Index.

Abdalmelik, the Caliph, wars of, with Justinian II., 174-6

Abubekr, the Caliph, wars of, with Heraclius, 160

Achaia, Frank principality of, 296

Acroinon, battle of, 188

Adana, taken by Nicephorus Phocas, 230

Adrianople, battle of, 40;

besieged by the Goths, 41;

captured by the Turks, 329

Africa, conquered by Belisarius, 84-5;

overrun by the Saracens, 176

Aijnadin, battle of, 162

Alaric the Goth, 47;

wars with Stilicho, 48;

departs to Italy, 49

Alaeddin, Sultan of the Seljouks, 322

Alboin the Lombard invades and conquers Italy, 116

Aleppo, Emirate of, 227;

attacked by Nicephorus Phocas, 231;

tributary to the empire, 270

Alexander, emperor-regent, 217

Alexandria, stormed by the Arabs, 166

Alexius I. (Comnenus), usurpation of, 257;

wars with the Normans, 259;

conquests of in Asia Minor, 205;

commercial policy of, 268

Alexius II. (Comnenus), short reign and murder of, 272

Alexius III. (Angelus), usurpation of, 278;

attacked by the Crusaders, 282;

flies, 284

Alexius IV. (Angelus), takes refuge in Germany, 279;

persuades the Crusaders, 280;

made emperor, 284;

murdered, 285

Alexius V. (Ducas), murders Alexius IV., 285;

defends Constantinople, 287;

slain, 293

Alexius Comnenus, emperor of Trebizond, 298

Alp Arslan, Sultan of the Seljouk Turks, attacks the empire, 252;

defeats Romanus IV., 254

Amalasuntha, Gothic queen, murdered, 82

Amalphi, commerce of, 225

Amorium, stormed by the Saracens, 210

Amour, Turkish Emir, 327

Amrou conquers Egypt, 166

Anastasius I., reign of, 61

Anastasius II., usurpation of, 181

Anatolic theme, 167

Andreas murders Constans II., 169

Andronicus I. (Comnenus), crimes and fall of, 272-3

Andronicus II. (Paleologus), reign of, 315-20

Andronicus III. (Paleologus), reign of, 321-2

Angelus, house of, see Isaac II. Alexius III. and Theodore of Epirus

Angora, battle of, 334

Ani, taken by the Turks, 251

Anthemius, prime minister of Theodosius II., 54-5

Anthemius, architect of St. Sophia, 107

Anne of Savoy, empress-regent, 326

Antioch, taken by the Persians, 99;

taken a second time, 129;

stormed by the Saracens, 163;

retaken by Nicephorus Phocas, 231;

lost to the Turks, 256;

besieged by the Crusaders, 265;

tributary to the Comneni, 270

Antioch-on-Maeander, battle of, 299.

Antonia, wife of Belisarius, 74

Apsimarus, Tiberius, emperor, 177;

executed, 179

Arabs, see Saracens

Arcadius, reign of, 47-54;

his dealings with the Goths, 48;

quarrels with Chrysostom, 52

Armenia, conquered by the Byzantines, 243;

overrun by the Turks, 251

Army, reformed by Leo and Zeno, 61;

description of, in tenth century, 218

Artemius Anastasius, reign of, 61

Art, decay and revival of, 222-4

Aspar, executed by Leo I., 60

Athalaric, Gothic king, 81

Athanarich, Gothic king, 42;

visits Constantinople, 44

Athens, early Byzantines at war with, 6;

schools of, closed by Justinian, 150;

Frank duchy of, 297;

conquered by the “Grand Company,” 319

Attila, king of the Huns, wars of with the empire, 57

Augustaeum, description of the, 19

Avars, invasions of, the 122;

war of, with Heraclius, 134;

besiege Constantinople, 137

Baanes, rebel in Syria, 163

Baduila, Gothic king, victories of, 92;

takes Rome, 94;

slain in battle, 95

Baldwin I., emperor, his character,281;

crowned, 292;

slain by the Bulgarians, 295

Baldwin II., reign of, 301;

his travels, 305;

expelled from Constantinople, 306

Bardas Caesar, 212;

murdered by Michael III., 213

Bari, taken by the Normans, 259

Basil I., made Caesar, 213;

assassinates Michael III., 213;

laws of, 214

Basil II., ascends the throne, 229;

assumes the full power, 240;

his Bulgarian victories, 241-3;

campaigns in Asia, 243;

dies, 244

Bayezid, Turkish Sultan, 334

Belisarius, Persian victories of, 73;

quells the Nika riots, 79;

conquers Africa, 84;

takes Palermo, 88;

takes Rome, 89;

takes Ravenna, 91;

recalled, 92;

acts against Persia, 100;

defeats the Huns, 104;

disgraced, 105

Beneventum, Lombard duchy of, 117;

wars of with Constans II., 169

Black Sea, Greek trade with, 2

“Blues and Greens,” Circus factions, 22, 75;

great riot of, against Justinian, 76-7;

armed by Maurice, 127

Bohemund the Norman, wars of with Alexius I., 267

Boniface of Montserrat, 281-2;

made king of Thessalonica, 292;

slain in battle, 296

Bosphorus, the, 1-2

Bostra, stormed by the Saracens, 162

Branas, Alexius, rebellion of, 277

Brienne, house of, at Athens, 308;

expelled by the “Grand Company,” 319

Broussa, see Prusa

Bucellarian Theme, 167-8

Buhawides, Persian dynasty, 226-7

Bulgarians, invade and settle in [pg 355] Moesia, 171;

defeated by Justinian II., 173;

aid Justinian, 179;

defeat the Saracens, 187;

at war with Constantine V., 196;

defeat Constantine VI., 198;

slay Nicephorus I., 203;

besiege Constantinople, 204;

routed by Leo V., 205;

defeat Leo VI, 216;

conquered by the Russians, 235;

conquered by Basil II., 241-3;

revolt against Isaac II., 276-7;

slay Baldwin I., 295;

conquests of, 308;

subdued by the Turks, 330