Invites Genseric, king of the Vandals, to
Italy, 45. Is carried prisoner to Car-
thage, 48. Ransomed, 72
Eudorius, bishop of Constantinople, bap-
tizes the emperor Valens, iii. 85.
Eugenius, the rhetorician, is made emperor
of the West by Arbogastes the Frank, iii.
263. Is defeated and killed by Theo-
dosius, 268.

Eugenius IV. pope, his contest with the
council of Basil, vii. 223. Procures a re-
union of the Latin and Greek churches,
237. Is deposed by the council of Basil,
238. Forms a league against the Turks,
268. Revolt of the Roman citizens
against him, 430. Its failure, 430.
Eugenius, a chamberlain and lover of the
princess Honoria, iv. 12.

Eugubine tables, the, account of, v. 5, note.
Eulalius, one of the seven philosophers
who went to Persia, iv, 355.
Eulogia, conspires against her brother
Manuel Palæologus, vii. 68.
Eulogius, patriarch of Alexandria, v. 273.
Eumenius, the orator, i. 467, note.
Eunapius, his Lives of the sophists, ii. 510,
514, notes. His character of monks, and
of the objects of their worship, iii. 299.
Eunomians, punishment of, by the edict of
the emperor Theodosius, iii. 233.
Eunomius, his confession and apology, one
of the few heretical pieces which have
escaped, ii. 413, note. His birth at Ca-
dora near Mount Argæus, vi. 243, note.
Eunuchs, enumerated in the list of Eastern
commodities imported and taxed in the
time of Alexander Severns, i 209. They
infest the palace of the third Gordian, 241.

their ascendancy in the court of Con-
stantius, ii. 292. Why they favoured the
Arians, 420, note. Procure the banish-
ment of Liberius bishop of Rome, 447.

A conspiracy of, to disappoint the
schemes of Rufinus, and marry the em-
peror Arcadius to Eudoxia, iii. 315. They
distract the court of the emperor Hono-
rius, 431. And govern that of Arcadius,
484. Scheme of Chrysaphius to assas-
sinate Attila king of the Huns, 578

The bishop of Seez and his whole
chapter castrated, vii. 348, nole.
Euphemia, daughter of the emperor Mar-
cian, married to the emperor Anthemius,
iv. 76.

Euphemia, St., church of, at Chalcedon,
built by Rufinus, iii, 505; v. 231.
Euphemius, invites the Saracens of Africa
to Sicily, vi. 157.

Euphrates, the Eastern boundary of the
Roman empire, i. 3, 29, 34. Campaign of
Galerius on its banks, 442. Crossed by
Julian, iii. 12. Three passages near each
other, ib., note. State of its navigation,
34, and note. Its flexible course, iv. 344.
Passed by Chosroes II., v. 170. Ali's
campaign on its western banks, 524.

Importance of the passage of Thapsacus,
ib., note. The Saracens repulsed in their
first attempt to pass the river, vi. 10.
They build Bassorah below its junction
with the Tigris, 12. Passage of it by
Zinisces, 179.

Euphrosune, daughter of Constantine VI.,
second wife of Michael II., v. 306, 311.
Euphrosyne, wife of Alexius Angelus, vi. 534.
Euplutius, his embassy from Honorius to
Wallia, iii, 471.

Euric, king of the Visigoths in Gaul, his
conquests in Spain, iv. 84. Suspends
the Catholic bishops in Aquitain, 138. Is
vested with all the Roman conquests
beyond the Alps by Odoacer king of Italy,
157. The first Gothic king who reduces
their laws to writing, iv. 184.
Euripides made the Tauric Chersonesus
the scene of his Iphigenia, i. 328.
Europe, its former population, i. 57. Evi
dences that its climate was much colder
in ancient times, 273. This accounted
for, 274. Is now one great republic, iv.
236. Its greatest security against a re-
lapse into barbarism, 242, note.
Eusebia, empress, wife of Constantius, her
steady friendship to Julian, ii. 302. Is
accused of arts to deprive Julian of chil
dren, 307. Her death, 475.
Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, his character
of the followers of Artemon, ii. 80. In-
quiry into the credibility of his narratives,
168, and notes; 171, and note. His
silence respecting Constantine's cruelty
to Crispus and Licinius, 253. His story
of Constantine's conversion, 339. His
fables of the cross in the sky and the
ensuing vision, 357. Advocates Arianism,
405. His reluctant and ambiguous as-
sent to the Nicene creed, 418. His pro-
ceedings at the synod of Tyre, 428.
Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, leader of
the friends of Arius, ii. 405. His letter
torn at the council of Nice, 408. Banish.
ed for his Arianism, and recalled, 418.
Officiates at the baptism of Constantine,
419. Appointed patriarch of Constan
tinople, 449, note; 505, note. Tutor of
Julian, 504. This doubted by Neander,
505, note.

Eusebius, a eunuch, chamberlain of Constan-
tius, his influence, ii. 293. His enmity
to Gallus, 300. His attempt to prevent
the accession of Julian, 486. His con-
demnation by the tribunal of Chalcedon
and death, 494.

Eusebius, a Roman presbyter, who opposed
the return of Liberius, ii. 448, note.
Eusebius, bishop of Vercella, banished, ii.
437. Promotes monachism, iv. 112, note.
Eusebius, a principal eunuch in the court
of Honorius, beaten to death, iii. 431.
Eustathius of Cappadocia, the sophist, em-
ployed by Constantius as ambassador to
Sapor, ii. 315, and note.

Fava, or Feletheus, king of the Rugians, |
defeated by Odoacer, iv. 104.
Favonius, a supposed interlocutor in a col-
loquy of Aulus Gellius, v. 80, note.
Felix II. consecrated bishop of Rome, to
supersede Liberius, who was exiled, ii.
447. He is violently expelled, and his
adherents slaughtered, 418.
Felix, an African bishop, his martyrdom
at Venusia, ii. 155. Patron saint of
Paulinus at Nola, iii. 450.
Felix V., name by which Amadeus VIII.,
duke of Savoy, was elected pope, vii. 234.
His resignation, 240.

Females, held in respect by the ancient
Germans, i. 289. Their superiority esta-
blished in Egypt, iii. 286, note. Admitted
to rule in Abyssinia, iv. 403, note. How
regarded and treated in Rome, v. 50, 56,
and notes.

Fennic. See Finnic.

Ferdusi, the Homer of Persia, iii. 150.
Ferishta, his age, vi. 360. His doubtful
mention of guns, 360.

Ferramenta Samiata of Aurelian, explained
by Salmasius, i. 361, note.
Ferrara, council of, 227, 231, Transferred
to Florence, 233.

Festivals, pagan, offended the primitive
Christians, ii. 20. Long preserved as
rural holidays, iii. 291, and note.
Feudal government, the rudiments of, to
be found among the Scythians, iii. 148.
Its strongest energy seen in the Assizes
of Jerusalem, vi. 465.

Fez, city and kingdom, founded by Edris,
vi. 171, and note.

Figures, numeral, occasion of their first
public and familiar use, vi. 118.
Finances of the Roman empire, i. 202. Un-
der Diocletian, 459. The same, when
the seat of it was removed to Constan-
tinople, reviewed, ii. 232. Under Justi
nian, iv. 323, 419. In the later periods
of the Greek empire, vi. 194.
Fines, how imposed by provincial magis-
trates, i 211. How levied by the Salic
laws, as the punishment of homicide,
iv. 185, and note. By the laws of the
Lombards, v. 126.

Fingal, his questionable history, whether
to be connected with the invasion of Ca-
ledonia by the emperor Severus, i. 165.
Finnic, Fennie, or Tshudic, origin of the
Magyars of Hungary, vi. 263, and
notes.

Fire has been unknown to many nations,
iv. 242, note.

Fire, Greek, the Saracen fleet destroyed by,
in the harbour of Constantinople, vi. 121.
Is long preserved as a secret, 123. Its
effects not to be compared with those
of gunpowder, 216.

Fire-worship of the Magi, i. 255; vi. 106.
Fire-signals of the Greeks, on land and
sea, vi. 215.

Firmus, an Egyptian merchant, his revolt
against the emperor Aurelian, i. 379
Is put to death, 379.

Firmus the Moor, history of his revolt
against the emperor Valentinian, iii. 314.
Firuz, son of Yezdegerd, the last king of
Persia, his fate, vi. 19.

Flaccilla, empress, wife of Theodosius, iii.
220.

Flagellation, its efficacy in penance, and
how proportioned, vi. 468.
Flamens, Roman, their number, and pecu-
liar office, iii. 274.

Flaminian way, its course described, iv.
524, note.

Flavian family; Vespasian and his descend-
ants, i. 99.

Flavian, archbishop of Constantinople, is
killed at the second council of Ephesus,
v. 229.

Flavianus, a layman, introduced responses,

and a more regular psalmody, into the
service of the church, ii. 446.

Flax, its cultivation transported from Egypt
to Gaul, i. 70.

Fleece, golden, probable origin of the fable
of, iv. 478.

Flor, Roger de, adventures of, vii. 76.
Florence, the foundation of that city, iii.
367, note. Is besieged by Radagaisus,
and relieved by Stilicho, 368. Council
of, vii. 234. The reunion of the Greek
and Latin churches celebrated there,
239. Invited and paid the first teachers
of Greek, 247, 249.

Florentius, prætorian prefect of Gaul under
Constantius, his character, ii. 335, 467.
Is condemned by the tribunal of Chal-
cedon, but suffered to escape by Julian,

494.

Florentius, a rich patrician, sacrifices his

property that the tax on prostitutes may
be discontinued, ii. 242, note.
Florianus, brother of the emperor Tacitus,
his usurpation of the imperial dignity,
i. 395. His death, 395.

Florin, the early gold coin of the republic
of Florence, vii. 228, note.
Florus, fabulous ancestor of the Courte
nays, vii. 45.

Florus, the historian, describes the early
wars of Rome, vii. 371.
Fo, a Chinese idol, vii. 134.

Federati, Gothic allies of Rome, iii. 206.
Fanus unciarum, rate of interest at Rome,
v. 75, note.

Folard, Chevalier, his preference of ancient
warlike engines, i. 18, note.
Follis, a purse, its value, iii. 403, note.
Fontenelle, wrong in supposing the name

of Constantinople lost, ii. 136, note.
Foot, the Roman, compared with English
measure, i. 236, note. The Greek, ii. 186,
note.

Foreign deities, worship of, at Rome, i, 41,
note.

Forgeries, pious, of the early Christians,
ii. 84. Of the Catholics, iii. 305; iv. 145;
v. 393.

Fornication, a doubtful plea for divorce, by
gospel authority, v. 58, note.

Forum Trebonii, a town of Mosia, where
Decius was defeated and slain by the
Goths, i. 316.

Frameæ, long spears of the Germans, i. 294.
France, modern, computation of the num-
ber of its inhabitants, and the average of
their taxation, ii. 239.

the name of, whence derived, iv. 198.
Derivation of its language, 205, note.
National assemblies have never been
congenial to its temper, 306, note.

Childeric deposed, and Pepin ap-
pointed king, by papal sanction, v. 387.
Reign and character of Charlemagne, 403.

invasion of, by the Saracens, vi. 128.
Their expulsion by Charles Martel, 131.
Invasion of its Southern provinces by
the Hungarians, 269. Divided among
many dukes and counts, of whom the
king was only the feudal lord, 402. Long
series of its sovereigns in direct succes-
sion, vii. 42. Described by Chalcocon-
dylas, 217.

Francisca, battle-axe of Clovis and the
Franks, iv. 174, and note.
Frangipani, Cencio, his violence to pope
Gelasius II. and the cardinals, vii. 350.
Derivation of his family name, 385.
Frangipani, Odo; his nuptials with the
niece of Manuel Comnenùs, vi. 349.
Frankfort, synod of, v. 399.

Franks, their origin and confederacy, i. 321.
They invade Gaul, and ravage Spain, 323.
They pass over into Africa, 324. Are
expelled from Gaul by Probus, 399. Bold
and successful return of a colony of, from
Pontus, by sea, 404.

His opera-

Frederic II. is driven out of Italy, v. 428.
His disputes with the pope, and reluc-
tant crusade, vi. 512. Exhorts the Eu-
ropean princes to unite in opposing the
Tartars, vii. 131.

Frederic III. the last emperor crowned at
Rome, vii. 431.

Frederic, king of Prussia, appoints M.
Guischardt his aide-de-camp, vi. 183,
note. His prejudice against his own
country, vii. 93, note.

Freedmen. See Libertines.

Free gift, of the senators, an exaction in-
vented by Maxentius, i. 490.

Freemen of Laconia, account of, iv. 190.
Frejus, an important naval station of the
Konians, i. 23.

Frigerid defeats the Taifalæ, iii. 183.
Frigidus, a river near Aquileia, where Theo-
dosius defeated Eugenius, iii. 266.
Frisians arrive in Britain, iv. 215.
Fritigern, leader of the Visigoths with
Alavivus, iii. 171. Extricates himself
from Lupicinus, governor of Thrace, 172.
Defeats him, 173. Battle of Salices, 177.
His strength recruited by new tribes,
179. Negotiates with Valens, 184. Battle
of Hadrianople, 185. The union of the
Gothic tribes broken by his death, 200.
Froissard, his pleasant garrulity, vii. 152,

note.

Frontier garrisons between the Rhine and
the Danube established by Hadrian, i.
402. The number of them in the whole
empire under Constantine, ii. 219.
Fronto, ambassador from Avitus to the king
of the Suevi in Spain, iv. 54.
Fruits and plants introduced into other
climates, i. 69.

Frumentius, the first Christian missionary
in Abyssinia, ii. 366.

Fulcaris, a bold Herulian, iv. 531.
Fulgentins, bishop of Ruspæ, iv. 145. note.
Fulk, count of Anjou, king of Jerusalem,

and ancestor of the Plantagenets, vi. 495.
Fulk of Neuilly, preaches the fourth cru-
sade. vi. 536.

Funerals, Roman, accompanied by exhibi-
tions of the faults of the deceased, iii. 56.
Furtum, theft, Roman law for discovering,
v. 22, note.

G.

Gabinius, king of the Quadi, murdered by
Marcellinus, governor of Valeria, iii. 130.
Gaian, à Coptic patriarch, his exile, v. 272.
382.

Gaillard, M., character of his Histoire de
Charlemagne, v. 407, note.
Gainas the Goth is commissioned by Stilicho
to execute his revenge on Rufinus,
iii. 322. His conduct in the war against
Tribigild, 493. Joins him, 494.
flight and death, 499.

His

Gaita, wife of Robert Guiscard, vi. 330.
Gaius, or Caius, the Roman civilian; his
recently discovered Institutes referred
to, v. 22, 23, 30, 32, 64,

Gala, probable derivation of the term, vi.
205, note.

Galata, the suburb of, at Constantinople,
assigned to the Genoese, vii. 107. Aban-
doned by them, 326.

Galatæ, or Galatians. See Gauls.
Galeazzo (Gian Galeazzo Visconte) first
duke of Milan, vii. 213.

Galerius trained in the school of Aurelian
and Probus, i. 399. Is associated in the
administration, as Cæsar, by the em-
peror Diocletian, i. 425. Is defeated by
the Persians, 442. Surprises and over-
throws Narses, 444. Assumes the title
of Augustus, on the abdication of Dio-
cletian, 469. His jealousy of Constantine,
476. Acknowledges him Cæsar, 476.
His unsuccessful invasion of Italy, 481.
Invests Licinius with the purple on the
death of Severus, 484. His death,

488.

causes of his aversion to the Chris-
tians, ii. 147; 168, note. Obtains the
countenance of Diocletian for persecu-
ting them, 149. Publishes an edict of
toleration just before his death, 163.
Galileans, twofold application of that name
in the infancy of Christianity, ii. 107.
Why the emperor Julian applied this
name to the Christians, 540.
Gull, St., his hermitage in Switzerland
becomes a populous city, iv. 532, note.
Monastery there burnt by the Hunga-
garians, vi. 269.

Galla, daughter of Valentinian L., accom-
panies her mother and brother in their
flight to Thessalonica, and is married to
Theodosius III., 245, and note.
Galleys of the ancients, their most useful
form, i. 22. Of the Byzantine empire,
called Dromones, vi. 204, and note. The
pope's, convey the emperor John Palæo-
fogus to Italy, vii. 230.

Gallicanus, a consular, excites the people
against the prætorians, i. 237.
Gallienus, son of the emperor Valerian, is
associated with him on the throne,
1. 320. Prohibits the senators from exer-
cising military employments, 326. Cha-
racter of his administration after the
captivity of his father, 341. His reign
disturbed by pretenders, called "the
thirty tyrants," 343. By tumults, 348,
By famine, 350. His death, 352. Fa-
voured the Christians, ii. 140.

Gallipoli, in the Thracian Chersonesus, oc.
cupied by the Catalans, vii. 79. Dis-
mantled by an earthquake, repaired and
permanently held by the Turks, 147.
Gallus elected emperor, on the minority of
Hostilianus, the son of Decius, i. 317.
Murdered, 319.

Gallus, nephew of Constantine the Great,
is saved from the massacre of the family,
ii. 269. His education, 294. Is invested
with the title of Cæsar, 295. His cruelty and
imprudence, 296. His disgrace and death,
299. Embraced the doctrine, but ne-
glected the precepts of Christianity, 507.
Converts the grove of Daphne, at Antioch,
to a Christian burial-place, 548.
Games, secular, of Severus, i. 156, note.
Of Philip, 245. Triumphal, of Aurelian,
382. Magnificent, of Carinus, 415. Ac-
tiac, of Nicopolis, restored by Julian, ii.
499, note. Public, given at Rome by
Honorius, iii. 358. General description
of them, 419. Factions and disorders
arising from them, iv. 300. Their abo-
lition must be understood with some
latitude, vii. 462.

Ganges, source of that river, vii. 170, note.
Gannys, assists Elagabalus against Macri-
nus, i. 182.

Gardiner, bishop, enforced by penal statutes
his idea of Greek pronunciation, vii. 253,
Garganus, Mount, in Apulia, iv. 513, and

note. Visited by Norman pilgrims, vi.
302, and note.

Garibald king of Bavaria, v. 124.
Garizim, the holy mount of the Sama-
ritans, v. 245, and note.
Garrisons, frontier. See Frontier.
Garter, Order of the; its origin, vi. 507,
note.

Gassan, an Arabian tribe, molested Julian's
army, iii. 19. Confederates of the em-
pire, iv. 469. Abandoned Belisarius, 474.
Allowed to encamp on the Syrian ter-
ritory, v. 446. Christiaus among them
serve in the army of Heraclius, vi. 41.
Defeated by Caled, 42.

Gaudentius, the notary, sent by Constantius
to occupy Africa, ii. 484. Is condemned to
death under the emperor Julian, 495.
Gaudentius, father of the patrician Etius,
iii. 528, note.

Gaudentius, son of Etius, iv. 38.

Gaul, described, i. 24. The power of the
Druids suppressed by Tiberius and Clau-
dius, 40. Cities in, 64. Amount of the
tribute paid to Rome, 202. Is defended
against the Franks by Posthumus, 323.
Succession of usurpers there, 369. In-
vasion of, by the Lygians, 400. Revolt
of the Bagaudæ suppressed by Maxi-
mian, 427.

progress of Christianity there, ii. 75.
Proportion of the capitation-tax levied
there by the Roman emperors, 237. Is in-
vaded by the Germans, 322. The govern-