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ABAN, the Saracen, heroism of his wi- dow, vol. vi. 336.
Abbassides, elevation of the house of, to the office of caliph of the Saracens, vi. 426.
Abdallah, the Saracen, his excursion to plunder the fair of Abyla, vi. 341. His African expedition, ibid. Abdalmalek, caliph of the Saracens, re- fuses tribute to the emperor of Con- stantinople, and establishes a national mint, vi. 412.
Abdalrahman, the Saracen, establishes his throne at Cordova in Spain, vi. 430. Splendour of his court, 432. His esti- mate of his happiness, 433. Abdelaziz, the Saracen, his treaty with Theodemir the Gothic prince of Spain, vi. 394. His death, 397. Abderame, his expedition to France, and victories there, vi. 421. His death, 424. Abdol Motalleb, the grandfather of the prophet Mahomet, his history, vi. 243. Abgarus, inquiry into the authenticity of his correspondence with Jesus Christ, vi. 154.
Abgarus, the last king of Edessa, sent in
chains to Rome, i. 233. Ablavius, the confidential præfect under Constantine the Great, a conspiracy formed against him on that emperor's death, ii. 310. Is put to death, 312. Abu Ayub, his history, and the veneration paid to his memory by the Mahomet- ans, vi. 410. viii. 160.
Abubeker, the friend of Mahomet, is one of his first converts, vi. 263. Flies from Mecca with him, 266. Succeeds Ma- homet as caliph of the Saracens, 295. His character, 312. Abu Caab commands the Andalusian Moors, who subdued the island of Crete, vi. 445.
Abu Sophian, price of Mecca, conspires the death of Mahomet, vi. 266. Bat- tles of Beder and Ohud, 273-274. Besieges Medina without success, 275. Surrenders Mecca to Mahomet, and receives him as a prophet, 278.
Abu Taher, the Carmathian, pillages Mecca, vi. 457.
Abulfeda, his account of the splendour of the caliph Moctader, vi. 431. Abulpharagius, primate of the Eastern Ja- cobites, some account of, vi. 62. His encomium on wisdom and learning, 435.
Abundantius, general of the East and pa- tron of the eunuch Eutropius, is dis- graced and exiled by him, iv. 171. Abyla, the fair of, plundered by the Sa- racens, vi. 341.
Abyssinia, the inhabitants of, described, v. 244. Their alliance with the empe- ror Justinian, 245. Ecclesiastical his- tory of, vi. 72. Acacius, bishop of Amida, an uncommon instance of episcopal benevolence, iv. 204.
Achaia, its extent, i. 27.
Acre, the memorable siege of, by the cru- saders, vii 283. Final loss of, 299. Actions, institutes of Justinian respecting, v. 358.
Actium, a review of Roman affairs after the battle of, i. 67.
Adauctus, the only martyr of distinction during the persecution under Diocle- tian, ii. 207.
Adolphus, the brother of Alaric, brings hin a reinforcement of troops, iv. 113. Is made count of the domestics to the new emperor Attalus, 119. Succeeds his brother as king of the Goths, and concludes a peace with Honorius, 136. Adoption, the two kinds of, under the Greek empire, vii. 223. note. Adoration of the Roman emperor, custom
of, and derivation of the term, vii. 21. Adorno, the Genoese governor of Phocæa, conveys Amurath II. from Asia to Europe, viii. 34.
Adrian I. pope, his alliance with Charle- magve against the Lombards, vi. 176. His reception of Charlemagne at Rome 179. Asserts the fictitious donation of Constantine the Great, 182. Adultery, distinctions of, and how punish- ed by Augustus, v. 370. By the Chris- tian emperors, 372.
Alia Capitolina founded on Mount Sion, by Hadrian, ii. 66.
Elius Patus, his Tripartite, the oldest
work of Roman jurisprudence, v. 319. Emilianus, governor of Pannonia and Mæsia, routs the barbarous invaders of the empire, and is declared emperor by his troops, i. 283.
Eneas of Gaza, his attestation of the mi- raculous gift of speech to the Catholic confessors of Tipasa, whose tongues had been cut out, iv. 409. Aneas Sylvius, his account of the imprac- ticability of an European crusade a gainst the Turks, viii. 166. His epi- gram on the destruction of ancient buildings in Rome, 270. note. Era of the world, remarkable epochas in, pointed out, v. 111. note.
Gelalaan, of the Turks, when set- tled, vii. 180.
Aerial tribute, in the Eastern empire, what, v. 76.
Etius, surnamed the Atheist, his charac- ter and adventures, iii. 25. 35. 52. note.
The Roman general under Valen- tinian III. his character, iv. 212. His treacherous scheme to ruin count Bo- niface, 213. Is forced to retire into Pannonia, 224. His invitation of the Huns into the empire, 233. Seizes the administration of the Western empire, 267. His character as given by Rena- tus a cotemporary historian, 268. Em- ploys the Huns and Alani in the de- fence of Gaul, 2C9. Concludes a peace with Theodoric, 273. Raises the siege of Orleans, 283. Battle of Chalons, 286. His prudence on the invasion of Italy by Attila, 295. Is murdered by Valentinian, 301.
Africa, its situation and revolutions, i. 29.
Great revenue raised from, by the Ro- mans, 179. Progress of Christianity there, ii. 127.
Is distracted with religious discord in the time of Constantine the Great, iii. 3. Character and revolt of the Cir- cumcellions, 67. Oppressions of, un- der the government of count Roman- us, 286. General state of Africa, 291. Revolt of count Boniface there, iv.
213. Arrival of Genseric king of the Vandals, 216. Persecution of the Do- natists, 217. Devastations of, by the Vandals, 220. Carthage surprised by Genseric, 225. Persecution of the Ca- tholics, 399.
Expedition of Belisarius to, v. 121. Is recovered by the Romans, 134. The government of, settled by Justin- ian, 135. Revolt of the troops there,
under Stoza, 249. Devastation of the war, 252.
Invasion of, by the Saracens, vi. 372. Conquest of, by Akbah, 377. Decline and extinction of Christianity there, 403. Revolt and independence of the Saracens there, 460. Aglabites, the Saracen dynasty of, vi. 460. Agiae, a Roman lady, patronises St. Bo- niface, ii. 208.
Agricola, review of his conduct in Bri- tain, i. 5.
Agriculture, great improvement of, in the
western countries of the Roman em- pire, i. 59. State of, in the Eastern empire, under Justinian, v. 63.
Ajax, the sepulchre of, how distinguish- ed, ii. 226.
Aiznadin, battle of, between the Sara- cens and the Greeks, vi. 332. Abbah, the Saracen, his exploits in Afri- ca, vi. 377.
rani, occasion of these people invading Asia, i. 363. Conquest of, by the Huns, iii. 335. Join the Goths who had emi- grated into Thrace, 355. See Goths, and l'andals.
Alaric, the Goth, learns the art of war
under Theodosius the Great, iii. 442. Becomes the leader of the Gothic re- volt, and ravages Greece, iv. 31. He escapes from Stilicho, 35. Is appoint- ed master general of the Eastern Illy- ricum, 36. His invasion of Italy, 39. Is defeated by Stilicho at Pollentia, 44. Is driven out of Italy, 48. Is, by trea- ty with Honorius, declared master ge. neral of the Roman armies throughout the præfecture of Illyricum, 69. His pleas and motives for marching to Rome, 82. Encamps under the walls of that city, 84. Accepts a ransom, and raises the siege, 111. His negoti ations with the emperor Honorius, 113. His second siege of Rome, 117. Places Attalus on the imperial throne, 119. Degrades him, 121. Seizes the city of Rome, 123. His sack of Rome compared with that by the emperor Charles V. 131. Retires from Rome, and Ravages Italy, 133. His death and burial, 135.
Alaric II. king of the Goths, his over- throw by Clovis king of the Franks,
Alberic, the son of Marozia, his revolt, and government of Rome, vi. 209. Albigeois of France, persecution of, vii. 62.
Alboin, king of the Lombards, his histo ry, v.382. His alliance with the Avars against the Gepidæ, 384. Reduces the
Gepida, 385. He undertakes the con- quest of Italy, 386. Overruns what is now called Lombardy, 389. Assumes the regal title there, 390. Takes Pa- via, and makes it his capital city, ib. Is murdered at the instigation of his queen Rosamond, 391.
Alchemy, the books of, in Egypt, destroy-
ed by Diocletian, i. 411.
Aleppo, siege and capture of, by the Sa- racens, vi. 350. Is recovered by the Greeks, 466. Is taken and sacked by Tamerlane, viii. 13.
Alexander III. pope, establishes the papal election in the college of cardinals, viii. 197.
Alexander, archbishop of Alexandria, ex- communicates Arius for his heresy, iii.
Alexander Severus, is declared Cæsar by the emperor Elagabalus, i. 165. Is raised to the throne, 167. Examina- tion into his pretended victory over Artaxerxes, 234. Shewed a regard for the Christian religion, ii. 185. Alexandria, a general massacre there, by order of the emperor Caracalla, i. 152. The city described, 315. Is ruined by ridiculous intestine commotions, 316. By famine and pestilence, 317. Is besieged and taken by Diocletian, 409. The Christian theology reduced to a systematical form in the school of, ii. 124. Number of martyrs who sufier. ed there in the persecution by Decius, 170.
The theological system of Plato taught in the school of, and received by the Jews there, iii. 8. Questions concerning the nature of the trinity, agitated in the philosophical and chris- tian schools of, 11. 16. History of the archbishop St. Athanasius, 37. Out- rages attending his expulsion and the establishment of his successor, George of Cappadocia, 54. The city distract- ed by pious factions, 60. Disgraceful life and tragical death of George of Cappadocia, 163. Restoration of A- thanasius, 167. Athanasius banished by Julian, 168. Sulfers greatly by an earthquake, 312.
History of the temple of Serapis there, iii. 461. This temple, and the famous library, destroyed by bishop Theophilus, 463.
Is taken by Amrou the Saracen, vi. 363. The famous library destroy- ed, 366.
Alexius Angelus, his usurpation of the Greek empire, and character, vii. 311. Flies before the crusaders, 328.
Alexius 1. Comnenus, emperor of Constan- tinople, vi. 131. New titles of dignity invented by him, vii. 19. Battle of Durazzo, 132. Solicits the aid of the emperor Henry III. 136.
Solicits the aid of the Christian princes against the Turks, vii. 195. His suspicious policy on the arrival of the crusaders, 220. Exacts homage from them, 222. Profits by the suc- cess of the crusaders, 256. Alexius II. Comnenus, emperor of Con- stantinople, vi. 138.
Alexius Strategopulus, the Greek general, retakes Constantinople from the La- tins, vii. 375.
Alexius, the son of Isaac Angelus, his es- cape from his uncle, who had deposed his father, vii. 312. His treaty with the crusaders for his restoration, 322. Restoration of his father, 332. His death, 337.
Alfred sends an embassy to the shrine of St. Thomas in India, vi. 57. Algebra, by whom invented, vi. 438. Ali, joins Mahomet in his prophetical mission, vi. 264. His heroism, 277.. His character, 294. Is chosen caliph of the Saracens, 296. Devotion paid at his tomb, 301. His posterity, 302. Aligern, defends Cumæ, for his brother Teias, king of the Goths, v. 278. Is reduced, 279.
Allectus murders Carausius, and usurps
Allemanni, the origin and warlike spirit of, i. 290. Are driven out of Italy by the senate and people, 291. Invade the empire under Aurelian, 332. Are totally routed, 334. Gaul delivered from their depredations by Constan- tius Chlorus, 407.
Invade and establish themselves in Gaul, ii. 369. Are defeated at Stras- burgh by Julian, 374. Are reduced by Julian in his expeditions beyond the Rhine, 380. Invade Gaul under the emperor Valentinian, iii. 269. Are re- duced by Jovinus, 271. And chastised by Valentinian, 273.
Are subdued by Clovis king of the Franks, iv. 423.
Alp Arslan, sultan of the Turks, his reign,
vii. 170. Alypius, governor of Britain, is commis-
sioned by the emperor Julian to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem, iii. 149. Amala, king of the Goths, his high credit among them, i. 274.
Amalasontha, queen of Italy, her history and character, v. 148. Her death, 151.
Amalphi, description of the city, and its commerce, vii. 123.
Amazons, improbability of any society of, i. 349. note.
Ambition, reflections on the violence, and various operations of that passion, vi. 149. Ambrose, St. composed a treatise on the trinity, for the use of the emperor Gra- tian, iii. 387. note. His birth and pro- motion to the archbishopric of Milan, 412. Opposes the Arian worship of the empress Justina, 413. Refuses obedience to the Imperial power, 417. Controls the emperor Theodosius, 433. 434. Imposes penance on Theodosius for his cruel treatment of Thessalonica, 435. Employed his influence over Gratian and Theodosius, to inspire them with maxims of persecution, 449. Opposes Symmachus, the advocate for the old Pagan religion, 455. Com. forts the citizens of Florence with a dream, when besieged by Radagaisus, iv. 58.
Amida, siege of, by Sapor king of Persia, ii. 364. Receives the fugitive inhabi- tants of Nisibis, iii. 229. Is besieged and taken by Cabades king of Persia, v. 99.
Amir, prince of Ionia, his character and passage into Europe, vii. 474. Ammianus the historian, his religious cha- racter of the emperor Constantius, iii. 34. His remark on the enmity of Christians toward each other, 70. His account of the fiery obstructions to re- storing the temple of Jerusalem, 151. His account of the hostile contest of Damasus and Ursinus for the bishopric of Rome, 268. Testimony in favor of his historical merit, 373. His charac- ter of the nobles of Rome, iv. 92. Ammonius, the mathematician, his mea. surement of the circuit of Rome, iv. 106.
Ammonius, the monk of Alexandria, his martyrdom, vi. 15.
Amorium, siege and destruction of, by the caliph Motassem, vi. 452. Amphilocus, bishop of Iconium, gains the favour of the emperor Theodosius by an orthodox bon mot, iii. 396. Amphitheatre at Rome, a description of, i. 388. viii. 274.
Amrou, his birth and character, vi. 357. His invasion and conquest of Egypt, 358. His administration there, 369. His description of the country, 370. Amurath I. sultan of the Turks, his reign, vii. 478.
Amurath II. sultan, his reign and cha- racter, viii. 99.
Anachorets, in monkish history, described iv. 387.
Anacletus, pope, his Jewish extraction, viii. 207.
Anastasius I. marries the empress Ari- adne, v. 5. His war with Theodoric, the Ostrogoth king of Italy, 18. His œconomy celebrated, 72. His long wall from the Propontis to the Euxine, 93. Is humbled by the Catholic cler- gy, vi. 38. Anastasius II. emperor of Constantino- ple, vi. 92. His preparations of de- fence against the Saracens, 413. Anastasius, St. his brief history and mar- tyrdom, v. 456 note.
Anatho, the city of, on the banks of the Euphrates, described, iii. 190. Andalusia, derivation of the name of that province, vi. 385. note.
Andronicus, president of Lybia, excom- municated by Synesius bishop of Pto- lemais, ii. 430, 431.
Andronicus Comnenus, his character, and first adventures, vi. 138. Seizes the empire of Constantinople, 146. His unhappy fate, 148.
Andronicus the elder, emperor of Constan-
tinople, his superstition, vii. 423. His war with his grandson, and abdication, 428.
Andronicus the younger, emperor of Con-
stantinople, his licentious character, vii. 425. His civil war against his grandfather, 427. His reign, 430. Is vanquished and wounded by sultan Or- chan, 472. His private application to pope Benedict of Rome, viii. 43. Angora, battle of, between Tamerlane and Bajazet, viii. 17.
Aniamus, bishop of Orleans, his pious anxiety for the relief of that city when besieged by Attila the Hun, iv. 280. Anician family at Rome, brief history of, iv. 87.
Anne Comnena, character of her history" of her father, Alexius I. emperor of Constantinople, vi. 131. Her conspi- racy against her brother John, 133. Anthemius, emperor of the West, his de- scent and investiture by Leo the Great iv. 339. His election confirmed at Rome, 340. Is killed in the sack of Rome by Ricimer, 356. Anthemius, præfect of the East, charac- ter of his administration, in the minor- ity of the emperor Theodosius the younger, iv. 194.
Anthemius the architect, instances of his
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