Laslianus, Elianus, or Lollianus, one of the
thirty tyrants, i. 343, 357, 369, note.
Leta, widow of the emperor Gratian, re-
lieves the distress of Rome, iii. 424.
Lati, 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.
Laity, 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. Its
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

Laura. See Petrarch.

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,
note.
Lentienses, a tribe of the Allemanni, iii.
180.

Leo of Thrace is made emperor of the East,
by Aspar, iv. 74. The first Christian
potentate crowned by a priest, 74. Coy,

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. His
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, hishop 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.

385.

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, 875.
Encourged the fine arts, 469.
Le 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.
Leonins of Athens, father of the empress
Eudocia, iii. 516.

Leontius is taken from prison, and chosen
emperor, on the deposition of Justinian
11., v. 295. His death 297.

eovigild, Gothic king of Spain, his cha-
racter, iv. 149. Revolt and death of his
son Hermenegild, 151.

the, name of the old castles of the
Bosphorus, under the Greek empire, ii.
179, note.

Leti, Gregorio, his life of Sixtas V., v7L
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,
Y. 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.

Lewis. See Louis.

Leyden (Lugdunum Batavorum) on the
Gallic frontier, 1. 25.

Libanius, the private life of the emperor
Julian described by him, ii. 488, note.
Juhan forbidden to attend his lectures,
505, nole. 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, i.
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 Antioci,
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 commanus
a division of his army in Italy, 519, and
note.

Libertines or treedmen among the Romans,
i. 54; v. 46, 56, note.

Liberty, public, requires vigilant guardians,
i. 78.

Lili, Severus, made emperor by Ricinier,
iv. 69.
Liburni, Liburnæ, Liburnarii, i. 22, and
note, 23; ii. 480, and note; iii. 361, note.
The galleys superseded by Dromones, vi.
204, nole.

Licinius rescued from the seditious soldiers
by Tiridates, i 438. His age, ih, note.
Is invested with the purple by Galerius,
i. 484. Divides the provinces of Galerius
with Maximin, 488. His alliance with
Constantine, 503. Defeats Maximin, 504.
His cruelty, 505. Is deferted by Con-
stantine at Cibalis, 509. And at Mardia,
510. Peace concluded, 511. Second
civil war with Constantine, 516. His hu-
miliation, and death, 521.

concurred in the edict of Milan, ii.
342. Violated this engagement, 347. His
alleged vision, 354.

Licinius, the Younger, declared Cæsar, i.
511. Put to death, ii. 253.
Liegemen, or Ligii, distinguished from
vassalli, vii. 108, note.

Lieutenant, imperial, his office and rank, i.

83.

Lightning, superstition of the Romans
with reference to persons and places
struck with, i. 412. Proposal to direct it
against the camp of the Goths, iii. 425.
Lignite, victory of the Moguls at, vii.
130.

Lilius, ambassador from Phocas to Persia,
v. 169.

Lilybaum, in Sicily, claimed by Justinian,
iv. 394, and note; 398.
Limigantes, Sarmatian slaves, expel their
masters, and usurp possession of their
country, ii. 265. Their extinction by
Constantius, 313.
Linen, said to have been unknown to Au-
gustus, iii. 405, and note.
Literature, diffused by Roman conquest, i.
75. First symptoms of its decline, 76, and
note. Flourishes in the age of military
virtue, 316. Its decline in the time of
Diocletian, 467. In the reign of Theo-
dosius, iii. 307, note. Revival of, in Italy,
vii. 244. Ancient, use and abuse of, 258.
See Greek and Latin.
Lithuania, its late conversion to Chris-
tianity, vi. 292.

Litorius, count, is defeated and taken pri-
soner in Gaul by Theodoric, iv. 7.
Littoris Saxonici Comes, supposed to have
been stationed on the isle of Mersey, ii.
227, note.

Liturgy, Roman, arranged by pope Gregory,
v. 132.

Liutprand. See Luitprand.
Locusts. See Harpies.

Logos, Plato's doctrine of the, ii. 892. Is
expounded by St. John the evangelist,
393. Athanasius confesses himself unable
to comprehend it, 400. Controversies on
The eternity of, 404 Belis:ed by Julian

to be typified or represented by the sun
513, and note.

Logothete, great, his office under the Greek
emperors, vi.

Lollianus. See Lalianus.
Lombards, their conversion from Arianism,
iv. 153. Their name, and history, 443.
Are employed by the emperor Justinian
to check the Gepidæ, 444. Their king
Alboin, v. 97. They reduce the Gepidae,
100. Overrun that part of Italy now
called Lombardy, 104. Extent of their
kingdom, 118. Language and manners,
119. Government and laws, 125. At-
tack Rome, 382.

Lombardy, the country afterwards so called,
was peopled by Gauls (Celts), and not
considered a part of Italy, i. 26. Ra-
vaged by Attila, iv. 27. Conquered by
the Lombards, and receives its name
from them, v. 104. Enjoys under them
a mild and equitable government, 127.
Is conquered by Charlemagne, v. 386.
Lombardy, the Greek Theme or province
so called in the South of Italy, vi. 297.
Conquered by the Normans, 318.
London, the seat of a treasury under the
Romans, ii. 227, note. Described by
Chalcocondylas, vii. 218, and note.
Longinus, the philosopher, his represen
tation of the degeneracy of his age, i. 77.
Educated Zenobia, 372. Is put to death
by Aurelian, 278.

Longinus, supersedes Narses, as exarch of
Ravenna, v. 102. Receives Rosamond,
the fugitive queen of the Lombards,
107.

Longinus, brother of the emperor Zeno,
rebels against Anastasius in Isauria, iv.
341.

Loria, Roger de, his naval exploits, vii. 76
Lothaire I. emperor of the West, v. 414.
Lothaire, a leader of the Allemanni, invades
Italy, iv. 531. His death, 532.
Louis VII. of France is rescued from the
Greeks by George, admiral of Sicily, vi.
346. Undertakes the second crusade,
474. His disastrous expedition, 480.
Louis IX. of France, his crusades to the
Holy Land, vi. 515. His death, 518.
Purchased the crown of thorns and other
relics, from Baldwin II., vii. 30. Is de-
clared the first father of the royal line in
France, 45.

Louis XVI. applies personally to himself a
passage in Gibbon's history, iv. 238, nole
Louis. See Lewis.

Lublin destroyed by the Moguls, vii. 129.
Lucan, his panegyric on Cæsar, i. 149, note.
Lucca, besieged and taken by Narses, iv.
530.

Lucian, his satires on the heathen mytho

logy, i. 38. The only original genius of
Lis age, 76.

Luias, count of the East, his cruel treat
ment by Rufinus, iii. 313.

the body of St. Stephen, iii. 301.

Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, ii. 437.
Larilla, sister of the emperor Commodus,
attempts his assassination, i. 115.
Lilla, a matron of Carthage, purchased
the bishopric for her servant, ii. 141, note.
Lucillian, defends Nisibis, in. 276. Taken
prisoner by Julian, 481. Appointed by
his son-in-law Jovian to command in
Gaul, is massacred at Rheims, ii. 62.
Lucius II. and III. popes, their disasters,
VIL 350.

Lucius, successor of Athanasius at Alex-
andria, iii. 86.

Lucrine lake, its destruction, iii. 409, note.
Lucullan villa in Campania, iv. 100.
Ludwig, Johann Peter Von, his Life of
Justinian and other works, iv. 543, note.
Lugdunum. See Lyons and Leyden.
Luitprand, or Liutprand, king of Lombardy,
submits to Gregory II. at the gates of
Rome, v. 382. Takes Ravenna, 383.
Luitprand, or Liutprand, bishop of Cre-
mona, his character of the Romans, v,
381. His embassy to Constantinople, vi.
185. Describes the ceremonies of the
court, 204, 261, note.

Luke, St., his relics conveyed to Constan-
tinople, iii. 298. Called a painter, was
probably a physician, v. 365.
Lupercalia, the festival, continued under
the Christian emperors, abolished by
pope Gelasius, iv. 78.

Lupicinus, sent by Julian into Britain, ii.
467. Imprisoned, 473. Brings the legions
of Syria to assist Valens, iii. 73. Governor
of Thrace oppresses the Goths, 171.
Provokes them to hostilities, 173. Is de-
feated by them, 173.

Lupus, patron saint of Troyes, iv. 15.
Lusatia, some of its villages still inhabited
by Vandals, or more properly Wenden,
iv. 388, and note.

Lusitania, a Spanish province, i. 24. Con-
quered by the usurper Constantine, iii.
380. Occupied by the Alani, 448.
Lustral contribution. See Income.
Lustrum conditum, iii. 398, note.
Lutetia Parisiorum, now Paris, the winter
residence of Julian, ii. 837, and note.
Luther, his character as a reformer, vi. 251.
Differed from Calvin on the Eucharist, vi.
251.

Luxury, corrects the unequal distribution
of property, i. 71.

Lychnidus, or Achrida (now Ochrida) chief
town of the Bulgarians, vi. 257, and note.
Treasure found there by Basil II., 262.
Its lake the eastern boundary of Scan-
derbeg's principality, vii. 282, note.
Lycia, a Roman province, i. 29. The native
country of Tatian, degraded by Rufinus,
from its provincial rank, iii. 311.
Lycus, the river that flows into the harbour
of Constantinople, ïï, 179.

docia, complains of Justinian, iv. 321.
note. Lost his office by the disuse of
Latin, vi. 225, note.

Lygians, a German nation, i. 400.
Lyons, the ancient Lugdunum, gave its
name to a province of Gaul, i. 25, 65.
The Celtic language used there in the
third century, 47, note. Clodius Albinus
defeated there by Severus, 151. Adheres
to Tetricus and is taken by Aurelian,
$71. Irenæus, its bishop, ii. 36.
Its
Martyrs, 75, note; 97, note; 119, note.
Gratian assassinated there, iii, 216.
Taken by Clovis, iv. 171. Threatened by
Abderame, vi. 129. See Councils.

M

Macarius, patriarch of Antioch, condemned
as a heretic, v. 252. His zeal, 267.
Macedonia, a female attendant on the wife
of Belisarius, iv. 434.
Macedonia, former
province, i. 28.
empire, iii. 194.
500, and note.

kingdom of, a Roman
Added to the Eastern
Descent of its kings, ii.
Forms a kingdom for
Boniface, marquis of Montferrat, vii. 5,
nole, 7.

Macedonians, a sect in the East, iii. 228.
Macedonius II., bishop of Constantinople,
banished by Anastasius, v. 238.
Macedonius, Arian bishop of Constantinople,
his contests with Paul, ii. 419. Removes
the body of the emperor Constantine to
the church of St. Acacius, 450. Perse-
cutes the Catholics and Novatians, 452.
Macellum, the castle in which Julian was
educated, ii. 294, 505, note.

Macepracta, its wall the boundary of As-
syria, iii. 19.

Macrianus, prætorian prefect under Va-
lerian, his character, i. 337.

Macrianus, a prince of the Allemanni, his
alliance with Valentinian, iii. 100.
Macrinus, his succession to the empire pre-
dicted, i. 175. Accelerates the comple-
tion of the prophecy, 175. Purchases
peace with Parthia, 262. His attempt to
regulate the army, 178. His death, 182.
Madayn. See Ctesiphon.

Madras, the shrine of St. Thomas supposed
to have been in its neighbourhood, v. 262.
Macenas, his advice to Augustus, i. 48.; ii.
137, note.

Mæonius of Palmyra assassinates his uncle
Odenathus, i. 373.

Magi, in Persia, corruption of their religion.
i. 250. Its reformation by a general
council, 252. Their doctrine of the two
principles, 253. Moral duties inculcated,
256. Power and wealth of the Magi, 258.
Their intolerance, 260, 439 They pre-
dict the birth of Sapor, ii. 270. Were a
numerous family, 872, note. Their doc
trines blended with Christianity by the

Mauicheans, $87. After the conquest of
Persia, retired into Arabia, v. 460 Their
fall, vi. 106. Ghebers or fire-worshippers
a remnant of them, 108.
Magic, resorted to by Didius Julianus, i.
146. A favourite study of Severus, 163.
Its origin and influence, 259, and notes.
Prevailing belief in it, ii. 82, note. Con.
demned by Valentinian and Valens, iii.
75. Made subservient to the purposes of
the pagan Neo-Platonists, 78, note. Dif
ference between ancient and later magic,
v. 126, note.

Magistrates, civil in Rome, had learned

toleration from philosophy, i. 39. Their
titles carefully assumed by Augustus
and his successors, under whom the or-
dinary magistrates languish in obscurity,
88. Those titles laid aside in the time of
Diocletian, 454. Education, rank and
jurisdiction of the civil magistrates under
Constantine, ii. 212. Their jurisdiction
abolished in the time of the republic, by
appeals to the people, v. 88. Restored,

89.

Magnaura, a palace at Constantinople, in
which Cæsar Bardas established a college,
vi. 229.

Magnentius assumes the empire in Gaul, ii.
279. Puts Constans to death, 280. Sends
an embassy to Constantius, 81. His
proposals rejected, 282. Is defeated at
the battle of Mursa, 286. Takes flight,
288. Kills himself, 291.

Magnesia ad Maandrum, now Guzelhissar,
i. 66, note, vii. 53, note.
Magnesia ad Sipylum, now Manissa, the
obsequies of Theodore Lascaris II., solem-
nized in its cathedral, vii. 53, and note.
Besieged by the Catalans, 77. Gave its
name to the magnet, 142, note. Amurath
II. retires there, 267.

Magnus, put to death by Maximin, i. 220.
Magyars. See Hungarians.

Mahadi, or the Guide, the last of the
Imams, v. 530.

Mahmud, the Gaznevide, his twelve expe-
ditions into Hindostan, vi. 358. His cha-
racter, 362.

Mahomet, introduced the fable of the Seven
Sleepers in the Koran, iii. 546, and note.
His letters to Heraclius and Chosroes, v.
175, and note. His genealogy, birth, and
education, 462. His person and character,
465. Assumed his prophetic character,
468. Inculcated the unity of God, 468.
His reverential mention of Jesus Christ,
472. His Koran, 473. His miracles, 475.
His precepts, 477. His hell and para-
dise, 481. The best authorities for his
history, 484, note. Converts his own
family, 485. Preaches publicly at Mecca,
485. Escapes from the Koreishites there,
488. Is received as prince of Medina,
489. His regal dignity, and sacerdotal
office, 491. Declares war against infidels,

492. Battle of Beder, 496. Battle of
Ohud, 497. Subdues the Jews of Arabia,
498. Submission of Mecca to him, 501.
He conquers Arabia, 502. His sickness
and death, 509. His character, 510. His
private life, 513. His wives, 514. His
children, 516. His posterity, 526. The
spread and permanency of his religion,
533, vi. 6, note.

Mahomet I., the son of Bajazet, vii. 193.
Mahomet II., sultan, the castles on the Bos-
phorus strengthened by him, ii. 179. His
alleged mutilation of the serpentine pillar
in the Hippodrome, 190, note; vü. 328, and
note. His wars with Scanderbeg, 281, 282.
His character, 288. His reign, 291. Indica-
tions of his hostile intentions against the
Greeks, 293. He besieges Constanti-
nople, 301. Takes the city by storm, 323.
His entry into the city, 328. Makes it
his capital, 331. Conquers the Morea,
334. Trebizond, 336. His death, 340.
Mahometanism, its tolerant spirit, vi. 104.
Propagation, 105.

Mahometans gave the name of idolaters to
Christian image-worshippers, v. 365, and
note,

Mainfroy, or Manfred, king of the Two

Sicilies, defeated and slain by Charles of
Anjou, vii. 70.

Mainotes, a tribe in the Morea, vi. 190, and
note.

Majesty, the crime of, applied by the em-
perors to themselves as tribunes, i. 108,

note.

Majorca submits to Belisarius, iv. 380. See
Balearic Isles.

Majorian, his history, character, and eleva-
tion to the western empire, iv. 58. Hia
epistle to the senate, 59. His salutary
laws, 60. His preparations to invade
Africa, 64. His fleet destroyed by Gen-
seric, 67. His death, 68.

Majo, great admiral of Sicily, vi. 352.
Majorinus, the bishopric of Carthage pur-

chased for him by Lucilla, ii. 141, note.
His contest with Cæcilian, 389.
Malabar, early Christians on its coast, v.
259, 262. Persecuted by the Portug ca
as heretics, 263.

Malak Rodosaces, chief of the tribe of
Gassan, iii. 19.

Malalas, John, his chronicle, ii. 546, nct.
Its date, iv. 289, note.
Malarich refuses the command in Gaal
offered him by Jovian, iii. 62.
Malasontha. Se Mathasuintha.
Malaterra, his character of the Normans,
vi. 308.

Malazkerd, Mezicertum, now Malaskert, an

Armenian fortress, vi. 373, and note.
Maldives, Indian islands, ii. 366, note.
Malek Shah, sultan of the Turks, his pros
perous reign, vi. 380. Reforms the east-
ern calendar, 382. His death, 384.
Mallius Theodorus, his civil honours, ii. 218