Herodes Atticus, his extraordinary fortune

and munificence, i. 51.

Herodotus, his character of the Persian

worship, i. 224.

Heruli, of Germany and Poland, their
character, v. 16.

Hilarion, the monk of Palestine, account
of, iv. 375.

Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, his remarkable
observations on the diversity of Chris-
tian doctrines, iii. 24. His exposition
of the term Homoiousion, 26.
Hilary, pope, censures the emperor An-
themius for his tolerating principles,
iv. 341.

Hilderic the Vandal king of Africa, his
indulgence to his Catholic subjects dis-
pleases both the Arians and Athana-
sians, v. 113. Is deposed by Gelimer,
ibid. Is put to death, 127.

Hindoos of the East, not the disciples of
Zoroaster, vi. 401. note.

Hindostan, conquest of, by Tamerlane,
viii. 9.

Hippo Regius, siege of, by Genseric king
of the Vandals, iv. 221.
History, the principal subjects of, i. 266.
Holy war,
the justice of it enquired into,

vii. 199.
Homicide, how commuted by the Salic
laws, iv. 445.

Homoousion, origin, and use of that term
at the council of Nice, iii. 21. And
Homoiousion, the distinction between,

26.

Honian, war of, vi. 280.

Honoratus, archbishop of Milan, is, with
his clergy, driven from his see, by the
Lombards, v. 390.
Honoria, princess, sister of the emperor
Valentinian III. her history, iv. 277.
Honorius, son of Theodosius the Great, is
declared emperor of the West, by his
dying father, iii. 446. Marries Maria,
the daughter of Stilicho, iv. 26. His
character, 27. Flies from Milan on the
invasion of Italy by Alaric, 41. His
triumphant entry into Rome, 48. Abo-
lishes the combats of gladiators, 49.
Fixes his residence at Ravenna, 51.
Orders the death of Stilicho, 75. His
impolitic measures and cruelty unite
his Barbarian soldiers against him un-
der Alaric, 82. His councils distracted
by the eunuchs, 116. His abject over-
tures to Attalus and Alaric, 120. His
last acts, and death, 144. His triumph
for the reduction of Spain by Wallia
the Goth, 156. Is suspected of incest

with his sister Placidia, 208. His per-
secution of the Donatists in Africa,
217.

Honour, the new ranks of, introduced int
the city of Constantinople, ii. 242. vii.
18.

Hormisdas, a fugitive Persian prince, in
the court of the emperor Constantius,
his remarks on the city of Rome, ii.
355. note. His history, and station un-
der Julian, iii. 189.

Hormouz, the son of Chosroes, king of
Persia, his accession, v. 424. His cha-
racter, 425. Is deposed, and at length
killed, 430, 431.

Horses of Arabia, their peculiar qualities,
vi. 224.

Hosein the son of Ali, his tragical death,

vi. 302.

Hospitallers, knights, of St. John of Jeru-
salem, popularity and character of the
order of, vii. 250.

Hostilianus, the minor son of the emperor

Decius, elected emperor, under the
guardianship of Gallus, i. 282.
Hugh, king of Burgundy, his marriage
with Marozia, and expulsion from
Rome by Alberic, vi. 209.

Hugh, count of Vermandois, engages in
the first crusade, vii. 212. Is ship-
wrecked and made captive by the
Greek emperor Alexius Comnenus,
220. His return, 238.

Human nature, its natural propensities,

ii. 95.

Hume, Mr. his natural history of religion,
the best commentary on the polytheism
of the ancients, i. 33. note. His difficul-
ty as to the extent of the Imperial pa-
lace at Rome, resolved, 147. note.
Charges the most refined and philoso-
phic sects with intolerancy, 228. note.
Hungary, establishment of the Huns in,
iv. 232. State of, under the emperor
Charlemagne, vi. 198. Terror excited
by their first approach to Europe, vii.
73. Their character, 76.
Huniades, John, his exploits against the
Turks, viii. 103. His defence of Bel-
grade, and death, 110.

Hunneric, the son of Genseric, king of the
Vandals, persecutes his Catholic sub-
jects, iv. 399. His cruelty to the Ca-
tholics of Tipasa, 409.

Huns, their original seat, and their con-
quests, iii. 326. Their decline, 330.
Their emigrations, 332. Their victo-
ries over the Goths, 337.

They drive other barbarous tribes

before them, upon the Roman pro-
vinces, iv. 54. Their establishment in
Hungary, 232. Character of their king
Attila, 234. Their invasion of Persia,
239. The empire of, extinguished by
the death of Attila, 299.
Hunting of wild beasts, when a virtue,
and when a vice, i. 105. Is the school
of war, iii. 319.

Hypatia, the female philosopher, mur-
dered in the church at Alexandria, vi.
15.

Hypatius, sedition of, at Constantinople,
v. 61.

I and J

Jacobites of the East, history of the sect
of, vi. 60.

James, St. his legendary exploits in
Spain, ii. 129.

Fanizaries, first institution of those
troops, vii. 479.

Iberian and Caspian gates of mount Cau-
casus, distinguished, v. 101. The Ibe-
rian gates occupied by Cabades king
of Persia, 102.

Idatius, his account of the misfortunes of
Spain by an irruption of the barbarous
nations, iv. 151.

Idolatry ascribed to the agency of dæ-
mons, by the primitive Christians, ii.
73. Derivation of the term and its
successive applications, iii. 76. note.
Ferom, his extravagant representation
of the devastation of Pannonia by the
Goths, iii. 367. His influence over the
widow Paula, iv. 377.
Ferusalem, its situation, destruction, and
profanation, iii. 145. Pilgrimages to,
and curious relics preserved there, 146.
Abortive attempts of the emperor Ju-
lian to rebuild the temple, 148.

A magnificent church erected
there to the Virgin Mary by Justinian,
v. 88. The vessels of the temple
brought from Africa to Constantino-
ple by Belisarius, 140. Is conquered
by Chosroes II. king of Persia, 455.
Insurrection of the monks there, vi.
34.

The city conquered by the Sara-
cens, vi. 347. Great resort of pilgrims
to, vii. 185. Conquests of, by the
Turks, 190.

Is taken from the Turks by the
Egyptians, vii. 241. Is taken by the
crusaders, 244. Is erected into a king-
dom under Godfrey of Bouillon, 247.

Succession of its Christian princes, 277.
Is pillaged by the Carizmians, 293.
Jerusalem, New, described according to
the ideas of the primitive Christians,
ii. 83.

Jesuits, Portuguese, persecute the Eas-
tern Christians, vi. 59. Their labours

in, and expulsion from Abyssinia, 76.
Jews, an obscure, unsocial, obstinate
race of men, ii. 59. Review of their
history, 60. Their religion the basis of
Christianity, 63. The promises of
divine favour extended by Christiani-
ty, to all mankind, ibid. The immor-
tality of the soul not inculcated in the
law of Moses, 80. Why there are no
Hebrew gospels extant, 121. Provoked
the persecutions of the Roman empe-
rors, 140.

those of a more liberal spirit, a-
dopted the theological system of Plato,
iii. 8. Their condition under the em-
perors Constantine and Constantius,
143. Abortive attempt of Julian to
rebuild the temple of Jerusalem, 148.

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Miraculous conversion of a number
of, at Minorca, iii. 478. note. Persecu-
tion of, in Spain, iv. 414.

, Are persecuted by the Catholics in
Italy, v. 29. And by Cyril at Alexan-
dria, vi. 15. How plagued by the em-
peror Justinian, 42.*

Those in Arabia subdued by Ma-
homet, vi 276. Assist the Saracens in
the reduction of Spain, 391.

Massacres of, by the first crusa-
ders, vii. 207, 208.
Fezdegerd, king of Persia, is said to be left
guardian to Theodosius the Younger,
by the emperor Arcadius, iv. 192. His
war with Theodosius, 203.
Igilium, the small island of, serves as a

place of refuge for Romans who flew
from the sack of Rome by Alaric, iv.
129.

Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, the Chris-
tian fortitude displayed in his epistles,
ji. 177.

Ikshidites, the Saracen dynasty of, vi.

461.

Illustrious, the title of, how limited in the
times of Roman simplicity, and how
extended when Constantinople became
the seat of empire, ii. 242.
Illyricum described, i. 25.
Images, inroduction of, into the Chris-
tian church, vi. 151. The worship of,
derived from Paganism, 153. Are
condemned by the council of Constan-

tinople, 160. The adoration of, justi
fied by pope Gregory II. 165. And
sanctified by the second council of Nice,
186.

Imperator, in the Roman history, ex-
plained, i. 69. note. The Imperial pre-
rogatives, 74. The court, 77. The
sense of this appellation altered by long
use, 429.

Incarnation, theological history of the
doctrine of, vi. 2

Incest, natural and arbitrary, distinguish-
ed, v. 347.

India, account of the Christians of St.
Thomas in, vi. 58. Persecution of, by
the Portuguese, 59.

Indictions, the memorable æra of, whence
dated, ii. 31. note. The name and use
of, in the middle ages, whence derived,
276.
Indulgences, in the Romish church, the
nature of, explained, vii. 202.
Ingundis, princess of Austrasia, is married
to Hermenegild prince of Botica, and
cruelly treated by his mother Goisvin.
tha, iv. 411.
Inheritance, paternal, subject to parental
discretion among the Romans, i. 183.
The Roman law of, v. 352. Testa-
mentary dispositions of property, 355.
The Voconian law, how evaded,
357.

Injuries, review of the Roman laws for

the redress of, v. 362.

Innocent III. pope, enjoyed the plenitude
of papal power, vii. 289.
Inquisition, the first erection of that tri-
bunal, vii. 289.

Institutes of Justinian, an analysis of, v.
334.

Interest of money, how regula ed by the
Roman laws, v. 361.
Joan, pope, the story of, fictitious, vi.
207. note.

John, principal secretary to the emperor
Honorius, usurps the empire after his
death, iv 209.

John the almsgiver, archbishop of Alex-
andria, relieves the Jewish refugees
when Jerusalem was taken by the
Persians, v. 455. His extraordinary
liberality of the church treasure, vi.
69.

John, bishop of Antioch, arrives at
Ephesus after the meeting of the coun-
cil, and, with his bishops, decides
against Cyril, vi. 21. Coalition between
him and Cyril, 22.

John of Apri, patriarch of Constantino-

ple, his pride, and confederacy against
John Cantacuzene, vii. 433.
John of Brienne, emperor of Constanti-
nople, vii. 368.

John of Cappadocia, prætorian præfect
of the East under the emperor Justi-
nian, his character, v. 79. Is disgraced
by the empress Theodora, and becomes
a bishop, 80. Opposes the African war,
114. His fraud in supplying the army
with bread, 122.

John Comnenus, emperor of Constanti-
nople, vi. 133.

John Damacenus, St. his history, vi. 162.

John the Sanguinary seizes the Gothic
treasures in Picenum, and obliges Vi-
tiges to raise the siege of Rome, v.
175.

John Zimisces, murders the Greek em-
peror Nicephorus, and succeeds him,
vi. 119. His Eastern victories, 465.
Defeats Swatoslaus, czar of Russia,
vii. 94.

Jona, one of the Hebride islands, its an-
cient monastic eminence, iv. 376.
Jonas, renegado of Damascus, story of,
vi. 338.

Jordan, character of his work, De Ori-
ginibus Sclavicis, vii. 69. note.
Joseph the Carizmian, governor of Ber-
zem, kills the sultan Alp Arslan, vii.
176.

Josephus, the mention of Jesus Christ in
his history, a forgery, ii. 156. note. His
opinion, that Plato derived knowledge
from the Jews, controverted, iii. 7.

note.

Jovian is elected emperor by the troops
of Julian, on their retreat from Assy-
ria, iii. 217. His treaty with Sapor
king of Persia, 222. His death, 238.
Jovians and Herculians, new bodies of
guards instituted to supersede the Præ-
torian bands, i. 428.

Jovinian of Verona, his punishment by a
Roman synod, for heresy, iv. 40.
Jovinus reduces the Alemanni, who had
invaded Gaul, iii. 271.

Account of his revolt against the
emperor Honorius in Germany, iv.
148.

Jovius, prætorian præfect under the em-

peror Honorius succeeds Olympius as
his confidential minister, iv. 115. His
negotiations with Alaric obstructed,
116. Deserts Honorius, and goes over
to Alaric, and the new emperor Atta-
lus, 121.

Irene, her marriage with the Greek em-
peror Leo, vi. 97. Her ambition, and
barbarity to her son Constantine, 98.
Restores images to public devotion,
186.

Ireland was first colonised from Scotland,
iii. 281. Derivation of the name of its
tutelar saint, Patrick, iv. 364. note.
Isaac 1. Comnenus, emperor of Constan-
tinople, vi. 125.

Isaac II. Angelus emperor of Constanti-
nople, vi. 148. Hs character and
reign, vii. 308. Is deposed by his bro-
ther Alexius. 311. Is restored by the
crusaders 332. His death, 337.
Isaac, archbishop of Armenia his apolo-
gy for the vices of king Artasires, iv.
206.

Isauria, the rebellion there against the
emperor Gallienus, i. 316.

Isaurians, reduction of, by the Eastern
emperors, v. 93.

Isidore, cardinal, his ill treatment in
Russia, viii. 97. Receives an act of
union from the Greek clergy at Con-
stantinople, 135.
Isocrates, his price for the tuition of his
pupils, v. 105.

Italy, the dominion of, under Odoacer,

succeeds the extinction of the Western
empire, iv. 361. Its miserable state at
this æra, 368. Conversion of the Lom-
bards of, to the Nicene faith, 414.

-, Is reduced by Theodoric the Ostro-
goth, v. 11. His administration, 13.
Government of, according to the Ro-
man law, by Theodoric, 19. Its flour-
ishing state at this time, 24. How
supplied with silk from China, 65.
History of Amalasontha, queen of
Italy, 144. Invasion of, by Belisarius,
156. Siege of Rome by the Goths, 161.
Invasion of Italy, by the Franks, 179.
Revolt of the Goths, 252. Expedition

of the eunuch Narses, 271. Invasion
cf, by the Franks and Alemanni, 280.
Government of, under the exarchs of
Ravenna, 284. Conquests of Alboin
king of the Lombards in, 389., Dis-
tress of, 400. How divided between
the Lombards, and the exarchs of
Ravenna 402.

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Growth of the papal power in, vi.
163. Revolt of, against the Greek em-
perors, 167. The exarchate of Raven-
na granted to the pope, 180. Extent
of the dominions of Charlemagne
there, 197. The power of the German
Cæsars destroyed by the rise of the
commercial cities there, 212. Factions
of the Guelphs and Ghibelins, 214..
Conflict of the Saracens, Latins, and
Greeks in vi. 101.

- Revival of Greek learning in, viii.

78. Authors consulted for the history
of, 258. note.

Jubilee, popish, a revival of the secular
games i. 216. note. viii. 203. The re-
turn of, accelerated, 205.

Jude St. examination of his grandsons
before the tribunal of the procurator of
Judæa, ii. 160.

Judgments of God, in the Salic laws,
how derermined, iv. 447.
Julgments popular, of the Romans, dis-
played v. 373.

Julia Domna, wife of the emperor Se-
verus, her character, i. 142. Her
death, 158.

Julian, the nephew of Constantine the

Great, his education, ii. 339. His dan-
gerous situation on the death of his
brother Gallus, 346. Is sent to Athens,
where he cultivates philosophy, 348.
Is recalled by Constantius, 349. Is in-
vested with the title of Cæsar, 351. Is
appointed to the government of Gaul,
370. His first campaign, 372. Battle
of Strasburg, 375. Reduces the Franks
at Toxandria, 377. His three expedi-
tions beyond the Rhine 379. Restores
the cities of Gaul, 381. His civil admi-
nistration, 382. His account of the
theological calamities of the empire
under Constantius, iii. 67. Constantius
grows jealous of him, 78. The Gaul-
ish legions are ordered into the East,
79. Is saluted emperor by the troops,
82. His embassy and epistle to Con-
stantius, 86. His fourth and fifth ex-
peditions beyond the Rhine, 88. De-
clares war against Constantius, and

abjures the Christian religion, 92. His
march from the Rhine into Illyricum,
93. Enters Sermium, 96. Publishes
apologies for his conduct, 97. His tri-
umphant entry into Constantinople on
the death of Constantius, 101. His
private life and civil government, 102.
His reformation in the Imperial palace,
105. Becomes a sloven to avoid foppe-
ry, 108. Erects a tribunal for the trial
of the evil ministers of Constantius, ib.
Dismisses the spies and informers em-
ployed by his predecessor, 111. His
love of freedom and the republic, 112.
His kindnesses to the Grecian cities,
114. His abilities as an orator, 115.
And as a judge, 116. His character,
117. His apostacy accounted for, 120.
Adopts the Pagan mythology, 123.
His theological system, 126. His ini-
tiation into the Eleusinian mysteries,
and his fa aticism, 128. His hypocri-
tical duplicity, 130. Writes a vindica-
tion of his apostacy, 152 His edict
for a general toleration, 133. His Pa-
gan superstitious zeal, 135. His circu-
lar letters for the reformation of the
Pagan religion, 137. His industry in
gaining proselytes, 141. His address to
the Jews, 143. History of his attempt
to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem,
148. Transfers the revenues of the
Christian church to the heathen priests,
152. Prohibits Christian schools, 153.
Obliges the Christians to reinstate the
Pagan temples, 156. Restores the sa-
cred grove and temple of Daphne, 160.
Punishes the Christians of Antioch
for burning that temple, 162. His
treatment of the cities of Edessa and
Alexandria, 166. Banishes Athanasi-
us, 168. The philosophical fable of his
Cesars, delineated, 173. Meditates the
conquest of Persia, 174. Popular di..
contents during his residence at Anti-
och, 178. Occasion of writing his Mi-
His march to the Eu-
sopogon, 180
phrates, 183. He enters the Persian
territories, 188. Invades Assyria, 194.
His personal conduct in this enterprise,
197. His address to his discontented
troops, 199. His successful passage
over the Tigris, 202. Burns his flect,
207. His retreat and distress, 211.
His death, 215. His funeral, 232.
Julian, count, offers to betray Spain into
the hands of the Arabs, vi. 385. His
advice to the victorious Turks, 390.
Julian, the papal legale, exhorts Ladis-

Jurisprudence, Roman, a review of, v.
302. Was polished by Grecian phi-
losophy, 319. Abuses of, 377.
Justin the Elder, his military promotion,
v. 39. His elevation to the empire, and
character, 40. His death, 44.
Justin II. emperor, succeeds his uncle
Justinian, v. 380. His firm behaviour
to the ambassadors of the Avars, 381.
His abdication, and investiture of Tibe-
rius, as his successor, 395.
Justin Martyr, his decision in the case of
the Ebionites, ii. 67. His extravagant
account of the progress of Christiany,
129. Occasios of his own conversion,
132.

Justina, the popular story of her marri-
age with the emperor Valentinian ex-
amined, iii. 309. Her infant son Va-
len inian II. invested with the Impe-
rial ensigns, on the death of his father,
311. Her contest with Ambrose arch-
bishop of Milan, 413. Flies from the
invasion of Maximus, with her son,
4.20.

Justinian, emperor of the East, his birth
and promotion, v. 39. His orthodoxy,
42. Is invested with the diadem by
his uncle Justin, 43. Marries Theodo-
ra, 49. Patronises the blue faction of
the circus, 57. State of agriculture and
manufacture in his provinces, 63. In-
troduces the culture of the silk-worm,
and manufacture of silk, into Greece,
70. State of his revenue, 72. His ava-
rice and profusion, 73. Taxes and
monopolies, 75, 76. His ministers, 78.
His public buildings, 81. Founds the
church of St. Sophia at Constantinople,
84. His other public works, 88. His
European fortifications, 90. His Asia-
tic fortifications, 96. He suppreses the
schools of Athens, 103. And the con-
sular dignity, 109. Purchases a peace
from the P'ersians, 112. 220. Under-
takes to restore Hilderic king of Car-
thage, 114. Reduction of Africa, 134.
His instructions for the government
of, 135. His acquisitions in Spain, 146.
His deceitful negotiations in Italy, 151.
Weakness of his empire, 194. Receives
an embassy from the Avars, 208.