A. ABANNI, a people of Africa, 533 Abarne, a town in Mesopotamia, noted Abdera, the birthplace of Protagoras Abdigidus, a tribune, 173 Abienus, a senator, 477, 478 Abii, a people of Persia, 339 Ablabius, prefect of the prstorium, Abora, or Chaboras, a river in Meso- Abydos, 287 Abydum, a town in Thebais, 208 Achai, a Caspian tribe, 290 Achaiacala, a fort, on an island in the Acheron, the river, 289 Acherusian cave, the, 289 Acilius Glabrio, the first Roman to Acimincum, a town in Hungary, Acone, a port on the Euxine Sea, 289 Aoontiae, a species of serpent in Egypt, Acoutisma, a narrow defile between Acropatena, a province of Media, 335 Adaces, a Persian Satrap, killed, 374 Addense, 531 Adelphius, prefect of Rome, 92 Adiabas, a river in Assyria, 334 Adiabeue, a province of Assyria, 176, 320,333 Adonis, 186 Adrastea, the goddess of retribution, Adrastus, king of the Argives, 41 lidesius, keeper of the records, 56, 58 Egean Sea, 286 Elian, Count, 182, 183; crucified by .‘Enus, a city of Thrace, 286, 444 Africanus, Governor of the second Pan- Agabana, a fortress in Persia, 463 Agathocles, king of Sicily, 44 Agathyrsi, a tribe near the Palus Agazaca, a city of the Paropanisata, Agenaricus, king of the Allemanui, 113 Agilimundus, a chieftain of the Quadi, Agile, an equerry, 34, 266 ; pro Aginatius put to death by Maximin Aiadalthes, a tribune, 181 Alani, a Scythian tribe, 291, 328, 53G Alatheus, 583, 587, 611 Alavivus, a general of the Goths, 585, Alhani, allies of the Persians, 176,1871 Albinus of Etruria, 56 Alexander the Great, 41, 46, 89 Alexander of Heliopolis, 319 Alexandria, a village near Rome, 131 in Egypt, 300; described, 313 its temples and library, 314; i! schools, 315 a city in Arachosia, 343 in Ariana, 342 in Carmania, 339 an island in Persia, 338 a town in Sogdiana, 340 Alfenus, a distinguished lawyer, 556 Alicodia, a city in Bactria, 340 Aligildus, a count, 271, 277 Aliso, a tribune, 427 Alitrophagi, a Scythian tribe, 341 Allemanni, or Germans—these names Allobroges, a nation of Gaul, 81 Alpheus, a river rising in Arcadia, 53 Alps, the Cottian, 75 ; the Julian, 259 ; Alypius of Antioch, 317, 514 a Roman noble, 471 Amantius, a soothsayer, 472 Amanus, a mountain range in Cilicia, Amardus, a river in Media, 337 Amastris, a city in Paphlagonia, 289 Amazons, one of the Caspian tribes, Amiccnses, a Sarmatian tribe, 154 Amidn, a city of Mesopotamia, 174; Amiens (Ambians), a city in Belgium, Aminias, a Persian general, 369 Amisus, a city in Pontus, 289 Ammionus, his noble birtn, ‘199 - Ampelius, prefect of Qtricoli, 472 Amphiarans, an ancient seer, 4 Amphilochius, a Paphlagonian, 252 Amphisbazna, a serpent, 311 Amphitheatre at Rome, 102, 411 Amphitris, a Spartan, the diarioteer of Amudis, a fort in Mesopotamia, 173 Amycus, king of the Bebrycii, 288 Anaphe, an island in the Egean Sea, Anatha, a fortress in Mesopotamia, Anatolis, prefect of Illyricum, 204; Anamlius, an oiiicer of the palace, 504 Anaxagoras the philosopher, 287; pre- Anaximnnder, a Milesian philosopher, Anazarbus, a city of Cilicia, 27 Anchialos, a city of Thrace, 293, 444 Ancorarius, a mountain of Mauritania, Ancyra, a city of Galatia, 296, 403, 426 Andernach (Antumacum), 161 Andocides, a Grecian orator, 554 Andriscus of Adramyttium, 44, 421 Andronicus, a poet, 209 Anepsia, wife of Viciorinus, 475, 473 Anicii, the, a noble family at Rome, 98 Anniba, a mountain in Scythia, 341 Anthemusia, a province of Mesopo- Anthropophagi, a Scythian tribe, 580 Antibes (Antipolis), a town in Gaul, 79 Antinoiipolis, a city in Egypt, 312 Antioch in Syria, 28 ; visited by the Antiochin, in Persia, 339 Antiphon, a Greek orator, 554- Antoninopolis, a town in Mar iotamin, Antoninus, a wealthy merchant, nits1 INDEX. Apamia, a city in Syria, 28 Apis, the sacred Egyptian bull, 306 Apodernius, the secretary for the pro- Apollinarii, father and son, the former vernor of Phoenicia, the latter steward of the palace, 26 Apollo, the Cimaaan, 334; of Daphne, Apollonia, a city of Thrace, 293 -—.— in Assyria, 334- Apollonius of Tyana, 27 0 Apronianus, prefect of Rome, 317; Aprunculus Gallus, an orator and sooth- Aquileia, the capital of Venetia, 261; Aquitani, a nation of Gaul, 78 Arabia reduced to a Roman province Arabia, a river in the country of the Aracha, a town in Susiana, 335, 337 Arachosia, a Persian province, 342 Arachotoscrene, a marsh in Arachosia, Aradius, count of the east, 317 Araharius, a Sarmatian chief, 149 Arar, a river in Gaul (the Same), 80 Arator, duke, 481 Aratus the poet, 299, 386 Araxates, a river in Sogdiaua, 340 Araxius, prefect of the pmtorium, 422 Arbaca, a city in Arachosia, 343 Arbela, a city in Adiabene, 334 Arbetio, 36, 47, 92; made consul, 71, Arbcreus, high chamberlain, 49 Arbor Felix, fortress of, 605 Arcadius, a river of the Eux'ine, 289 Archelaus, a general of King Mithri- . dates, 116 Archimedes the mathematician, 407 Ardea, a town in Persia, 338 Areans, a sect, 485 Areopagus, 518 627 Arethusa, a town in Thrace, the burial- Argazus, a mountain in Cappadocia, 233 Argonauts, the, 27 Ariana, a province of Persia, 342 Arias, a river in Arcana, 342 Ariaspe, a town in the province of Arimaspi, a fierce one-eyed nation Arimphaei, a nation bordering on the Arinchi, a savage tribe near the Euxine, Arintheus, a tribune, 54; commands Aristaznetus, prefect of Bithynia, lost Aristarchus the grammarian, 314 Aristides, 558 Aristobnlus consul with Diocletian, Aries (Arelate), a town on the Rhone. Armenia conquered by Galerius, 134; Armonius, a mountain in Asia Minor, Arsaces, the first king of the Parthians, king of Armenia, an ally of Con- Arsacia, a city of Media, 337 Arsiana, a city of Susiana, 335 Arsinoie', a city of Cyrene, anciently Artabannes, a Persian satrap, 463 Artabius, a river in Gcdrosia, a district Artacana, a city of Parthia, 338 Artemis, a river in Bactria, 340 Artemisia, queen of Caria, 487 Artemius, deputy-govemor of Rome, —— duke of Egypt, 300 Artogerassa, a city of Armenia, 464 . Aspabota, a city of Scythia, 341 Aspacarae, a tribe of the Seres, 341 Aspacuras, a Persian satrap, 466 Asparata, a city of the Bette, 341 Assanite Saracens, 350 Assyria, the wife of Barbatio, 165 a province of Persia, in the time Astacia, a city of Bactria, 340 Astracus, a city in Bithynia, also called Atacotti harass the Britons, 413 Athagoraa, a Scythian tribe, 341 Athsnaric, a Gothic chief, 447, 583 Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, his Athos, a mountain in Macedonia, 286 Atln'ihis, a city of Egypt, 313 Athyias, a port in the Propontis, 287 Ati, a people near the cataracts of the Atlas, a mountain in Africa, 50 Attuarii, a tribe of Franks, 235 Auch (Ausci), a town in Aquitania, 79 Augury, modes of, 245 Augusta (Londinium), the capital of . Roman Britain, 483 Augustamnica, a province of Egypt, 312 Augustus, Emperor, his correction of Aulion, a cave near the Enxine, 290 Aurelian, the Emperor, 570 Aureolus, a conspirator against Con- .. stantius, 274- Austoriani, a people of Mauritania, 413 Autun (Augustodunum), the chief town Anxen-e (Autosidornm), a city in Gaul, Avenches (Aventicum), the capital of ' Avernus, a lake in Campania, 489 Axins, a river of Macedonia, 258 Bmvnon, 334 Bacchus, 290 Bacchylides, the lyric poet, 383 Bactra, a river in Bactria, 340 Bactrians, 339 Baetica, a consular province of Spain,- Bagrada, a river in Persia, 337 Bainobaudes, a tribune of the Scntarii, Balista, a military engine for discharg- Bappo, a tribune, commander of the Baraba, a town in Arabia Felix, 338 Barbatio, count of the domestics, 40; Barbitani, mountains in Persia lying Barchalhas, a tribune, 430 Bards, the poets of Gaul, 7 4 Barzala, a fort in Mesopotamia, 179 Barzimeres, tribune of the Scutsrii, 546 Basilica of Sicininus in Rome, probably Basilina, mother of the Emperor Julian, Basilisk, a kind of Egyptian serpent, Bassianus, a Roman of noble family, 515 Bassus, prefect of Rome, 146 Batne, a town near the Euphrats, Battns, a Spartan, the founder of Bautis, a river in Series, 341 Bazas (Vasataa), a town in Gaul, 79 “DEX. Bebase, a town in Mesopotamia, 178 Bebrycia, a district in Bithynia, 288 Belgae, the most warlike people of Gaul, Belias, a river of Mesopotamia which Bellovaadius, a tn'bune given as a host- Berenice, also called Hesperides, a town Bercea, a city of Thrace, 444 Berytus, a city of Phoenicia (the modem Besa, the name of an Egyptian deity, 208 Besancon, a city of the n'equani, 79, 253 Besbicus, an island in the Propontis, 287 Bessi, a Thracian tribe, 444 Betze, a people in Series, 341 Bezabde, a town on the Tigris formerly Biueses, a Persian satrap, 394 Bingen (Bingium), a town in Germany, Bisula, a river (the Weichsel), 292 Bitaxa, a town of the Ariani, 342 Bitheridus, a German noble, 525 Bithynia, 288 Bizes, a river of the Euxine, 288 Blcmmyae, a people near the cataracts Boae, an island on the coast of Dalmatia, Bonitus, :1 Frank, the father of Silvsnus, Bonmunster (Bononia), a town in Pan- Bonn (Bonna), a town in Germany, 161 Boriou, a promontory in Egypt, 307 Bosporus, the Thracian (the Straits of the Cimmerian (Straits of Yene- Bostra, a city of Arabia, 29 Boulogne (Bononia), a town in Gaul, Bourdeaux (Burdegals), a city in Aqui- Brahmans, 336, 470 Branchidze, an oracle in the Milesian 629 : Briancon (Virgantia), 76 3 Brigantia (the lake of Constance), 52 Brisoana, a Persian river, 337 Britain, corn exported to Rome, 161; Bruchion, a quarter in Alexandria, Brumnt (Brocomagus), a city of Ger- Bucenobantes, a tribe of the Allemanni Bufl'aloes in Egypt, 309 Bum, a town destroyed by an earth- Burgundians, 495; their kings called Busan, a felt in Mesopotamia, 183 Byzantium (Constantinople), 287 Byzares, a people near the Euxine, C. Csnnmom (Chalons snr Marne), 98, Cabyle, a town in Thrace, 607 Cadusii, a tribe on the Caspian Sea, Caranius, a philosopher, 520 Gasarea, formerly Names, a town in a town in Mauritania, 534 —— a town in Palestine, 29 Caesariensis, a province of Mauritania, Caesarius, prefect of Constantinople, -— secretary of the Emperor, 551 Cassius, treasurer of the commander of Cafaves, a people of Africa, 532 Calatis, a town in European Scythia, Cnlicadnus, a river in lsauria, 9 Callichorus, a river near the Euxine Callimachns, an ancient Grecian gene rsl, 369 |