The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D., Volume 2 (of 2)

by William Gordon Holmes

INDEX

• Abasgi, conversion of, [702];
  • revolt of, [758].
• Academy of Plato, [421].
• Achaemenian dynasty of Persia, [373].
• Adarbâd, revisor of Avesta, [384].
• Aerikon, a tax, [485].
• Africa, provinces of, [492];
  • campaigns of Belisarius in, [501] sqq.;
  • Byzantine government of, [517].
• Africans, character of, [496];
  • dress of, [497].
• Agapetus, Pope, at CP., [671].
• Agathias, historian, on philosophers, [436];
  • his writings, [748].
• Agnates, relatives by males, [715].
• Ahura-Mazda, Persian "Lord of Wisdom," [376].
• Alamundar, Arab sheikh, invades Syria, [404].
• Alexander the Great, his conquests and successors, [371].
• Alexander the "Scissors," [624].
• Alexandria, corn monopoly at, [483];
  • religious war at, [676].
• Amalasuntha, Gothic Queen, [546];
  • her death, [550], [611].
• Amshaspands, Persian council of Heaven, [377].
• Anastasius, his savings dissipated, [441].
• Ancona, naval battle of, [646].
• Angra-Mainyu, Persian "Devisor of Evil," [376].
• Anthemius, architect, [529].
• Anthimus, Monophysite Patriarch, [670].
• Antioch, [587];
  • capture of, [590].
• Antonina, wife of Belisarius, her infidelities and intrigues, [605], [611], [673];
  • supposed capture at Portus, [637];
  • her death, [741].
• Apamea, Persian King at, [592].
• Apostles, Holy, new church of, [537], [743].
• Aphthartodocetæ, heresy of, [742].
• Arab conquests, [757].
• Archaeopolis, siege of, [728].
• Arda Virâf, visits heaven and hell, [384].
• Ardeshír, founder of later Persian Empire, [373];
  • avenger of Darius, [385].
• Areobindus, African governor, his murder, [522].
• Arethas, Arab sheikh, [407], [594], [688].
• Ariminum, betrayal of, [572];
  • siege of, [574];
  • battle at, [652].
• Aristotle, philosopher, [421].
• Arsacid or Parthian dynasty of Persia, [371], [373].
• Art, Byzantine, [749] sqq.
• Artabanes, a general, in Africa, [522];
  • in Armenia, [585];
  • at CP., [621];
  • in Sicily, [646];
  • in Italy, [662].
• Artabanus, defeated by Ardeshír, [373].
• Asclepigeneia, female philosopher, [428].
• Athanagild, Visigothic King, [527].
• Athanasius, judge in Lazica, [732].
• Augustus, his limiting of the Empire, [371];
  • tomb of, [557].
• Aurelian, walls of, at Rome, [555].
• Auximum, siege and capture of, [572], [573], [578].
• Avars, embassy from, [735].
• Avesta, the Persian Bible, [376].

• Bachelors, disabilities of, [718].
• Baduela, Gothic King. See Totila.
• Balâsh, Shah, dethroned for building baths, [379].
• Barbarians, assaults of on Empire, [417], [734], [736].
• Barishnûm, Persian purification, [379].
• Belisarius, his campaigns against Persia, [397], [593], [596];
  • quells Nika riot, [468];
  • in Africa, [505];
  • his triumph, [515];
  • in Italy, [550], [630];
  • at Ravenna, [580];
  • characterization of, [580], [582];
  • in disgrace, [618], [740];
  • letters of, [631], [641];
  • last campaign, [738];
  • his death, [741].
• Berytus, loses silk trade, [483];
  • law school at, [724];
  • ruin of, [753].
• Bessas, a general, in Armenia, [413];
  • at Petra, [601];
  • at Rome, [634], [637];
  • his avarice, ib., [758].
• Bishops, rules for appointing, [689];
  • ethics of, [690];
  • exemptions of, ibid.
• Boarex, Queen of Huns, [418].
• Boethius, statesman and author, [546], [749].
• Bolum, a fort, [402].
• Bosporus, revolt of, [701].
• Britain, fabulous account of, [745].
• Brunechilde, daughter of Athanagild, [528].
• Burial in earth illegal in Persia, [378].
• Butilin and Leuthar, Frankish generals, invade Italy, [661];
  • their death, [663], [664].
• Butzes, a general, [395].
• Buzes, a general, [398], [413];
  • he deserts Hierapolis, [586].

• Callinicus, battle of, 407;
  • taking of, 597.
• Callinicus, a Rector, impaled, [455].
• Carthage, topography of, [493] sqq.;
  • siege of, [510].
• Casilinum, battle of, [664].
• Cassiodorus, statesman and author, [546], [749].
• Cassius, Avidius, his massacre of the Seleucians, [372].
• Cavades, Persian king, his deposition, [387];
  • restoration, [388];
  • his war with Rome, [395];
  • his death, [414].
• Cavades, Persian prince in Roman army, [415], [649].
• Centumcellae, [644].
• Chalke, vestibule, restoration of, [537].
• Children, illegitimate, [691], [719].
• Chosroantioch, [591].
• Chosroes, Persian king, his accession, [415];
  • his character and studies, [435], [484];
  • in Lazica, [594], [607];
  • his death, [757].
• Church property, [692].
• Circus factions, affectations of, [453];
  • enormities of, [454].
• Cisterns at CP., [539];
  • Strzygowski and Forscheimer on date of, ibid.
• Clergy, rules for, [691].
• Code of Justinian, [721].
• Comito, sister of Theodora, [403].
• Constantina, new anti-Persian fortress, [416].
• Constantine, a general, [564], [567];
  • his death, [606].
• Constitutum, Justinian's doctrinal thesis, [684] sqq.
• Consuls, abolition of, [484].
• Corippus, poet, [526], [743].
• Cothon, harbour at Carthage, [494].
• Council, Fifth Oecumenical, [684], 899.
• Cow, sacred to Persians, [379].
• Cremation, illegal in Persia, [378].
• Cruelties of Roman soldiers in Lazica, [733].
• Ctesiphon, Parthian capital of Persia, [374];
  • taken by Trajan, [372].
• Cudworth, Cambridge Platonist, [439].
• Cumae, siege of, [659];
  • surrender of, [662].
• Cutzes, a general, [395].
• Cyrus, the Achaemenian, founder of Persian Empire, [371];
  • a new, at Istakhr, [373].

• Dagisthaeus, a general, parallel between and Bessas, [658].
• Damascius, philosopher, [432], [438].
• Daphne, grove at Antioch, [589], [592].
• Dara, battle of, [397];
  • fortifications of, [542].
• Darmsteter on Zoroaster, [376] sqq.
• Debtors, new laws in favour of, [712].
• Decimum, battle of, [507].
• Defenders of Cities, restoration of, [476].
• Demetrius, a general, [626] sqq.
• Demarch and Mandator, dialogue between, [456].
• Diehl, Byzantine archaeologist, [410], [473], [497], [543], [749].
• Digest or Pandects, [722].
• Dinkhard, late Pahlavi treatises, [394].
• Diocletian, his Persian wars, [372].
• Divorce, laws respecting, [719].
• Dog, wonderful, [643].
• Domitian, resemblance of Justinian to, [366].
• Druj Nasu, Persian demon of lies, [377].

• Edessa, engineering at, [541];
  • siege of, [598].
• Elesbaas, Negus, embassy to, [410].
• Elijah, Justinian compared to, [443].
• Encyclical, Papal decree, [687].
• Epibole, a tax, [485].
• Epicurus, philosopher, [423].
• Erse, Irish and Sanskrit, [375].
• Eudaemon, Prefect of City, [458].
• Eudocia, Roman princess, marries Vandal King, [500], [516].
• Eudoxia, Empress, [499].
• Euphemia, daughter of John of Cappadocia, [614].

• Father and son, laws as to, [713].
• Firdausi, Persian poet, [394].
• Fire-temples, Persian, [393].
• Forscheimer (and Strzygowski) on date of cisterns at CP., [539].
• Forts, Byzantine, [542].
• Foundlings, laws as to, [711].
• Funeral rites, Justinian's described, [742].

• Gaianus, heresiarch, [675].
• Galerius, his Persian wars, [372].
• Gelimer, Vandal king, [501];
  • his capture, [514];
  • at CP., [516].
• Genseric, Vandal king, [499], [563].
• Germanus, nephew of Justinian, in Africa, [520];
  • at Antioch, [588];
  • his death, [646].
• Goat, abandoned infant reared by a, [575].
• Golden Horn, new bridge at, [541].
• Gontharis, revolt of, [521].
• Gubazes, Lazic king, revolts to Persia, [594];
  • his murder, [731];
  • trial respecting, [732].
• Gudelina, wife of Theodahad, [610], [611].

• Hadrian, Emperor, Mausoleum of (Castle of St. Angelo), [557], [567];
  • his Perpetual Edict, [716].
• Heraion, palace of, [368].
• Heretics, disabilities of, [692] sqq.;
  • punishment of, ibid.
• Hermogenes, minister and general, [396].
• Hierapolis, desertion of, by Buzes, [586].
• Hilderic, Vandal king, [500], [549].
• Homerites, or Himyarites, [410].
• Hormisdas, palace, later use of, [669], [682], etc.
• Huns, irruptions of, [412], [648], [736];
  • conversion of, [701].
• Husband and wife, laws as to, [719].
• Hypatius and Pompeius, usurpers, [460], sqq.

• Illegitimate children, [691], [719].
• Inheritance, laws as to, [715], sqq.
• Institutes of Justinian, [723].
• Interest on money lent, [713].
• Iran, native name of Persia, [373].
• Iron Castle, Lazica, taking of, [733].
• Isdigunas, Persian ambassador, [600], [726].
• Isidorus, architect, [529], [754].
• Islands, prefect of, [473].
• Istakhr, capital of Persis, [373];
  • a new Cyrus arises at, ibid.

• Jacob Baradaeus, apostle of Monophysites, [688].
• Jews, treatment of, [698].
• Joannina, daughter of Belisarius, [741].
• John, nephew of Vitalian, a general, in Italy, [571], [572], [574], [651], [660].
• John of Antioch, historian, [417], [545].
• John of Cappadocia, a financier, [444];
  • his carousing, [447];
  • his fall, [613];
  • his return, [735].
• John, officer, murders Gubazes, [731].
• John of Ephesus, Monophysite bishop and historian, [699], etc.
• John, son of Theodora, [621].
• John the Armenian, [506], [511];
  • his death, [512].
• John Troglita, a general, [526].
• Judges, puisne, [478].
• Judicatum, Papal decree, [681], [685].
• Julian, legate to Aethiopia, [410].
• Julian, Emperor, [425], [433].
• Julian, heresiarch, [675].
• Julian, rebel, [695].
• Junonia, first name of Roman Carthage, [492].
• Justin, a general in Lazica, [728], [735].
• Justin II, Emperor, his accession [742].
• Justinian, Emperor, personal appearance and character, [365];
  • suppresses revolt, [467];
  • popular execration of, [486];
  • his clerical laws, [689];
  • his persecutions, [692];
  • his theological works, [702];
  • his legislation, [709], sqq.;
  • his heresy, [742];
  • his death, ibid.

• Kavádh. See Cavades.
• Krumbacher, editor of Byzantine literary history, [748].
• Kvêtûk-das, Persian marriage custom, [382].

• Lactarian Mount, [660].
• Latin, proposed abolition of at CP., [445].
• Lazica, war in, [594], [600], [608], [727].
• Leo, Emperor, African expedition of, [499].
• Leuthar. See Butilin.
• Literature, Persian, [395];
  • Byzantine, [744].
• Lombards invade Italy, [756].
• Lydus, Jn., his office, [487].

• Magdalen Asylum, [479].
• Majorian, Emperor, [499].
• Mandator and Demarch, dialogue between, [456].
• Mandracium, harbour at Carthage, [493].
• Marcus Aurelius endows Athenian schools, [424].
• Marinus, philosopher, [430].
• Marriages, incestuous, legal in Persia, [380];
  • Chrysostom on, [381].
• Martin, a general, in Lazica, [729], [733].
• Martyropolis, siege of, [412].
• Mashita palace, [394].
• Matasuentha, wife of Vitigis, [564];
  • her treacheries, [572], [580];
  • marries Germanus, [623].
• Maxilloplumacius, extortioner, [446], [452].
• Maximian, bishop, [750].
• Mazdak, Persian heretic, [386];
  • his sect massacred, [388].
• Mazdeism, Persian religion, [376].
• Melchites, [689].
• Menna, patriarch, [675].
• Mermeroes, Persian general, [727].
• Milan, surrender of, [573];
  • recapture of, [575].
• Milvian bridge at Rome, [573], [643].
• Missions to Nubia, [688];
  • to Caucasus, [700].
• Mithra, Persian sun-god, [377].
• Monasteries, constitution of, [691].
• Monophysites, encouraged by Theodora, [370], [669] sqq.
• Montanists, revolt of, [694].
• Moors, their method of warfare, [524].
• Mosaics, [497], [535], [538], [751].
• Mundas, a general, [419];
  • at CP., [467];
  • his death, [551].
• Mutilation as punishment, [452], [480].
• Myriangeli, Justinian's pilgrimage to, [740].

• Nachoragan, Persian general, [728];
  • his punishment, [730].
• Naples, sieges of, [552], [626].
• Narses, eunuch general, at CP., [467];
  • in Italy, [574], [648], sqq.;
  • takes Rome, [658];
  • at Casilinum, [664];
  • at Alexandria, [676];
  • his death, [756].
• Nasks, divisions of Avesta, [376].
• Negus of Axum, embassy to, [410].
• Neoplatonism, [425].
• Neoplatonists in Persia, [434] sqq.
• Neoplatonism and Christianity, [438].
• Nestorius, heresiarch, [679].
• Nika revolt, [459].
• Nisibis, Persian, [395], [399], [416], [593], [600].
• Nöldeke, his Persian researches, [374].
• Novels of Justinian, [725].
• Nubia, mission to, [688].
• Numidia, pillars in, [497].
• Nushirvan (Chosroes) [389].

• Odovacar, barbarian king in Italy, [545].
• Origen, Egyptian Father, [677], [701].
• Ormuzd and Ahriman, [376].
• Orontes, river of Antioch, [587].
• Otter or water-dog, sacred to Persians, [379].

• Pahlavi, old Persian, [376].
• Palestine, religious wars in, [694], [697].
• Palladius, rapid courier, [448].
• Pan, Great God, death of, [431].
• Pandects. See Digest.
• Parthians, their conquest of the Seleucidae, [371].
• Patria potestas, [713].
• Patricians, 90, [714], 770.
• Paul, Patriarch, [677].
• Paul the Silentiary, his poem on St. Sophia, [533].
• Peace, Perpetual, [416].
• Pelagius, Pope, at Rome, [633], [639];
  • at CP., [677];
  • in Italy, [686].
• Pergamus, philosophy at, [425].
• Perozes, Persian prince, his attack on Dara, [397].
• Perpetual Edict, [716].
• Persepolis, Persian capital, [373];
  • fired by Alexander, ibid.
• Persian queen, a Christian (?), [415].
• Persians, sociology of, [374] sqq.
• Persis, home of Persian race, [372].
• Peter Magister, ambassador in Italy, [540];
  • in Persia, [726], [740].
• Petra, sieges of, [594], [601].
• Petronius, official plundering of, [446].
• Pharangium, a fort, [402].
• Pharas, Gelimer's captor, [513].
• Phasis, siege of, [728].
• Philosophers, female, [428].
• Philosophy, Greek, various sects of, [421], sqq.;
  • in Persia, [434].
• Photius, son of Antonina, [607], [616];
  • his death, [741].
• Plague in the East, [602].
• Plato, philosopher, [421].
• Plotinus, philosopher, [427], [430].
• Plutarch, philosopher, [426].
• Pompeius and Hypatius, usurpers, [460], sqq.
• Pontus, Vicar of, restored, [486].
• Porch, painted, [422].
• Porphyrio, a ferocious whale, [368];
  • capture of, [643].
• Porphyry, philosopher, [430].
• Portus, operations at, [632], [635], [644].
• Praetor, Edict of, [716].
• Praetor of the people, new official, [478].
• Pragmatic Sanction, [665].
• Prejecta, Justinian's niece, [521], [622].
• Proaeresius, philosopher, [426], [428].
• Proclus, Neoplatonist, [427], sqq.
• Procopius, historian, [503], [578];
  • his writings, [744];
  • arrests Belisarius, [748].
• Property, church, [692].
• Prostitution, at CP., [479];
  • of slaves forbidden, [710].
• Provinces, changes in government of, [473] sqq.

• Queer occurrences, [382], [575], [735], [750].
• Quicherat on Plotinus, [437].

• Ravenna, mosaics at, [366], [367], [750];
  • sieges of, [545], [578].
• Rectors of provinces, their rapacity, [449], sqq.;
  • reforms respecting, [472];
  • rewards for, [477].
• Robespierre compared to Justinian, [366].
• Rome, topography of, [555];
  • sociology of, [558];
  • sieges of, [566], [630], [642], [643], [658].
• Rufinas, legate to Persia, [396];
  • his peace, [416].
• Rusticiana, widow of Boethius, [639].
• Rusticus, officer, murders Gubazes, [731].

• St. Saba at CP., [696].
• St. Sophia, church of, [530];
  • dilapidation of, [754].
• Salona, taking of, [551];
  • Narses at, [649].
• Salvian on rapacity of Rectors, [451];
  • against the Africans, [496].
• Salvius Julianus, lawyer, [716].
• Samaritans, revolt of, [695], [697].
• Sandichl, Hunnish leader, [739].
• Sanskrit, related to Zend, Erse, etc., [376].
• Sapor, Shah, persecutes Christians, [386].
• Sassanian dynasty of Persia, [373].
• Seleucus and Seleucidae, successors of Alexander the Great, [371].
• Severus, heresiarch, [675].
• Severus, Sept., his Persian wars, [372].
• Silk trade, [411], [483].
• Silkworm imported into Europe, [753].
• Silverius, Pope, [554], [569];
  • his deposition and death, [612], [673].
• Simplicius, philosopher, [435].
• Sisimithres, his mother-wife, [382].
• Sittas, a general, [403], [700];
  • his death, [585].
• Slaves, new laws in favour of, [708].
• Slavs, irruption of, [734].
• Socrates, philosopher, [420].
• Spain, Byzantines in, [526].
• Stagnum, harbour at Carthage, [493].
• Stoa, painted, [422].
• Stoic philosophers, [422].
• Stotzas, revolt of, [518].
• Strzygowski (and Forscheimer) on date of cisterns at CP., [539];
  • Byzantinische Denkmäler, 770, 771.
• Sycae, Theodora's monastery at, [676].
• Synesius at Athens, [426].
• Syrianus, philosopher, [426], [432], [433].

• Taginae, battle of, [654].
• Tansar, his letter, [384];
  • oldest document of Mazdeism, ibid.
• Taxes, oppressive, [445], [481];
  • in Persia, [391].
• Teïas, Gothic general, [650];
  • elected king, [657];
  • his death, [660].
• Theodahad, Gothic king, [547], [550];
  • his death, [554].
• Theodebald, Frankish king, [659], sqq.
• Theodebert, Frankish king, [576], [579], [645], [746].
• Theodora, Empress, personal appearance and character, [367];
  • conduct during revolt, [466];
  • popular execration of, [486];
  • her intrigues, [609];
  • letters of, [608], [619];
  • her religious policy, [669], sqq.;
  • her death, [643], [689].
• Theodore Ascidas, bishop, [677], [687].
• Theodoric, Gothic king, [544], [755].
• Theodosius, lover of Antonina, [603], sqq.
• Three Chapters, controversy of, [678], sqq.
• Tiberius, Emperor, [431], [433].
• Tibur, capture of, [630].
• Ticinum, the Goths at, [657], [659].
• Tiridates, Parthian King, visits Nero, [379].
• Totila or Baduela, Gothic king, his accession, [625];
  • at Naples, [626];
  • at Rome, [629], [643];
  • at Taginae, [652];
  • his death, [656].
• Toperus, massacre at, by Slavs, [734].
• "Towers of Silence" or Dakhmas, [378].
• Trajan, Emperor, his conquests, [371].
• Tribonian, a lawyer, [442];
  • his legal work, [720].
• Tricamerum, battle of, [510].
• Triumph at CP., [515].
• Tyre, loses silk trade, [483].
• Tzani, conversion of, [700];
  • their revolt, [758].
• Tzathes, Lazic King, [732].

• Uranius, charlatan, [436].
• Usdrilas, Gothic general, [651].

• Vandals, persecute Catholics, [494];
  • their character, [500].
• Vendidâd, part of Zend-Avesta, [377], etc.
• Vigilius, Pope, in Sicily, [632];
  • at Rome, [680];
  • at CP., [681], sqq.;
  • his death, [686].
• Vitigis, Gothic king, [553];
  • at Rome, [566], sqq.;
  • capture of, [581];
  • his death, [623].

• Walls, Long, [543], [737], [756].
• Water, sacred among Persians, [378].
• Water storage at CP., [539].
• Whale. See Porphyrio.
• Wife, husband and, laws as to, [719].
• Wills, laws as to, [715], [717].
• Women in the church, [691].

• Xenophon, his description of Syrian desert, [405].

• Yemen, Christianity in, [409].

• Zabergan, Hunnish leader, [736].
• Zaberganes, Persian minister, [608].
• Zend, language, [376].
• Zeno of Citium, philosopher, founder of Stoics, [422].
• Zooras, fanatical monk, [675].
• Zoroaster or Zarathushtra, [376];
  • Darmsteter on, ibid., sqq.;
  • Mills on, [384].