The Byzantines

by Thomas Caldecot Chubb

INDEX AND GLOSSARY

• Alexius Comnenus (Alexius I), [19-20], [22]
• Alexius IV, [20], [22], [107-109]
• Alexius Bushy Eyebrows (Alexius V), [109]
• Andronicus, [104]
• Anna Comnena, [19], [100]
• Ariadne, [49]
• army, [46], [47], [57-63]
• art, [95-99]
• Augusta, the, [48]
• Augustaion, [34]
• Augustus, the, [32]
• autokrator (ô-tok’rƏ-tēr), [44]
• bandon (ban’dƏn), [59]
• Bardas, [105]
• Basil I, [51], [105]
• Basil the Bulgar Slayer (Basil II), [17]
• basileus (bas’i-lūs), [45], [47]
• basilissa (bas-i-lis’Ə), [48]
• bazaars, [34], [89]
• Benjamin of Tudela, Rabbi, [17]
• bezant, [91-92]
• Blachernae, Palace of, [32]
• Book of Ceremonies, The, [50]
• Bosporus, [15], [25-26]
• Bouillon, Godfrey of, [14]
• Building of the Nineteen Beds, [29]
• Bukoleon, Palace of, [20], [28-32], [34], [87]
• Byzantine Empire, [17], [35], [38], [47],
• fall of, [111-116]
• national traits, [44-45], [54], [68-69], [74], [103-106]
• origin of, [39-44]
• people of, [23-25]
• royalty, [33], [47-54]
• significance of, [93-103]
• Byzantium. See Constantinople.
• caesar (sē’zēr), [41], [56]
• Caesar, Julius, [40], [58-59]
• campagia (kam-pā’ji-Ə), [51]
• cataphracts (kat’Ə-frakts), [59], [60], [61]
• Cathisma, [32]
• ceremonies, [33], [50-51]
• Chalké, [29]
• Charlemagne, [17], [99]
• Chrysopolis. See Scutari.
• Circus. See Hippodrome.
• Clari, Robert of, [28-29], [31-34], [43], [45], [107]
• Constantine the Great (Constantine I), [29], [41], [42-44], [73]
• Constantine Born-in-the-Purple (Constantine VII), [66-67], [99]
• Constantine XI, [113]
• Constantinople, [15], [16-17], [21], [25-35], [42-43], [45], [89]
• occupation during Fourth Crusade, [16-21], [107-111]
• seizure by Turks, [112-116]
• Cosmas Who-Sailed-to-India, [98]
• costume (military), [59]; (royal), [50-51]
• crafts, [86]
• Crusades (First), [14], [20], [22];
• (Fourth), [13-22], [45], [107-111]
• Cyril, Saint, [78], [80]
• Dandolo, Henry, [15-16], [20], [110]
• Daphne Palace, [29]
• Demetrius, Saint, [72]
• Digenes Akrites, [63-64]
• Diocletian, [41-42], [43], [44]
• diplomatic corps, [47], [65-66]
• drungarius (drun-gâr´i-Əs), [47]
• Eastern Roman Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
• education, [99-101]
• eikons (ī´kons), [75]
• eparch (ep´ärk), [103]
• farming, [82-85]
• foreign trade, [82-83], [88-89], [91]
• Galata, [25]
• Golden Horn, [25-26]
• government, [46-56]
• officials, [55-56]
• Great Church. See Santa Sophia.
• Great Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
• Greek Church. See Orthodox Christian Church.
• Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
• Greek fire, [65]
• Gregory of Nyssa, Saint, [69]
• Harun al-Rashid, [101]
• Heraclius, [101]
• Hippodrome, [32], [35], [49], [50], [75], [110]
• Holy Chapel, [28-29]
• homoiousion (ho-moi-ōō´si-Ən) = homoousion (ho-mō-ōō´si-Ən) controversy, [74]
• How To Run the Empire, [66-67]
• Iconoclast controversy, [74-76], [78]
• industry, [85-88], [103]
• Irene, [17], [48]
• isapostolos (īs-Ə-pos´tƏl-Əs), [48]
• Istanbul. See Constantinople.
• John IV, [99-100]
• Justinian, [17], [38], [49-50], [51], [65]
• Kercuas, John, [17], [19]
• Khazars, [29]
• laws, [102-103], [104]
• Leo the Philosopher, [50], [99]
• Liutprand, Bishop, [29], [87-88]
• logothesia (log-ō-thē´zhi-Ə), [56]
• logothete (log´ō-thēt), [55]
• Logothete of the Dromos, or Grand Logothete, [55], [66]
• Lucas Notaras, [73]
• Magnaura Palace, [29]
• Manuel II, [99-100]
• Marmara, Sea of, [28]
• Mesé, [34]
• Methodius, Saint, [78], [80]
• Michael Paleologus, [111]
• Michael the Drunkard, [78], [105]
• Michael the Stutterer, [105]
• Michael Thinks-He’s-a-Soldier, [54]
• Micklegarth. See Constantinople.
• Midway. See Mesé.
• Mohammed II, [112-113]
• monuments and statues, [33], [34], [50]
• mosaics, [17], [95-98]
• navy, [46], [47], [64-65]
• New Rome. See Constantinople.
• Nicephorus Phocas, [19]
• Nika revolt, [32]
• nipsistarios (nip-sis-ta´ri-ōs), [56]
• orphanotrope (ôr-fan´Ə-trōp), [102]
• Orphanotrope, Grand, [102]
• Orthodox Christian, or Orthodox Eastern, Church, [17], [47], [48], [68-80], [101-103]
• patriarchs, [71]
• Pera quarter, [24], [25]
• Phocas, [51]
• politics, [32], [49]
• recreation, [32], [105]
• Richard the Lion-Hearted, [14]
• Roman Empire, [39-42], [81]. See also Byzantine Empire and Western Roman Empire.
• Romulus Augustulus, [44]
• Sacred Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
• saigon (sī’gƏn), [51]
• Saint Mamas quarter, [24]
• Saladin, [14]
• Santa Sophia, [17], [31-32], [34]
• scaramangion (ska-rƏ-man’ji-Ən), [50]
• Scutari, [25]
• silk, [86-88]
• Simeon Stylites, Saint, [72]
• slaves, [103]
• statues. See monuments.
• stemmata (stem’Ə-tƏ), [51]
• strategoi (strƏ-tē’goi), [47]
• strategos (strƏ-tē’gos), [95]
• superstitions, [71-72]
• Sycae. See Galata.
• themes (thē’mƏs), [95]
• Theodora, [49-50]
• Theodora, Saint, [49], [53-54], [75-76]
• Theophilus, [99]
• Theotokos (thē-ot’ō-kos), [72]
• Trajan, [40-41]
• trapezidae (trƏ-pē’zi-dē), [59]
• Tsargrad. See Constantinople.
• Turkish (Ottoman) Empire, [94-95], [112-113]
• Vandals, [44]
• Varangians, [23]
• Villehardouin, Geoffrey of, [14], [19], [20-21], [45], [107], [110]
• war, art of, [60-63]
• wealth, [82-83], [88], [91-92]
• Western Roman Empire, [41-42], [43-44], [46]
• Zoe, [49]
• Zoe Black Eyes, [65]