INDEX

Acoemeti, sleepless monks, [282].
Acrobats, [101].
Actresses, at Constantinople, [107];
marriage with, forbidden to senators, etc., [107], [346].
Adule, port of Axume or Abyssinia, [186], [187].
Adultery, punishment of, at Rome, [336].
Agathias, on military decline, [167];
epigram by, [341].
Agentes-in-rebus, Imperial messengers, [143].
Agrippina, mother of Nero, her arrogance, [326].
Agrippina, wife of Germanicus, her courage, etc., [329].
Aimoin on marriages of Justinian and Belisarius, [348].
Alamundar, Arab sheik, his enormities, [312].
Alemannus, his notes on secret history of Procopius, [320].
Allegories of Neoplatonists, [264].
Amantius, chief eunuch, his plots and execution by Justin, [302], [305].
Amida, siege of, [177].
Ammianus, on Papal luxury, [275].
Ambrose, St., opposes Theodosius I, [55].
Anastasia, sister of Theodora, [338], [345].
Anastasius, Emperor, his coronation, [104];
wars, [175];
character, [298].
Anemodulion or Wind-slave, [76].
Animals, draught, humane treatment of, [142].
Anthology, Greek, obscenity of, [341].
Antioch, earthquake at, [317].
Antipodes, Church against, [182], [214].
Antonina, wife of Belisarius, her origin, etc., [348].
Apostles, Twelve, Church of, [79];
credibility of statements as to, [254];
authenticity of epistles by, ib.
Apollonius Tyaneus, at Constantinople, [66], [73];
character of, [245], [274].
Apparitors, officers of provincial judges, [149].
Arches, triumphal, at Constantinople, [33], [69], [72], [73], [77], [78].
Arians, at Nice, [276];
Gothic, [79], [279].
Aristippus, his Cyrenean philosophy, [239].
Aristotle, his scientific work, [239];
on slavery, [115];
on women, [322];
on abortion, [343].
Army, Byzantine, [165], sqq.
Artemisia I and II, queens of Caria, [322].
Art-schools, [224].
Aspirate, abuse of, at Rome, [126].
Athenais or Eudocia, Empress, [108], [230].
Atomic theory of Epicurus, etc., [284].
Augustine, St., his early life, [207];
on prostitution, [331].
Aurelius, Marcus, his ethics, [241];
persecutes Christians, [251].
Bakeries, public, [82];
at Rome, kidnapping for, [337].
Banduri, anon. Patria of, [23].
Baptism, early form of, [112].
Basil the Great, founder of monasteries, etc., [209], [282].
Baths, public, [57];
mixing of sexes in, [116], [340].
Beazley, on early trade, [185].
Beylié on Byzantine houses, [24].
Belisarius, first appearance as a general, [316];
marriage of, [348].
Bema or chancel in Greek church, [55].
Berenice, queen, her crime, [324];
her fate, [325].
Berytus, seat of law-school, [218].
Bigg on Platonists at Alexandria, [262].
Blachernae, region and palace of, at Constantinople, [26], [81].
Blemmyes or Nubians, emerald mines worked by, [189].
Blues and Greens, factions of Circus, [22], [98], [298].
Books at Constantinople, public, [58], [208];
private, [118].
Bosphorus, Thracian, [7], [9], [12].
Bryce on life of Justinian by Theophilus or Bogomil, [320].
Buckler, elevation of emperor on, [105].
Bury on Byzantine economics, [198], [201].
Byzantium, foundation of, [3];
vocal walls of, [7];
character of inhabitants of, [84].
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, [361].
Byzas, founder of Byzantium, [3], [48].
Caecina, his motion against wives of provincial governors, [329].
Caenis, concubine of Vespasian, [336], [346].
Candidates, Imperial guards, [50], [167].
Cassius, Dion, on old Byzantium, [6];
on Vespasian’s parsimony, [336].
Cavades or Kavádh, king of Persia, [176], [313].
Cethegus and Precia, [335].
Ceylon, ancient trade at, [186].
Chain of Golden Horn, [40].
Chalcedon, foundation of, [3];
council of, [277], sqq.
Chalke, palace at Constantinople, [49].
Charity, public, at Constantinople, [81].
China and silk trade, [193].
Chosroes or Nushirvan, prince of Persia, [314].
Chrysargyron, tax on petty trade, [154];
abolition of, [155], [201].
Chrysoceras or Golden Horn, [4], [12], [38].
Chrysopolis or Scutari, [80] (map).
Chrysostom on luxury of Byzantines, [87], [113], sqq.;
on immorality of, [112], [121].
Churches, Greek, [55];
conduct in, [112].
Circus or Hippodrome, [60], [97], sqq.
Cisterns at Constantinople, [173], sqq.
Cleopatra, sister queens so named, their crimes, [324].
Clergy, trade duty free to, [155], [293].
Codicils or Imperial commissions, [93].
Codinus on antiquities of Constantinople, [23], etc.
Coinage of Byzantium and Constantinople, [122].
Colchis or Lazica, relations of Empire with, [312], [316].
Columns at Constantinople, [48], [69], [72], [78], [80].
Coma Berenices, [325].
Comito, sister of Theodora, [338], [345].
Consistorium, Imperial council, [144].
Constantine the Great founds Constantinople, [10], [13], [85];
establishes Christianity, [15], [270].
Consul, installation of, [109].
Cornelia, wife of Pompey, her learning, etc., [326].
Cosmas Indicopleustes, his travels, etc., [182], [187], etc.
Cost of commodities, etc., [123];
of slaves, [115].
Costume at Constantinople, [85], sqq.
Councils, Oecumenical, [276], sqq.
Creeds, Christian, elaboration of, [275].
Crescent, chosen emblem of Byzantines, [6].
Cresollius on sophists and voice culture, [208], [214].
Crowns, Byzantine, [91].
Crusades, effects of, [293].
Cyclobion, a fort at Constantinople, [25].
Cynane, daughter of Philip of Macedon, her warlike exploits, [322].
Cynic philosophers, [238], [241].
Daphne, palace at Constantinople, [51].
Dardania, site of Taor and Bader, [299].
Débidour, his defence of Theodora, [342].
Decurions in local government, [148];
captains of silentiaries, [52].
Demes, factions of Circus, [22], [98], [298].
Diehl, his work on Justinian, v, [345].
Dion Cassius. See Cassius.
Diptychs, consular, [110], [227].
Dome or cupola, introduction of, [25], [225].
Ducange on Christian Constantinople [24], etc.
Earthquakes in Eastern Empire, [13], [317].
Emperor, Byzantine, dress of, [89];
portraits of, [42].
Epicurus, his philosophy, [239], [284];
and Leontium, [332].
Eucharist, early method of administering, [112].
Eugenius, tower and gate of, [39], [40].
Eunuchs, origin of, [133];
in Byzantine Empire, ib.
Euphemia, Empress, her change of name, [301], [304];
opposes Justinian’s marriage, [347].
Euripus of Circus, [62], [64].
Eurydice, daughter of Cynane, her war against Olympias, [323].
Eusebius, his “Church History,” [290].
Evagrius on abolition of chrysargyron, [154];
on monks, [281].
Evans on Illyrian antiquities, [299], [300].
Evolution, nature and prospects of, [285], sqq.
Exokionion, region of Constantinople, [78], [79].
Exposure of infants, [242];
prohibited at Thebes, ib.
Filelfo of Ancona, his letters on later Byzantine manners, [116];
on preservation of classical Greek, [126].
Financial officials, bureaucrats, [152], [161];
surveyors and assessors, [150], sqq.;
collectors, [158], sqq.
Fish, plenty of, at Constantinople, [4], [84];
miraculous creation of, [253].
Foederati, foreign mercenaries, [169], [170].
Follis, coin and sum, uncertainty about, [100], sqq.
Forum, of Constantine, [69];
Imperial or Augusteum, [49];
Strategium, [70];
of Theodosius I or Taurus, [71], sqq.;
Amastrianum, [77];
of Arcadius, [77];
of Honorius, [80].
Fountains, sacred, at Constantinople, [26], [27], [38].
Galen, his works, [221].
Gallienus, his connection with Byzantium, [9], [48].
Galton on Inquisition, [293].
Gates of Constantinople, [31];
Caspian or Caucasian, Golden, [33].
Gieseler, Church History of, [249], [251], etc.
Gladiators, abolition of, [67], [241].
Godefroy (or Godfrey), Theodosian code by, [42], [160], et passim.
Golden Gate of Constantinople, [33].
Golden Horn or Chrysoceras, [4], [12], [38].
Gospels, credibility of, [253].
Governors of provinces, Rectors or judges, [148].
Greek churches, decoration of, [55], [227].
Greek learning, introduction of, at Rome, [205], sqq.
Greens and Blues, factions of Circus, [22], [98], [298].
Gregory of Nazianzus on military dragons, [168];
on furore at Circus, [108];
on theatre, [339].
Gregory of Nyssa on female education, [229];
on popular theology, [280].
Grosvenor on antiquities of Constantinople, [4], [24], [41], [48], etc.
Guards, Imperial, [50], [167];
private, [171].
Gyllius on antiquities of Constantinople, [4], [5], [24], [33], etc.
Halicarnassus, mausoleum at, [322].
Harbours of Byzantium, [7];
of Constantinople, ib.;
of Theodosius, or Eleutherium, [36];
of Julian, ib.;
of Bucoleon, [37];
of Neorion or Golden Horn, [39].
Hardouin, Cardinal, on forgery of ecclesiastical works, [256], [282].
Harpalus, his monuments to a hetaira, [335].
Hebdomon, a suburb seven miles from Milion, [319].
Hefner-Alteneck on costume, [91];
on family of Theodora, [342].
Hetairas or courtesans, their manners, etc., [115], [329], sqq.
Hierocles against Christians, [274].
Hills, seven, of Constantinople, [10], [11];
of Rome, ib.
Hippalus, a navigator, discovers the monsoons, [184].
Hippodrome or Circus, description of, [60], [97];
exhibitions in, [100];
records kept under, [67], [72].
Hodgkin on silentiaries, [52].
Hormisdas, palace of, [37];
occupied by Justinian, [309].
Huns, Attila and, [21];
Persia and, [176], [178];
Romans and, [313].
Hymn-singing in church, [111];
in open air, [97].
Hypatia, her murder, etc., [207], [230].
Iamblichus, his philosophy, [264].
Iberia or Georgia, relations of Empire with, [315].
Iconostasis, image-screen in Greek church, [55].
Infant exposure, [242].
Ink, Imperial purple, [93].
Inquisition, effects of, in Spain, [293].
Inscriptions on gates of Constantinople, [32], [34];
on codicils, [93];
solution of, [94].
Irenarchs or rural police, [144], [203].
Irene, church of, at Constantinople, [56].
Isambert, his work on Justinian, v, [308].
Isaurians, character of, [172];
war with, [175].
Isidore of Seville, his “Etymologies,” [212];
on eunuchs, [133];
on astronomy, [216].
Isocrates, his ethics, [241].
Jerome on female education, [230].
Jesus, life of, [245], sqq.;
its credibility, [253].
John of Antioch on military decline, [167];
on Justin, [301].
John of Ephesus on Theodora, [345].
John Lydus on Circus, [63], [99], [101], [102];
on Anastasius, [299].
Julian, Emperor, his character, etc., [271], [280].
Justin, Emperor, his birth and success, [300], sqq.;
his accession to the throne, [302].
Justinian, Emperor, birth, education, and adoption by Justin, [301], sqq.;
his consulship and diptychs, [308];
his marriage, [344], sqq.
Juvenal on unbelief at Rome, [244];
on Messalina, [342].
Kathisma, Imperial seat in Circus, [61], [97].
Khosr, Chosroes, or Nushirvan, prince of Persia, [314].
Kobad, Cavades, or Kavádh, king of Persia, [176], sqq., [313].
Kondakoff on Byzantine art, [225], [228].
Lais, a courtesan, her tomb, [334].
Lamia, a courtesan, a temple to, [335].
Latin language, use of in East, [125].
Law, intricacies of, etc., [219], sqq.
Law schools at Berytus, etc., [218], sqq.
Law students, grades of, [219];
ill conduct of, [207].
Lazica or Colchis, relations of Empire with, [312], [316].
Leaena, a courtesan, her monument, [334].
Leontium, a courtesan, and Epicurus, [332];
her writings, ib.
Lethaby and Swainson on St. Sophia, [55].
Libanius, sophist, method of training scholars, [211], [214];
on decurions, [197].
Libraries, public, at Constantinople, [58], [208].
Long wall of Anastasius, [124], [164].
Lucian on sham philosophers, [209];
on manners of hetairas, [115].
Ludewig, his work on Justinian, v;
on Theodora, [342].
Luitprand on gymnastics, [101];
on reclining at meals, [114].
Lupanars or brothels, [75].
Lupicina, later Empress Euphemia, [301], [304], [347].
Magnaura, Imperial reception hall, [56].
Man and beast fights in Circus, [101].
Manganon of Circus, [61];
an arsenal, [48].
Mani and Manichaeans, [267], sqq.;
laws against, [269].
Mansions for relays of post horses, etc., [141].
Marble tower at Constantinople, [35].
Marinus, a painter, illustrates life of Justin, [304].
Marinus, Praetorian Praefect, his extortions, [299].
Marrast on Byzantine gardens, etc., [53];
on popular theology, [280].
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, [322].
Megara, a colony of Byzantium, [3], [84];
character of inhabitants of, ib.
Menken, A. I., actress, her career, etc., [340].
Messalina, Empress, wife of Claudius, her debauchery, [342].
Milion, official milestone at Constantinople, [59].
Moat at Constantinople, [27].
Monasteries, origin of, [280], sqq.
Money of Byzantium, [123];
of Constantinople, [122].
Monks, origin of, [280], sqq.;
acoemeti or sleepless, [78], [282].
Monophysites at Chalcedon, [278];
persecution of, [306].
Monsoons, discovery of, [184].
Montez, Lola, actress, her career, [333], [340].
Mordtmann on antiquities of Constantinople, [15], [24], et passim.
Mosheim, Church history of, [276].
Mythology, comparative, [235].
Narthex, vestibule of Greek church, [55], [111].
Neander, Church history of, [252], [282].
Neoplatonists, philosophy of, [261], sqq.
Nicopolis, a courtesan, leaves her fortune to Sulla, [335].
Nöldeke, history of Persians and Arabians by, [176].
Notitia, official guide to civil and military service of Empire, [23], [93], et passim.
Nude model, facilities for studying in Greece, [226].
Nushirvan or Chosroes, prince of Persia, [314].
Obelisk in Hippodrome, [63].
Olympias, mother of Alexander, her war, etc., [323].
Oman on art of war, [168], [174].
Pachomius, founder of monasteries, [282].
Paederasty, prevalence of, [120].
Palace, Imperial, of Constantinople, [49], sqq.
Panaetius, a Stoic philosopher, his ethics, [241].
Paspates on antiquities of Constantinople, [2], [24], [28], etc.
Pavement, the, at Constantinople, [69].
Pearl, Cora, a courtesan, her career, etc., [332], [334].
Pericles and Aspasia, [331].
Peripatetic philosophers, [238].
Phila, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes, her character and temple, [324].
Photius, son of Antonina, [348].
Physicians, public, at Constantinople, [82], [88].
Placidia Galla, Empress, her sovereignty, [51], [327].
Plagiarism, habitual, of Byzantine writers, [228].
Plancina and Germanicus, [329].
Plato on education, [217];
on cosmogony, [258], sqq.
Pliny on early Christians, [249].
Plotinus, founder of Neoplatonism, [261], sqq.
Poll tax, [152].
Polybius on unbelief at Rome, [244].
Pompeius, nephew of Anastasius, [305].
Pompey the Great, his wife, [326];
his pillar at Constantinople, [48].
Popes, ostentation of, [275].
Population of Constantinople, [123].
Porch, Royal, at Constantinople, [58].
Porphyry, a Neoplatonist, his philosophy, [263].
Portia, wife of Brutus, wounds herself, [326].
Posts, public, of Empire, [141].
Praetorium, government house in provinces, [148].
Precia, a courtesan, rules Cethegus and Rome, [335].
Primitive races, extinction of, by civilization, [296].
Priscian on grammar, etc., [213];
a centenarian, ib.
Processions, Imperial, [95], [319].
Procopius first appears in history, [316];
his “Secret History,” [339].
Professors officially appointed, [205], sqq.;
salaries of, [210].
Prostitution, [329], sqq., [337].
Prostration before emperor, [52], [92], [133].
Public shows, expenses of, [100].
Purple, imperial, laws as to, [191].
Puteoli, hydraulic cement of, [41].
Pythagoras, philosopher, on numbers, [215];
on music, [216].
Pythionice, a courtesan, her monuments, [335].
Quintilian on education, [211].
Rabutaux on mediaeval prostitution, [337].
Rectors or provincial governors, [148];
extortions of, [198].
Reformation, the, [294].
Renaissance, the, [294].
Rhetoricians or sophists, their teaching, [211], [212], sqq.;
affectation of, [208].
Roads, Roman, [141].
Roi des Ribauds, intendant of palace courtesans, [337].
Rome, fall of, [20].
Salaries of professors, [210].
Salonina, wife of Caecina, her arrogant display, [328].
Sampson, hospital of, [56].
Scamander river, anecdote of, [330].
Schools of art, [224].
Semantron, call to church, [110].
Senate-houses, [56], [70].
Senate of Constantinople, [146];
Constantine and, [19];
Julian and, [146].
Serpent column in Hippodrome, origin of, [63];
destruction of, [64].
Seven hills at Constantinople, [10], [11];
at Rome, ib.
Seven towers at Constantinople, [34].
Severus, Emperor, at Byzantium, [8].
Ships, capacity of ancient, [161], [184].
Siedeliba or Ceylon, trade at, [186], [187].
Sigma or crescent at Constantinople, [33], [60].
Silk, mercantile routes from China for, [185], [193].
Silphium, a pot-herb, land of, [192].
Slave of Winds or Anemodulion, [76].
Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus, her character and conduct, [327].
Socrates, Church historian, [290], etc.
Socrates, philosopher, his ethics, [238], [240];
visits Theodote, [332].
Sophists or rhetoricians, their teaching, [212], sqq.;
affectation, [208].
Spiritualism, ancient and modern, [257], sqq., [263].
St. Sophia, old church of, [55].
Statues, public, multitude of, [61].
Steps, public rations served from, [80].
Stoics, their ethics, [238], [264], [286].
Streets at Constantinople, [42], [46].
Strzygowski, his researches on the Golden Gate, [34], [362];
on cisterns, [362].
Studius, monastery of, [78], [280].
Stylites or pillar-saints, [281].
Suburbs of Constantinople, [124].
Sycae, now Galata, [39], [80].
Tabari, translation of, by Nöldeke, [176];
by Zotenberg, ib.
Taurus, square of, [71].
Taxes, ways of levying, [149], sqq.
Theocritus aspires to purple, [302];
executed by Justin, [306].
Theodora, origin and career of, [337];
her reformation, [344];
marriage, etc., [347].
Theodoric the Goth, [178], [310].
Theodosius I, his laws against Pagans, [274], [277].
Theodote, a courtesan, Socrates visits, [332].
Theodotus, P. U., opposes Justinian, [309].
Thomas, a silentiary, plunders fugitives at Antioch, [318].
Throne, Byzantine, [50].
Titles of honour, [96].
Torture, taxes enforced by, [200].
Towers at Constantinople, [28], [29], [40].
Trade routes, [184], sqq.
Trajan, Emperor, and Christians, [250].
Treasury, Imperial, etc., [161].
Tzykanisterion or palace garden, [53].
University or Auditorium of Constantinople, [72], [207], sqq.
Urbicius, chief eunuch, nominates Anastasius for throne, [104].
Vandals in Spain and Africa, [131].
Van Millingen on Golden Gate, [34];
on Bucoleon harbour, [38].
Verina, Empress, wife of Leo I, provokes a revolution against Zeno, [328].
Vespasian and Caenis, [336], [346].
Vigilantia, mother of Justinian, [347];
sister of, [301].
Vigilantius against relic worship, etc., [292].
Vistilia, a noble lady, applies for licentia stupri, [336].
Vitalian, a general, his revolt, [180];
consulship and murder of, [306], sqq.
Wall, Long, of Anastasius, [124], [164].
Walls of Byzantium, vocal, [7];
of Constantinople, [27], sqq.
Water, public supply of, at Constantinople, [73], [74].
Women at Athens, [321];
at Sparta, ib.;
towns named in honour of, [323].
Wood for fuel, brought from Euxine, [40].
Xenophanes, the Eleatic, his philosophy, [238], [251].
Xerolophos, or dry-hill, at Constantinople, [11], [78].
Xylocercus Gate, [31].
Youth, dissoluteness of, [119];
education of, [204], sqq.;
legal, [219];
for art, [224].
Zachariah of Mytilene, translated by Hamilton and Brooks, [278], [312], etc.
Zeno, Eleatic philosopher, [238].
Zeno, Emperor, his Henoticon, [278];
death of, [103].
Zeno, Stoic philosopher, [238].
Zeugma, a quarter of Constantinople, [40].
Zeuxippus, baths of, at Constantinople, [57].
Zoroaster or Zarathushtra, [268].
Zotenberg, translation of Tabari by, [176].