History of the Wars, Books I and II: The Persian War - Procopius

Macedonians, founders of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, II. [xxviii. 4]
Maddeni, tribe of Saracens in Arabia, subject to the Homeritae, I. [xix. 14], [xx. 9]
Magi, advise Perozes to deceive the Ephthalitae, I. [iii. 18] ff.;
entrap Arsaces, I. [v. 19] ff.;
advice to Cabades at the siege of Amida, I. [vii. 19];
announce to Chosroes that he will capture Sura, II. [v. 9];
answer Cabades' enquiry with regard to Edessa, II. [xiii. 9], [xiii. 10];
guardians of the fire-sanctuary, II. [xxiv. 2]
Mamas, priest of Daras, assists in overthrowing the tyranny of John, I. [xxvi. 8]
Marcellus, nephew of Justinian, appointed general, II. [xxviii,. 2]
Marcellus, Roman commander at the battle of Daras I. [xiii. 21];
commander of palace guards, sent by Theodora to assassinate John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 24] ff.;
wounded in the encounter, I. [xxv. 29]
Martinus, given as a hostage to the Persians, I. [xxi. 27];
sent to the East, II. [xiv. 9];
defends Daras against Chosroes, II. [xiii. 16] ff.;
ordered to invade Persia with Valerianus, II. [xxiv. 10;]
General of the East, encamps at Citharizon, II. [xxiv. 13];
follows Peter in invading Persia, II. [xxiv. 19];
commands the centre at the battle of Anglon II. [xxv. 17];
with Peter and Peranius defends Edessa against Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 25] ff.;
deceived by the Persian commanders, II. [xxvi. 44] ff., [xxvii. 5], [xxvii. 6];
arranges a settlement with Chosroes, II. [xxvii. 45], [xxvii. 46]
Martyropolis, near the River Nymphius, I. [viii. 22];
distance from Amida, I. [xxi. 6];
besieged by the Persians, I. [xxi. 5] ff.;
fears
of Sittas and Hermogenes concerning
its safety, I. [xxi. 23];
siege abandoned by the Persians, I. [xxi. 27];
near Phison, II. [xxiv. 15]
Mary, wife of Hypatius, tries to prevent her husband from going to the hippodrome, I. [xxiv. 23], [xxiv. 24]
Massagetae, reported to be preparing to join the Persians, I. [xxi.13].
See also"Huns"
Mebodes, a Persian official, sent as envoy to the Romans, I. [xi. 25];
slanders Seoses, I. [xi. 31];
persuades Cabades to leave a written declaration concerning Chosroes, I. [xxi. 17-19];
opposes the claim of Caoses, I. [xxi. 20];
secures the election of Chosroes as king, I. [xxi. 22];
his tragic death, I. [xxiii. 25] ff.
Medea, the tale of her adventure with Jason in Colchis, II. [xvii. 2]
Medes, the name used by Procopius as an equivalent for "Persians" (q.v.)
Medic garments, called to Procopius' time "seric," I. [xx. 9]
Megas, bishop of Beroea, sent to Chosroes, II. [vi. 17];
begs him to spare the Roman cities, II. [vi. 18] ff.;
goes to Antioch, II. [vii. 1];
fails to persuade the citizens of Antioch to pay money to Chosroes, II. [vii. 14];
his conference with Chosroes at Beroea, II. [vii. 19] ff.
Melitene, chief city of Armenia Minor, I. [xvii. 22]
Mermeroes, Persian general, invades Roman Armenia, I. [xv. 1] ff.;
driven back by Dorotheus and Sittas, I. [xv. 8];
invades Roman territory a second time, I. [xv. 9];
defeated at Satala, I. [xv. 12] ff.;
shares command of an invading army, I. [xxi. 4];
lends an army to the relief of Petra, II. [xxix. 13], [xxx. 1] ff.;
forces the pass into Iberia, II. [xxx. 8-10];
reaches Petra, II. [xxx. 15];
taunts the Romans, II. [xxx. 17];
leaving a garrison in Petra, starts back, II. [xxx. 20];
attacked by Phoubelis and Goubazes, II. [xxx. 22];
departs from Lazica with the greater part of his army, II. [xxx. 32], [xxx. 33]
Mesopotamia, bounded by the Tigris and the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 23];
its hot climate, II. [xix. 31];
Persians accustomed to invade Roman territory from here, I. [xvii. 25];
avoided by invading Persian army, I. [xvii. 2];
invaded by the Persians, I. [xxi. 4] ff.
Michael, sanctuary of, in Daphne, burned by Chosroes, II. [xi. 6], [xi. 12], [xi. 13];
temple of, at Tretum, II. [xi. 7], [xi. 13]
Mindouos, place near the Persian border, Justinian attempts to fortify it, I. [xiii. 2], [xvi. 7]
Mirranes, a Persian term (lit. "Mithra-son," denoting properly,
not an office, but a patrician family); see Perozes 2;
also, commander in Petra, deceives Dagisthaeus, II. [xxx. 7]
Mocheresis, important city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
Molatzes, commander of troops in Lebanon, brings succour to Antioch, II. [viii. 2];
flees precipitately with the soldiers, II. [viii. 17-19]
Monks, distinguished for piety, I. [vii. 22], [vii. 24]
Moors, II. [ii. 8], [iii. 46]
Mopsuestia, a city of Cilicia, II. [x. 2]
Mundus, general in Illyricum, assists in quelling the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 40] ff.

Nabedes, commander of the Persian soldiers in Nisibis, II. [xviii. 9];
attacks the Roman troops before the city, II. [xviii. 19] ff.;
general in Persarmenia, takes measures to urge the Romans toward making peace, II. [xxiv. 6];
takes up his position in Anglon, II. [xxv. 6];
defeats the Roman armies, II. [xxv. 20] ff.
Narses, a Persarmenian, the emperor's steward, receives Narses and Aratius when they desert to the Romans, I. [xv. 31];
a eunuch, I. [xxv. 24];
sent by Theodora to assist in the assassination of John the Cappadocian, [ib].;
overhears his conversation with Antonina, I. [xxv. 26]
Narses, a Persarmenian, in company with Aratius defeats Sittas and Belisarius, I. [xii. 21], [xii. 22];
deserts to the Romans, I. [xv. 31];
dismantles the sanctuaries in Philae at Justinian's order, I. [xix. 37];
encamps with Valerianus near Theodosiopolis, II. [xxiv. 12];
leads the attack at Anglon, II. [xxv. 20];
dies bravely, II. [xxv. 24];
brother of Isaac, II. [xxiv. 14]
Nicetas, father of the general John, I. [xiii. 21], II. [xix. 36], [xxiv. 15]
Nika insurrection, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 1] ff.;
significance of the name, I. [xxiv. 10]
Nile River, the Nobatae dwell along its banks, I. [xix. 28], [xix. 29];
the island of Philae in it, I. [xix. 34]
Nisibis, distance from the Tigris, I. [xi. 27];
from Daras, I. [x. 14];
from Sisauranon, II. [xix. 2];
bulwark of the Persian empire, II. [xviii. 7];
its capture by the Persians, I. [xvii. 25];
its territory invaded by Libelarius, I. [xii. 23];
by Belisarius, II. [xviii. 1] ff.;
negotiations with Chosroes there, I. [xxii. 10]
Nobatae, a people of upper Aegypt, I. [xix. 28];
settled along the Nile by Diocletian, I. [xix. 29] ff.;
receive annual payment from the Roman emperor, I. [xix. 32], [xix. 33];
their religion, I. [xix. 35]
Nymphius River, near Martyropolis, I. [viii. 22], [xxi. 6];
forms boundary between the Roman and Persian territory, I. [xxi. 6];
boundary of Arzanene, I. [viii. 21], II. [xv. 7]

Oasis, city in upper Aegypt, former home of the Nobatae, I. [xix. 30]
Obbane, on the Euphrates, distance from Barbalissum, II. [xii. 4]
Octava, place in Armenia, distance from Satala, I. [xv. 9]
Odonathus, ruler of the Saracens, husband of Zenobia, II. [v. 5];
his services to the Romans, II. [v. 6]
Oenochalakon, place in Armenia, II. [iii. 15]
Olyvrius, emperor of the West, father-in-law of Areobindus, I. [viii. 1]
Orestes, the story of his flight from Tauris, I. [xvii. 11] ff.
Origenes, a senator, counsels moderation, I. [xxiv. 26] ff.
Orocasius, highest part of the city of Antioch, II. [vi. 10]
Orontes River, flows along by Antioch, II. [vi. 10], [viii. 3], [viii. 35]
Osiris, worshipped by the Blemyes and Nobatae, I. [xix. 35]
Osroene, name applied to country about Edessa, I. [xvii. 24];
its strongly fortified cities, I. [xvii. 34]
Osroes, ancient king of Edessa, I. [xvii. 24]

Pacurius, king of Persia at the time of the truceless war with the Armenians, I. [v. 10];
entraps Arsaces, I. [v. 16] ff.;
confines Arsaces in the Prison of Oblivion, I. [v. 29];
flays Bassicius, I. [v. 28];
grants favour to a friend of Arsaces, I. [v. 30] ff.
Palestine, bounded by the "Red Sea," I. [xix. 2];
Saracens dwelling in it, I. [xix. 10];
the objective of Chosroes' third invasion, II. [xx. 18];
visited by the pestilence, II. [xxii. 6]
Palm Groves, held by Saracens of Arabia, I. [xix. 8], [xix. 9], II. [iii. 41];
presented to Justinian, I. [xix. 10] ff.
Palmyra, city of Phoenicia, II. [i. 6]
Parthians, their connection with the first Arsaces, II. [iii. 32]
Patriciolus, an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3]
Patricias, the Phrygian, Roman general, I. [viii. 2];
his army routed by Cabades, I. [viii. 10-18];
his escape, I. [viii. 19];
entraps Glones with two hundred Persians, I. [ix. 5-18]
Paulus, interpreter of Chosroes, II. [vi. 22];
a Roman reared in Antioch, II. [vi. 23];
presents the Persian demands at Hierapolis, II. [vi. 22];
at Beroea, II. [vii. 5];
at Antioch, II. [viii. 4];
where he exhorts the citizens to abstain from their folly, II. [viii. 7];
at Chalcis, II. [xii. 1];
at Edessa, II. [xii. 33];
a second time at Edessa, II. [xxvi. 14], [xxvii. 24], [xxvii. 45]
Pearl, story of the, I. [iv. 17-31]
Peloponnesus, escapes plunder by the Huns, II. [iv. 11]
Pelusium, in Aegypt, the starting point of the pestilence, II. [xxii. 6]
Peranius, son of Gourgenes, king of Iberia, I. [xii. 11];
commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 15];
invades the country about Taraunon with Justus, II. [xxv. 35];
with Peter and Martinus defends Edessa against Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 25] ff., [xxvii. 42];
Chosroes demands that he and Peter be surrendered to him, II. [xxvi. 38];
his death, II. [xxviii. 1]
Perozes, Persian king, wages war against the Ephthalitae, I. [iii. 1], [iii. 8];
entrapped by the Ephthalitae, I. [iii. 10] ff.;
escapes with his army, I. [iii. 22];
his second expedition, I. [iv. 1] ff.;
destroyed with his army by the Ephthalitae, I. [iv. 14] ff.;
his famous pearl, I. [iv. 14]
Perozes, Persian general, I. [xiii. 16];
interchange of letters with Belisarius and Hermogenes, I. [xiv. 1] ff.;
address to his troops, I. [xiv. 13] ff.;
defeated by Belisarius, I. [xiv. 28] ff.;
punished by Cabades, I. [xvii. 26] ff.
Perozes, sons of, murder Symeon, II. [iii. 3]
Persarmenia, its trade with India, II. [xxv. 3];
devastated by Sittas and Belisarius, I. [xii. 20]
Persarmenians, in the Persian army, I. [xv. 1]
Persians, worship the rising sun, I. [iii. 20];
their fire-worship, II. [xxiv. 2];
do not bury the dead, I. [xi. 35], [xii. 4];
their set character, II. [xxviii. 25];
their trade in Indian silk, I. [xx. 9];
the arrogance of their officials, I. [xi. 33];
their custom of counting an army before and after a campaign, I. [xviii. 52] ff.;
their infantry inefficient, I. [xiv. 25];
their bowmen quick, but inferior to those of the Romans, I. [xviii. 32];
their skill in bridging rivers, II. [xxi. 22];
maintain spies at public expense, I. [xxi. 11];
suffer a severe defeat at the hands of the Ephthalitae, I. [iv. 13], [iv. 14];
pay tribute to the Ephthalitae for two years, I. [iv. 35];
make peace with Theodosius, I. [ii. 15];
unable to prevent the fortification of Daras, I. [x. 15];
capture Amida, I. [vii. 29];
receive money from the Romans and give back Amida, I. [ix. 4];
wage war with the Huns during the seven-years' peace with the Romans, I. [ix. 24];
seize certain forts in Lazica, I. [xii. 19];
prevent the fortification of Mindouos, I. [xiii. 7], [xiii. 8];
defeated in battle at Daras, I. [xiv. 47] ff.;
defeated in Persarmenia, I. [xv. 8];
and in Armenia, I. [xv. 16];
refrain from entering Roman territory by Mesopotamia, I. [xvii. 25];
victorious in the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 37];
invade Mesopotamia, I. [xxi. 4];
besiege Martyropolis in vain, I. [xxi. 5] ff.;
make peace with the Romans, I. [xxii. 17], [xxii. 18];
capture Sura, II. [v. 25];
and Beroea, II. [vii. 12] ff.;
capture and destroy Antioch, II. [viii. 20] ff.;
capture Petra, II. [xvii. 27];
besiege Edessa in vain, II. [xxvi. 5] ff., [xxvii. 46];
save Petra from capture by the Romans, II. [xxix. 41] ff.;
suffer a severe defeat in Lazica, II. [xxx. 39] ff.
Pestilence, The, devastates the whole world, II. [xxii. 1] ff.;
in Byzantium, II. [xxii. 9] ff.;
in Persia, II. [xxiv. 8], [xxiv. 12]
Peter, captured as a boy in Arzanene by Justinus, II. [xv. 7];
Roman general, sent to Lazica, I. [xii. 9];
summoned to Byzantium, I. [xii. 14];
bodyguard of Justinian, commander of infantry, I. [xviii. 6];
at the battle on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 42];
favours invasion of Persia by Belisarius, II. [xvi. 16];
attacked by the Persians before Nisibis, II. [xviii. 16] ff.;
commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 13];
precipitately enters Persia, II. [xxiv. 18];
commands the right wing at the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 17];
with Martinus and Peranius defends Edessa against Chosroes, II. [xxvi. 25] ff.;
Chosroes demands that he and Peranius be surrendered to him, II. [xxvi. 38];
his base character and misrule in Lazica, II. [xv. 6-8]
Petra, built by Justinian in Lazica, II. [xv. 10], [xvii. 3], [xxix. 20];
its impregnable defences, II. [xvii. 18] ff.;
attacked by the Persians, II. [xvii. 4] ff.;
besieged by Chosroes, II. [xvii. 13] ff.;
captured by Chosroes, II. [xvii. 26];
fortified with a garrison, II. [xix. 48];
besieged by the Romans and Lazi, II. [xxix. 11] ff.;
the siege abandoned, II. [xxx. 11];
valour of the Persian defenders, II. [xxix. 35];
monopoly established there by John Tzibus, II. [xv. 11], [xxix. 21]
Petrae, ancient capital of the Arabs, I. [xix. 20]
Phabrizus, high Persian official, II. [xxviii. 16];
employed by Chosroes for the furtherance of his plans, II. [xxviii. 17];
attempts to destroy Goubazes, II. [xxix. 2] ff.;
left as commander in Lazica by Mermeroes, II. [xxx. 32];
his forces almost annihilated by the Lazi, II. [xxx. 42] ff.
Pharangium, fortress in Persarmenia, occupied by the Romans, I. [xv. 18];
gold-mines of the Persians there, I. [xv. 27], [xv. 29];
given over to the Romans, I. [xv. 29], II. [iii. 1];
its return demanded by Chosroes, I. [xxii. 3];
given up by the Romans, I. [xxii. 18];
near the source of the Boas River, II. [xxix. 14]
Pharas, an Erulian chief, at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 19], [xiii. 25] ff., [xiv. 32], [xiv. 33], [xiv. 39],
Pharesmanes, of Colchis, an officer
in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3]
Pharsanses, a man of note in Lazica, II. [xxix. 4];
his friendship sought by Phabrizus, II. [xxix. 5];
saves Goubazes, II. [xxix. 7]
Phasis River, its source in the Taurus, I. [xxv. 21];
its course through Lazica, II. [xxix. 16];
its size and strong current, II. [xxx. 25], [xxx. 26];
strongly defended by the Lazi, II. [xxx. 27];
forded by the Lazi, II. [xxx. 37]
Philae, fortress established by Diocletian on an island in the Nile near Elephantina, I. [xix.34-36];
its temples dismantled by Justinian, I. [xix. 36], [xix. 37]
Philemouth, an Erulian chief, encamps near Martinus, I. [xxiv. 14];
with Beros follows Peter into Persia, II. [xxiv. 18]
Phison, place in Armenia near Martyropolis, II. [xxiv. 15]
Phocas, made pretorian prefect in place of John the Cappadocian, I. [xxiv. 18]
Phoenicia, II. [xvi. 17]
Phoubelis, a notable among the Lazi, with Dagisthaeus attacks Mermeroes, II. [xxx. 22]
Pitius, a fortress in Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
Pityaxes, Persian general at the battle of Daras, I. [xiii. 16], [xiv. 32], [xiv. 38]
Placillianae, palace In Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 30]
Pompeius, nephew of Anastasius, sent from the palace by Justinian, I. [xxiv. 19-21];
brought before Justinian as a prisoner, I. [xxiv. 53];
his death, I. [xxiv. 56]
Pontic Romans, their location, II. [xxix. 19]
Pontus, visited by Orestes, I. [xvii.14]
Potidaea, known in later times as Cassandria, captured by the Huns, II. [iv. 5]
Priapus, worshipped by the Blemyes and Nobatae, I. [xix. 35]
Prison of Oblivion, in Persia, reason for the name, I. [v. 8];
law regarding it suspended once in the case of Arsaces, I. [v. 9-29];
Cabades confined therein, I. [v. 7]
Probus, nephew of Anastasius, sent by Justinus to Bosporus to collect an army of Huns, I. [xii. 6], [xii. 9]
Proclus, quaestor, dissuades Justinus from adopting Chosroes, I. [xi. 11] ff.
Procopius of Caesarea, author of the History of the Wars, I. [i. 1];
eye-witness of the events described, I. [i. 3];
chosen adviser to Belisarius, I. [i. 3], [xii. 24];
in Byzantium at the time of the pestilence, II. [xxii. 9];
had seen Cappadocia and Armenia, I. [xvii. 17];
his frankness in writing, I. [i. 5]
Pylades, the story of the flight with Orestes from Tauris, I. [xvii.11] ff.

Red Sea, its location, extent, harbours, etc. (confused by Procopius with the Arabian Gulf), I. [xix. 2] ff., II. [iii. 41]
Rhecinarius, envoy to Chosroes, II. [xxvii. 24], [xxvii. 25]
Rhecithancus, of Thrace, commander of troops in Lebanon, objects to invading Persia with Belisarius, II. [xvi. 17] ff.;
eager to return to Lebanon, II. [xix. 33], [xix. 34];
commands an army sent to Lazica, II. [xxx. 29]
Rhizaeum, a city near Lazica, II. [xxix. 22], [xxx. 14]
Rhodopolis, important city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
Romans, used by Procopius to designate the subjects of the empire of Byzantium, and mentioned constantly throughout;
lack of discipline in Roman armies, I. [xiv. 14];
their bowmen more efficient than those of the Persians, I. [xviii. 34];
maintain spies at public expense, I. [xxi. 11]
Rufinianae, suburb of Byzantium, I. [xxv. 21], [xxv. 23]
Rufinus, son of Silvanus, sent as an envoy to the Persians, I. [xi. 24];
slanders Hypatius, I. [xi. 38];
sent as ambassador to Hierapolis, I. [xiii. 11];
treats with Cabades at Daras, I. [xvi. 1] ff.;
reports to the emperor I. [xvi. 10];
meets Chosroes on the Tigris, I. [xxii. 1];
sent, to Byzantium, I. [xxii. 7];
false report of his death, I. [xxii. 9];
persuades Chosroes to give back the money brought by the ambassadors
and postpone the war, I. [xxii. 13], [xxii. 14];
slandered to the emperor, I. [xxii. 15];
sent again as ambassador to Chosroes, I. [xxii. 16];
brother of Timostratus, I. [xvii. 44];
father of John, the ambassador, II. [vii. 15]

Sabeiri Huns, their location, II. [xxix. 15];
in the Persian army, I. [xv. 1];
persuaded by Goubazes to form an alliance with him, II. [xxix. 29];
receive promised money from Justinian, II. [xxx. 28]
Saccice, mother of Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 1]
Samosata, city on the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 22];
on the boundary of Euphratesia, I. [xvii. 23]
Saracens, experts at plundering, but not at storming cities, II. [xix. 12];
in Persia, all ruled by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 45];
some in alliance with the Romans, I. [xviii. 46];
their king Odonathus, II. [v. 5];
of Arabia, ruled by Arethas, I. [xvii. 47];
receiving annual payments from the Romans, II. [x. 23];
settled in the Palm Groves, I. [xix. 7], [xix. 8];
and in Palestine, I. [xix. 10];
cannibals in Arabia, I. [xix. 15];
never mentioned in treaties, II. [i. 5];
observe a religious holiday at the vernal equinox, II. [xvi. 18];
dispute possession of Strata, II. [i. 6];
in the army of Chosroes, II. [xxvii. 30];
in the army of Azarethes, I. [xvii. 1], [xviii. 30];
with the army of Belisarius, I. [xviii. 7], [xviii. 26], [xviii. 35], [xviii. 36], II. [xvi. 5];
wage war among themselves, II. [xxviii. 12-14]
Sarapanis, a city of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
Sarus River, in Cappadocia, I. [xvii. 17]
Satala, city in Armenia, its location, I. [xv. 9], [xv. 10];
battle of, I. [xv. 12] ff.
Scanda, a city in Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
Sebastopolis, a fortress of Lazica, II. [xxix. 18]
Seleucia, city on the Tigris, founded by the Macedonians, I. [xxviii. 4]
Seleucia, distance from Antioch, II. [xi. 1];
visited by Chosroes, [xi. 1]ib.
Senecius, body-guard of Sittas, given as a hostage to the Persians, I. [xxi. 27]
Seoses, rescues Cabades from the Prison of Oblivion, I. [vi. 4], [vi. 10];
receives the office of "adrastadaran salanes," I. [v. 18], [v. 19];
sent as envoy to the Romans, I. [vi. 25];
slandered by Mebodes and brought to trial, I. [xi. 31] ff.;
condemned to death, I. [xi 37]
Sergiopolis, city in Mesopotamia, II. [v. 29];
citizens of, give much treasure to Chosroes, II. [xx. 7];
saved from capture by Ambrus, II. [xx. 10];
besieged In vain by Chosroes, II. [xx. 11] ff.
Sergius, an illustrious saint, II. [v. 29]
Sergius, of Edessa, II. [xxiv. 4];
envoy to Chosroes with Constantianus, II. [xxiv. 3];
a second time envoy to Chosroes with Const., II. [xxviii. 3] ff.
Sestus, city opposite Abydus on the Hellespont, II. [iv. 9]
Silentiarius, a title given to certain officials in the palace at Byzantium, "privy councillors," II. [xxii. 1], II. [xxix. 31]
Silvanus, father of Rufinus, I. [xi_24], [xvi. 4]
Simmas, Massagete chief, in the Roman army, I. [xiii. 21], [xiv. 44]
Siphrios, a fortress, distance from Amida, I. [viii. 10]
Sisauranon, fortress in Mesopotamia, II. [xix. 2];
attacked by Belisarius, II. [xix. 4];
capitulates to Belisarius, II. [xix. 23], [xix. 24]
Sittas, Roman general, in company with Belisarius invades Persarmenia, I. [xii. 20], [xii. 21];
defeated by Narses and Aratius, I. [xii. 22];
attacks the Persian army invading Armenia, I. [xv. 3] ff.;
occupies the hills about Satala, I. [xv. 10];
attacks the Persian army unexpectedly, I. [xv. 12];
defeats the Tzani in battle and then wins them over by kindness, I. [xv. 24], [xv. 25];
proceeds to the East, I. [xxi. 3];
awaits the Persian army at Attachas, I. [xxi. 9];
opens negotiations with the Persians before Martyropolis, I. [xxi. 23] ff.;
sent against the Armenians, II. [iii. 8] ff.;
his death, II. [iii. 25];
his valour and achievements, II. [iii. 26]
Snail, Gate of the, in the palace in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 43]
Soinian Gate, in the wall of Edessa, II. [xxvii. 41]
Solomon, an Armenian, according to one report slew Sittas, II. [iii. 27]
Sophanene, district in Armenia, I. [xxi. 6]
Sophia, sanctuary of, destroyed by fire to the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 9];
its treasures guarded by the priest Augustus, II. [xxx. 53]
Stephanacius, commander of Isaurians, I. [xviii. 7]
Stephanus, a physician of note, begs Chosroes to spare Edessa, II. [xxvi. 31] ff.
Strata, its possession disputed by the Saracens, II. [i. 6];
meaning of the name, II. [i. 7];
unproductive, II. [i. 11]
Strategius, guardian of the royal treasures, sent as an envoy by Justinian, II. [i. 9];
his advice concerning Strata, II. [i. 11]
Summus, father of Julian, commander in Palestine, sent as an envoy by Justinian, II. [i. 9], [i. 10];
his advice concerning Strata, II. [i. 11]
Sunicas, Massagete chief, in the Roman army, I. [ xiii. 20], [xiv. 39], [xiv. 40], [xiv. 44];
charges the standard bearer of Baresmanas, I. [xiv. 47];
kills Baresmanas, I. [xiv. 60]
Sunitae, march in the Persian army, I. [xv. 1]
Sura, a city on the Euphrates, I. [xviii. 14], II. [v. 8];
distance from Sergiopolis, II. [v. 29];
besieged by Chosroes, II. [v. 10] ff.;
bishop of, begs Chosroes to spare the city, II. [v. 13] ff.;
captured by a stratagem and destroyed, II. [v. 22] ff.;
a woman of, made captive by a barbarian in sight of Chosroes, II. [ix. 9], [ix. 10]
Sycae, a suburb of Byzantium, modern "Galata," II. [xxiii. 9]
Symeon, Sanctuary of, at Amida, burned, I. [ix. 18]
Symeon, manager of the Persian gold-mine at Pharangium, I. [xv. 27];
goes over to the Romans, I. [xv. 28], [xv. 29];
presented with certain Armenian villages, II. [iii. 1];
murdered by the sons of Perozes, II. [iii. 2];
uncle of Amazaspes, II. [iii. 3]
Syria, open to invasion by the Persians, I. [xvii. 34] ff., II. [xvi. 17], [xix. 34];
attacked by Chosroes, II. [v. 4], [vi. 21]
Syriac tongue, II. [ii. 3]

Taraunon, a district In Persarmenia, invaded by Justus and Peranius, II. [xxv. 35]
Tatianus, of Mopsuestia, quarter-master of the camp in Antioch, witnesses the portent of the standards, II. [x. 2]
Taurians, The, in Celesene, I. [xvii. 11] ff., [xvii. 21]
Taurus Mountains, The, their size and extent, I. [x. 1], [x. 2], [xv. 20], [xvii. 17]
Theoctistus, commander of troops in Lebanon, brings succour to Antioch, II. [viii. 2];
flees precipitately with the soldiers, II. [viii. 17-19];
objects to invading Persia with Belisarius, II. [xvi. 17] ff.;
eager to return to Lebanon, II. [xix. 33], [xix. 34];
commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. [xxiv. 13]
Theodoric, leader of the Goths, I. [viii. 3]
Theodora, wife of Justinian, greatly beloved by him, I. [xxv. 4];
her hatred of John the Cappadocian, [ib.];
counsels firmness in dealing with the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 33] ff.;
encourages Antonina in her plan to entrap John the Cappadocian, I. [xxv. 22];
succeeds in punishing him, I. [xxv. 30];
her death, II. [xxx. 49]
Theodoras, a citizen of Daras, skilled in mechanics, II. [xiii. 26]
Theodorus, an official in the palace in Byzantium, superintends the work of providing burial for the victims of the pestilence, II. [xxiii. 6] ff.
Theodosiopolis, its location, I. [x. 18], [xv. 2], II. [xxiv. 12];
near the sources of the Euphrates and Tigris, I. [xvii. 4];
fortified by Anastasius, I. [x. 19];
near Bolum, I. [xv. 32];
distance from Doubios, II. [xxv. 1];
from Citharizon, II. [xxiv. 13]
Theodosiopolis, city near the Aborrhas River, II. [xix. 29]
Theodosius II., son of Arcadius, as a child is made the ward of the Persian king Isdigerdes, I. [ii. 1] ff.;
sends Anatolius as envoy to the Persians, I. [ii. 12];
makes peace with the Persians, I. [ii. 15];
Arsaces' abdication of the kingship of Armenia in his favour, II. [iii. 35]
Thermopylae, attacked by the Huns, II. [iv. 10]
Thessaly, plundered by the Huns, II. [iv. 10]
Thilasamon, village near Amida, I. [ix. 14]
Thomas, chief priest of Apamea, displays the wood of the cross, II. [xi. 16] ff.;
goes before Chosroes, II. [xi. 20] ff.;
saves the wood of the cross, II. [xi. 29], [xi. 30]
Thomas, ambassador to the Persians, meets Chosroes on the Tigris, I. [xxii. 1]
Thomas Gouzes, commander in Lazica, II. [xxx. 5]
Thrace, Thracians in the army of Belisarius, II. [xix. 32], [xxi. 4];
home of Coutzes and Bouzes, I. [xiii. 5]
Timostratus, brother of Rufinus, Roman officer, captured by Alamoundaras, I. [xvii. 43], [xvii. 44]
Tigris River, its source in Armenia, I. [xvii. 4];
its course into Assyria, I. [xvii. 5], [xvii. 6];
distance from Nisibis, I. [xi. 27];
its junction with the Euphrates, I. [xvii. 22];
flows between Seleucia and Ctesiphon, II. [xxviii. 5]
Trajan, a guardsman, sent with Arethas into Assyria, II. [xix. 15] ff.;
they return by another route, II. [xix. 28] ff.
Trapezus, city on the Euxine, II. [xxix. 22], [xxx. 14]
Tretum, a place near Antioch where was a temple of Michael, II. [xi. 7]
Tribunianus, a Pamphylian, quaestor, I. [xxiv. 11];
his dexterity in manipulating laws, I. [xxiv. 16];
dismissed from office, I. [xxiv. 17];
restored to office, I. [xxv. 1], [xxv. 2];
his death, I. [xxv. 2]
Tribunus, a physician, beloved by Chosroes, II. [xxviii. 8] ff.
Tripod, before the palace of the Persian king, where all must sit who fell under the king's displeasure, I. [xxiii. 28]
Tripurgia, a place at Edessa, II. [xxvii. 41]
Tzani, called Sani in early times, I. [xv. 21];
the source of the Boas River among them, II. [xxix. 14];
conquered by the Romans, I. [xv. 19] ff.;
become Christian, I. [xv. 25];
reduced to subjection, II. [iii. 39];
with the Roman army at Petra, II. [xxix. 10], [xxix. 41];
defend the Roman camp, II. [xxx. 13];
return to their homes, II. [xxx. 14]

Valerianus, appointed general of Armenia, II. [xiv. 8];
receives Persian envoys, II. [xxiv. 6-8];
reports to Justinian, II. [xxiv. 9];
ordered to invade Persia with Martinus, II. [xxiv. 10];
encamps near Theodosiopolis, II. [xxiv. 12];
follows Peter in invading Persia, II. [xxiv. 19];
commands the left wing at the battle of Anglon, II. [xxv. 17]
Vandals, II. [ii. 8], [iii. 46]
Vararanes, Persian king, invades Roman territory, I. [ii. 11] ff.;
concludes peace with the Romans, I. [ii. 15]
Varizes, title of a Persian general (lit. "victorious," properly a family name), I. [xii. 10]
Varrames, son of Adergoudounbades, shares the secret of the sparing of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 10];
reveals to Chosroes the true story, I. [xxiii. 13];
made chanaranges, I. [xxiii. 22]
Veneti, name of one of the factions, I. [xxiv. 2-6];
supported by Justinian, II. [xi. 32];
also called the Blue Faction, ib.
Venetian Colonnade, The, in Byzantium, I. [xxiv. 49]
Veredi, the government post horses, II. [xx. 20]
Vesta, see Hestia
Vitalianus, son of Patriciolus, an officer in the Roman army, I. [viii. 3];
becomes tyrant, [ib.];
his hostility to Anastasius, I. [xiii. 10];
his adviser Hermogenes, [ib.]
Vittigis, king of the Goths, sends ambassadors to Chosroes, II. [ii. 1];
they address Chosroes, II. [ii. 4] ff.;
brought to Byzantium by Belisarius, II. [iv. 13], [xxi. 28];
remains in Byzantium, II. [xiv. 10];
envoys of, one dies, the other remains in Persia, II. [xiv. 11];
their interpreter captured, II. [xiv. 12]

White Syrians, old name for the inhabitants of Armenia Minor, I. [xvii. 21]

Zaberganes, misrepresents Mebodes to Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 25], [xxiii. 26];
reproaches Chosroes, II. [viii. 30] ff.;
at the bidding of Chosroes receives the envoys of Edessa, II. [xxvi. 16-19]
Zames, son of Cabades, disqualified from succeeding his father, I. [xi. 4]; II. [ix. 12];
plot to put him in power in place of Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 4], [xxiii. 5];
slain by Chosroes, I. [xxiii. 6]
Zechi, their location, II. [xxix. 15]
Zeno, Roman emperor at the time of the Persian king Arsaces, I. [iii. 8]
Zenobia, city on the Euphrates, II. [v. 4];
founded by Zenobia, II. [v. 5];
Chosroes refrains from attacking it, II. [v. 7]
Zenobia, wife of Odonathus, founder of the city of Zenobia, II. [v. 5]
Zeuxippus, Baths of, destroyed by fire in the Nika insurrection, I. [xxiv. 9]