Dalmatius the censor, i., 432 note; ii., | Daphne, grove and temple of, ii., 491 and
Damascenus Studites, vii., 211 note. Damascius, Life of Isidore by, iv., 283 note. Damascus, taken by Persians, v., 74 note; Andronicus flies to, 252; fairs of, 339; caliphs at, 421; besieged by the Saracens, 446 sqq.; fall of, 452 and note; exiles of, pursued and slain, 453 sq.; Gate called Keisan at, 454; second capture of, by Saracens, 463 note; capital of the Saracens, 485; taken by Zimisces, vi., 63; princes of, expelled by the Seljuks, 257; reduced by Atsiz, 267; siege of, by Conrad III., 344; joined to Aleppo, 349; attacked by Saladin, | 355 and note; Saladin retreats to, 362; Timour at, vii., 58.
note; temple of, burnt, 494 sq. Daphnusia, town of, vi., 460 and note. Dara, siege of, iv., 396; siege by Nushir-
van, v., 44; Bahram at, 48; restored, 55; destroyed by Chosroes, 74 and note. Dardania, province of, iv., 267 note; ac- quired by the Bulgarians, vi., 137 and note.
Dardanians, i., 266 note, 381 and note. Dardanus of Troy, i., 306 note. Dardanus, Prætorian præfect in Gaul,
opposes Jovinus, iii., 363 and note; inscription erected by, 374 note. Dargham, Egyptian vizir, vi., 350 and note.
Darius, constructs canal in Egypt, v., 485 note; compared to Vataces, vi., 478 note.
Damasus, Bishop of Rome, iii., 29; ac- Darius, officer of Valentinian III., inter-
count of, 31 sqq., 148.
Dames, a Saracen, v., 466. Damghan, battle of, vi., 240. Damianus, Peter, v., 316 note; vi., 191 note; friend and biographer of St. Dominic Loricatus, 280 note. Damietta, taken by the Crusaders, vi., 370.
Damocles, story of, iv., 4 and note. Damophilus, Archbishop of Constanti-
nople, exile of, iii., 154 and note. Dandolo, Andrew, chronicle of, vi., 139 note, 406 note.
Dandolo, Henry, Doge of Venice, account of, 398 and note; at siege of Con- stantinople, 413 sqq.; refuses the Latin Empire, 432; despot of Ro- mania, 434; death, 445. Danes, iii., 39 note; iv., 158. Daniel, first bishop of Winchester, epistle of, to St. Boniface, iv., 84 note. Daniel, Père, on Childeric, iv., 28 note. Daniel, prophecy of, iv., 173 note. Danielis, Matron of Patras, v., 216; gifts to the Emperor Basil, vi., 75; wealth of, 82 sq.
Dante, De Monarchia of, vii., 277 note. Danube, victories of M. Antoninus on,
view with Count Boniface at Car- thage, iii., 428 sq.
Dastagerd, see Artemita. Datianus, governor of Spain, ii., 137 and note.
Datianus the Patrician, iii., 7 and note. Datius, Bishop of Milan, iv., 345; retires to Constantinople, 351 and note. D'Aubigné, on early Christian faith, iii., 225 note.
Daur, town of, taken by the Moslems, v., 440 note.
Dausara, taken by Avidius Cassius, i., 223 note.
David Comnenus, last Emperor of Tre- bizond, vii., 213 sq.
David, grandson of Andronicus, seizes Paphlagonia, vi., 439 note; death,
Palmyra and Baalbec, v., 458 note. Dazimon, battle near, vi., 47 note. Debt, law of, iv., 530 sq. Decapolis, plain of, v., 461. Decebalus, Dacian King, i., 6. Decempagi (Dieuze), in Lothringen, ii., 293 note.
i., 10; provinces on, 23; frozen, 232; bridge of boats on, iii., 64; conference of Valens and Athanaric on, 65; Goths transported over the, 100 sq.; frozen under Justinian, iv., 454; canal of Charlemagne, v., 309. D'Anville, M., plan of Rome by, iv., 336 note; eastern geography of, v., 429 note; description of Alexandria, 479 note; on the Ottoman dynasty, vii., Decentius, brother of Magnentius, made 23 note.
Decemvirs, twelve Tables of, iv., 473 sqq., 476.
Decennovium, iv., 331 and note.
Cæsar, ii., 257 and note, 258.
Decimum (Ad), battle of, iv., 302. Decius, consul, iv., 443 note. Decius, emperor, defeats Philip, i., 257; reign, ib.; birth, ib. note; marches against the Goths, 258; Gothic war of, 265 sqq.; death, 268; persecutes the Christians, ii., 120 and note; iii., 437 and note.
Decius the Younger, death, i., 269. Decius, Roman patrician, iv., 431.
Dengisich, son of Attila, on the banks of the Danube, iii., 502; invades the Eastern Empire, ib.; death, ib. Denmark, crusaders from, vi., 362; kingdom of, restored to the empire, vii., 245.
Deogratias, Bishop of Carthage, assists the prisoners of Gaiseric, iv., 7 and note.
Depopulation, in third century, i., 303.
Decoratus, accuser of Boethius, iv., 215 Derar [Dhirar], Arab warrior, iii., 121
Decretals, the Forged, v., 292.
Decumates, i., 357 and note.
Decurions, or Curiales, ii., 204.
note; at siege of Damascus, v., 446 sq.; valour of, 448 and note.
Derbend, iv., 277 and note; gates of, penetrated by the Mongols, vii., 10.
Defensores, iii., 23; office revived by Dervishes, vii., 146 and note; in Turkish
Deification of emperors, i., 75, 76.
Dejal, or the Antichrist, v., 418.
camp at Constantinople, 196.
Desiderius, brother of Magnentius, made Cæsar, ii., 257 note; death, 258 note.
Dejoces, King of the Medes, iv., 111 Desiderius, daughter of, repudiated by
Delators, i., 95, 109. Cp. ii., 220. Delbene, Sannuccio, vii., 267 note. Delbrück, on payment of Roman soldiers, i., 133 note; on framea, i., 250 note.
Delhi, conquered by the Sultan of Gazna, vi., 235; Timour at, vii., 53. Delian, Peter, revolt of, in Macedonia, v., 233 note. Delphi, ii., 452.
Delphicum, royal banqueting hall at Rome, Constantinople and Carthage, iv., 304 note.
Delphidius, in Gaul, ii., 302; widow of, iii., 162.
Delphinus, Gentilis, vii., 311. Demaratus, iv., 364 note. Demetrias, granddaughter of Proba, iii., 346 and note.
Demetrius, brother of John II., vi., 457 and note; voyage of, to Venice, vii., 110, 116.
Demetrius, despot of Epirus, siege of Rhodes by, v., 472 and note. Demetrius, Egyptian prelate, ii., 64 and note.
Demetrius Poliorcetes, vi., 96 note. Demetrius, son of Marquis of Montferrat, vi., 450.
Democedes of Crotona, iv., 387 note. Democritus, philosopher, vi., 487 note. Demosthenes, iv., 279.
Demotica given to Count of St. Pol, vi.,
436 and note; massacre of the Latins at, 441; Cantacuzene as- sumes the purple at, 521; Empress Anne besieged in, by the Bulgarians, vii., 29. Denarius (coin), ii., 207 note.
Charlemagne, v., 286 note; con- quered by Charlemagne, 286. Deslisle, William, geographer, vi., 66 note.
"Despina," queen, restored by Timour to Bajazet, vii., 64.
Despot, title bestowed by the Greek em- perors, vi., 84.
Deuterius, chamberlain, iii., 296 note. Develtus (town), captured by Krum, vi., 140 note.
Devonshire, earls of, see Courtenay. Dexippus, i., 286 note. D'Herbelot, his Bibliothèque Orientale, v., 429 and note. Dhoulacnaf, Arab title of Sapor, ii., 238. Diadem, imperial, introduced by Aure- lian and Diocletian, i., 412 and note; vi., 83 and note. Diadumenianus, i., 152; death, 156. Diamonds, i., 60 and note. Diamper, synod of, v., 162. Diarbekir (or Amida), despoiled by Saladin, vi., 355.
Diarium Parmense, vii., 217 note. Diarium Urbis Romæ, vii., 311. Dibra, two provinces of, vii., 159 note. Dicæarchus, iii., 73 note.
Dicanice, Greek name for the imperial sceptre, vi., 485 note.
Didot, A. F., on Aldus Manutius, vii., 135 note. Didymus, prince of the Theodosian house, opposes Constantine the
Tyrant, iii., 288 and note. Diedo, Venetian sea captain, vii., 185 note. Diehl, C., on African forts, iv., 267 note. Diet of the Tartars, see Couroultai; of the Huns, iii., 82 note; German, v., 327, 329.
Dinarchus, iv., 296 note. Dioceses (civil), ii., 180 sq. Diocletian (C. Aurelius Valerius Dio- cletianus), i., 354; election, 375 and notes; reign, 377 sqq.; associates Maximian, 379; associates Galerius and Constantine, 381; defence of the frontiers, 388; policy, ib.; settle- ment of the Germans, Sarmatians, etc., 390 and note; wars in Egypt and Africa, 391 sqq. and note; sup- presses alchemy, 393; Persian wars of, 394 sqq.; at Antioch, 398; re- ceives Galerius, 399; negotiates with Persia, 401; his moderation, 402; triumph, 406; titles of, 406 note; edict of maximum prices, ib.; at Nicomedia, 408; system of Imperial Government, 409 sqq.; assumes the diadem, 412; administration, 413 sqq.; increase of taxation under, 414; abdication, 415, 416; at Sa- lona, 418 sqq.; baths at Rome, 433 and note; treatment of the Chris- tians, ii., 124 sqq.; first edict, 130; second edict, 136; third and fourth edicts, ib.
Diocletianopolis, besieged by the Avars, v., 60.
Diodorus, Count, ii., 497. Diodorus, heretic, v., 113.
Diodorus Siculus, on the priesthood, ii., 338 note; iv., 179 note; on the Caaba, v., 350 and note.
Dionysius of Telmahre, Patriarch of Antioch, v., 471 note.
Dionysius, poetical geographer, v., 458 note.
Diophantus of Alexandria, vi., 32 note. Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, sup-
ports Eutyches, v., 130; disgrace of, 131; deposed and banished,
Dioscurias (town), i., 282 note; iv., 399; fortifications of, 402.
Diospolis, image at, v., 266 and note. Diplokionion, or Beshik Tash, vii., 189 note.
Dir, Slav king, vi., 155 note. Dirhem (drachma), vi., 5 note. Disabul, Khan of the Turks, iv., 380 and note; receives the Roman ambassa- dors, 381 sq.
Dispargum, residence of Clodion, King of the Franks, iii., 479; site of, ib. note.
Ditch, battle of the, v., 387. Dithmar, chronicle of, vi., 156 note. Dius, iv., 184 note.
Diva, or Male, ii., 332 note. Divetesion, long tunic worn by the Byzantine emperors, vi., 83 note. Divination, ii., 415. Divinity, titles of, assumed by Diocletian and Maximian, i., 411. Divorce, iv., 509 sqq.; limitations of the liberty of, 510 sq.
Dlugossius, Johannes, his history of Po- land, vii., 6 note.
Dniester, Gothic fleet on, i., 309; Visi- gothic camp on, iii., 96.
Docetes, gnostic sect, ii., 358, 359 and note; their opinion on the nature of Christ, v., 107 sq.
Docles, name of Diocletian, i., 377 note.
Doclia (town), i., 377 note.
Diogenes, leader of the Chersonites, ii., Dodona, Goths at, iv., 438 and note.
Diogenes, officer of Justinian in Rome, iv., 437.
Dion Cassius, i., 37 note, 75 note; his
father, 82 note; enemy of Didius Julianus, 117 note, 131, 137; consul under Alexander Severus, 168. Dionysius I. of Syracuse, v., 28 note; vii., 193 note.
Dionysius of Alexandria, ii., 105. Dionysius of Byzantium, ii., 151 note. Dionysius of Corinth, ii., 53 note. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, on Roman constitutional history, iv., 471 note. Dionysius, Bishop of Milan, banishment of, ii., 395.
Doge of Venice, institution of, vi., 398. Dogs, sent from Europe to Bajazet, vii., 40 note.
Dolfino, Giovanni, Doge of Venice, vi., 434 note.
Domestic, Great, office of, vi., 86 and note.
Domestics, revolt of, against Commodus, i., 105; schools of, ii., 199. Dominic, St., hermit, vi., 280; Life of, ib. note.
Dominus, title of the emperor, i., 410
and note; refused by Julian, ii., 451 and note; adopted by the Popes, v., 282 and note; on papal coins, vii.,
Dromones, or Byzantine galleys, vi., 96 and note.
Domitian, emperor, i., 4, 80; life censor- | Dromedary, v., 78 and note; in Arabia, ship of, 267 note; gilds the capitol, iv., 6 note; bust of, 459 and note; law of, concerning suicides, 540; founds Capitoline games, vii., 267 note.
Domus, class of Roman house, iii., 325. Donation, of Constantine, ii., 307 note;
forgery of, v., 292; of Charlemagne, 291; of Constantine, 292 and note. Donatists, schism of, ii., 353 sqq.; re- volt of, 410 sqq.; religious suicides of, 412 sq.; persecution of, iii., 426, 427 and notes.
Donatus, African bishop, ii., 352. Donatus, on topography of Rome, vii., 337 note.
Dongola, ruins of, v., 175.
Dorcon, horse of Heraclius, v., 96 note. Doria, Genoese admiral, vi., 536. Dorotheus, eunuch, protects the Chris- tians, ii., 125.
Dorotheus, religious enthusiast, vi., 387. Dorotheus, selects the Institutes of Jus- tinian, iv., 501.
Druids of Gaul, i., 35.
Drungarius (Great), office of, vi., 86. Druses of Mount Libanus, vi., 265 and note.
Drusus, German conquest of, lost by Varus, i., 22 note; iii., 40 note. Dryden, fable of Theodore and Honoria, iii., 274 note; quotation from, vii., 201 note, 289 note.
Dubis, Persian camp at, iv., 396. Dubos, Abbé, i., 38 note; on the state of Gaul, iii., 472 note; on influence of climate in relation to the Romans, vii., 219 note.
Ducange, C. du Fresne, vi., 10 note; on the Catalans, 504 note; his editions of Byzantine writers, vii., 217. Ducas, Greek historian of the Turks, vii., 75 note, 78 note; on schism of Con- stantinople, 203; account of the de- struction of Venetian ship by the Turks, 174 and note; history of, printed, 182 note; ambassador to sultan, 203 note.
Ducas, see Constantine XI. Ducat, derivation of the name, vii., 107 note.
Ducenarius, imperial procurator, ii., 122 note.
Duels (judicial), see Judicial combat. Duke, Latin title, iv., 135 and note. Dukes of the frontier, i., 314 and note; vi., 86.
Dukes, military, ii., 187; established by Narses in Italy, iv., 453 and note. Dumatians, tribe of, v., 352. Dunaan, Prince of the Homerites, iv., 412 and note, 413.
Dura on the Tigris, ii., 548 and note; treaty of, 550 and note; taken by Nushirvan, iv., 392.
Draco, statutes of, iv., 529; age of, ib. Durazzo, siege of, vi., 204 sq.; battle
Dracon, river, vi., 288 note. Dracontius, master of the mint, ii., 497.
Dragoman, office of, vi., 85. Dragon city, iii., 82 note. Drenco, river, Attila receives the em- bassy of Theodosius at, iii., 469. Drepanum, i., 429 note; crusaders at, vi., 286 note.
Dristra or Durostolus, vi., 167 note; Swatoslaus at, 168.
Drogo, brother of William of Apulia, vi., 187 note; death of, 189.
of, 207; taken by Robert Guiscard, 209; name of, ib. note; Bohemond at, 336; Latins land at, 407; Michael Angelus at, 440. Durham, bishopric of, iv., 165. Durostolus, see Dristra. Dyeing industries, iv., 243 sq. and note. Dyrrachium, fortifications of, iii., 281;
treasure of Amalasontha at, iv., 323; taken by the Lombards, 368; Belisarius at, 427; see Durazzo.
EAGLE, Roman, i., 11 and note. Earthquakes, at Jerusalem, ii., 485; a.d.
365, iii., 72 sq.; in Justinian's reign, | Edifices of Justinian, iv., 258 sqq.
Easter, v., 144 and note.
Eastern Empire, see Greek Empire. Eba, the elder, v., 514.
Ebermor, deserts to the Roman camp, iv., 329.
Ebionites, ii., 11 and note; opinions of, 358 and note; opinion on the incar- nation, v., 104; their gospel, 105 note.
Ebn Schounah, vii., 58; see Ibn Shihna.
Ebredunum, or Iverdun, Roman fleet at, iii., 476 note.
Eburacum (Roman colonia), i., 40 note. Eobatana, i., 223, 405; ii., 538 note;
Tower of Oblivion at, iii., 56 and note; identified with Ganzaca, v., 88 note; use of the name, vi., 63 and note; see Ganzaca. Ecclesiastes, Book of, authenticity of, iv., 314 note. Ecclesiastical order, ii., 335; government, discussion of its nature, vii., 309. Ecdicius, præfect of Egypt, ii., 501. Ecdicius, son of Avitus, defended Au- vergne, iv., 16 note, 42; family of, ib. note.
Ecebolus, iv., 228.
Eclectus, conspiracy of, i., 105. Eclipses, ii., 74.
Ecthesis, of Heraclius, v., 150. Edda, i., 260.
Edeco, lieutenant of Roderic the Goth, v., 505.
Edecon, father of Odoacer, ambassador
of Attila, iii., 459; his interviews with Chrysaphius, 467; his confes- sion and repentance, ib.; defeats the Scyrri, iv., 53.
Edessa, described, i., 224 and note; battle of, 290; Christianized, ii., 69 and note; Sabinian at, 288; church of, oppressed by Julian, 498; shrine of St. Thomas at, iii., 267 note; tribute paid by, iv., 251; strength- ened by Justinian, 273; siege of, 275 note, 276, 396; destroyed by Chosroes, v., 74 and note; Heraclius at, 94 and note; school at, 156 and note; conversion of, 264 note; image of Christ at, 265 sq.; captured by Arabs, 471 and note; taken by Zimisces, vi., 63; principality of, 310 and note; retaken by Sultan Zenghi, 310 note, 349; county of, 331 note; Timour at, vii., 50. Edicts, of the prætors, iv., 478 and note; perpetual edict, 479 and note.
Edobic, general of Constantine, defeat and death of, iii., 361. Edom, kingdom of, ii., 79.
Edris (Idris), founder of the Edrisite caliphate, vi., 55 note.
Edrisi, on the Christianity of the Nu- bians, v., 175 note; on geography of Arabia, 332 note. Edrisites of Mauritania, caliphs of the, vi., 23; founding of the, 23 and note.
Edward, Count of Savoy, vi., 517 note. Edward I., of England, in the East, vi., 378.
Edward III. of England, letter of, against
Clement VII., vii., 296 note. Egbert, his intercourse with Charle- magne, v., 310 note.
Egica, King of the Goths in Spain, iv., Egilona, widow of Roderic, v., 513. Eginhard, marries daughter of Charle- magne, v., 303 note. Egregius, rank of, ii., 171 note. Egripons (Negroponte), vi., 406 note. Egypt, province of, described, i., 27;
language of, 42 and note; popu- lation, 54; revenue, 173; rebellion of Firmus in, 333; works of Probus, 361; revolts from Diocletian, 391 sqq.; Christianity in, ii., 63; Au- gustal præfect of, 180; kings of, 334 note; monks in, 401; given to Theodosius, iii., 125; wheat ex- ported from, iv., 242 and note, marriage laws in, 512; conquered by Chosroes, v., 76; date of, ib. note, 173; invaded by Saracens, 474 sqq.; description of, 486 sqq. ; population, 487 sq. and notes, revenues of, ib. note; church of, under the Saracens, 522 sq.; vine- yards of, destroyed by. Hakem, vi., 265; invaded by Seljuks, 267; con- quered by Turks, 350 sqq.; invaded by the Mongols, vii., 15; Sultan of, submits to Timour, 69. Egyptian language, i., 42 and note. Egyptian worship, prohibited, i., 35. Egyptians, disabilities of the, i., 42; dis- pute the election of Gregory, iii.,
Einsiedeln, Anonymous of, vii., 316 note, 317 note.
Eisenach, in Thuringia, iii., 493 note. Ekmiasin (Etchmiazin), Monastery of, v., 169.
Ektag, Mount, probably Mount Altai, iv., 380 note,
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