History of the Wars, Books III and IV: The Vandalic War - Procopius - Page №57
History of the Wars, Books III and IV: The Vandalic War
Procopius
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  • Hadrumetum, city in Libya, III. [xvii. 8], IV. [xxvii. 26], [xxvii. 31], [33];
  • taken by the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 11-15];
  • recovered by Paulus, a priest, IV. [xxiii. 18-25], [29];
  • guarded for the emperor, IV. [xxvii. 6]
  • Harmatus, Roman General;
  • marches against Zenon, III. [vii. 20];
  • surrenders to him, III. [vii. 21];
  • killed by Zenon, III. [vii. 23]
  • Hebrews, their migration from Egypt to Palestine, IV. [x. 13];
  • history of the, IV. [x. 17]
  • Hebrew Scripture, quoted by Gelimer, IV. [ix. 11]
  • Hellespont, strait between Sestus and Abydus, III. [i. 7]
  • Heracleia, the name of Perinthus in Procopius' time, III. [xii. 6]
  • Heracles, wrestled with Antaeus in Clipea, IV. [x. 24]
  • Heracles, Pillars of, Gibraltar, III. [i. 5], [9], [15], [18], [vii. 11], IV. [x. 20]
  • Heraclius, defeats the Vandals in Tripolis, III. [vi. 9];
  • returns to Byzantium, III. [vi. 25]
  • Hermes, called Mercury by the Romans, III. [vi. 10];
  • town of Hermes or Mercurium, on the coast of Libya, III. [vi. 10] [xvii. 15], [xx. 10]
  • Hermione, town in Byzacium;
  • distance from the coast, III. [xiv. 10], [xvii. 4], [11]
  • Hieron, near the mouth of the Bosphorus, III. [i. 8]
  • Himerius of Thrace, commander in Byzacium; fails to unite with John, and falls into the hands of the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 3-5];
  • guarded by the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 10];
  • puts Hadrumetum into their hands, IV. [xxiii. 10-15];
  • escapes to Carthage, IV [xxiii. 17]
  • Hippo Regius, a strong city of Numidia, III. [iii. 31], IV. [iv. 32];
  • besieged by the Vandals, III. [iii. 32], [iii. 34];
  • distance from Carthage, IV. [iv. 26];
  • Boniface the Libyan captured there, IV. [iv. 34], [36], [39]
  • Hoamer, nephew of Ilderic;
  • acts as his general, III. [ix. 2];
  • imprisoned by Gelimer, III. [ix. 9];
  • blinded by Gelimer, III. [ix. 14], [17];
  • his death, III. [xvii. 12]
  • Honoric, son of Gizeric;
  • given as a hostage to Valentinian, III. [iv. 13];
  • returned, [iv. 14];
  • marries Eudocia, III. [v. 6];
  • receives Libyan slaves, III [v. 11];
  • succeeds to the throne of the Vandals, III. [viii. 1], [xxi. 19];
  • makes war on the Moors, III. [viii. 1], [2];
  • persecutes the Christians, III. [viii. 3], [4];
  • his death, III. [viii. 5];
  • father of Ilderic, III. [ix. 1];
  • in his reign the church of St. Cyprian taken by the Arians, III. [xxi. 19]
  • Honorius, younger son of Theodosius;
  • receives the western empire, III. [i. 2], [ii. 1];
  • brother of Arcadius and Placidia, III. [iii. 4];
  • the western empire overrun by barbarians during his reign, III. [ii. 1];
  • retires from Rome to Ravenna, [ii. 8], 9;
  • accused of bringing in the Visigoths, [ii. 10];
  • his stupid remark upon hearing of the fall of Rome, III. [ii. 25], [26];
  • displaced from the throne of the western empire by Attalus, III. [ii. 28];
  • prepares for flight either to Libya or to Byzantium, III. [ii. 32];
  • his good fortune in extreme peril, III. [ii. 34-37];
  • allows the Vandals to settle in Spain, III. [iii. 2];
  • provides that they shall not acquire possession of the land, III. [iii. 3];
  • shares royal power with Constantius, III. [iii. 4];
  • his death, III. [iii. 4]
  • Huns, see Massagetae.
  • Iaudas, ruler of the Moors in Aurasium, IV. [xii. 29], [xxv. 2];
  • the best warrior among the Moors, IV. [xiii. 13];
  • plunders Numidia, IV. [xiii. 1];
  • his combat with Althias at Tigisis, IV. [xiii. 10-16];
  • Solomon marches against him, IV. [xiii. 18];
  • accused before Solomon by other Moorish rulers, IV. [xiii. 19];
  • slays his father-in-law Mephanius, [ibid.];
  • establishes himself on Mt, Aurasium, IV. [xiii. 21];
  • with the mutineers of Stotzas, IV. [xvii. 8];
  • Solomon marches against him, IV [xix. 5];
  • remains on Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xix. 19];
  • goes up to the top of Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xix. 21];
  • escapes wounded from Toumar, IV. [xx. 21];
  • deposited his treasures in a tower at the Rock of Geminianus, IV. [xx. 24]
  • Ilderic, son of Honoric,
  • becomes king of the Vandals, III. [ix. 1];
  • an unwarlike ruler, [ibid.];
  • uncle of Hoamer, III. [ix. 2];
  • suspected plot of the Goths against him, III. [ix. 4];
  • on terms of special friendship with Justinian, III. [ix. 5];
  • makes large gifts to Apollinarius, IV. [v. 8];
  • allows Gelimer to encroach upon his authority, III. [ix. 8];
  • dethroned and imprisoned, III. [ix. 8], [9], [14], [17];
  • killed in prison by Ammatas, III. [xvii. 11], [ 12];
  • his sons and other offspring receive rewards from Justinian and Theodora, IV. [ix. 13]
  • Ildiger, son-in-law of Antonina, IV. [viii. 24];
  • sent to Libya with an army, [ibid.];
  • made joint commander of Carthage with Theodoras, IV. [xv. 49];
  • at the battle of Scalae Veteres, [xvii. 6], [19]
  • Illyricum, III. [xi. 17], [xi. 21];
  • plundered by Gizeric, III. [v. 23]
  • Ionian Sea, III. [i. 9], [i. 12], [15], [ii. 9], 11
  • Ionians, as sailors in the African expedition, III. [xi. 14]
  • Iouce, distance from Carthage, III. [xv. 8]
  • Iourpouthes, a Moorish ruler, joins in an attack upon a Roman force, IV. [x. 6] ff.
  • Ister, called also the Danube, III. [i. 10], [ii. 6];
  • crossed by the Goths, III. [ii. 39]
  • Italy the brutal destruction of its cities and people by the Visigoths, III. [ii. 11], [ii. 12];
  • invaded by Gizeric, III. [v. 1] ff, [22], [23]
  • Jebusites, ancient people of Phoenicia, IV. [x. 17];
  • emigrate to Egypt and then to Libya, IV. [x. 18], [19]
  • Jerusalem, captured by Titus, IV. [ix. 5];
  • Christians there receive back the treasures of the temple, IV. [ix. 9]
  • Jews,
  • their treasures brought to Byzantium by Belisarius, [ix. 5];
  • sent back to Jerusalem by Justinian, IV. [ix. 9];
  • one of them warns the Romans not to keep the treasures of the temple in Jerusalem, IV. [ix. 6-8]
  • John the Armenian;
  • financial manager of Belisarius, III. [xvii. 1], [xvii. 2];
  • commanded to precede the Roman army, III [xvii. 2], [xviii. 3];
  • engages with Ammatas at Decimum and defeats his force, III. [xviii. 5], [xviii. 6];
  • pursues the fugitives to Carthage, III. [xviii. 10], [xix. 30];
  • rejoins Belisarius, III. [xix. 33];
  • entrusted with the command of a skirmishing force, IV. [ii. 1];
  • in the centre at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. [iii. 5];
  • begins the fighting, IV. [iii. 10], [12], [13];
  • pursues Gelimer, IV, [iv. 9], [14];
  • killed accidentally by Uliaris, IV. [iv. 18], [iv. 19];
  • his character, IV, [ iv. 20];
  • cared for and buried by his soldiers, IV. [iv. 22];
  • mourned by Belisarius, IV. [iv. 24]
  • John, father of Artabanes and John, of the Arsacidae, IV. [xxiv. 2]
  • John, commander of auxiliaries, III. [xi. 6];
  • on the left wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. iii. [4];
  • sent with an army to Caesarea, IV. [v. 5]
  • John, a general under Basiliscus;
  • his excellent fighting against the Vandals, III. [vi. 22-24]
  • John the Cappadocian, urges Justinian not to make war on the Vandals, III. [x. 7-17];
  • praetorian perfect;
  • supplies the army with bad bread, III. [xiii. 12] ff.
  • John, guardsman of Belisarius;
  • sent to the Pillars of Heracles with an army, IV. [v. 6]
  • John, a Roman soldier, chosen emperor, III. [iii. 5];
  • his virtues as a ruler, III. [iii. 6], [iii. 7];
  • reduced from power by Theodosius, III. [iii. 8];
  • captured, brutally abused, and killed by Valentinian, III. [iii. 9]
  • John of Epidamnus,
  • commander-in-chief of infantry, III. [xi. 8], IV. [xvi. 2]
  • John, son of John, of the Arsacidae;
  • sent to Libya in command of Armenians, IV. [xxiv. 2];
  • brother of Artabanes, IV [xxiv. 15];
  • his death, [ibid.]
  • John the mutineer, succeeds Stotzas as general of the mutineers, IV. [xxv. 3];
  • leads the mutineers to join Gontharis, IV. [xxvii. 7];
  • marches with Artabanes against Antalas, IV. [xxvii. 25];
  • does not take part in the battle, [xxvii. 27];
  • entertained by Pamphilus at a banquet, IV. [xxviii. 5];
  • taken from sanctuary, and sent to Byzantium, IV. [xxviii. 39], [xxviii. 40]
  • John, brother of Pappus;
  • at the battle of Scalae Veteres, IV. [xvii. 6], [xvii. 16];
  • made general of Libya, IV. [xxviii. 45];
  • his varying fortunes in fighting with the Moors, IV. [xxviii. 46-51]
  • John, son of Sisiniolus;
  • sent as commander to Libya, IV. [xix. 1];
  • especially hostile to Sergius, IV. [xxii. 3], [4];
  • marches against the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 2];
  • fails to meet Himerius, IV. [xxiii. 3-5];
  • quarrels with Sergius, [xxiii. 32];
  • sent against Antalas and Stotzas, IV. [xxiv. 6];
  • meets the enemy at a great disadvantage, IV. [xxiv. 8];
  • his enmity against Stotzas, [xxiv. 9];
  • gives him a mortal wound in the battle, IV. [xxiv. 11];
  • his army routed by the Moors, IV [xxiv. 12];
  • his death, IV. [xxiv. 13]. [14];
  • Justinian's sorrow at his death, IV. [xxiv. 16]
  • Joseph, an imperial scribe, sent as envoy to Stotzas, IV. [xv. 7];
  • killed by Stotzas, IV. [xv. 8]
  • Joshua ("Jesus"), son of ("Naues"), brings the Hebrews into Palestine, IV. [x. 13];
  • subjugates the country, IV. [x. 14];
  • mentioned in a Phoenician inscription, IV. [x. 22]
  • Juppiter Capitolinus, temple of, in Rome, despoiled by Gizeric, III. [v. 4]
  • Justinian, succeeds his uncle Justinus as emperor, III. [vii. 27];
  • on terms of especial friendship with Ilderic, III. [ix. 5];
  • sends warning to Gelimer, III. [ix. 10-13];
  • sends a second warning to Gelimer, III. [ix. 15-19];
  • approached by Apollinarius and other Libyans seeking help for Ilderic, IV. [v. 8];
  • prepares to make war upon Gelimer, III. [ix. 24], [ix. 25];
  • summons Belisarius from the East to command the African expedition, III. [ix. 25];
  • makes preparations for the expedition, III. [x. 1] ff.;
  • discouraged by John the Cappadocian, III. [x. 7] ff.;
  • urged by a priest to prosecute the war, III. [x. 18-20];
  • continues preparations III. [x. 21];
  • invited by Godas to support him in Sardinia, III. [x. 28-31];
  • sends an envoy to him, III. [x. 32];
  • and later an army, III. [xi. 1];
  • sends Valerianus and Martinus in advance of the African expedition, III [xi. 24];
  • despatches the expedition, III. [xii. 1] ff.;
  • makes an agreement with Amalasountha for a market, III. [xiv. 5];
  • their mutual friendship, III. [xiv. 6];
  • his letter to the Vandals, III. [xvi. 12-14];
  • never properly delivered, III. [xvi. 15];
  • the Goths appeal to him as arbiter, IV. [v. 24];
  • receives report of Belisarius regarding the dispute with the Goths, IV. [v. 25];
  • hears slander against Belisarius, IV. [viii. 2];
  • sends Solomon to test him, IV. [viii. 4];
  • sends the Jewish treasures back to Jerusalem, IV. [ix. 9];
  • receives the homage of Gelimer and of Belisarius, IV. [ix. 12];
  • distributes rewards to Gelimer and others, IV. [ix. 13];
  • sends Belisarius against the Goths in Italy, IV. [xiv. 1];
  • sends Germanus to Libya, IV. [xvi. 1];
  • entrusts Solomon again with the command of Libya, IV. [xix. 1];
  • receives a letter from Antalas, IV. [xxii. 6-10];
  • refuses to recall Sergius, IV. [xxii. 11];
  • sends Areobindus to Libya IV. [xxiv. 1];
  • recalls Sergius and sends him to Italy, IV. [xxiv. 16];
  • appoints Artabanes general of all Libya, IV. [xxviii. 43];
  • summons him to Byzantium, IV. [xxviii. 44];
  • uncle of Germanus, IV. [xvi. 1];
  • and of Vigilantia, IV. [xxiv. 3];
  • the Vandals of, IV. [xiv. 17];
  • excluded all not of the orthodox faith from the church, IV. [xiv. 14];
  • years of reign noted, III. [xii. 1], IV. [xiv. 6], [xix. 1], [xxi. 1], [xxviii. 41]
  • Justinus, Roman emperor, uncle of Justinian, III. [vii. 27];
  • not a vigorous or skilful ruler, III. [ix. 5];
  • Ilderic accused of betraying the Vandals to him, III. [ix. 8]
  • Laribus or Laribous, city in Libya, IV. [xxii. 14], [xxviii. 48];
  • attacked by the Moors, IV. [xxii. 18-20]
  • Latin tongue, the, III. [i. 6], IV. [xiii. 33]
  • Laurus, a Carthaginian;
  • impaled by Belisarius, IV. [i. 8]
  • Leon, emperor of the East, [v. 7];
  • sends an expedition against the Vandals, III. [vi. 1] ff., [xx. 2];
  • quarrels with Aspar, III. [vi. 3];
  • appoints Anthemius emperor of the West, III. [vi. 5];
  • wins over the tyrant Marcellianus and sends him against the Vandals in Sardinia, III. [vi. 8];
  • dreaded by Gizeric, III. [vi. 11];
  • his expedition destroyed by the Vandals, III. [vi. 17] ff.;
  • destroys Aspar and Ardaburius, III. [vi. 27];
  • his death, III. [vii. 2];
  • husband of Berine, III. [vi. 2];
  • father of Ariadne, III. [vii. 2]
  • Leon the younger, son of Zenon and Ariadne, III. [vii. 2];
  • becomes emperor while an infant, III [vii. 2];
  • dies soon afterwards, III. [vii. 3]
  • Leontius, son of Zaunus, sent as commander to Libya, IV. [xix. 1];
  • fights valorously at the capture of Toumar, IV. [xx. 19];
  • brother of Rufinus, [ibid.]
  • Leptes, city in Libya, III. [xvii. 8]
  • Leptimagna, city in Tripolis;
  • threatened by an army of Leuathae, IV. [xxi. 2], [13], [15]
  • Lesbos, passed by the fugitive Vandals, IV. [xiv. 18]
  • Leuathae, tribe of Moors;
  • present demands to Sergius, IV. [xxi. 2];
  • their representatives received by Sergius and killed, IV. [xxi. 4-10];
  • come in arms against Leptimagna, IV. [xxi. 12];
  • routed by the Romans, [xxi. 14];
  • march against the Romans a second time, IV. [xxi. 16];
  • scorn the overtures of Solomon, IV. [xxi. 20-22];
  • capture Solomon, son of Bacchus, IV. [xxii. 13];
  • release him, IV. [xxii. 16];
  • besiege Laribus, IV [xxii. 18];
  • depart to their homes IV. [xxii. 20];
  • join the Moors of Byzacium against the Romans, IV. [xxviii. 47]
  • Libya, included in "Asia," III. [i. 5];
  • its aborigines, IV. [x. 23];
  • the Phoenicians emigrate thither, IV. [x. 19];
  • Phoenician tongue used there, IV. [x. 20];
  • subjugated by the Romans, IV. [x. 28];
  • failure of the Visigothic king Attalus to get a foothold there, III. [ii. 30], [32], [36];
  • lost by Valentinian, III. [iii. 12];
  • occupied by the Vandals, III. [iii. 26], [xxii. 4];
  • who remove the walls of the cities, III. [v. 8], [xv. 9];
  • recovered for the Romans by Belisarius, III. [xvi. 9] ff.;
  • prospers under the rule of Solomon, IV. [xix. 3], [xx. 33];
  • who restores the walls of the cities, IV. [xix. 3], [xx. 29];
  • overrun by the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 26-31], [xxviii. 49]
  • Libyans, enslaved and impoverished by Gizeric, III. [v. 11-13], [15-17];
  • cannot trust the Vandals, III. [xvi. 3];
  • their sufferings at the hands of the Vandals, III. [xx. 19];
  • oppressed by the Moors, IV. [viii. 20], [xxiii. 27];
  • enjoy peace at last, IV. [xxviii. 52]
  • Liguria, the army of Majorinus halts there, III. [vii. 4], [11]
  • Lilybaeum, a promontory of Sicily;
  • presented to Amalafrida, III. [viii. 13];
  • Belisarius attempts unsuccessfully to take it, IV. [v. 11];
  • he asserts his claim, IV. [v. 12] ff.;
  • the claim denied by the Goths, IV. [v. 19] ff.
  • Massagetae, called Huns in Procopius' time, III. [xi. 9];
  • their love of wine, III. [xii. 8];
  • their custom of allowing only members of a certain family to begin a battle, III. [xviii. 14];
  • in the army of Aetius, III. [iv. 24];
  • in the African expedition of Belisarius, III. [xi. 11], [xii. 8-10], [xvii. 3], [xviii. 3], [12], [17], [xix. 18], [33], IV. [xiii. 2];
  • their doubtful allegiance, IV. [i. 5], [6], [9-11], [ii. 3], [iii. 7], [16];
  • with the mutineers under John, IV. [xxvii. 8]
  • Maeotic Lake, at the eastern extremity of the "Mediterranean," III. [i. 4];
  • limit of the Euxine, III. [i. 10];
  • home of the Vandals, III. [iii. 1]
  • Majorica, island in the western Mediterranean, III. [i. 18];
  • Apollinarius sent thither with an army, IV. [v. 7]
  • Majorinus, emperor of the West;
  • makes an expedition against the Vandals, III. [vii. 4-13];
  • disguised as an envoy and received by Gizeric, III. [vii. 8-10];
  • his death, III. [vii. 14]
  • Malea, southern promontory of the Peloponnesus, III. [xiii. 5]
  • Mammes, a place in Byzacium;
  • Solomon encamps there, IV. [xi. 15];
  • battle fought there, IV. [xi. 47-54]
  • Mandracium, the harbour of Carthage, III. [xx. 14], [15], IV. [viii. 7], [xxvi. 10];
  • opened to the Roman fleet, III. [xx. 3];
  • entered by Calonymus with a few ships, III. [xx. 16]
  • Marcellianus, rules as independent tyrant over Dalmatia, III. [vi. 7];
  • won over by Leon and sent to Sardinia against the Vandals, III. [vi. 8];
  • destroyed by treachery, III. [vi. 25]
  • Marcellus, commander of auxiliaries, III. [xi. 6];
  • on the left wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. [iii. 4];
  • commander-in-chief of Roman forces in Numidia, IV. [xv. 50], [51];
  • leads his army against Stotzas, IV. [xv. 52];
  • his death, IV. [xv. 59]
  • Marcentius, commander in Byzacium;
  • persuaded by Antalas to join him, IV. [xxvii. 5], [6], [31]
  • Marcian, confidential adviser of Aspar, III. [iv. 7];
  • taken prisoner by Gizeric, II. [iv. 2];
  • his career foreshadowed by a sign, III. [iv. 4-8];
  • spared by Gizeric, III. [iv. 9], [10];
  • becomes emperor of the East, III. [iv. 10], [39];
  • his successful reign, III. [iv. 11];
  • his death, III. [v. 7]
  • Marcian, commander of infantry, III. [xi. 7]
  • Martinus, commander of auxiliaries, III. [xi. 6], [29];
  • sent with Valerian in advance of the African expedition, III. [xi. 24];
  • meets the Roman fleet at Methone, III. [xiii. 9];
  • on the left wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. [iii. 4];
  • escapes with Solomon from the mutiny in Carthage IV. [xiv. 37-40];
  • sent back to Numidia, IV. [xiv. 40];
  • summoned to Byzantium, IV. [xix. 2]
  • Massonas, son of Mephanias;
  • a Moorish ruler, accuses Iaudas to Solomon, IV. [xiii. 19]
  • Mastigas, Moorish ruler, IV. [xx. 31]
  • Mastinas, ruler of Moors in Mauretania, IV. [xiii. 19]
  • Mauritania, occupied by the Moors, IV. [x. 29];
  • Moors of, seek alliance with the Romans, III. [xxv. 3];
  • ruled by Mastinas IV. [xiii. 19];
  • fugitive Vandals return thither, IV. [xiv. 19];
  • Iaudas retires thither, IV. [xx. 21];
  • "First Mauritania," called Zabe, subjugated by Solomon, IV. [xx. 30];
  • Stotzas comes thence to join Antalas, IV. [xxii. 5];
  • adjoins Numidia, III. [xxv. 21];
  • city of Caesarea there, IV. [v. 5]
  • Maximinus, body-guard of Theodorus the Cappadocian;
  • tries to set up a tyranny, IV. [xviii. 1-3];
  • upon invitation of Germanus, becomes a body-guard of his, IV. [xviii. 6], [ 7];
  • his attempt frustrated by Germanus, IV. [xviii. 8-15];
  • examined by Germanus and impaled, IV. [xviii. 17], [18]
  • Maximus the elder, his tyranny, III. [iv. 16];
  • the festival celebrating his defeat, [ibid.]
  • Maximus, a Roman senator, III. [iv. 16];
  • his wife outraged by Valentinian, III. [iv. 17-22];
  • plans to murder Valentinian, III. [iv. 24];
  • slanders and destroys Aetius, III. [iv. 25-27];
  • kills Valentinian, and makes himself tyrant, III. [iv. 36];
  • stoned to death, III. [v. 2]
  • Medeos, city at the foot of Mt. Papua in Numidia, IV. [iv. 27]
  • Medic garments, i.e. silk;
  • called "seric" in Procopius' time, as coming from the Chinese (Seres);
  • worn by the Vandals, IV. [vi. 7]
  • Medissinissas, a Moorish ruler;
  • joins in an attack upon a Roman force, IV. [x. 6] ff.;
  • slays Rufinus, IV. [x. 11]
  • Megara, its distance from Athens the measure of a one day's journey, III. [i. 17]
  • Melanchlaenae, an old name for the Goths, [ii. 2]
  • Melita, island between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas (Malta), III. [xiv. 16]
  • Membresa, city in Libya, IV. [xv. 12];
  • distance from Carthage, [ibid.]
  • Menephesse, place in Byzacium, IV. [xxiii. 3]
  • Mephanias, a Moor,
  • father of Massonas, and father-in-law of Iaudas, IV. [xiii. 10];
  • treacherously slain by Iaudas, [ibid.]
  • Mercurium, a town near Carthage, III. [vi. 10], [xvii. 15], [xx. 10]
  • Mercurius, the Latin name for Hermes, III. [vi. 10]
  • Methone, a town in the Peloponnesus, III. [xiii. 9];
  • the Roman fleet stops there, III. [xiii. 9-21]
  • Minorica, island in the western Mediterranean, III. [i. 18];
  • Apollinarius sent thither with an army, IV. [v. 7]
  • Misuas, the ship-yard of Carthage, IV. [xiv. 40]
  • Monks, their monastery in Carthage, IV. [xxvi. 17]
  • Moors, a black race of Africa, IV. [xiii. 29];
  • an account of their origin in Palestine, and migration westward, IV. [x. 13] ff.;
  • driven away from Carthage, IV. [x. 27], [28];
  • possess themselves of much of Libya, IV. [x. 29];
  • take Mt. Aurasium from the Vandals, IV. [xiii. 26], [27];
  • those beyond Mt. Aurasium ruled by Ortaïas, IV [xiii. 28];
  • on Aurasium, ruled by laudas, IV. [xii. 29], [xiii. 1];
  • of Mauritania, ruled by Mastinas, IV. [xiii. 19];
  • inhabit Mt. Papua, IV. [iv. 27], [vi. 19], [20];
  • not merged with the Vandals, III. [v. 21];
  • their alliance secured by Gizeric, III. [v. 22];
  • make war on the Vandals, III. [viii. 1], [2];
  • dwelling on Mt. Aurasium, establish their independence from the Vandals, III. [viii. 5];
  • their wars with Gundamundus, III. [viii. 7];
  • inflict a great disaster upon the Vandals, III. [viii. 15-28];
  • of Byzacium, defeat the Vandals, III. [ix. 3];
  • most of them seek alliance with the Romans, III. [xxv. 2-4],
  • IV. [viii. 11] ff.;
  • their doubtful fidelity, III. [xxv. 9];
  • stationed in the rear of the Vandals at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. [iii. 8];
  • threaten the Roman power in Tripolis, IV. [v. 10];
  • on Mt. Papua, drive back Pharas and his men, IV. [vi. 1-3];
  • of Byzacium and Numidia, rise and overrun the country, IV. [viii. 20-23], [x. 1], [2];
  • caught by Aïgan and Rufinus in an ambush, IV. [x. 5];
  • in turn annihilate the Roman force, IV. [x. 6] ff.;
  • receive a warning letter from Solomon, IV. [xi. 1-8];
  • their reply, IV. [xi. 9-13];
  • Solomon marches against them, IV. [xi. 14];
  • prepare for battle at Mammes, IV. [xi. 17], [18], [37-46];
  • defeated by the Romans, IV. [xi. 47-54];
  • rise against the Romans a second time, IV. [xii. 1];
  • establish themselves on Mt. Bourgaon, IV. [xii. 3-9];
  • suffer a crushing defeat, IV. [xii. 17] ff.;
  • finally understand their ancient prophecy, IV. [xii. 28];
  • emigrate from Byzacium to Numidia, [xii. 29];
  • those under Antalas remain in Byzacium, IV. [xii. 30];
  • of Aurasium, take up arms under Iaudas, IV. [xiii. 1] ff.;
  • checked by Althias at the spring of Tigisis, IV. [xiii. 8], [9];
  • in the army of Solomon, IV. [xiii. 20];
  • elude Solomon on Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xiii. 35], [36];
  • Solomon prepares another expedition against them, IV. [xiii. 40];
  • with the mutineers of Stotzas, IV. [xvii. 8];
  • their uncertain allegiance, IV. [xvii. 9-12];
  • join in the pursuit of the mutineers, IV. [xvii. 31];
  • on Aurasium; Solomon marches against them, IV. [xix. 5];
  • defeat Gontharis, IV. [xix. 8];
  • flood the Roman camp, IV. [xix. 14];
  • retire to Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xix. 16];
  • defeated by Solomon, retire to the heights of Aurasium, IV. [xix. 17], [18];
  • abandon the fortress of Zerboule to the Romans, IV. [xix. 23-32];
  • overwhelmingly defeated at Toumar, [xx. 1] ff.;
  • defeat the Romans under Solomon, IV. [xxi. 25-28];
  • gather under Antalas, IV. [xxii. 5];
  • tricked by Solomon the younger, IV. [xxii. 12-17];
  • attack Laribus, IV. [xxii. 18-20];
  • gathered a second time by Antalas, IV. [xxiii. 1];
  • capture Himerius and take Hadrumetum, IV. [xxiii. 10-15];
  • lose Hadrumetum, IV. [xxiii. 25];
  • pillage all Libya unhindered, IV. [xxiii. 26-32];
  • defeat the Roman army at Siccaveneria, IV. [xxiv. 8-12];
  • at the invitation of Gontharis, march against Carthage, IV. [xxv. 1], [2];
  • of Coutzinas, in the army of Artabanes, IV. [xxvii. 25];
  • of Byzacium, defeated by John, IV. [xxviii. 46];
  • with the Leuathae defeat John, IV. [xxviii. 47], [48];
  • routed in a third battle, IV. [xxviii. 50], [51];
  • of Coutzinas, in alliance with John, IV. [xxviii. 50];
  • in Sardinia, Solomon prepares an expedition against them, IV. [xiii. 41], [45];
  • sent thither by the Vandals, IV. [xiii. 43];
  • overrun the island, IV. [xiii. 42], [44];
  • called Barbaricini, IV. [xiii. 44];
  • their polygamy, IV. [xi. 13];
  • untrustworthy by nature, IV. [xiii. 37], [xvii. 10];
  • even among themselves, IV. [xxv. 16];
  • suspicious toward all, IV. [xxvi. 2];
  • their hardiness as a nation, IV. [vi. 5], [10-13];
  • their reckless character, IV. [viii. 10];
  • their female oracles, IV. [viii. 13];
  • their method of cooking bread, IV. [vii. 3];
  • accustomed to take some women with their armies, IV. [xi. 18], [19];
  • undesirable allies, IV. [xiii. 40];
  • not practised in storming walls, IV. [xxii. 20];
  • not diligent in guarding captives, IV. [xxiii. 17];
  • the symbols of kingship among them received from the Roman emperor, III. [xxv. 5-7];
  • Moorish old man, guardian of Iaudas' treasures, IV. [xx. 24];
  • slain by a Roman soldier, IV. [xx. 27];
  • Moorish woman, IV. [vii. 3]
  • Moses, leader of the Hebrews, his death, IV. [x. 13]
  • Nepos, emperor of the West, dies after a reign of a few days, III. [vii. 15]
  • Numidia, in Africa, adjoins Mauritania, III. [xxv. 21];
  • its boundary near the plain of Boulla, III. [xxv. 1];
  • Mt. Papua on its borders, IV. [iv. 27];
  • includes Mt. Aurasium, III. [viii. 5];
  • and the city of Hippo Regius, III. [iii. 31], IV. [iv. 26];
  • and the city of Tigisis, IV. [x. 21];
  • Moors of, seek alliance with the Romans, III. [xxv. 3];
  • plundered by the Moors, IV. [viii. 9], [x. 2];
  • plundered by Iaudas, IV. [xiii. 1], [18];
  • a place of retreat for the mutineers of Stotzas, IV. [xv. 44], [50], [xvii. 1];
  • Romans retire from there, IV. [xx. 30];
  • Gontharis commander there, IV. [xxv. 1];
  • Moors of, march out against Carthage, IV. [xxv. 2]
  • Nun ("Naues"), father of Joshua ("Jesus"), IV. [x. 13], [22]
  • Ocean, Procopius' conception of it as encircling the earth, III. [i. 4]
  • Olyvrius, Roman senator, husband of Placidia, III. [v. 6], [vi. 6];
  • becomes emperor of the West; killed after a short reign, III. [vii. 1]
  • Optio (Latin), a kind of adjutant in the Roman
  • army, III. [xvii. 1], IV. [xx. 12]
  • Ortaïas, Moorish ruler beyond Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xiii. 19], [28];
  • accuses Iaudas to Solomon, IV. [xiii. 19];
  • with the mutineers of Stotzas, IV. [xvii. 8];
  • his report of the country beyond his own, IV. [xiii. 29]
  • Palatium, the imperial residence in Rome;
  • said to be named from Pallas, III. [xxi. 4];
  • despoiled by Gizeric, III. [iv. 34], IV. [ix. 5]
  • Palestine, settlement of the Hebrews there, IV. [x. 13];
  • Moors emigrated therefrom, IV. [x. 27]
  • Pallas, an "eponymous" hero, used to explain the word "Palatium," III. [xxi. 4]
  • Pannonia, entered by the Goths, III. [ii. 39]
  • Pappus, brother of John, IV. [xvii. 6], [xxviii. 45];
  • commander of cavalry, III. [xi. 7];
  • on the right wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. [iii. 4]
  • Papua, mountain in Numidia, IV. [iv. 27];
  • Gelimer takes refuge there, IV. [26], [28];
  • its ascent attempted by Pharas, IV. [vi. 1];
  • closely besieged, IV. [iv. 28], [vi. 3];
  • Cyprian sent thither to receive Gelimer, IV. [vii. 11]
  • Pasiphilus, a mutineer in the Roman army;
  • active supporter of Gontharis, IV. [xxvii. 21], [22], [36], [38];
  • entertains John at a banquet, IV. [xxviii. 3];
  • his death, IV. [xxviii. 39]
  • Patrician rank, III. [ii. 15], [xi. 17], IV. [vi. 22], [xvi. 1];
  • Gelimer excluded from it because of Arianism, IV. [ix. 14]
  • Paulus, a priest of Hadrumetum;
  • rescues the city from the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 18-25];
  • comes to Byzantium, IV. [xxiii. 29]
  • Pedion Halon, in Libya, distance from Decimum;
  • forces of Gibamundus destroyed there, III. [xviii. 12]
  • Pegasius, friend of Solomon the younger, IV. [xxii. 14], [15]
  • Peloponnesus, III. [xi. 24], IV. [xiv. 18];
  • plundered by Gizeric, III. [v. 23], [xxii. 16]
  • Pentapolis, part of Libya;
  • its rule falls to Cyrus, IV. [xxi. 1]
  • Perinthus, called Heracleia in Procopius' time, [xii. 6]
  • Persians, III. [xix. 7];
  • make peace with the Romans, III. [i. 1], [ix. 25], [26];
  • Vandals fight against them IV. [xiv. 18]
  • Peter, Roman general, accused by the Massagetae of unfair dealing, IV. [i. 6]
  • Peter, of Thrace, body-guard of Solomon;
  • at the banquet of Gontharis, IV. [xxviii. 3];
  • looks with approval upon Artabanes' plot, IV. [xxviii. 24], [28];
  • with Artabanes cuts down the body-guards who remain, IV. [xxviii. 33]
  • Pharas, leader of Eruli, in the African expedition, III. [xi. 11];
  • left in charge of the siege of Gelimer on Mt. Papua, IV. [iv. 28], [31], [vi. 1], [3];
  • his correspondence with Gelimer, IV. [vi. 15-30], [vii. 6-9];
  • learns the reasons for Gelimer's peculiar request, and fulfils it, IV. [vi. 31-34];
  • reports to Belisarius, IV. [vii. 10];
  • his good qualities, IV. [iv. 29], [31];
  • an uneducated man, IV. [vi. 15]
  • Pharesmanes, father of Zaunas, IV. [xix. 1], [xx. 19]
  • Phasis River, in Colchis, III. [i. 11];
  • distance from Chalcedon, [ibid.]
  • Phoenicia, its extent, IV. [x. 15];
  • ruled by one king in ancient times, IV. [x. 16];
  • home of various peoples, IV. [x. 17];
  • Dido's emigration therefrom, IV. [x. 25];
  • Phoenician tongue, spoken in Libya, IV. [x. 20];
  • Phoenician writing, on two stones in Numidia IV. [x. 22]
  • Phredas, friend of Areobindus, sent by him to Gontharis, IV. [xxvi. 8], [9]
  • Placidia, sister of Arcadius and Honorius and wife of Constantius, III. [iii. 4];
  • mother of Valentinian, brings him up in vicious ways, III. [iii. 10];
  • as regent for her son, appoints Boniface general of all Libya, III. [iii. 16];
  • gives ear to Aetius' slander of Boniface, III. [iii. 17], [18];
  • summons him to Rome, III. [iii. 18];
  • sends men to Boniface at Carthage, III. [iii. 27];
  • upon learning the truth tries to bring him back, III. [iii. 28], [29];
  • finally receives him back, III. [iii. 36];
  • her death, III. [iv. 15]
  • Placidia, daughter of Eudoxia and wife of Olyvrius;
  • taken captive by Gizeric, III. [v. 3], [vi. 6];
  • sent to Byzantium, III. [v. 6]
  • Pontus, see Euxine
  • Praetor, III. [x. 3]
  • Praetorian, see Prefect
  • Prefect, praetorian prefect (lit. "of the court"), III. [x. 3], [7], [xi. 17], [xiii. 12];
  • of the army, "financial manager," III. [xi. 17]. cf. III. [xv. 13], [xvii. 16], IV. [xvi. 2]
  • Prejecta, daughter of Vigilantia and wife of Areobindus, accompanies him to Libya, IV. [xxiv. 3];
  • placed in a fortress for her safety, IV. [xxvi. 18];
  • removed from the fortress by Gontharis and compelled to give a false report in a letter to Justinian, IV. [xxvii. 20];
  • presents a great sum of money to Artabanes, IV. [xxviii. 43]
  • Proba, a notable woman of Rome;
  • according to one account opened the gates of the city to
  • Alaric, III. [ii. 27]
  • Procopius, author of the History of the Wars;
  • sails with Belisarius for Africa, III. [xii. 3];
  • his reassuring dream, III. [xii. 3-5];
  • sent by Belisarius to Syracuse to get information, III. [xiv. 3], [4], [7-13];
  • praised by Belisarius III. [xiv. 15];
  • congratulates Belisarius upon a good omen, III. [xv. 35];
  • escapes from Carthage with Solomon, IV. [xiv. 39];
  • goes to Belisarius in Syracuse, IV. [xiv. 41]
  • Pudentius, of Tripolis;
  • recovers this country for the Roman empire, III. [x. 22-24], [xi. 22], IV. [xxi. 3];
  • receives support from Belisarius, IV. [v. 10];
  • persuades Sergius to receive only representatives of the Leuathae, IV. [xxi. 3];
  • rights against the Leuathae, IV. [xxi. 13], [14];
  • his death, IV. [xxii. 15]
  • Ravenna, city in Italy;
  • the refuge of Honorius, III. [ii. 9], [25];
  • attacked by Alaric and Attalus, III. [ii. 29]
  • Reparatus, priest of Carthage;
  • sent by Gontharis to summon Areobindus, IV. [xxvi. 23];
  • with difficulty persuades him to come, IV. [xxvi. 24-27];
  • dismissed by Gontharis, IV. [xxvi. 31]
  • Rhecimer, slays his father-in-law Anthemius, emperor of the West, III. [vii. 1]
  • Rhine River, crossed by the Vandals, III. [iii. 1]
  • Romans, subjects of the Roman empire, both in the East and in the West;
  • mentioned constantly throughout;
  • celebrate a festival commemorating the overthrow of Maximus, III. [iv. 16];
  • accustomed to enter subject cities in disorder, III. [xxi. 9];
  • require especial oaths of loyalty from body-guards of
  • officers, IV. [xviii. 6];
  • subjugate the peoples of Libya, IV. [x. 28];
  • lose Libya to Gizeric and the Vandals, III. [iii. 31-35];
  • send an unsuccessful expedition under Basiliscus against the Vandals, III. [vi. 1-24];
  • make peace with the Persians, III. [ix. 26];
  • send a second expedition under Belisarius, III. [xi. 1] ff.;
  • defeat the Vandals at Decimum, III [xviii. 5-19], [xix. 31-33];
  • at Tricamarum, IV. [ii. 4] ff.;
  • defeat the Moors at the battle of Mammes, IV. [xi. 47-54];
  • on Mt. Bourgaon, IV. [xii. 19] ff.;
  • and on Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xix. 5-xx. 22];
  • further conflicts with the Moors, IV. [xi.-xxviii.];
  • poverty of the Roman soldiers, IV. [iv. 3];
  • their marriages with the Vandal women, IV. [xiv. 8];
  • and their desire for the Vandals estates, IV. [xiv. 10];
  • they make a mutiny, IV. [xiv. 7] ff.
  • Rome, abandoned by Honorius, III. [ii. 8], [9];
  • completely sacked by the Visigoths, III. [ii. 13];
  • captured by Alaric, III. [ii. 14];
  • sacked by Alaric, III. [ii. 24];
  • according to one account, was delivered over to Alaric by Proba, III. [ii. 27];
  • the suffering of the city during the siege of Alaric, III. [ii. 27];
  • despoiled by Gizeric, III. [v. 1] ff., IV. [ix. 5]
  • Rome, name of a cock of the Emperor Honorius, III. [ii. 26]
  • Rufinus, of Thrace;
  • of the house of Belisarius and his standard-bearer, IV. [x. 3], [4];
  • commander of cavalry, III. [xi. 7];
  • makes a successful attack upon the Moors in Byzacium, IV. [x. 5];
  • his force in turn annihilated by the Moors, IV. [x. 6] ff;
  • captured and killed, IV. [x. 10], [x. 11], [xi. 22]
  • Rufinus, son of Zaunas and brother of Leontius;
  • sent as commander to Libya, IV. [xix. 1];
  • fights valorously at the capture of Toumar, IV. [xx. 19]
  • Salarian Gate, at Rome, III. [ii. 17], [22]
  • Sallust, Roman historian, the house of, burned by Alaric, III. [ii. 24]
  • Sarapis, commander of Roman infantry, III. [xi. 7], IV. [xv. 50];
  • his death, IV. [xv. 59]
  • Sardinia, its size compared with that of Sicily, IV. [xiii. 42];
  • half way between Rome and Carthage, [ibid.];
  • recovered by the Romans from the Vandals, III. [vi. 8], [vi. 11];
  • occupied by the tyrant Godas, III [x. 26], [27];
  • Gelimer sends an expedition to recover it, [xi. 22], [23];
  • subdued by Tzazon, III, [xxiv. 1], [3], IV. [ ii. 25];
  • avoided by Cyril, III. [xxiv. 19];
  • Tzazon and his men summoned thence by Gelimer, III. [xxv. 10], [17], [24], [25];
  • recovered for the Roman empire by Cyril, IV. [v. 2], [v. 4];
  • Solomon sends an expedition against the Moors who had overrun the island, IV. [xiii. 41-45]
  • Sauromatae, an old name for the Goths, III. [ii. 2]
  • Scalae Veteres, place in Numidia, IV. [xvii. 3]
  • Scythians, a barbarian people, III. [xix. 7];
  • in the army of Attila, III. [iv. 24]
  • Scriptures of the Christians;
  • Areobindus seeks to protect himself by them, [xxvi. 27];
  • see also Gospel, and Hebrew Scriptures
  • Septem, fort at the Pillars of Heracles, III. [i. 6];
  • John sent thither with an army, IV. [v. 6]
  • Sergius, son of Bacchus, and brother of Cyrus;
  • becomes ruler of Tripolis in Libya, IV. [xxi. 1];
  • brother of Solomon the younger, IV. [xxi. 19];
  • threatened by an army of Leuathae, [xxi. 2];
  • receives representative from them, IV. [xxi. 3] ff.;
  • meets them in battle, IV. [xxi. 13], [14];
  • retires into the city, IV. [xxi. 15];
  • and receives help from Solomon, IV. [xxi. 16], [19];
  • succeeds Solomon in the command of Libya, IV. [xxii. 1];
  • his misrule, [xxii. 2];
  • his recall demanded by Antalas, IV. [xxii. 9], [xxii. 10];
  • Justinian refuses to recall him, IV. [xxii. 11];
  • appealed to by Paulus to save Hadrumetum, but does nothing, IV. [xxiii. 20], [xxiii. 21];
  • quarrels with John, son of Sisiniolus, IV. [xxii. 3]; [xxiii. 32];
  • shares the rule of Libya with Areobindus, IV. [xxiv. 4], [xxiv. 5];
  • departs to Numidia, IV. [xxiv. 6];
  • disregards Areobindus' instructions to unite with John, IV. [xxiv. 7], [8];
  • recalled and sent to Italy, IV. [xxiv. 16], [xxv. 1]
  • Seric, see Medic Garments, IV. [vi. 7]
  • Sestus, city on the Hellespont, III. [i. 8]
  • Severianus, son of Asiaticus, a Phoenician;
  • his daring encounter with the Moors, IV. [xxiii. 6-9];
  • escapes to Carthage, IV. [xxiii. 17]
  • Shield Mountain (Clypea), ancient fort on Aurasium, IV. [xiii. 33]
  • Shoal's Head, see Caputvada, III. [xiv. 17]
  • Siccaveneria, city in Libya;
  • distance from Carthage, IV. [xxiv. 6]
  • Sicily, its size compared with that of Sardinia, IV. [xiii. 42];
  • invaded by Gizeric, III. [v. 22], [23];
  • concessions given the Vandals there, III. [viii. 13], IV. [v. 21];
  • reached by the Roman fleet, III. [xiii. 22];
  • expedition sent thither by Belisarius, IV. [v. 11];
  • claimed by the Goths, IV. [v. 19];
  • subjugated by Belisarius, IV. [xiv. 1];
  • a mutiny there causes Belisarius to return to it, IV. [xv. 48], [49];
  • refuge of Libyans, IV. [xxiii. 28]
  • Sidon, city at the extremity of Phoenicia, IV. [x. 15]
  • Sigeum, promontory on the coast of the Troad, III. [xiii. 5]
  • Singidunum, town in the land of the Gepaides, modern Belgrade, III. [ii. 6]
  • Sinnion, leader of the Massagetae, III. [xi. 12]
  • Sirmium, town in the land of the Gepaides, III. [ii. 6]
  • Sisiniolus, father of John, IV. [xix. 1], [xxii. 3], [xxiii. 2], [xxiv. 6]
  • Sitiphis, metropolis of "First Mauritania," IV. [xx. 30]
  • Sittas, Roman general; slain by Artabanes, IV. [xxvii. 17]
  • Sophia, name of the great church in Byzantium, III. [vi. 26]
  • Solomon, commander of auxiliaries, III. [xi. 5];
  • a eunuch, III. [xi. 6];
  • a native of the country about Daras, III. [xi. 9];
  • uncle of Bacchus, IV. [xxi. 1];
  • sent to report Belisarius' victory to the emperor, III. [xxiv. 19];
  • returns to Libya, IV. [viii. 4];
  • left by Belisarius in charge of Libya, IV. [viii. 23];
  • receives reinforcements from Byzantium, IV. [viii. 24];
  • disturbed by the news of uprisings in Libya, IV. [x. 1] ff.;
  • writes to the Moorish leaders, IV. [xi. 1-8];
  • their reply, IV. [xi. 9-13];
  • moves against the Moors with his whole army, IV. [xi. 14];
  • addresses his troops, IV. [xi. 23-36];
  • inflicts a crushing defeat upon the enemy at Mammes, IV. [xi. 15] ff.;
  • receives word of the second Moorish uprising, and marches back, IV. [xii. 2];
  • wins a brilliant victory on Mt. Bourgaon, IV. [xii. 3] ff.;
  • moves against Iaudas, IV. [xiii. 18];
  • instigated against him by other Moorish leaders, IV. [xiii. 19];
  • encamps on the Abigas River, IV. [xiii. 20];
  • ascends Mt. Aurasium with few provisions, IV. [xiii. 30-33];
  • eluded by the Moors, IV. [xiii. 35], [36];
  • returns to Carthage, IV. [xiii. 39];
  • prepares a second expedition against Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xiii. 40];
  • and against Sardinia, IV. [xiii. 41], [45];
  • passes the winter in Carthage, IV. [xiv. 4];
  • opposed by the soldiers in regard to confiscated lands, IV. [xiv. 10];
  • plan to assassinate him, IV. [xiv. 22];
  • his guards implicated in the plot, IV. [xiv. 23];
  • failure of the conspirators to act, IV. [xiv. 24-27];
  • tries to win back the loyalty of his men, IV. [xiv. 30];
  • insulted openly, IV. [xiv. 31];
  • sends Theodorus to the mutineers, IV. [xiv. 32];
  • his enmity toward Theodorus, IV. [xiv. 33];
  • his acquaintances killed by the mutineers, IV. [xiv. 36];
  • flees to a sanctuary in the palace, IV. [xiv. 37];
  • joined by Martinus there, [ibid.];
  • they come out to the house of Theodorus, IV. [xiv. 38];
  • escape in a boat to Misuas, whence he sends Martinus to Numidia, IV. [xiv. 40];
  • writes to Theodorus, and departs to Syracuse, IV. [xiv. 41];
  • begs Belisarius to come to Carthage, IV. [xiv. 42];
  • returns with him, IV. [xv. 9];
  • entrusted again with the command of Libya, IV. [xix. 1];
  • his prosperous rule, IV. [xix. 3], [4], [xx. 33];
  • marches against Iaudas once more, IV [xix. 5];
  • sends Gontharis ahead, [xix. 6];
  • hears of the defeat of Gontharis, IV. [xix. 9];
  • advances to the camp of Gontharis, thence to Babosis, IV. [xix. 16];
  • defeats the Moors in battle, IV. [xix. 17];
  • plunders the plain and then returns to Zerboule, IV. [xix. 20];
  • which he unexpectedly captures, IV. [xix. 25-31];
  • his care of the water supply during the siege of Toumar, IV. [xx. 3];
  • addresses the army, IV. [xx. 4-9];
  • tries to find a point of attack, IV. [xx. 10], [11];
  • fortifies Mt. Aurasium against the Moors, [xx. 22];
  • fortifies many Libyan cities with money captured from Iaudas, IV. [xix. 3], [xx. 29];
  • subjugates Zabe, or "First Mauritania," IV. [xx. 30];
  • appealed to by Sergius for help, IV. [xxi. 16];
  • incurs the enmity of Antalas, IV. [xxi. 17], [xxii. 7], [8];
  • marches against the Moors, IV. [xxi. 19];
  • his overtures scorned by the Leuathae, IV. [xxi. 20-22];
  • captures some booty and refuses to distribute it to the soldiers, IV. [xxi. 23], [24];
  • defeated by the Moors and slain, IV. [xxi. 25-28];
  • Justinian's regard for him, IV. [xxii. 11];
  • builds and fortifies a monastery in Carthage, IV. [xxvi. 17];
  • standards of, recovered from the Moors, IV. [xxviii. 46]
  • Solomon the younger, brother of Cyrus and Sergius;
  • marches with Solomon against the Moors, IV. [xxi. 19];
  • his capture and release, IV. [xxii. 12-17]
  • Solomon, king of the Jews, IV. [ix. 7]
  • Sophia, temple of, in Byzantium;
  • appropriateness of its name, III. [vi. 26]
  • Spain, settled by the Vandals, III. [iii. 2], [22];
  • invaded by Constantinus, III. [ii. 31];
  • settled by the Visigoths, III. [iii. 26]. [xxiv. 7], IV. [iv. 34]
  • Stagnum, a harbour near Carthage, III. [xv. 15];
  • the Roman fleet anchors there, III. [xx. 15], [16]
  • Stotzas, a body-guard of Martinus,
  • destined not to return to Byzantium, III. [xi. 30];
  • chosen tyrant by the mutineers, IV. [xv. 1];
  • marches on Carthage, IV. [xv. 2];
  • invites the Vandals to join his army, IV. [xv. 3], [4];
  • demands the surrender of Carthage, IV. [xv. 5];
  • kills the envoy Joseph, and besieges Carthage, IV. [xv. 8];
  • addresses his troops, IV. [xv. 30-39];
  • defeated by Belisarius, IV. [xv. 40] ff.;
  • his forces gather in Numidia, IV. [xv. 50];
  • the Romans march against him at Gazophyla, IV. [xv. 52];
  • comes alone into the Roman army and addresses the soldiers, IV. [xv. 53-57];
  • received with favour, IV. [xv. 58];
  • kills the Roman commanders in a sanctuary, IV. [xv. 59];
  • eager to fight a battle with Germanus, IV. [xvi. 8];
  • approaches Carthage, hoping for defection from there, IV. [xvi. 9], [xvi. 10];
  • his hopes falsified, IV. [xvii. 1];
  • defeated by Germanus at Scalae Veteres, IV. [xvii. 3] ff.;
  • escapes with a few men, IV. [xvii. 24];
  • hopes to renew the battle with the help of the Moors, IV. [xvii. 32];
  • makes his escape with difficulty, IV. [xvii. 33];
  • suffers another defeat, IV. [xvii. 34];
  • withdraws to Mauritania and marries the daughter of a Moorish chief, IV. [xvii. 35];
  • the end of his mutiny, [ibid.]; IV. [xix. 3];
  • joins Antalas, IV. [xxii. 5], [xxiii. 1];
  • receives Roman captives, IV. [xxiii. 10], [17];
  • joins the Moors in plundering Libya, IV. [xxiii. 26-31];
  • Areobindus sends an army against him, IV. [xxiv. 6];
  • his enmity against John, [xxiv. 9];
  • mortally wounded by him in battle, IV. [xxiv. 11];
  • carried out of the battle, IV. [xxiv. 12];
  • his death, IV. [xxiv. 14];
  • succeeded by John as tyrant of the mutineers, IV. [xxv. 3]
  • Syllectus, city in Libya, III. [xvi. 9];
  • captured by Belisarius' men, III. [xvi. 11];
  • entered by the Roman army, III. [xvii. 6]
  • Symmachus, a Roman senator;
  • accompanies Germanus to Libya, IV. [xvi. 2];
  • summoned to Byzantium, IV. [xix. 1]
  • Syracuse, city in Sicily, III. [xiv. 13];
  • its harbour Arethusa, III. [xiv. 11];
  • Procopius sent thither, III. [xiv. 3], [xiv. 7];
  • Belisarius passes the winter there, IV. [xiv. 4], [41];
  • distance from Caucana, [xiv. 4]
  • Taenarum, called Caenopolis in Procopius' time;
  • promontory of the Peloponnesus, III. [xiii. 8];
  • Gizeric repulsed from there, III. [xxii. 16]
  • Tamougadis, a city at the foot of Mt. Aurasium;
  • dismantled by the Moors, IV. [xiii. 26], [xix. 20]
  • Tattimuth, sent in command of an army to Tripolis, III. [x. 23];
  • receives support from Belisarius, IV. [v. 10]
  • Taulantii, a people of Illyricum, III. [ii. 9]
  • Tebesta, city in Libya;
  • distance from Carthage, IV. [xxi. 19]
  • Terentius, Roman commander of infantry, III. [xi. 7], IV. [xv. 50]
  • Theoderic, king of the Goths;
  • gives his daughter in marriage to the king of the Vandals, and makes certain concessions in Sicily, III. [viii. 11-13], IV. [v. 21];
  • becomes hostile to the Vandals, III. [ix. 3];
  • refrains from attacking them III. [ix. 5];
  • his death, III. [xiv. 6];
  • grandfather of Antalaric, [ibid.];
  • brother of Amalafrida, III. [viii. 11], [13]
  • Theodora, wife of Justinian;
  • distributes rewards to Gelimer and others, IV. [ix. 13]
  • Theodorus, youngest son of Gizeric;
  • his death, III. [v. 11]
  • Theodorus, called Cteanus, commander of infantry, III. [xi. 7]
  • Theodorus, commander of guards;
  • sent to the top of Mt. Bourgaon by Solomon, IV. [xii. 17];
  • killed by the mutineers, IV. [xiv. 35];
  • his excellent qualities as a soldier, [ibid.]
  • Theodorus, the Cappadocian;
  • sent to Libya with an army, IV. [viii. 24];
  • sent by Solomon to quiet the mutineers, IV. [xiv. 32];
  • his enmity against Solomon, IV. [xiv. 33];
  • elected general by the mutineers, IV. [xiv. 34];
  • gives Solomon and Martinus dinner and helps them to escape, IV. [xiv. 38];
  • bidden by Solomon to take care of Carthage, IV. [xiv. 41];
  • refuses to surrender Carthage to Stotzas, IV. [xv. 6];
  • made joint ruler of Carthage with Ildiger, IV. [xv. 49];
  • at the battle of Scalae Veteres, IV. [xvii. 6], [19];
  • learns of the plot of Maximinus from Asclepiades, IV. [xviii. 4]
  • Theodosius I, Roman emperor, father of Arcadius and Honorius, III. [i. 2];
  • overthrows the tyranny of Maximus, III. [iv. 16]
  • Theodosius II, son of Arcadius;
  • becomes emperor of the East, III. [ii. 33], [iii. 6];
  • Honorius considers the possibility of finding refuge with him, III. [ii. 32];
  • rears Valentinian, III. [iii. 5];
  • makes him emperor of the West, III. [iii. 8];
  • sends an army against the tyrant John, [ibid.];
  • his death, III. [iv. 39];
  • succeeded by Marcian, III. [iv. 2], [iv. 10];
  • father of Eudoxia, III. [iv. 15]
  • Thrace, starting point of Alaric's invasion, III. [ii. 7];
  • the Goths settle there for a time, III. [ii. 39];
  • home of several Roman commanders, III. [xi. 10];
  • adjoins "Germania," III. [xi. 21];
  • royal horse-pastures there, III. [xii. 6];
  • home of Himerius, IV. [xxiii. 3];
  • and of Peter, IV. [xxviii. 3]
  • Thessalian cape, or chlamys, III. [xxv. 7]
  • Theodatus, king of the Goths;
  • Belisarius sent against him, IV. [xiv. 1]
  • Theudis, king of the Visigoths, IV. [iv. 34];
  • receives envoys from Gelimer, III. [xxiv. 7-16]
  • Tigisis, city in Numidia, IV. [x. 21];
  • two Phoenician inscriptions there, IV. [x. 22];
  • its great spring, IV. [xiii. 5]
  • Titus, Roman emperor, IV. [ix. 2];
  • his capture of Jerusalem, IV. [ix. 5];
  • son of Vespasian, [ibid.]
  • Toumar, place on the summit of Mt. Aurasium, IV. [xix. 22];
  • besieged by the Romans, IV. [xx. 1] ff.;
  • scaled by Gezon and captured by Solomon, IV. [xx. 1-20]
  • Trajan, Roman emperor, IV. [ix. 2]
  • Trasamundus, brother of Gundamundus;
  • becomes king of the Vandals, III. [viii. 8];
  • tries to win over the Christians, III. [viii. 9], [10];
  • asks the hand of Amalafrida, III. [viii. 11];
  • becomes a friend of Anastasius, III. [viii. 14];
  • his death, III. [viii. 29]
  • Tricamarum, place in Libya;
  • distance from Carthage, IV. [ii. 4];
  • Vandals defeated there, IV. [iii. 1] ff., [iv. 35], [v. 2], [9]
  • Tripolis, district in Libya;
  • distance from Gadira, III. [i. 14];
  • the Vandals there defeated by Heraclius, III. [vi. 9], [11];
  • Moors dwelling there, III. [viii. 15];
  • lost again by the Vandals, III. [x. 22-24];
  • Gelimer hopeless of recovering it, III. [xi. 22];
  • Belisarius sends an army thither, IV. [v. 10];
  • rule of, falls to Sergius, IV. [xxi. 1];
  • Leuathae come from there with a large army, IV [xxviii. 47]
  • Troy, III. [xxi. 4]
  • Tryphon, sent to Libya to assess the taxes, IV. [viii. 25]
  • Tuscan Sea, separated from the Adriatic by Gaulus and Melita, III. [xiv. 16];
  • severity of its storms, IV. [iv. 37]
  • Tzazon, brother of Gelimer;
  • sent with an army to recover Sardinia, III. [xi. 23];
  • overthrows and kills Godas in Sardinia, III. [xxiv. 1];
  • writes to Gelimer, III. [xxiv. 2-4];
  • receives a letter from him, III. [xxv. 10-18];
  • thereupon departs for Libya, III. [xxv. 19-21];
  • meets Gelimer in the Plain of Boulla, III. [xxv. 24];
  • addresses his troops separately, IV. [ii. 23-32];
  • commands the centre at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. [iii. 1], [8], [10], [12];
  • his death, IV. [iii. 14];
  • his head taken to Sardinia by Cyril, IV. [v. 2], [4]