaric, ibid.;
  • envoy of the Romans to Belisarius, ibid.;
  • praetorian prefect, sent to Milan in company with troops, [VI. xii. 27], [28];
  • taunts the Gothic envoys, [V. xx. 19], [20];
  • killed by the Goths, [VI. xii. 34], [35]
• Euthalius,
  • the Goths pass out through it, [V. xiv. 14]
  • threatened by a Gothic camp, [V. xix. 2];
  • next to the Pincian, [V. xix. 16], [xxiii. 3];
  • held by Constantianus, [V. xix. 16];
  • closed by Belisarius, ibid., [VI. v. 6];
  • not attacked by the Goths, [V. xxiii. 2];
  • guarded by Ursicinus, [V. xxiii. 3];
  • opened by Belisarius, [VI. v. 8], [12]
• 
  
  • road leading northward from Rome, [VI. xi. 8];
  • the strongholds Narnia, Spolitium, and Perusia on it, [VI. xi. 9]
• Fates, called "Fata" by the Romans, [V. xxv. 19], [20]
• Fidelius,
• Flaminian Gate, in Rome;
  • "modern" name for the Germans, [V. xi. 29], [xii. 8];
  • account of the growth of their kingdom up to the time of Procopius, [V. xii. 1-xiii. 13];
  • their ruler Theudibert, [VI. xii. 38];
  • persuaded by Justinian to ally themselves with him, [V. v. 8-10], [xiii. 28];
  • their war with the Goths, [V. xi. 17], [18], [28];
  • occupy the Visigothic portion of Gaul, [V. xiii. 11, 12];
  • invited to form alliance with Theodatus, receiving the Gothic portion of Gaul, [V. xiii. 14];
  • Vittigis advises forming of such an alliance with them, [V. xiii. 19-24];
  • make the treaty with some reserve, [V. xiii. 26-28];
  • send Burgundians as allies, [VI. xii. 38];
  • have the Suevi subject to them, [V. xv. 26];
  • the nations north of Langovilla subject to them, [V. xv. 29]
• Flaminian Way,
• Foederati, auxiliary troops, [V. v. 2]
  • extending from the Pyrenees to Liguria, [V. xii. 4];
  • separated from Liguria by the Alps, [V. xii. 4], [20], [VI. vii. 37];
  • its great extent, [V. xii. 5], [6];
  • its rivers, lakes, and population, [V. xii. 7-11];
  • formerly subject to the Romans, [V. xii. 9];
  • occupied by the Goths, [V. xi. 16], [28];
  • how the Franks became established there, [V. xi. 29], [xii. 1] ff.;
  • partly occupied by the Visigoths, [V. xii. 12], [20];
  • guarded by Roman soldiers, [V. xii. 16];
  • divided between the Franks and Goths, [V. xii. 32], [45];
  • really under the sway of Theoderic, [V. xii. 47];
  • divided between the Goths and Visigoths, [V. xiii. 4], [5];
  • the Visigothic portion taken over by the Franks, [V. xiii. 12];
  • Visigoths retire thence to Spain, [V. xiii. 13];
  • the Gothic portion offered to the Franks as the price of alliance with Theodatus, [V. xiii. 14];
  • held by the Goths under Marcias, [V. xiii. 15], [xvi. 7];
  • threatened by the Franks, [V. xiii. 16];
  • given to them by Vittigis, [V. xiii. 26], [27]
• Fortune, temple of, in Rome, [V. xv. 11]
• Franks,
• 
  
• Gadira, the strait of Gibraltar, [V. xii. 1]
• Gaul,
  • their war with the Goths, [V. iii. 15], [xi. 5];
  • their relations with the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 25-27];
  • who submit to them, [VI. xv. 36]
• Gauti, nation on the island of Thule, [VI. xv. 26]
• Gelimer, king of the Vandals, [V. v. 1], [vi. 2], [xxix. 8]
  • the "Getic peril," [V. xxiv. 29], [30];
  • equivalent to "Gothic," [V. xxiv. 30]
• Genoa, its location, [VI. xii. 29]
• George, a Cappadocian, bodyguard of Martinus, conspicuous for his valour, [V. xxix. 20], [21]
  • chosen king over the Visigoths, [V. xii. 43];
  • his death, [V. xii. 46]
• Gepaedes, a people of southern Europe;
• Germans, called also Franks, q.v.
  • occupies Albani, [VI. iv. 8]
• Getic,
  • called also "Getic," [V. xxiv. 30];
  • their fortunes previous to the war with Justinian, [V. i. 1] ff.;
  • form alliance with the Franks against the Burgundians, [V. xii. 24], [25];
  • their crafty hesitation, [V. xii. 26], [27];
  • reproached by their allies, [V. xii. 31];
  • secure a portion of Gaul, [V. xii. 32];
  • mingle with the Visigoths, [V. xii. 49];
  • divide Gaul with the Visigoths, [V. xiii. 4], [5], [7], [8];
  • remit the tribute imposed by Theoderic, [V. xiii. 6];
  • ruled formerly over the peoples north of the Ionian Gulf, [V. xv. 28];
  • led into Italy by Theoderic, [V. xvi. 2], [VI. xiv. 24];
  • prevented by Amalasuntha from injuring the Romans, [V. ii. 5];
    • their leaders hostile to her, [V. iii. 11];
    • oppose her in her effort to educate Atalaric, [V. ii. 8] ff.;
  • grieve at the death of Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 28];
  • defeated in Dalmatia, [V. v. 11];
  • enter Dalmatia again, [V. vii. 1] ff.;
  • again defeated, [V. vii. 27-36];
  • garrison Naples strongly, [V. viii. 5];
  • lose Naples, [V. x. 26];
  • dissatisfied with Theodatus, declare Vittigis king, [V. xi. 1], [5];
  • their war with the Franks, [V. xi. 17], [18], [28];
  • yield Gaul to them, [V. xiii. 26];
  • withdraw from Rome, [V. xi. 26], [xiv. 12-14];
  • defeat the Romans at the Mulvian bridge, [V. xviii. 3] ff.;
  • establish six camps about Rome and begin the siege, [V. xix. 2-5], [11], [xxiv. 26];
  • cut the aqueducts, [V. xix. 12];
  • assault the wall, [V. xxi-xxiii.];
  • capture Portus, [V. xxvi. 14];
  • outwitted in three attacks, [V. xxvii. 6-14];
  • again defeated when they try Belisarius' tactics, [V. xxvii. 15-23];
  • inferiority of their soldiers to the Romans, [V. xxvii. 27];
  • defeat the Romans in a pitched battle, [V. xxix. 16] ff.;
    • but suffer great losses in the Plain of Nero, [VI. ii. 19] ff.;
  • respect the church of Paul, [VI. iv. 10];
  • suffer famine and pestilence, [VI. iv. 16], [17];
  • retire from the camp near the Appian Way, [VI. iv. 18];
  • decide to abandon the siege, [VI. vi. 1], [2];
  • send envoys to Rome, [VI. vi. 3];
  • arrange an armistice with Belisarius, [VI. vi. 36], [vii. 13];
  • abandon Portus, [VI. vii. 16], [22];
    • and Centumcellae, [VI. vii. 18];
    • and Albani, [VI. vii. 20];
  • attempt to enter Rome by stealth, [VI. ix. 1] ff.;
  • assault the Pincian Gate, [VI. ix. 12] ff.;
  • abandon Ariminum, [VI. x. 6];
  • raise the siege of Rome, [VI. x. 8], [12], [13];
  • defeated at the Mulvian Bridge, [VI. x. 15] ff.;
  • besiege Ariminum, [VI. xii. 1] ff.;
  • defeated at Ticinum, [VI. xii. 31], [33];
  • besiege Milan, [VI. xii. 39], [40];
  • no new laws made by the Gothic kings in Italy, [VI. vi. 17];
  • tolerant in religious matters, [VI. vi. 18];
  • respect the churches, [VI. vi. 19];
  • allowed all offices to be filled by Romans, ibid.;
  • Gothic language, [V. x. 10];
  • a Goth makes trouble for the Romans at the Salarian Gate, [V. xxiii. 9];
    • killed by a well-directed missile, [V. xxiii. 10], [11]
• Gibimer, Gothic commander, stationed in Clusium, [VI. xi. 1]
  • renders signal service at Ancon, [VI. xiii. 14], [15]
• Giselic, illegitimate son of Alaric;
• Gladiators, [VI. i. 5]
  • Magna Graecia, [V. xv. 23]
• Gontharis, Roman commander;
  • include the Epirotes, [V. xv. 24];
  • their capture of Troy, [V. xv. 9];
  • Greek statues of Athena, [V. xv. 13];
  • Greek language, [V. xviii. 6]
• Goths, used throughout to indicate the Ostro-Goths;
• Gouboulgoudou, a Massagete, bodyguard of Valerian;
  • in Dalmatia, [V. vii. 1];
  • defeated by Constantianus, [V. vii. 27-36];
  • retires to Ravenna, [V. vii. 36]
• Gratiana, city at the extremity of Illyricum, [V. iii. 15], [17]
  • near the Aurelian Gate, [V. xxii. 12];
  • its excellent construction and decoration, [V. xxii. 13], [14];
  • attacked by the Goths, [V. xxii. 19] ff.;
  • statues thereon torn down by the Romans and hurled upon the Goths, [V. xxii. 22]
• Greece, [V. xxiv. 20], [xxv. 13];
  • treasures of their king Solomon taken from Rome by Alaric, [V. xii. 42];
  • a certain Hebrew makes a prophecy to Theodatus by the actions of swine, [V. ix. 3-6];
  • see also [Jews]
• Greeks (Hellenes),
• Greeks, contemptuous term for the eastern Romans, [V. xviii. 40], [xxix. 11]
  • betrothed to Amalaberga, [V. xii. 22];
  • killed by the Franks, [V. xiii. 1];
  • wife of, escapes to Theodatus, [V. xiii. 2]
• Gripas, Gothic commander,
  • Roman commander of infantry, [V. v. 3];
  • left in command of the Roman garrison in Naples, [V. xiv. 1]
• 
  
• Hadrian, tomb of,
  • in the Roman army, [V. iii. 15], [v. 4], [xxvii. 2], [27];
  • led by Constantinus in a signally successful skirmish, [VI. i. 4-10];
  • encamp at the church of Paul, [VI. iv. 11];
  • harass the Goths, [VI. iv. 16];
  • return to Rome, [VI. iv. 18];
  • see also [Massagetae]
• Hebrews,
• Hellespont, [V. xv. 18]
  • envoy of Justinian, [V. iii. 5], [13], [29]
• Hermenefridus, ruler of the Thuringians,
• Herodian,
  • sanctions treaty with Theodatus, [V. xiii. 27]
• Homer, his testimony as to the place where Odysseus met Circe, [V. xi. 2], [4]
  • comes to Rome, [VI. vii. 15];
  • with Valerian, seizes Constantinus, [VI. viii. 16];
  • on guard at the Pincian Gate, [VI. ix. 13];
  • meets a Gothic attack, [VI. ix. 14];
  • sent by Belisarius with Martinus to Ariminum, [VI. xi. 4], [8], [21];
  • they capture Petra, [VI. xi. 10-19];
  • leave Ariminum, [VI. xi. 22]
• Huns,
  • capture of, [V. xv. 8], [9];
  • entered by Diomedes and Odysseus as spies, [V. xv. 9]
• Hydrus, name of Dryus in Procopius' time, [V. xv. 20]
  • Mundus general of, [V. v. 2];
  • Constantinus sent to, [V. vii. 26];
  • Justinus general of, [VI. xiii. 17];
  • Eruli settled in, [VI. xv. 1];
  • the city of Gratiana at its extremity, [V. iii. 15];
  • home of Peter, [V. iii. 30]
• Hypatius, priest of Ephesus;
• 
  
  • the modern Adriatic, [V. i. 13], etc.;
  • ends at Ravenna, [V. xv. 19]
• Iberia, home of Peranius, [V. v. 3]
  • in the army of Belisarius, [V. v. 2];
  • commanded by Ennes, [V. v. 3], [x. 1];
  • render signal service at the capture of Naples, [V. ix. 11] ff., [17-21], [x. 1];
  • a force of, reaches Naples, [VI. v. 1];
  • arrives in the harbour of Rome, [VI. vii. 1];
  • they fortify a camp, [VI. vii. 2];
  • guard ships at Ostia, [VI. vii. 9];
  • remain in Ostia, [VI. vii. 12], [16];
  • occupy Portus, [VI. vii. 16], [22];
  • occupy Ancon, [VI. xi. 5];
  • with John at Ariminum, [VI. xii. 6], [9];
  • sent to Milan under command of Ennes, [VI. xii. 26], [27];
  • Isaurian javelins, [V. xxix. 42]
• Ildibert, ruler of the Franks,
  • boundary of Pannonia, [V. xv. 27], etc.;
  • Antae settled near its banks, [V. xxvii. 2]
• Ildiger, son-in-law of Antonina;
• Ilium,
  • often coupled with "Goths," [V. i. 1], etc.;
  • their love for Theoderic, [V. i. 29];
  • grieve at the death of Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 28]
• Illyricum,
  • its inhabitants enumerated, [V. xv. 16], [21-25];
  • claimed by the barbarians, [V. i. 4], [VI. vi. 15], [17];
  • neglected by the Romans until the Goths held it, [VI. vi. 21];
  • Amalasuntha agrees to hand it over to Justinian, [V. iii. 28], [iv. 18];
  • offered to Justinian by Theodatus, [V. vi. 21]
• Innocentius, Roman commander of cavalry, [V. v. 3], [xvii. 17]
  • his temple in Rome, [V. xxv. 18], [19];
  • one of the older gods, [V. xxv. 19];
  • his double-faced statue, [V. xxv. 20], [21]
• Ionian Gulf,
• Isaurians,
  • supporting the Gothic party in Naples, [V. viii. 41];
  • offer stubborn resistance to the Romans at its capture, [V. x. 24-26];
  • see also [Hebrews]
• Ister River, the modern Danube;
  • commander of Thracians, [VI. v. 1];
  • reaches Campania, [VI. v. 2];
  • approaches Rome, [VI. v. 5];
  • reaches Ostia, [VI. vii. 1];
  • forms a barricade of wagons, [VI. vii. 2];
  • sent out from Rome by Belisarius, [VI. vii. 25] ff.;
  • instructed by Belisarius to begin operations, [VI. x. 1];
  • defeats and kills Ulitheus, [VI. x. 2];
  • passes by Auximus and Urbinus, [VI. x. 3-5];
  • enters Ariminum, [VI. x. 5], [7], [11];
  • wins great fame, [VI. x. 9];
  • receives proposal of marriage from Matasuntha, [VI. x. 11];
  • directed by Belisarius to leave Ariminum, [VI. xi. 4];
    • refuses, [VI. xi. 22];
  • prevents the approach of a tower to the wall of Ariminum, [VI. xii. 6] ff.;
  • addresses his soldiers, [VI. xii. 14] ff.;
  • attacks and inflicts severe losses on the Goths, [VI. xii. 23-25];
  • his excellent qualities, [VI. x. 10]
• Istria, adjoining Liburnia and Venetia, [V. xv. 25]
  • called "Quintilis," as being the fifth month from March, [V. xxiv. 31];
  • mentioned in the Sibyl's prophecy, [V. xxiv. 28], [30], [31]
• Italians,
  • becomes emperor, [V. ii. 2];
  • appealed to by Amalasuntha, [V. ii. 23];
  • makes a friendly reply, [V. ii. 24];
  • Theodatus purposes to hand over Tuscany to him, [V. iii. 4];
  • Amalasuntha plans to hand over Italy to him, [V. iii. 12];
  • sends Alexander to learn of Amalasuntha's plans, [V. iii. 14];
  • but ostensibly to make complaints against the Goths, [V. iii. 15-17];
  • his letter to Amalasuntha [V. iii. 16-18];
    • her reply, [V. iii. 19-27];
  • sends Peter as envoy, [V. iii. 30];
  • receives envoys from Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 11];
  • receives envoys and a letter from Theodatus, [V. iv. 15], [16];
  • sends Peter as envoy to Theodatus and Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 17];
  • champions Amalasuntha against Theodatus, [V. iv. 22];
  • hears the report of the Italian envoys, [V. iv. 23] ff.;
  • inaugurates the Gothic war, [V. v. 1] ff.;
  • sends Belisarius with a fleet to Sicily, [V. v. 2], [6], [7];
  • recovers all Sicily, [V. v. 17];
  • persuades the Franks to ally themselves with him, [V. v. 8-10], [xiii. 28];
  • Theodatus proposes an agreement with him, [V. vi. 2-13];
  • receives a letter from Theodatus, [V. vi. 14-21];
    • his reply, [V. vi. 22-25];
  • addresses a letter to the Gothic nobles, [V. vii. 22-24];
  • sends Constantianus to Illyricum and Belisarius to Italy, [V. vii. 26];
  • honours the deserter Ebrimous, [V. viii. 3];
  • receives the keys of Rome, [V. xiv. 15];
  • sends relief to Belisarius, [V. xxiv. 18];
  • writes encouragingly to Belisarius, [V. xxiv. 21];
  • wins the friendship of the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 33];
  • appoints a king over the Eruli at their request, [VI. xv. 30] ff.;
  • attempts to restore Suartuas, [VI. xv. 36];
  • year of reign noted, [V. v. 1], [xiv. 14]
• Italy,
• 
  
• Janus,
  • Latin literature, [V. iii. 1];
  • Latin Way, running southward from Rome, [V. xiv. 6], [VI. iii. 3], [v. 2]
• Jerusalem, its capture by the Romans, [V. xii. 42]
• Jews,
  • left in command of the garrison in Rome, [V. xi. 26];
  • his reputation for discretion, ibid.;
  • remains in Rome after the withdrawal of the garrison, [V. xiv. 13];
  • sent to the emperor, [V. xiv. 15], [xxiv. 1]
• John, nephew of Vitalian,
  • envoy of Theodatus, [V. iv. 15], [21];
  • makes a true report to Justinian, [V. iv. 23], [24]
• July,
  • adjoining Dalmatia and Istria, [V. xv. 25];
  • subdued by Constantianus, [V. vii. 36];
  • invaded by the Goths, [V. xvi. 12]
• Justinian,
  • the continent to the right of Gibraltar, [V. xii. 1];
  • character of the country, [V. xii. 2];
  • Huns escape from the army there, [V. iii. 15];
  • Ildiger comes thence, [VI. vii. 15]
• Justinus, general of Illyricum; arrives In Italy, [VI. xiii. 17]
  
  • on the boundary of Gaul, [V. xii. 4];
  • separated from Gaul by the Cottian Alps, [V. xii. 20];
  • its chief city Milan, [VI. vii. 37], [38], [V. xiv. 5];
  • bounded by the Po, [V. xv. 28];
  • occupied by the Romans, [VI. xii. 36]
• Langovilla, home of the Albani, north of Liguria, [V. xv. 29]
• Latin language, [V. xi. 2], [xv. 4];
• Lechaeum, at the head of the Crisaean Gulf, [V. xv. 17]
  • subjugated by the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 9];
  • attacked wantonly by Rodolphus, [VI. xiv. 12] ff.;
    • rout his army and kill him, [VI. xiv. 21], [22];
  • defeat the Eruli, [VI. xv. 1]
• Leuderis, a Goth;
  • distinguished for his valour, [VI. x. 19], [20]
• Liberius, Roman senator;
• Liburnia,
• Libya,
• Liguria,
• Lilybaeum, in Sicily, subject of complaint by Justinian, [V. iii. 15] ff., [iv. 19]
• Locrians, see [Epizephyrian Locrians]
  • Roman commander of cavalry, [V. v. 3]
  • at the capture of Naples, [V. x. 1], [3], [7], [8], [13];
  • sent to Tibur with Sinthues, [VI. iv. 7];
  • repairs the defences, [VI. iv. 15]
• Lombards, a Christian people,
• Longinus, an Isaurian, bodyguard of Belisarius;
• Lucani, a people of southern Italy, [V. xv. 22]
• Lucania, [V. viii. 4]
  • commands a Gothic garrison in Gaul, [V. xiii. 15];
  • summoned thence by Vittigis, [V. xiii. 29], [xix. 12];
  • his absence prevents Vittigis from leaving Ravenna, [V. xvi. 7];
  • commands a Gothic camp in the Plain of Nero, [V. xix. 12], [xxix. 2]
• Lysina, island off the coast of Dalmatia, [V. vii. 32]
  
  • Roman commander sent to Italy, [V. xxiv. 18-20];
  • arrives in Rome, [V. xxvii. 1];
  • sent out against the Goths by Belisarius, [V. xxvii. 22], [23];
  • his bodyguards Theodoriscus and George, [V. xxix. 20];
  • sent to the Plain of Nero by Belisarius, [VI. ii. 8];
  • fights there with varying fortune, [VI. ii. 19] ff.;
  • with Valerian rescues Bochas, [VI. ii. 24];
  • sent to Taracina, [VI. iv. 6], [14];
  • summoned back to Rome, [VI. v. 4];
  • sent by Belisarius with Ildiger to Ariminum, [VI. xi. 4], [VI. xi. 8-21];
  • they capture Petra, [VI. xi. 10-19];
  • leave Ariminum, [VI. xi. 22]
• Macedonia, [V. iii. 5]
  • their savage conduct at the capture of Naples, [V. x. 29];
  • see also [Huns]
• Magna Graecia, [V. xv. 23]
  • wedded by Vittigis, [V. xi. 27];
  • opens negotiations with John, [VI. x. 11]
• Magnus,
• Maleventus, ancient name of "Beneventus," city in Samnium, [V. xv. 4]
• Marcentius, commander of cavalry, [VI. v. 1]
• March, the first month in the early Roman calendar, [V. xxiv. 31]
• Marcias,
• Martinus,
• Massagetae, in the Roman army;
• Matasuntha, daughter of Amalasuntha,
• Mauricius, Roman general, son of Mundus; slain in battle, [V. vii. 2], [3], [12]
• Maxentiolus, bodyguard of Constantinus, [VI. viii. 3], [13]
  • chief city of Liguria, [VI. vii. 37], [38];
  • second only to Rome among the cities of the West. ibid.;
  • receives assistance from Belisarius against the Goths, [VI. xii. 26] ff.;
  • occupied by the Romans, [VI. xii. 36];
  • besieged by Uraïas, [VI. xii. 39], [40];
  • its priest Datius, [VI. vii. 35];
  • distance from Rome and from the Alps, [VI. vii. 38]
• Maxentius, a bodyguard of the household of Belisarius, [V. xviii. 14]
• Maximus, slayer of Valentinian, [V. xxv. 15]
  • allies in the Roman army, [V. v. 4];
  • their night attacks upon the Goths, [V. xxv. 9];
  • sent outside the walls at night by Belisarius, [V. xxv. 17];
  • in the battle in the Plain of Nero, [V. xxix. 22]
• Maximus, descendant of the above Maximus; exiled by Belisarius, [V. xxv. 15]
• Medes, see [Persians]
• Melas, see [Black Gulf]
  • distinguished for his valour, [VI. x. 19];
  • sent out against the Goths, [V. xxvii. 11], [12];
  • accompanies Procopius to Naples, [VI. iv. 3];
  • returns to Rome, [VI. iv. 4];
  • kills a brave Goth, [VI. v. 15];
  • sent in command of troops to Milan, [VI. xii. 27], [36];
  • grieves at the death of Fidelius, [VI. xii. 35];
  • occupies cities near Milan, [VI. xii. 40]
• Meleager, uncle of Diomedes, slayer of the Calydonian boar, [V. xv. 8]
  • sent against Salones, [V. v. 2];
  • secures Salones, [V. v. 11];
  • slain in battle, [V. vii. 4], [5], [12];
  • the Sibyl's prophecy concerning him, [V. vii. 6-8];
  • father of Mauricius, [V. vii. 6-8]
• Messana, city in Sicily, [V. viii. 1]
  • on the sea, [V. viii. 5];
  • commanded by Uliaris, [V. iii. 15];
  • strongly garrisoned by the Goths, [V. viii. 5];
  • Belisarius attempts to bring about its surrender, [V. viii. 6] ff.;
  • strength of its position, [V. viii. 44];
  • besieged by Belisarius, [V. viii. 43] ff.;
  • its aqueduct cut by Belisarius, [V. viii. 45];
  • its aqueduct investigated by one of the Isaurians, [V. ix. 11] ff.;
  • the city captured thereby, [V. x. 1-26];
  • slaughter by the soldiers, [V. x. 28], [29];
  • garrisoned by Belisarius, [V. xiv. 1];
  • women, etc., sent thither by Belisarius, [V. xxv. 2];
  • Procopius sent thither, [VI. iv. 1];
  • Antonina retires thither, [VI. iv. 6];
  • Isaurian soldiers arrive there from Byzantium, [VI. v. 1];
  • offered to Belisarius by the Goths, [VI. vi. 30];
  • Goths sent thither by Belisarius, [VI. xiii. 4];
  • one of the only two fortresses in Campania, [V. xiv. 2];
  • distance from Cumae, [V. xiv. 3];
  • from Vesuvius, [VI. iv. 22];
  • its mosaic picture of Theoderic, [V. xxiv. 22] ff.;
  • its inhabitants Romans and Christians, [V. ix. 27]
• Milan,
  • Bessas sent against it, [V. xvi. 2];
  • named from the Narnus River, [V. xvii. 9];
  • distance from Rome, [V. xvii. 6];
  • surrenders to Bessas, [V. xvi. 3];
  • battle fought there, [V. xvii. 4], [5];
  • garrisoned by Bessas, [V. xvii. 6];
  • avoided by Vittigis, [V. xvii. 8], [VI. xi. 9]
• Monteferetra, town in Italy; garrisoned by Vittigis, [VI. xi. 3]
  • flows by Narnia, [V. xvii. 9];
  • its great bridge, [V. xvii. 10], [11]
• Moors,
  • imperial steward, [VI. xiii. 16];
  • arrives in Italy, ibid.
• Moras, Gothic commander in Urbinus, [VI. xi. 2]
• Mulvian Bridge, guarded by the Goths, [V. xix. 3]
  • send Stephanus to Belisarius, [V. viii. 7];
  • reject proposals of Belisarius, [V. viii. 42];
  • appeal to Theodatus for help, [V. ix. 1];
  • Belisarius' final appeal to them, [V. ix. 22] ff.;
  • their obduracy, [V. ix. 30];
  • saved by Belisarius from abuse by the Romans, [V. x. 29], [34-36];
  • kill Asclepiodotus, [V. x. 46];
  • impale the body of Pastor, [V. x. 47];
  • forgiven by Belisarius, [V. x. 48];
  • see also [Naples]
• Mundilas, bodyguard of Belisarius;
  • a Gothic camp established there, [V. xix. 3], [12], [xxviii. 17];
  • troops sent thither by Belisarius, [V. xxviii. 15] ff.;
  • operations there on the day of the great battle, [V. xxix. 22] ff.;
  • Marcias ordered by Vittigis to remain there, [V. xxix. 2];
  • Constantinus wins a signal success in, [VI. i. 4-10];
  • skirmish in, [VI. i. 21];
  • Martinus and Valerian sent to, [VI. ii. 8];
  • Goths victorious in, [VI. ii. 19] ff.;
    • but with heavy losses, [VI. ii. 36];
  • its "stadium," [VI. i. 5]
• Mundus, a barbarian, general of Illyricum;
• 
  
• Naples, city in Campania,
• Narnia, strong city in Tuscany;
• Narnus River,
• Narses, a eunuch,
  • bodyguard of the emperor, [V. i. 6];
  • his tyranny, [V. i. 7], [8], [xii. 20], [VI. vi. 21];
  • divides lands in Tuscany among his followers, [V. i. 28];
  • allows the Visigoths to occupy all of Gaul, [V. xii. 20];
  • Zeno unable to cope with him, [VI. vi. 15], [16];
  • Theoderic persuaded to attack him, [V. i. 10], [VI. vi. 23];
  • his troops defeated by Theoderic, [V. i. 14], [V. xii. 21];
  • besieged in Ravenna, [V. i. 15], [24];
  • his agreement with Theoderic, [V. i. 24];
  • killed by Theoderic, [V. i. 25]
• Narses, an Armenian; deserted to the Romans, [VI. xiii. 17]
  • his meeting with Circe, [V. xi. 2];
  • with Diomedes stole the Palladium from Troy, [V. xv. 9]
• Neapolitans,
• Nero, Plain of, near Rome;
  • envoy of Theodatus, [V. iv. 15], [21];
  • makes a false report to Justinian, [V. iv. 25]
• Nile River, its source unknown, [V. xii. 2]
  • his hostility to Theodatus, [V. xi. 7], [8];
    • pursues and kills him, [V. xi. 6], [9]
• Norici, a people of central Europe, [V. xv. 27]
  • acts as regent for his son, [V. i. 2];
  • his death, [V. i. 5]
• Novaria, city near Milan; occupied by Mundilas, [VI. xii. 40]
  • neglected in Procopius' time, [V. xxvi. 8];
  • no good road thence to Rome, [V. xxvi. 13], [VI. vii. 6];
  • the only port on the Tiber left to Rome, [V. xxvi. 16], [VI. iv. 2];
  • distance from Anthium, [V. xxvi. 17];
  • Paulus and Conon sent thither, [VI. v. 3];
  • reached by John, [VI. vii. 1];
  • provisions brought into Rome by way of Ostia, [VI. vii. 1] ff.
• Numa, early Roman king, [V. xxiv. 31]
  
  • across the Tiber, [V. xxviii. 19];
  • false report of its capture, [V. xviii. 35];
  • threatened by the Goths, [V. xxiii. 1];
  • guarded by Paulus, [V. xxiii. 2]
• Ochus, king of the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 38]
  • the Pancratian Gate named from him, [V. xviii. 35]
• Odoacer,
• Odysseus,
  • Goths in, defy Belisarius, [V. v. 12];
  • taken by him, [V. v. 13-16];
  • garrisoned by him, [V. viii. 1]
• Oilas, bodyguard of Belisarius, [V. xxvii. 13]
• Opilio, Roman senator,
  • with Asclepiodotus opposes the proposal to surrender the city, [V. viii. 22] ff.;
  • they address the Neapolitans, [V. viii. 29-40];
  • bring forward the Jews, [V. viii. 41];
  • his death, [V. x. 38];
  • his body impaled by the mob, [V. x. 47]
• Optaris, a Goth;
  • how conferred, [V. vi. 3];
  • some of the patricians consult the Sibylline prophecies, [V. xxiv. 28] ff.;
  • patrician rank conferred upon Theoderic, [V. i. 9], [VI. vi. 16];
  • upon Ebrimous, [V. viii. 3]
• Orestes, father of Augustus,
• Ostia, city at the mouth of the Tiber;
  • bodyguard of Belisarius, [V. ix. 17];
  • prepares the channel of the aqueduct of Naples for the passage of Roman troops, [V. ix. 19-21]
• 
  
  • Church of, on the Tiber, [VI. iv. 9];
    • respected by the Goths, [VI. iv. 10];
    • its site fortified by Valerian, [VI. iv. 11];
  • Gate of Rome named from him, [VI. iv. 3]
• Pancratian Gate, in Rome,
  • Roman commander of cavalry, [V. v. 3];
  • on guard at the Pancratian Gate, [V. xxiii. 2];
  • sent to Milan with Thracians, [VI. xii. 27], [40]
• Pancratius, a saint;
  • commander of Isaurians, [VI. v. 1];
  • proceeds to Ostia by sea, [VI. v. 3];
  • remains in Ostia, [VI. vii. 12], [16];
  • occupies Portus, [VI. vii. 16], [22]
• Pannonians, a people of central Europe, [V. xv. 27]
• Panormus, city in Sicily;
• Parian marble, used in building Hadrian's Tomb, [V. xxii. 13]
  • of Iberia, Roman general, [V. v. 3];
  • of the family of the king of Iberia, ibid.;
  • had come as a deserter to the Romans, ibid.;
  • summons Belisarius to the Vivarium, [V. xxiii. 13];
  • leads a sally against the Goths, [VI. i. 11]
• Pastor, of Naples, a trained speaker;
• Patrician rank,
  • frequently referred to, also under the name of Medes, [V. v. 3], etc.;
  • their long shields, [V. xxii. 20];
  • Artasires a Persian, [VI. ii. 10]
• Patrimonium, used to denote the lands of the royal house, [V. iv. 1]
  • the first city of Tuscany, [V. xvi. 4];
  • submits to Constantinus, [V. xvi. 4];
  • battle fought near it, [V. xvi. 6];
  • garrisoned by Constantinus, [V. xvii. 3];
  • avoided by Vittigis, [V. xvii. 7], [VI. xi. 9]
• Paucaris, an Isaurian,
  • one of the gates of the city named after him, [V. xix. 4];
  • his church, [V. xxii. 21], [VI. ix. 17];
  • his promise to guard "Broken Wall," [V. xxiii. 5];
  • reverenced by the Romans above all others, [V. xxiii. 5]
• Paul the Apostle,
  • an Illyrian, envoy of Justinian to Italy, [V. iii. 30], [iv. 17];
  • his excellent qualities, [V. iii. 30];
  • learns of events in Italy and waits in Aulon, [V. iv. 20], [21];
  • sent on with a letter to Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 22];
  • arrives in Italy, [V. iv. 25];
  • denounces Theodatus, [V. iv. 30];
  • who tries to prove his innocence, [V. iv. 31];
  • tries to terrify Theodatus, [V. vi. 1];
  • who suggests to him an agreement with Justinian, [V. vi. 2-6];
  • recalled and given further instructions, [V. vi. 7-13];
  • reports to Justinian, [V. vi. 14];
  • sent again to Italy, [V. vi. 25], [26], [vii. 24];
  • reproaches Theodatus, [V. vii. 13];
  • who makes a public speech of warning, [V. vii. 14-46];
  • his reply thereto, [V. vii. 17-20];
  • delivers a letter from Justinian to the Gothic nobles, [V. vii. 22]
• Paulus,
  • allowed by Vittigis to retain its original garrison, [VI. xi. 2];
  • attacked and captured by the Romans, [VI. xi. 10] ff.;
  • its natural position and defences, [VI. xi. 10-14]
• Paulus,
• Peloponnesus, its resemblance to Spain, [V. xii. 3]
• Penates, the ancient gods of Rome, [V. xxv. 19]
  • accompanies him to Italy, [V. v. 6];
  • at the capture of Naples, [V. x. 5], [8], [9], [20];
  • his groom Valentinus, [V. xviii. 18]
• Peranius,
• Persia, adjoining Iberia, [V. v. 3]
  • John sent thither, [VI. vii. 28];
  • raided by John, [VI. x. 1] ff.;
  • its metropolis Auximus, [VI. xi. 2];
  • its strongholds:
    • Petra, Auximus, and Urbinus, [VI. xi. 2];
    • Caesena and Monteferetra, [VI. xi. 3];
  • its town Alba, [VI. vii. 25]
• Persians,
  • next to the Flaminian, [V. xix. 16], [xxiii. 3];
  • held by Belisarius, [V. xix. 14];
  • often mentioned in the fighting, [V. xxviii. 15], etc.
• Perusia,
• Peter, the Apostle, buried near Rome;
  • sent into Tuscany, [V. xvi. 5];
  • defeated and captured, [V. xvi. 6], [7]
• Peter,
• Petra (Pertusa), on the Flaminian Way;
• Phanitheus, Erulian commander, [VI. xiii. 18]
  • called also the "Eridanus," [V. i. 18];
  • boundary of Liguria, [V. xv. 28];
  • and of Aemilia, [V. xv. 30];
  • crossed by Mundilas, [VI. xii. 30], [31]
• Philippi, in Macedonia, home of Demetrius, [V. iii. 5]
  • harbour of Rome, [V. xxvi. 3];
  • its situation, [V. xxvi. 4-7];
  • distance from Rome, [V. xxvi. 4];
  • a good road between it and Rome, [V. xxvi. 9], [VI. vii. 6];
  • captured by the Goths and garrisoned by them, [V. xxvi. 14], [15], [xxvii. 1], [VI. vii. 11];
  • strength of its defences, [V. xxvi. 7], [19];
  • abandoned by the Goths and occupied by Paulus, [VI. vii. 16], [22]
• Photius, step-son of Belisarius;
  • commanded by Bessas, [V. xviii. 35], [xix. 15];
  • threatened by a Gothic camp, [V. xix. 2];
  • near the Vivarium, [V. xxii. 10]
• Piceni, a people of central Italy, [V. xv. 21]
• Picenum,
  • a Roman of Ravenna, [VI. viii. 2];
  • escapes to Spolitium. ibid.;
  • robbed of two daggers by Constantinus, [VI. viii. 3];
  • appeals to Belisarius in Rome, [VI. viii. 4] ff.
• Pincian Gate, in Rome;
  • persuades him to allow his infantry troops a share in the fighting, [V. xxviii. 23-29];
  • fights valiantly, [V. xxix. 39], [40];
  • killed in battle, [V. xxix. 41]
• Pisidian, Principius the guardsman, [V. xxviii. 23]
  • writer of the history of the Gothic war, [V. vii. 37], [VI. ii. 38], [xii. 41];
  • sent to Naples to procure provisions and soldiers, [VI. iv. 1] ff.;
  • gathers soldiers and provisions in Campania, [VI. iv. 19];
  • assisted by Antonina, [VI. iv. 20];
  • religious views, [V. iii. 6-9]
• Pissas, Gothic commander;
• Pitzas, a Goth; surrenders part of Samnium to Belisarius, [V. xv. 1], [2]
• Platonic teachings, espoused by Theodatus, [V. iii. 1], [vi. 10]
• Po River,
• Portus,
  • its situation, [V. i. 16] ff.;
  • besieged by the Goths, [V. i. 14], [24];
  • surrendered to Theoderic, [V. i. 24];
  • treasures of Carcasiana brought to, [V. xii. 47];
  • occupied by Vittigis and the Goths, [V. xi. 26];
  • Roman senators killed there by order of Vittigis, [V. xxvi. 1];
  • distance from Ariminum, [VI. x. 5];
    • from Caesena, [V. i. 15];
    • from Milan, [VI. vii. 37], [38];
    • from the Tuscan Sea, [V. xv. 19];
  • limit of the Picene territory, [V. xv. 21];
  • the priest of, [V. i. 24]
• Praenestine Gate, in Rome;
  • distance from Rome, [V. xi. 1];
  • Goths gather at, [V. xi. 1], [5]
• Precalis, a district east of the Ionian Gulf adjoining Epirus and Dalmatia, [V. xv. 25]
• Presidius,
• Principius, a Pisidian, bodyguard of Belisarius;
• Procopius,
  • city in southern Italy, [V. viii. 1];
  • Belisarius departs thence with his army, [V. viii. 4]
• Pyrenees Mountains, on the northern boundary of Spain, [V. xii. 3]
  
• Quaestor, office held by Fidelius, [V. xiv. 5]
  • one of the rivers of Gaul, [V. xii. 7];
  • boundary of the Visigothic power, [V. xii. 12], [xiii. 5];
  • boundary of Roman power, [V. xii. 20];
  • boundary between the Franks and the Goths, [V. xii. 45]
• Quintilis, name given early to July as being the fifth month from March, [V. xxiv. 31]
  
  • leader of the Eruli, [VI. xiv. 11];
  • forced by his people to march against the Lombards, [VI. xiv. 12] ff.
• Ram, an engine of war; its construction, [V. xxi. 6-11]
• Ravenna,
  • subjects of the Roman Empire both in the East and in the West, mentioned constantly throughout;
  • captured Jerusalem in ancient times, [V. xii. 42];
  • Roman senators killed by order of Vittigis, [V. xxvi. 1];
  • Roman dress of ancient times, preserved by descendants of soldiers stationed in Gaul, [V. xii. 18], [19];
  • Roman soldiers, their importance greatly lessened by the addition of barbarians, [V. i. 4];
  • superiority of their soldiers to the Goths, [V. xxvii. 27];
  • small importance of their infantry, [V. xxviii. 22]
  • More particularly of the inhabitants of Rome:
    • exhorted by Vittigis to remain faithful to the Goths, [V. xi. 26];
    • decide to receive Belisarius into the city, [V. xiv. 4];
    • admire the forethought of Belisarius, but object to his holding the city for a siege, [V. xiv. 16];
    • compelled by Belisarius to provide their own provisions, [V. xiv. 17];
    • deprived of the baths, [V. xix. 27];
    • distressed by the labours of the siege, reproach Belisarius, [V. xx. 5] ff.;
      • applaud his marksmanship, [V. xxii. 5];
      • prevent him from rebuilding "Broken Wall," [V. xxiii. 5];
    • their allegiance feared by Belisarius, [V. xxiv. 14], [16];
    • send women, children, and servants to Naples, [V. xxv. 2], [10];
    • some of the, attempt to open the doors of the Temple of Janus, [V. xxv. 18-25];
    • praise Belisarius publicly, [V. xxvii. 25];
    • eager to fight a pitched battle, [V. xxviii. 1], [3];
    • many of the populace mingle with the army, [V. xxviii. 18], [29], [xxix. 23], [25], [26];
    • reduced to despair, [VI. iii. 8];
    • resort to unaccustomed foods, [VI. iii. 10], [11];
    • try to force Belisarius to light a decisive battle, [VI. iii. 12] ff.;
    • lived in luxury under Theoderic, [V. xx. 11];
    • held in especial honour the teachings of the Christians, [V. xxv. 23]
• Regata,
  • first city of the West, [VI. vii. 38];
  • captured by Alaric the elder, [V. xii. 41];
  • visited by envoys from Justinian, [V. iii. 5], [16];
  • garrison left therein by Vittigis, [V. xi. 25], [26];
  • Goths withdraw from, [V. xi. 26];
  • abandoned by the Gothic garrison,[V. xiv. 12], [13];
  • entered by Belisarius at the same time that the Gothic garrison left it, [V. xiv. 14];
  • keys of, sent to Justinian, [V. xiv. 15];
  • its defences repaired and improved by Belisarius, [V. xiv. 15];
  • ill-situated for a siege, [V. xiv. 16];
  • had never sustained a long siege, [V. xxiv. 13];
  • its territories secured by Belisarius, [V. xvi. 1];
  • provisioned for the siege, [V. xvii. 14];
  • account of the building of the wall on both sides of the Tiber, [V. xix. 6-10];
  • its siege begun by the Goths, [V. xxiv. 26];
    • not entirely shut in by them, [V. xxv. 6];
  • mills operated in the Tiber by Belisarius, [V. xix. 19] ff.;
  • visited by famine and pestilence, [VI. iii. 1];
  • abandoned by the Goths, [VI. x. 12] ff.;
  • garrisoned by Belisarius, [VI. xiii. 1];
  • terminus of the Appian Way, [V. xiv. 6];
  • its boundaries adjoin Campania, [V. xv. 22];
  • the palace, [VI. viii. 10], [ix. 5];
  • its aqueducts, [VI. iii. 3-7], [ix. 1], [2];
    • cut by the Goths, [V. xix. 13];
    • their number and size, ibid.;
    • stopped up by Belisarius, [V. xix. 18];
    • water of one used to turn the mills, [V. xix. 8];
  • its chief priest Silverius, [V. xi. 26], [xiv. 4], [xxv. 13];
  • Vigilius [V. xxv. 13], [xxvi. 2];
  • its gates fourteen in number, [V. xix. 1];
    • the Asinarian, [V. xiv. 14];
    • the Pancratian, [V. xviii. 35];
    • the Salarian, [V. xviii. 39];
    • the Flaminian, [V. xix. 2];
    • the Praenestine, ibid.;
    • the Aurelian, [V. xix. 4];
    • the Transtiburtine, ibid.;
      • of Peter, ibid.;
      • of Paul, [VI. iv. 3];
    • the Pincian, [V. xix. 14];
  • its church of Peter the Apostle, [VI. ix. 17];
  • its sewers, [V. xix. 29];
  • its "stadium" in the Plain of Nero [VI. i. 5];
  • excavations for storage outside the walls, [VI. i. 11];
  • its harbour Portus, [V. xxv. 4], [xxvi. 3], [7], [9];
  • Ostia, [VI. iv. 2];
  • distance
    • from Centumcellae, [VI. vii. 19];
    • from Narnia, [V. xvii. 6];
    • from Portus and the sea, [V. xxvi. 4];
    • from Tibur, [VI. iv. 7];
  • description of the engines of war used against it by Vittigis, [V. xxi. 3-12];
  • a priest of, [V. xvi. 20]
• Reges, a body of infantry commanded by Ursicinus, [V. xxiii. 3]
• Reparatus, brother of Vigilius, escapes execution by flight, [V. xxvi. 2]
• Rex, title used by barbarian kings, and preserved by Theoderic, [V. i. 26], [VI. xiv. 38]
  • in Rome, [V. xviii. 19], etc.;
  • held by Belisarius, [V. xix. 14];
  • attacked by the Goths, [V. xxii. 1-9];
  • Goths repulsed from, [V. xxiii. 24], [25]
• Rhegium,
  • Mundus sent against, [V. v. 2];
  • taken by him, [V. v. 11];
  • battle near, [V. vii. 2] ff.;
  • its inhabitants mistrusted by the Goths, [V. vii. 10], [31];
  • weakness of its defences, [V. vii. 31];
  • occupied by the Goths, [V. vii. 27];
    • abandoned by them, [V. vii. 32];
  • occupied by Constantianus, [V. vii. 33-36];
  • Vittigis sends an army against, [V. xvi. 9], [10];
  • strengthened by Constantianus, [V. xvi. 14], [15];
  • invested by the Goths, [V. xvi. 16]
• Rhine, one of the rivers of Gaul, [V. xii. 7]
  • a people of central Italy, [V. xv. 21];
  • children among; their gruesome play, [V. xx. 1-4]
• Rhone,
  • a portion of, surrendered to Belisarius, [V. xv. 1], [15];
  • the remainder held by the Goths, [V. xv. 2]
• Rodolphus,
• Rogi, a barbarian people, allies of the Goths, [VI. xiv. 24]
• Romans,
  • a barbarian nation, [VI. xv. 2];
  • in the Roman army, [V. xxvii. 2]
• Rome,
• Rusticus, a Roman priest, sent with Peter to Justinian, [V. vi. 13], [14]
  
• Sacred Island, at the mouth of the Tiber, [V. xxvi. 5]
  • her prophecy regarding Mundus, [V. vii. 6-8];
  • prophecies of, consulted by patricians, [V. xxiv. 28];
    • difficulty of understanding them, [V. xxiv. 34-37];
  • her cave shewn at Cumae, [V. xiv. 3]
• Salarian Gate,
  • applaud Belisarius, [V. v. 18];
  • find the Romans faithful to their promises, [V. viii. 18], [27]
• Salones, city in Dalmatia;
  • Belisarius sent thither with a fleet, [V. v. 6], [xiii. 14];
  • taken by him, [V. v. 12] ff., [18];
  • garrisoned by him, [V. xxiv. 2];
  • Theodatus proposes to withdraw from, [V. vi. 2];
  • grain brought thence by Belisarius, [V. xiv. 17];
  • Roman refugees resort to, [V. xxv. 10];
  • offered to Belisarius by the Goths, [VI. vi. 27];
  • Goths sent thither by Belisarius, [VI. xiii. 4];
  • smaller than Britain, [VI. vi. 28]
• Samnites,
  • chief priest of Rome, [V. xi. 26];
  • influences the citizens to yield to the Romans, [V. xiv. 4];
  • dismissed by Belisarius, [V. xxv. 13]
• Samnium, [VI. v. 2];
• Scardon, city in Dalmatia, [V. vii. 32], [xvi. 13]
  • sent to Tibur with Magnus, [VI. iv. 7];
  • repairs the defences, [VI. iv. 15];
  • wounded in battle, ibid.
• Sciri, a Gothic nation, [V. i. 3]
• Sclaveni,
• Scrithiphini, nation on the island of Thule; their manner of life, customs, etc., [VI. xv. 16-25]
• Scylla, the story of, located at the strait of Messana, [V. viii. 1]
• Sibyl, The,
  • first country of Europe beginning from Gibraltar, [V. xii. 3];
  • its size compared with that of Gaul, [V. xii. 5];
  • formerly subject to the Romans, [V. xii. 9];
  • occupied by the Visigoths, [V. xii. 12];
  • really under the sway of Theoderic, [V. xii. 47];
  • Theudis establishes an independent power in, [V. xii. 50-54];
  • Spanish woman of great wealth married by him, [V. xii. 50];
  • Visigoths retire to, [V. xiii. 13]
• Sicilians,
• Sicily,
  • submits to Constantinus, [V. xvi. 3];
  • garrisoned by him, [V. xvi. 4], [xvii. 3];
  • avoided by Vittigis, [V. xvii. 7], [VI. xi. 9];
  • Presidius takes refuge in, [VI. viii. 2]
• Silverius,
  • remonstrates with Belisarius, [V. viii. 7-11];
  • urged by Belisarius to win over the Neapolitans, [V. viii. 19];
  • his attempts to do so, [V. viii. 20], [21];
  • assisted by Antiochus, [V. viii. 21];
  • opposed by Pastor and Asclepiodotus, [V. viii. 22-24];
  • goes again to Belisarius, [V. viii. 25];
  • summoned once more by Belisarius, [V. ix. 23];
  • returns to the city, [V. ix. 29];
  • bitterly accuses Asclepiodotus before Belisarius, [V. x. 40-43]
• Singidunum, city in Pannonia, [V. xv. 27], [VI. xv. 30]
  • appointed king of the Eruli by Justinian, [VI. xv. 32];
  • attempts to destroy the Eruli sent to Thule, [VI. xv. 34];
  • flees to Byzantium, [VI. xv. 35];
  • Justinian attempts to restore him, [VI. xv. 36]
• Sinthues, bodyguard of Belisarius;
  • barbarian people in Gaul, [V. xii. 11];
  • in two divisions, [V. xv. 26];
  • Asinarius gathers an army among them, [V. xvi. 9], [12]
• Siphilas, bodyguard of Constantianus, at the taking of Salones, [V. vii. 34]
• Sirmium, city of the Gepaedes in Pannonia, [V. iii. 15], [xi. 5], [xv. 27]
  • a Roman senator and ex-consul, father-in-law of Boetius [V. i. 32];
  • his death, [V. i. 34];
  • his children receive from Amalasuntha his property, [V. ii. 5]
• Siscii, a people of central Europe, [V. xv. 26]
  • surrenders to Belisarius, [V. v. 12];
  • entered by him on the last day of his consulship, [V. v. 18], [19];
  • garrisoned by him, [V. viii. 1]
• Solomon, king of the Jews; his treasures taken from Rome by Alaric, [V. xii. 42]
• Spain,
  • at the limit of Campania, [V. xv. 22];
  • Euthalius stops in, [VI. ii. 1];
  • Belisarius sends a hundred men thither, [VI. ii. 3];
  • occupied by Martinus and Trajan, [VI. iv. 6], [14];
  • left by them, [VI. v. 4]
• Spaniards, situated beyond Gaul, [V. xv. 29]
  • persuades Belisarius to allow his infantry troops a share in the fighting, [V. xxviii. 23-29];
  • fights valiantly, [V. xxix. 39], [40];
  • his remarkable escape, [V. xxix. 42], [43];
  • his death, [V. xxix. 44]
• Spolitium, city in Italy;
• Stephanus, a Neapolitan;
• Suartuas, an Erulian;
  • son of Amalafrida and nephew of Theoderic, [V. iii. 1];
  • opposed by Amalasuntha in his oppression of the people of Tuscany, [V. iii. 2], [3];
  • plans to hand over Tuscany to Justinian, [V. iii. 4], [29];
  • meets the envoys of Justinian secretly, [V. iii. 9];
  • accused by the Tuscans, [V. iv. 1];
  • compelled by Amalasuntha to make restitution, [V. iv. 2];
    • her attempts to gain his support, [V. iv. 9] ff.;
  • becomes king, [V. iv. 10], [19];
  • imprisons Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 13-15];
  • sends envoys and a letter to Justinian, [V. iv. 15], [16];
  • receives the envoy Peter from Justinian, [V. iv. 17];
  • opposed by Justinian, [V. iv. 22];
  • defended by Opilio, [V. iv. 25];
  • persuaded to kill Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 26], [27];
  • denounced by Peter, [V. iv. 30];
  • his excuses, [V. iv. 31];
  • terrified by Peter, suggests an agreement with Justinian, [V. vi. 1-5];
  • recalls Peter and consults him further, [V. vi. 6-13];
  • his letter to Justinian, [V. vi. 14-21];
  • reply of Justinian, [V. vi. 22-25];
  • receives envoys from Justinian, [V. vi. 26];
  • refuses to put his agreement into effect, [V. vii. 11], [12];
  • makes a speech regarding rights of envoys, [V. vii. 13-16];
  • receives a letter addressed to the Gothic nobles, [V. vii. 22];
  • guards the envoys Peter and Athanasius, [V. vii. 25];
  • proposes an alliance with the Franks, [V. xiii. 14], [24];
  • kept the wives and children of the garrison of Naples, [V. viii. 8];
  • appealed to in vain by the Neapolitans, [V. ix. 1];
  • the story of the swine whose fortune foreshadowed the outcome of the war, [V. ix. 2-7];
  • dethroned by the Goths, [V. xi. 1];
  • flees toward Ravenna, pursued by Optaris, [V. xi. 6];
  • the cause of Optaris' hatred of him, [V. xi. 7], [8];
  • killed on the road, [V. xi. 9], [xiii. 15], [xxix. 6];
  • brother of Amalaberga, [V. xiii. 2];
  • father of Theodegisclus, [V. xi. 10];
  • father-in-law of Ebrimous, [V. viii. 3];
  • father of Theodenanthe, ibid.;
  • his unstable character, [V. vii. 11];
  • accustomed to seek oracles, [V. ix. 3]
• Suevi,
• Suntas, bodyguard of Belisarius, [VI. vii. 27]
• Symmachus,
  • Gothic king, patrician and ex-consul in Byzantium, [V. i. 9], [VI. vi. 16];
  • leads the Goths in rebellion, [V. i. 9];
  • persuaded by Zeno to attack Odoacer, [V. i. 10], [VI. vi. 16], [23];
  • leads the Gothic people to Italy, [V. i. 12];
  • not followed from Thrace by all the Goths, [V. xvi. 2];
  • besieges Ravenna, [V. i. 24];
  • his agreement with Odoacer, [V. i. 24];
  • kills him, [V. i. 25];
  • his war with the Gepaedes, [V. xi. 5];
  • forms close alliance with the Thuringians and Visigoths, [V. xii. 21], [22];
  • feared by the Franks, [V. xii. 23];
  • forms an alliance with them, [V. xii. 24];
  • craftily refrains from participation in the war against the Burgundians and gains part of their land, [V. xii. 26-28], [31], [32];
  • disregarded by the Franks, [V. xii. 33];
  • appealed to by Alaric and sends him an army, [V. xii. 34];
  • reproached by the Visigoths, [V. xii. 37];
  • drives the Franks from besieging Carcasiana, [V. xii. 44];
  • recovers eastern Gaul, [V. xii. 45];
  • makes Amalaric king of the Visigoths, acting as regent himself [V. xii. 46];
  • sends Theudis to Spain with an army, [V. xii. 50];
    • tolerates his tyranny, [V. xii. 51-54];
  • virtual ruler over Gaul and Spain as well as Italy, [V. xii. 47-49];
  • imposed a tribute on the Visigoths, [V. xii. 47], [48], [xiii. 6];
  • removed the treasures of Carcasiana, [V. xiii. 6];
  • kills Symmachus and Boetius, [V. i. 34];
  • terrified thereafter by the appearance of a fish's head, [V. i. 35] ff.;
  • his death, [V. i. 39], [xiii. 1];
  • succeeded by Atalaric, [V. ii. 1];
  • made no new laws in Italy, [VI. vi. 17];
  • mosaic picture of, in Naples, [V. xxiv. 22];
  • kept the Romans in luxury, [V. xx. 11];
  • did not allow the Goths to educate their children, [V. ii. 14];
  • his own ignorance of letters, [V. ii. 16];
  • his character as a sovereign, [V. i. 26] ff., [xi. 26];
  • beloved by his subjects, [V. i. 29-31];
  • brother of Amalafrida, [V. iii. 1];
  • father of Amalasuntha, [V. ii. 23], [xxiv. 25];
  • father of Theodichusa, [V. xii. 22];
  • grandfather of Amalaric, [V. xii. 43], [46];
    • of Atalaric, [V. ii. 1], [xxiv. 24];
    • of Matasuntha, [V. xi. 27], [xxix. 8];
  • uncle of Theodatus, [V. iii. 1];
  • the family of, [V. iv. 6]
• Syracuse,
  • daughter of Theoderic, betrothed to Alaric the younger, [V. xii. 22];
  • mother of Amalaric, [V. xii. 43]
• Syria, home of Antiochus of Naples, [V. viii. 21]
  
• Taracina, city near Rome, [V. xi. 2];
• Tarmutus, an Isaurian, brother of Ennes;
  • gives his sister in marriage to Amalaric, [V. xiii. 4];
  • appealed to by her, [V. xiii. 10];
  • defeats Amalaric in battle, [V. xiii. 11];
  • takes possession of the Visigothic portion of Gaul, [V. xiii. 12];
  • sanctions treaty with Theodatus, [V. xiii. 27];
  • sends allies to Vittigis, [VI. xii. 38], [39]
• Taulantii, a people of Illyricum, [V. i. 13]
  • a Goth, marries a woman in Spain and sets up an independent power there, [V. xii. 50-54];
  • tyrant in Spain, [V. xiii. 13]
• Theoctistus, a physician; his successful treatment of Arzes' wound, [VI. ii. 26] ff.
  • ancient home of the Goths, [V. xvi. 2];
  • home of Constantinus and Bessas, [V. v. 3];
    • of Cutilas, [VI. ii. 10];
    • of Ulimuth, [VI. xiii. 14]
• Theodatus,
  • reaches Dryus, [VI. v. 1];
  • with the Roman army, [VI. xi. 5];
  • sent to Milan under command of Paulus, [VI. xii. 26], [27]
• Theodegisclus, son of Theodatus; imprisoned by Vittigis, [V. xi. 10]
  • description of the island, its inhabitants, long nights, etc., [VI. xv. 4] ff.;
  • Eruli settled there, [VI. xv. 29];
  • the Eruli send thither for a king, [VI. xiv. 42], [xv. 27], [30];
  • their messengers return from, [VI. xv. 33]
• Theodenanthe, daughter of Theodatus, wife of Ebrimous, [V. viii. 3]
• Theoderic,
  • barbarians in Gaul, [V. xii. 10], [11];
  • form close alliance with Theoderic, [V. xii. 21], [22];
  • their ruler Hermenefridus, [V. xii. 22];
  • subjugated by the Franks, [V. xiii. 1]
• Theodichusa,
  • an obstacle to Vittigis, [V. xvii. 13-15];
  • defended by Belisarius, [V. xvii. 18], [xviii. 2] ff.;
  • crossed by Vittigis, [V. xviii. 1] ff.; [xxiv. 3];
  • crossed by the Goths to storm the wall, [V. xxii. 18], [25];
  • used by Belisarius to turn the mills, [V. xix. 19] ff.;
  • Romans bring in provisions by it, [VI. vii. 8] ff;
  • description of its mouths, [V. xxvi. 5-8];
  • navigable, [V. xxvi. 6];
  • freight traffic on, [V. xxvi. 10-12];
  • its tortuous course, [V. xxvi. 11];
  • flowed by the wall near the Aurelian Gate, [V. xxii. 16], [VI. ix. 16];
  • sewers of Rome discharged into it, [V. xix. 29];
  • bridged in building the wall of Rome, [V. xix. 10];
  • included in the fortifications of Rome, [V. xix. 6-10];
  • bridge over, distance from Rome, [V. xvii. 13];
  • fortified by Belisarius, [V. xvii. 14];
  • abandoned by the garrison, [V. xvii. 19]
• Theodoriscus, a Cappadocian, guardsman of Martinus; conspicuous for his valour, [V. xxix. 20], [21]
  • occupied by Sinthues and Magnus, [VI. iv. 7];
  • distance from Rome, ibid.
• Thessalonica, home of Peter, [V. iii. 30]
  • strongly fortified city, [VI. xii. 32];
  • battle fought near, [VI. xii. 31], [33]
• Theudibert, king of the Franks;
• Theudis,
  • makes a successful attack upon the Goths, [V. xxvii. 4] ff.;
  • sent to Taracina, [VI. iv. 6];
  • which he occupies with Martinus, [VI. iv. 14];
  • summoned back to Rome, [VI. v. 4];
  • sent against the Goths, [VI. v. 9], [10];
  • in the battle at the Pincian Gate, [VI. v. 21];
  • his strange wound, [VI. v. 24-27]
• Thrace,
• Thracians, a force of,
• Thule,
• Thurii, a city in southern Italy, [V. xv. 23]
  • see also [Ilium]
• Thuringians,
  • garrisoned by Vittigis; [VI. xi. 1];
  • surrenders to Belisarius, [VI. xiii. 2], [3];
  • garrisoned by him, [VI. xiii. 4]
• Tiber River,
  • south of Gaul, [V. xii. 6], [7];
  • distance from Ravenna, [V. xv. 19]
• Tibur,
  • accuse Theodatus before Amalasuntha, [V. iv. 1];
  • welcome Constantinus into their cities, [V. xvi. 4]
• Ticinum,
  • extending from Aemilia to the boundaries of Rome, [V. xv. 30];
  • most of its lands owned by Theodatus, [V. iii. 2], [29];
  • who plans to hand it over to Justinian, [V. iii. 4], [iv. 17];
  • invaded by Constantinus, [V. xvi. 1] ff.;
  • its cities:
    • Genoa, [VI. xii. 29];
    • Narnia, [V. xvi. 2];
    • Spolitium and Perusia, [V. xvi. 3];
    • Clusium, [VI. xi. 1];
    • Centumcellae, [VI. vii. 18], [19];
  • its lake Vulsina, [V. iv. 14]
• Totila, ruler of the Goths, [V. xxiv. 32]
• Trajan, bodyguard of Belisarius;
• Transtiburtine Gate, threatened by a Gothic camp, [V. xix. 4]
• Tria Fata, near the temple of Janus in Rome, [V. xxv. 19]
  • sent to Dalmatia, [V. xvi. 8];
  • enters Liburnia alone, [V. xvi. 12];
  • defeated, retires to Burnus, [V. xvi. 13];
  • proceeds with Asinarius to Salones, [V. xvi. 16];
  • stationed in Tudera, [VI. xi. 1]
• Tripolis, ashes from Vesuvius fell in, [VI. iv. 27]
  • renders signal service at Ancon, [VI. xiii. 14], [15]
• Troy, a man of Troy, [V. xv. 10];
• Tudera, town in Italy,
  • sent into Tuscany, [V. xvi. 5];
  • defeated and captured, [V. xvi. 6], [7]
• Tuscan Sea,
  • sent into Liguria, [VI. xii. 37];
  • nephew of Vittigis, ibid.
• Tuscans,
  • city in Picenum, [VI. x. 5];
  • passed by John, [VI. x. 5], [7];
  • garrisoned by Vittigis, [VI. xi. 2]
• Tuscany,
• Tydeus, father of Diomedes, [V. xv. 8]
  
• Uliaris, a Goth, in command of Naples, [V. iii. 15]
• Ulias, a Goth, given as a hostage, [VI. vii. 13]
• Uligisalus,
• Ulimuth, of Thrace, bodyguard of Belisarius;
  • Roman commander of cavalry, [V. v. 3];
  • sent to the Plain of Nero by Belisarius, [V. xxviii. 16], [19];
  • unable to control his troops, [V. xxix. 28]
• Ulitheus, uncle of Vittigis, defeated and killed by John, [VI. x. 2]
• Unilas, Gothic commander;
  • sent to Italy, [V. xxiv. 19];
  • winters in Aetolia, [V. xxiv. 20];
  • ordered to hasten to Rome, [V. xxiv. 18];
  • arrives in Rome, [V. xxvii. 1];
  • sent out against the Goths by Belisarius, [V. xxvii. 22];
  • sent to the Plain of Nero, [VI. ii. 8];
  • fights there with varying fortune, [VI. ii. 19] ff.;
  • with Martinus rescues Bochas, [VI. ii. 24];
  • establishes a camp at the church of Paul, [VI. iv. 11];
  • returns to the city, [VI. iv. 12];
  • with Ildiger seizes Constantinus, [VI. viii. 16];
  • uncle of Damian, [VI. vii. 26];
  • his bodyguard Gouboulgoudou, [VI. xiii. 14]
• Uraïas, Gothic commander;
• Urbinus,
• Ursicinus, Roman commander of infantry, [V. v. 3], [xxiii. 3]
• Urviventus, town near Rome; garrisoned by Vittigis, [VI. xi. 1]
  
• Vacimus, Gothic commander; sent against Ancon, [VI. xiii. 5], [8]
• Vacis, a Goth, sent to the Salarian Gate to harangue the Romans, [V. xviii. 39-41]
• Valentinian, Roman emperor; slain by Maximus, [V. xxv. 15]
  • threatens an eruption, [VI. iv. 21];
  • description of the mountain, [VI. iv. 22-24];
  • distance from Naples, [VI. iv. 22];
  • its heavy ash showers, [VI. iv. 25-27];
  • periodicity of its eruptions, [VI. iv. 28];
  • its fertility, [VI. iv. 29];
  • its salubrious atmosphere, [VI. iv. 30]
• Valentinus,
  • appointed chief priest of Rome, [V. xxv. 13];
  • brother of Reparatus, [V. xxvi. 2]
• Valentinus, groom of Photius; fights valiantly, [V. xviii. 18]
  • distinguished for his bravery at the battle of the Mulvian bridge, [V. xviii. 29];
  • his unexpected recovery, [V. xviii. 30-33];
  • stationed at Auximus, [VI. xi. 2]
• Valerian, Roman commander;
• Vandalarius, see [Visandus]
  • occupy all of Spain and part of Gaul, [V. xii. 12];
  • their ruler Alaric the younger, [V. xii. 22];
  • form close alliance with Theoderic, [V. xii. 21], [22];
  • attacked by the Franks, [V. xii. 33];
  • encamp against them, [V. xii. 35];
  • compel Alaric to fight, [V. xii. 36-38];
  • defeated in battle, [V. xii. 40];
  • choose Giselic as king, [V. xii. 43];
  • Amalaric becomes king over them, [V. xii. 46];
  • mingle with the Goths, [V. xii. 49];
    • separate from them, [V. xiii. 7], [8];
  • defeated by the Franks, [V. xiii. 11];
  • withdraw from Gaul to Spain, [V. xiii. 13]
• Vandals in Africa; their overthrow, [V. iii. 22], [v. 1], [xxix. 8]
• Varni, a barbarian nation, [VI. xv. 2]
  • chosen king of the Goths, [V. xi. 5];
  • his good birth and military achievements, ibid.;
  • sends Optaris in pursuit of Theodatus, [V. xi. 6];
  • imprisons the son of Theodatus, [V. xi. 10];
  • advises withdrawal to Ravenna, [V. xi. 11] ff.;
  • withdraws to Ravenna, leaving a garrison in Rome, [V. xi. 26];
  • unable to recall the Goths from Gaul, [V. xiii. 16];
  • addresses the Goths, [V. xiii. 17-25];
  • forms an alliance with the Franks, [V. xiii. 26-28];
  • summons Marcias from Gaul, [V. xiii. 29];
  • sends an army against the Romans in Tuscany, [V. xvi. 5];
  • eager to leave Ravenna, but prevented by the absence of Marcias, [V. xvi. 7], [11];
  • sends an army to Dalmatia, [V. xvi. 8], [9];
  • finally moves against Rome, [V. xvi. 19];
  • his feverish haste, [V. xvi. 20], [21], [xvii. 8];
  • refrains from attacking Perusia, Spolitium, and Narnia, [V. xvii. 7], [8];
  • advances through Sabine territory, [V. xvii. 12];
  • halts at the Tiber, [V. xvii. 13];
  • sends Vacis to the Salarian Gate, [V. xviii. 39];
  • commands one Gothic camp, [V. xix. 12];
  • his name given in play to one of the Samnite children, [V. xx. 1-4];
  • sends envoys to Belisarius, [V. xx. 7];
    • hears their report, [V. xxi. 1];
  • prepares to storm the wall, [V. xxi. 2], [3];
  • constructs engines of war, [V. xxi. 4-12];
  • makes a general assault on the wall, [V. xxii. 1] ff.;
  • leads an attack on the Vivarium, [V. xxii. 10] ff.;
    • where he presses the Romans hard, [V. xxiii. 13];
    • breaks down the outer wall, [V. xxiii. 17], [19];
    • his attacking force cut to pieces, [V. xxiii. 20-22];
  • kills Roman senators, [V. xxvi. 1];
  • seizes Portus, [V. xxvi. 3], [14];
  • tries to use Roman tactics on Belisarius, [V. xxvii. 15-23];
  • prepares for battle and addresses his army, [V. xxix. 1-15];
  • commands in person at the great battle, [V. xxix. 16] ff.;
  • allows Portus to be abandoned, [VI. vii. 16], [22];
  • investigates the aqueduct, [VI. ix. 1] ff.;
  • tries a new stratagem, [VI. ix. 16] ff.;
  • alarmed for Ravenna, abandons Rome, [VI. x. 8], [12], [13];
  • marches to Ariminum, leaving garrisons in certain towns [VI. xi. 1-3];
  • besieges Ariminum, [VI. xii. 1] ff.;
  • sends an army into Liguria, [VI. xii. 37];
  • receives Frankish allies, [VI. xii. 38];
  • Belisarius marches against him, [VI. xiii. 1];
  • sends an army against Ancon, [VI. xiii. 5];
  • uncle of Uraïas, [VI. xii. 37];
  • nephew of Ulitheus, [VI. x. 2];
  • husband of Matasuntha, [V. xi. 27], [VI. x. 11]
• Veneti, their territory adjoining Istria, and extending to Ravenna, [V. xv. 25]
  • an enclosure in the walls of Rome, [V. xxii. 10];
  • built for the keeping of wild animals, [V. xxiii. 16];
  • a very vulnerable point in the wall, [V. xxiii. 13], [15];
  • attacked by Vittigis, [V. xxii. 10], [11], [xxiii. 13-23];
  • successfully defended under the direction of Belisarius, [V. xxiii. 14-23]
• Venetia, held by the Goths, [V. xi. 16]
• Vergentinus, Roman senator; escapes execution by flight, [V. xxvi. 2]
• Vesuvius,
• Vigilius,
• Visandus Vandalarius, a Goth;
  • emperor of the East, [V. i. 2];
  • persuades Theoderic to attack Odoacer, [V. i. 10], [VI. vi. 16], [23]
• Visandus, Erulian commander, [VI. xiii. 18]
  • a Roman commander of cavalry, [VI. v. 2];
  • given as a hostage, [VI. vii. 13]
• Visigoths,
• Vitalian, the tyrant, uncle of John, [VI. v. 1], [vii. 25]
• Vittigis,
• Vivarium,
• Vulsina, lake in Tuscany; Amalasuntha imprisoned there, [V. iv. 14]
  
• Wild ass, an engine used for throwing stones, [V. xxi. 18], [19]
• Wolf, a contrivance used by Belisarius for guarding the gates of Rome, [V. xxi. 19-22]
  
• Zarter, a Massagete, bodyguard of Belisarius, sent into Tuscany, [V. xvi. 1]
• Zeno,
• Zeno,

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