Callipolis, a city at the head of the Hellespont, 287
Callisthenes, a pupil of Aristotle, 166 Callistratus, an ancient orator, 554 Camaritæ, a tribe near the Euxine Sea 290
Cambyses, king of Persia, 129
a river in Media, 337
Cella, a tribune of the Scutarii, 105 Celse, a town in Phoenicia, 23 Cephalonesus, a town on the Borys thenes, 293
Ceras, a cape on the Propontis, 287 Cerasus, a town in Pontus, 289 Cercetæ, a tribe near the Euxine Sea, 291
Camels first seen by the Romans at Cercius, the charioteer of Castor and
the siege of Cyzicus, 340 Camenius, a Roman senator, 473 Camp of Hercules (Castra Herculis), a town in Germany, 161 Camp of Mars, a town in Dacia, 608 Camp of the Moors, a town or fortress in Mesopotamia, 173, 393 Canini, a people on the borders of Rhætia, 52
Canopus, a city of Egypt, 314 Cantichus, a gulf in Armenia, 332
Cercusium, a fortress in Mesopotamia, 324
Cerealis, uncle of Gallus, 43; (2) a
master of the horse, 482, 564 Cethegus, a senator, beheaded, 471 Chærecla, a town in Libya, 313 Chalcedon, a town in Bithynia, 287; inscription found on a stone in the walls of, 577
Chalcenterus, an author, 314
Capellatum, a district on the borders of Chaldæa, 335 the Burgundians, 164
Capersana, a town in Syria, 179; called also Capessana, 255 Caphareus, a promontory of Euboea, 286
Carambis a promontory in Paphlagonia
(now Cape Kerempe), 289 Carcinites, a river and bay on the Euxine Sea, 292
Carmania, a province of Persia, 338 Carnuntum, a city of Illyria, 559 Carpi, a people on the Danube, 446, 468 Carræ, a town of Mesopotamia, 177, 237, 320
Cascellius, a Roman lawyer, 556 Caspian, tribes of the, 291 Cassianus, Duke of Mesopotamia, 176, 201, 396
Chalites, a gulf in Armenia, 332 Chalybes, a tribe near the Caspian Sea,
Chamavi, a German tribe, 141 Charax, a town in Parthia, 338 Charca, a town on the Tigris, 183 Chardi, a Scythian tribe, 341 Charietto, count of Germany, 144, 436
Charinda, a river in Media, 337 Charte and Chartra, towns in Bactria, 340
Chasmatiæ, a kind of earthquake, 139 Chauriana, a town in Scythia, 341 Chiliocomus, a district of Media, 21 Chilo, a Roman deputy, 469 98, Chionitæ, a tribe bordering on Persia, 99, 134, 176
Cassium, a town in Egypt, 312 Cassius, a mountain in Syria, 28; Julian sacrifices to Jupiter upon it, 305
Castalia, a fountain in Phocis, at the
base of Mount Parnassus, 303 Castricius, Count of Isauria, 8 Catadupi, the cataracts of the Nile, or
the people who live near them, 307 Catalauni (Chalons sur Marne), 436 Cato, the censor, 16, 81, 88 Catulus, the ædile, 20
Caucalandes, a town in Sarmatia, 588
Chnodomarius, a king of the Allemanni,
107, 112, 120; taken prisoner and sent to Rome, 121; his death, 121 Choaspa, a town in Arachosia, 343 Choaspes, a river in Media, 337 Choatres, a river in Parthia, 338 Chronius, a river of the Euxine Sea, 292
Chrysopolis, a city on the Propontis, 287
Cibalæ, a town in Pannonia, 566 Cicero, 5, 49, 61, 81, 84, 210, 245,
274, 284, 310, 406, 433, 443, 457,
462, 476, 491, 531, 555, 570, 617
Cilicia, description of, 27 Ciminia, a district in Italy, 140 Cimon, son of Miltiades, 145 Cineas, the ambassador of Pyrrhus, 100 Circesium, a town of Mesopotamia, described, 325
Cius, a town on the Propontis, 287 Civilis, prefect of Britain, 455 Claritas, a Roman matron, 474 Claros, in Lydia, seat of a temple and oracle of Apollo, 210 Claudiopolis, a city in Isauria, 27 Claudius, prefect of Rome, 439, 542 Cleander, a prefect under the Emperor Commodus, 418
Clematius, a citizen of Alexandria, 2 Cleopatra, 313
Coche, a town in Persia, 363
Cola, a town near the Hellespont, 287
Cœni Gallicani, a station in Bithynia, 38 Colchi, a tribe of Egyptian origin, 290 Colias, a Gothic noble, revolts, 592 Cologne (Colonia Agrippina), 86 Comedus, a mountain in the country of the Sacæ, 340
Comets, their nature, 401 Commagena, a province of Syria, 334 Commodus, the Roman Emperor, 507, 605
Como (Comum), a town in Italy, 48 Constans, son of Constantine, 2, 94 Constantia, daughter of Constantius, 423, 539
Constantianus, a tribune, 322, 482,
Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great, 2, 37, 244, 245
a town in Mesopotamia, 178 Constantine the Great, 60, 81, 93, 97, 131, 419 Constantinople, 287; threatened siege of, by the Goths, 622 Constantius the Emperor, his cruelty, 13; summons Gallus to Italy, 23; makes war on the Allemanni, 32; his speech, 34-36; retires to Milan, 36; his jealousy, 37; his severe treatment of Gallus's friend, 51; invests Julian with the title of
Cæsar, 70; his weakness, 99; his triumphal procession to Rome, 100; his arrogance, 101; erects an obelisk, 130; reply to Sapor, 135; receives the title of Sarmaticus, 156; marches against the Limigantes, 204; jealousy of Julian, 216; besieges Bezabde 237; marries Faustina after the death of Eusebia, 253; crosses the Euphrates, 255; his speech to his army, 267; unfavourable dreams and omens, 269; his death, 271; virtues and vices, 272; buried at Constantinople, 276
Contensis, a town in Africa, 534 Coptos, a town in the Thebais, 312;
story of his wife, 291
Corax, a river flowing into the Euxine, 291
Corduena, a province belonging to the Persians, 175, 321, 393
Cornelius Gallus, procurator of Egypt, 129
Cornelius, a senator, 474
Coronus, a mountain in Media, 335 Costoboci, a Scythian tribe, 293 Cottius, a king on the Alps, 75 Craugasius, a noble of Nisibis, 200; story of his wife, 201
Crescens, deputy-governor of Africa, 501
Cretio, count of Africa, 254 Crispus, son of Constantine the Great,
Crissæan Gulf in Western Locris, 140 Criu-Metopon, a promontory of Thrace, 289
Crocodiles in Egypt, 309 Croesus, 64
Ctesiphon, the winter residence of the Parthian kings, 334
Curandius, a tribune of the archers, 530
Curio, a Roman general, 530 Cybele, festival in honour of, 321 Cyclades, 286
Cydnus, a river in Cilicia, 27 Cylaces, a Persian eunuch, 463 Cynægirus, a Grecian general, 369 Cynossema, a promontory in Caria, now Cape Volpo, 287 Cyprus, 29
Dindyma, a mountain of Mysia, 287 Dinocrates, an architect, 313 Diocles, treasurer of Illyricum, 451 Diocletian, 59, 317
Diodorus, a count, 301
Diogenes, governor of Bithynia, 514 Diogmitæ, a kind of light-armed troops,
Dionysius, king of Sicily, 44, 64, 97 Dioscurias, a city on the Euxine, 290 Dipsades, a species of Egyptian serpent, 311
Discenes, a tribune, 202 Dius, a Mauritanian chief, 527 Divitenses, a German tribe, 424,436 Domitian, the emperor, 168 Domitianus, prefect of the East, 23, 49 Domitius Corbulo, 48 Dorians, 73
Doriscus, a town in Thrace, 176 Doros, a surgeon of the Scutari, 92
Dandace, a town in the Tauric Cher- Dorostorus, a city of Thrace, 444
Dracontius, master of the mint, 301 Drangiana, a province of Persia, 342 Drepanum, a town in Bithynia, 425 Drepsa, a town in Sogdiana, 340 Druentia (the Durance), a river in Gaul, 77
Demetrius Chytras, a philosopher of EARTHQUAKES in Africa, 137; their
Ecbatana, an Assyrian town, 334
Eclipses, causes of, 214
Edessa, 236, 255
Elephantine, a city of Ethiopia, 307 Elephants, 376
Eleutheropolis, a town in Palestine,
Elusa (Elause), a town in Gaul, 79
Erythræ, a city in Ionia, 617
Esaias, a Roman noble, 477
FABIUS MAXIMUS, 81 Fabricius Luscinus, 548
Fara, an island on the coast of Persia, 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
Euphronius, governor of Mesopotamia,
176 Eupraxius, master of the records, 450 Euripides, his tomb at Arethusa, 443 Europos, a city of Persia, 337 Eusebia, wife of the Emperor Constan- tius, 48; her plots against Helena, 103, 253 Eusebius, an orator, surnamed Pittacus, 23, 31; (ii.) High Chamberlain, 33, 36, 167, 281; (iii.) surnamed Mat- tyocopa, 55; (iv.) brother of Euse- bia and Hypatius, 160, 253, 516; (v.) Bishop of Nicomedia, 295 Euseni, an eastern people, near Persia,
Eustathius, a philosopher, 136 Eutherius, prefect of the bedchamber, 93, 232
Eutropius, proconsul of Asia, 512 Evagrius, one of the emperor's house- hold, 280
Exsuperius, one of the Victorian Legion, 361
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 prefect of Gaul under Valentinian, 452; (iv.) a tri- bune, 430; (v.) Duke of Germany,
Gaza (now Ghuzzeh), a city of Pales- tine, 29
Gazaca, a town in Media, 337 Geapolis, a town in Arabia, 338 Gedrosia, a province of Persia, 343 Gelani, a people of the East, near Persia, 134
Geloni, a tribe near the Caspian, 291 Genonia, a town in Parthia, 338 Genua (Genoa), chief town of the Ligures, 77
George, bishop of Alexandria, 300, 301
Gerasa, a town in Arabia, 29 Gerasus (the Pruth), 584 Germanianus, 255
Germanicopolis, in Bithynia, 456 Germanicus, 306 Germany, 78
Gerontius, tortured by Constantius, 12 Gildo, a Mauritanian chief, 526 Glabrio, Acilius, 17
Gomoarius, or Gumoharius, 233, 255, 269, 422, 429
Gordian, the elder, 421; (ii.) the younger, 326 Gorgias of Leontinum, 354 Gorgonius, Cæsar's chamberlain, 48 Goths, 442, 445, 585; invade Thrace, 599; defeated by Frigeridus, 601; 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, 185
Gruthungi, a tribe of Ostrogoths, 446, 583
Gundomadus, king of the Allemanni, 32, 111.
Gynæcon, a town in the Persian pro- vince of Gedrosia, 343 Gyndes, a Persian river, 337 H.
HADRIAN, 386, 571
Hadrianople, battle of, 610-615; siege of by the Goths, 619; raised, 620 Hadrianopolis, 39, 444, 607 Hannibal, 77; buried at Libyssa, 295 Harax, a river in Susiana, 335 Hariobaudes, a tribune, 161, 162 Hariobaudus, a king of the Allemanni, 164
Harmozon, a promontory in Carmania,
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