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find Valens in those regions, since they were wholly ignorant that he had perished in battle, er else certainly (as is rather believed) burnt to death in the cottage.

3. Meanwhile the Goths, combining with the Huns and Alani, both brave and warlike tribes, and inured to toil and hardship, whom Fritigern had with great ability won over to his side by the temptation of great rewards-fixed their camp near Perinthus; but recollecting their previous losses, they did not venture to come close to the city, or make any attempt to take it; they, however, devastated and entirely stripped the fertile territory surrounding it, slaying or making prisoners of the inhabitants!

4. From hence they marched with speed to Constantinople in battle array, from fear of ambuscades; being eager to make themselves masters of its ample riches, and resolved to try every means to take that illustrious city. But while giving way to extravagant pride, and beating almost against the barriers of the gates, they were repulsed in this instance by the Deity.

5. A body of Saracens (a nation of whose origin and manners we have already given a full account in several places), being more suited for sallies and skirmishes than for pitched battles, had been lately introduced into the city; and, as soon as they saw the barbarian host, they sallied out boldly from the city to attack it. There was a stubborn fight for some time; and at last both armies parted on equal terms.

6. But a strange and unprecedented incident gave the final advantage to the eastern warriors; for one of them with long hair, naked-with the exception of a covering round his waist-shouting a hoarse and melancholy cry, drew his dagger and plunged into the middle of the Gothic host, and after he had slain an enemy, put his lips to his throat, and sucked his blood. The barbarians were terrified at this marvellous prodigy, and from that time forth, when they proceeded on any enterprise, displayed none of their former and usual ferocity, but advanced with hesitating steps.

7. As time went on their ardour damped, and they began to take into consideration the vast circuit of the walls (which was the greater on account of the large space occupied by mansions with gardens within it), the in

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accessible beauties of the city, and the immensity of its population; also the vicinity of the strait which divides the Black Sea from the Egean. Then after destroying the works which they had constructed, having sustained greater losses than they had inflicted, they raised the siege, and roamed at random over the northern provinces, which they traversed without restraint as far as the Julian Alps, which the ancients used to call the Venetian Alps.

8. At this time the energy and promptitude of Julius, the commander of the forces on the other side of Mount Taurus, was particularly distinguished; for when he learnt what had happened in Thrace, be sent secret letters to all the governors of the different cities and forts, who were all Romans (which at this time is not very common), requesting them, on one and the same day, as at a concerted signal, to put to death all the Goths who had previously been admitted into the places under their charge; first luring them into the suburbs, in expectation of receiving the pay which had been promised to them. This wise plan was carried out without any disturbance or any delay; and thus the Eastern provinces were delivered from great dangers.

9. Thus have I, a Greek by birth, and formerly a soldier, related all the events from the accession of Nerva to the death of Valens, to the best of my abilities; professing above all things to tell the truth, which, as I believe, I have never knowingly perverted, either by silence or by falsehood. Let better men in the flower of their age, and of eminent accomplishments, relate the subsequent events. But if it should please them to undertake the task, I warn them to sharpen their tongues to a loftier style.

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Elian, Count, 182, 183; crucified by
the Persians, 200

Enus, a city of Thrace, 286, 444
Africanus, Governor of the second Pan.
nonia, 50, 95

Agabana, a fortress in Persia, 463
Agathocles, king of Sicily, 44
Agathyrsi, a tribe near the Palus
Mæotis, 291

Agazaca, a city of the Paropanisata,

342

Agenaricus, king of the Allemanni, 113
Agilimundus, a chieftain of the Quadi,

151

Agilo, an equerry, 34, 266; pro
moted to the prefecture by Julian,
279; recalled to military service by
Procopius, 422; intercedes for his
father-in-law Araxius, 432

Aginatius put to death by Maximin

474

Aiadalthes, a tribune, 181
Alani, a Scythian tribe, 291, 328, 580
581, 599, 611
Alatheus, 583, 587, 611
Alavivus, a general of the Goths, 585,

587

Albani, allies of the Persians, 176, 187
332

Albinus of Etruria, 56

Alexander the Great, 41, 46, 89
Alexander of Heliopolis, 319
Alexandria, a village near Rome, 131
in Egypt, 300; described, 313
its temples and library, 314; it
schools, 315

a city in Arachosia, 343

in Ariana, 342

in Carmania, 339

an island in Persia, 338

a town in Sogdiana, 340

Alfenus, a distinguished lawyer, 558

Alicodia, a city in Bactria,,340
Aligildus, a count, 271, 277
Aliso, a tribune, 427
Alitrophagi, a Scythian tribe, 341
Allemanni, or Germans-these names
are used promiscuously by Ammi-
anus-defeated at the battle of Stras-
burg, 118, 247; lay waste Gaul and
Rhætia, 413, 414; defeated by
Jovinus, 438, 567; make incursions
into the Roman territory, 602; are
defeated, 604

Allobroges, a nation of Gaul, 81
Alpheus, a river rising in Arcadia, 53
Alps, the Cottian, 75; the Julian, 259;
the Grecian, 76; the Penine, 76;
Hannibal's passage of the, 77
Alypius of Antioch, 317, 514
- a Roman noble, 471
Amantius, a soothsayer, 472
Amanus, a mountain range in Cilicia,

27

Amardus, a river in Media, 337
Amastris, a city in Paphlagonia, 289
Amazons, one of the Caspian tribes,
291; defeated by the Athenians,
289

Amicenses, a Sarmatian tribe, 154
Amida, a city of Mesopotamia, 174;
besieged by Sapor, 185; betrayed by
a deserter, 192; courage of the gar-
rison, 195; a sortie of the Gallic
troops, from, 195, 236

Amiens (Ambians), a city in Belgium,
79, 453

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Aminias, a Persian general, 369
Anisus, a city in Pontus, 289
Ammianus, his noble birto, 199
placed under Ursicinus, governor of
Nisibis, by the Emperor Constantius,
30; returns to Italy, 37; his in-
dustry, 45; sent into Gaul, 60;
seut back to the East, 103; visits
Thebes, 130; recalled, 171; escapes
from Nisibis, 173; sent to Jovini-
anus, satrap of Corduena, 175;
narrow escape of, 181; arrives at
Antioch, 200; accompanies Julian
in his expedition against the Persians,
326; returns with Jovian, 402; his
advice to future historiaus, 623
Ampelius, prefect of Otricoli, 472

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Amphiaraus an ancient seer, 4
Amphilochius, a Paphlagonian, 252
Amphisbæna, a serpent, 311
Amphitheatre at Rome, 102, 411
Amphitris, a Spartan, the charioteer of
Castor and Pollux, 290

Amudis, a fort in Mesopotamia, 173
Amycus, king of the Bebrycii, 288
Anaphe, an island in the Egean Sea,

139

Anatha, a fortress in Mesopotami,
347

Anatolis, prefect of Illyricum, 204;
master of the offices, 234; his death,

253

Anatolius, an officer of the palace, 504
Anaxagoras the philosopher, 287; pre-

dicted the fall of stones and earth-
quakes, 315

Anaximander, a Milesian philosopher,

139

Anazarbus, a city of Cilicia, 27

Anchialos, a city of Thrace, 293, 444
Ancorarius, a mountain of Mauritania,
531

Ancyra, a city of Galatia, 296, 403, 426
Andernach (Antumacum), 161
Andocides, a Grecian orator, 554
Andriscus of Adramyttium, 44, 421
Andronicus, a poet, 209
Anepsia, wife of Victorinus, 475, 473
Anicii, the, a noble family at Rome, 98
Anniba, a mountain in Scythia, 341
Anthemusia, a province of Mesopo-
tamia, 10

Anthropophagi, a Scythian tribe, 580
Antibes (Antipolis), a town in Gaul, 79
Antinoöpolis, a city in Egypt, 312
Antioch in Syria, 28; visited by the
Emperor Julian, 297; by Jovian,
401

Antiochia, in Persia, 339
Antiphon, a Greek orator, 554
Antoninopolis, a town in Mes potamia,
built by Constantius, 182
Antoninus, a wealthy merchant, after
wards one of the protectores. 168;
his treachery, 169
Antonius, a tribune, 415
Anzaba, a river in Mesopotami». Ib
Apamia, a city in Assyria, 334 930
a city in Thrace, 287

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