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

Odovacar, barbarian king in Italy, [545].
Origen, Egyptian Father, [677], [701].
Ormuzd and Ahriman, [376].
Orontes, river of Antioch, [587].
Otter or water-dog, sacred to Persians, [379].

Pahlavi, old Persian, [376].
Palestine, religious wars in, [694], [697].
Palladius, rapid courier, [448].
Pan, Great God, death of, [431].
Pandects. See Digest.
Parthians, their conquest of the Seleucidae, [371].
Patria potestas, [713].
Patricians, 90, [714], 770.
Paul, Patriarch, [677].
Paul the Silentiary, his poem on St. Sophia, [533].
Peace, Perpetual, [416].
Pelagius, Pope, at Rome, [633], [639];
- at CP., [677];
- in Italy, [686].
Pergamus, philosophy at, [425].
Perozes, Persian prince, his attack on Dara, [397].
Perpetual Edict, [716].
Persepolis, Persian capital, [373];
- fired by Alexander, ibid.
Persian queen, a Christian (?), [415].
Persians, sociology of, [374] sqq.
Persis, home of Persian race, [372].
Peter Magister, ambassador in Italy, [540];
- in Persia, [726], [740].
Petra, sieges of, [594], [601].
Petronius, official plundering of, [446].
Pharangium, a fort, [402].
Pharas, Gelimer's captor, [513].
Phasis, siege of, [728].
Philosophers, female, [428].
Philosophy, Greek, various sects of, [421], sqq.;
- in Persia, [434].
Photius, son of Antonina, [607], [616];
- his death, [741].
Plague in the East, [602].
Plato, philosopher, [421].
Plotinus, philosopher, [427], [430].
Plutarch, philosopher, [426].
Pompeius and Hypatius, usurpers, [460], sqq.
Pontus, Vicar of, restored, [486].
Porch, painted, [422].
Porphyrio, a ferocious whale, [368];
- capture of, [643].
Porphyry, philosopher, [430].
Portus, operations at, [632], [635], [644].
Praetor, Edict of, [716].
Praetor of the people, new official, [478].
Pragmatic Sanction, [665].
Prejecta, Justinian's niece, [521], [622].
Proaeresius, philosopher, [426], [428].
Proclus, Neoplatonist, [427], sqq.
Procopius, historian, [503], [578];
- his writings, [744];
- arrests Belisarius, [748].
Property, church, [692].
Prostitution, at CP., [479];
- of slaves forbidden, [710].
Provinces, changes in government of, [473] sqq.

Queer occurrences, [382], [575], [735], [750].
Quicherat on Plotinus, [437].

Ravenna, mosaics at, [366], [367], [750];
- sieges of, [545], [578].
Rectors of provinces, their rapacity, [449], sqq.;
- reforms respecting, [472];
- rewards for, [477].
Robespierre compared to Justinian, [366].
Rome, topography of, [555];
- sociology of, [558];
- sieges of, [566], [630], [642], [643], [658].
Rufinas, legate to Persia, [396];
- his peace, [416].
Rusticiana, widow of Boethius, [639].
Rusticus, officer, murders Gubazes, [731].

St. Saba at CP., [696].
St. Sophia, church of, [530];
- dilapidation of, [754].
Salona, taking of, [551];
- Narses at, [649].
Salvian on rapacity of Rectors, [451];
- against the Africans, [496].
Salvius Julianus, lawyer, [716].
Samaritans, revolt of, [695], [697].
Sandichl, Hunnish leader, [739].
Sanskrit, related to Zend, Erse, etc., [376].
Sapor, Shah, persecutes Christians, [386].
Sassanian dynasty of Persia, [373].
Seleucus and Seleucidae, successors of Alexander the Great, [371].
Severus, heresiarch, [675].
Severus, Sept., his Persian wars, [372].
Silk trade, [411], [483].
Silkworm imported into Europe, [753].
Silverius, Pope, [554], [569];
- his deposition and death, [612], [673].
Simplicius, philosopher, [435].
Sisimithres, his mother-wife, [382].
Sittas, a general, [403], [700];
- his death, [585].
Slaves, new laws in favour of, [708].
Slavs, irruption of, [734].
Socrates, philosopher, [420].
Spain, Byzantines in, [526].
Stagnum, harbour at Carthage, [493].
Stoa, painted, [422].
Stoic philosophers, [422].
Stotzas, revolt of, [518].
Strzygowski (and Forscheimer) on date of cisterns at CP., [539];
- Byzantinische Denkmäler, 770, 771.
Sycae, Theodora's monastery at, [676].
Synesius at Athens, [426].
Syrianus, philosopher, [426], [432], [433].

Taginae, battle of, [654].
Tansar, his letter, [384];
- oldest document of Mazdeism, ibid.
Taxes, oppressive, [445], [481];
- in Persia, [391].
Teïas, Gothic general, [650];
- elected king, [657];
- his death, [660].
Theodahad, Gothic king, [547], [550];
- his death, [554].
Theodebald, Frankish king, [659], sqq.
Theodebert, Frankish king, [576], [579], [645], [746].
Theodora, Empress, personal appearance and character, [367];
- conduct during revolt, [466];
- popular execration of, [486];
- her intrigues, [609];
- letters of, [608], [619];
- her religious policy, [669], sqq.;
- her death, [643], [689].
Theodore Ascidas, bishop, [677], [687].
Theodoric, Gothic king, [544], [755].
Theodosius, lover of Antonina, [603], sqq.
Three Chapters, controversy of, [678], sqq.
Tiberius, Emperor, [431], [433].
Tibur, capture of, [630].
Ticinum, the Goths at, [657], [659].
Tiridates, Parthian King, visits Nero, [379].
Totila or Baduela, Gothic king, his accession, [625];
- at Naples, [626];
- at Rome, [629], [643];
- at Taginae, [652];
- his death, [656].
Toperus, massacre at, by Slavs, [734].
"Towers of Silence" or Dakhmas, [378].
Trajan, Emperor, his conquests, [371].
Tribonian, a lawyer, [442];
- his legal work, [720].
Tricamerum, battle of, [510].
Triumph at CP., [515].
Tyre, loses silk trade, [483].
Tzani, conversion of, [700];
- their revolt, [758].
Tzathes, Lazic King, [732].

Uranius, charlatan, [436].
Usdrilas, Gothic general, [651].

Vandals, persecute Catholics, [494];
- their character, [500].
Vendidâd, part of Zend-Avesta, [377], etc.
Vigilius, Pope, in Sicily, [632];
- at Rome, [680];
- at CP., [681], sqq.;
- his death, [686].
Vitigis, Gothic king, [553];
- at Rome, [566], sqq.;
- capture of, [581];
- his death, [623].

Walls, Long, [543], [737], [756].
Water, sacred among Persians, [378].
Water storage at CP., [539].
Whale. See Porphyrio.
Wife, husband and, laws as to, [719].
Wills, laws as to, [715], [717].
Women in the church, [691].

Xenophon, his description of Syrian desert, [405].