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, 292
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
Luscus, governor of Antioch, burnt to death, 25
Lusius, an officer under Trajan, 526 Lutetia (Paris), the capital of the Pa- risii, 78
Lycaonia, part of Asia Minor, 7 Lycurgus, the Spartan lawgiver, 88, 296, 572
Lyons (Lugdunum), 79
gulf of (Adgradus), 80 Lysimachia, 287
MACELLUM, in Cappadocia, 48 Macepracta, a town in Assyria, 351 Maces, a promontory in the Persian Gulf, 332
Machameus, a Roman general, killed, 374
Macrianus, a king of the Allemanni, 164, 494, 523, 552 Macrones, a people near the Euxine, 290
Mæotus Palus (the Sea of Azov), 291 Magamalcha, a city in Persia, 357 Magi, 336 Maharbal, 170
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, & lieutenant of Pompey, 95
Lucullus, a Roman general who defeated Maraccus, a river near the Caspian Sea,
the Thracians, 444 Lugdunum (Lyons), 79
Lupicinus, master of the horse, 163; sent against the Picts, 212, 233; (ii.) count of Thrace, 587, 589; (iii.) one of the Gentiles, 460 Luscinus, 361, 548
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
Marcellus, 86; master of the horse, 88; cashiered, 92, 95; (ii.) a kinsman of Procopius, kills Serenia- nus, 431; seizes Chalcedon, 431; taken and put to death, 432 Marcianopolis, a city of Thrace, 444, 589
Marcianus, 265; (ii.) a rhetorician, 557
Marcius, an ancient seer, Marcomanni, 538
Marcus Aurelius, 274, 538, 591 Mareades, 325
Margiani, a Persian tribe, 339
Medianum, a fortress in Mauritania, 535 Media, 335
Mediolanum (Evreux), 79 Meiacarire, a small town in Mesopo- tamia, noted for its cool springs, 174
Melanchlani, a tribe near the Palus Mæotis, 291
Melantheas, a country palace of the Roman emperors, 606 Melas, a river in Pamphylia, 7
a bay (Gulf of Saros) on the coast of Thrace, 286
Mariandena, a district in Bithynia, 288 | Melitina, a town in Lesser Armenia,
Marius Maximus, 488
Marinus, a tribune, 51
Maronea, a town in Thrace, 286
Marseilles (Massilia), 79
Marses, a river in Assyria, 335
Martinus, a deputy-governor of Britain, 13; commits suicide, 14 Masaucio, 416
Mascizel, a Mauritanian chief, 527 Masilla, 537
Massagetæ, 292, 328, 580 Massilia (Marseilles), 74, 79 Massissenses, & people of Mauritania,
Matrona, an Alpine mountain (Mont Genevre), 76; (ii.) the Marne, a river in Gaul, 78
Maride, a fort in Mesopotamia, 201 Maudio, count, 65 Mauritania, 526
Maurus, a Roman count, 220 Maxentius, a Pannonian, 452 Maxera, a river in Hyrcania, 339 Maximianopolis, a city in Thrace, 444 Maximinus, the Roman emperor, 4
- prefect of Rome, 468; his ferocity, 469, 470, 473-476 Maximus, prefect of Rome, 265
a celebrated philosopher, be- headed at Ephesus, 513 Mayence (Moguntiacum), stormed by Rando, a chief of the Allemanui, 457 Mazaca, a city in Cappadocia, 233 Mazices, a people in Mauritania, 529 Mazuca, a Mauritanian chief, 534 Mederichus, a king of the Allemanni,
Memorius, prefect of Cilicia, 319
Memphis, a town of Egypt, 313 Menander, a poet, 270
Menapila, a town in Bactria, 340 Menophilus, the eunuch of king Mithri dates, 95
Mephra, a town in Arabia, 338 Mercurius, a notary, nicknamed the Count of Dreams, 50
Merenes, a Persian general, 375 Meribanes, king of Hiberis, 253 Merobaudes, 574, 598
Meroë, a town in Ethiopia, 307, 312 Mesene, a town in Assyria, 334 Meseus, a river in Persia, 335 Mesopotamia, 134
Messalla, prefect of Panuonia, 540 Meton, an ancient astronomer, 407 Metrodorus, 387
Metz (Mediomatricum), 79, 99 Midas, king of Phrygia, 296 Milan, 49
Milesians, Athenian colouists, 288 Miletus, 468
Mimas, mount, 617 Minervius, consular governor, 473 Misopogon, the, 305 Mithridates, 94 Mnevis, 306
Modestus, count of the East, 208; pre- fect of the prætorium, 506, 553 Masia, one of the Danubian provinces, 146; (ii.) a town in Parthia, 338 Moguntiacus (Mayence), 78 Monæcus (Monaco), 76
Montius, a quæstor, 24, 31; his violent death, 25, 40, 49 Mopsucrenæ, a town in Cilicia, 271 Mopsuestia, 27
Mopsus, a celebrated seer, 27 Mosa (the Meuse), 127
Mossynæci, a tribe near the Euxine Sea, 290
Mothone, a town of Laconia, 434 Moxoëne, a province beyond the Tigris, 221, 393
Munderic, a Thuringian noble, 584 Murci, persons exempt from military service, 81 Murocincta, 575
Mursa, battle of, 63
Musones, a people in Mauritania, 531 Musonianus, prefect of the East, 81, 98, 136
Musonius, a rhetorician, afterwards
deputy governor of Asia Minor, 456 Mygdonia, part of Bithynia, 288 Mygdus, a town in Phrygia, 424
NABATHÆI, a people of Arabia, 29 Nabdates, 362; burnt alive, 364 Nacolia, a town in Phrygia, 430 Næssus, or Næsus, a town in Illyricum, 259, 414
Nagara, a town in Arabia, 338 Naharmalcha, a canal joining the Eu- phrates to the Tigris, 366 Nannenus, or Nannienus, Count of Britain, 493; defeats the Allemanni,
Napai, a tribe of the Caspian, 291 Naphtha, 333, 337
Narbona (Narbonne), capital of the fol- lowing, 79
Narbonne, a province of Gaul, 78 Narses, king of the Persians, 327; (ii.) a Persian nobleman, 134, 368 Nascon, a town in Arabia, 338 Natiso, a river near Aquilea, 262 Natuspardo, chief of the domestici, 461 Naulibus, 342 Nauplius, 286
Neo-Cæsarea, a city in Pontus, 465 Neotherius, 416 Nepotianus, 467
Nestica, tribune of the Scutarii, 144 Neuri, a tribe of the Massigetæ, 580 Nevitta, master of the horse, 256, 258, 259, 265, 284, 347, 359 Nicea in Bithynia, 295
in Gaul (Nice), 79 Nice, a town in Thrace, 606 Nicer (the Neckar), 480 Nicomedia, 137, 287, 295, 304 Nicopolis, 444, 591
Nigrinus, 260; burnt alive, 264 Nile, 307; its islands, 309 Nileus, son of Codrus, 288, 468 Nineveh, 176 (Ninus), 28, 334 Ninus, or Nineveh, 28 Niphates, 332 Nisæa, 339
Nisibis, a town in Mesopotamia, 20,
172, 178, 393; its importance, 397 Nobles, Roman, vices of the, 487-491 Nohodares, a Persian noble, 10, 174; killed, 380
Novesium (Nuys), 161 Novidunum (Nivors), 446 Nubel, a Mauritanian chief, 525 Numerius, prefect of Gaul, 160 Nymphæum, a temple in Rome sacred to the nymphs, 66
Nymphæus, a river in Mesopotamia, 183
OBELISK, Egyptian, inscription upon an, 132
Obroatis, a town in Persia, 338 Ochus, a river in Bactria, 340
Nazavicium, mountain of Scythia, 341 Neapolis (formerly Shechem, now Na-Ocricoli (Ocriculum), 100, 472
Parion, a town on the Hellespont 287
Parnasius, prefect of Egypt, 209 Paropanisatæ, a tribe of Persians, 342 Parthenius, a river in Bithynia, 289 Parthia, 338
Parthiscus, a river in Sarmatia, 152 Pasiphilus, a philosopher, 512 Patares, straits between the Palus Maotis and the Euxine, 291 Paternianus, 551
Patigran, a town in Media, 337 Patræ, a town in Achaia, 209 Patricius, 505, 510
Patruinus, a Roman noble, 67 Paulus, surnamed "The Chain," 13, 14; his character, 207; despatched as a judge with Modestus to the East, 208; his cruelties, 209, 210, 280
Pelagia, a name given to the Island of Rhodes, 139
Pelusium, a city in Egypt, 312 Pentadius, a notary, 41; made master of the offices, 232, 279 Pentapolis, a province of North Africa, 312
Peregrinus, a philosopher, 513 Pergamius, accused of magical prac tices, 505
Persepolis, a town of Persia, 338 Persia, described, 331-337; its rivers
Pharos, an island and lighthouse near | Priarius, king of the Allemanni, killed, Alexandria, 313
Phasis, a river and city in Colchis, Priscus, a philosopher, 383
a town on the Tigris, called also Bezabde, 225
Phronemius, 422; exiled to the Cher- sonesus, 432 Phrygia, 380
Phrynichus, an Athenian dramatist, 468
Phyllis, a river flowing into the Euxine, 288
Picenses, a Sarmatian tribe, 155 Pictavi (Poictiers), 79
Picts and Scots, 212, 453; harass the Britons, 413
Pigranes, a Persian general, 368 Piri, a mountain in Germany, 481 Pirisabora, a town in Persia, 351; cap- tured and burnt by Julian, 353 Pistoja, a town of Tuscany, ominous occurrence at, 439
Pityus, an island in the Euxine, 289 Plato, 90, 315, 383, 554
Plautian, 418, 507
Probus, 461; his cowardice, 540, 551, 560
Proconesus, an island in the Propontis, 287
Procopius, 159; message from, 175, 320, 401; attempts a revolution in the East, 415; his former career, 417; saluted as emperor, 421; his successes, 424, 425; his death, 431 Profuturus, 594, 599
Prophthasia, capital of Drangiana, 342 Prosper, count, 37, 82, 136 Protagoras, 286 Provertuides, 453 Ptolemais, 312
Ptolemy the geographer, 287 Pyla, a town on the borders of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 297 Pyramids of Egypt, 311 Pythagoras, 315
QUADI, neighbours of the Sarmatians, 103, 146, 148; ravage Pannonia, 413, 538 Quadriburgium, 161
Quintianus, a senator, 507 Quintilii, two Roman brothers, 490
RABANNE, a Scythian tribe, 341 Rainbows, causes of, 241 Ramestes, an Egyptian king, 132 Rando, a chief of the Allemanni, 457 Rauracum, a town on the Rhine (Basle) 34, 79, 255 Regulus, 17
Podosaces, chief of the Assanite Sara- Rehimena, a province beyond the
Pola, a town in Istria, 41
Polemonion, a town of Pontius, 289
Pollentianus, a tribune, 518 Polybius, the historian, 353 Pompey, 146
Portospana, a town in Carmania, 339 Posthumus, 274
Potentius, a tribune, 615
Prætextatus, 285, 457, 473
Reman, a Roman fortress in Mesopo- tamia, 183
Remi (Rheims), 79, 86
Remigius, 64, 455, 497, 525; commits suicide, 551
Remora, a tribune given as a hostage to
the Persians, 394
Resaina, battle of, 328
Rha (the Volga), 291
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