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Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, his history
and martyrdom, ii. 170.
Cyprus, the kingdom of, bestowed on the
house of Lusignan, by Richard I. of
England, vii. 310.

Cyrene, the Greek colonies there finally
exterminated by Chosroes II. king of
Persia, v. 455.

Cyriades, an obscure fugitive, is set up by
Sapor the Persian monarch, as empe-
ror of Rome, i. 303.

Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, his pompous
relation of a miraculous appearance of
a celestial cross, iii. 34. His ambiguous
character, iii. 147

Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria, his life
and character, vi. 12. Condemns the
heresy of Nestorius, 19. Procures the
decision of the council of Ephesus
against Nestorius, 21. His court in-
trigues, 23.

Cyzicus, how it escaped destruction from
the Goths, i. 298. Is at length ruined
by them, ib. The island and city of,
seized by the usurper Procopius, iii.

248.


Dacia, conquest of, by the emperor Tra-
jan, i. 6. Its situation, 26. Îs over-run
by the Goths, 276. Is resigned to them
by Aurelian, i. 330.

Demons, supposed to be the authors and
objects of Pagan idolatry, by the pri-
mitive Christians, ii. 72.
Dagisteus, general of the Emperor Justi-
nian, besieges Petra, v. 237. Com-
mands the Huns in Italy, under Nar-
ses, 273.

Diambert, archbishop of Pisa, installed
patriarch of Jerusalem, vii. 248.
Dalmatia described, i. 26. Produce of a
silver mine there, 180 note.
Dalmatius, nephew of Constantine the
Great, is created Cæsar, ii. 300. Is sent
to govern the Gothic frontier, 301. Is
crue.ly destroyed by Constantius, 311.
Damascus, siege of, by the Saracens, vi.
331. The city reduced both by storm
and by treaty, 337. Remarks on
Hughes's tragedy of this siege, 339.
note. Taken and destroyed by Tamer-
lane, viii. 15.

Damasus, bishop of Rome, edict of Va-
lentinian addressed to him, to restrain
the crafty avarice of the Roman cler-
gy, iii. 265. His bloody contest with
Ursinus for the episcopal dignity, 267.

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Damophilus, archbishop of Constantino-
ple, resigns his see, rather than sub-
scribe the Nicene creed, iii. 401.
Dandalo, Henry, doge of Venice, his
character, vii. 317. Is made despot of
Romania, 352.

Daniel, first bishop of Winchester his in-
structions to St. Boniface, for the con-
version of infidels, iv. 395.
Danielis, a Grecian matron, her presents
to the emperor Basil, vii. 11. Her visit
to him at Constantinople, 17. Her tes-
tament, ibid.

Danube, course of the river, and the pro-
vinces of, described, i. 25.
Daphne, the sacred grove and temple of,
at Antioch, described, iii. 158. Is con-
verted to Christian purposes by Gallus,
and restored to the Pagans by Julian,
160. The temple burned, 161.
Dara, the fortifications of, by Justinian,
described, v. 100. The demolition of,
by the Persians, prevented by peace,
221. Is taken by Chosroes king of
Persia, 422.

Darius, his scheme for connecting the con-

tinents of Europe and Asia, ii. 222.
Darkness, præternatural, at the time of
the passion, is unnoticed by the heath-
en philosophers and historians, ii. 136.
Dastagerd, the Persian royal seat of, plun- `
dered by the emperor Heraclius, v.475.
Datianus, governor of Spain, yields rea-
dy obedience to the Imperial edicts a-
gainst the Christians, iì. 205.
Datius, bishop of Milan, instigates the
revolt of the Ligurians to Justinian, v.
174. Escapes to Constantinople on the
taking of Milan by the Burgundians,

180.

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Delators, are encouraged by the emperor
Commodus, to gratify his hatred of the
senate, i. 98. Are suppressed by Per-
tinax, 112.

i.

Delphi, the sacred ornaments of the tem-
ple of, removed to Constantinople by
Constantine the Great, ii. 233. note.
Democracy, a form of government unfa-
vourable to freedom in a large state,
38.
Demosthenes, governor of Cæsarea, his
gallant defence against, and heroic es-
sape from, Sapor king of Persia, i. 305.
Deogratias, bishop of Carthage, humane-
ly succours the captives brought from
Rome by Genseric king of the Van-
dals, iv. 312.

Derar, the Saracen, his character, vi. 333.
Desiderius, the last king of the Lombards,
conquered by Charlemagne, vi. 176.
Despot, nature of that title in the Greek
empire, vii. 19.

Despotism originates in superstition, i.

251. note.

Diadem assumed by Diocletian, what,
i. 431.

His

Diamonds, the art of cutting them, un-
known to the ancients, i. 182. note.
Didius Juliamus purchases the Imperial
dignity at a public auction, i. 120.
Dioceses of the Roman empire, their
number and government, ii. 252.
Diocletian, the manner of his military
election to the empire, i. 392
birth and character, 394. Takes Ma-
ximian for his colleague, 396. Asso-
ciates as Cæsars, Galerius, and Con-
stantius Chlorus, 398. His triumph
in conjunction with Maximian, 424.
Fixes his court at the city of Nicome-
dia, 426. Abdicates the empire, 435.
Parallel between him and the emperor
Charles V. ibid. Passes his life in re-
tirement at Salona, 437. His impar-
tial behaviour towards the Christians,
ii. 191. Causes that produced the per-
secution of the Christians under his
reign, 193.

Dion Cassius the historian, screened from

the fury of the soldiers, by the emperor
Alexander Severus, i. 174.
Dioscorus, patriarch of Alexandria, his
outrageous behaviour at the second
council of Ephesus, vi. 28. Is deposed
by the council of Chalcedon, 32.
Disabul, great khan of the Turks, his
reception of the ambassadors of Justi-
nian, v. 211.
Divorce, the liberty and abuse of, by the

VOL. VIII.

Roman laws, v. 343. Limitations of,
345.

Docetes, their peculiar tenets, iii. 10. vi.
5. Derivation of their name, iii. 11.

note.

Dominic, St. Loricatus, his fortitude in
flagellation, vii. 203.

Dominus, when this epithet was applied
to the Roman emperors, i. 430.
Domitian, emperor, his treatment of his
kinsmen Flavius Sabinus, and Flavius
Clemens, ii. 161.

Domitian, the Oriental præfect, is sent
by the emperor Constantius to reform
the state of the East, then oppressed
by Gallus, ii. 342. Is put to death
there, 343.

Donatus, his contest with Cæcilian for
the see of Carthage, iii. 3. History
of the schism of the Donatists, 5. 67.
Persecution of the Donatists by the
emperor Honorius, iv. 217.
Dorylæum, battle of, between sultan So-
linan and the first crusaders, vii. 230.
Doxology, how introduced in the church-
service, and how perverted, iii 60.
Dramatic representations at Rome, a
character of, v. 104.

Dreams, the popular opinion of the præ-
ternatural origin of, favourable to that
of Constantine, 'previous to his battle
with Maxentius, ii. 404.
Dromedary, extraordinary speed of this
animal, i. 347. note.

Dromones of the Greek empire, describ-
ed, vii. 30.

Druids, their power in Gaul suppressed
by the emperors Tiberius and Clau-
dius, i. 36.

Druses of mount Libanus, a character of,
vii. 188. note.

Duke, derivation of that title, and great
change in the modern, from the an-

cient application of it, ii. 259.
Durazzo, siege of, by Robert Guiscard,
vii. 128. Battle of, between him and
the Greek emperor Alexius, 132.

E

Earthquake, an extraorinary one over
great part of the Roman empire, iii.
347. Account of those that happened
in the reign of Justinian, v. 297.
East India, the Roman commercial in-
tercourse with that region, i. 62. Com-
modities of, taxed by Alexander Seve
rus, 182.
Ebionites, account of that sect, ii, 67.

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Ebionites, A confutation of their errors,
supposed by the primitive fathers, to
be a particular object in the writings
of St. John the Evangelist, iii. 10.

Their ideas of the person of Jesus
Christ, v. 2.

Ecclesiastes, the book of, why not likely
to be the production of king Solomon,
v. 140. note.

Ecclesiastical and civil powers, distin-
guished, by the fathers of the Chris-
tian charch, ii. 418.

Ecdicius, son of the emperor Avitus, his
gallant conduct in Gaul, iv. 349.
Ecthesis of the emperor Heraclius, vi.
48.

Edda, of Iceland, the system of mytholo-
gy in, i. 271.

Edecon, is sent from Attila king of the
Huns, as his ambassador to the empe-
ror Theodosius the Younger, iv. 253.
Engages in a proposal to assassinate
Attila, 262. His son Odoacer the first
Barbarian king of Italy, 361.

Edessa, the purest dialect of the Syriac
language spoken there, i. 233. note.
The property of the Christians there,
confiscated by the emperor Julian, for
the disorderly conduct of the Arians,
iii. 165. Revolt of the Roman troops-
there, v. 445. Account of the school of,
vi. 54. History of the famous image
there, 154. The city and principality
of, seized by Baldwin the crusader, vii.
232. Is retaken by Zenghi, 270. The
counts of, 383.

Edict of Milan, published by Constantine
the Great, ii. 391.

Edicts of the prætors of Rome, under the
republic, their nature and tendency, v.
$11.

Edom, why that name was applied to the
Roman empire by the Jews, ii. 142.

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strain the number of recluse monks
there, iii. 265.

Egypt, The worship of Serapis how intro-
duced there, iii. 151. His temple and
the Alexandrian library destroyed by
bishop Theophilus, 153. Origin of
monkish institutions in, iv. 372.

Great supplies of wheat furnished
by, for the city of Constantinople, in
the time of Justinian, v. 63. Ecclesias-
tical history of. vi. 67.

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Reduced by the Saracens, vi. 358.
Capture of Alexandria, 363. Admi-
nistration, of 369. Description of, by
Amrou, 370.

The Egyptians take Jerusalem
from the Turks, vii. 241. Egypt con-
quered by the Turks, 271. Govern-
ment of the Mamalukes there, 297.
Elagabalus, is declared emperor by the
troops at Emesa, i. 159. Was the first
Roman who wore garments of pure
silk, v. 66.

Elephants, inquiry into the number of,

brought into the field by the ancient
princes of the East, i. 235. note. With
what view introduced in the circus at
Rome in the first Punic war, i. 388.
Eleusinian mysteries, why tolerated by the
emperor Valentinian, iii∙ 259.
Elizabeth, queen of England, the political
use she made of the national pulpits,
iii. 19. note.
Emigration of the ancient northern na-
tions, the nature and motives of, exa-
mined, i. 250.

Emperors of Rome, a review of their
constitutions, v. 312. Their legislative
power, 314. Their rescripts, 315.
---> Of Germany, their limited powers,
vi. 214. Of Constantinople their pomp
and luxury, vii. 14. Öfficers of the
palace state and army, 19. Adoration
of the emperor, mode of, 21. Their
public appearance, 22. Their despotic
power, 28. Their navy, 29. They re-
tain the name of Romans to the last,
42.

Empire, Roman, division of, into the

East and West Empires by Valenti-
nian, iii. 244. Extinction of the Wes-
tern empire, iv. 363.
Encampment, Roman, described, i. 18.
Ennodius, the servile flatterer of Theodo-
ric the Ostrogoth king of Italy, is made
bishop of Pavia, v. 12. note.
Epagathus, leader of the mutinous præto-
rians, who murdered their præfect Ul-

pian, punished by the emperor Alexan-
der Severus, i. 173.
Ephesus, the famous temple of Diana at,
destroyed by the Goths, i. 301. Coun-
cil of, vi. 20. Episcopal riots there,

21.

Epicurus, his legacy to his philosophical
disciples at Athens, v. 106.
Epirus,despots of, on the dismemberment
of the Greek empire, vii. 356.
Equitius, master general of the Illyrian
fontier, is defeated by the Sarma-
tians, iii. 307.

Erasmus, his merit as a reformer, vii.
66.

Essenians, their distinguishing tenets and
practices, ii. 124.

Eucharist, a knotty subject to the first re-
formers, vii. 64.

Eudes, duke of Aquitain, repels the first
Saracen invasion of France, vi. 421.
Implores the aid of Charles Martel,
423. Recovers his dukedom, 425.
Eudocia, her birth, character, and mar-
riage with the emperor Theodosius the
Younger, iv. 199. Her disgrace and
death, 202.

Eudoxia, her marriage with the emperor
Arcadius, iv. 9. Stimulates him to give
up his favourite Eutropius, 178. Per-
secutes St. Chrysostom. 188. Her
death and character, 192.
Eudoxia, the daughter of Theodosius the
Younger, is betrothed to the young em-
peror Valentinian III. of the West, iv.
211. Her character, 303. Is married
to the emperor Maximus, 308. Invites
Genseric king of the Vandals to Italy,
S09.

Eudoxus, bishop of Constantinople, bap-
tises the emperor Valens, iii. 261.
Eugenius the Rhetorician, is made empe-
ror of the West by Arbogastes the
Frank, iii. 440. Is defeated and killed
by Theodosius, 445.

Eugenius IV. pope, his contest with the

council of Basil, viii. 61. Procures a
re-union of the Latin and Greek
churches, 73. Forms a league against
the Turks, 101. Revolt of the Roman
citizens against him, 248.

Eumenius the Orator, some account of,
i. 443. note.

Eunapius the Sophist, his character of
monks, and of the objects of their wor-
ship, iii. 472.

Eunomians, punishment of, by the edict
of the emperor Theodosins against he-
retics, iii. 409.

Eunuchs, enumerated in the list of Eas-
tern commodities imported and taxed
in the time of Alexander Severus, i.
182 They infest the palace of the third
Gordian, 212.

-,Their ascendancy in the court of
Constantius, ii. 337. Why they fa-
voured the Arians, iii. 33. note. Pro-
cure the banishment of Liberius bishop
of Rome, 61.

- A conspiracy of, disappoint the
schemes of Rufinus, and marry the
emperor Arcadius to Eudoxia, iv. 8.
They distract the court of the emperor
Honorius, 116. And govern that of
Arcadius, 167. Scheme of Chrysa-
phius to assassinate Attila king of the
Huns, 262.

The bishop of Seez and his whole
chapter castrated, viii. 174. note.
Euric, king of the Visigoths in Gaul, his
conquests in Spain, iv. 349. Is vested
with all the Roman conquests beyond
the Alps by Odoacer king of Italy,

419.

Europe, evidences that the climate of, was.
much colder in ancient than in modern
times, i. 241. This alteration account-
ed for, 242.

-, final division of, between the Wes-
tern and Eastern empires, iv. 1. Is
ravaged by Attila king of the Huns,
iv. 242. Is now, one great republic,
489.

Eusebia, empress, wife of Constantius,
her steady friendship to Julian, ii.
349, 350. Is accused of arts to deprive
Julian of children, 352.

Eusebius, his character of the followers
of Artemon, ii. 132. His own charac-
ter, 214. His story of the miraculous
appearance of the cross in the sky to
Constantine the Great, 406.
Eutropius, the eunuch, great chamberlain
to the emperor Arcadius, concerts his
marriage with Eudoxia, in opposition
to the views of Rufinus, iv. 8. Suc-
ceeds Rufinus in the emperors confi-
dence, 18. His character and adminis-
tration, 167. Provides for his own se-
curity, in a new law against treason,
173. Takes sanctuary with St. Chry-
sostom, 178. His death, 179.
Eutyches, his opinion on the subject of the

incarnation supported by the second
council at Ephesus, vi. 27. And ad-
hered to by the Armenians, 65.
Eucine Sea, description of the vessels
used in navigating, i. 294.

Exaltation of the cross, origin of the an.
nual festival of, v. 480.
Exarch, under the Greek empire, the of-
fice and rank of, ii. 241. Of Ravenna,
the government of Italy settled in, and
administered by, v. 284. 402.
Excise duties imposed by Augustus, i.
182.

Excommunication from Christian com-
munion, the origin of, ii. 114 429.
Exile, voluntary, under accusation and
conscious guilt, its advantages among
the Romans, v. 876.

F

Faith and its operations defined, ii 92.
Falcandus, Hugo, character of his Histo-
ria Sicula, vii. 153. note, His lamenta-
tion on the transfer of the sovereignty
of the island to the emperor Henry

VI. 154.

Fathers of the Christian church, cause of

their austere morality, ii. 94.
Fausta, empress, wife of Constantine the
Great, causes of her being put to death,
ii. 297.

Faustina, wife of Marcus Antoninus, her
character, i. 94.

Faustina, the widow of the emperor Con-
stantius, countenances the revolt of
Procopius against the emperor Valens,
iii. 249.
Festivals, Pagan, great offence taken at,
by the primitive Christians, ii. 76.
Feudal government, the rudiments of, to
be found among the Scythians, iii.
323.

Figures, numeral, occasion of their first
public and familiar use, vi. 412.
Finances of the Roman empire, when the
seat of it was removed to Constantino-
ple, reviewed, ii. 274.

Fingal, his questionable history, whether
to be connected with the invasion of
Caledonia by the emperor Severus, i.
146.

Fire, Greek, the Saracen fleet destroyed
by, in the harbour of Constantinople,
vi. 415. Is long preserved as a secret,
417. Its effects not to be compared
with gunpowder, vii. 32.
Firmus, an Egyptian merchant, his re-
volt against the emperor Aurelian, i.
348.

Firmus the Moor, history of his revolt
against the emperor Valentinian, iii.
288.

Flagellation, its efficacy in penance, and
how proportioned, vii. 202.
Flamens, Roman, their number, and pe-
culiar office, iii. 451.

Flaminian way, its course described, v.
274. note.

Flavian, archbishop of Constantinople,
is killed at the second council of Ephe-
sus, vi. 29.

Fleece, golden, probable origin of the fa-
ble of, v. 230.

Florence, the foundation of that city, iv.
57. note. Is besieged by Radagaisus,
and relieved by Stilicho, 57, 58.
Florentius, prætorian præfect of Gaul,
under Constantius, his character, ii.
383. iii. 81. Is condemned by the tribu
nal of Chalcedon, but suffered to escape
by Julian, 110.

Florianus, brother of the emperor Taci-
tus, his eager usurpation of the Impe-
rial dignity, i. 365.

Falix is consecrated bishop of Rome, to
supersede Liberius who was exiled,
iii. 62. He is violently expelled, and
his adherents slaughtered, 63.
Felix, an African bishop, his martyrdom,
ii. 202.

Fornication, a doubtful plea for divorce,

by gospel authority, v. 346. note.
France, modern, computation of the
number of its inhabitants, and the
average of their taxation, ii. 282.

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The name of, whence derived,
iv. 455. Derivation of the French lan
guage, 462. note.

Childeric deposed, and Pepin
appointed king, by papal sanction, vi.
177. Reign and character of Charle-
magne, 192. Invasion of, by the Sa-
racens, 420.
Frangipani, Censio, his profane violation
of the persons of pope Gelasius II. and
his college of cardinals, viii. 175. De-
rivation of his family name, 207.
Franks, their origin and confederacy, i.
286. They invade Gaul, and ravage
Spain, 288. They pass over into Afri-
ca, ibid. Bold and successful return of
a colony of, from the sea of Pontus, by
sea, 375.

-, They over-run and establish
themselves at Toxandria, in Germany,
ii. 369.

Their fidelity to the Roman go-
vernment, iv. 62. Origin of the Mero-
vingian race of their kings, 274. How
converted to Christianity, 394. Reign

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