INDEX.

Adamantius, official under Zeno, [83] et seq.

Ad Decimum, battle of, [300].

Ad Ensem, battle of (Scheggia), [364].

Adda, battle of, [122].

Adige, Odovacar xn the valley of the, [260].

Adnanople, battle of, [15].

Aëtius, the last of the Romans, [94].

Africa, recovery of, [298]; conquest complete, [302]; Belisarius in, [321].

Agapetus, Senator, [282].

Agnellus, Bishop of Ravenna, (ninth century) [123], [249], [289].

Agrammatus, [145].

Agriculture, state of, among the Germans, [54].

Alamanni, conflict with Clovis, [189] et seq.

Alaric, descendant of Balthæ, sack of Rome, 410 A.D., [393]; made King of Visigoths, [15] et seq..

Alaric II., son of Euric, King of Visigoths, 490 A.D., [121]; an Anan, [177]; canal of, [184] et seq; letter of Theodoric to, [198]; stress of, [200]; defeat of and death, [201]; sons of, [204]; slayer of, honoured, [222].

Alban mountains, [355].

Albinus, Roman patrician, accused of disloyalty, [267] et seq., [293] fate unknown, [281].

Alexander the Logothete, [342].

Alfred, King, translator of Boëthius, [276].

Alpris, [376].

Alps, passes across, [203], [212].

Amal family, pedigree of, [8], [9]; insult to, [36]; extinction of one branch, [58]; in Saga literature, [167].

Amalaberga, niece of Theodoric, [242] et seq..

Amalafrid the Goth, son of above, [243].

Amalafrida, sister of Theodoric, [118], [266], [298_].

Amalaric, grandson of Theodoric, [204], [305].

Amalasuentha, daughter of Theodoric, [189]; marriage of, [257]; character of, [292]; guardian of her son Athalaric, [293] et seq,; education of Athalaric by, [295]; negotiations with Justinian, [306] et seq., interview with Alexander, [311]; message to Justinian, [312]; summons Theodahad, [313]; death of, [315].

Amalungs, (see Amal).

Amboise, meeting of kings near, [197]7.

Ammatas, attack on Carthage, [300].

Ammianus Marcellinus quoted, [13].

Arnmiasr brother of Swanhilda, [13].

Anastasius, successor to Zeno, as Eastern Emperor, [133]; recognises royalty of Theodoric, [138]; character of, [207]; marries Ariadne, [208]; suspected of heresy, [210]; excommunicated, [211]; makes Clovis consul, [221]; death of, [228], [258].

Ancona, [362].

Anderida, [356].

Anecdoton Holderi, [277].

Angoulème, [202].

Anician gens, [263].

Anonymus Valesii (probably Bishop Maximilian), quoted, [112], [128], [260], [285], [288].

Anthemus, Emperor, [41].

Antonina, wife of Belisarius, [348].

Anzalas, [365] et seq.

Apennines, battle of the, [365].

Appian Way, [142].

Aqueducts in Italy, [141].

Aquileia, siege of, [26].

Aquitania taken by Clovis, [203].

Archbishop John, [123].

Ardaric, King of the Gepidæ, [24], [29].

Arevagni marries King of Toulouse, [185].

Ariadne, widow of Leo I. and wife of Zeno, [66].

Arian, creed, [117]; league, [175], [194], [266], [305]; churches at Ravenna, [251] et seq..

Arians, in Spain, [258]; persecution of, [259], [281] et seq; measures in behalf of, [284].

Arles, walls rebuilt at, [143], [202] et seq.

Armies, supplies, [113]; size of, [317].

Arthur, King of Bertangenland (Saga), [379]; daughter of, [393].

Asbad, [367].

Aspar, barbarian in Imperial service, [36]; an Arian, [64].

Assemblies, deliberative, among Goths, [57].

Ataulfus, scheme of, [4], [17], [25]; quoted, [137].

Athalaric, grandson to Theodoric, proclaimed heir, [162], [257]; succeeds Theodoric, [293]; ruled by his mother, [295]; death of, [313].

Athanaric, Judge of the Visigoths, [13], [38], [202].

Athanasians, creed of the, [177]; persecution of, [181].

Attila, the might of, [18]; accession of, [19] et seq.; progress of, [22]; crosses the Alps, [26]; directions to Milanese artist, [27]; death of, [28]; invasion of, [93]; sons of (Saga), [403] et seq; and Theodoric (Saga), [411].

Augofleda, wife of Theodoric, [188].

Augustulus excluded from Empire, [108].

Augustus, title of, [95]; calls for popular general as, [210].

Aurelian, Emperor, [10], [327].

Austrasia, [242].

Austria (Pannonia), [213].

Austrians in Italy, [369]; military frontier of the, [216].

Auvergne, [202].

Avitus, Bishop of Vienne, [191].

Azof, Sea of, crossed by Huns, [12], [40].

Babai, Sclavonic chief, [50].

Baduila, form of name "Totila", [343].

Balamber, King of the Huns, [13].

Balan, horse of Belisarius, [329].

Balaton, Lake, home of Theodoric, [38], [46].

Balder the beautiful, [178].

Balistæ, [332].

Balkan peninsula, [182].

Balthæ, descendants of, [15].

Barcelona, Gesalic appears in, [205].

Basiliscus, rebellion against Zeno, [71] et seq.; bad generalship of, [98].

Bavarian "Chronicle", [424].

Bayard, loyalty of, [70].

Belgium desolated, [22].

Belisarius, occupation of Rome, [104]; general of Justinian, [299] et seq. pre-eminent, [317] et seq. in Rome, [327]; at Ravenna, [337]; stratagem of, [338]; returns East to conduct Persian war, [341]; disliked by Emperor, [347]; retakes Rome, [358].

Bercea, [59].

Berserker folly, [125].

Bessarabia, [202].

Bessas, commander at Rome, [350].

Bishop Peter, letter of Theodoric to, [261].

Bleda, brother of Attila, [19].

Boccaccio, story of, [245].

Boëthius, [195], [256]; translation of Aristotle, [263]; "Consolation of Philosophy", [265], [276]; defends Albinus, [271]; defends himself, [271]; trial of, [275]; death of, [276], [281]; Christianity of, [277]; poem of, [279].

Bolsena, Lake of, [314].

Bosphorus fleet leaves for Africa, [299].

Breviarum Alaricianum (also Aniam), [184].

Briancon, Cottian Alps crossed near, [203].

Britain, civilisation in, [26]; complaints from, [94]; ceded to Goths, [336].

Brussels, entry of Burgundian Duke into, [241].

Brutti (Calabria), gold mines in, [172], [321].

Brutus, [91].

Bulgarians first appearance in Balkan peninsula, [89].

Bulla, [302].

Burgundians, [185], [203].

Burgundy, ancient kingdom of, [185]; approach of war in, [197]; monarchy, fall of, [304].

Byzantine Emperor, [369].

Cabinet of the Emperor, [152].

Cadiz, [297].

Cæsar, army of, [317].

Cæsena, faithful to Odovacar, [122].

Calabria, corn from, [169]; Romans in, [346].

Cambray, [226].

Camp of March, [199].

Campus Vogladensis (Vouillé), [297].

Canale Corsini, [290].

Candavian mountains, [83].

Cannæ, defeat of, [15].

Cannius, story of, [272].

Cappadocia, fortress in, [72].

Capræ, [368].

Caput-Vada, [300].

Capys' address to Romulus, [319].

Carcassonne, fortress of, [202].

Carinthia, [99].

Carthage, held by Gaiseric, [96] et seq. Belisarius in, [300]; mutiny at, [321].

Cassiodorus, letters of (Variæ), quoted, [103], [140]-144, [148], [160], [161], [166], [195]-214, [218], [239], career of, [160] et seq. Gothic history of, destroyed, [166]; Variæ of, [167]; state papers for Theodoric, [172]; opinion of Jews, [261]; writes speech for child-king, [293]; censures Theodahad, [310]; remains in service, dies, [340].

Castorius, [158] et seq.

Catalaunian Plains, [13] et seq.

Catana, walls of, [143].

Catholic, persecutions, [128]; Church protected by Theodoric, [182]; churches to be delivered to Arians, [285].

Ceolfrid, Abbot of Jarrow, [340].

Cerdic, [70].

Châlons, battle of, [25].

Chararic, last of Salian kings, [225].

Charlemagne restores Western Empire, [104].

Charles V., [205].

Chaucer, translation of Boëthius, [276].

Childeric, King of the Franks, [186].

China, court of, [152].

Chosroes Nushirvan, [296].

Christianity modified, [176].

Chronology, invention of, [230].

Churches, Sophia, [42], [72]; St. Genovefa, [193]; Holy Apostles, [227]; St. Maria Maggiore, [231]; Santa Croce, [241]; St. Vitale, [246]; St. Apollinare Dentro, (formerly St. Martin), [246], [248] et seq. Ecclesia Ursiana (Catholic), [251]; San Spirito, [251]; St. Maria in Cosmedia, [252]; St. Stephen, [262]; St. Theodore, [251].

Circus Maximus, [237].

City life, advantages of, [46].

Classis, naval emporium, [123]; port of Ravenna, [244]; representation of, [249].

Claudius, Emperor, [10]; steward of Gothic money, [85].

Clepsydra, invented by Boëthius, [196].

Cloderic, son of Sigebert, [223].

Clovis, title of, [131]; conversion of, [186]; meets Alanc, [197]; letter to, [198]; saluted as Consul, [221]; destruction of rivals, [222]; proclaimed King of the Ripuarians, [225]; death of, [227]; died at enmity with Pope, [228].

Cocas, deserter from Imperial army, [365].

Code of Justinian, [297].

Codex, Argenteus, [179]; Amiatinus, [340].

Collatinus, [91].

Colonia, [224].

Colossæus, appointed governor of Pannonia Sermiensis, [214], [236], et seq.

Como, brazen statue stolen at, [143].

"Consolation of Philosophy", English translations of, [276]; style of, [280]; Constantine, contact with Visigoths, [11].

Constantinople, Emperors at, [11]; weak rulers at, [21]; Theodoric sent to, [37]; in 380 A.D., [38]; gates of, [41]; monuments at, [43]; life in, [46]; wall of, [79]; Theodonc at, [111]; embassy to, [132]; riots in, [209]; displeased at Theodoric, [215]; races at, [239]; reconciliation between Pope and Emperor at, [259].

Constantius, visits Rome, [230]; army of, [317].

Consulate, Theodoric raised to the, [91].

Consuls appointed by Theodoric, [135].

Consulship, [153]; codicils of, [221].

Corrado Ricci, quoted, [289].

Corsica, naval engagement at, [98].

Cromwell, treatment of body of, [291].

Crotona, [362].

Cunigast, Gothic minister, [265].

Cyprian, accuser in King's Court, [267]; charges others of treason, [271].

Cyrrhus, new settlement of Ostrogoths, [63].

Dacia overrun by barbarians, [179].

Dahn, Felix, on Theodoric's title, [132]; opinion of Clovis, [192]; quoted, [370].

Dante at Ravenna, [244].

Danube, Visigoths on, [15]; Theodoric near the, [90]; lands of the, [110]; crossed, [306].

Daras, battle of, [299].

Dardania, [86].

Dauphiny laid waste, [203].

Decius, clears Appian Way, [142].

Delphi, temple at, [43].

Dethier, Dr, quoted, [41].

Dietrich of Bern, name given to Theodoric in the Sagas, [260], [371], et seq.

Digest of Justinian, [297].

Dijon besieged by Clovis, [193].

Diocletian, [69], [249].

Diptychs, [259].

Dnieper, tribes on, [11].

Dniester, Visigoths on banks of, [14].

Dobrudscha, [72].

Don, tribes on, [11].

Duomo at Ravenna, [247].

Dyrrhachium (Durazzo), [81], [309].

Ecclesius, Bishop of Ravenna, [282].

Ecke (Saga), [387] et seq.

Ecke-sax, sword (Saga), [391].

Edessa, headquarters of Imperial army, [83].

Egnatian Way, [82], [87].

Elephant, description of, [171].

Ellak, death of, [29].

Elsung, Earl of Verona (Saga), [373].

Emperor Charles, takes statue of Theodoric to Aix, [255]; crowned at Constantinople, [283]; three Italian cities left to, [362].

Emperors, phantom, [66]; after Valentinian, fate of, [95]; rare visits to Rome, [230].

Empire, fall of the Western, [103].

Empires, East and West, [215] et seq.

Ephesus, bishops of, [311].

Epiphanius, Bishop of Pavia, [121].

Epirus, [81], [86], [89].

Eraric the Rugian, [344].

Ereheva, mother of Theodoric, [33], [118].

Erka, Queen of the Huns (Saga), [400] et seq.; death of, [412].

Eunodius, Bishop of Pavia, [114], [120]; panegyric on Theodoric, [117], [213].

Euric, father of Alaric II, [184].

Eusebius, Bishop of Fano, [282].

Eutharic, descendant of Hermanric, marries Amalasuentha, dies, [257]; Gothic vicegerent at Ravenna, [260] et seq; death of, [267].

Farro, evil counsellor to Ragnachar, [225].

Fasold, [389].

Faustus, story of, [132]; and Castonus, [158]; letter to, [169].

Faventia, meeting of Odovacar and Tufa at, [119].

Feletheus, King of the Rugians, [110].

Festus, [134], [158], [211].

Flaminian Gate, [353]; Way, [337], [363].

Florence, [245].

Fœderati, [98], [245].

Folc-motes, [8], [57].

Francia and Gothia, [198].

Franks, approach of war, [197]; number left dead, [203]; ripuarian, [223]; in Italy, [269]; advances of, [304] et seq.

Frederic, son of Feletheus, [110].

Frederic the Rugian, joins Odovacar and Tufa, [120].

Freeman quoted, [246], [254].

Friedlander quoted, [238].

Fulgentius' report of Theodoric's speech, [233].

Gaiseric the Vandal, [97] et seq.; [131], [177], [354].

Galatia, estates of Gelimer in, [304].

Galla Placidia, mother of Valentinian, [94].

Gallia Belgica desolated, [23];

Gascony, [202].

Gaul, attracts Attila, [22]; changed by Clovis' conversion, [190].

Gehmer, King of the Vandals, [298]; joined by Tzazo, [301]; besieged in Mauritania, [302], surrender of, [303].

Geneva, [193].

Genoa, Jews at, [261].

Gepidæ, [7], [28], [216]; influence on Attila, [20]; movement towards the Danube, [30], in Pannonia, [113] et seq, [213], [363], [367]; defeat of, [115]; at war with Theodoric, [211]; under Belisarius, [318].

Germania quoted, [51] et seq.

Germanicus quoted, [57].

Germans, habits of, [54]; in Italy, [369]; literature of, [295].

Germanus, [339].

Gesalic, claims of, [204].

Glycerius, "shadow" Emperor, [100].

Godegisel at Geneva, [193].

Gold mines, [142].

Golden Gate, [41].

Gordon, No Popery riots, [209].

Gothic, history, [166]; sagas, [167]; nobles, [241]; protest against education of Athalaric, [307].

Goths, pursuits of, [54], family affection of the, [89], contempt of Theodahad, [324]; abandon Rome, [325]; parley with. Belisarius, [326]; attempt to storm Rome, [332], retreat of, [336]; duped, [339]; choose Ildibad king, [344].

Gratiana sacked, [306].

Greece, [294].

Greek fire, [350].

Green Faction, [267].

Gregory, Bishop of Tours, quoted, [225].

Grimm's Deutsche Heldensage, [425].

Grimur (Saga), [377].

Guchla, [172].

Guido Cavalcanti, [245].

Gundahar of Burgundy (Saga), [371].

Gundobad, King of Burgundy, [121], [185]; conflicts with his brother, [194]; letter to, [198]; losses of, [203].

Hadrian, tomb of, [288], [334].

Hagen, F. H. von, quoted, [370].

Heime, [378].

Heraclea, Theodoric at, [80].

Hercynian Forest, [22].

Hermanfrid of Thuringia, [242].

Hermanric the Ostrogoth, [11], [40], [242], [257].

Heruli, [99], [198], [318], [363].

Hesse, forests of, [223].

Hilarianus, patrician, [59].

Hildebrand, Duke (Saga), [376].

Hildebrand's-lied, [420].

Hildegrimur (Saga), [378].

Hilderic, King of Vandals, [266], [298], [301].

Hildeswide (Saga), [373].

Hildur (Saga), [377].

Hippodrome at Constantinople, [43].

Hippo-toxotai, [319]-367.

Hiulca Palus, [115], [213].

Honorius, [230], [327].

Horace, quoted, [88].

Horrea Margi (Morava Hissar), [217].

Horses sent as presents, [242].

Hormisdas, Pope, [211].

Huns, arrival of, in Europe, [12]; vainly resisted, [18]; character of, [21] et seq.; power broken by Attila's death, [28]; new inroad of, 454 A.D., [32]; beaten by Ostrogoths, [49]; deserters from Imperial service, [216], [306], [311 ], [318]; approach Constantinople, [358].

Ibbas, Theodoric's general, [203].

Ildibad chosen king, [344].

Illus, insurgent general, [110].

Illyricum laid waste, [37]; Belisarius comes from, [299].

Imperial offices, [151].

Imperial power, change in, [64].

Importunus, Senator, [282].

Institutes of Justinian, [297].

Irenæus accompanies Faustus to Constantinople, [134].

Isaac the Armenian, [351].

Isaurians, [65], [71], [318], treachery of, [352].

Isonzo river, [116].

Istria, [212].

Italian, cities restored, [143]; land, appropriation of, [157]; unity, [369].

Italy, condition of, [93]; kings in, [104]; the conquest of, [109], governed under Roman law, [148]; distribution of land, [156]; Ostrogothic kings in, [207]; subdues her captors, [293]; recovery, 298; cities taken, [337]; proposed division of, [338]; oppressors of, [342], [369]; overridden by soldiers, [344]; invaders of, [368].

Jacobins compared to Ostrogoths, [12].

James I., story of, [226].

Jenghiz Khan, [25].

Jews, [259] et seq,; protected and indemnified by Theodoric, [261].

Job and Boëthius, [277].

Jordanes (usually spelled Jornandes) (abridgment of "Gothic History" of Cassiodorus) quoted, [24], [29], [33], [37], [38], [51], [56], [112], [166].

Joyeuse entrée, [241].

Julius Nepos, [100].

Junghans quoted, [222].

Justin, Emperor, [137]; succeeds Anastasius, [258]; desires reconciliation to Roman See, [259]; warned against conversion of heretics, [282].

Justinian, Emperor, origin, [69]; work of, at Constantinople, [42]; portraits of, [247]; orthodoxy of, [249]; salutes Pope, [283]; career of, [296]; views concerning conquest, [298] et seq, claims over Africa, [301]; title of, [304], embassy to Ravenna, [306]; denounces murder of Amalasuentha, [315]; preparations for war, [317]; com of, [340]; refuses aid to Belisarius, [348]; offers command to Narses, [363].

Kinglake compared to Procopius, [330].

Kopke, Anfange des Konigthums, [58].

Kossoon, plain of, [59].

La Rotunda, [288].

Lake Ochrida, [82].

Languedoc, partially possessed by Clovis, [203].

Larissa in Thessaly, [59].

Lateran, papal election in, [231].

Latin, Theodoric's knowledge of, [233].

Laurentius, elected Pope, [231]; law courts of, [47].

League of peace, [199].

Leo, Pope, greets Attila, [27]; Emperor (the Butcher), omits gifts to Goths, [36]; story of, [64] et seq.

Leo II., successor of above, [66]; death of, [74].

Leudaris, [325], [353].

Liberius, servant of Odovacar, 156; Roman senator, [314].

Liguria, [122], [140].

Lilybæum, [306], [311], [312].

Loire, interview of Clovis and Alaric in, [197].

Lombards, [363], [368].

Lorraine desolated, [22].

Louis XIV., [227].

Loyalty, [70].

Lucama, [321].

Lucullanum, [102].

Lucullus, palace of, [102].

Lychnidus (fort), [87].

Macaulay quoted, [319].

Macedonia, [60], [63], [91].

Macedonius, Patriarch of Constantinople, [209].

Malaga, [297].

Malchus of Philadelphia quoted, [85] et seq.

Mammo, Theodoric's general, [203].

Marcellinus Comes quoted, [217].

Marcian shares imperial rule with Pulchena, [22].

Margus (Moravia), [217].

Manus and Sulla, days of, [231].

Majorian, Emperor, [96].

Marriage among Teutonic nations, [34].

Martial quoted, [141].

Matasuentha, sister of Athalaric, 326; marries Germanus, [339].

Mauritania, Pharas in, [302].

Maximian, Bishop, [128].

Merovingian dynasty, [223].

Messina, Straits of, [321].

Middle Ages, [295].

Milan, [119], [215], [237], [261], [276], [337].

Miletus, adventures of, [39].

Milton quoted, [249].

Mimung, sword (Saga), [381] et seq.

Mincio, meeting on banks of, [28].

Minerva, image of, [44].

Mœsia, [14], [306], [312], [350].

Monastir in Macedonia, [59].

Monophysite controversy, [208].

Mons Lactarius, battle of, [368].

Montone, [245].

Montrose, loyalty of, [70].

Moors, [202], [318].

Morava Hissar, [217].

Morava, valley of the, [59], [217].

More, Sir Thomas, translation of Boëthius, [276].

Morganatic marriages, [34].

Mount Scardus, [82].

Mundo the Hun, [216].

Mundus, Imperial general, [318].

Nagelring, sword, (Saga), [377].

Naissus (Nisch), [59].

Naples, distress in, [143]; Belisarius checked at, [321]; water-supply cut off, [322]; fall of, [323].

Napoleon, [227].

Narbonne, Amalric defeated, [305].

Narses, [360], [363].

Narvaez, Marshal, story of, [227].

Nato (fortress), [217].

Nedao, battle of, [29].

Nepos, letter to Zeno, [107]; excluded from Empire, [108]; death of, [109].

Neudes, Theodoric to, [172].

Neusiedler See, [30]0.

New Carthage, [297]; Rome, [230].

Nibelungen-lied, characters of, [413] et seq.

Nicene creed, [178].

Nika, insurrection of the, [42].

Nola, ruined by Vesuvius, [143].

Noricum, passes of, [99]; barren plains of, [113].

Normans, in Italy, [369].

Novæ (Sistova) [110].

Ocer, petition of, [173].

Octavian, change in, [127].

Odin, worship of, [8].

Odouin, conspiracy of, [241].

Odovacar, [99]; accession of, [104]; rule of, [106] et seq.; and the Eastern Emperor, lead expedition into Dalmatia, [109]; negotiation with Illus, [110]; meets Theodoric, [117]; flees to Ravenna, [118]; soldiers transfer allegiance to Theodoric, [119]; murders Theodoric's men, [120]; assassination of, [125]; sortie from Ravenna, [244]; armour of, [290].

Olybius of Byzantium, [78].

Onagri, [332].

Oppas, [172].

Optaris slays Theodahad, [325].

Oratory of St. Maria, [252].

Orestes, master of the soldiery, [100].

Orleans resists the Huns, [23].

Orosius, passage quoted, [4], [138].

Orpheus, task of, [196].

Ostrogoths, [7]; power of, [10] et seq.; yield to Huns, [13]; three kings of, [19], influence of, on Attila, [20]; settle in Pannonia, division of Empne under three kings, [30], war with Eastern Empire, [35]; tributes to, [36]; southward migration of, [49]; final encounter with the Huns, [49]; change in, [56]; division of tasks between the kings, [58]; in 472 AD, [60]; friendly with Visigoths, [184]; approach of war, [197]; on the Danube, [216]; confronted by Roman Empire, [306]; gentler than the Vandals, [337]; dominion in Italy ended, [341].

Otranto, [362].

Padua, [117].

Palermo, resistance at, [320].

Pannonia (Austria), new home of the Ostrogoths, [30], [35], [60], [112], [213].

Pantalian, [87].

Papal election disputed, [231]; embassy to Constantinople, [284].

Paris, siege of, [16].

Passing of Arthur (Saga), [424].

Paulus, brother of Orestes, [101].

Pavia, Frederic the Rugian at, [120]; restoration at, [139]; Boëthius in prison at, [276]; last stronghold of the Goths, [344].

Pelagius, [336].

Pelagius, Pope, [353].

Pella, [59].

Pelso, Lake, [61].

Penngskiold, John, Latin translation of the Wilkma Saga, [370], [372].

Persia, war with Empire, [208].

Persian army, size of, [299].

Peter, the Fuller, [177]; the Rhetorician, [312] et seq.

Pharas besieges Gehmer, [302].

Philippi, Bishop of, [311].

Pisidia, haunt of the Isaurians, [65].

Pitzias, general of Theodoric, [214].

Placentia, [102].

Plantagenet, Edward, [70].

Platten See, [232].

Pompey, army of, [317].

Ponte Molle, [328].

Pope and Emperor, change in relations of, [229]; reconciled, [259].

Pope at Constantinople, [283].

Pope Gregory, account of Theodoric's remains, [289].

Pope John, and Theodoric, [282]; dies in prison, [284], [289].

Pope Silvenus, [326].

Porta Flaminia, [337].

Portus, capture of, [351].

Prænestine Gate, [333].

Prætorian Prefect, [150].

Procopius, De Bello Gothico, [111], [130], [201], [286], [301], [319], [330], [349], [360]; authority of, quoted, [286].

Provence lost to the Visigoths, [106].

Pruth, Visigoths lose position on the, [14].

Pulcheria, sister to Theodosius, [22].

Pydna, [59].

Pyrrhus and Senate, [155].

Pythias defends Ocer, [173].

Ragnachar of Cambray, [225].

Ravenna, changes in, [67]; residence of Emperor, [93]; as a refuge, [118]; siege of, [119]; surrender of, [123]; John, Archbishop of, [124]; restoration of, [129], [139]; water supply at, [140]; and Carthage, [204]; Emperor at, [215]; and Byzantium, [218], Theodoric returns to, [242]; description of, [243] et seq.; compared to Florence, [245]; guide-books for, [154]; games at, [257]. Peter III, Bishop of, [260] et seq.; portents in, [262]; tomb of Theodoric at, [287], Agnellus, Bishop of, [289]; armour discovered at, [290], resents murder of Amalafrida, [298]; audience at, [311] et seq.; last stronghold of Witigis, [337]; entered by Belisarius, [338]; again Imperial, [339], [362].

Recitach, son of Theodoric the Squinter, [90]./p>

Redcliffe, Lord Stratford de, efforts to preserve Constantinople, [40].

Referendarius, post of, [268].

Religion and nationality, [176].

Renaissance, [276].

Ricimer ruled Rome (456-472 a.d), [96], [98]; died, [100].

Richiar, brother of Ragnachar, [226].

Rimini taken by Theodoric, [122].

Roderic the Visigoth, [202].

Roger, Earl, [372].

Romaborg, [375].

Roman Emperors, shadow, [96]; embassies to Zeno, [106]; compared to Indian Mogul, [136]; abandon Italy, [207].

Roman Empire, in fifth century, [2]; admits Visigoths, [14]; Ostrogoths allies of, [34]; weakness of, [76]; renewed vigour of, [296]; not mentioned in Saga literature, [427].

Roman Forum, [143], [232].

Romania, futile expedition into, [59]; union to Barbaricum, [137].

Roman law, [47], [149], [297].

Roman merchants liberated, [301].

Roman officials, [148].

Roman races, [237].

Roman Republic, [298].

Roman Senate, send to meet Attila, [27]; -house, [232], chided by Theodoric, [240], wavering loyalty of, [262].

Rome, three sieges of, [16]; fear of Attila at, [27]; Emperors at, [67], [93]; improvements in, [144]; and Constantinople, schism between Sees of, [211]; and Ravenna, [229]; neglected by her rulers, [230], contested papal election in, [231]; games at, [257], Jews at, [261]; entered by Belisarius, [326]; walls of, [327]; siege of, [330]; aqueducts cut off from, [331]; second Gothic siege of, [349]; famine in, [352]; yields to Totila, [353]; change in, [356]; after the siege, [356]; retaken, [357]; third siege of, [360]; discontent and treachery of soldiers at, [361]; Theodoric crowned in (Saga), [421].

Romulus Augustulus, treatment by Odovacar, [102].

Ronco, [245].

Rosomones, Icing of the, [13].

Rugii, [99], [121], [216].

Russia in Europe, [11].

Rutupiæ, oysters of, [336].

Sabinian, son of Sabinianus, [216]; defeated by the Huns, [217].

Sabinianus, Zeno's general, [83].

Saga, Theodoric of, [371] et seq.

St. Angelo, castle of, [288].

St. Martin of Tours, territory of, [199].

Salian Franks, [186].

Salian kings, end of, [225].

Salona, Dalmatian capital, [109], [318].

Salzburg, [99].

Samson, Theodoric's grandfather (Saga), [372] et seq.

Sardica (Sofia), [81].

Sardinia, rebellion in, [299].

Sarmatians, [49].

Sarus, brother of Swanhilda, [13].

Save crossed by Theudemir, [58].

Scampæ taken by Theodoric, [83].

Scheggia, [364].

Schism, end of first, [259].

Scottish Camerons compared to Isaurians, [65].

Scyri, [49], [50], [99].

Scythians, [167].

Segeric, the Burgundian, murder of, [266].

Senate (see Roman), position of, [153]; wavering loyalty of, [262].

Senator Importunus, [282].

Seraglio, at Constantinople, [42]; Point, [209].

Servia (Upper Mœsia), [50], [91], [216].

Sessorian palace, [241].

Severinus the hermit, [99].

Sibich (Saga), scheme of, [396], [405].

Sicily, recovered from the Vandals, [106]; visited by Fulgentius, [234]; Belisarius lands in, [300]; Goths attacked in, [320], won, [321]; corn from, [327]; Goths willing to cede, [335]; still Imperial, [362].

Sigebert, murder of, [223].

Sigismund, of Epirus, [81]; of Burgundy, [185], [266], [304].

Singidunum (modern Belgrade), [51], [113].

Sirmium retaken by Theodoric, [214].

Sittengeschichte Roms, [238].

Soissons, King of, [187].

Solidus, golden, [92], [340].

Spam, lost to Empire, [96]; nations in, [183]; Ostrogoths in, [205]; recovery of part of, [298]; Frankish kings in, [305].

Spaniards in Italy, [369].

Squillace, [340].

Stables of Diomed, [90].

Stamboul, view of, [40].

States, position of European, [182].

Stobi taken by Theodoric, [80]. tyria, [99].

Suabians, [49].

Suevi, [96], [183], [205].

Swanhilda, [13].

Switzerland, (ancient Burgundy), [185].

Syagrius, [187], [225].

Symmachus, patrician, [144]; elected Pope, [231] et seq.; career of, [263] et seq., Rusticia, daughter of, [264], story of, [286], [289].

Synagogues rebuilt by order of Theodoric, [261].

Syracuse, Belisarius in, [321].

Tacitus quoted, [51], [57].

Tamerlane, [25].

Tarasicodissa, chief of the Isaurians, changes name to Zeno, [65].

Tarentum, [218].

Teias succeeds Totila, [368].

Terracina, inscription at, [142].

Teutons, descendants of the, [8]; marriage rules among, [34]; simple politics of, [70]; settlements, [96], [99]; titles of rules of, [131].

Thelane, son of Odovacar, [123].

Theodahad, nephew of Theodoric, [310] et seq.; offered joint rule with Amalasuentha, [313]; treachery of, [314]; Naples faithful to, [322]; unpopularity and deposition of, [323]; death of, [325].

Theodora, wife of Justinian, [248], [296]; dislike to Belisarius, [347].

Theodoric, position in history, [1]; reason of his failure, [5]; King of Visigoths, [24]4; birth-place of, [31]; birth of, [33], [34]; given to Emperor as hostage, [37]; influence on, at Constantinople, [46]; sent back to his father, [49]; first deed of arms, [50]; goes into Romania, accompanies his father on expedition, [59]; accession of, [63]; espouses cause of Zeno, adopted by Zeno, [72], encounter with Theodoric the Squinter, [76], confederation with, [77]; outlaw from Roman state, [80]; treats with Sigismund, repulsed, [82]; interview with Adamantius, [84]; mother in danger, his rear-guard defeated, [87]; defeats Bulgarians, [89], action only destructive, [91], interview with Zeno, [111]; journey to Italy (488 ad), [112] et seq.; panegyric on, [114]; defeats Gepid?, [115]; family of, in Pavia, [121]; slays Odovacar, [125]; organises his kingdom, [126]; persecution of the Catholics, [128]; extraordinary justice of, [130]; claims to Empire, [131]; titles of, sends embassy to Constantinople, [132]; proclaimed King by Goths, [133]; King of the Goths and Romans in Italy, [135]; an Anan, [136]; constructions in Italy, [139]; zeal in restoring cities, [143]; unable to write, story of, [145]; judgment of, sayings of, [146]; appearance of, [147]; Romans in service of, [156]; letter of, to nobles, [172]; kindred of, [174]; relations with foreign states, [182]; Theudegotho, daughter of, [185]; marries Augfleda, sister to Clovis, [188]; court of, [196]; diplomacy of, tries to prevent war, [198]; age of, in A.D. 506, [199]; appears in Gaul, A.D. 508, [202]; urges claims of Gesalic, [204]; and Clovis, division of Gaul, [203]; vast kingdom of, [205]; policy not a failure, [206], relations with Anastasius, [208]; struggle with Gepidæ, [211]; letter to Anastasius, [218] et seq; first visit to Rome, [229] et seq; speech at Golden Palm, [233]; gifts to Roman poor,[235]; conspiracy discovered, [241]; six months in Rome, returns to Ravenna, adopts son, [242], palace and tomb, statue at Ravenna, [253], [255], continued prosperity, [256]; adopts Eutharic, children of, [257]; at Verona, [260]; befriends the Jews, [261], family circumstances of, [266]; mode of hearing cases, [268], leaves Verona, [281]; orders Pope John to treat with Emperor at Constantinople, [282]; imprisons Pope and Senators, [284]; orders all Catholic churches delivered to Arians, death of, [285]; probable insanity of, [286]; tomb of, [288]; compared to Cromwell, [291]; descendants succeeded without a contest, [293]; nephew of, [310], death of daughter, [315]; of Saga, [370] et seq.; Saga description of, [375], battle with Witig, [384] et seq.; steed Falke, [387]; Herbart, nephew of, [393]; Gudelinda, wife of, [396]; visit to Attila, [399]; son of Waldemar, [400] et seq; wounds of, [401]; approaches Rome, [404]; encounter with Hermanric, [405], returns to Attila, [411], escape from the Huns, return to Verona, [417]; regains his kingdom, [421]; elements of truth in the Saga, [425].

Theodoric, Strabo, [36]; the Squinter, [73]; death of, [90].

Theodosius II., [21].

Thessalonica, siege of, [59]; threatened by Theodoric, [80].

Thessaly, raid into, [91].

Theudegotha, daughter of Theodoric, [185].

Theudemir, father of Theodoric, pedigree, [9], [31]; shares sovereignty with brothers, [19]; wife of, [33]; expedition against Constantinople, [58]; fœderatus of Empire, [59]; death of, [63]; wrath at Theodoric Strabo, [43].

Theudimund, brother of Theodoric, [82].

Theudis, guardian of Amalric, [206]; becomes King of the Franks, [305].

Thidrek's Saga, [371].

Thorismund, [18].

Thrace, [14], [91].

Thrasamund, [266].

Thunnor, worship of, [8].

Thuringia, letter to King of, [198]; conquest of, [243].

Tiber, corn ground in the, [331].

Ticinum (Pavia), [102]102, [120], [121], [129], [344].

Timothy the Weasel, [177].

Totila, [341]; race of, [344]: efforts to gain Rome, [349]; at St. Peter's, [353]; wooes Frankish Princess, [360]; celebrates equestrian games, [362]; meets Narses, [364]; death of, [368].

Toulouse, kingdom of, [185], [202] et seq.

Trajan, [129].

Trasanc, [213] et seq.

Traustila, King of the Gepidæ, [213].

Triarian Goths jom Theodoric, [90].

Triarius, Theodoric, son of, [73].

Tricamaron, battle of, [306].

Tricennalia, [236].

Trigguilla, [261], [265].

Tufa, career of, [119].

Tulum, Theodoric's general, [202].

Turanians, repulse of, [20], [25].

Turcilingi, [99].

Tuscany offered for sale, [311].

Tzazo, [299], [301], [302].

Udine, [117].

Uhlans of the Goths, [79].

Ukraine, rich lands of, [8].

Ulfilas, Gothic bishop, [179].

Ursula, story of, [23].

Valens, Emperor of the East, [14].

Valentinian, Theodoric saluted as, [129].

Valentinian III., [93] et seq.; death of, [95].

Validé, Sultana, [40].

Vandals, [10], and Alans, [131], kings of, [183]; first Teutonic state to fall, [298]; dominion destroyed, [303], states, [365].

Vardar, valley of the, [59].

Vartæ of Cassiodorus (see Cassiodorus), [167] et seq.

Venetia, plains of, [117], [212].

Venice, [27], [117].

Verina, widow of Leo, conspiracy of, [71], Odovacar's position near, [117].

Verona, improvements at, [129], [139]; Theodoric at, [379].

Vesuvius, eruption of, [143]3.

Vicenza, [117].

Vienne, [201].

Visigoths, [7], [10], [13]; received into Roman territory, [14]; Arians, [183]; not aided by Ostrogoths, [200]; disappear from history, [202]; Spanish possession of, [204].

Vitalius, Imperial general, [344].

Volga, tribes on, [11].

Vouillé (see Campus Vogladensis), [202].

Walamir, son of Attila, [19], [30] et seq.; wrath at Theodoric Strabo, [73].

Wallachia, [14], [91].

Warni, letter to King of, [198].

Wayland Smith, [380].

West Saxons, [10].

Western Empire (see Rome), [93].

Widemir, son of Attila, [31], [58].

Wieland, (Saga), [380] et seq.

Wilkina Saga, [371], [424], [426]; story of Theodoric, [372].

Witig, (Saga), [379], [405], [409].

Witigis, succeeds Theodahad, [325]; returns from Ravenna, [328]; ignorance of warfare, [335]; carried captive to Constantinople, [339].

Xeres de la Frontera, [202].

Zeno, ridiculous practices of, [47]47; crowns Leo II., grandson to the Butcher, [66]; associated with Leo II, succeeds his son Leo II., [66], flight and return of, [71]; and two Theodorics, [75]; offers bribes to Theodoric, [78]; leads troops in person, [79]; offers of, to Theodoric, [81]; scheme of setting Theodoric against Odovacar, ill, death of, successor of, [133].

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