Caraufius, by Constantius Chlorus, i.
368.
Borides, the Perfian dynasty of, v. 368.
Brancaleone, fenator of Rome, his charac-
ter, vi. 505.

Bretagne, the province of, in France, fet-
tled by Britons, iii. 537.
Britain, reflections on the conquest of, by
the Romans, i. 3. Defcription of, 21.
Colonies planted in, 37. note. A colony
of Vandals fettled there by Probus, 341.
Revolt of Caraufius, 366.
--, how first peopled, ii. 434. Invafions
of, by the Scots and Picts, 437. Is re-
ftored to peace by Theodofius, 439.

revolt of Maximus there, iii. 5. Re-
volt of the troops there against Honorius,
233. Is abandoned by the Romans, 234.
State of, until the arrival of the Saxons,
ib. Defcent of the Saxons on, 521. Ef-
tablishment of the Saxon heptarchy,
523. Wars in, 525. Saxon devaftation
of the country, 519. Manners of the
independent Britons, 533. Defeription
of, by Procopius, 535.

Converfion of the Britons by a mis-
fion from pope Gregory the Great, iv.
384. The doctrine of the incarnation
received there, 496.

Brutus the Trojan, his colonization of Bri-
tain now given up by intelligent histo-
rians, ii. 434 note,

Buffon, M. his extraordinary burning mir-
rors, iv. 74. note.

Bulgarians, their character, iv. 181. Their
inroads on the Eastern empire, 183. In-
vafion of, under Zabergan, 261. Re-
pulfed by Belifarius, 262.

the kingdom of, destroyed by Bafil
II. the Greek emperor, v. 42. 444.

, Revolt of, from the Greek empire,
and fubmiffion to the pope of Rome,
vi. 122. War with the Greeks under
Calo-John, 171.

Bull-feaft, in the Colifeum at Rome, de-
fcribed, vi. 589.
Burgundians, their fettlement on the Elbe,
and maxims of government, ii. 430.
Their fettlement in Gaul, iii. 231. Li-
mits of the kingdom of, under Gundo-
bald, 485. Are fubdued by the Franks,
438.

Burnet, character of his Sacred Theory of
the Earth, i. 480. more.
Burrampooter, fource of that river, vi. 317.

note.

Bufir, in Egypt, four several places known
under this name, v. 326. note,

Caecilius, the authority of his account of
the famous vifion of Conftantine the
Great, inquired into, ii. 162.
Cæleftian, fenator of Carthage, his distress
on the taking of that city by Genferic.
iii. 297.

Cæfar, Julius, his inducement to the con-
queft of Britain, i. 4. Degrades the se
natorial dignity, 62. note. Affumes a
place among the tutelar deities of Rome,
in his lifetime, 71. His addrefs in ap-
peafing a military fedition, 159. note.
His prudent application of the coronary
gold prefented to him, ii. 60.

Cafar and Auguftus, thofe titles explained
and difcriminated, i 72.

Cafars, of the emperor Julian, the philo
fophical fable of that work delineated,

ii. 342.

Cafarea, capital of Cappadocia, taken by
Sapor king of Perfia, i. 279 Is reduced
by the Saracens, v. 263.
Cabina, queen of the Moors of Africa, her'
policy to drive the Arabs out of the

country, v. 292.

Cairan, the city of, founded in the king-
dom of Tunis, v. 288.
Caled, deferts from the idolatrous-Arabs to
the party of Mahomet; v. 192. His
gallane

Carthage, the bishopric of, bought for Ma-
jorinus, i. 573. note.

, Religious difcord generated there
by the factions of Cæcilian and Dona-
tus, ii. 194.

The temple of Venus there, con-
verted into a Chriftian church, iii. 69.
Is surprised by Genferic king of the Van-
dals, 296.

The gates of, opened to Belifa-
rius, iv. 116. Natural alterations pro-
duced by time in the fituation of this
city, 117. note. The walls of, repaired
by Belifarius, 118. Infurrection of the
Roman troops there, 216.

Is reduced and pillaged by Haffan
the Saracen, v. 290. Subsequent history
of, 291.
Carthagena, an extraordinary rich filver
mine worked there for the Romans, i.
163.
Carus, emperor, his election and character,
i. 346.

Calpian and Iberian gates of mount Cauca-
fus, diftinguished, iv. 133.
Caffians, the party of, among the Roman
civilians, explained, iv. 296.
Caffiodorius, his Gothic hiftory, i. 247. His
account of the infant state of the repub-
lic of Venice, iii. 359. His long and
profperous life, iv. 19.
Caftriot, George; fee Scanderbeg.
Catalans, their fervice and war in the
Greek empire, vi. 230.

Catholic church, the doctrines of, how dif-
criminated from the opinions of the Pla-
tonic school, ii. 202. The authority of,
extended to the minds of mankind, 204.
Faith of the Western or Latin church,
215. Is diftracted by factions in the
cause of Athanafius, 225. The doxo-
logy, how introduced, and how per-
verted, 244. The revenue of, transfer-
red to the heathen priests, by Julian,

Cerca, the principal queen of Attila king
of the Huns, her reception of Maximin
the Roman ambassador, iii. 325.
Cerinthus, his opinion of the twofold nature
of Jefus Chrift, iv. 453.

Ceylon, ancient names given to that ifland,
and the imperfect knowledge of, by the
Romans, ii. 344. note.

Chalcedon, the injudicious fituation of this
city ftigmatifed by proverbial contempt,
ii. 4. A tribunal erected there by the
emperor Julian, to try and punish the
evil ministers of his predeceffor Conftan
tius, 285.

A ftately church built there by
Rufinus, the infamous minifter of the
emperor Theodofius, iii. 93.

Is taken by Chofroes II. king of
Perfia, iv. 421.
Chalcondyles, the Greek hiftorian, his re-
marks on the feveral nations of Europe,
vi. 361.

Chalons, battle of, between the Romans
and Attila king of the Huns, iii. 352.
Chamavians reduced and generously treated
by Julian, ii. 141.

Chanceller, the original and modern appli-
cation of this word compared, i. 354.

of Anjou fubdues Naples and Si-
cily, vi. 225. The Sicilian Vefpers, 228.
His character as a fenator of Rome,
501.

Charles IV emperor of Germany, his weak-
nefs and poverty, v. 132. His public
oftentation, 133. Contrast between him
and Auguftus, 134.

Charles V. emperor, parallel between him
and Diocletian, i. 395. And between
the fack of Rome by him, and that by
Alaric the Goth, iii. 208.

Chastity, its high esteem among the ancient
Germans, i. 234. And the primitive
Christians, 490.

Chemistry, the art of, from whom derived,
V. 347.

Cherfonefus, Thracian, how forfeited by the
emperor Juftinian, iv. 84.

Cherfonites affift Conftantine the Great
against the Goths, ii. 78. Are cruelly
perfecuted by the Greek emperor Justi-
nian II. v. 13.

Chefs, the object of the game of, and by
whom invented, iv. 200.

Childeric, king of Frar.ce, depofed under
papal fanction, v. 94.

Children, the expofing of, a prevailing vice
of antiquity, iv. 311. Natural, accord-
ing to the Roman laws, what, 319.
China, how distinguished in ancient history,
i. 377. note. Great numbers of children
annually expofed there, 506. note.

, Its fituation, ii. 475. The high chro
nology claimed by the hiftorians of, ib.
note. The great wall of, when erected,
477. Was twice conquered by the nor-
thern tribes, 479.

The Romans fupplied with filk by
the caravans from, iv. 61.

fon of Tiridates, king of Armenia,
his character, ii. 86.
Chofroes 1. king of Perfia, protects the last
furviving philofophers of Athens, in his
treaty with the emperor Juftinian, 17.
99. Review of his hiftory, 195. Sells
a peace to Juftinian, 200. His invafion
of Syria, 202. His negociations with
Juftinian, 219. His profperity, 221.
Battle of Melitene, 390. His death, 39L.
Chofroes II. king of Perfia, is raised to the
throne on the depofition of his father
Hormouz, iv. 397. Is reduced to im-
plore the affiftance of the emperor Mau-
rice, 398. His restoration and policy,
400. Conquers Syria, 419. Palestine,
420. Egypt, 421. and Afia Minor,
ib. His reign and magnificence, 422.
Rejects the Mahometan religion, 424.
Imposes an ignominious peace on the
emperor Heraclius, 426. His flight,
depofition, and death, 440.

Chozars, the hord of, fent by the Turks to
the affiftance of the emperor Heraclius,
iv. 437.

Christ, the festival of his birth, why fixed
by the Romans at the winter folftice, ii.
271. note.

Chriflians, primitive, the various fects into
which they branched out, i. 466. Af-
cribed the Pagan idolatry to the agency
of dæmons, 468. Believed the end of
the world to be near at hand, 476. The
miraculous powers afcribed to the primi-
tive church, 481. Their faith ftronger
than in modern times, 485. Their fu-
perior virtue and aufterity, ibid. Repen-
tance a virtue in high esteem among them,
486. Their notions of marriage and
chastity, 490. They difclaim war and
government, 492. Were active however
in the internal government of their own
fociety, 493. Bishops, 495. Synods, 497.
Metropolitans and primates, 499. Bishops
of Rome, 500. Their probable propor-
tion to the Pagan fubjects of the empire
before the converfion of Conftantine the
Great, 520. Enquiry into their perfe-
cutions, 527. Why more odious to the
governing powers than the Jews, 530.
Their religious meetings fufpected, 534-
Are perfecuted by Nero, as the incen-
diaries of Rome, 541. Instructions of
the emperor Trajan to Pliny the Younger
for the regulation of his conduct toward
them, 550. Remained expofed to po-
pular refentment on public feftivities,
551. Legal mode of proceeding against
them,

them, 552. The ardour with which
they courted martyrdom, 562. When
allowed to erect places for public wor-
fhip, 569. Their perfecution under Di-
ocletian and his affociates, 579. An
edict of toleration for them published by
Galerius juft before his death, 591. Some
confiderations neceffary to be attended
to in reading the sufferings of the mar-
tyrs, 594-

Edict of Milan published by Con-
ftantine the Great, ii. 152. Political re-
commendations of the Chriftian morali-
ty to Conftantine, 153. Theory and
practife of paffive obedience, 154. Their
loyalty and zeal, 157. The facrament
of baptifm, how administered in early
times, 169. Extraordinary propagation
of Christianity after it obtained the Im-
perial fanction, 171. Becomes the esta-
blifhed religion of the Roman empire,
174. Spiritual and temporal powers di-
ftinguished, 175. Review of the epifco-
pal order in the church, 176. The eccle-
fiaftical revenue of each diocese, how
divided, 181. Their legislative affem-
blies, 189. Edict of Conftantine the
Great against heretics, 192. Mysterious
doctrine of the Trinity, 201, The doc
trines of the Catholic church, how dif-
criminated from the opinions of the Pla-
tonic fchool, 202. General character of
the Christian fects, 253. Christian schools
prohibited by the emperor Julian, 325.
They are removed from all offices of
truft, 326. Are obliged to reinstate the
Pagan temples, 327. Their imprudent
and irregular zeal against idolatry, 339.
Christians, distinctions of, into vulgar and
afcetic, iii. 430. Converfion of the bar-
barous nations, 450.

Christianity, enquiry into the progrefs and
eftablishment of, i. 454. Religion and
character of the Jews, 455. The Jewish
religion the bafis of Chriftianity, 459.
is offered to all mankind, 460. The
fects into which the Chriftians divided,
466. The theology of, reduced to a
fyftematical form in the fchool of Alex-
andria, 515. Injudicious conduct of its
early advocates, 536. Its perfecutions,
546. First erection of churches, 569.

The fyftem of, found in Plato's doc-
trine of the Lages, ii: 197.

Salutary effects refulting from the
converfion of the barbarous nations, iii.
454.

Its progrefs in the north of Europe,

*.469.

Chryfaphius the Eunuch, engages Edecon,
to affaffinate his king Attila, iii. 329. Is
put to death by the empress Pulcheria,
332. Aflifted at the fecond council of
Ephefus, iv. 473.

Chryfocheir, general of the revolted Pauli-
cians, over-runs and pillages Asia Mi-
nor, v. 429. His death, 430.
Chryfoloras, Manuel, the Greek envoy, his
character, vi. 391. His admiration of
Rome and Conftantinople, 401.
Chryfepelis, battle of, between Constantine
the Great and Licinius, i. 451.
Chryfoftom, St. his account of the pompous
luxury of the emperor Arcadius, iii.
240. Protects his fugitive patron the
eunuch Eutropius, 252. Hiftory of his
promotion to the archiepifcopal fee of
Conftantinople, 257. His character and
administration, 259. His death, 264.
His relics removed to Conftantinople,
ib. His encomium on the monaftic life,
436. note.

Churches, Chriftian, the first erection of, i.
569. Demolition of, under Diocletian,
585. Splendour of, under Conftantine
the Great, ii, 181. Seven, of Afia, the
fate of, vi. 291.

Cibalis, battle of, between Conftantine the
Great and Licinius, i. 442.

Cicero, his view of the philofophical opini-
ons as to the immortality of the foul, i.
472. His encomium on the ftudy of the
law, iv. 281. Syftem of his republic,

292.

Cimmerian darkness, the expreffion of,
whence derived, iii. 175. note.
Circumcellions of Africa, Donatift fchifmatics,
hiftory of their revolt, ii. 250. Their
religious fuicides, 252. Perfecution of,
by the emperor Honorius, iii. 288.
Circumcifion of both fexes, a physical custom
in Ethiopia, unconnected with religion,
iv. 521.

Circus, Roman, the four factions in, de-
fcribed, iv. 50. Conftantinople and the
Eastern empire, distracted by these fac-
tions, 51.

Cities in the Roman empire enumerated, i.