a division of his army, v. 186. Defeats the Persians, 188.
Theodorus, executed at Antioch, by Valens, on a charge of magic, iii. 76, note. Theodosian code. See Code. Theodosiopolis, its foundation, iii. 521. Theodosius, father of the emperor, is sent by Valentinian into Britain, iii. 111. Re- stores the security of the province, 112. Defeats the Allemanni, 113. Suppresses the revolt of Firmus in Africa, 116. Is beheaded, 117.
Theodosius I., the Great, represented by Claudian as giving judicious advice to his son, ii. 244, note. Supposed magical prediction of his future greatness, iii. 76, note. Duke of the frontier, protects Masia from invasion, 132. Withdrew to his estate in Spain on the death of his father, 195. Is called from his retirement by Gratian, and invested with the purple, 196. His successful conduct of the Gothic war, 199. Submission of the Goths, 201. Is visited by Athanaric, 22. Defeats the Ostrogoths, 203. Concludes a treaty with Maximus, 218. His theolo- gical training, 219. Banishes Demophilus the Arian archbishop of Constantinople, 225. Appoints Gregory of Nazianzus in his place, 226. Convenes a council to establish the Nicene faith, 227. Issues severe edicts against hereties, 231. Dis- qualifies them for public offices, 233. Institutes inquisitors of the faith, ib. Meets Valentinian II, with his mother and sister, at Thessalonica, 244. Marries Galla, and decides to make war against Maximus, 245. Defeats him and restores the empire of the West to Valentinian, 247. His virtues, 248. His faults, 250. His clemency to the citizens of Antioch, 253. His barbarous treatment of Thes- salonica, 255. His repentance and pe- nance, 259. His superstitious embassy to consult the oracular monk, John of Licopolis, 265. War with Eugenius, 266. Defeat and death of the usurper, 268. Theodosius divides the empire between his sons, 269. Expires at Milan, 270. The senate of Rome induced by him to vote the abolition of paganism, 279. Hea- then sacrifices prohibited, 281. Temples closed and destroyed, 283. His last edict against paganism, 292. Men of genius, though pagans, tolerated and patronized by him, 295. His elevation of Rufinus, 309. His appointment of Stilicho as guardian of his sons, 319. His descendants, iv 93.
Theodosius II., the fortifications of Con- stantinople improved during his reign, ii. 186, and note. His atonement for the wrongs of Chrysostom, iii. 508. His birth, 509. Said to have been placed by his father's will, under the guardianship of Jezdegerd, 510. Educated by his sister
Pulcheria, 514. Marries Eudocia, 517. Celebrates the defeat of the usurper John, 526. Pays tribute to the Huns, 549. Concludes an ignominious treaty with Attila, 565. Plots his assassination, 578. Is killed by a fall from his horse, 580. The part taken by him, in the dispute between Cyril and Nestorius, v. 222. The disuse of Latin at Constantinople began in his reign, vi. 225, note. Theodosius III., his brief reign, v. 299. An officer of the revenue, raised by the mu tinous Obsequian Legion to the throne, and deposed by Leo the Isaurian, vi. 120.
Theodosius, son of the emperor Maurice, is sent by him to Persia, v. 162. Inter. cepted and beheaded, 165. Said by the Persians to have escaped and become a monk, 170, note.
Theodosius, his adventures with Antonina, iv. 434. His death, 437. Theodosius, son of Constantine III., mur- dered by his brother Constans II., v.
Theodosius, a deacon of Syracuse, mal. treated by the Saracens, vi. 157. Theodosius, his contest for the patriarchate
of Alexandria, v. 272. His death, 274." Theodotus, of Hierapolis, his request to Constantius, ii. 484. Pardoned by Julian, ib., note.
Theophanes, his Chronicle, v. 169, note. Hís errors, vi. 28, note; 45, note. Theophano, wife of Leo the Armenian, saves the life of Michael, v. 309. Theophano, wife of Romanus II., her origin, v. 325; vi. 210. Poisons her husband and his father, v. 326. Raises Nicephorus Phocas to the throne, and consents to his murder, 327. Makes Zimisces em- peror, and is banished by him, 328. Theophano, or Theophania, daughter of
Romanus II., marries Otho II., emperor of the West, v. 326; vi. 210. Theophilus succeeds his father, Michael II, as emperor of the East, v. 311. His cruel treatment of Theophobus, 313. His marriage with Theodora, 314. The last and most cruel of the Iconoclasts, 398. Attacks the Saracens, and destroys Sozo- petra, vi. 162. Defeated by Motassem, who in revenge destroys Amorium, 164. Theophilus, consular of Syria, killed at Antioch, ii. 297.
Theophilus, a native of India, his embassy from Constantius to Arabia, ii. 306, and
Theophilus, his Paraphrase of the Insti- tutes, and favour with Justinian, v. 20, and note. One of the original triumvirs, vi. 226, note.
Theophobus, a Persian prince, murdered by Theophilus, v. 313.
Theophylact, Simocatta, his mournful his- tory of the emperor Maurice, v. 164, and note.
Theophylactus, son of the emperor Michael I. v. 308, note.
Therapeuta, or Essenians, a Jewish sect, ii. 73, and note.
Therma of Diocletian, i. 477, note. See Baths.
Thermantia, daughter of Stilicho, married
to Honorius on the death of her sister Maria, and divorced, iii. 388. Thermopyla, the narrow pass abandoned to Alaric, by the proconsul Antiochus, iii. 336. Fortified by Justinian, iv. 339. Passed by the Slavonians, 449. Pene- trated by Boniface of Montferrat, vii. 7. Thessalonica, besieged by the Goths, i. 356. Prisca and Valeria murdered there, 507. Rendezvous of Constantine's army against Licinius, 517. Meeting and marriage of Theodosius with Galla, iii. 244. Sedition of its inhabitants and massacre of them by his order, 254. Alaric supplied with arms from its magazines, 344. Sacked by the Sicilian Normans, v. 354; vi. 352. Gives its name (Saloniki) to the Latin kingdom, erected for Boniface of Mont- ferrat, viii. 5, note; 7. His son Deme- trius expelled by Theodore Angelus, 23. Sold by Andronicus Palæologus to the Venetians, and finally conquered by the Turks, 222. See Sieges.
Theudelinda, a Bavarian princess, marries Autharis, king of Lombardy, v. 124. On his death, is allowed to bestow the sceptre and her hand on Agilulf, 125. Theudes, guardian of Amalarich, becomes king of Spain; his doubtful policy to- wards the Vandals; besieges Ceuta, iv, 392. His death, 393, and note. Theurgy, a mystery of the Neo-Platonists, ii. 514, note; 515.
Thibaut, or Theobald, count of Champagne, foremost in the fourth crusade, vi. 536. Chosen general and dies, 542. Thilutha, an impregnable fortress in Meso- potamia, iii. 18.
Thomas, St., planted a church in India, v.
261, and note. It is persecuted by the Por- tuguese, 262. His shrine visited by the ambassadors of Alfred, ib. and note.. His gospel afforded materials for the Koran, 472, note.
Thomas, a valiant defender of Damascus, vi. 31. Checked by Caled, 32. Goes into voluntary exile, 34.
Thomas, the Cappadocian, a principal officer of the rebel Bardanes, v. 308. Falls in an attempt to dethrone Michael II., 311.
Thor, a cave near Mecca, in which Mahomet and Abu Beker concealed themselves, v. 488.
Thrace, its martial population, i. 28. Inva- ded by the Goths, 312, 358. Colonized with Bastarnæ, and other Barbarians, by Probus, 404. Left by Constantine to Licinius in their treaty, 511. Ravaged by the Goths, ii. 174. Gold mines of Pangaeus, 175, note. Settlement of the Visigoths by Theodosius, 205. Included in the Eastern empire, 307. Abandoned by Alaric, 335. Occupied by Theodoric and the Ostrogoths, iv. 248. Plundered by the Slavoniaus, 449. By the Bulga rians, 537. Passage of Godfrey and the first crusaders, vi. 428. Part of the crown lands of the Latin empire, vii. 4, note. Revolts, 14. Or Romania, occupied by the Turks, 147.
Thrasea Pætus, slain by Nero; his virtues, i. 171, note.
Thrasea Priscus, put to death by Caracalla, i. 171, and note.
Thrasimund, the most accomplished of the Vandal kings in Africa, iv. 139. Three Chapters. See Chapters. Thundering Legion, its fabulous miracle, ii. 134, and note.
Thuringia, included in Attila's supposed empire, iii. 554. Charge of cruelty against its people, iv. 25. The ancient Gothic tribe of the Thervingi, ib., note. Residence of Childeric, father of Clovis, 159. The Varini and Angli, two of its tribes, 226, note. Conquered by Charle- magne, v. 410.
Thyatira, its church, one of the seven in the Apocalyse, not founded in the time of St. John, ii. 71, and note. Gainas and Tribi- gild unite their forces there, iii. 496. Its present state, vii. 142. See Battles. Thysdrus, the Gordians proclaimed, i. 222, and note. Tiber, its havens, i. 68. gation, iii. 434, note. by Belisarius in its current, iv. 416. In- undations, vii. 448, and note. Tiberias, the Jews permitted to have a pa- triarch and synagogue there, ii. 531, and note. See Sieges.
State of its navi- Mills constructed
Tiberius, adopted by Augustus, i. 98. His titles and dignities, ib. note. His cha- racter, 106. Disguised his murders by the forms of justice, 108. His Pannonian war, 144. Temporary diminution of the excise on his reduction of Cappadocia, 209, note. His fabulous edict in favour of the Christians, ii. 133.
Tiberius II., created Cæsar and Augustus by Justin II. v. 109. His reign, 111. As- sumed the name of Constantine, 112. His death, 113. His Persian war, 139. Tiberius. See Apsimar. Tibur, or Tivoli. See Sieges. Ticinum. See Pavia.
Tigris, descended in triumph by Trajan, 1. 7. Five provinces beyond it ceded to the Romans, 448. Crossed by Julian, iii. 28. By Heraclius, v. 185. Its junction with the Euphrates, vi. 13. Repassed by the Saracens, 16. Til, or Tula, a river of Tartary, iv. 454. Tillemont, the diligence manifested in his Life of St. Augustin, iii. 537, note. His account of the earthquake at Constan- tinople, 560, note. Merits of his Ecclesi- astical Memoirs, v. 241. note.
Timasius, persecuted by the eunuch Eutro- pius, iii. 488.
Timavus, a river near Aquileia, i. 234, note. Timolaus, son of Odenathus and Zenobia, i. 374, note.
Timothy, surnamed Ailurus, or the Cat, whispered himself into the patriarchate of Alexandria, v. 235, note.
Timour, or Tamerlane, compared with At- tila, iii. 561. His autobiography, vii. 159, and notes. His birth, 161, and notes. His early adventures, 163. His con- quests, 164. His war with Bajazet, 171. Invades Syria, 173. Battle of Angora, 177. Term of his conquests, 185. Tri- umph at Samarcand, 187. Death, 188. Breaking-up of his empire, 191. Tingi or Tangier. See Sieges. Tingitana, a Roman province in Maurita- nia, now the kingdom of Fez, i. 33; its condition and produce under the Ro- mans, vi. 78, and note.
Tipasa, alleged miracle there, iv. 147. Tiridates, saved when the Persians con- quered Armenia, i. 337. Protected and educated by the Roman emperors, 438. Restored to his throne, 439. Again ex- pelled, 442. Restored by the victory of Galerius over Narses, 449. His con- version to Christianity and death, ii. 272. Tithes instituted by Moses and Zoroaster, i. 258, note. Charlemagne their first legal author, v. 407, note.
Tities, the Sabine tribe among the Roman nobility, iii. 273, note.
Titus, associated by his father in the full powers of the imperial dignity, i. 98. Destroyed the temple of Jerusalem, ii. 532, 538, note. Compelled by popular prejudice to dismiss Berenice, vi. 207. Tobolskoy, a Mongol colony, vii. 132. Togrul Beg, grandson of Seljuk, elected sultan, vi. 367. His character and con- quests, 368. His death, 370. Tolbiac. See Battles.
Toledo. See Councils and Sieges. Toleration, universal, its happy influence in the Roman empire, i. 36. Said to be the least practised by the most refined and philosophical sects, 259, note. Pro- claimed by Galerius, ii. 164. By Jovian, iii. 61.
Tongres. See Sieges.
Tongues, alleged miraculous gift of, in the primitive church, ii. 36, and note. Tonsure, circular, a type of the crown of thorns, vi. 23, note. Topa. See Sienpi.
Topirus, slaughter of its inhabitants by the Slavonians, iv. 450, and note.
Torismond, son of Theodoric I., king of the Visigoths, supports Attila at Chalons, iv. 18, 21. Is acknowledged king on his father's death, 24. Assassinated by his brother Theodoric, 51. Torture. See Question.
Totila, elected by the Ostrogoths king of Italy, iv. 503. His rapid success, 504. His proper name Badvila, 505, note. His virtues, 506. Takes Rome, 511, 518. His conquests in Sicily, Sardinia, and Greece, 519. Loses his maritime acqui- sitions and his fleet, 521. Defeated at Tagina by Narses, and slain, 526. Toucush, brother of Malek Shah, takes Syria and Palestine from Atsiz, vi. 394. Toulouse, capital of the Visigothic kingdom of Aquitain, iii. 473; iv. 24. See Sieges. Toulun, chagan and legislator of the
Geougen, conquers Tartary, iii. 362. Toulunides, Saracen dynasty, vi. 173. Tourun Shah, the last of the race of Noureddin, slain by his Mamalukes, vi.. 518.
Tournaments preferable to the Olympic games, vi. 423.
Tours, Clovis, on his march, consults the
shrine of St. Martin, iv. 175. See Battles, Gregory, and Martin.
Towers of the Roman nobles destroyed by Brancaleone, vii. 365. Had been con- structed out of the remains of antiquity, 458.
Toxandria. See Franks.
Toxotius. See Paula.
Trade, foreign, of the Romans. See Com- merce and Silver.
Traditors, epithet of those who complied with Diocletian's edict for giving up their copies of the Scriptures, ii. 155. Trajan subdues Dacia, i. 6. His Eastern conquests, and navigation of the Persian Gulf, 7. His public works, 59, 62. His adoption by Nerva, and appointment of Hadrian as his successor, 100. Nico- polis on the Jatrus built by him, 312. Declined to be appointed censor, 314, note. The most elegant figures trans- ferred from his arch to adorn that of Constantine, 501. His instructions to Pliny respecting the Christians, ii. 113. Description of his bridge over the Danube, iv. 337, and note.
Trajan, count, serves under Valens in the
Persian war, iii. 121. Is employed by him to murder Para, prince of Armenia, 124. His lieutenant in the Gothic war, 177. Endeavours to save him in the battle of Hadrianople, 186.
Transoxiana, the Sogdiana of the ancients, conquered by the Arabs, vi. 20. By Zingis, vii. 123. The realm of Timour, 160. Invaded by the Getes, 161. Their expulsion, 163. Its name Maveralnaher, 166, note. See Sogdiana.
Transubstantiation. See Selden. The esta- blishment of the doctrine a most signal triumph over sense, vi. 510. Treason, unjust law of Arcadius respecting it, iii. 489. Surreptitiously added to the Golden Bull of Germany, 491, note. Trebatius, an eminent jurist, Cicero's cha- racter of him, v. 28.
Trebellianus, one of the Thirty Tyrants, i. 343. His rebellion followed by long Isaurian wars, 349.
Trebizond, its early history; stormed and plundered by the Goths, i. 330. Adorned and fortified by Justinian, iv. 343. De- scribed in the Periplus of Arrian, 476, note. Landing-place of Heraclius on his second expedition, v. 182. Not conquered by the Seljukiaus, vi. 386. Its mediæval empire founded by Alexius Comnenus, vii. 11, and note. Contains the best vestiges of Byzantine architecture, 331, note. Capitulates to Mahomet II., 335. Treves, an eminent city of Gaul, i. 65. Gallienus holds his court there, 323. The seat of prætorian government, shuts its gates against Decentius, ii. 290. Pil- laged by the Allemanni, 322. The resi- dence of Valentinian, iii. 100, note; 132. Its calamities, iv. 11, and note. Plun- dered by Attila, 15, note.
Trial by sound of trumpet among the Mongols, vii. 164, note.
Triarian Goths unite with the Ostrogoths, iv. 251.
Tribigild, the Ostrogoth, rebels, iii. 491. Joins Gainas, 496.
Tribonian, accused by the people during the Nika sedition, iv. 397. Employed by Justinian to revise and compile the laws of the empire, v. 34.
Tribunitian power conferred on Augustus,
Tributes of the Provinces, i. 202. Trictrac. See Tessera.
Trigetius, one of the Roman ambassadors tó Attila, iv. 32. Trinity, the Christian doctrine anticipated by the theology of Plato, ii. 399. Its mystery, 400. Diversity of opinions, 402. Controversies of Alexandria, 404. Three distinct systems, 405. Decision of the council of Nice, 409. Of the council of Constantinople, iii. 228. The "Three witnesses," iv. 146, and notes. See Arianism.
Triple crown of the pope, vii. 421, and note. Tripod of Delphi, the serpentine column on which it stood, removed to Constanti- nople, ii. 190, and note.
Tripolis, confederation of three African cities, oppressed by count Romanus, iii. 113, and note. Now Tripoli, taken by the Saracens, vi. 73. By Roger, king of Sicily, 344.
Trisagion, strife and tumults caused by different forms of chanting it, v. 239. Triumph. See Processions. Troy, its site, ii. 182.
Truce of God, an imitation of a custom among the ancient Germans, i. 291. Proclaimed during the first crusade, vi. 402.
Truli, a name given by the Vandals to the Goths in Spain, iii. 471, note.
Trumpet, Roman, its various notes, iv. 415, note.
Tudela. See Benjamin. Tunis. See Sieges.
Turcilingi, a tribe among the confederates of Italy, iv. 95.
Turcopoli, Turkish mercenaries, ví. 487, note.
Turisund, king of the Gepidæ, visited by Alboin, v. 98.
Turkestan, conquered by Timour, vii. 166. Turks, origin of their monarchy in Asia, iv. 451. Their religion and laws, 453. They subdue the Ogors, 454. Send an embassy to Constantinople, 458. Their alliance with Justinian and his successors, 459. With Heraclius, v. 188. Employed as guards by the caliphs of Bagdad; their licen- tiousness and insolence, vi. 166. Disso- lution of their empire, its fragments still independent and powerful, vi. 358. Con- quests of the Gaznevides, 359. Emigra- tions of the Turkmans, 364. Rise of the Seljukians, 367. Conquest of Asia Minor, 385. Kingdom of Roum, 386. Capture of Jerusalem, 388. Wars of the Crusades, 439. Origin of the Atabeks, 487. Con- quest of Egypt, 490. Origin of the Otto- mans, vii. 138. Their conquests, 141. Their establishment in Europe, 146. War on the Danube, 150. War with Timour, 170. Battle of Angora, 177. Civil wars of the sons of Bajazet, 192. Reunion of the Ottoman empire, 194. War with Ladislaus, king of Hungary and Poland, 270. Battle of Warna, 274. War with Huniades, 277. With Scan- derbeg, 280. Siege of Constantinople, 298. Capture of the city, 324. Turpin, archbishop of Rheims, a romance composed in his name, vi. 401, and note. Tusculum. See Battles.
Twelve Tables. See Law. Tyana. See Sieges.
Type of Constans, reprobated by the West- ern church, v. 251.
Tyrant, original meaning of the term, i. 343. | Urban IV., embraced the cause of Baldwin, note; vi. 73, note.
Tyrants, Thirty Roman, in the time of Gal- lienus, i. 343.
Tyre. See Councils and Sieges. Tzakonia, the modern corrupt form of Laco- nia, vi. 190, note.
Tzetzes. John, author of the fable respect- ing Belisarius, iv. 542, note.
Ubii of Cologne, commanded by other tribes to destroy the walls of their towns, i. 279,
Ugri, a Fennic tribe, in the Northen regions of Asia and Europe, vi. 265. Ukraine, possessed by the Goths, i. 311. Uldin, king of the Huns, opposes and kills Gainas, iii. 499. Is driven over the Danube, 512.
Ulphilas, apostle of the Goths, translated the scriptures for them, iv. 131, and note. His embassies to Valens, 132. Taught Arianism, 136. His labours facilitated by the use of the scriptures in the Gothic tongue, 137.
Ulphilas, lieutenant of the general Con. stantius, his merit and services, iii. 463. Ulpian, president of the council of state, under Alexander Severus, i. 191. Bene- ficent effects of his advice, 194. Mur- dered by the prætorians, 196. His trea- tise on the office of proconsul, ii. 210, note. The lex regia ascribed to him, v. 19. Supposed to have been the author of the wise laws of Caracalla, 20. His works made oracles of law by Theodosius II., 32.
Ulpius. See Crinitus.
Umbrians, an ancient people, occupied part of the present Tuscany, i. 26. Their town Eugubium, v. 5, note. Their dialect,
Unitarians, a name given to Mahometans, v. 470.
Universal History, argument of its authors for the truth of Christianity, v. 137, note; 444, note. Character of their history of Mahomet and the caliphs, 534, note. Universities of Europe assisted the revival of learning, vii. 243, and note. Upsal, its temple the ancient seat of Scan- dinavian religion and empire, i. 285, note. Destroyed by Ingo, 304, note.
Uraias, refuses the Gothic crown in Italy, iv. 502. His death, 503. Urban II., pope, adopted the plans of Gre- gory VII, for a crusade in the East, vi. $99, and note. Summoned the council of Placentia, 400, and note. Of Clermont, 401, and note. His oration, 403, and note. Declined to lead the crusaders, 404, Said to have been guided by the advice of Bohemond, 423, 438, note. Died before he heard the result, 460. His share in ex- ecuting the design of the popes, 511, note.
and urged a general crusade in his favour, vii. 65.
Urban V., is visited at Rome by the emperors of the East and the West; receives a profession of Catholic faith from the for- mer, and endeavours vainly to urge the latter to a crusade against the Turks, vii. 211. Returns to Avignon and dies, 421. Urban VI., his election a prelude to the great schism, vii. 422. Puts six cardinals to the rack, and institutes a crusade against his adversaries, 424, and note. Driven from the Vatican by popular tu. mults, 425.
Ursacius, an Illyrian bishop, introduces Arianism at the council of Rimini, ii. 415. His alleged recantation, 433, note. Ursacius, master of the offices to Valen- tinian offends the Allemanni, iii. 93. Ursel of Baliol, (Urselius or Russelins), commands a body of Norman mercenaries in the East, vi. 374, and note. Ursicinus, betrays Sylvanus, ii. 307. Pu- nished for the misconduct of Sabinian, 321.
Ursini, a Roman family, rivals of the Colon. na, vii. 389.
Ursinus, (or Urscinus), his contest with Damasus for the bishopric of Rome, iii. 91, and note.
Ursula, legend of her emigration, with her attendant virgins, iii. 215, note. Ursulus, treasurer of the empire, condemned by the tribunal of Chalcedon, ii. 494. His confiscated wealth restored to his family by Julian, ib.
Usher, archbishop, his account of the emi gration from Britain, iii. 215, note. His date of the creation, iv, 358, note. Usury. See Interest. Utus, a river of Thrace, on which Attila
defeated the army of the East, iii. 559. Uzhecks, their primitive manners much al- tered, iii. 141, note. Established in Transoxiana, vii. 161, note. Their name given to the Jetes, 162, note. Uzi, a Moldavian tribe, vi. 374, and note.
Vabalathus, son of Olenathus and Zenobia, i. 374, note.
Vadomair, king of the Allemanni, seized by Julian, ii. 475. Commands an army un- der Valens, against the Persians, iii. 121. Valarsaces, first of the Armenian Arsacides, i. 439, note. Appointed by his brother the Parthian monarch, iii. 523, note. Valdrada, wife of Lothair II., grandmother of Hugo, king of Italy, vi. 209. Valens, one of the Thirty Tyrants, i. 343. Kills Calpurnius Piso, 344. Valens, appointed Cæsar by Licinius, i. 510. Deposed and killed, 511.
Valens, appointed emperor of the East by
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