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.
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.
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,
Delators, are encouraged by the emperor Commodus, to gratify his hatred of the senate, i. 98. Are suppressed by Per- tinax, 112.
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.
Diadem assumed by Diocletian, what, i. 431.
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
Roman laws, v. 343. Limitations of, 345.
Docetes, their peculiar tenets, iii. 10. vi. 5. Derivation of their name, iii. 11.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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,
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.
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
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.
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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