Jovius, commissioned by Theodosius to close the pagan temples in the Western empire, iii. 232. Prætorian prefect and minister to Honorius, 430. Instigates the guards against the 'eunuchs, 431. Negotiates with Alaric, 432. Abandons Honorius, 436. Betrays Attalus, 437. Jubilee, popish, a revival of the secular games, i. 245, note; vii. 382. The inter- val shortened in accordance with the Mosaic Jubilee, vii. 383.
Judaizing Christians, adhered to the cere- monies of the Law, ii. 9. Justin Martyr's opinion of them, 13, and note. Judas the Gaulonite, his rebellion, ii. 107. Jude, St. examination of his grandsons before the procurator of Judæa, ii. 110. Judges, provincial, Constantine's precau- tions to secure their integrity, ii. 211. Judges, rulers of the Visigoths, iii. 125. Judgments of God, in the Salic laws, how determined, iv. 189.
Judgments of the people in Athens and Rome, v. 88.
Judicial combats. See Combats.
Julia, sister of Julius Cæsar, and grand- mother of Augustus, i. 93, note. Julia Domna, wife of the emperor Severus, he sends her salutations to Clodius Albinus, i. 151. Her character, 163. Her death, 180.
Julia Masa, sister of Julia Domna, ba- nished by Macrinus, i. 180, Her in- trigues to obtain the empire for her grandson Bassianus (Elagabalus) 181. Persuades him to adopt his cousin Alex- ander, 187. Her death, 190.
Julian assumes the purple at Carthage, i. 435. His death, 435, note. Julian, the nephew of Constantine the Great, his character of Augustus in his Casars, i. 94, note. Of Alexander Severus, 200, note. Escapes the massacre of the family, ii. 269, and note. Saved by Mark, bishop of Arethusa, 294, note. His education, 294. His rank, liberty, and patrimony restored, 295. His danger on the death of his brother Gallus, 301. Is sent to Athens, where he cultivates philosophy, 302. Is protected by the empress Eusebia, recalled by Constantius, and married to Helena, 304. Is invested with the title of Cæsar, 305.
pointed to the government of Gaul, 323. His first canipaign, 325. Battle of Strasburg, 328. Reduces the Franks of Toxandria, 331. His three expeditions beyond the Rhine, 332. Restores the cities of Gaul, 333. His civil adminis- tration, 335. Alleviates the distress of the people, 336. Fixes his winter resi- dence at Paris, 337. His account of the theological calamities of the empire under Constantius, 453. Constantius grows jea- lous of him, 463. The Gallic legions are ordered into the East, 465. ls saluted
emperor by the troops, 469. His em- bassy and epistle to Constantius, 472. His fourth and fifth expeditions beyond the Rhine, 474. Declares war against Constantius, and abjures the Christian religion, 477. His march from the Rhine into Illyricum, 479. Enters Sirmium, 482. Publishes apologies for his con- duct, 483. His triumphant entry into Constantinople on the death of Constan- tius, 486. His private life and civil go- vernment, 488. His reformations in the imperial palace, 490. Becomes a sloven to avoid foppery, 492. Erects a tribunal for the trial of the evil ministers of Constantius, 493. Dismisses the spies and informers employed by his prede- cessor, 495. His love of freedom and the republic, 497. His liberality to the Grecian cities, 499. His abilities as an orator, 500. And as a judge, 501. His character, 502. His apostacy ac- accounted for, 503. Adopts the pagan mythology, 503. His education and early studies, 504, and note. His aversion to Christianity confirmed by the pride of its ministers, 507, and note. His theological system, 511. The influence of philosophy turned against Christianity, 513, and note. His initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries, and his fanaticism, 515. His dissimulation during the life of Constan- tius, 518. His work against Christianity, 519. His toleration, and letter to the citizens of Bostra, 520, and note. Re- stores the banished clergy, 521. His pagan superstitious zeal, 522. His cir- cular letters for the reformation of the pagan religion, 524. His friendship for Maximus, 527. His proselytism, 528. His address to the Jews, 530. His at- tempt to rebuild the temple at Jerusa lem, 534. Transfers to the pontiffs of his own religion the allowances, which had been granted from the public revenue to Christian churches, 540. Prohibits Chris tian schools, 541. Obliges the Christians to reinstate the pagan temples, 544. Restores the sacred grove and temple of Daphne, 546. Punishes the Christians of Antioch for burning that temple, 549. His treatment of the cities of Edessa and Alexandria, 553. Banishes Athana- sius, 555. Accused of intending to per secute Christians, 559, and note.
the philosophical fable of his Caesars, iii. 1. Meditates the conquest of Persia, 4. Popular discontents during his resi dence at Antioch, 5. Writes his Miso pogon, 8. His friendship for Libanius, 9. His march to the Euphrates, 11. He en ters the Persian territories, 15. Invades Assyria, 21. His personal conduct in this euterprise, 24. His address to his dis contented troops, 26. His passage of the Tigris, 29. Burns his fleet, 34. His re
treat and distress, 37. His death, 42. His funeral, 57.
Julian, count, offers to betray Spain into the hands of the Arabs, vi. 87. His advice to the victorious Tarik, 93. Julian of Halicarnassus, his missionaries in Armenia. v. 270.
Julian Salvius. See Salvius.
Julian Cæsarini, cardinal, the Latin advo- cate at the council of Ferrara, vii. 234. Papal legate in Hungary, 270. Urges Ladislaus to break his treaty with the Turks, 272. His history, character, and death, in the battle of Warna, 276. Julian port, or harbour of Misenum, iii. 419, note.
Julianus, Didius. See Didins.
Julin, an ancient port in the mouth of the Oder, now Wollin, vi. 280, note. Julius Constantius. See Constantius. Julius, master-general of the East, mas- sacres the Gothic youth in Asia, iii.
Julius Africanus, his era of the World, iv. 357, note.
Jurisprudence, Roman, supposed to have attained its full maturity and perfection under Severus, i. 161. The study of it led to fortune and honours, in the time of Constantine, ii. 212. Its school at Berytus, 213, and note. Its history, v. 1. Still received in many European States, 2, note. Polished and improved by the alliance of Grecian philosophy, 26. A mysterious science and profitable trade, 93. Still prevails in our ecclesiastical and Scotch courts, 94, add. note. Jus Honorarium defined, v. 15, and note. Italicum, bestowed on the citizens of Constantinople, ii. 195, and note. Papi- rianum, the most ancient Roman code, V. 5, note. Quinta relationis, received by Marcus Antoninus from the Senate, i. 397, note.
of Milan, 238. An edict of toleration promulgated through her influence, 240. Flies from the invasion of Maximus, with her son, 243. Meets Theodosius, 244. Her death, 261.
Justinian, emperor of the East, his Iusti- tutes addressed to the young law stu- dents among his subjects, ii. 212. His treaty with the sons of Clovis, iv. 179. Ilis birth and promotion, 285. His ortho- doxy, 288. Is invested with the diadem by his uncle Justin, 289. Marries Theodora, 292. Patronizes the blue faction of the circus, 304. State of agriculture and manufacture in his provinces, 310. In- troduces the culture of the silk-worm, and manufacture of silk, into Greece, 316. State of his revenue, 319. avarice and profusion, 320. Taxes and monopolies, 323. His ministers, 325. His public buildings, 328. Founds the church of St. Sophia at Constantinople, 331. His other public works, 335. His European fortifications, 337, 339. His Asiatic fortifications, 342, 347. He sup- presses the schools of Athens, 355. And the consular dignity, 356. Purchases peace from the Persians, 359, 469. Un- dertakes to restore Hilderic king of Car- thage, 360. Reduction of Africa, 380. His instructions for its government, 381. His acquisitions in Spain, 393. His deceit- ful negotiations in Italy, 398, and note. Conquests of Belisarius in Sicily and Italy, 399, 403. His letter to Narses, 424. Recalls Belisarius from Italy, 431. Sends him against the Persians, 437. Re- ceives him with cold ingratitude, 438. Weakness of the empire, 440. Receives an embassy from the Avars, 456. Persian war, 471. Assists the Colchians, or Lazi, 486. His negotiations with Chosroes, 490. His alliance with the Abyssinians, 492. Oppresses Africa, 497. And Italy, 504. Sends Belisarius to oppose Totila, 506. Leaves him destitute of the means of warfare, 507. Finally recalls him, 515. Makes preparation for war, 519. Sends Narges to command, 521. Settles
Justin the elder, his military promotion, iv. 286. His elevation to the empire, and character, 286. His death, 289. Justin II. emperor, his alliance with the Turks, iv. 459. Succeeds his uncle Jus- tinian, v. 94. His firmness to the ambas- sadors of the Avars. 96. Abdicates and in- vests Tiberius, as his successor, 109. His death, 110. His war with Nushirvan, 458. Justin Martyr, his treatment of Judaizing Christians and Ebionites, ii. 13, and note, 397. His exaggerated account of the Passed progress of Christianity, 77. through all the schools of philosophy and was converted from Platonism to Chris- tianity, 79. Justina, her marriage with the emperor Valentinian, iii. 134. Her infant son, Valentinian II. invested with the impe- rial ensigns on the death of his father, 135. Professed the Arian faith, 237. Her contest with Ambrose, archbishop
the government of Italy under the ex- arch of Ravenna, 534. Has again re course to Belisarius, who achieves his last victory over the Bulgarians, 539. Disgrace and death of Belisarius, 541: Death and character of Justinian, 542. Comets and calamities in his reign, 545.
the civil jurisprudence digested under his care, v. i. He approves the notions of Theophilus on the imperial prero- gative, v. 20, note. Employs Tribonian, and nine others to reform the Roman laws, 34. His code, 35. Pandects or di- gest, 36. His legal inconstancy, 42. His Institutes, 44. Abuses of his jurispru His theological character dence, 93, and government, 241. His persecuting
spirit, 243. His orthodoxy, 246. Died a heretic, 249. Justinian, Greek versions of his laws, v. 20, note; vi. 226, note. His corpse found by the crusaders undecayed, 569. His eques- trian statue at Constantinople, iii. 58, note; vii. 262, and note.
Justinian II., emperor of Constantinople, v. 294. His exile and restoration, 296, His cruelty and death, 298. Justinian, a friend of Stilicho, iii. 386. Justinian, the son of Germanus, his con- spiracy with the empress Sophia, and success against the Persians, v. 111. De- feats Nushirvan at Melitene, 139. Justiniana Prima, now Giustendil, built by Justinian, iv. 338.
Justiniani, John, defends Constantinople, vii. 304. His wound and death, 321, and note.
Justus, the Paulician, vi. 241.
Jutes, a Saxon tribe, iii. 401, note; iv. 214, and note.
Juvenal, describes the insolence of the military, i. 157, note. His Satires much read by the Roman nobles, iii. 414. De- scribes the crowded state of Rome, and its lofty houses, 422.
Juvenalis, patriarch of Jerusalem, banished, v. 236.
Juventius, prefect of Rome, iii. 90.
Kaoti, a Chinese emperor, iii. 154. Kaptchak and Kasachia. See Kipzak. Kashgar. See Cashgar.
Keating, Dr., his fable of the Giant Partho- lanus settling in Ireland, i. 277, note. Kebla. See Caaba.
Kenric, king of Wessex, iv. 218.
Keraites, a Tartar tribe, their khan Prester John, 117, and note.
Kerboga defeated by the crusaders at Antioch, vi. 447.
Kerman, a division of the Seljukians in Asia Minor, vi. 383, and note. Khalil, a sultan of Egypt, vi. 521. Khan, or Chagan, the Tartar regal title, iii. 147, 363; v. 155, and note. Khassi. See Catti.
Kheder Khan, a Turk of Transoxiana, vi. 381, note.
Kilidsch Arslan, Seljukian sultan of Ico- nium, vi. 417, note. Erroneously called Soliman in the crusade, at Nice, 439, and note. At Dorylæum, 441. And the evacuation of Roum, 442.
Kilidsch Arslan II., not the sultan who opposed Frederic I., vi. 482, and note. Kindred, civil degrees of, as established by the Roman law, v. 66.
King, the title differently regarded in the Fast and the West, i. 455. Detested by the Romans, ii. 256. Given by Constan-
tine to his nephew Hannibalianus, with a sovereignty in Asia, 257. Kiow, one of the ancient capitals of Russia, vi. 277, note; 279, and note. Kipzak, Kaptchak, or Kasachia, a plain in Western Asia, conquered by the Moguls, became the seat of their Golden Horde, vii. 129, and note. Conquered by Timour, 166.
Knights. See Garter, Jerusalem, Rhodes. Knighthood, how originally conferred, and its obligations, vi. 425.
Knolles, character of his General History of the Turks, by Johnson and by Gibbon, vii. 139, note.
Kobad. See Cabades.
Koran, its publication and character, v. 474. Koreish, an Arabian tribe, v. 443. Guar- dians of the Caaba, 457. Progenitors of Mahomet, 462. Their jealousy of his amily and opposition to him, 487. Re- nounced him, and resolved his death, 488. Commence war against him, 495. Surrender Mecca and submit to him, 502
Labarum, or standard of the cross, fi. 351. and note. Divested of its Christian symbols by Julian, 529. Again displayed by Jovian, iii. 58. Labeo, the civilian, his diligence in busi- ness and composition, v. 25. His pro- fessional character, 31. Lactantius, uncertainty as to his authorship of the treatise De Mortibus Persecuto- rum, i. 422, note. Questionable pas- sage in that work, 470, and note. His dismal tale of the future, ii. 32, note. Educates Constantine's son Crispus, i. 512, note; ii. 250. Invited by Constan- tine to Gaul, 251, note. Difficulties in ascertaining the date of his Divine I- stitutions, ii. 338,note. His flattering pre- diction of the influence of Christianity among mankind, 345. Inculcates the di- vine right of Constantine to the empire, 347. Character of his writings and of his religion, 359, and note. His pure and spiritual worship would have recoiled from that of images, iii. 305. Imitation of the civilians in the method of his In- stitutes, v. 44, note.. His ridicule of idolatry, 359, note.
Lactarian Mount, now Lettere, Teias de feated there, iv. 528. Described by Cas- siodorus, ib., note. Ladies, Roman, their lavish gifts to the clergy, iii. 89. Their transparent dra- peries, iv. 312. Their profligacy, v. 55,
Ladislaus, king of Hungary and Poland, leads an army against the Turks, vii. 270. His breach of faith with them, 272. De- feated and slain at Warna, 275. Ladislaus, king of Naples, harasses Rome vii. 425.
Lælianus, Elianus, or Lollianus, one of the thirty tyrants, i. 343, 357, 369, note. Lata, widow of the emperor Gratian, re- lieves the distress of Rome, iii. 424. Læti, a promiscuous race in Gaul, iv. 18. Latus, prætorian prefect, kills Commodus, and confers the empire on Pertinax, i. 126. Conspires against him, 133. Put to death by Julianus, 152, note.
Latus, lieutenant of Severus, i. 152, note. Luity, distinguished from the clergy, ii. 57. Lampadius, a Roman senator, condemns the treaty with Alaric, iii. 384. Lance, Holy, legend of the, vi. 450. Land, assessed by the Roman emperors, ii. 234. Divided by the barbarians, iv. 191. Allodial, and Salic, 194. Of Italy, how partitioned by Theodoric, 255. Of conquered States allotted and colonized by the Romans, v. 63, and note. Landlord and Tenant, their mutual obli- gations under the Roman law, v. 74. Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury, his correction of the Bible, iv. 146, note. Laodicea, its ancient splendour, i. 66. Its ruins, vii. 142.
Laplanders, the same as Hungarians, vi. 265. Effect of cold on them, 266. Lascaris, Theodore, assists the defence of Constantinople, vi. 554. Establishes an empire at Nice, vii. 10. His character, 49. Lascaris, Theodore II., his character, vii. 52. His death, 53.
Lascaris, John IV., imprisoned and blinded by Michael Palæologus, vii. 61. Lascaris, Janus, the Greek grammarian, his character, vii. 252. Obtained MSS. for Lorenzo de' Medici, 256. Lateran. See Councils.
Latin church, its separation from the Greek, vi. 522. Corruption and schism, vii. 224. Reunion of, with the Greek, 239. End of the schism of the West, 240. The subsequent Greek schisms, 264. Latin language, neither systematically in- troduced nor universally adopted in the Roman provinces, i. 47, note. Corrupted by titles and flattery, ii. 198. Used in the service of the church, iv. 205, note. early savage dialect, v. 6, note. That of the Pandects not unworthy of the silver age of Rome, 38, note. The use of it discontinued in the public offices at Con- stantinople, vi. 225. The knowledge of it diffused in the East by the crusades, vii. 36.
Latin principalities. See Achaia, Athens, Edessa.
Latins, or Franks, their tactics, vi. 221. The name given to the nations of the West, by those of the East, 227. Latium, the right of, explained, i. 45. Latronian, a poet, put to death for heresy, iii. 234.
Laura, in monkish history, explained, iv. 126.
Laurus Insana, the residence of Amycus, ii. 177, note.
Law, the profession of, supplied the Roman civil magistrates, ii. 212. Degraded in the decline of the empire, 214, Roman or civil, its history, v. 3. Founded by the kings, 4. Adapted by the Twelve Tables to the state of the city, 7. Their influence, 11. The tribunes obtain for the people the right of legislation, 12. Edicts of the prætors, 15. Constitutions of the emperors, 18. Formalities and symbolical observances, 22. The true authors of the civil law, 24. Their first and second periods, 25. Their third, 26. Their philosophy, 28. Their controver- sies and sects, 30. Justinian's reforms, 33. Loss of the ancient jurisprudence, 40. Law of property, 62. Penal law, 77. Writers on civil law, 2, note; 3, note; 94, add. note. Revision of it by the emperor Basil I., and his successors, 320. The Basilics, vi. 182, and note. See Code, Jurisprudence, Justinian.
Lazi, and Lazica. See Colchis. Leake, Col., his account of the Albanians, vii. 284, note.
Leander, and Hero, ii. 181.
Leander, archbishop of Seville, iv. 150. Learning. See Greek and Latin.
Le Beau, his "Histoire du Bas Empire," iii. 351, note.
Lebedias declines the Hungarian crown in favour of Almus, vi. 265.
Le Clerc, character of his ecclesiastical history, v. 198, note.
Legacies and inheritances taxed by Augus-
tus, i. 210. To ecclesiastics, prohibited by Vespasian, iii. 89. How regulated by the Roman law, v. 69.
Legacy-hunting, a science at Rome, i. 211. The arts employed in it, ridiculed by Cicero, v. 22, and note.
Legibus solutus, the phrase misinterpreted by Dion Cassius, v. 19, note. Legion, in the Roman army under the emperors, described, i. 13. General dis- tribution of the legions, 21. Their mu- tinies against Alexander Severus, 198. First paid at the siege of Veii, 201. Di- vided into smaller bands by Constantine the Great, ii. 219.
Legislative, power, the nomination of, by the executive, is fatal to the principles of a free constitution, i. 80. Union of the Eastern and Western empires dissolved, ii. 527.
Lenfant, M. a protestant minister, his his- tories of the councils compared, vii. 429,
Lentienses, a tribe of the Allemanni, iii.
fers the empire of the West on Anthe- mius, 75. His armament against the Vandals in Africa, 79. Murders Aspar and his sons, 246. His death, 246. Leo II., son of Ariadne, daughter of Leo I., his premature death, iv. 246. Leo III. the Isaurian, v. 300. His edicts against images in churches, 367. His correspondence with Gregory II. 374. Revolt of Italy, 377. His death, 301. Leo IV., v. 303. His death, 304. Leo V. the Armenian, v. 309. His death, 310.
Leo VI. the philosopher, v. 321. fourth marriage, 322. Abolishes the consulship by law, iv. 357, note. His Novels, or additions to the Basilics, vi. 182, note. Extinguishes the power of the senate, 211.
Leo. a general defeated by Tribigild, iii. 493.
Leo, bishop of Rome, his character, and embassy from Valentinian III. to Attila, iv. 32. Intercedes with Genseric, for the city of Rome, 46. Calls the council of Chalcedon, v, 231.
Leo III. pope, his miraculous recovery from the assault of assassins, v. 402. Crowns Charlemagne. 403. In their correspond- ence, he leaves a large loophole of salva- tion, vi. 524, and note.
Leo IV. pope, his reign, vi. 159. He de- feats the Saracens, 160. Founds the Leo- nine city, 162.
Leo IX. pope, his expedition against the Normans of Apulia, vi. 310. His defeat, captivity, and treaty with them, 312. Gives his name to a wealthy Jew convert, the grandfather of pope Anacletus, vii.
Leo X. gives the name of Leo Africanus to a converted Moor, the writer of an African Geography, vi. 73, note. Patro- nized the poet Vida, 259, note. En- creased the number of cardinals, 375. Encouraged the fine arts, 469. Leo of Thessalonica, a philosopher and friend of Cæsar Bardas, vi. 229. Leo Pilatus, first Greek professor at Flo- rence, and in the West, vii, 24. Leonardus. See Aretinus.
Leonas, the quæstor, his embassy from Constantius to Julian, ii. 476.
Leonine city and Leopolis founded, vi. 162. Leontia, wife of the emperor Phocas, v. 164. Leontius of Athens, father of the empress Eudocia, iii. 516.
Leontius is taken from prison, and chosen emperor, on the deposition of Justinian II., v. 295. His death 297. Leovigild, Gothic king of Spain, his cha- racter, iv. 149. Revolt and death of his son Hermenegild, 151.
Lethe, name of the old castles of the Bosphorus, under the Greek empire, ii. 179, note.
Leti, Gregorio, his life of Sixtus V., vii. 489, note.
Letters brought from Phoenicia to Europe, i. 31. Unknown to the Germans in the days of Tacitus, 278. The use of them the test of civilization in a people, 279. Those of the Greeks used as numerals by the Saracens till the time of caliph Walid, vi 118.
Leuden, the people, iv. 194, note; vii. 108. Leuderis, the Gothic commander of Rome, surrenders to Belisarius, iv. 407. Levies of the Roman troops, difficult to be accomplished, ii. 220.
Lewis the Pious, emperor of the West, v. 413.
Lewis II. emperor of the West, v. 414. His controversy with the Byzantine court respecting his title, 417. His alli- ance with, and letter to, the Greek empe- ror Basil I. vi. 296.
Lewis of Bavaria, emperor of the West, takes the title of Senator of Rome, vii. 367. Deposed pope John XXII., 377.. Lewis of Hungary refers the accusation against Jane of Naples to Rienzi, vii. 405.
Leyden (Lugdunum Batavorum) on the Gallic frontier, 1. 25.
Libanius, the private life of the emperor
Julian described by him, ii. 488, note. Julian forbidden to attend his lectures, 505, note. Expatiates on Julian's visions, 516, note. Approves his outward con- formity to Christian rites, 518. Refuses Julian's invitation to Constantinople, iii. 9. Their intercourse at Antioch, ib. His writings and character, 10. His comments on the treaty of Dara, 49, Regrets that Julian was not buried in the groves of the Academy, 57. His funeral oration on Valens and his army, 187. Pleads for the citizens of Antioch, 282. His oration "pro Templis," a speci men of rhetorical art, 283, note. Was distinguished by the friendship of Theodo- sius, 295. The tutor of Chrysostom, 501. Educated by Diophantus, vi. 148, note. Libellatici, in the early church, ii. 131. Libels and Satires punished by the Twelve Tables, v. 79.
Liber Pontificalis, v. 377, note; 378, note. Libri Pontificales, 5, note. Liberius, bishop of Rome, is banished by the emperor Constantius, for refusing to concur in deposing Athanasius, ii. 437. 447. His restoration, 448. Liberius, prætorian prefect of Theodoric, iv. 265. Serves Justinian, and commands a division of his army in Italy, 519, and
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