Maximinus, Emperor, his persecution of the Christians, i. 446

Maximus of Tyre, account of him and his discourses, i. 312.

His defence of the ancient creeds, 323.

Practical form of his philosophy, 329

Medicine, possible progress of, i. 158, 159

Melania, St., her bereavement, ii. [10].

Her pilgrimage through the Syrian and Egyptian hermitages, 120

Milesians, wine forbidden by the, to women, i. 94, note

Military honour pre-eminent among the Romans, i. 172, 173.

History of the decadence of Roman military virtue, 268