Excesses of the, and their suppression, [150]
Agnes, St., legend of, ii. [319]
Agricultural pursuits, history of the decline of, in Italy, i. 266.
Efforts to relieve the agriculturists, 267
Albigenses, their slow suicides, ii. [49]
Alexander the Great: effect of his career on Greek cosmopolitanism, i. 229
Alexandria, foundation of, i. 230.
Effect of the increasing importance of, on Roman thought, 319.
The Decian persecution at, 451.