Esaias, a Roman noble, 477
FABIUS MAXIMUS, 81 Fabricius Luscinus, 548
Fara, an island on the coast of l'ersia, 338
Farnobius, 587, 601
Faustina, the second wife of the Em-
Faustinus, a military secretary, 562 peror Constantius, 253, 271, 423 Felix, master of the offices, 233,317 Fericius, a Mauritanian chief, 530 Ferratus, a mountain in Mauritania, 527
Festus, governor of Syria, 519; his cruelties, 528
Fidustius, accused of magic, 505
Essedones and Essedon, a people and Firmus, a Mauritanian chief, 525; his
town of the Seres, 341 Eubulus, a citizen of Antioch, 22 Eucarius, proprefect of Asia, 506 Euctemon, an ancient astronomer, 407 Eumenius, 477
Eumolpias (Philippopolis), 278 Eupatoria, a city of the Tauri, 292 Euphrasius, master of the offices,
flight, 533; commits sucide, 537 Flavian, a Roman citizen, 502 Florentius, (i.) prefect of the Pretorian Guard, 110, 128, 216, 232, 253, 270; (ii) the son of Nigridianus, 58, 213, 279; (iii.) the pretect of Gaul under Valentinian, 452; (iv.) a tri- bune, 430; (v.) Duke of Germany,
21; summoned by the emperor, 37; leaves Antioch and arrives at Con- stantinople, 39; is sent to Istria, 41; put to death, 42; his personal ap- pearance and character, 43 Gallus, a river in Bithynia, 426 Garamantes, an African tribe, 307 Garumna (the Garonne), 78 Gaudentius, 51, 95, 143, 254, 300 Gaugamela, a city in Adiabene, 334 Gaul, description of, 73; its provinces, 79; its inhabitants, 80; produce,
Gaza (now Ghuzzeh), a city of Pales-
Gomoarius, or Gumoharius, 233, 255,
HADRIAN, 386, 571 Hadrianople, battle of, 610-615; siege Hadrianopolis, 39, 444, 607 of by the Goths, 619; raised, 620 Hannibal, 77; buried at Libyssa, 295 Hariobaudes, a tribune, 161, 162 Harax, a river in Susiana, 335 Hariobaudus, a king of the Allemanni,
Hebrus (Maritza), a river in Thrace.
Hecatæus, an ancient geographer, 287 Hecatompylos, a town in Parthia, 38 Helen, wife of Julian, 71; her death and burial, 244 Helenopolis (Frankfort-on-the-Maine),
Helice, a town in Achaia, destroyed by an earthquake, 140 Heliodorus, a seer, 504; his atrocities, 515; death of, 517
Heliogabalus, 421 Heliopolis, a town of Syria, 131
Gordian, the elder, 421; (ii.) the Helipolis, a military engine used in
Helpidius, prefect of the East, 253 Hendinos, a title given to the Burgun dian kings, 495
a tribe near the Euxine, 200 Heraclea, a city of Thrace, called also Perinthus, 278
Gorgias of Leontinum, 354 Gorgonius, Cæsar's chamberlain, 48 Goths, 442, 445, 585; invade Thrace, 599; defeated by Frigeridus, 601; Heniochi, massacre of the, 623 Gratian, the elder, 566; (ii.) son of Valentinian, 448; takes Equitius as his colleague, 551, 602, 605; sur- prised by Sebastian, 607 Grumbates, king of the Chronitæ, 176,
Heraclitus, the philosopher of Ephesus,
Hercules, 73 Herculanus, officer of the guard, 33 Hermapion, 132
Gruthungi, a tribe of Ostrogoths, 446, Hermes Trismegistus, 270
Hermogenes, master of the horse, 33,
160, 253, 516 Hyperechius, 426
(ii) of Pontus, prefect of the præ- | Hypatius, a consul, brother of Eusebius, torium, 208, 253; (iii.) a Roman general in Germany, 481 Hermonapa, an island in the Palus Mæotis, 291
Hippopotamus of Egypt, 310 Histros, a city of Thrace, 293 Homer, 20, 71, 170, 191, 270, 341, 442, 453, 479, 617 Honoratus, Count of the East, 3, 21 Hormisdas, a Persian prince, 102; (ii.) a general of the emperor Julian, 547; (iii.) son of the preceding, 427 Horre, a town in Mesopotamia, 183 Hortarius, king of the Allemanni, 107, 144, 161; (ii.) a German noble, 525 Hucumbra, 374 Huns, 577-582
Hydriacus, a river in Carmania, 339 Hydrus, the, 310
Hymetius, proconsul of Africa, 471; banished to Boa, a town in Dalmatia, 742
Hypanis (the Bog), a river o Sarma- tia, 291
Hyperides, a Grecian orator, 554 Hyrcania, a northern province of Per- sia, 339
Hystaspes, father of Darius, 336
Ichneumon, an Egyptian reptile, 310 Iconium, a town in Pisidia, 5 Icosium, a town in Mauritania, 529 Idmon, an augur, 290
Igilgitatum, part of the coast of Mauri tania, so called from the town Igil- gili (lijeli), 526
Igmazen, king of Mauritania, 535 Ilus, son of Troas, 296
Imbros, an island off the coast of Thrace, 286
Immo, a Roman count, 261 Ingenuus, a rebel, 274 Innocentius, 121
Iphicles, a philosopher, envoy from Epirus, 561
Iris. a river flowing into the Euxine,
Isaflenses, a people of Africa, 534 Isaura, a large town at the foot of Mount Taurus, 144
Isauria, a province of Asia Minor, 143 Isaurians, rebellion of the. 5; they
besiege Seleucia, 8; compelled by Nebridius to disperse, 10 Isocrates, 570
Izala, a mountain in Mesopotamia, 173
JACOBUS, treasurer of the commander of the cavalry, 200
Januarius, a relation of the Emperor Julian, 406
Jasonium, a mountain in Media, 339
Jerusalem, the temple of, 317 Jews, 283
Jovian, chief officer of the guard, 276; son of Varronianus, 388; elected emperor after Julian, 388; his treaty with Sapor, 393; advances to Hatra, 395; his severity, 399; vi- sits Tarsus, 402; dies suddenly at Didastana, 403; his character, 405; his body brought to Constantinople, 406
Jovianus, a secretary, 361, 398, 417 Jovinianus, a Persian satrap, 175 Jovinus, master of the horse, 256, 261,
stantinople, 278; his severities, 279; reforms the imperial palace, 281; openly professes paganism, 283; out for Antioch, 295; risits the ancient temple of Cybele at Pessin and offers sacrifices, 296; winters at Antioch, 298; forbids the masters of rhetoric to instruct Christians, 299; prepares for an expedition against the Persians, 302; orders the church at Antioch to be closed, 304: write his 'Misopogon,' 305; marches into Mesopotamia, and arrives at Care, 320; addresses his army, 328; invades Assyria, 347; captures and burns Pirisabora, 353; address the army, 354; his continence, 368; his sacrifice to Mars, 369; storms Megalomalcha, 357-362; barns al his ships except twelve, 370; his self- denial, 377; alarmed by prodigies, 377; wounded in fighting with the Persians, 379; his dying speech, 381; death, 383; his character, 383-386; his personal appearance, Julian, uncle of the emperor, 317, Juliers (Juliacum Francorum), 127 Julius, a count commanding the army
279, 396; commander of the forces in Gaul, 414; his vigour, 436; defeats the Germans, 458; his execu- tion, 501
Jovius, a quæstor, 256, 294 Juba, king of Mauritania, 308 Jubileni, an African tribe, 535 Julian, son of Constantius and Basilina,
383; born at Constantinople, 295; educated by Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, 295; protected by Queen Eusebia, 48; is invested with the title of Cæsar, 69; married to Helena, 71; made consul, 83; marches against the Allemanni, 85; tempe- rate habits, 89; his moderation, 91; plots against, 93; second consulship, 104; his first campaign, 105; his prudence, 107; his speech to his soldiers, 109; the Allemanni sue for peace, 126; fixes his winter residence at Paris, 128; attacks the Chimavi, 141; military sedition, 142; he crosses the Rhine, 163;
Justina, wife of Valentinian, 575; sister in Thrace, 422, 623 Juvenal, 488 of Cerealis, 482
Juventius Siscianus, the quæstor, 413; made prefect of the city, 441
Constantius grows jealous of him, KELLEN (Triæsina), a town in Ge
216; saluted as emperor, 219; his dream, 223; his letters to Constan- tius, 229; elected emperor by the
army, 234; crosses the Rhine, and LACOTENE, a town in Armenia, 236 attacks the Attuarii, 235; death of Læti, a German tribe, 231 his wife Helena, 244; pretended Lagarimanus, a general of the Geths
defeats the Allemanni, 249; speech Laipso, a tribune, 124 Christianity, 246; to his soldiers, 250; enters Sermium, Lamfoctense, a town in Mauntan
257; his letter to the senate, 259;
besieges Aquileia, 261; his march Lampadius, prefect of the prætorian
through France, 267; hears of the death of Constantius, and enters Con-
guard, 55; made prefect of the city,
Lampsacus, a city of Mysia, 287 Laniogaisus, a Frank and tribune, 59 Laodicea, a town of Syria, 28 Laranda, a town in Isauria, 8 Latinus, count of the domestics, 34 Laudias, a fort in Mesopotamia, 179 Laumellum, a town in Italy, 72 Lauricius, sent as governor to Isauria,
Lawyers, Roman, described, 555 Lazica, a province of Scythia, 465 Leap-year explained, 407
Lemannus (the Lake Leman), 79 Lemnos, an island off the coast of Thrace, 286
Lentia (Lintz), 52, 602
Lentienses, incursions of the, 53
Leo, a Pannonian, 407, 470, 551, 561
Leonas, quæstor of Constantius, 233 Leontius, prefect of Rome, 65 Leptis, a town in Africa, distress of, 497; implores the emperor's aid, 499 Lesbos, an island on the Egean Sea, 286
Leuce, an island in the Black Sea, Mæotus Palus (the Sea of Azov), 291 292 Magamalcha, a city in Persia, 357 Magi, 336
Liberius, bishop of Rome, banished by Constantius for refusing to concur in the deposition of Athanasius, 67 Libino, a count, sent by Julian against the Allemanni and slain, 247 Libya, 312
Libyssa, a town in Bithynia, 295 Limigantes, slaves of the Sarmatians, 151, 203; their treachery, 151, 203, 205; defeated, 207 Lions in Mesopotamia, 177 Londinium (London), 212, 454, 483 Lorne, a fort in Mesopotamia, 201 Lotophagi, mentioned by Homer, 20 Lucillianus, count of the domestics, and father-in-law of Jovian, 39, 159, 175, 257, 322, 396, 402 Lucullus, a Roman general who defeated the Thracians, 444 Lugdunum (Lyons), 79
Lupicinus, master of the horse, 16:3;
sent against the Picts, 212, 233; (ii.) count of Thrace, 587, 589; (iii.) one of the Gentiles, 460 Luscinus, 361, 548
Malaricus, commander of the Gentiles, 56, 57; appointed by Jovian com- mander of the forces in Gaul, 396 Malechus Podosaces, 350
Mallobaudes, or Mellobaudes, 41, 56, 553, 603
Mamersides, 353, 363
Mamertinus, 255, 259, 279; made prefect of Italy, with Africa and Illyricum, 414; accused of pecula- tion, 451
Mancinus, C. Hostilius, a Roman consul, 44
Manlius Priscus, a lieutenant of Pompey, 95
Maraccus, a river near the Caspian Sea, 291
Maranx, a district in Persia, 375 Maras, a Christian deacon, put to the torture, 32 Maratocupreni, a people in Syria, who lived by plunder, 48
Marcellianus, duke of Valeria, 539
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