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ABGARUS, last king of Edessa, sent in
chains to Rome, 165.-ABLAVIUS, præ-
fect under Constantine, conspired against,
489; put to death, 490.-ACHAIA, its ex-
tent, 33.-ACTIUM, Roman affairs after
the battle of, 59.-ADAUCTUS, martyr of
distinction, in Diocletian's persecution, 424.
-ELIA CAPITOLINA founded
Mount Sion, by Hadrian, 338.-ÆMILI-
ANUS, governor of Mæsia, routs the bar-
barian invaders, and is declared emperor
by his troops, 196.-ÆTIUS, the Atheist,
character and adventures of, note, 583, 589,
599.-AFRICA, its situation and revolu-
tions, 35; revenue drawn thence, 131;
Christianity there, 375; early religious dis-
cord, 569; revolt of the Circumcellion sect,
609; oppressed by Romanus, 746; its gen-
eral state, 749.-AGLE, of Rome, the
Lady patroness of St. Boniface, 426.-
AGRICOLA, conduct of, in Britain, 19.-
AGRICULTURAL improvement in the
Western Empire, 54; state of, in the East
under Justinian, 645.-AJAX, sepulchre of,
436.-ALANI, invade Asia, 247.- AL-
CHEMY, books of, in Egypt, destroyed by
Diocletian, 277.- ALEXANDER, Abp.,
of Alexandria, excommunicates Arius, 578.
-ALEXANDER SEVERUS, declared
Cæsar by Elagabalus, becomes Emperor,
123; his tolerance of the Christians, 411.-
ALEXANDRIA, city of, massacre there
by order of Caracalla, 114; the city de-
scribed, frightful intestine commotions, 216;
famine and pestilence, 217; besieged and
taken by Diocletian, 275; Christian schools
there, 374 Martyrs under Decius, 401;
School of Plato there, patronized by the
Jews, 573; the Trinitarian controversy,
574; St. Athanasius, Abp. there, his
exile, 590, 601; George of Cappadocia,
his successor, 601; his bad life and sad
death, 669; Athanasius restored, 671; ban-
ished by Julian, 672. ALLÉCTUS,
murders Carausius, Cæsar of Britain, and
usurps his station, 273. ALEMANNI,
their origin and warlike spirit, 193; driven
from Italy by the senate, 194; invade the
empire, 227; routed by Aurelian, 228;

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Gaul delivered from them by Constantius
Chlorus, 274; establish themselves in Gaul,
527; defeated by Julius, and on the Rhine
at Strasburg, 531-533; invade Gaul, 736;
reduced by Jovinus, 736; and chastised by
Valentinian, 737; —. AMALA, king of the
Goths, and founder of their Amali dynasty.
190.-AMAZONS, improbability of any
society of, note, 237.-AMIDA, siege of,
by Sapor of Persia, 523; gives shelter to
the refugees from Nisibis, 710.-AMMI-
ANUS, character of Constantius by him,
589; Damasus and Ursinus bishops of
Rome, 734.-ANATHO, on the Euphrates,
described, 686.-ANDRONICUS, presid-
ent of Libya, excommunicated by Synesius,
bishop of Ptolemais, 565.- ANTIOCH,
destroyed by Sapor, 209; character of the
citizens, 677.-ANTONINUS PIUS, com-
parison of his character with that of Hadrian,
22.-ANTONINUS MARCUS, his defen-
sive wars, 22; his character, 76; war against
the Germans, 185; edict of toleration
doubted, 409.-APOCALYPSE, why now
admitted into the canon of Scriptures, note,
348.-APOLLONIUS of Tyana, note, 233.
APOTHEOSIS of Roman emperors,
66.-
AQUILEIA, besieged by Maximin, 148.-
ARCHITECTURE, ROMAN, magnifi-
cence of, 47.-ARII (Lygian), their terrific
mode of waging war, 251.-ARIUS, ex-
communicated for anti-trinitarian opinions,
578; before the Council of Nice, 580;
the Arian sects, 582; Council of Rimini,
584; banishment, 586; recall, 587; death,
587.-ARMENIA, seized by Sapor, 208
Tiridates, its king, restored, 278; expelled
again, 280; restored by treaty, 284; tribu-
tary to Persia, on death of Tiridates, 493;
made a province of Persia by Sapor, 751.—
ARRAGON, province of, why so named,
note, 30.- ARSACES TIRANUS, of
Armenia, his treachery to Julian, 683, 695:
his sad end, 751.-ARTAXERXES, re-
stores the Persian monarchy, 157; estab-
lishes the worship of Zoroaster, 162; war
with Rome, 162; character and maxims,
167.-ASIA, revolutions of, surveyed, 156.
ASIA-MINOR, described, 33; its tribute

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to Rome, 130.-ASIARCH, a
office,
a pagan
note, 370.-ASSEMBLIES of the people
abolished under the Roman emperors, 64:
the nature of, among the ancient Germans,
176.-ASSYRIA, province of, described,
687.-ASTARTE, image of, brought from
Carthage to Rome, as a spouse for Elaga-
balus, 121.-ATHANASIUS, and his study
of the Logos, 576; his opinions, 581; ban-
ished, 587; character and adventures, 590.
ATHENS, naval strength of the republic,
note, 329.-ATLANTIC OCEAN, why so
named, 35.-ATTACOTTI, of Caledonia,
account of, 745.-ATYS and CYBELE,
fable of, allegorized by the pen of Julian,
646.-AUGUSTUS, emperor, his moderate
exercise of power, 17; his naval regulations,
29: division of Gaul, 31; situation after
Actium, 59; reforms the senate, 60; divi-
sion of the provinces between him and the
senate, 62; character and policy, 67: re-
gister of revenue and expences of the
empire, 130; taxes instituted by him, 132.-
AUGUSTUS and CÆSAR, titles of, ex-
plained and discriminated, 67.- AURE-
LIAN, emperor, his birth and services, 224;
expedition against Palmyra, 233; triumph
at Rome, 237; cruelty and death, 241.-
AURENGZEBE, his immense camp, note,
164.-AUXILIARIES, Barbarian, admis
sion of, into the Roman armies, 461.
BABYLAS, St., bishop of Antioch, his
posthumous history, 667.-BALTIC Sea,
progressive subsidence of the water of, note,
170; naval powers on, 740.- BAPTISM
among the primitive Christians,_553.-
BARDS, Celtic, account of, 181.-BASIL,
Abp. of Cæsarea, 732.-BEASTS, wild, for
the games at Rome, 261. - -BERYTUS,
famed for its law school, 455.-BIRTH-
RIGHT, the least invidious of distinctions,
136.-BISHOPS of the primitive Christians,
360; their authority, 361; dignity, 368;
number, 558; election, 558; ordination
power of, 559; revenue of dioceses, 562;
civil power, 563; spiritual censures, 564;
synods, 566; duties and ranks of rural
bishops, 558.-BISSEXTILE year of the
Romans, 718.-BITHYNIAN cities rav-
aged by the Goths, 204.-BONIFACE, St.,
history of, 426.-BOSPHORUS, kingdom
of, 202; seized by the Goths, 203; the straits
of, described, 219.-BOULOGNE, channel
port of Romans, 272.-BRITAIN, Roman
conquest of, 19; description of, 31; colonies
there, note, 42; Vandals settled there, 253;
revolt under Carausius, 271; how peopled,
742; invasion of Picts and Scots, 744; recov-
ered by Theodosius, 745.-BRUTUS, the
Trojan,fable of, note,742.-BYZANTIUM,
siege of, 102; when founded, note, 433.
CECILIAN, and his party in Africa, 569.-
CÆSAR, JULIUS, conquest of Britain, 19;
degrades the senate, note, 59; deified at
Rome, 66; puts down sedition, note, 128;
his use of golden crowns presented to him,
474.-CALEDONIA, ancient, described,
743.CALEDONIAN war of Severus,
108.-CAMPANIA, desolation of, 470.-
CAPITATION tax of the Roman Empire,
470.-CAPITOL of Rome burnt and re-

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stored, 395.
CARACALLA, hates his
brother Geta, 108; consort in the empire
with him, 110; makes all freemen citizens
of Rome, 129; and reasons for so doing,
134; doubles the tax on legacies and in-
heritances, 134.-CARAUSIUS, revolt of,
in Britain, 271; acknowledged by Dio-
cletian, 272. - CARDUENE, site and
story of, 284.-CARPATHIAN mountains,
their situation, 169.-CARTHAGE, bishop-
ric of, note, 413; religious discord there,
569-CARTHAGENA, silver mines of,
131.-CARUS, emperor, his election and
character, 257.CASSIODORUS, his
Gothic history, 187. CATHOLIC
CHURCH, doctrines of, 575; their influ-
ence, 577; faith of the Latin church, 584;
the Athanasian troubles of, 592; the dox-
ology, 605.-CELTIC language, driven
from the plains by Latin, note, 43.-CEN-
SOR, office of, attempted revival, 193.-
CEYLON, little known by the Romans,
note, 676. CHALCEDON, its inferior
situation, 435; tribunal of, 635.-CHAN-
CELLOR, history of the title, office, &c.,
note, 260.-CHINA, how far known to the
Romans, note, 279; infanticide there, note,
367.-CHOSROES, son of Tiridates, 493.-
CHRIST, birth of, note, 624.-CHRIS-
TIANS, primitive sects of, 337; expect-
ation of the end of the world, 347; claim
miraculous powers for the church, 350; their
strong faith, 353; superior virtue, 353;
views of repentance and on marriage, 356;
government of their society, 358; bishops,
360; synods, 361; metropolitans and prim-
ates, 362; the Bishop of Rome, 363; their
relative numbers compared with the pagans
before Constantine, 377; their persecutions,
381; the Jews preferred to them by the
rulers, and why, 383; their meetings sus-
pected, 387; persecuted by Nero, 392;
instructions of Trajan to Pliny the younger,
as to them, 398; exposed to violence of the
Pagans at the public games, 398; legal
mode of proceeding against them, 399;
they court martyrdom, 406; when permit-
ted to build churches, 411; the Diocletian
persecution, 419; the recorded sufferings
of martyrs, 429; edict of Milan by Con-
stantine, 540; obedience, 542; loyalty,
544; sacrament of baptism, 553; propaga-
tion of Christianity, 554; the religion of the
empire, 556; spiritual and temporal powers
distinguished, 557; the episcopal order,
558; division of the revenues of each diocese,
562; synods, 556; doctrine of the Trinity,
574; the theology of the church and of the
Platonic school, 576; zeal of Christians
against idolatry, 673; religion of the Jews,
333; the Christian sects, 337; theological
school of Alexandria, 374; persecutions,
381.-CHURCHES, Christian, first erec-
tion, 411; demolition of, under Diocletian,
422; splendour of, under Constantine, 562.
CICERO on the immortality of the soul,
344.-CIRCUMCELLIONS of Africa,
609; their religious suicides, 611.-CITIES
of the Roman empire enumerated, 51.-
CITY, birth of a new one, how celebrated
by the Romans, note, 438.-CLAUDIUS,

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chosen emperor by the Prætorian guards,
68; his character, 219.-CLERGY, distin-
guished from the laity, 364, 557; rank and
number, and property, 561; offences only
cognizable by themselves, 563; edict of
Valentinian to restrain their avarice, 733.
-CLUVERIUS on the worship of the
ancient Germans, note, 180.-COLONIES,
Roman, how planted, 42.-COLUMNS of
Hercules, their site, 35.-COMANA, rich
temple of, suppressed, 465. COM-
MODUS, emperor, education, character,
and reign of, 77.-CONQUEST, vanity of,
744.-CONSTANS, sent by Constantine to
rule the West, 484; shares the empire with
his brothers, 491; assailed by his brother
Constantine, 497; killed by the usurper
Magnentius, 498; supported Athanasius, 596.
CONSTANTINE the Great, where born,
300; his history, 300; made emperor in
Britain, 302; his marriage, 305; associated
with Maximian, 309; rules in Gaul, 310;
delivers Rome from Maxentius, 313, 318;
defeats Licinius, 324; his laws, 326; chas-
tises the Goths, 327; makes Byzantium his
capital, and why, 433, 438; decoration and
dedication of Constantinople, 440, 445;
form of civil and military administration,
445; their separation, 457; corrupted mili-
tary discipline, 458; his character, 475;
family, 478; jealous of his son Crispus, 479;
who is executed, 481; his sons and nephews,
482; aids the Sarmatians and provokes the
Goths, 486; subdues the Goths, 487; his
death, 488; when converted, 538; protects
the Christians in Gaul, 540; why he
favoured Christians, 541; his standard of the
Labarum, 546; his vision before defeat of
Maxentius, 547; the miraculous cross, 549;
his conversion accounted for, 550; his
sermons, 552; devotion and privileges, 552;
delay of baptism, 553; esteemed a saint
by the Greeks, 554: aids Cæcilian, 570;
ratifies the Nicene creed, 586; tolerates
paganism, 612; reforms pagan abuses, 612;
the senate decree him a place near Jupiter,
614; his discovery of the holy sepulchre, 658.
CONSTANTINE II., rules Gaul, 484;
quarrels with Constans and is killed, 497.-
CONSTANTINOPLE, the site described,
433; its advantages, 437; extent, 438;
erection, edifices, 440; how peopled, 442;
dedication, 444; bloody fights between the
Athanasians and the Arians, 608; senatorial
privileges same as at Rome, 638; entry of
Valens, as emperor of the East, 720.-
CONSTANTIUS CHLORUS,

made

Cæsar by Diocletian, 268; created Augustus,
298; dies, 301; tolerates Christians, 424.-
CONSTANTIUS, his education, 483;
governor of the East, 484; seizes Constan-
tinople on the death of his father, 490;
destroys his kinsmen, 491; oration to the
Illyrian troops, 500; defeats Magnentius at
Mursa, 503; power of councils over him,
506; his cousins Gallus and Julian, 507;
visits Rome, 517, 518; the Sarmatian war,
518; Persian negociations, 521; favours
the Arians, 588; drives Athanasius into
exile, 594 severe treatment of bishops,
598; his scrupulous orthodoxy, 600; con-

strained to restore the Bishop of Rome,
606; supports the prelate of Constantinople,
608; conduct towards the pagans, 613:
jealous of Julian, 616; negociates with him,
623; his death and character, 630.-CON-
SUL, the office of, explained, 62; altered
under the emperors and when Constantin-
ople became the seat of the empire, 447.-
CORINTH as a Roman colony celebrates
the Isthmian games, 639.-CORONARY
gold, offerings of, to the Roman emperors,
474.-COUNCILS or synods of Antioch,
594; Arles, 597; Cæsarea, 592; Milan,
597; Nice, 580; Rimini, 584; Sardica,
595 Tyre, 593.-COUNT, ancient and
modern title, 457; when invented, 457;
and duties, 464.-CRISPUS, son of Con-
stantine, declared Cæsar, 325; his valour,
327; naval triumphs on the Hellespont,
330; his character, 479; and murder, 480.
-CROSS, punishment of the, 546; the
standard in battle, by Constantine, 547; his
vision of, 548; the true cross discovered, 659.
-CROWNS, mural and obsidional, distinc-
tion between, note, 691.-CUSTOMS, du-
ties of, under Augustus, 132.-CYCLE of
indiction, described, note, 468.--CYPRIAN,
bp. of Carthage, his history, 402.-CYRIL,
bp. of Jerusalem, 588; his character, 660.
DACIA, conquest of, by Trajan, 20: de-
scribed, 33; overrun by the Goths, 191;
resigned to them by Aurelian, 226.-DAL-
MATIA, described, 33; produce of silver
mines there, note, 124.-DELATORS en-
couraged by Commodus, 79; suppressed
by Pertinax, 88.-DELPHI, temple of, de-
spoiled to adorn Constantinople, 441.-DE-
MOCRACY unfavourable to freedom in a
large state, 40.-DESPOTISM originates
in superstition, note, 176.-DIADEM, the
first assumed by Diocletian, 289.-DIA-
MONDS, art of cutting them unknown to
the ancients, note, 132.-DIOCESES of
the Roman government, their number, 453.
DIOCLETIAN, elected emperor by the
troops, 265; birth and character, 266; Max-
imin, his colleague, 267; and Galerius and
Constantius Chlorus, 268; his triumph, 285;
fixes his court at Nicomedia, 287; abdicates,
291; parallel between him and Charles V.,
292; lives at Salonica, 293; his treatment
of the Christians, 415.-DOCETES, sect of,
their peculiar tenets, 574, and note.-DOM-
INUS, title of, when assumed by the em-
perors, 288.-DOMITIAN, emperor, his
treatment of Flavius Sabinus and Flavius
Clemens, 396.-DONATUS, his contest
with Cæcilian for the see of Carthage, 569:
the Donatist schism, 570, 609.-DOXO-
LOGY of the church-service, when intro-
duced, 605.-DREAMS, popular faith in,
and use made of such by Constantine, 548.
-DRUIDS, power of, in Gaul, suppressed
by Tiberius, 40.-DUKE, the title, and its
application, 457:

EAST INDIA, intercourse of the Romans
with it, 55; duties on goods drawn thence,
imposed by Alex. Severus, 125.-EBION
ITE sect, the, 338; their errors, 573.-EC-
CLESIASTICAL and civil power, how
distinguished by the primitive church, 557.

-EDDA, the mythological system of Ice-
land, 188.-EDESSA, the purest Syriac
spoken there, note, 165.-EDOMITES,
the Jews so named by the Romans, note,
383.-EGYPT, description of, 34: super-
stition troublesome to the Romans there,
39; revenues thence drawn, 130; public
works there, 256; oppressed by Diocletian;
276; progress of Christianity there, 373:
worship of Serapis, 662.-ELEPHANTS,
for war, of the Eastern princes, note, 158;
in the circus at Rome, at the Punic war, and
wherefore, 262.-ELEUSINIAN myster-
ies tolerated by Valentinian, and why, 730.
-EMIGRATION of ancient nations,
whence, and wherefore, 175.—EMPIRE,
Roman, division of, by Valentinian, 720.-
ENCAMPMENT, Roman, described, 28.
-EPHESUS, temple of Diana at, de-
stroyed by the Goths, 207.-EUDOXIA,
wife of the emperor Arcadius, 497; her
death and character, 615.-EUMENIUS
the orator, account of, note, 296. EU-
NUCHS, importation and taxation of, by
Alex. Severus, 132; their power over Con-
stantine, 506; favour the Arians, 588;
trouble the bishop of Rome, 606.-EU-
ROPE, climate of, colder of old than now,
and why, 170.-EUXINE Sea, and the ves-
sels which navigated it, 203.-EXCOMMU
NICATION, the origin thereof, 367, 564.
FAITH, defined, 353.-FINANCES of the
empire when Constantinople was founded,
468.-FINGAL, history of, questionable,
109.-FIRMUS, an Egyptian paper mer-
chant, revolts against Aurelian, 237.-FE-
LIX, made bishop of Rome, to supersede
Liberius, who is exiled; expelled and his
adherents slaughtered, 606.-FELIX, bi-
shop of Africa, his martyrdom, 421.-
FRANKS, their origin and confederacy,
198; invade Gaul, and ravage Spain, 199;
pass into Africa, 200; daring voyage of
their colony from the sea of Pontus to the
Elbe, 254; established at Toxandria, 527.
GALERIUS, made Cæsar by Diocletian, 268;
defeated in Persia, 280; overthrows Nar-
ses, 281; becomes Augustus, 291; jealous
of Constantine, 301; invades Italy, 305;
advances Licinius, 308; his death, 309;
hates the Christians, and why, 417; GALI-
LEANS, who so called at first, 394; and
Christians so named by the apostate em-
peror Julian, 662.-GALLIENUS, made
Augustus by Valerian, 198; troubles the
senators, 201; his administration, 211; fa-
vours the Christians, 412. - GALLUS,
nephew of Constantine, his education, 507;
inade Cæsar, 508; his disgrace and death,
511.-GAMES, public, of the Romans, de-
scribed, 154.-GAUL, described, 30; cities
of that province, 51; tribute gathered for
Rome, 130; usurpers there, 230; progress
of Christianity there, 375; capitation tax
levied, 471; invaded by the Germans, 526.
-GENERAL of the Roman army, his ex-
tensive power, 61.-GEORGE of Cappado-
cia, supersedes Athanasius, 6or; his history
and death, 669; becomes the tutelar saint
of England, 671.-GERMANY, the rude
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169: how peopled, 171; unlettered in the
time of Tacitus, 172; no cities there, 173:
manners of the natives, 174; population,
175 freemen, 176; rulers, 177; conjugal
faith, 179; religion, 180; arms and dis-
cipline, 182; feuds, 184; the tribes of Ger-
many, 185; Probus, 526, 736.-GLADIA-
TORS, desperation and fate of those
reserved for the triumph of Probus, 255.
-GNOSTICS, the sect of, 339, 341, 574.
-GOLDEN HORN, the Bosphorus, why
so named of old, 435.-GORDIANUS,
proconsul of Africa, declared emperor, 141.
- GORDIAN the third, Cæsar, 146.-
GOTHS of Scandinavia, their origin, 187;
their religion, 188; Goths and Vandals of
the same race, 189; emigrate to Prussia
and the Ukraine, 190; invade the empire,
191; receive tribute from the Romans, 195;
subdue the Bosphorus, 203; plunder Bithy-
nia, 204; ravage Greece, 206; ravage Il-
lyricum, and chastised by Constantine, 327;
their war with the Sarmatians, 486; war
against Valentinian and Valens, 755.-
GOVERNMENT, civil, the origin of, 176.
-GOVERNORS of provinces, under the
emperors, their power, 456.-GREEKS,
the, why averse to the Roman language, 88.
-GREGORY NAZIANZEN, on discord
among Christians, 611; against Julian, 642.
HADRIAN, emperor, abandons the entire
conquests of Trajan, 21; foundation of the
city of Alia Capitolina on mount Sion, 338.
-HELENA, mother of Constantine, her
parentage, 300; converted to Christianity,
note, 539.
HELLESPONT, the, de-
scribed, 435.-HELVETIA, its population
in the time of Cæsar, note, 175.-HER-
CYNIAN forest, extent of, unknown in
the time of Cæsar, note, 170.-HERESY
in religion, the origin of, traced, 340.-
HERO and LEANDER, the story of,
note, 436.-HERODIAN, historian of the
life of Alex. Severus, note, 129.-HERO-
DES ATTICUS, his wealth and muni-
ficence, 49.-HERODOTUS on the wor-
ship of the Persians, 159.-HILARY, bishop
of Poitiers, on the diversity of Christian
doctrines, 582; and on Homoiousion, 583.
-HISTORY, the principal subjects of,
136.-HOMOOUSION, origin and use of
the term at the council of Nice, 580; and
Homoiousion, 583.-HONOUR, the new
ranks of, introduced at Constantinople, 446.
-HUMAN nature, 355.-HUME on poly-
theism, note, 37; and the extent of the im-
perial palace at Rome, note, 110.
IDOLATRY, whence named, note, 615.-
ILLUSTRIOUS, title of, how different in
the early and the latter empire, 440.-IL-
LYRICUM described, 32.-IMPERAT-
OR ROMANORUM, explained, note, 60;
prerogative of the emperor, 63; the court,
65; imperator of the Roman empire, 288.
-INDICTIONS, the era of, whence dated,
note, 317; name and use of, whence derived,
468.-INHERITANCE, paternal discre-
tion among the Romans, 133. ISAU-
RIAN rebellion against Gallienus, 216.
JAMES, St., his legendary exploits in Spain,
376.-JERUSALEM, its situation, destruc-

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tion, and profanation, 658; pilgrimages to,
and relics shown, 658; abortive attempt of
Julian to rebuild the Temple, 660.-JEWS,
the, an obscure, unsocial, obstinate race of
men, 333; their history, 335; divine fa-
vour, 336; why no Hebrew gospels ex-
tant, 371; provoke the persecutions of the
Roman emperors, 382.-JEWS, liberal, are
Platonists, 572; their state under Constan-
tine, 657.-JOSEPHUS, the mention of
Jesus Christ in his history a forgery, note,
393; his opinion that Plato drew knowledge
from the Jews denied, note, 571.-JOVIAN,
chosen emperor by the troops, on the
death of Julian, 704; his treaty with Sapor,
706; his death, 716.-JUDE, St., his grand-
sons examined before the procurator, 396.-
JULIAN, nephew of Constantine, his edu-
cation, 507; danger at death of Gallus,
512; sent to study at Athens, 513; made
Cæsar, 515; appointed to Gaul, 527; his
first campaign, 528; subdues the Franks,
532; restores the cities of Gaul, 534; civil
administration, 535; excites the jealousy of
Constantius, 616; elected emperor in Gaul,
619; declares war, abjures Christianity,
625; enters Constantinople, 630; habits
of life and government, 631; reforms
the palace, 633; a sloven, 634; kindness to
the Grecian cities, 639; an orator, 640; a
judge, 640; his character, 641; apostacy,
642; his theology, 646; fanaticism and
duplicity, 649; a general toleration, 651;
pagan zeal, 652; address to the Jews, 657;
prohibits Christian schools, 663; restores
the sacred grove of Daphne, 667; punishes
Antioch, 668; banishes Athanasius, 672; his
fable of the Caesars, 675; his Misopogon, 680;
marches against Persia, 681; his courageous
conduct, 690; passes the Tigris, 693; burns
his fleet, 694; retreat, 699; wounded, and
'dies, 702; his funeral, 712.-JUSTIN MAR-
TYR, on the Ebionites, 339; progress of the
church, 376; occasion of his conversion, 377.
LABARUM, the standard of the cross, un-
der Constantine, 547.-LACTANTÍUS,
date of his Divine Institution, note, 538;
on the influence of Christianity, 542.-
LAITY, when first distinguished from the
clergy, 364.-LAND, how assessed by the
Roman emperors, 469.-LAODICEA, its
ancient splendour, 52.-LAW, review of the
profession of, under the emperors, 455.-
LEGACIES and inheritances taxed by Au-
gustus, 133.-LEGION in the Roman
army under the emperors, described, 25;
distribution of the legions, 28; size of, 459.
-LETTERS, the test of civilization, 172.
LIBANIUS, on the private life of Julian,
632; his vision, 648; his character, 680.-
LIBERIUS, bishop of Rome, banished for
his support of Athanasius, 559, 605.-LI-
BERTY, public, the only sure guardianship
against an aspiring prince, 59.-LIEU-
TENANT, Imperial, his office and rank,61;
-LIGHTNING, superstition of the Rom-
ans about it, 260.-LIMIGANTES, Sar-
matian slaves, expel their masters, and
possess their country, 487; their extinction
by Constantius, 520.-LOGOS, Plato's doc-
trine of, 572; of Athanasius, 575; contro-

versy about it, 578.-LOMBARDY, an-
cient, described, 31.-LONGINUS, his
representation of the degeneracy of his age,
58; put to death by Aurelian, 236.-LU
CIAN, his satire against heatnen mythology,
38.-LUSTRAL contribution in the Ro-
man empire, explained, 473.-LUXURY,
the means of correcting the unequal distribu-
tion of property, 55.-LYONS, battle of, 102.
MÆSIA, its situation, 33.-MAGI, the, of
Persia, 157; their creed, 158; precepts,
159; power, 160.-MAGIC, proceeded
against as a crime, 724.-MAGNENTIUS,
revolt of, in Gaul, 497; war with Constan-
tius, 501; defeat at Mursa, 502; death,
505.-MAMÆA, mother of Alex. Severus,
regent of the empire, 123; her death, 139.
-MAN, can live in any climate, note, 171.
-MARBLE, four kinds of, note, 142.-
MARCELLÍNUS, count, his history and
death, 499-505.-MARCELLUS, the cen-
turion,martyrdom of, 417.--MARCELLUS,
bishop of Rome, 425.-MARK, bishop of
Arethusa, 665.-MARTYRS, the primitive,
381,405, 407, 410.-MASTER of the offices,
his functions, 463.-MATTHEW, St., the
Gospel of, in Hebrew, 371.-MAURITAN-
IA, its situation and extent, 35.-MAXEN-
TIUS, emperor, 304, 311, 313, 318, 425.-
MAXIMIAN, associate emperor with Dio-
cletian, 267, 285, 286, 293, 304, 305, 309,417.-
MAXIMIN, emperor, 137, 215.-MAXI-
MIN, Cæsar and Augustus, 229, 308, 321,
427.-MAXIMUS, the pagan teacher of
Julian, 648, 655.-MEGALESIA, the fes-
tival of, at Rome, described, note, 80.-
MELETIAN sect, the, 592.-MESOPO-
TAMIA, described, 685, 686.-MESSALA,
Valerius, the first præfect of Rome, 452.-
MESSIAH, the, 336; his birthday, note,
625.-METALS and money, their value,
174.-METELLUS, Numidicus, the cen-
sor, note, 123.-MILAN, city of, becomes
seat of the empire, 286.-MILITARY force,
on what dependent, 90.-MILITARY offi-
cers of the empire, 455.-MILLENNIUM,
doctrine of, 347.-MIRACLES, on, 380,
381.-MIRACULOUS powers claimed by
the primitive church, 350.-MONARCHY,
defined, 59; its theory, 136; practice, 468.
MONASTIC institutions, 357-MONEY,
its value in the Eastern empire, note, 471.
MONKS, on martyrdom, 400.-MON-
TESQUIEU, on the Roman empire, 154:
its taxation, 468.-MUNICIPAL cities,
their advantages, 42.-MURSA, battle, 502.
NAISSUS, battle of, 223.-NARSES, king
of Persia, 277, 280, 281, 284.-NAVY of the
empire, described, 29. - NAZARENE
church, the, at Jerusalem, 337.-NAZAR-
IUS, the pagan, on miracles, 549.-NE-
GROES, the, of Africa, described, 750.-
NERO, persecutor of the Christians, 392.
NERVA, emperor, his character, 70.-NI-
COMEDIA, residence of Diocletian, 287;
church destroyed, 419; palace fired, 421.-
NOBILISSIMUS, title of, 483.-NORI-
CUM, described, 41.-NOVATIAN sect,
favoured by Constantine. 569; hunted down
by Macedonius, 609.-NUMERIAN, the
emperor, 259.-NUMIDIA, described, 35.