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empires, vi. 295. The metropolis of the Theme of Lombardy, 297. Taken by Robert Guiscard, 317. Barlaam, a Calabrian monk, his dispute with the Greek theologians about the light of mount Thabor, vii. 106. His embassy to Rome, from Andronicus the younger, 204. His literary character, 245. His death. 249.

Barmecides, extirpated by Harun al Ravhid, vi. 152.

Barmicelli, tribune of Rome, vii. 415. Barsumas, the monk, his violence at the council of Ephesus, v. 228, note. Bartholemy, Peter, inventor of the "Holy Lance," vi. 451.

Bartolus, chimed the sovereignty of the earth for the emperor of the West, v. 434. Basil, council of, víi. 223, 238.

Basil I. the Macedonian, emperor of Constantinople, v. 316. Reduces the Pauli cians, vi. 245. His death, v. 320. His Basilics, or code of laws, v. 321; vi. 182. His alliance with Louis, great-grandson of Charlemagne, vi. 295.

Basil II. emperor of Constantinople, v. 329. His great wealth, vi. 195. His inhuman treatment of the Bulgarians, vi. 261. His death, v. 330.

Basil, archbishop of Cæsarea, his canonical
epistle, ii. 330, note. No evidence of
his having been persecuted by the em-
peror Valens, iii. 87. Insults his friend
Gregory Nazianzen, under the appear-
ance of promotion, 223. The father of
the monks of Pontus, iv. 112.
Basil, a monk burnt at Constantinople for
heresy, vi. 247.

Basil, St. the monks of, vii. 245.
Basilacius, a Roman general, who com-

manded against Alp Arslan, vi. 374. Basilidians, a Gnostic sect, ii. 17. Basiliscus, brother of the empress Verina,

is intrusted with the command of the armament sent against the Vandals in Africa, iv. 81. His fleet destroyed by Genseric, 82. His promotion to the empire, and death, 246.

Bassianus, the first name of the emperor Caracalla, i. 163,

Bassianus, high priest of the sun, his parentage, i. 180. Is proclaimed emperor at Emesa, 181. See Elagabalus. Bassianus, brother-in-law to Constantine, revolts against him, i. 508. Is put to death, 508.

Bassora, its foundation and situation, vi. 13. Bastarne, a Barbarian tribe, i. 309. Batavians, serve as horse-guards in the army of Pertinax, i. 134, note. Revolt under Civilis, 295. Punished by Valen tinian for losing their standard, iii. 93. Their island, i. 296, note, iv. 15, note. Baths, public, of Rome, described, iii. 419. Batue, reception of the emperor Julian there, iii li. The name explained, 11.

Balou, his invason of Europe, vii. 122. Retreats, 131.

Battles.

Aiznadin, vi. 28.
Angora, vii. 177.
Arenola, vi. 304.
Argentaria, iii. 181.
Ascalon, vi. 460.
Beder, v. 496.
Benevento, vii. 70.
The Bosphorus, vii.
314.
Cadesia, vi. 10.
Cannæ, vi. 304, 307.
Casilinum, iv. 532.
Ceramio, vi. 321.
Chalons, i. 370; iii.
95; iv. 21.
Chrysopolis, i. 520.
Cibalis, i. 509.
Cossova, vii, 149.
Crotona, vi. 297.
Dara, iv. 364.
Decimus, iv. 374.
Dorylæum, vi. 441.
Durazzo, vi. 330.
Fano, i. 366.
Guadalete, or Xeres,
vi. 92.

Hadrianople, i. 518,
iii. 185.
Honain, v. 502.
Jalula, vi. 13.
Langres, i. 433.
Lignitz, vii. 130.
Lyons, i. 151.
Mardia, i. 510.
Margus, i. 420.
Maronga, iii. 38.

Melitene, v. 139.
Mursa, ií. 286.
Muta, v. 505.
Nacolia, iii. 74.
Naissus, i. 357.
Nehavend, vi. 16.
Netad, iv. 36.
Nicopolis, i. 812
vii. 151.
Nineveh, v. 190.
Ohud, v. 497.
Pavia, i. 367, ii. 289
Placentia, i. 366.
Poitiers, iv. 176.
Pollentia, iii. 352.
Rusium, vii. 16.
Salices, iii. 177.

Saxa Rubra, i. 499.

Singara, ii. 274.

Strasburg, ii, 328, Tagina, iv, 524. Thoulouse, vi. 128. Thyatira, iii. 74. Tolbiac, iv. 163. Tours, vi. 131. Turin, i. 495. Tusculum, vii. 373. Vaccaritia, vi. 304. Verona, i. 497, iii. 356. Vindonissa, i. 433. Viterbo, vii. 373. Vulturnus, iv. 532. Warna, vii. 274. Xeres, or Guada lete, vi. 92. Marsicum, vi. 304. Yermuk, vi. 42. Battle, trial by, abolished in France by St. Louis, and in England, vii. 57, notes." Bavaria, conquered by Charlemagne, v. 410. Invaded by the Hungarians, vi. 269. Guelph, duke of, joins the crusade, 475. Bavarians, derivation of their name, i. 276, note. Occupy portions of Pannonia and

Noricum, iii. 527. Reject the supremacy of the Huns, 550. Their laws, iv. 184. Bayle, on the religion of Ausonius, iii. 211, note. On Augustin's defence of perse cution, 534. Ön Abelard, vii. 352. note. Bears, two kept by Valentinian, iii. 80. Beasts, wild, the variety of, introduced in the public games at Rome, i. 415. Beausobre, M. de, character of his Histoire Critique du Manichéisme, v. 198, note. Becca, the original name of Mecca, v. 442, note; 456, note.

Beder, battle of, v. 496.

Bedoweens of Arabia, their mode of life, v. 439. Bees, remarks on the structure of their

combs and cells, vi. 144, note. Becket, Thomas à. his death, ii. 125, mote. Beitar, Al, of Maiaga, the Arabian botanist vi. 149, note

194.

Bela, prince of Hungary (afterwards Bela | Benefice, in feudal language, explained, tv. III.), affianced to, and separated from, a daughter of Manuel Comnenus. v. 346. Bela IV. king of Hungary, defeated by Batou, vii. 130.

Belenus, tutelar deity of Aquileia, i. 234.
Belfredus, (Belfry, Beffroi), the moveable
tower used in sieges, vi. 440, note.
Belge, of Britain, i. 25.
Belgic Gaul, i. 25.

Belgium, a Tartar name of Mount Imaus, iv. 451, note.

Belgrade (Singidunum), or the White City, v. 155. Its defence by Huniades, vii. 278. Belisarius, his birth and military service as General of the East, iv. 362, and note. Is appointed by Justinian to conduct the African war, 365. Embarkation of his troops, 367. Lands in Africa, 370. Defeats Gelimer, 373. Is received into Carthage, 378. Second defeat of Gelimer, 379. Reduction of Africa, 380. Surrender of Gelimer, 384. Triumphant return of Belisarius to Constantinople, 385. Is declared sole consul, 386. He menaces the Ostrogoths of Italy, 394. He seizes Sicily, 399. Suppresses a revolt in Africa, 400. Invades Italy, 403. Takes Naples, 404. He enters Rome, 407. He is besieged in Rome by the Goths, 408. His vigorous defence, 415. Deposes and banishes pope Sylverius, 418. The siege raised, 420. Causes Constantine, one of his generals, to be killed, 423. Siege of Ravenna, 428. Takes Ravenna by stratagem, 430. Returns to Constantinople, 431. His character and behaviour, 432. Scandalous life of his wife Antonina, 433. His disgrace and submission, 438. Is sent into the East to oppose Chosroes king of Persia, 474. His reception of the Persian ambassadors followed by the retreat of Chosroes, 475. His second campaign in Italy, 506. His ineffectual attempt to raise the siege of Rome, 509. Dissuades Totila from destroying Rome, 512. Recovers the city, 513. His final recall from Italy, 515. Protects Constantinople from the Bulgarians, 539. His disgrace and death, 540. Bellona, worshipped at Comana in Cappadocia and Comana in Pontus, ii. 228, note; vi. 240, note.

Bells, earliest use of them, vi. 25, note.
Belus, tower of, vi. 15, note.
Benacus, the lake, iv. 32, and note.
Bender, vestiges of a Roman road traced
there, i. 6.

Benedict XI. avenges Boniface VIII. by
cursing Anagni, vii. 379.
Benedict XII. pope, his transactions with
Andronicus the younger, vii. 205. His cha-
racter given by Petrarch, 207, and note.
Benedict XIII. a pretender, vii. 427. Ac-
knowledged in Spain, 428. Deposed by
the council of Constance, ib.

Benevento, battle of, between Charles of Anjou, and Mainfroy, vii. 70. Beneventum, Lombard duchy of, v. 118. Not subject to Charlemagne, 409. Anecdotes relating to the siege of, vi. 299. Benjamin, patriarch of the Egyptian Jacobites, vi. 61.

Benjamin of Tudela, his account of the riches of Constantinople, vi. 194. His Travels, ib. note. His description of the emperor Manuel's crown, vii. 59; His visit to Rome, 446, note. The wonders which he saw there, 467, note. Bentivoglio, his Relazione, ii. 349, note. Beran-birig, or Banbury castle, iv. 218, note, Berbers, meaning and origin of the name, iv. 493, note. Barbarians and Barbary derived from it, vi. 84, note.

Berenice, her age, vi. 207.
Berenice, in the province of Cyrene, iv. 68,

note.

Bernard, St., takes no notice of his own miracles, ii. 38, note. His character and influence in promoting the second crusade, vi. 483. His character of the Romans, vii. 351. Attacks Arnold of Brescia, 354.

Bernier, his account of the camp of Aurengzebe, i. 263, note.

Berea, the ancient name of Aleppo. Its early church, ii. 71. Its senate gives the emperor Julian a cold reception, iii. 11. Bertezena, first leader of the Turks, iv. 452.

Bertha, mother of Hugo, king of Italy, vi.

209.

Bertha, his daughter, affianced to Romanus

II. vi. 210.

Berytus, account of the law school estab

lished there, ii. 212. The city destroyed by an earthquake, iv. 549. Bessarion, accompanies the Greek emperor to Italy, vii. 229. Leads the champions of the Greek church in the council, 234. Conforms to that of Rome and is created a cardinal, 236. Remains in Italy, 251. His literary merit, 252. Refuses to be patriarch of Constantinople, 264. Bessas, governor of Rome for Justinian, his rapacity during the siege of that city by Totila the Goth, iv. 508. Occasions the loss of Rome, 511. Leads the assault of Petra, v. 487.

Bessi, minor Goths of Jornandes, iv. 288. note.

Bethel, oriental application of the word and

origin of the Greek Baityla, v. 456, note. Bethlem, the residence of Jerome, iii. 446. Invited the crusaders to send a garrison before they had reached Jerusalem, vi. 456, note.

Bezable, is taken and garrisoned by Sapor king of Persia, ii. 320. Is ineffectually besieged by Constantius, 821.

Bezant, or Byzant, a gold coin, vii. 29, note.
Bibars, or Bondocdar, capture of Antioch
by, vi. 520.

Bible, The, translated into Greek, ii. 3, note.
Into Arabic, v. 461, note.
Bidpay. See Pilpay.

Bindoes, a Sassanian prince, deposes Hor-
mouz king of Persia, v. 146. Puts him
to death, 148.

Bineses, the Persian, enters Nisibis, iii. 53.
Birthright, the least invidious of all human
distinctions, i. 215.

Bishops, among the primitive Christians,
the office of, explained, ii. 50. Instruc
tions given by Paul to Titus, for choosing
them, 51, note. Progress of episcopal
authority, 54. Assumed dignity of epis
copal government, 65. First seen at
Court in the time of Alexander Severus,
137. Number of, at the time of Con-
stantine the Great, 369. Mode of their
election, 370. Their power of ordination,
372. The ecclesiastical revenue of each
diocese how divided, 375. Their power
and social decay coeval, ib. note. Their
civil jurisdiction, 378. Their spiritual
censures, 380. Their legislative assem
blies, 381. Provoke the enmity of Julian,
508, note; 513, note; 520, note. Their
power and rapacity in the time of Theo-
dosius, iii. 282, note. Founded no schools,
414, note. Encouraged Monachism, iv.
107, note; 119, note. Their power in
Gaul and neglect of education, 167 and
note.

Bishops, rural, their rank and duties, ii. 369.
Bisseni, a mixed tribe in Hungary, vi. 273.

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Blacherne, a suburb of Constantinople, ii.
186, note.

Bleda, brother of Attila, iii. 550.
Blemmyes, their revolt against the emperor
Diocletian, i. 435.

Blinding, incapacitated princes for the
throne. Various modes of effecting it, vii.
61, and note.

Blue faction of the circus. Why called
Veneti, iv. 301, and note. Their violence
at Rome repressed by Theodoric, 302.
Patronized at Constantinople by Justinian,
304. Their sedition, 306.
Boadicea, her despair, i. 4.
Boccaccio, his Decameron and his services
in restoring the study of Greek, vii. 247.
Bochara, an early conquest of the Saracens,
vi. 21.

Boethius, the prætorian prefect, killed with
Etius, iv. 38.

Boethius explains the Trinity, ii. 407, note.
His birth and education, iv. 277. His
studies, 279. He is accused of treason,

280. Writes in prison his Consolation of
Philosophy, 281. Is put to death, 282.
his writings translated by Alfred, ib.
Bohemia, named from the Boii, i. 276, note.
First united with Germany by Charle
magne, v. 410.

Bohemond, the son of Robert Guiscard, his
character and military exploits, vi. 333,
423. His route to Constantinople on the
crusade, 429. His flattering reception
by the emperor Alexius Comnenus, 433.
Takes Antioch, and obtains the sovereign-
ty of it, 447. His clandestine return to
the West, 472, and note. His death,
473.

Bolingbroke, Lord, his observation on the
papal encouragement of literature, vii.
255, note.. (See this subject again ad-
verted to, 259, note)

Bolsena or Vulsiniensis, a lake of Etruria,
iv. 398, and note.
Bondocdar. See Bibars.

Boniface, the steward of Agläe, . 262. The
story doubted, 162, note."
Boniface, count, the Roman general under
Valentinian III., his character, iii. 528.
Is betrayed into a revolt by Etius, 529.
Invites the Vandals into Africa, 530.
His repentance, 535. Is besieged in
Hippo Regius by Genseric king of the
Vandals, 537. Returns to Italy, and is
killed by Etius, 540. His supposed me.
dals, ib. note.

Boniface VIII., pope, his violent contest
with Philip the Fair, king of France, and
his character, vi. 378. Institutes the
jubilee, 382.

Boniface, marquis of Montferrat, is chosen
general of the fourth crusade vi. 343.
Urges the expedition against Constanti-
nople, 545. Is made king of Mace
donia, vii. 7. Is killed by the Bulga
rians, 18.

Bonnet of the emperor Baldwin II., vii. 59,
and note.

Bonosus, a general under Aurelian, i. 362,

note. Revolts against Probus, 406
Book, or written law, People of the, an
Arabian designation of Jews, Christians,
and Magians, v. 461, vi. 106, and note.
Borak, a fabulous animal that conveyed
Mahomet, v. 476.

Bordeaux, celebrated by Ausonius, iii. 473,
note.

Borderers, troops of the frontiers, ii. 217.
Borgites, Circassian Mamalukes, vi. 519,
and note.

Borysthenes, its banks occupied by the

Goths, i. 327. Conducted the Russians
to the Euxine. vi 279. Its falls, 281.
Bosphorus, the Cimmerian, i. 328, 332; iij.
410, note.

Bosphorus, the Thracian, the third naval
expedition of the Goths passes through
it, i. 332. Its early history and import.
ance, ii. 177. One of the gates of Cop-

stantinople, 183. Crossed by the first
crusaders, vi. 417. The main body passes
over, 432. Battle on it between the fleets
of Venice and Genoa, vii. 113.
Bosporus, kingdom of, conquered by Trajan,
17. Its early history, 328. Occupied
by the Goths, 329. Its fertility celebrated
by Demosthenes, vii. 110, note. Genoese
settlements and commerce there, 111, 114.
Bosporus, the city of, besieged by the Turks,
iv. 454.

Bostra or Bosra, capital of the Roman
province of Arabia, v. 444, note. Birth-

place of the emperor Philip, i. 243, note.
The emperor Julian's letter to its inha-
bitants, ii. 520, note. Its fair, v. 443. Sy.
riac meaning of its name, vi. 24. Besieged
by the Saracens, ib. Its bells, 25.
Bossuet contrasted with Herodotus, i. 36,
note. His character of England, iii. 214.

note.

Botany, Arabian proficiency in, vi, 149.
Botheric, the imperial general in Thessa
lonica, murdered in a sedition, iii. 254.
Boucicault, marshal, taken at Nicopolis,
vii. 154. Defends Constantinople against
Bajazet, 157. Advises and accompanies
the emperor Manuel's journey into the
West, 158, 213.

Bouillon. See Godfrey.

Boulogne (Gessoriacum), a Roman naval
station, i. 428. Recovered from Carau-
sius by Constantius Chlorus, 431. His
son Constantine meets him there, 474.
The usurper Constantine lands there, iii.
378.

Boursa (Prusa), a city of Bithynia, i. 331.
Its capture by Orchan the commence-
ment of the Ottoman empire, vii. 140.
He makes it his residence, 145. Taken
by Timour's grandson, Mirza, 179.
Bowides, the Persian dynasty of, vi. 175.
Braga, metropolis of the Suevi in Spain, iv.
55, and note.

Brancaleone, senator of Rome, his charac-
ter, vii. 364.

Brandenburg, Vandals said to be remaining
there, iv. 388, note.

Brass and silver, relative value of, among
the Romans, i. 10, note.

Bread, distributed daily to the poor of Rome,
iii. 417, note.

Bremen, burnt by the Hungarians, vi. 269.
Brenckmann, his History of the Pandects
cited, v. 41, note. Dissertations on Amal-
phi, v. 117, note; vi. 318, note.
Breones, a Rhætian tribe, iv. 18, note.

emperor of Constantinople, vii. 24. His
death, 26.

Brienne, Walter de, Duke of Athens, vii. 81.
Brienne, Walter de, his son, titular duke,

constable of France. Killed in the battle
of Poitiers, vii. 81.

Brigantes, a tribe in Britain. War of An-
toninus Pius against them, i. 9. note.
Situated in the North, 25.

Brocquière, Bertrandon de la, his travels,
vii. 222.

Britain, conquest of, by the Romans, i. 4.
Description of, 25. Colonies planted in,
45, note. A colony of Vandals settled
there by Probus, 403. Revolt of Carau-
sius, 428.

whence peopled, iii. 106. Invasions
of, by the Scots and Picts, 109. Is rc-
stored to peace by Theodosius, 112.
revolt of Maximus there, 214. Revolt
of the troops there against Honorius, 377.
Is abandoned by the Romans, 475. State
of, until the arrival of the Saxons, 477.

descent of the Saxons on, iv. 213.
Establishment of the heptarchy, 215.
Wars in, 216. Saxon devastation of the
country, 223. Questioned, 223, note.
Manners of the independent Britons, 228.
Description of, by Procopius, 230.

conversion of the Saxons by a mission
from pope Gregory the Great, v. 133. The
doctrine of the Incarnation received there,
253. State of, in the time of Charle
magne, v. 412. See England.

Brosses, President De, his description of the
Euxine, iv. 476, note.

Bruce, cited for Adulis, iv. 317, Mount
Aurasius, 391. The early history of Abys-
sinia, 493. Axume, 495. Tipasa, 501.
The War of the Elephant, v. 463. The
intercourse between the Portuguese and
Abyssinians, 279. The church of Abys-
sinia, 280, 283.

Bruttii, one of the most ancient people in

Italy; the name of Calabria transferred
to their lands, v. 119, note.

Brutus, Marcus, recommended by the em-
peror Marcus Antoninus as a perect
model of Roman virtue, i. 95.

Brutus the Trojan, his colonization of Bri-
tain, now given up by intelligent his
torians, iii. 106, note.

Buccelin, a leader of the Allemanni and
Franks, iv. 531.

Buffaloes, brought into Italy by the Lom.
bards, v. 122, note.

Buffon, his burning mirrors, iv. 329, note.

Brequigny, M. de, his Life of Posthumus, i. Bugia, a seaport of Africa. vi. 78, and note.

323, note.

Bretagne. See Armorica.

Bretons (not Britons), people of Armorica,

iv. 85, note; v. 409, note.

Bretwalda, nature of his authority, iv. 216,
note.

Bridget, St., of Sweden, vii. 421.

Brienne, John of, king of Jerusalem and

Bulgarians, their character, iv. 445. Their
inroads on the eastern empire, 448. In-
vasion of, under Zabergan, 537. Repulsed
by Belisarius, 539.

the kingdom of, destroyed by Basil II.
the Greek emperor, v. 330, vi. 261.

revolt of, from the Greek empire,
submission to the pope of Rome, vi. 632

War under Calo-John, against the Latin
empire of the East, vii. 14.
Bull-feast, in the Coliseum at Rome, de-
scribed, vii. 462.

Bunsen, Chevalier, his chronology of Egypt,
iv. 309, nole.

Burgesses, court of, in Godfrey's Assize of
Jerusalem, vi. 469.

Burgundians, invade the empire and are
repulsed by Probus. i. 399. Occupied
the banks of the Elbe, iii. 98. Advanced
to the Rhine, 99. Origin of their name,
100, note. Formed part of the army of
Radagaisus, 365. Assist the revolt of
Jovinus, 464. Receive from him a grant
of lands in Gaul, on which they perma-
nently settle, 473. Burgundians of the
Rhine, said to be almost exterminated by
Attila, 554, and note. Invaded Belgiumi,
and said to be removed into Savoy, iv, 6.
Said to be in the army of Attila, 14, and
of Etius, 18, and note. Seated near the
lake of Geneva, 163. Extent of their
kingdom. 169. Their war against the
Franks, 171, and final subjugation, 172.
Their intercourse with Theodoric,258, and
note. Form part of the kingdom of Arles.
v. 415.

Burgundy, county of. Introduction of the
vine there, i. 70, and note.

Burnet, character of his Sacred Theory of
the Earth, ii. 33, note.
Burning-glasses, said to have been used by
Archimedes and Proclus, iv. 328. See
Buffon.

Burrampooter, source of that river, vii. 170,

note.

Busentinus, a river of Italy. The grave of
Alaric, iii. 452.

Busiris, in Egypt, destroyed by Diocletian,
i. 436. Mervan defeated there, vi. 136,
and nole.

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Butler's Lives of the Saints, cited, v. 131.
Buzurg Mihir, Buzurdhé Mihr, or Perozes,
obtained the "Fables of Pilpay'
Nushirvan, iv. 468; v. 141, note.
Byron, Lord, his opprobrious designation of
suicides, v. 92, note. His correction of
an error in Gibbon, vii. 5. His description
of Athens, 82. His character of Scan-
derbeg and the Albanians, 284. His
account of the tomb of Metella, 458.
Pompey's statue, 468, all notes.
Byrrhus, the senator, his death, i. 120.
Byzant. See Bezant.
Becantine empire, its limits contracted and

Of

its history tedious, v. 284. Its govern
nent, ceremonies, and officers, vi. 181,
205. Its military force, 212. Tactics, 216.
Literature, 228. Conquered by the La-
tins, 565. Its partition, vii. 5. Recovered
by the Greeks, 34. Finally destroyed by
Mahomet II., 323. List, character, and
editions of its historians, 340, note.
Byzantium, siege of, by the emperor Seve-
rus, i. 153. Is taken by Maximin, 504.

Siege of, by Constantine the Great, 519.
Founded by Byzas and Zeuxippus, ii, 176,
nole. Rebuilt by Pausanias, 177, note.
Its wars, ib. Column of Darius erected
there, ib. Its situation described, io.
See Constantinople.

C.

Caaba, or temple of Mecca, its origin
and antiquity, v. 456, and note. De-
scribed, 458. The Koreish its hereditary
guardians, 462. Attacked by Abreha,
463, and note. Its idols destroyed by
Mahomet, 502. Made the kebla, or point
to which the eyes of the nations are
turned in prayer, 478. Stormed and
polluted by the Carmathians, vi. 169.
Cabades, or Kobad, king of Persia, besieges
and takes Amida, iv. 346. Seizes the
straits of Caucasus, 349. Vicissitudes of
his reign, 461.

Cabul, conquered by Nushirvan, iv. 402.
Cadesia, battle of, between the Saracens
and the Persians, vi. 10.

Cadijah, her marriage with Mahomet, v.
464. Is converted by him to his new
religion, 485. Her death, 488. Maho-
met's veneration for her memory, 516.
Cadiz, built by the Phoenicians, i. 204.
Cacilian, empowered by Constantine to
relieve the churches of Africa, ii. 376.
The peace of the church in Africa
disturbed by him and his party, 389.
Cæcilius, his account of the vision of Con-
stantine the Great, inquired into, ii. 353,

note.

Cacilius, introduced by Aulus Gellius in one
of his colloquies, v. 80, note.
Calestian, senator of Carthage, his distress on
the taking of that city by Genseric, iii. 544.
Casar, Julius, his inducement to the con
quest of Britain, i. 4. Degrades the
senatorial dignity, 79, note. Assumes a
place among the tutelar deities of Rome,
in his life-time, 91. Provoked his fate,
95. His address in appeasing a military
sedition, 198, note. His prudent appli
cation of the coronary gold presented to
him, ii. 243. Lost his sword at the siege
of Gergovia, iv. 138.

Cæsar and Augustus, those titles explained
and discriminated, i. 93.
Cæsarea, capital of Cappadocia, taken by
Sapor king of Persia, i. 339. Constan-
tius receives there Julian's ambassadors,
ii. 475. Taken by Chosroes, v. 171.
Cæsarea, in Palestine, reduced by the Sara.
cens, vi. 50. Yields to the crusaders,
455. Its lord sits in the upper court of
the Assize of Jerusalem, 467. Recovered
from Saladin by Richard of England,
505.

Casarius, son of the duke of Naples, vi. 166
Casars, of the emperor Julian, the philoso
phical fable of that work, iii. 1.

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