[192] See Gibbon, vol. ii., p. 215 (Bohn's edition).
[193] See Gibbon, vol. iii., p. 229 (Bohn).
[194] Barritus is the word used for the trumpeting of an elephant.
[195] See Gibbon, vol. iii., p. 181 (Bohn).
INDEX.
A.
Abanni, a people of Africa, [533]
Abarne, a town in Mesopotamia, noted for its hot springs, [182]
Abdera, the birthplace of Protagoras and Democritus, [286]
Abdigidus, a tribune, [173]
Abienus, a senator, [477], [478]
Abii, a people of Persia, [339]
Abladius, prefect of the prætorium, [236]
Abora, or Chaboras, a river in Mesopotamia, [111]
Abydos, [287]
Abydum, a town in Thebais, [208]
Achæi, a Caspian tribe, [290]
Achaiacala, a fort on an island in the Euphrates, [350]
Acheron, the river, [289]
Acherusian, the cave, [289]
Acilius Glabrio, the first Roman to whom a statue was erected, [16]
Acimincum, a town in Hungary, [205]
Acone, a port on the Euxine Sea, [289]
Acontiæ, a species of serpent in Egypt, [311]
Acontisma, a narrow defile between Thrace and Macedonia, [443]
Acrapatena, a province of Media, [335]
Adaces, a Persian Satrap, killed, [374]
Addense, [531]
Adelphius, prefect of Rome, [92]
Adiabas, a river in Assyria, [334]
Adiabene, a province of Assyria, [176], [320], [333]
Adonis, [186]
Adrastea, the goddess of retribution, called also Nemesis, [42], [281]
Adrastus, king of the Argives, [41]
Ædesius, keeper of the records, [56], [58]
Ægean Sea, [286]
Ælian, Count, [182], [183];
crucified by the Persians, [200]
Ænus, a city of Thrace, [286], [444]
Africanus, Governor of the second Pannonia, [50], [95]
Agabana, a fortress in Persia, [463]
Agathocles, king of Sicily, [44]
Agathyrsi, a tribe near the Palus Mæotis, [291]
Agazaca, a city of the Paropanisatæ, [342]
Agenarichus, king of the Allemanni, [113]
Agilimundus, a chieftain of the Quadi, [151]
Agilo, an equerry, [34], [266];
promoted to the prefecture by Julian, [279];
recalled to military service by Procopius, [422];
intercedes for his father-in-law Araxius, [432]
Aginatius put to death by Maximin, [474]
Aiadalthes, a tribune, [181]
Alani, a Scythian tribe, [291], [328], [580], [581], [599], [611]
Alatheus, [583], [587], [611]
Alavivus, a general of the Goths, [585], [587]
Albani, allies of the Persians, [176], [187], [332]
Albinus of Etruria, [56]
Alexander the Great, [41], [46], [89]
Alexander of Heliopolis, [319]
Alexandria, a village near Rome, [131]
—— in Egypt, [300];
described, [313];
its temples and library, [314];
its schools, [315]
—— a city in Arachosia, [343]
—— in Ariana, [342]
—— in Carmania, [339]
—— an island in Persia, [338]
—— a town in Sogdiana, [340]
Alfenus, a distinguished lawyer, [556]
Alicodra, a city in Bactria, [340]
Aligildus, a count, [271], [277]
Aliso, a tribune, [427]
Alitrophagi, a Scythian tribe, [341]
Allemanni, or Germans—these names are used promiscuously by Ammianus—defeated at the battle of Strasburg, [118], [247];
lay waste Gaul and Rhætia, [413], [414];
defeated by Jovinus, [438], [567];
make incursions into the Roman territory, [602];
are defeated, [604]
Allobroges, a nation of Gaul, [81]
Alpheus, a river rising in Arcadia, [53]
Alps, the Cottian, [75];
the Julian, [259];
the Grecian, [76];
the Penine, [76];
Hannibal's passage of the, [77]
Alypius of Antioch, [317], [514]
—— a Roman noble, [471]
Amantius, a soothsayer, [472]
Amanus, a mountain range in Cilicia, [27]
Amardus, a river in Media, [337]
Amastris, a city in Paphlagonia, [289]
Amazons, one of the Caspian tribes, [291];
defeated by the Athenians, [289]
Amida, a city of Mesopotamia, [174];
besieged by Sapor, [185];
betrayed by a deserter, [192];
courage of the garrison, [195];
a sortie of the Gallic troops, from, [195], [236]
Amiens (Ambians), a city in Belgium, [79], [453]
Aminias, a Persian general, [369]
Amisus, a city in Pontus, [289]
Ammianus, his noble birth, [199];
placed under Ursicinus, governor of Nisibis, by the Emperor Constantius, [30];
returns to Italy, [37];
his industry, [45];
sent into Gaul, [60];
sent back to the East, [103];
visits Thebes, [130];
recalled, [171];
escapes from Nisibis, [173];
sent to Jovinianus, satrap of Corduena, [175];
narrow escape of, [181];
arrives at Antioch, [200];
accompanies Julian in his expedition against the Persians, [326];
returns with Jovian, [402];
his advice to future historians, [623]
Ampelius, prefect of Otricoli, [472]
Amphiaraus, an ancient seer, [4]
Amphilochius, a Paphlagonian, [252]
Amphisbæna, a serpent, [311]
Amphitheatre at Rome, [102], [411]
Amphitus, a Spartan, the charioteer of Castor and Pollux, [290]
Amudis, a fort in Mesopotamia, [173]
Amycus, king of the Bebrycii, [288]
Anaphe, an island in the Ægean Sea, [139]
Anatha, a fortress in Mesopotamia, [347]
Anatolius, prefect of Illyricum, [204];
master of the offices, [234];
his death, [253];
an officer of the palace, [504]
Anaxagoras the philosopher, [287];
predicted the fall of stones and earthquakes, [315]
Anaximander, a Milesian philosopher, [139]
Anazarbus, a city of Cilicia, [27]
Anchialos, a city of Thrace, [293], [444]
Ancorarius, a mountain of Mauritania, [531]
Ancyra, a city of Galatia, [296], [403], [426]
Andernach (Antumacum), [161]
Andocides, a Grecian orator, [554]
Andriscus of Adramyttium, [44], [421]
Andronicus, a poet, [209]
Anepsia, wife of Victorinus, [475], [478]
Anicenses, a Sarmatian tribe, [154]
Anicii, the, a noble family at Rome, [98]
Annib, a mountain in Scythia, [341]
Anthemusia, a province of Mesopotamia, [10]
Anthropophagi, a Scythian tribe, [580]
Antibes (Antipolis), a town in Gaul, [79]
Antinopolis, a town in Mesopotamia, built by Constantius, [182]
Antinous, a city in Egypt, [312]
Antioch in Syria, [28];
visited by the Emperor Julian, [297];
by Jovian, [401]
Antiochia, in Persia, [339]
Antiphon, a Greek orator, [554]
Antoninus, a wealthy merchant, afterwards one of the protectors, [168];
his treachery, [169]
Antonius, a tribune, [415]
Anzaba, a river in Mesopotamia, [175]
Apamia, a city in Assyria, [334], [338]
—— a city in Thrace, [287]
Apamia, a city in Syria, [28]
Apis, the sacred Egyptian bull, [306]
Apodemius, the secretary for the provinces, [41], [46];
sentenced to be burnt alive, [280]
Apollinarii, father and son, the former governor of Phœnicia, the latter steward of the palace, [26]
Apollo, the Cumæan, [334];
of Daphne, [303];
the Palatine, [320];
the Sminthius, [286]
Apollonia, a city of Thrace, [293]
—— in Assyria, [334]
Apollonius of Tyana, [270]
Apronianus, prefect of Rome, [317];
suppresses the magicians, [411]
Aprunculus Gallus, an orator and soothsayer, afterwards governor of Narbonne, [277]
Aquileia, the capital of Venetia, [261];
besieged by Julian, [261];
surrenders, [264]
Aquitani, a nation of Gaul, [78]
Arabia reduced to a Roman province by the Emperor Trajan, [29];
Arabia Felix, [338]
Arabis, a river in the country of the Drangiani, [342]
Aracha, a town in Susiana, [335], [337]
Arachosia, a Persian province, [342]
Arachotoscrene, a marsh in Arachosia, [343]
Aradius, count of the east, [317]
Araharius, a Sarmatian chief, [149]
Arar, a river in Gaul (the Saône), [80]
Arator, duke, [481]
Aratus the poet, [299], [386]
Araxates, a river in Sogdiana, [340]
Araxius, prefect of the prætorium, [422]
Arbaca, a city in Arachosia, [343]
Arbela, a city in Adiabene, [334]
Arbetio, [36], [47], [92];
made consul, [71], [213]
Arboreus, high chamberlain, [49]
Arbor Felix, fortress of, [605]
Arcadius, a river of the Euxine, [289]
Archelaus, a general of King Mithridates, [116]
Archimedes the mathematician, [407]
Ardea, a town in Persia, [338]
Areans, a sect, [485]
Areopagus, [518]
Arethusa, a town in Thrace, the burial-place of Euripides, [443]
Argæus, a mountain in Cappadocia, [233]
Argonauts, the, [27]
Ariana, a province of Persia, [342]
Arias, a river in Arcana, [342]
Ariaspe, a town in the province of Drangiana, [342]
Arimaspi, a fierce one-eyed nation bordering on Persia, [332]
Arimphæi, a nation bordering on the Euxine, [292]
Arinchi, a savage tribe near the Euxine, [291]
Arintheus, a tribune, [54];
commands the left wing of the army under Julian, [347];
ambassador to the Persians, [393], [446]
Aristænetus, prefect of Bithynia, lost his life in an earthquake, [138]
Aristarchus the grammarian, [314]
Aristides, [558]
Aristobulus consul with Diocletian, [317]
Arles (Arelate), a town on the Rhone, [79]
Armenia conquered by Galerius, [134];
its restoration to the Persians demanded by Sapor, [135];
abandoned by Jovian in the treaty of Dura, [394], [549]
Armonius, a mountain in Asia Minor, [289]
Arsaces, the first king of the Parthians, [330]
—— king of Armenia,
an ally of Constantius, [235];
of Julian, [318];
taken prisoner by the Persians, [394];
put to death, [463]
Arsacia, a city of Media, [337]
Arsiana, a city of Susiana, [335]
Arsinoë, a city of Cyrene, anciently called Tauchira, and now Tochira, [312]
Artabannes, a Persian satrap, [463]
Artabius, a river in Gedrosia, a district of Persia, [343]
Artacana, a city of Parthia, [338]
Artemis, a river in Bactria, [340]
Artemisia, queen of Caria, [487]
Artemius, deputy-governor of Rome, [146]
—— duke of Egypt, [300]
Artogerassa, a city of Armenia, [464]
Arzanena, a province of Mesopotamia, [393]
Ascalon, a city of Palestine, [29]
Ascanimia, a mountain in Scythia, [340]
Asclepiades the philosopher, [304]
Asclepiodotus, count, [65]
Asia Minor, description of, [289]
Asmira, a mountain in Serica, [341]
Asp, the largest species of serpent in Egypt, [311]
Aspabota, a city of Scythia, [341]
Aspacaræ, a tribe of the Seres, [341]
Aspacuras, a Persian satrap, [466]
Asparata, a city of the Betæ, [341]
Assanite Saracens, [350]
Assyria, the wife of Barbatio, [165]
—— a province of Persia, in the time of Ammianus called Adiabene, [333]
Astacea, a city of Bactria, [340]
Astacus, a city in Bithynia, also called Nicomedia, [287]
Atacotti harass the Britons, [413]
Athagoræ, a Scythian tribe, [341]
Athanaric, a Gothic chief, [447], [583]
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, his character, [67]
Athos, a mountain in Macedonia, [286]
Athribis, a city of Egypt, [313]
Athyras, a port in the Propontis, [287]
Ati, a people near the cataracts of the Nile, [308]
Atlas, a mountain in Africa, [50]
Attuarii, a tribe of Franks, [235]
Auch (Ausci), a town in Aquitania, [79]
Augury, modes of, [245]
Augusta (Londinium), the capital of Roman Britain, [483]
Augustamnica, a province of Egypt, [312]
Augustus, Emperor, his correction of the calendar, [408]
Aulon, a cave near the Euxine, [290]
Aurelian, the Emperor, [570]
Aureolus, a conspirator against Constantius, [274]
Austoriani, a people of Mauritania, [413]
Autun (Augustodunum), the chief town of the Ædui, [79]
Auxerre (Autosidorum), a city in Gaul, [85]
Avenche (Aventicum), the capital of the Helvetii, [79]
Avernus, a lake in Campania, [489]
Avitianus, deputy-governor of Africa, [451]
Axius, a river of Macedonia, [258]
Azmorna, a city of Hyrcania, [339]
Azov, sea of (Palus Mæotis), [288], [577], [582]
B.
Babylon, [334]
Bacchus, [290]
Bacchylides, the lyric poet, [383]
Bactra, a river in Bactria, [340]
Bactrians, [339]
Bætica, a consular province of Spain, [473]
Bagrada, a river in Persia, [337]
Bainobaudes, a tribune of the Scutarii, [39], [105];
(2) a tribune of the Cornuti, [106];
killed in the battle of Strasburg, [121]
Balista, a military engine for discharging stones, described, [322]
Bappo, a tribune, commander of the Promoti, [54]
Baraba, a town in Arabia Felix, [338]
Barbatio, count of the domestics, [40];
promoted to the command of the infantry, [104], [136];
a swarm of bees on his house regarded as a bad omen, [165];
an arrogant and treacherous man, [166];
beheaded, [166]
Barbitani, mountains in Persia lying towards India, [343]
Barchalbas, a tribune, [430]
Bards, the poets of Gaul, [74]
Barzala, a fort in Mesopotamia, [179]
Barzimeres, tribune of the Scutarii, [546]
Basilica of Sicininus in Rome, probably the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, [441]
Basilina, mother of the Emperor Julian, [383]
Basilisk, a kind of Egyptian serpent, [311]
Bassianus, a Roman of noble family, [515]
Bassus, prefect of Rome, [146]
Batne, a town near the Euphrates, where an annual fair was held, [10]
Battus, a Spartan, the founder of Cyrene, [312]
Bautis, a river in Serica, [341]
Bazas (Vasatæ), a town in Gaul, [79]
Bebase, a town in Mesopotamia, [178]
Bebrycia, a district in Bithynia, [288]
Belgæ, the most warlike people of Gaul, [78]
Belias, a river of Mesopotamia which falls into the Euphrates, [321]
Bellovædius, a tribune given as a hostage to the Persians, [394]
Beræa, a city of Thrace, [444]
Berenice, also called Hesperides, a town in Libya, [312]
Berytus, a city of Phœnicia (the modern Beirut), [28]
Besa, the name of an Egyptian deity, [208]
Besançon, a city of the Sequani, [79], [253]
Besbicus, an island in the Propontis, [287]
Bessi, a Thracian tribe, [444]
Betæ, a people in Serica, [341]
Bezabde, a town on the Tigris formerly called Phœnice, [225], [266];
captured by Sapor, [227];
unsuccessfully besieged by Constantius, [237–239]
Bineses, a Persian satrap, [394]
Bingen (Bingium), a town in Germany, [161]
Bisula, a river (the Weichsel), [292]
Bitaxa, a town of the Ariani, [342]
Bitheridus, a German noble, [525]
Bithynia, [288]
Bizes, a river of the Euxine, [288]
Blemmyæ, a people near the cataracts of the Nile, [11]
Boæ, an island on the coast of Dalmatia, [279]
Bonitus, a Frank, the father of Silvanus, [63]
Bonmunster (Bononia), a town in Pannonia, [257]
Bonn (Bonna), a town in Germany, [161]
Bordeaux (Burdegala), a city in Aquitania, [79]
Borion, a promontory in Egypt, [307]
Bosporus, the Thracian (the Straits of Constantinople), [288]
—— the Cimmerian (Straits of Yene-Kali), [70]
Bostra, a city of Arabia, [29]
Boulogne (Bononia), a town in Gaul, [212]
Brahmans, [336], [470]
Branchidæ, an oracle in the Milesian territory, [511]
Briançon (Virgantia), [76]
Brigantia (the lake of Constance), [52]
Brisoana, a Persian river, [337]
Britain, corn exported to Rome, [161];
pearls found in the British sea, [345];
suffers from the incursions of the Picts and Sects, [212], [453];
invaded by the Saxons, [413];
distress of, [453];
Theodosius goes to assist, [483]
Bruchion, a quarter in Alexandria, inhabited by opulent persons, [314]
Brumat (Brocomagus), a city of Germany, [86]
Bucenobantes, a tribe of the Allemanni, [524]
Buffaloes in Egypt, [309]
Bura, a town destroyed by an earthquake, [140]
Burgundians, [495];
their kings called Hendinos, [495];
their chief priest called the Sinistus, [496]
Busan, a fort in Mesopotamia, [183]
Byzantium (Constantinople), [287]
Byzares, a people near the Euxine, [290]
C.
Cabillonum (Châlons sur Marne), [98], [436]
Cabyle, a town in Thrace, [607]
Cadusii, a tribe on the Caspian Sea, [332]
Cæni Gallici, a station in Bithynia, [38]
Cæla, a town near the Hellespont, [287]
Cæranius, a philosopher, [520]
Cæsarea, formerly Mazaca, a town in Cappadocia, [233]
—— a town in Mauritania, [534]
—— a town in Palestine, [29]
Cæsariensis, a province of Mauritania, [526]
Cæsarius, prefect of Constantinople, [422]
—— secretary of the Emperor, [551]
Cæsias, treasurer of the commander of the cavalry, [200]
Cafaves, a people of Africa, [532]
Calatis, a town in European Scythia, [444]
Calicadnus, a river in Isauria, [9]
Callichorus, a river near the Euxine Sea, [290]
Callimachus, an ancient Grecian general, [369]
Callipolis, a city at the head of the Hellespont, [287]
Callisthenes, a pupil of Aristotle, [166]
Callistratus, an ancient orator, [554]
Camaritæ, a tribe near the Euxine Sea, [290]
Cambyses, king of Persia, [129]
—— a river in Media, [337]
Camels first seen by the Romans at the siege of Cyzicus, [340]
Camenius, a Roman senator, [473]
Camp of Hercules (Castra Herculis), a town in Germany, [161]
Camp of Mars, a town in Dacia, [608]
Camp of the Moors, a town or fortress in Mesopotamia, [173], [393]
Canini, a people on the borders of Rhætia, [52]
Canopus, a city of Egypt, [314]
Cantichus, a gulf in Armenia, [332]
Capellatum, a district on the borders of the Burgundians, [164]
Capersana, a town in Syria, [179];
called also Capessana, [255]
Caphareus, a promontory of Eubœa, [286]
Carambis, a promontory in Paphlagonia (now Cape Kerempe), [289]
Carcinites, a river and bay on the Euxine Sea, [292]
Carmania, a province of Persia, [338]
Carnuntum, a city of Illyria, [559]
Carpi, a people on the Danube, [446], [468]
Carræ, a town of Mesopotamia, [177], [237], [320]
Cascellius, a Roman lawyer, [556]
Caspian, tribes of the, [291]
Cassianus, Duke of Mesopotamia, [98], [176], [201], [396]
Cassium, a town in Egypt, [312]
Cassius, a mountain in Syria, [28];
Julian sacrifices to Jupiter upon it, [305]
Castalia, a fountain in Phocis, at the base of Mount Parnassus, [303]
Castucius, Count of Isauria, [8]
Catadupi, the cataracts of the Nile, or the people who live near them, [307]
Catalauni (Châlons sur Marne), [436]
Cato, the censor, [16], [81], [88]
Catulus, the ædile, [20]
Caucalandes, a town in Sarmatia, [588]
Cella, a tribune of the Scutarii, [105]
Celse, a town in Phœnicia, [23]
Cephalonesus, a town on the Borysthenes, [293]
Ceras, a cape on the Propontis, [287]
Cerasus, a town in Pontus, [289]
Cercetæ, a tribe near the Euxine Sea, [291]
Cercius, the charioteer of Castor and Pollux, [290]
Cerealis, uncle of Gallus, [43];
(2) a master of the horse, [482], [564]
Cethegus, a senator, beheaded, [471]
Chærecla, a town in Libya, [313]
Chalcedon, a town in Bithynia, [287];
inscription found on a stone in the walls of, [577]
Chalcenterus, an author, [314]
Chaldæa, [335]
Chalites, a gulf in Armenia, [332]
Chalybes, a tribe near the Caspian Sea, [290]
Chamavi, a German tribe, [141]
Charax, a town in Parthia, [338]
Charcha, a town on the Tigris, [183]
Chardi, a Scythian tribe, [341]
Charietto, count of Germany, [144], [436]
Charinda, a river in Media, [337]
Charte and Chartra, towns in Bactria, [340]
Chasmatiæ, a kind of earthquake, [139]
Chauriana, a town in Scythia, [341]
Chiliocomus, a district of Media, [321]
Chilo, a Roman deputy, [469]
Chionitæ, a tribe bordering on Persia, [99], [134], [176]
Chnodomarius, a king of the Allemanni, [107], [112], [120];
taken prisoner and sent to Rome, [121];
his death, [121]
Choaspa, a town in Arachosia, [343]
Choaspes, a river in Media, [337]
Choatres, a river in Parthia, [338]
Chronius, a river of the Euxine Sea, [292]
Chrysopolis, a city on the Propontis, [287]
Cibalæ, a town in Pannonia, [566]
Cicero, [5], [49], [61], [81], [84], [210], [245], [274], [284], [310], [406], [433], [443], [457], [462], [476], [491], [531], [555], [570], [617]
Cilicia, description of, [27]
Ciminian, a district in Italy, [140]
Cimon, son of Miltiades, [145]
Cineas, the ambassador of Pyrrhus, [100]
Circesium, a town of Mesopotamia, described, [324], [325]
Cius, a town on the Propontis, [287]
Civilis, prefect of Britain, [455]
Claritas, a Roman matron, [474]
Claros, in Lydia, seat of a temple and oracle of Apollo, [210]
Claudiopolis, a city in Isauria, [27]
Claudius, prefect of Rome, [439], [542]
Cleander, a prefect under the Emperor Commodus, [418]
Clematius, a citizen of Alexandria, [2]
Cleopatra, [313]
Coche, a town in Persia, [363]
Colchi, a tribe of Egyptian origin, [290]
Colias, a Gothic noble, revolts, [592]
Cologne (Colonia Agrippina), [86]
Comedus, a mountain in the country of the Sacæ, [340]
Comets, their nature, [401]
Commagena, a province of Syria, [334]
Commodus, the Roman Emperor, [507], [605]
Como (Comum), a town in Italy, [48]
Constans, son of Constantine, [2], [94]
Constantia, daughter of Constantius, [423], [539]
Constantianus, a tribune, [322], [482], [522]
Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great, [2], [37], [244], [245]
—— a town in Mesopotamia, [178]
Constantine the Great, [60], [81], [93], [97], [131], [419]
Constantinople, [287];
threatened siege of, by the Goths, [622]
Constantius the Emperor, his cruelty, [13];
summons Gallus to Italy, [23];
makes war on the Allemanni, [32];
his speech, [34–36];
retires to Milan, [36];
his jealousy, [37];
his severe treatment of Gallus's friend, [51];
invests Julian with the title of Cæsar, [70];
his weakness, [99];
his triumphal procession to Rome, [100];
his arrogance, [101];
erects an obelisk, [130];
reply to Sapor, [135];
receives the title of Sarmaticus, [156];
marches against the Limigantes, [204];
jealousy of Julian, [216];
besieges Bezabde, [237];
marries Faustina after the death of Eusebia, [253];
crosses the Euphrates, [255];
his speech to his army, [267];
unfavourable dreams and omens, [269];
his death, [271];
virtues and vices, [272];
buried at Constantinople, [276]
Contensis, a town in Africa, [534]
Coptos, a town in the Thebais, [312];
story of his wife, [291]
Corax, a river flowing into the Euxine, [291]
Corduena, a province belonging to the Persians, [175], [321], [393]
Cornelius Gallus, procurator of Egypt, [129]
Cornelius, a senator, [474]
Coronus, a mountain in Media, [335]
Costoboci, a Scythian tribe, [293]
Cottius, a king on the Alps, [75]
Craugasius, a noble of Nisibis, [200];
story of his wife, [201]
Crescens, deputy-governor of Africa, [501]
Cretio, count of Africa, [254]
Crispus, son of Constantine the Great, [41]
Crissæan Gulf in Western Locris, [140]
Criu-Metopon, a promontory of Thrace, [289]
Crocodiles in Egypt, [309]
Crœsus, [64]
Ctesiphon, the winter residence of the Parthian kings, [334]
Curandius, a tribune of the archers, [530]
Curio, a Roman general, [530]
Cybele, festival in honour of, [321]
Cyclades, [286]
Cydnus, a river in Cilicia, [27]
Cylaces, a Persian eunuch, [463]
Cynægirus, a Grecian general, [369]
Cynossema, a promontory in Caria, now Cape Volpo, [287]
Cyprus, [29]
Cyrene, a city in Libya, [312]
Cyreschata, a town in Sogdiana, [340]
Cyria, a Mauritanian princess, [531]
Cyrinus, [280]
Cyropolis, a town in Media, [337]
Cyrus, [90], [331]
Cyzicus, [287];
besieged and taken by Procopius, [426];
taken by the Scythians, [591]
D.
Dacia, [423]
Dadastana, a town on the borders of Bithynia, [403]
Dagalaiphus, captain of the domestics, [255], [347], [359], [388], [407];
sent by Valentinian to oppose the Allemanni, [415];
made consul, [428]
Dahæ, a Scythian tribe, [290]
Damascus, [28]
Damasus, bishop of Rome, [441]
Dames, [95]
Dandaca, a town in the Tauric Chersonese, [292]
Daniel, a Roman count, [546]
Danube, description of the, [293]
Daphne, a suburb of Antioch, [210];
(2) a town in Mœsia, [445]
Dardanus, a town in the Hellespont, [287]
Darius, [331], [428]
Darnis, a town in Libya, [312]
Datianus, a Roman consul, [133]
Davana, a town in Mesopotamia, [321]
Davares, a people of Africa, [532]
Decem Pagi (Dieuse), [86]
Decentius, a tribune, [216]
Decius (the Cæsar), [614]
Delos, [139], [303]
Delphidius, an orator, [160]
Delta in Egypt, [309]
Demetrius Chytras, a philosopher of Alexandria, [209]
Democritus, [46], [88], [286]
Demosthenes, [549], [554]
Diabas, a river of Assyria, [334]
Dibaltum, a city of Thrace, [600]
Dicalidones, a tribe of Picts, [453]
Didius, a Roman general, [443]
Didymus, surnamed Chalcenterus, [314]
Dieuse (Decem Pagi), [86]
Dinarchus, a Grecian orator, [554]
Dindyma, a mountain of Mysia, [287]
Dinocrates, an architect, [313]
Diocles, treasurer of Illyricum, [451]
Diocletian, [59], [317]
Diodorus, a count, [301]
Diogenes, governor of Bithynia, [514]
Diogmitæ, a kind of light-armed troops, [456]
Dionysiopolis, [444]
Dionysius, king of Sicily, [44], [64], [97]
Dioscurias, a city on the Euxine, [290]
Dipsades, a species of Egyptian serpent, [311]
Discenes, a tribune, [202]
Dius, a Mauritanian chief, [527]
Divitenses, a German tribe, [424], [436]
Domitian, the emperor, [168]
Domitianus, prefect of the East, [23], [49]
Domitius Corbulo, [48]
Dorians, [73]
Doriscus, a town in Thrace, [176]
Dorostorus, a city of Thrace, [444]
Dorus, a surgeon of the Scutari, [92]
Dracontius, master of the mint, [301]
Drangiana, a province of Persia, [342]
Drepanum, a town in Bithynia, [425]
Drepsa, a town in Sogdiana, [340]
Druentia (the Durance), a river in Gaul, [77]
Druids, [73], [74]
Drusus, a Roman general, [443]
Drypetina, daughter of King Mithridates, [95]
Dulcitius, a Roman general, [455]
Duodiense, a fort in Mauritania, [536]
Dura, a town beyond the Tigris, in Mesopotamia, [326], [347], [391]
Dymas, a river in Sogdiana, [340]
Dynamius, [55]
E.
Earthquakes in Africa, [137];
the supposed causes, [138]
Ecbatana, an Assyrian town, [334]
Eclipses, causes of, [214]
Edessa, [236], [255]
Elephantine, a city of Ethiopia, [307]
Elephants, [376]
Eleusis, [139]
Eleutheropolis, a town in Palestine, [29]
Emissa, a town of Syria, [23]
Emodon, a mountain in Scythia, [341]
Emona, [477]
Engines, warlike, [323]
Epicurus, [554]
Epigonius, a philosopher, [25], [31]
Epimenides, [486]
Epiphania, a town in Cilicia, [300]
Equitius, tribune of the Scutarii, [406];
made general and count, [414], [539];
his son Equitius a tribune, [611]
Eratosthenes, [287]
Erectheus, [84]
Ermenrichus, king of the Ostrogoths, [583]
Erythræ, a city in Ionia, [617]
Esaias, a Roman noble, [477]
Essedones and Essedon, a people and town of the Seres, [341]
Eubulus, a citizen of Antioch, [22]
Eucærius, proprefect of Asia, [506]
Euctemon, an ancient astronomer, [407]
Eumenius, [477]
Eumolpias (Philippopolis), [278]
Eupatoria, a city of the Tauri, [292]
Euphrasius, master of the offices, [422]
Euphrates, [199], [335]
Euphronius, governor of Mesopotamia, [176]
Eupraxius, master of the records, [450]
Euripides, his tomb at Arethusa, [443]
Europos, a city of Persia, [337]
Eusebia, wife of the Emperor Constantius, [48];
her plots against Helena, [103], [253]
Eusebius, an orator, surnamed Pittacos, [23], [31];
(ii.) High Chamberlain, [33], [36], [167], [281];
(iii.) surnamed Mattyocopa, [55];
(iv.) brother of Eusebia and Hypatius, [160], [253], [516];
(v.) Bishop of Nicomedia, [295]
Euseni, an eastern people, near Persia, [29]
Euses, a town in Gaul, [79]
Eustathius, a philosopher, [136]
Eutherius, prefect of the bedchamber, [93], [232]
Eutropius, proconsul of Asia, [512]
Evagrius, one of the emperor's household, [280]
Exsuperius, one of the Victorian Legion, [361]
F.
Fabius Maximus,
[81]
Fabricius Luscinus, [548]
Fara, an island on the coast of Persia, [338]
Farnobius, [587], [601]
Faustina, the second wife of the Emperor Constantius, [253], [271], [423]
Faustinus, a military secretary, [562]
Felix, master of the offices, [233], [317]
Fericius, a Mauritanian chief, [530]
Ferratus, a mountain in Mauritania, [527]
Festus, governor of Syria, [519];
his cruelties, [528]
Fidustius, accused of magic, [505]
Firmus, a Mauritanian chief, [525];
his flight, [533];
commits suicide, [537]
Flavian, a Roman citizen, [502]
Florentius, (i.) prefect of the Prætorian Guard, [110], [128], [216], [232], [253], [270];
(ii.) the son of Nigridianus, [58], [213], [279];
(iii.) the prefect of Gaul under Valentinian, [452];
(iv.) a tribune, [430];
(v.) Duke of Germany, [525]
Fortunatianus, a count, [504]
Forum of Trajan, [102]
Fragiledus, a Sarmatian chief, [148]
Franks, [58], [141], [235]
Fraomarius, king of the Bucenobantes, a German tribe, [524]
Frigeridus, a Roman general, [595], [600]
Fritigern, general of the Goths, [587], [593], [607], [609]
Frontinus, [472]
Fullofaudes, military duke in Britain, [453]
Fulvius, a Roman general, [81]
G.
Gabinius, king of the Quadi, [539], [559]
Galactophagi, a Scythian tribe, [341]
Galatæ, the Gauls, [73]
Galerius, [38]
Galla, the mother of Gallus, [43]
Gallienus, [4]
Gallonatis, a fort in Mauritania, [531]
Gallus, nephew of Constantine the Great, [1];
his atrocities, [2];
puts the principal persons at Antioch to death, [21];
summoned by the emperor, [37];
leaves Antioch and arrives at Constantinople, [39];
is sent to Istria, [41];
put to death, [42];
his personal appearance and character, [43]
Gallus, a river in Bithynia, [426]
Garamantes, an African tribe, [307]
Garumna (the Garonne), [78]
Gaudentius, [51], [95], [143], [254], [300]
Gaugamela, a city in Adiabene, [334]
Gaul, description of, [73];
its provinces, [79];
its inhabitants, [80];
produce, [81]
Gaza (now Ghuzzeh), a city of Palestine, [29]
Gazaca, a town in Media, [337]
Geapolis, a town in Arabia, [338]
Gedrosia, a province of Persia, [343]
Gelani, a people of the East, near Persia, [134]
Geloni, a tribe near the Caspian, [291]
Genonia, a town in Parthia, [338]
Genua (Genoa), chief town of the Ligures, [77]
George, bishop of Alexandria, [300], [301]
Gerasa, a town in Arabia, [29]
Gerasus (the Pruth), [584]
Germanianus, [255]
Germanicopolis, in Bithynia, [456]
Germanicus, [306]
Germany, [78]
Gerontius, tortured by Constantius, [12]
Gildo, a Mauritanian chief, [526]
Glabrio, Acilius, [17]
Gomoarius, or Gumoharius, [233], [255], [269], [422], [429]
Gordian, the elder, [421];
(ii.) the younger, [326]
Gorgias of Leontinum, [554]
Gorgonius, Cæsar's chamberlain, [48]
Goths, [442], [445], [585];
invade Thrace, [599];
defeated by Frigeridus, [601];
massacre of the, [623]
Gratian, the elder, [566];
(ii.) son of Valentinian, [448];
takes Equitius as his colleague, [551], [602], [605];
surprised by Sebastian, [607]
Grumbates, king of the Chionitæ, [176], [185]
Gruthungi, a tribe of Ostrogoths, [446], [583]
Gundomadus, king of the Allemanni, [32], [111]
Gynæcon, a town in the Persian province of Gedrosia, [343]
Gyndes, a Persian river, [337]
H.
Hadrian, [386], [571]
Hadrianople, battle of, [610–615];
siege of by the Goths, [619];
raised, [620]
Hadrianopolis, [39], [444], [607]
Hannibal, [77];
buried at Libyssa, [295]
Harax, a river in Susiana, [335]
Hariobaudes, a tribune, [161], [162]
Hariobaudus, a king of the Allemanni, [164]
Harmozon, a promontory in Carmania, [332]
Harpalus, one of Cyrus's lieutenants, [74]
Hasdrubal, a Carthaginian general, [77]
Hatra, an ancient town in Mesopotamia, [395]
Hebrus (Maritza), a river in Thrace, [172]
Hecatæus, an ancient geographer, [287]
Hecatompylos, a town in Parthia, [338]
Helen, wife of Julian, [71];
her death and burial, [244]
Helenopolis (Frankfort-on-the-Maine), [425]
Helepolis, a military engine used in sieges, [324]
Helice, a town in Achaia, destroyed by an earthquake, [140]
Heliodorus, a seer, [504];
his atrocities, [515];
death of, [517]
Heliogabalus, [421]
Heliopolis, a town of Syria, [131]
Helpidius, prefect of the East, [253]
Hendinos, a title given to the Burgundian kings, [495]
Heniochi, a tribe near the Euxine, [290]
Heraclea, a city of Thrace, called also Perinthus, [278]
Heraclitus, the philosopher of Ephesus, [274]
Herculanus, officer of the guard, [33]
Hercules, [73]
Hermapion, [132]
Hermes Trismegistus, [270]
Hermogenes, master of the horse, [33],
(ii.) of Pontus, prefect of the prætorium, [208], [253];
(iii.) a Roman general in Germany, [481]
Hermonassa, an island in the Palus Mæotis, [291]
Hermopolis, a city in the Thebais, [312]
Herod, [29]
Herodianus, [314]
Herodotus, [311]
Hesiod, [16]
Hesperus, proconsul of Africa, [502]
Hesychia, a Roman matron, [477]
Hiaspis, a district on the Tigris, [169]
Hiberia, a country in Asia, near Colchis, [463];
is divided between the Persians and Romans, [466], [549]
Hibita, a station in Mesopotamia, [399]
Hiera, an island on the coast of Sicily, one of the Ægates, [139]
Hierapolis, a city in Commagena, [28], [267], [319];
(ii.) a city in Phrygia, [333]
Hierocles, son of Alypius, governor of Britain, [514]
Hieroglyphics of the Egyptians, [130]
Hilarinus, a charioteer, [411]
Hilarius, [505]
Hileia, a town in Mesopotamia, [170]
Hipparchus, the philosopher, [407]
Hippias of Elis, [90]
Hippocephalus, a suburb of Antioch, [270]
Hippopotamus of Egypt, [310]
Histros, a city of Thrace, [293]
Homer, [20], [71], [170], [191], [270], [341], [442], [453], [479], [617]
Honoratus, Count of the East, [3], [21]
Hormisdas, a Persian prince, [102];
(ii.) a general of the emperor Julian, [347];
(iii.) son of the preceding, [427]
Horre, a town in Mesopotamia, [183]
Hortarius, king of the Allemanni, [107], [144], [161];
(ii.) a German noble, [525]
Hucumbra, [374]
Huns, [577–582]
Hydriacus, a river in Carmania, [339]
Hydrus, the, [310]
Hymetius, proconsul of Africa, [471];
banished to Boæ, a town in Dalmatia, [472]
Hypanis (the Bog), a river of Sarmatia, [291]
Hypatius, a consul, brother of Eusebius, [160], [253], [516]
Hyperechius, [426]
Hyperides, a Grecian orator, [554]
Hyrcania, a northern province of Persia, [339]
Hystaspes, father of Darius, [336]
I.
Ibis, the sacred bird of the Egyptians, [311]
Ichneumon, an Egyptian reptile, [310]
Iconium, a town in Pisidia, [5]
Icosium, a town in Mauritania, [529]
Idmon, an augur, [290]
Igilgitanum, part of the coast of Mauritania, so called from the town Igilgili (Iijeli), [526]
Igmazen, king of Mauritania, [535]
Ilus, son of Troas, [296]
Imbros, an island off the coast of Thrace, [286]
Immo, a Roman count, [261]
Ingenuus, a rebel, [274]
Innocentius, [121]
Iphicles, a philosopher, envoy from Epirus, [561]
Iris, a river flowing into the Euxine, [289]
Isaflenses, a people of Africa, [534]
Isauria, a province of Asia Minor, [6]
Isaurians, rebellion of the, [5];
they besiege Seleucia, [8];
compelled by Nebridius to disperse, [10]
Isocrates, [570]
Izala, a mountain in Mesopotamia, [173]
J.
Jacobus, treasurer of the commander of the cavalry, [200]
Januarius, a relation of the Emperor Julian, [406]
Jasonium, a mountain in Media, [339]
Jaxamatæ, a Scythian tribe, [291]
Jaxartæ and Jaxartes, a people and river of Scythia, [341]
Jazyges, a people on the Palus Mæotis, [291]
Jerusalem, the temple of, [317]
Jews, [283]
Jovian, chief officer of the guard, [276];
son of Varronianus, [388];
elected emperor after Julian, [388];
his treaty with Sapor, [393];
advances to Hatra, [395];
his severity, [399];
visits Tarsus, [402];
dies suddenly at Dadastana, [403];
his character, [405];
his body brought to Constantinople, [406]
Jovianus, a secretary, [361], [398], [417]
Jovinianus, a Persian satrap, [175]
Jovinus, master of the horse, [256], [261], [279], [396];
commander of the forces in Gaul, [414];
his vigour, [436];
defeats the Germans, [458];
his execution, [501]
Jovius, a quæstor, [256], [294]
Juba, king of Mauritania, [308]
Jubileni, an African tribe, [535]
Julian, son of Constantius and Basilina, [383];
born at Constantinople, [295];
educated by Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, [295];
protected by Queen Eusebia, [48];
is invested with the title of Cæsar, [69];
married to Helena, [71];
made consul, [83];
marches against the Allemanni, [85];
temperate habits, [89];
his moderation, [91];
plots against, [93];
second consulship, [104];
his first campaign, [105];
his prudence, [107];
his speech to his soldiers, [109];
the Allemanni sue for peace, [126];
fixes his winter residence at Paris, [128];
attacks the Chamavi, [141];
military sedition, [142];
he crosses the Rhine, [163];
Constantius grows jealous of him, [216];
saluted as emperor, [219];
his dream, [223];
his letters to Constantius, [229];
elected emperor by the army, [234];
crosses the Rhine, and attacks the Attuarii, [235];
death of his wife Helena, [244];
pretended adherence to Christianity, [246];
defeats the Allemanni, [249];
speech to his soldiers, [250];
enters Sirmium, [257];
his letter to the senate, [259];
besieges Aquileia, [261];
his march through France, [267];
hears of the death of Constantius, and enters Constantinople, [278];
his severities, [279];
reforms the imperial palace, [281];
openly professes paganism, [283];
sets out for Antioch, [295];
visits the ancient temple of Cybele at Pessinus, and offers sacrifices, [296];
winters at Antioch, [298];
forbids the masters of rhetoric to instruct Christians, [299];
prepares for an expedition against the Persians, [302];
orders the church at Antioch to be closed, [304];
writes his 'Misopogon,' [305];
marches into Mesopotamia, and arrives at Carrhæ, [320];
addresses his army, [328];
invades Assyria, [347];
captures and burns Pirisabora, [353];
addresses the army, [354];
his continence, [368];
his sacrifice to Mars, [369];
storms Maogamalcha, [357–362];
burns all his ships except twelve, [370];
his self-denial, [377];
alarmed by prodigies, [377];
wounded in fighting with the Persians, [379];
his dying speech, [381];
death, [383];
his character, [383–386];
his personal appearance, [387]
Julian, uncle of the emperor, [317]
Juliers (Juliacum Francorum), [127]
Julius, a count commanding the army in Thrace, [422], [623]
Justina, wife of Valentinian, [575];
sister of Cerealis, [482]
Juvenal, [488]
Juventius Siscianus, the quæstor, [413];
made prefect of the city, [441]
K.
Kellen (Triæsinæ), a town in Germany, [161]
L.
Lacotene, a town in Armenia, [236]
Lagarimanus, a general of the Goths, [584]
Laipso, a tribune, [121]
Lamforctense, a town in Mauritania, [528]
Lampadius, prefect of the prætorian guard, [55];
made prefect of the city, [440]
Lampsacus, a city of Mysia, [287]
Laniogaisus, a Frank and tribune, [59]
Laodicea, a town of Syria, [28]
Laranda, a town in Isauria, [8]
Latinus, count of the domestics, [34]
Laudias, a fort in Mesopotamia, [179]
Laumellum, a town in Italy, [72]
Lauricius, sent as governor to Isauria, [211]
Lawyers, Roman, described, [555]
Lazica, a province of Scythia, [465]
Leap-year explained, [407]
Leman (the Lake Leman), [79]
Lemnos, an island off the coast of Thrace, [286]
Lentia (Lintz), [52], [602]
Lentienses, incursions of the, [53]
Leo, a Pannonian, [407], [470], [551], [561]
Leonas, quæstor of Constantius, [233]
Leontius, prefect of Rome, [65]
Leptis, a town in Africa, distress of, [497];
implores the emperor's aid, [499]
Lesbos, an island on the Ægean Sea, [286]
Letian, a German tribe, [231]
Leuce, an island in the Black Sea, [292]
Liberius, bishop of Rome, banished by Constantius for refusing to concur in the deposition of Athanasius, [67]
Libino, a count, sent by Julian against the Allemanni and slain, [247]
Libya, [312]
Libyssa, a town in Bithynia, [295]
Limigantes, slaves of the Sarmatians, [151], [203];
their treachery, [151], [203], [205];
defeated, [207]
Lions in Mesopotamia, [177]
Londinium (London), [212], [454], [483]
Lorne, a fort in Mesopotamia, [201]
Lotophagi, mentioned by Homer, [20]
Lucillianus, count of the domestics, and father-in-law of Jovian, [39], [159], [175], [257], [322], [396],