The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D., Volume 2 (of 2)

by William Gordon Holmes

[889] Agathias, iv, 29.

[890] The history of the Empire up to the fall of Constantinople, has been narrated by Gibbon, and at greater length by Finlay. The fullest account of the siege is that of Pears, Lond., 1896.

[891] Nov. clxi. At all times and places the Byzantine system was so oppressive, that even the Abasgi and Tzani, who were supposed to have found salvation in Christianity (pp. 700, 702), revolted to the Persians and had to be reconquered; Procopius, De Bel. Goth., iv, 9; Agathias, v, 1. Notwithstanding his Roman experience, his having retrieved his character at Petra, and his age, Bessas at once entered on another campaign of fiscal extortion in Pontus and Armenia; Procopius, De Bel. Goth., iv, 13. Justin also, the son of Germanus, countenanced a subordinate in harrying the farmers for military stores which they could not supply, in lieu of which they had to buy off their liability for an exorbitant sum; Agathias, iv, 22.

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INDEX

• Abasgi, conversion of, [702];
  • revolt of, [758].
• Academy of Plato, [421].
• Achaemenian dynasty of Persia, [373].
• Adarbâd, revisor of Avesta, [384].
• Aerikon, a tax, [485].
• Africa, provinces of, [492];
  • campaigns of Belisarius in, [501] sqq.;
  • Byzantine government of, [517].
• Africans, character of, [496];
  • dress of, [497].
• Agapetus, Pope, at CP., [671].
• Agathias, historian, on philosophers, [436];
  • his writings, [748].
• Agnates, relatives by males, [715].
• Ahura-Mazda, Persian "Lord of Wisdom," [376].
• Alamundar, Arab sheikh, invades Syria, [404].
• Alexander the Great, his conquests and successors, [371].
• Alexander the "Scissors," [624].
• Alexandria, corn monopoly at, [483];
  • religious war at, [676].
• Amalasuntha, Gothic Queen, [546];
  • her death, [550], [611].
• Amshaspands, Persian council of Heaven, [377].
• Anastasius, his savings dissipated, [441].
• Ancona, naval battle of, [646].
• Angra-Mainyu, Persian "Devisor of Evil," [376].
• Anthemius, architect, [529].
• Anthimus, Monophysite Patriarch, [670].
• Antioch, [587];
  • capture of, [590].
• Antonina, wife of Belisarius, her infidelities and intrigues, [605], [611], [673];
  • supposed capture at Portus, [637];
  • her death, [741].
• Apamea, Persian King at, [592].
• Apostles, Holy, new church of, [537], [743].
• Aphthartodocetæ, heresy of, [742].
• Arab conquests, [757].
• Archaeopolis, siege of, [728].
• Arda Virâf, visits heaven and hell, [384].
• Ardeshír, founder of later Persian Empire, [373];
  • avenger of Darius, [385].
• Areobindus, African governor, his murder, [522].
• Arethas, Arab sheikh, [407], [594], [688].
• Ariminum, betrayal of, [572];
  • siege of, [574];
  • battle at, [652].
• Aristotle, philosopher, [421].
• Arsacid or Parthian dynasty of Persia, [371], [373].
• Art, Byzantine, [749] sqq.
• Artabanes, a general, in Africa, [522];
  • in Armenia, [585];
  • at CP., [621];
  • in Sicily, [646];
  • in Italy, [662].
• Artabanus, defeated by Ardeshír, [373].
• Asclepigeneia, female philosopher, [428].
• Athanagild, Visigothic King, [527].
• Athanasius, judge in Lazica, [732].
• Augustus, his limiting of the Empire, [371];
  • tomb of, [557].
• Aurelian, walls of, at Rome, [555].
• Auximum, siege and capture of, [572], [573], [578].
• Avars, embassy from, [735].
• Avesta, the Persian Bible, [376].

• Bachelors, disabilities of, [718].
• Baduela, Gothic King. See Totila.
• Balâsh, Shah, dethroned for building baths, [379].
• Barbarians, assaults of on Empire, [417], [734], [736].
• Barishnûm, Persian purification, [379].
• Belisarius, his campaigns against Persia, [397], [593], [596];
  • quells Nika riot, [468];
  • in Africa, [505];
  • his triumph, [515];
  • in Italy, [550], [630];
  • at Ravenna, [580];
  • characterization of, [580], [582];
  • in disgrace, [618], [740];
  • letters of, [631], [641];
  • last campaign, [738];
  • his death, [741].
• Berytus, loses silk trade, [483];
  • law school at, [724];
  • ruin of, [753].
• Bessas, a general, in Armenia, [413];
  • at Petra, [601];
  • at Rome, [634], [637];
  • his avarice, ib., [758].
• Bishops, rules for appointing, [689];
  • ethics of, [690];
  • exemptions of, ibid.
• Boarex, Queen of Huns, [418].
• Boethius, statesman and author, [546], [749].
• Bolum, a fort, [402].
• Bosporus, revolt of, [701].
• Britain, fabulous account of, [745].
• Brunechilde, daughter of Athanagild, [528].
• Burial in earth illegal in Persia, [378].
• Butilin and Leuthar, Frankish generals, invade Italy, [661];
  • their death, [663], [664].
• Butzes, a general, [395].
• Buzes, a general, [398], [413];
  • he deserts Hierapolis, [586].

• Callinicus, battle of, 407;
  • taking of, 597.
• Callinicus, a Rector, impaled, [455].
• Carthage, topography of, [493] sqq.;
  • siege of, [510].
• Casilinum, battle of, [664].
• Cassiodorus, statesman and author, [546], [749].
• Cassius, Avidius, his massacre of the Seleucians, [372].
• Cavades, Persian king, his deposition, [387];
  • restoration, [388];
  • his war with Rome, [395];
  • his death, [414].
• Cavades, Persian prince in Roman army, [415], [649].
• Centumcellae, [644].
• Chalke, vestibule, restoration of, [537].
• Children, illegitimate, [691], [719].
• Chosroantioch, [591].
• Chosroes, Persian king, his accession, [415];
  • his character and studies, [435], [484];
  • in Lazica, [594], [607];
  • his death, [757].
• Church property, [692].
• Circus factions, affectations of, [453];
  • enormities of, [454].
• Cisterns at CP., [539];
  • Strzygowski and Forscheimer on date of, ibid.
• Clergy, rules for, [691].
• Code of Justinian, [721].
• Comito, sister of Theodora, [403].
• Constantina, new anti-Persian fortress, [416].
• Constantine, a general, [564], [567];
  • his death, [606].
• Constitutum, Justinian's doctrinal thesis, [684] sqq.
• Consuls, abolition of, [484].
• Corippus, poet, [526], [743].
• Cothon, harbour at Carthage, [494].
• Council, Fifth Oecumenical, [684], 899.
• Cow, sacred to Persians, [379].
• Cremation, illegal in Persia, [378].
• Cruelties of Roman soldiers in Lazica, [733].
• Ctesiphon, Parthian capital of Persia, [374];
  • taken by Trajan, [372].
• Cudworth, Cambridge Platonist, [439].
• Cumae, siege of, [659];
  • surrender of, [662].
• Cutzes, a general, [395].
• Cyrus, the Achaemenian, founder of Persian Empire, [371];
  • a new, at Istakhr, [373].

• Dagisthaeus, a general, parallel between and Bessas, [658].
• Damascius, philosopher, [432], [438].
• Daphne, grove at Antioch, [589], [592].
• Dara, battle of, [397];
  • fortifications of, [542].
• Darmsteter on Zoroaster, [376] sqq.
• Debtors, new laws in favour of, [712].
• Decimum, battle of, [507].
• Defenders of Cities, restoration of, [476].
• Demetrius, a general, [626] sqq.
• Demarch and Mandator, dialogue between, [456].
• Diehl, Byzantine archaeologist, [410], [473], [497], [543], [749].
• Digest or Pandects, [722].
• Dinkhard, late Pahlavi treatises, [394].
• Diocletian, his Persian wars, [372].
• Divorce, laws respecting, [719].
• Dog, wonderful, [643].
• Domitian, resemblance of Justinian to, [366].
• Druj Nasu, Persian demon of lies, [377].