History of the Wars, Books I and II: The Persian War - Procopius - Page №47
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Procopius
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  • Baradotus, priest of Constantina,
  • his godliness, II. [xiii. 13];
  • persuades Cabades to spare Constantina, II. [xiii. 14], [xiii. 15]
  • Barbalissum, fortress on the Euphrates, distance from Obbane, II. [xii. 4]
  • Barbarian Plain, The, near Sergiopolis, II. [v. 29]
  • Baresmanas, Persian general, at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 16], [xiv. 32], [xiv. 45];
  • standard bearer of, attacked and killed by Sunicas, I. [xiv. 47-50]
  • Barlaus, Gate of, in the wall of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 44]
  • Basilides, appointed quaestor in place of Tribunianus, I. [xxiv. 18]
  • Basilius, father of John of Edessa, II. [xxi. 27]
  • Bassaces, son-in-law of John, accompanies him on a mission to Bouzes, II. [iii. 29];
  • escapes with his companions from an ambush, II. [iii. 30];
  • leads an embassy to the Persian king, II. [iii. 31];
  • comes with Armenians to Byzantium, II. [xxi. 34]
  • Bassicius, trusted friend of the Armenian king Arsaces, I. [v. 17];
  • flayed by Pacurius, I. [v. 28]
  • Batne, fortress one day's journey distant from Edessa, II. [xii. 31]
  • Belisarius, married to Antonina, I. [xxv. 11];
  • in company with Sittas invades Persarmenia, I. [xii. 20], [xii. 21];
  • defeated by Narses and Aratius, I. [xii. 22];
  • appointed commander of troops in Daras with Procopius his adviser, I. [xii. 24];
  • at the command of Justinian undertakes to build a fortress in Mindouos, I. [xiii. 2], [xiii. 3];
  • prevented by the Persians, I. [xiii. 4] ff.;
  • made General of the East, I. [xiii. 9];
  • in company with Hermogenes prepares to meet the Persians at Daras, I. [xiii. 12] ff.;
  • at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19] ff.;
  • sends letters to Mirranes, I. [xiv. 1] ff., 7;
  • address to his soldiers, I. [xiv. 20] ff.;
  • arrays the army on the second day of the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 28];
  • wins a brilliant victory, I. [xiv. 47] ff.;
  • recalls the Romans from the pursuit of the Persians, I. [xiv. 53];
  • hurries to meet the invading army of Azarethes I. [xviii. 4];
  • follows the retiring Persian army, I. [xviii. 9] ff.;
  • ridiculed by his army, I. [xviii. 12];
  • attempts to dissuade the Romans from battle, I. [xviii. 16] ff.;
  • insulted by his army, I. [xviii. 24];
  • arrays them for battle, I. [xviii. 25], [xviii. 26];
  • fights valiantly after most of the Roman army had been routed, I. [xviii. 41] ff.;
  • returns to Byzantium in order to go against the Vandals, I. [xxi. 2];
  • his share in quelling the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 40] ff.;
  • made General of the East and sent to Libya, I. [xxvi. 1];
  • victorious in Italy, II. [i. 1];
  • brings Vittigis to Byzantium, II. [iv. 13];
  • shares the command of the East with Bouzes, II. [vi. 1];
  • summoned from Italy to Byzantium, II. [xiv. 8];
  • sent against Chosroes, II. [xiv. 8], [xiv. 13];
  • gathers an army in Mesopotamia, II. [xvi. 1] ff.;
  • invades Persia, II. [xviii. 1] ff.;
  • defeats Nabedes at Nisibis, II. [xviii. 24], [xviii. 25];
  • sends Arethas into Assyria, II. [xix. 15];
  • attacks Sisauranon, II. [xix. 4] ff.;
  • captures it, II. [xix. 24];
  • holds consultation with commanders, II. [xix. 35] ff.;
  • returns to Roman territory, II. [xix. 45];
  • recalled to Byzantium, II. [xix. 49];
  • journeys swiftly to the East to confront Chosroes, II. [xx. 20];
  • gathers an army at Europum, II. [xx. 24] ff.;
  • receives Abandanes, the envoy of Chosroes, I. [xxi. 2] ff.;
  • forces Chosroes to retire, II. [xxi. 21];
  • gives John of Edessa as a hostage, II. [xxi. 27];
  • his great fame, II. [xxi. 28], [xxi. 29];
  • summoned to Byzantium, II. [xxi. 34]
  • Beroea, a town of Syria between Hierapolis and Antioch, II. [vii. 2];
  • distance from Chalcis, II. [xii. 1];
  • Chosroes demands money from the inhabitants, II. [vii. 5];
  • the citizens retire to the acropolis, II. [vii. 7];
  • the lower city entered by Chosroes and a large part of it fired, II. [vii. 10], [vii. 11];
  • acropolis valiantly defended against Chosroes, II. [vii. 12];
  • miserable plight of the besieged, II. [vii. 13];
  • citizens capitulate to Chosroes, II. [vii. 35]
  • Beros, an Erulian leader, encamps near Martinus, II. [xxiv. 14];
  • with Philemouth follows Peter into Persia, II. [xxiv. 18]
  • Bessas, a Goth, officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3];
  • commander in Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 5]
  • Bithynians, on the Euxine Sea, II. [xxviii. 23]
  • Black Gulf, II. [iv. 8]
  • Black Sea, See "Euxine."
  • Blases, brother of Perozes, chosen king in place of Cabades, deposed, I. [v. 2];
  • imprisoned and blinded by Cabades, I. [vi. 17]
  • Blemyes, a people of upper Aegypt, I. [xix. 28];
  • receive annual payment from the Roman emperor, I. [xix. 32], [xix. 33];
  • Diocletian purposes to hold them in check by means of the Nobatae, I. [xix. 30];
  • their religion, I. [xix. 35], [xix. 36]
  • Bleschames, commander of the Persian soldiers in Sisauranon, II. [xix. 3];
  • sent to Byzantium by Belisarius with Persian captives, II. [xix. 24];
  • sent to Italy by Justinian, II. [xix. 25]
  • Blue Faction, their struggles with the Green Faction, I. [xxiv. 2-6];
  • favoured by Justinian, II. [xi. 32];
  • in the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 7] ff.;
  • also called the "Veneti"
  • Blue Colonnade, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 49]
  • Boas River, considered by Procopius the upper portion of the Phasis, II. [xxix. 14-16]
  • Boes, a Persian general, I. [xii. 10]
  • Bolum, fortress in Persarmenia, near which were the gold mines of the Persian king, I. [xv. 18];
  • betrayed to the Romans by Isaac, I. [xv. 32], [xv. 33];
  • its return demanded by Chosroes, I. [xxii. 3];
  • given up by the Romans, I. [xxii. 18]
  • Boraedes, nephew of Justinian, assists in making Hypatius prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53]
  • Bosporus, a city on the Euxine, I. [xii. 7];
  • citizens of, put themselves under the sway of Justinus, I. [xii. 8];
  • Justinian accused of seizing it, II. [iii. 40]
  • Bouzes, brother of Coutzes, commander in Lebanon, I. [xiii. 5];
  • sent to support Belisarius at Mindouos, [ib].;
  • commander in Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 5];
  • at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19], [xiii. 25] ff.;
  • sent against the Armenians, II. [iii. 28];
  • his offers of friendship distrusted by them, II. [iii. 28], [iii. 29];
  • slays John treacherously, II. [iii. 31];
  • shares the command of the East with Belisarius, II. [vi. 1];
  • makes suggestions as to the defence of Hierapolis, II. [vi. 2] ff.;
  • abandons the city, II. [vi. 7], [vi. 8];
  • prevents the citizens of Edessa from ransoming the captives of Antioch, II. [xiii. 6];
  • favours invasion of Persia by Belisarius, II. [xvi. 16];
  • takes refuge with Justus in Hierapolis, II. [xx. 20];
  • they invite Belisarius to join them, II. [xx. 21] ff.;
  • but later come to him at Europum, II. [xx. 28]
  • Braducius, interpreter of Isdigousnas, II. [xxviii. 41]
  • Bronze Gate, in the emperor's palace in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 47]
  • Bulicas, harbour of the Homeritae, I. [xix. 21]
  • Byzantium, Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 1] ff.;
  • suburbs ravaged by Huns, II. [iv. 4];
  • visited by the pestilence, II. [xxii. 9] ff.;
  • Chosroes contemplates its capture by way of the Euxine, II. [xxviii. 23]
  • Cabades, youngest son of Perozes, I. [iv. 2];
  • chosen king of Persia, I. [iv. 34];
  • introduces innovations into the Persian government displeasing the people, I. [v. 1];
  • cast into the Prison of Oblivion, I. [v. 7];
  • escapes from it, I. [vi. 7], [vi. 8], [vi. 10];
  • enters Persia with an army of Ephthalitae, I. [vi. 10-17];
  • appoints Adergoudounbades "chanaranges" I. [vi. 15], [vi. 18];
  • deposes Blases, I. [vi.17];
  • institutes a new office, I. [vi. 18], [vi. 19];
  • appeals to Anastasius
  • for a loan, I. [vii. 1];
  • invades Roman territory, I. [vii. 3];
  • grants request of Jacobus, the hermit, I. [vii. 9-11];
  • besieges Amida, I. [vii. 12-29];
  • captures Amida, I. [vii. 29];
  • puts Glones in command of the city, I. [vii. 33];
  • his treatment of the captives of Amida, I. [vii. 34];
  • routs the Roman armies near Amida, I. [viii. 8-19];
  • shews kindness to Baradotus by sparing Constantina, II. [xiii. 13];
  • desirous of capturing Edessa and Constantina, II. [xiii. 8];
  • abandons his purpose of capturing Edessa, II. [xiii. 9] ff.;
  • retires in order to meet an invasion of the Huns, I. [viii. 19];
  • seizes the Caspian Gates, I. [x. 12];
  • protests at the fortification of Daras, I. [x. 16];
  • solicitude as to his successor, I. [xi. 2] ff.;
  • cured by Stephanus of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 31];
  • hates his oldest son Caoses, I. [xi. 3], II. [ix. 12];
  • requests Justinus to adopt Chosroes, I. [xi. 9], [xi. 20] ff.;
  • unwilling to save Seoses, I. [xi. 36], [xi. 37];
  • tries to force the Iberians to adopt the Persian religion, I. [xii. 2] ff.;
  • sends an army against them, I. [xii. 10];
  • sends an army into Roman Armenia, I. [xv. 1];
  • his gold mine at Pharangium, I. [xv. 27];
  • deprived of the revenue therefrom, I. [xv. 28], [xv. 29];
  • treats with the ambassador Rufinus at Daras, I. [xvi. 1] ff.;
  • punishes Perozes, I. [xvii. 26] ff.;
  • plans a new campaign against the Romans, I. [xvii. 29];
  • advised by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 30] ff.;
  • adopts the suggestion of Alamoundaras, I. [xviii. 1];
  • dishonours Azarethes, I. [xviii. 51] ff.;
  • refuses to negotiate with Hermogenes, I. [xxi. 1];
  • bought pearl from the Ephthalitae, I. [iv. 16];
  • his last illness, I. [xxi. 17] ff.;
  • his ability as a ruler, I. [vi. 19]
  • Cabades, son of Zames, plot to set him on the Persian throne in place of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 4];
  • ordered to be killed by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 7];
  • escapes by the help of the chanaranges, I. [xxiii. 9] ff.;
  • one claiming this name entertained by Justinian in Byzantium, I. [xxiii. 23], [xxiii. 24]
  • Cadiseni, in the Persian army at the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 38], [xiv. 39]
  • Caesar, the title used by the Persians to designate the Roman emperor, II. [xxi. 9], [xi. 35]
  • Caesarea, the home of Procopius, I. [i. 1]
  • Caisus, a Homerite, of captain's rank, a fugitive because of murder committed by him, I. [xx. 9], [xx. 10]
  • Callinicus, city of Mesopotamia, II. [xi. 28];
  • on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 13];
  • Roman army conveyed thither by boats after the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 50];
  • taken by Chosroes, II. [xxi. 30] ff.
  • Candidus, priest of Sergiopolis, makes agreement with Chosroes, II. [v. 31];
  • punished by Chosroes for failing to keep his agreement, II. [xx. 2] ff., [xx. 15], [xx. 16]
  • Caoses, oldest son of Cabades, I. [xi. 3];
  • hated by his father, II. [ix. 12];
  • claims the throne of Persia upon the death of Cabades, I. [xxi. 20];
  • prevented by Mebodes from becoming king, I. [xxi. 22]
  • Cappadocia, country of Asia embracing a portion of the Taurus, I. [x. 1];
  • desired by Chosroes, II. [xxviii. 23];
  • visited by Orestes, I. [xvii. 16]
  • Carrhae, city of Mesopotamia, citizens of, offer money to Chosroes, II. [xiii. 7];
  • able to see the smoke of the burning "agger" at Edessa, II. [xxvii. 15]
  • Caspian Gates, their location and strategic importance, I. [x. 1] ff.;
  • fortified by Alexander, I. [x. 9];
  • offered to Anastasius by Ambazouces, I. [x. 10];
  • seized by Cabades, I. [x. 12], [xvi. 4], [xvi. 7], [xxii. 5];
  • guarded by the Persians, II. [x. 21]
  • Cassandria, known in ancient times as Potidaea, captured by the Huns, II. [iv. 5]
  • Catholicos, title of the priest of Doubios, II. [xxv. 4]
  • Caucasus Mountains, I. [xv. 26];
  • inhabited by Huns, II. [xv. 3], [xv. 29], [xxviii. 22];
  • by Alani, etc., II. [xxix. 15];
  • barbarians in, held in check by Lazica, II. [xxviii. 22]
  • Celer, Roman general, I. [viii. 2];
  • invades Arzanene, I. [viii. 21], II. [xv. 7];
  • with Patricius and Hypatius besieges Amida, I. [ix. 1];
  • negotiates a treaty with Aspebedes, I. [ix. 24]
  • Celesene, district in Armenia, I. [xvii. 11], [xvii. 21];
  • sanctuary of Artemis there, I. [xvii. 11]
  • Cerataeum, a district of Antioch, II. [x. 7]
  • Chalcis, city in Syria, distance from Gabboulon, I. [xviii. 8];
  • from Beroea, II. [xii. 1];
  • saved from Chosroes by money payment, II. [xii. 1], [xii. 2]
  • Chanaranges (lit. "Commander of the Frontier Troops"), Persian term for "general," I. [v. 4], [vi. 12], [xxiii. 7]
  • Chanaranges, Persian general, shares command of invading army, I. [xxi. 4];
  • besieges Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 14], [xxi. 15];
  • retires, I. [xxi. 27]
  • Cherson, a city at the limits of Roman territory on the Euxine, I. [xii. 7]
  • Chersonesus, its wall assailed by the Huns, II. [iv. 8]
  • Chorzianene, place in Armenia, Eruli encamp there, II. [xxiv. 14]
  • Chosroes, third son of Cabades, I. [xi. 5];
  • Cabades proposes to Justinus that he adopt Chosroes, I. [xi. 6] ff.;
  • Ch. awaits outcome of negotiations regarding his adoption by Justinus, I. [xi. 27];
  • retires in anger to Persia, I. [xi. 30];
  • declared by Cabades in his testament successor to the throne of Persia, I. [xxi. 17] ff.;
  • his election to the kingship, I. [xxi. 22];
  • meets Roman ambassadors on the Tigris, I. [xxii. 1] ff.;
  • failure of their negotiations, I. [xxii. 12] ff.;
  • grants the prayer of Rufinus, I. [xxii. 15];
  • concludes the "endless peace." I. [xxii. 16], [xxii. 17];
  • his unpopularity among the Persians, I. [xxiii. 1-3];
  • plot to dethrone him, I. [xxiii. 3] ff.;
  • slays Zames and other male relatives, I. [xxiii. 6];
  • orders the chanaranges to slay Cabades, son of Zames, I. [xxiii. 7];
  • hears from Varrames how Cabades had been spared, I. [xxiii. 13];
  • his punishment of Adergoudounbades, I. [xxiii. 14] ff.;
  • destroys Mebodes, I. [xxiii. 25] ff.;
  • vexed at Roman successes in Libya, I. [xxvi. 2];
  • demands his share of the spoils, I. [xxvi. 3];
  • desires to break the treaty with the Romans, II. [i. 1];
  • charges Justinian with having broken the treaty, II. [i. 12-14], [x. 13], [16];
  • hears with favour the ambassadors of Vittigis, II. [ii. 12];
  • receives an embassy from the Armenians, II. [iii. 32] ff.;
  • decides to open hostilities against the Romans, II. [iii. 55];
  • admonished by Justinian by letter, II. [iv. 17] ff.;
  • detains Anastasius, II. [iv. 26];
  • dismisses him, II. [v. 27];
  • first invasion of Roman territory, II. [v. 1];
  • marches towards Syria, II. [v. 4];
  • refrains from attacking Zenobia, II. [v. 7];
  • arriving at Sura, besieges the city, II. [v. 8] ff.;
  • captures it by a strategem, II. [v. 22] ff.;
  • marries Euphemia, II. [v. 28];
  • releases captives for ransom, II. [v. 29];
  • hears the plea of Megas, II. [vi. 18] ff.;
  • exacts money from the Hierapolitans, II. [vi. 22-24];
  • promises to depart from the East for ten centenaria of gold, II. [vi. 25];
  • demands money from the Beroeans, II. [vii. 5];
  • enters Beroea and fires a large portion of it, II. [vii. 10], [vii. 11];
  • besieges the acropolis, II. [vii. 11] ff.;
  • reproached by Megas, II. [vii. 19];
  • his reply, II. [vii. 20] ff.;
  • allows the Beroeans to capitulate, II. [vii. 35];
  • moves against Antioch, II. [viii. 1];
  • demands money from the citizens of Antioch, II. [viii. 4];
  • hears the ambassadors, II. [viii. 5];
  • insulted by the citizens, II. [viii. 6];
  • storms the city wall, II. [viii. 8] ff.;
  • captures Antioch, II. [viii. 20];
  • reproached by Zaberganes, II. [viii. 30] ff.;
  • addresses the ambassadors, I. [ix. 1] ff.;
  • his hesitation in allowing the Persians to enter Antioch, II. [viii. 22-24], [ix. 7];
  • his character II. [ix. 8-12];
  • orders the plunder of Antioch, II. [ix. 14];
  • burns the city, II. [ix. 17], [ix. 18];
  • addressed by the ambassadors, II. [x. 10] ff.;
  • demands money from them, II. [x. 19] ff.;
  • agrees upon terms for peace, II. [x. 24];
  • visits Seleucia, II. [xi. 1];
  • visits Daphne, II. [xi. 5] ff.;
  • burns the sanctuary of Michael at Daphne, II. [xi. 12], [xi. 13];
  • proceeds to Apamea, I. [xi. 14];
  • enters the city and seizes its treasures, II. [xi. 24] ff.;
  • becomes a spectator in the hippodrome, II. [xi. 31] ff.;
  • impales a Persian adulterer, II. [xi. 37], [xi. 38];
  • exacts money from the citizens of Chalcis, II. [xii. 1], [xii. 2];
  • crosses the Euphrates by a bridge, II. [xii. 3] ff.;
  • eager to capture Edessa because of the belief of the Christians that it could not be captured, II. [xii. 6] ff., [29], [31;]
  • demands and receives money from the citizens, II. [xii. 33], [xii. 34];
  • upon receipt of a letter from Justinian prepares for departure, II. [xiii. 1], [xiii. 2];
  • protests at the offer of money by the citizens of Carrhae, II. [xiii. 7];
  • accepts money from the citizens of Constantina, II. [xiii. 8];
  • claims Constantina as his possession by inheritance, [ib]., II. [xiii. 15];
  • besieges Daras, II. [xi. 28], [xiii. 16];
  • abandons the siege of Daras upon receipt of money, II. [xiii. 28];
  • charged by Justinian with breaking the treaty, II. [xiii. 29];
  • provides a home for the captives of Antioch, II. [xiv. 1] ff.;
  • called in by the Lazi, II. [xv. 1], [xv. 12] ff.;
  • prepares to invade Lazica, II. [xv. 31-35];
  • Belisarius sent against him, II. [xiv. 8];
  • invades Lazica, II. [xvii. 1] ff.;
  • commands an attack to be made on Petra, II. [xvii. 4];
  • impales Aniabedes, II. [xvii. 11];
  • besieges Petra, II. [xvii. 13] ff.;
  • captures Petra, II. [xvii. 27];
  • retires from Lazica, II. [xix. 48];
  • third invasion of Roman territory, II. [xx. 1] ff.;
  • besieges Sergiopolis in vain, II. [xx. 11] ff.;
  • punishes Candidus, the priest of Sergiopolis, II. [xx. 2] ff., [xx. 15], [xx. 16];
  • takes much treasure from Sergiopolis, II. [xx. 7];
  • sends envoy to Belisarius, II. [xxi. 1], [xxi. 23];
  • retires before Belisarius, II. [xxi. 15] ff.;
  • crosses the Euphrates by a bridge, II. [xxi. 21];
  • takes Callinicus, II. [xi. 28], [xxi. 30-32];
  • receives the hostage John, II. [xxi. 27];
  • awaits the Roman envoys at Adarbiganon, II. [xxiv. 1] ff.;
  • his army visited by the pestilence, II. [xxiv. 8], [xxiv. 12];
  • retires from Adarbiganon into Assyria, II. [xxiv. 12];
  • fourth invasion of Roman territory, II. [xxvi. 1] ff.;
  • makes an attempt upon Edessa, II. [xxvi. 5] ff.;
  • comes to terms with the citizens of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 46];
  • arranges a five-year truce with Constantianus and Sergius, II. [xxviii. 7] ff.;
  • lays plans to capture Daras and secure his possession of Lazica, II. [xxviii. 15] ff.;
  • attemps to capture Daras by a ruse, II. [xxviii. 31] ff.;
  • plans to build a fleet in the Euxine, II. [xxix. 1];
  • sends Phabrizus into Lazica to destroy Goubazes, II. [xxix. 2] ff.;
  • sends an army to relieve Petra, II. [xxix. 13]
  • Christ, suffered in Jerusalem, II. [xi. 14].
  • See "Jesus."
  • Christians, converted two temples into churches, I. [xvii. 18];
  • boast that Edessa cannot be captured, II. [xii. 7];
  • reverence especially the feast of Easter, I. [xviii.15];
  • the Lazi and Iberians devout Christians, I. [xii. 3], II. [xxviii. 26];
  • among the Homeritae, abused by Jews, I. [xx. 1]
  • Cilicia, the refuge of Ephraemius, II. [vii. 17];
  • and Germanus, II. [vii. 18]
  • Cilicians, the objective of Chosroes' invasion, II. [v. 4], [vi. 21]
  • Cilician screens, used at the siege of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 29]
  • Circesium, Roman stronghold on the Euphrates, II. [v. 2];
  • its excellent defences, II. [v. 3]
  • Citharizon, fortress in Armenia, four days from Theodosiopolis, II. [xxiv. 13]
  • Colchis, the old name for Lazica (q.v.) I. [xi. 28], etc.
  • Comana, called "Golden Comana," a city of Cappadocia founded by Orestes, I. [xvii. 19]
  • Comana, city in Pontus, founded by Orestes, not the one "Among the Taurians," I. [xvii. 12]
  • Comet, The, its appearance in the heavens, II. [iv. 1], [iv. 2];
  • various explanations of the meaning of the phenomenon, II. [iv. 3]
  • Commagene, old name for Euphratesia, I. [xvii. 2], [xvii. 23], II. [xx. 17];
  • invaded by the Persians, I. [xviii. 2]
  • Constantianus, an Illyrian, II. [xxiv. 4];
  • envoy to Chosroes with Sergius, II. [xxiv. 3];
  • appointed general, II. [xxviii. 2];
  • sent as envoy to Chosroes with Sergius a second time, II. [xxviii. 3] ff.
  • Constantina, city in Mesopotamia, I. [xxii. 3];
  • distance from Arzamon, I. [viii. 10];
  • Cabades desirous of capturing the city, II. [xiii. 8];
  • spared by Cabades owing to the entreaties of Baradotus, II. [xiii. 13] ff.;
  • claimed by Chosroes as an inherited possession, II. [xiii. 8], [xiii. 15];
  • citizens of, their offer of money accepted by Chosroes, II. [xiii. 8]
  • Constantine, Forum of, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 9], [xxiv. 24]
  • Coutzes, Roman general, brother of Bouzes, sent to support Belisarius at Mindouos, I. [xiii. 5];
  • captured by the Persians, I. [xiii. 8]
  • Ctesiphon, town on the Tigris, II. [xxviii. 4-5];
  • distance from the Antioch of Chosroes, II. [xiv. 1]
  • Cyril, Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21]
  • Cyrus, king of the Persians, II. [ii. 15]
  • Cyzicus, John the Cappadocian exiled thither, I. [xxv. 31]
  • Dagaris, a Roman spy, captured by Huns, I. [xv. 6];
  • returned to the Romans, I. [xxii. 18];
  • his later services to the Romans, I. [xxii. 19]
  • Dagisthaeus, commands an army to succour the Lazi, II. [xxix. 10];
  • with Goubazes besieges Petra, II. [xxix. 11] ff.;
  • sends an insufficient force to guard the pass into Lazica, II. [xxix. 33-34];
  • his incompetent conduct of the siege of Petra, II. [xxix. 34] ff.;
  • deceived by Mirranes, II. [xxx. 7];
  • abandons Petra, II. [xxx. 11];
  • with Phoubelis attacks Mermeroes, II. [xxx. 22];
  • with Goubazes attacks and almost annihilates the Persians, II. [xxx. 39] ff.
  • Daphne, suburb of Antioch, I. [viii. 25];
  • visited by Chosroes, II. [xi. 5] ff.;
  • the portent of the uprooted cypresses, II. [xiv. 5]
  • Daras, a city in Mesopotamia, fortified by Anastasius, I. [x. 13];
  • distance from Nisibis and the Persian boundary, I. [x. 14];
  • from Ammodius, I. [xiii. 15];
  • its formidable defences, II. [xiii. 17];
  • a menace to the Persians, I. [xvi. 6];
  • battle of, I. [xiii. 12] ff.;
  • the Persians demand that its
  • walls be demolished, I. [xvi. 7];
  • its abandonment by the Roman army a condition of the "endless peace," I. [xxii. 16];
  • the tyranny of John, I. [xxvi. 5-12];
  • besieged by Chosroes, II. [xi. 28], [xiii. 16] ff.;
  • citizens of, make a settlement with Chosroes, II. [xiii. 28];
  • Chosroes plans to capture it by a ruse, II. [xxviii. 17];
  • failure of the attempt, II. [xxviii. 31] ff.
  • Death, Gate of, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 52]
  • Diocletian, Roman emperor, readjusts the Roman boundary in Aegypt, I. [xix. 29] ff.;
  • builds the fortress of Philae, I. [xix. 34], [xix. 35]
  • Diogenes, a guardsman, commander of cavalry, II. [xxi. 2], [xxi. 18], [xxi. 20]
  • Domentiolus commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15]
  • Dorotheus, a Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21]
  • Dorotheus, general of Armenia, attacks invading Persian army, I. [xv. 3] ff.;
  • makes a sally from Satala upon the Persian army, I. [xv. 11] ff.
  • Doubios, district in Persarmenia, II. [xxv. 1], [xxv. 2];
  • its trade with India, II. [xxv. 3];
  • distance from Theodosiopolis, II. [xxv. 1];
  • Mermeroes stops there with his army II. [xxx. 33];
  • priest of, called Catholicos, II. [xxv. 4];
  • sent to urge the Romans to make peace, II. [xxiv. 6], [xxiv. 7]
  • Easter, its especial observance by the Christians, I. [xviii. 15]
  • Edessa, the centre of so-called Osroene, I. [xvii. 24];
  • in Mesopotamia, II. [xxiv. 4];
  • Augustus promises to build a hippodrome in the city, II. [xii. 18];
  • the story of its toparch Augarus, II. [xii. 8] ff.;
  • citizens of, convinced that the city could not be captured by barbarians, II. [xii. 7], [xii. 26], [xii. 30];
  • the letter of Christ to Augarus inscribed on the city wall, II. [xii. 26];
  • given over to the Persians by the son of Augarus, II. [xii. 28];
  • citizens of, destroy the Persian guards and give back the city to the Romans, II. [xii. 29];
  • citizens pay Chosroes two centenaria, II. [xii. 34];
  • their zeal to ransom the captives of Antioch frustrated by Bouzes, II. [xiii. 3] ff.;
  • Cabades desirous of capturing the city, II. [xii. 6], [xii. 7], [xii. 31], [xiii. 8];
  • abandons his purpose upon reaching it, II. [xiii. 9] ff.;
  • attacked by Chosroes, II. [xxvi.5] ff.;
  • the home of Sergius, II. [xxiv. 4]
  • Eirenaeus, Roman general, sent to Lazica, I. [xii. 14]
  • Elephantina, city in Aegypt, on the Roman boundary, I. [xix. 27];
  • near Philae, I. [xix. 34], [xix. 35]
  • Endielon, place near Amida, I. [vii. 5]
  • Ephraemius, chief priest of Antioch, accused of treason by Julian, II. [vii. 16];
  • retires to Cilicia, II. [vii. 17]
  • Ephthalitae Huns, called White Huns, their manners and customs, I. [iii. 1], [iii. 2];
  • wage war with Perozes, I. [iii. 1] ff.;
  • entrap the Persian army, I. [iii. 8] ff.;
  • in a second war with Perozes completely destroy his army, I. [iv. 1] ff.;
  • force the Persians to pay tribute, I. [iv. 35];
  • receive Cabades after his escape from the Prison of Oblivion, I. [vi. 10];
  • Cabades owes their king money, I. [vii. 1], [vii. 2];
  • punished for impiety towards Jacobus, the hermit, I. [vii. 8];
  • eight hundred Eph. killed by the Persians, I. [viii. 13]
  • Eruli, accustomed to fight without protective armour except a shield, II. [xxv. 27], [xxv. 28];
  • in the Roman army, II. [xxi. 4];
  • in the Roman army at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19], [xiv. 33], [xiv. 39];
  • under Mundus, I. [xxiv. 41];
  • in the army of Valerianus, II. [xxiv. 12];
  • with the army of Martinus, II. [xxiv. 14];
  • follow Peter into Persia, II. [xxiv. 18];
  • in the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 20] ff.
  • Esimiphaeus, established as king of the Homeritae, I. [xx. 1];
  • deposed by insurgents, I. [xx. 3];
  • makes idle promise to Justinian, I. [xx. 9] ff.
  • Euphemia, daughter of John the Cappadocian I. [xxv. 13]
  • Euphemia, captive of Sura, married by Chosroes, II. [v. 28]
  • Euphratesia, ancient name of Commagene I. [xvii. 2], [xvii. 23], II. [xx. 17], [xx. 20];
  • chosen by Azarethes as the starting point for an invasion of Roman territory, I. [xvii. 2]
  • Euphrates River, its source in Armenia, I. [xvii. 4];
  • disappears in a strange marsh, I. [xvii. 6] ff.;
  • its course from Celesene as far as the junction with the Tigris, I. [xvii. 21], [xvii. 22];
  • receives the waters of the Aborrhas, II. [v. 1];
  • protects one side of Circesium, [ib].;
  • important battle on its banks, I. [xviii. 30] ff.
  • Europe, invaded by the Huns, II. [iv. 4] ff.
  • Europum, on the Euphrates, headquarters of Belisarius while
  • recruiting his army, II. [xx. 24], [xx. 27], [xx. 28]
  • Eusebius, Roman ambassador to the Persian king Perozes, I. [iii. 8];
  • warns Perozes of the stratagem of the Ephthalitae I. [iii. 13]
  • Eusebius, bishop of Cyzicus, murdered by the citizens, I. [xxv. 37], [xxv. 38]
  • Euxine Sea, receives the waters of the Phasis, II. [xxix. 18];
  • Chosroes desires an outlet to it, II. [xxviii. 23]
  • Evaris, builder of a temple of Michael at Tretum, near Antioch, II. [xi. 7]
  • Florentinus, a Thracian, distinguishes himself at the battle of Satala, I. [xv. 15], [xv. 16]
  • Gabalas, a Saracen, father of Arethas, I. [xvii. 47]
  • Galatians, on the Euxine, II. [xxviii. 23]
  • Gabboulon, distance from Chalcis, I. [xviii. 8]
  • Gaza, limit of Arabia in olden times, I. [xix. 20]
  • Gelimer, brought captive to Byzantium by Belisarius, II. [xxi. 28]
  • George, confidant of Belisarius, persuades the inhabitants of Sisauranon to capitulate, II. [xix. 22], [xix. 23];
  • saves the city of Daras, II. [xxviii. 33] f.
  • Germanus, nephew of Justinian, II. [vi. 9];
  • commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21];
  • sent to meet the invasion of Chosroes, II. [vi. 9];
  • establishes himself In Antioch and inspects the fortifications, II. [vi. 10];
  • retires into Cilicia, II. [vii. 18]
  • Glones, a Persian, in command of the garrison in Amida, I. [vii. 33];
  • destroyed by a stratagem, I. [ix. 5-17];
  • son of, I. [ix. 4], [ix. 18]
  • Godidisklus, a Goth, an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3]
  • Gorgo, city of the Ephthalitae, against the Persian frontier, I. [iii. 2], [iv. 10]
  • Goths, march with Belisarius against Chosroes, II. [xiv. 10], [xviii. 24], [xxi. 4]
  • Goubazes, king of Lazica, privy councillor of Justinian in absentia, II. [xxix. 31];
  • gives himself and his people over to Chosroes, II. [xvii. 2] ff.;
  • plotted against by Phabrizus, II. [xxix. 2] ff.;
  • begs Justinian to succour the Lazi, II. [xxix. 9];
  • with Dagisthaeus besieges Petra, II. [xxix. 11] ff.;
  • defends one pass against the Persians, II. [xxix. 28] ff.;
  • asks Justinian to send money to the Alani and the Sabeiri, II. [xxix. 30];
  • Chosroes plans to put him out of the way, II. [xxviii. 30], [xxix. 2] ff.;
  • rewarded with money by Justinian, II. [xxx. 28];
  • with Dagisthaeus attacks and almost annihilates the Persians, II. [xxx. 39] ff.
  • Gourgenes, king of Iberia, revolts from the Persians, I. [xii. 4] ff., II. [xv. 6], [xxviii. 20];
  • retires before the Persian army into Lazica, I. [xii. 11], [xii. 12]
  • Gousanastades, "chanaranges," counsels the execution of Cabades, I. [v. 4];
  • put to death by Cabades, I. [vi. 18]
  • Greece, plundered by the Huns, II. [iv. 11]
  • Greeks, The, I. [xix. 35]
  • Green Faction, their struggles with the Blue Faction, I. [xxiv. 2-6];
  • in the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 7] ff.;
  • favoured by Chosroes at Apamea, II. [xi. 32]
  • Hebrews, of Iotabe, formerly autonomous, become subject to the Romans, I. [xix. 4]
  • Helen, palace named from, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 30]
  • Hellenic faith, The, I. [xx. 1], [xxv. 10]
  • Hellestheaeus, king of the Aethiopians, his expeditions against the Homeritae, I. [xx. 1] ff.;
  • his vain promises to Justinian, I. [xx. 9] ff.
  • Hermogenes, Roman general, sent to assist Belisarius, I. [xiii. 10];
  • in company with Belisarius prepares to meet the Persians at Daras, I. [xiii. 12] ff.;
  • at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19] ff.;
  • forbids Andreas to engage in single combat, I. [xiii. 35];
  • interchange of letters with Perozes, I. [xiv. 1] ff.;
  • address to the troops, I. [xiv. 20] ff.;
  • arrays the army on the second day of the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 28];
  • at the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 44];
  • recalls Romans from pursuit of the Persians, I. [xiv. 53];
  • returns to Byzantium, I. [xvi. 10];
  • sent as ambassador by the emperor, I. [xviii. 16];
  • negotiates unsuccessfully with Chosroes, I. [xxi. 1];
  • accompanies the army of Sittas as ambassador, I. [xxi. 10], [xxi. 23];
  • ambassador to Chosroes with Rufinus, I. [xxii. 16]
  • Hestia, i.e. Vesta, identified with the Persian fire-divinity, II. [xxiv. 2]
  • Hierapolis, city on the Euphrates, I. [xiii. 11], [xvii. 22];
  • distance from Beroea and Antioch, II. [vii. 2];
  • Bouzes and the Roman army stationed there, II. [vi. 2];
  • suggested plan for its defence, II. [vi. 3] ff.;
  • deserted by Bouzes, II. [vi. 7], [vi. 8];
  • saved from Chosroes by payment of money, II. [vi. 22-24];
  • Justus and Bouzes take refuge there, II. [xx. 20]
  • Homeric bowmen, compared with bowmen of Procopius' time, I. [i. 9-11]
  • Homeritae, people of Arabia, sought as allies by Justinian, I. [xix. 1], [xx. 9] ff.;
  • location of their country, I. [xix. 15];
  • domestic conflicts and intervention of Hellestheaeus, I. [xx. 1] ff.
  • Honorius, Emperor of the West, uncle of Theodosius II, unable to assist him, I. [ii. 4]
  • Huns, a nomadic people, of ugly countenance, I. [iii. 4];
  • their homes, I. [x. 6], [xii. 7], II. [xv. 3], [xxviii. 22];
  • their war with Cabades, I. [viii. 19], [ix. 24], [x. 15], II. [xvi. 3];
  • Justinian attempts to win their support, II. [i. 14], [iii. 47], [x. 16];
  • capture a Roman spy I. [xv. 6];
  • attack of, feared by the Persians at Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 27];
  • invade Roman territory, I. [xxi. 28];
  • often defeated by Dagaris, I. [xxii. 19];
  • receiving annual payments from the Romans, II. [x. 23];
  • held back by the Lazi, II. [xv. 3];
  • in the army of Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 5];
  • assist the Romans in the defence of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 25], [xxvi. 26];
  • invade Europe, II. [iv. 4] ff.;
  • cross the Hellespont into Asia, II. [iv. 9];
  • plunder Illyricum and Thessaly and Greece as far as the Isthmus, II. [iv. 10-12]
  • Hypatius, nephew of Anastasius, I. [viii. 2];
  • his army routed by Cabades, I. [viii. 10-18];
  • his escape, I. [viii. 19];
  • sent as envoy to the Persians, I. [xi. 24];
  • slandered by Rufinus, I. [xi. 38];
  • his punishment, I. [xi. 39];
  • sent from the palace by Justinian, I. [xxiv. 19-21];
  • declared emperor by the populace, and conducted to the hippodrome, I. [xxiv. 22] f.;
  • his wife Mary, I. [xxiv. 23];
  • takes the emperor's seat in the hippodrome, I. [xxiv. 42];
  • brought before Justinian as a prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53];
  • meets his death bravely, I. [xxiv. 55], [xxiv. 56]
  • Iberia, Iberians, a Christian people, side with the Romans, I. [xii. 2] ff., II. [xv. 6];
  • come to Byzantium, I. [xii. 14];
  • given choice of remaining in Byzantium or returning to their homes, I. [xxii. 16];
  • dissatisfied with Persian rule, II. [xxviii. 20], [xxviii. 21]
  • Ildiger, in the army of Martinus, II. [xxiv. 13]
  • Illyricum, invaded by the Huns, II. [iv. 5], [iv. 10]
  • Immortals, a detachment of the Persian army, I. [xiv. 31];
  • at the battle of Daras, I. [xiv. 44] ff.
  • India, washed by the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 3];
  • boats in, tale to account for their construction without iron, I. [xix. 23], [xix. 24];
  • iron not produced there nor imported from elsewhere, I. [xix. 24-26];
  • silk export, I. [xx. 9], [xx. 12];
  • its trade with Doubios, II. [xxv. 3]
  • Ionian Gulf, II. [iv. 4]
  • Iotabe, an Island In the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 3]
  • Iphigenia, the story of her flight from the sanctuary of Artemis, I. [xvii. 11] ff.;
  • temple dedicated to her by Orestes, I. [xvii. 18]
  • Iris River, in Pontus, I. [xvii. 14]
  • Isaac, brother of Narses, betrays Bolum to the Romans and comes as a deserter to Byzantium, I. [xv. 32], [xv. 33];
  • commander in Armenia, II. [xxiv. 14];
  • carries his brother Narses out of the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 24]
  • Isaurians, in the Roman army, I. [xviii. 5];
  • commanded by Longinus and Stephanacius, I. [xviii. 7];
  • at the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 38];
  • their inexperience in war, I. [xviii. 39]
  • Isdigerdes, Persian king, guardian of Theodosius I. [ii. 7] ff.
  • Isdigousnas, high Persian official, II. [xxviii. 16];
  • employed by Chosroes for the furtherance of his plans, II. [xxviii. 17];
  • attempts to capture Daras for Chosroes by a ruse, II. [xxviii. 31] ff.;
  • continues to Byzantium as an envoy, II. [xxviii. 38] ff.
  • Isis, worshipped by the Blemyes and Nobatae, I. [xix. 35]
  • Italy, subdued by Belisarius, II. [i. 1]
  • Jacobus, a holy man among the Syrians, I. [vii. 5] ff.
  • Jason, the tale of his adventure with Medea in Colchis, II. [xvii. 2]
  • Jerusalem, the scene of Christ's suffering, II. [xi. 14];
  • its treasures desired by Chosroes, II. [xx. 18]
  • Jesus, his life and work in Palestine, II. [xii. 22], [xii. 23];
  • invited by Augarus to come to Edessa, II. [xii. 24];
  • his reply, in which he promises health to Augarus, II. [xii. 25].
  • See also "Christ."
  • Jews, oppress the Christians among the Homeritae, I. [xx. 1].
  • See also "Hebrews."
  • John, father of Artabanes, of the Arsacidae, II. [iii. 25];
  • treacherously slain by Bouzes, II. [iii. 29-31]
  • John, son of Basilius, a notable of Edessa, given as a hostage to Chosroes, I. [xxi. 27], [xxi. 33]
  • John, an Armenian, son of Thomas Gouzes, in the Roman army, II. [xxx. 4]
  • John the Cappadocian, praetorian prefect, I. [xxiv. 11];
  • his character and ability, I. [xxiv. 12-15], [xxv. 8-10];
  • highly esteemed by Justinian, I. [xxv. 5], [xxv. 25], [xxv. 33];
  • dismissed from office, I. [xxiv. 17];
  • restored to office, I. [xxv. 1];
  • hated by Theodora, I. [xxv. 4-7];
  • hostility to Belisarius, I. [xxv. 12];
  • entrapped by Antonina, I. [xxv. 13] ff.;
  • forced to become a priest and exiled to Cyzicus, I. [xxv. 31];
  • looks forward confidently to becoming emperor, I. [xxv. 8], [xxv. 19], [xxv. 44], II. [xxx. 50];
  • his easy lot in Cyzicus, I. [xxv. 34], [xxv. 35];
  • accused of the murder of Eusebius, I. [xxv. 39];
  • his treatment at the trial, I. [xxv. 40];
  • his punishment, I. [xxv. 42], [xxv. 43];
  • imprisoned in the city of Antinous in Aegypt, I. [xxv. 43];
  • returns to Byzantium, II. [xxx. 49], [xxx. 50];
  • the grotesque fulfilment of his dreams, II. [xxx. 54];
  • his daughter Euphemia, I. [xxv. 13]
  • John, son of Lucas, Roman officer, captured by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 43], [xvii. 44]
  • John, commander of troops in Mesopotamia, arrests the interpreter of Vittigis' envoys, II. [xiv. 12];
  • attacked by the Persians before Nisibis, II. [xviii. 16]
  • John, son of Nicetas, Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 21];
  • urges Belisarius to retire from Mesopotamia, II. [xix. 36] ff.;
  • commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15]
  • John, son of Rufinus, sent as ambassador to Chosroes, II. [vii. 15], [ix. 1], [x. 10], [x. 18] ff.
  • John Tzibus, governor of Lazica,
  • his origin and character, II. [xv. 9];
  • persuades Justinian to build Petra, II. [xv. 10];
  • monopolises the retail trade, II. [xv. 11], [xxix. 21];
  • valiantly defends Petra, II. [xvii. 5] ff.;
  • killed by a missile, II. [xvii. 16]
  • John, serving in the Roman infantry, his tyranny at Daras, I. [xxvi. 5-12];
  • his death, I. [xxvi. 12]
  • John the Glutton, a guardsman, sent with Arethas into Assyria, II. [xix. 15] ff.;
  • commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15]
  • Julian, sanctuary of, in Antioch, II. [x. 8]
  • Julian, brother of Summas, envoy to the Aethiopians and Homeritae, I. [xx. 9], II. [i. 10];
  • private secretary of Justinian, sent as ambassador to Chosroes, II. [vii. 15];
  • forbids giving money to Chosroes and denounces Ephraemius, II. [vii. 16]
  • Justinian, nephew of Justinus, I. [xi. 10];
  • his great love for his wife Theodora, I. [xxv. 4];
  • favours adoption of Chosroes by his uncle Justinus, I. [xi. 10];
  • as general, I. [xi. 16], [xii. 21];
  • becomes emperor upon the death of Justinus, I. [xiii. 1];
  • orders the building of a fort in Mindouos, I. [xiii. 2];
  • appoints Belisarius General of the East, I. [xiii. 9];
  • makes Arethas commander of many tribes, I. [xvii. 47];
  • pits Arethas against Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 47], [xvii. 48];
  • orders demolition of Philae, I. [xix. 36];
  • endeavours to secure the alliance of the Aethiopians and Homeritae, I. [xix. 1], [xx. 9] ff.;
  • receives the Palm Groves as a present from Abochorabus, I. [xix. 10] ff.;
  • recalls Belisarius and sends Sittas to the East, I. [xxi. 2], [xxi. 3];
  • receives information from a Persian spy, I. [xxi. 13];
  • concludes the "endless peace," I. [xxii. 16];
  • receives in Byzantium the Cabades who claimed to be the son of Zames, I. [xxiii. 24];
  • his conduct during the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 10] ff.;
  • his affection for John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 5], [xxv. 25], [xxv. 33];
  • denounced by the Armenian embassy before Chosroes, II. [iii. 37] ff.;
  • refuses to sanction treaty, II. [xiii. 29];
  • summons Belisarius from Italy and sends him against Chosroes, II. [xiv. 8];
  • commands Belisarius to invade Persia, II. [xvi. 5];
  • sends him again against Chosroes, II. [xx. 20];
  • summons Belisarius from the East in order to send him to Italy, II. [xxi. 34];
  • takes measures for the relief of the victims of the pestilence, II. [xxiii. 5] ff.;
  • attacked by the pestilence, II. [xxiii. 20];
  • orders Valerianus and Martinus with others to invade Persia, II. [xxiv.10];
  • appoints Marcellus and Constantianus generals, II. [xxviii. 2];
  • sanctions the five-year peace, II. [xxviii. 11];
  • receives Isdigousnas with especial honour, II. [xxviii. 38] ff.;
  • sends succour to the Lazi, II. [xxix. 10];
  • neglects to send money requested by Goubazes, II. [xxix. 30-32];
  • finally sends the money for the Sabeiri, and gifts of money to Goubazes, II. [xxx. 28];
  • sends John Tzibus to Lazica, II. [xv. 9];
  • founds Petra in Lazica, II. [xv. 10], [xxix. 20];
  • makes a present of money to Chosroes, I. [xxvi. 4];
  • considers the question of Strata, II. [i. 7] ff.;
  • accused of tampering with Alamoundaras, II. [i. 12-14], [iii. 47], [x. 16];
  • advises Chosroes not to wage war, II. [iv. 17] ff.;
  • sends Germanus to Syria, II. [vi. 9];
  • sends ambassadors to Chosroes, II. [vii. 15];
  • favours the Green Faction, II. [xi. 32];
  • writes to Chosroes, II. [xiii. 1];
  • the years of his reign noted, I. [xvi. 10], [xxii. 17], II. [iii. 56], [v. 1], [xxviii. 11], [xxx. 48]
  • Justinus, uncle of Justinian, I. [xi. 10];
  • an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3];
  • becomes emperor, I. [xi. 1];
  • declines to adopt Chosroes, I. [xi. 6] ff.;
  • reduces Hypatius from authority, I. [xi. 39];
  • captures Peter of Arzanene during Celer's invasion, II. [xv. 7];
  • supports the Iberians in their revolt from the Persians, I. [xii. 5] ff.;
  • makes Justinian partner in the royal power, I. [xii. 21];
  • appoints Procopius adviser to Belisarius, I. [xii. 24];
  • his death, I. [xiii. 1]
  • Justus, nephew of Justinian, assists in making Hypatius prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53];
  • takes refuge with Bouzes in Hierapolis II. [xx. 20];
  • they invite Belisarius to join them, II. [xx. 21] ff.;
  • but later come to him in Europum, II. [xx. 28];
  • commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15];
  • invades Persia apart from the other commanders, II. [xxiv. 20];
  • invades the country about Taraunon with Peranius, II. [xxv. 35];
  • his death, II. [xxviii. 1]
  • Lazica, Lazi, later names for Colchis and Colchi (q.v.), I. [xi. 28];
  • its cities, II. [xxix. 18];
  • an unproductive country, I. [xii. 17] II. [xxviii. 27];
  • imported salt and other necessities of life, II. [xv. 5], [xxviii. 27];
  • many fortresses there, II. [xxx. 27];
  • difficult to traverse, II. [xxix. 24], [xxix. 25];
  • bulwark against the barbarians of the Caucasus, II. [xxviii. 22];
  • its importance to Persia, II. [xxviii. 18] ff.;
  • the scene of the story of Jason and Medea, II. [xvii. 2];
  • the Lazi in ancient times allies of the Persians, II. [xv. 15];
  • become allies of the Romans, II. [xv. 16];
  • the people Christian, II. [xxviii. 26];
  • Lazica claimed by the Persians, I. [xi. 28];
  • forts of, abandoned by the Romans and occupied by the Persians, I. [xii. 19];
  • Chosroes refuses to return them to the Romans, I. [xxii. 3];
  • finally given up by the Persians, I. [xxii. 18];
  • invaded by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 12], II. [xv. 1], [xvii. 1] ff.;
  • limited subjection of the Lazi to the Romans, II. [xv. 2-4];
  • placed under a Roman magistrate, II. [iii. 39];
  • become discontented by reason of Roman misrule, II. [xv. 6] ff.;
  • appeal to Chosroes, II. [xv. 1], [xv. 12] ff.;
  • demanded from Chosroes by the Roman envoys, II. [xxviii. 6];
  • Chosroes plans to populate it with Persians, II. [xxviii. 17];
  • Lazi hostile to Persian rule, II. [xxviii. 25]
  • Lebanon, I. [xiii. 5], II. [viii. 2], [xvi. 17], [xix. 33]
  • Libelarius of Thrace, Roman general, invades Mesopotamia, I. [xii. 23];
  • reduced from office, I. [xii. 24]
  • Libyans, II. [iii. 42]
  • Ligurians, envoys of Vittigis to Chosroes, II. [ii. 1]
  • Longinus, commander of Isaurians, I. [xviii. 7]
  • Lucas, father of John, I. [xvii. 44]
  • Lycaones, in the army of Belisarius, I. [xviii. 40]