Book 3 — BOOK III THE VANDALIC WAR (Continued) (continued 4)

Scriptures of the Christians;

Areobindus seeks to protect himself by them, xxvi. 27;

see also Gospel, and Hebrew Scriptures

Septem, fort at the Pillars of Heracles, III. i. 6;

John sent thither with an army, IV. v. 6

Sergius, son of Bacchus, and brother of Cyrus;

becomes ruler of Tripolis in Libya, IV. xxi. 1;

brother of Solomon the younger, IV. xxi. 19;

threatened by an army of Leuathae, xxi. 2;

receives representative from them, IV. xxi. 3 ff.;

meets them in battle, IV. xxi. 13, 14;

retires into the city, IV. xxi. 15;

and receives help from Solomon, IV. xxi. 16, 19;

succeeds Solomon in the command of Libya, IV. xxii. 1;

his misrule, xxii. 2;

his recall demanded by Antalas, IV. xxii. 9, xxii. 10;

Justinian refuses to recall him, IV. xxii. 11;

appealed to by Paulus to save Hadrumetum, but does nothing, IV. xxiii. 20, xxiii. 21;

quarrels with John, son of Sisiniolus, IV. xxii. 3; xxiii. 32;

shares the rule of Libya with Areobindus, IV. xxiv. 4, xxiv. 5;

departs to Numidia, IV. xxiv. 6;

disregards Areobindus' instructions to unite with John, IV. xxiv. 7, 8;

recalled and sent to Italy, IV. xxiv. 16, xxv. 1

Seric, see Medic Garments, IV. vi. 7

Sestus, city on the Hellespont, III. i. 8

Severianus, son of Asiaticus, a Phoenician;

his daring encounter with the Moors, IV. xxiii. 6-9;

escapes to Carthage, IV. xxiii. 17

Shield Mountain (Clypea), ancient fort on Aurasium, IV. xiii. 33

Shoal's Head, see Caputvada, III. xiv. 17

Siccaveneria, city in Libya;

distance from Carthage, IV. xxiv. 6

Sicily, its size compared with that of Sardinia, IV. xiii. 42;

invaded by Gizeric, III. v. 22, 23;

concessions given the Vandals there, III. viii. 13, IV. v. 21;

reached by the Roman fleet, III. xiii. 22;

expedition sent thither by Belisarius, IV. v. 11;

claimed by the Goths, IV. v. 19;

subjugated by Belisarius, IV. xiv. 1;

a mutiny there causes Belisarius to return to it, IV. xv. 48, 49;

refuge of Libyans, IV. xxiii. 28

Sidon, city at the extremity of Phoenicia, IV. x. 15

Sigeum, promontory on the coast of the Troad, III. xiii. 5

Singidunum, town in the land of the Gepaides, modern Belgrade, III. ii. 6

Sinnion, leader of the Massagetae, III. xi. 12

Sirmium, town in the land of the Gepaides, III. ii. 6

Sisiniolus, father of John, IV. xix. 1, xxii. 3, xxiii. 2, xxiv. 6

Sitiphis, metropolis of "First Mauritania," IV. xx. 30

Sittas, Roman general; slain by Artabanes, IV. xxvii. 17

Sophia, name of the great church in Byzantium, III. vi. 26

Solomon, commander of auxiliaries, III. xi. 5;

a eunuch, III. xi. 6;

a native of the country about Daras, III. xi. 9;

uncle of Bacchus, IV. xxi. 1;

sent to report Belisarius' victory to the emperor, III. xxiv. 19;

returns to Libya, IV. viii. 4;

left by Belisarius in charge of Libya, IV. viii. 23;

receives reinforcements from Byzantium, IV. viii. 24;

disturbed by the news of uprisings in Libya, IV. x. 1 ff.;

writes to the Moorish leaders, IV. xi. 1-8;

their reply, IV. xi. 9-13;

moves against the Moors with his whole army, IV. xi. 14;

addresses his troops, IV. xi. 23-36;

inflicts a crushing defeat upon the enemy at Mammes, IV. xi. 15 ff.;

receives word of the second Moorish uprising, and marches back, IV. xii. 2;

wins a brilliant victory on Mt. Bourgaon, IV. xii. 3 ff.;

moves against Iaudas, IV. xiii. 18;

instigated against him by other Moorish leaders, IV. xiii. 19;

encamps on the Abigas River, IV. xiii. 20;

ascends Mt. Aurasium with few provisions, IV. xiii. 30-33;

eluded by the Moors, IV. xiii. 35, 36;

returns to Carthage, IV. xiii. 39;

prepares a second expedition against Mt. Aurasium, IV. xiii. 40;

and against Sardinia, IV. xiii. 41, 45;

passes the winter in Carthage, IV. xiv. 4;

opposed by the soldiers in regard to confiscated lands, IV. xiv. 10;

plan to assassinate him, IV. xiv. 22;

his guards implicated in the plot, IV. xiv. 23;

failure of the conspirators to act, IV. xiv. 24-27;

tries to win back the loyalty of his men, IV. xiv. 30;

insulted openly, IV. xiv. 31;

sends Theodorus to the mutineers, IV. xiv. 32;

his enmity toward Theodorus, IV. xiv. 33;

his acquaintances killed by the mutineers, IV. xiv. 36;

flees to a sanctuary in the palace, IV. xiv. 37;

joined by Martinus there, ibid.;

they come out to the house of Theodorus, IV. xiv. 38;

escape in a boat to Misuas, whence he sends Martinus to Numidia, IV. xiv. 40;

writes to Theodorus, and departs to Syracuse, IV. xiv. 41;

begs Belisarius to come to Carthage, IV. xiv. 42;

returns with him, IV. xv. 9;

entrusted again with the command of Libya, IV. xix. 1;

his prosperous rule, IV. xix. 3, 4, xx. 33;

marches against Iaudas once more, IV xix. 5;

sends Gontharis ahead, xix. 6;

hears of the defeat of Gontharis, IV. xix. 9;

advances to the camp of Gontharis, thence to Babosis, IV. xix. 16;

defeats the Moors in battle, IV. xix. 17;

plunders the plain and then returns to Zerboule, IV. xix. 20;

which he unexpectedly captures, IV. xix. 25-31;

his care of the water supply during the siege of Toumar, IV. xx. 3;

addresses the army, IV. xx. 4-9;

tries to find a point of attack, IV. xx. 10, 11;

fortifies Mt. Aurasium against the Moors, xx. 22;

fortifies many Libyan cities with money captured from Iaudas, IV. xix. 3, xx. 29;

subjugates Zabe, or "First Mauritania," IV. xx. 30;

appealed to by Sergius for help, IV. xxi. 16;

incurs the enmity of Antalas, IV. xxi. 17, xxii. 7, 8;

marches against the Moors, IV. xxi. 19;

his overtures scorned by the Leuathae, IV. xxi. 20-22;

captures some booty and refuses to distribute it to the soldiers, IV. xxi. 23, 24;

defeated by the Moors and slain, IV. xxi. 25-28;

Justinian's regard for him, IV. xxii. 11;

builds and fortifies a monastery in Carthage, IV. xxvi. 17;

standards of, recovered from the Moors, IV. xxviii. 46

Solomon the younger, brother of Cyrus and Sergius;

marches with Solomon against the Moors, IV. xxi. 19;

his capture and release, IV. xxii. 12-17

Solomon, king of the Jews, IV. ix. 7

Sophia, temple of, in Byzantium;

appropriateness of its name, III. vi. 26

Spain, settled by the Vandals, III. iii. 2, 22;

invaded by Constantinus, III. ii. 31;

settled by the Visigoths, III. iii. 26. xxiv. 7, IV. iv. 34

Stagnum, a harbour near Carthage, III. xv. 15;

the Roman fleet anchors there, III. xx. 15, 16

Stotzas, a body-guard of Martinus,

destined not to return to Byzantium, III. xi. 30;

chosen tyrant by the mutineers, IV. xv. 1;

marches on Carthage, IV. xv. 2;

invites the Vandals to join his army, IV. xv. 3, 4;

demands the surrender of Carthage, IV. xv. 5;

kills the envoy Joseph, and besieges Carthage, IV. xv. 8;

addresses his troops, IV. xv. 30-39;

defeated by Belisarius, IV. xv. 40 ff.;

his forces gather in Numidia, IV. xv. 50;

the Romans march against him at Gazophyla, IV. xv. 52;

comes alone into the Roman army and addresses the soldiers, IV. xv. 53-57;

received with favour, IV. xv. 58;

kills the Roman commanders in a sanctuary, IV. xv. 59;

eager to fight a battle with Germanus, IV. xvi. 8;

approaches Carthage, hoping for defection from there, IV. xvi. 9, xvi. 10;

his hopes falsified, IV. xvii. 1;

defeated by Germanus at Scalae Veteres, IV. xvii. 3 ff.;

escapes with a few men, IV. xvii. 24;

hopes to renew the battle with the help of the Moors, IV. xvii. 32;

makes his escape with difficulty, IV. xvii. 33;

suffers another defeat, IV. xvii. 34;

withdraws to Mauritania and marries the daughter of a Moorish chief, IV. xvii. 35;

the end of his mutiny, ibid.; IV. xix. 3;

joins Antalas, IV. xxii. 5, xxiii. 1;

receives Roman captives, IV. xxiii. 10, 17;

joins the Moors in plundering Libya, IV. xxiii. 26-31;

Areobindus sends an army against him, IV. xxiv. 6;

his enmity against John, xxiv. 9;

mortally wounded by him in battle, IV. xxiv. 11;

carried out of the battle, IV. xxiv. 12;

his death, IV. xxiv. 14;

succeeded by John as tyrant of the mutineers, IV. xxv. 3

Syllectus, city in Libya, III. xvi. 9;

captured by Belisarius' men, III. xvi. 11;

entered by the Roman army, III. xvii. 6

Symmachus, a Roman senator;

accompanies Germanus to Libya, IV. xvi. 2;

summoned to Byzantium, IV. xix. 1

Syracuse, city in Sicily, III. xiv. 13;

its harbour Arethusa, III. xiv. 11;

Procopius sent thither, III. xiv. 3, xiv. 7;

Belisarius passes the winter there, IV. xiv. 4, 41;

distance from Caucana, xiv. 4

Taenarum, called Caenopolis in Procopius' time;

promontory of the Peloponnesus, III. xiii. 8;

Gizeric repulsed from there, III. xxii. 16

Tamougadis, a city at the foot of Mt. Aurasium;

dismantled by the Moors, IV. xiii. 26, xix. 20

Tattimuth, sent in command of an army to Tripolis, III. x. 23;

receives support from Belisarius, IV. v. 10

Taulantii, a people of Illyricum, III. ii. 9

Tebesta, city in Libya;

distance from Carthage, IV. xxi. 19

Terentius, Roman commander of infantry, III. xi. 7, IV. xv. 50

Theoderic, king of the Goths;

gives his daughter in marriage to the king of the Vandals, and makes certain concessions in Sicily, III. viii. 11-13, IV. v. 21;

becomes hostile to the Vandals, III. ix. 3;

refrains from attacking them III. ix. 5;

his death, III. xiv. 6;

grandfather of Antalaric, ibid.;

brother of Amalafrida, III. viii. 11, 13

Theodora, wife of Justinian;

distributes rewards to Gelimer and others, IV. ix. 13

Theodorus, youngest son of Gizeric;

his death, III. v. 11

Theodorus, called Cteanus, commander of infantry, III. xi. 7

Theodorus, commander of guards;

sent to the top of Mt. Bourgaon by Solomon, IV. xii. 17;

killed by the mutineers, IV. xiv. 35;

his excellent qualities as a soldier, ibid.

Theodorus, the Cappadocian;

sent to Libya with an army, IV. viii. 24;

sent by Solomon to quiet the mutineers, IV. xiv. 32;

his enmity against Solomon, IV. xiv. 33;

elected general by the mutineers, IV. xiv. 34;

gives Solomon and Martinus dinner and helps them to escape, IV. xiv. 38;

bidden by Solomon to take care of Carthage, IV. xiv. 41;

refuses to surrender Carthage to Stotzas, IV. xv. 6;

made joint ruler of Carthage with Ildiger, IV. xv. 49;

at the battle of Scalae Veteres, IV. xvii. 6, 19;

learns of the plot of Maximinus from Asclepiades, IV. xviii. 4

Theodosius I, Roman emperor, father of Arcadius and Honorius, III. i. 2;

overthrows the tyranny of Maximus, III. iv. 16

Theodosius II, son of Arcadius;

becomes emperor of the East, III. ii. 33, iii. 6;

Honorius considers the possibility of finding refuge with him, III. ii. 32;

rears Valentinian, III. iii. 5;

makes him emperor of the West, III. iii. 8;

sends an army against the tyrant John, ibid.;

his death, III. iv. 39;

succeeded by Marcian, III. iv. 2, iv. 10;

father of Eudoxia, III. iv. 15

Thrace, starting point of Alaric's invasion, III. ii. 7;

the Goths settle there for a time, III. ii. 39;

home of several Roman commanders, III. xi. 10;

adjoins "Germania," III. xi. 21;

royal horse-pastures there, III. xii. 6;

home of Himerius, IV. xxiii. 3;

and of Peter, IV. xxviii. 3

Thessalian cape, or chlamys, III. xxv. 7

Theodatus, king of the Goths;

Belisarius sent against him, IV. xiv. 1

Theudis, king of the Visigoths, IV. iv. 34;

receives envoys from Gelimer, III. xxiv. 7-16

Tigisis, city in Numidia, IV. x. 21;

two Phoenician inscriptions there, IV. x. 22;

its great spring, IV. xiii. 5

Titus, Roman emperor, IV. ix. 2;

his capture of Jerusalem, IV. ix. 5;

son of Vespasian, ibid.

Toumar, place on the summit of Mt. Aurasium, IV. xix. 22;

besieged by the Romans, IV. xx. 1 ff.;

scaled by Gezon and captured by Solomon, IV. xx. 1-20

Trajan, Roman emperor, IV. ix. 2

Trasamundus, brother of Gundamundus;

becomes king of the Vandals, III. viii. 8;

tries to win over the Christians, III. viii. 9, 10;

asks the hand of Amalafrida, III. viii. 11;

becomes a friend of Anastasius, III. viii. 14;

his death, III. viii. 29

Tricamarum, place in Libya;

distance from Carthage, IV. ii. 4;

Vandals defeated there, IV. iii. 1 ff., iv. 35, v. 2, 9

Tripolis, district in Libya;

distance from Gadira, III. i. 14;

the Vandals there defeated by Heraclius, III. vi. 9, 11;

Moors dwelling there, III. viii. 15;

lost again by the Vandals, III. x. 22-24;

Gelimer hopeless of recovering it, III. xi. 22;

Belisarius sends an army thither, IV. v. 10;

rule of, falls to Sergius, IV. xxi. 1;

Leuathae come from there with a large army, IV xxviii. 47

Troy, III. xxi. 4

Tryphon, sent to Libya to assess the taxes, IV. viii. 25

Tuscan Sea, separated from the Adriatic by Gaulus and Melita, III. xiv. 16;

severity of its storms, IV. iv. 37

Tzazon, brother of Gelimer;

sent with an army to recover Sardinia, III. xi. 23;

overthrows and kills Godas in Sardinia, III. xxiv. 1;

writes to Gelimer, III. xxiv. 2-4;

receives a letter from him, III. xxv. 10-18;

thereupon departs for Libya, III. xxv. 19-21;

meets Gelimer in the Plain of Boulla, III. xxv. 24;

addresses his troops separately, IV. ii. 23-32;

commands the centre at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. iii. 1, 8, 10, 12;

his death, IV. iii. 14;

his head taken to Sardinia by Cyril, IV. v. 2, 4

Uliaris, body-guard of Belisarius, III. xix. 23;

his stupid action at Decimum, III. xix. 24;

kills John the Armenian accidentally, iv. 15 ff.;

takes refuge in a sanctuary, IV. iv. 21;

spared by Belisarius, IV. iv. 25

Ulitheus, trusted body-guard of Gontharis, IV. xxv. 8;

bears messages to Antalas, IV. xxv. 8-11, 19;

at Gontharis' order assassinates Areobindus, IV. xxvi. 32, 33, xxvii. 20;

marches with Artabanes against Antalas, IV. xxvii. 25 ff.;

killed by Artasires at the banquet of Gontharis, IV. xxviii. 19 ff.

Valentinian, son of Constantius, reared by Theodosius, III. iii. 5;

made emperor of the West, III. iii. 8;

captures John and after brutal abuse kills him, III. iii. 9;

his viciousness resulting from early training, III. iii. 10, 11;

loses Libya to the empire, III. iii. 12;

receives tribute and a hostage from Gizeric, III. iv. 13;

returns the hostage, III. iv. 14;

slays Aetius, III. iv. 27;

outrages the wife of Maximus, III. iv. 16 ff.;

slain by him, III. iv. 15, 36;

son of Placidia, III. iii. 10;

father of Eudocia and Placidia, III. v. 3, vi. 6;

husband of Eudoxia, III. iv. 15;

members of his family receive rewards from Justinian and Theodora, IV. ix. 13

Valerian, commander of auxiliaries, III. xi. 6;

sent with Martinus in advance of the African expedition, III. xi. 24, xi. 29;

meets the Roman fleet at Methone, III. xiii. 9;

on the left wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. iii. 4;

Martinus sent to him in Numidia, IV. xiv. 40;

summoned to Byzantium, IV. xix. 2

Vandals, a Gothic people, III. ii. 2;

whence they came into the Roman empire, III. i. 1, iii. 1 ff.;

a portion of them left behind and lost to memory, III. xxii. 3, 13;

settle in Spain, III. iii. 2;

their alliance sought by Boniface, III. iii. 22, 25;

cross from Spain into Libya, III. iii. 26;

defeat Boniface in battle, III. iii. 31;

besiege Hippo Regius, III. iii. 32, 34;

defeat a second Roman army, III. iii. 35;

secure possession of Libya, III. xxii. 4;

send Moors to Sardinia, IV. xiii. 43;

take the church of St. Cyprian at Carthage from the Christians, III. xxi. 19;

invade Italy and sack Rome, III. v. 1 ff.;

their numbers together with the Alani, III. v. 18-20;

absorb all barbarian peoples associated with them except the Moors, III. v. 21;

Leon sends an expedition against them, III. vi. 1 ff.;

driven out of Sardinia by Marcellianus; III. vi. 8;

defeated in Tripolis by Heraclius, III. vi. 9;

lost Mt. Aurasium to the Moors, IV. xiii. 26;

enter into an "endless peace" with the emperor Zeno, III. vii. 26;

make war on the Moors, III. viii. 1, 2;

suffer a great disaster at the hands of the Moors, III. viii. 15-28;

defeated by the Moors, and become enemies of the Goths, III. ix. 3;

defeated many times by the Moors, IV. x. 29;

Justinian prepares an expedition against them, III. x. 1 ff.;

lose Tripolis, III. x. 22-24;

and Sardinia, III. x. 25-27;

letter addressed to them by Justinian, III. xvi. 12-14;

recover Sardinia, III. xxiv. 1;

defeated by the Romans at Decimum, III. xviii. 1 ff.;

greatly feared by the Roman army III. xix. 27;

collected by Gelimer in the Plain of Boulla, III. xxv. 1 ff.;

besiege Carthage, IV. i. 3;

invite the Huns to join them, IV. i. 5;

defeated by the Romans at Tricamarum, IV. ii. 4 ff.;

taken to Byzantium by Belisarius, IV. xiv. 17;

some of them go to the East, while the others escape to Libya, IV. xiv. 17-19;

together with their women, sent out of Libya, IV. xix. 3;

upon invitation of Stotzas, join the mutineers, IV. xv. 3, 4;

accumulate great wealth in Africa, IV. iii. 26;

not trusted by the Libyans, III. xvi. 3;

their effeminacy as a nation, IV. vi. 5-9;

their women, as wives of the Romans, incite them to mutiny, IV. xiv. 8, 9;

priests of, incite Romans of Arian faith to mutiny, IV. xiv. 13;

Vandals' estates, established by Gizeric, III. v. 12;

Vandals of Justinian, IV. xiv. 17

Veredarii (Latin), royal messengers, III. xvi. 12

Vespasian, Roman emperor, father of Titus, IV. ix. 5

Vigilantia, mother of Prejecta, and sister of Justinian, IV. xxiv. 3

Visigoths, a Gothic people, III. ii. 2;

their alliance with Arcadius, III. ii. 7;

the destruction wrought by them in Italy, III. ii. 11-12;

settle in Spain, III. iii. 26; IV. iv. 34;

invited to form alliance with the Vandals, III. xxiv. 7

Zabe, called "First Mauritania";

subjugated by Solomon, IV. xx. 30

Zacynthus, island off the coast of Greece, III. xiii. 21;

its inhabitants the victims of Gizeric's atrocity, III. xxii. 15, 17, 18

Zaïdus, commander of Roman infantry, III. xi. 7

Zaunus, son of Paresmanes, and father of Leontius and Rufinus, IV. xix. 1, xx. 19

Zeno, emperor of the East;

husband of Ariadne, and father of Leon the younger, III. vii. 2;

shares the empire with his infant son, III. vii. 3;

flees into Isauria, III. vii. 18;

gathers an army and marches against Basiliscus, III. vii. 20;

meets Harmatus and receives the army by surrender, III. vii. 21;

captures Basiliscus and banishes him, III. vii. 22, 24;

becomes emperor a second time, III. vii. 23;

kills Harmatus, ibid.;

forms a compact with Gizeric, III. vii. 26

Zerboule, fortress on Mt. Aurasium, IV. xix. 19, 20;

besieged by the Romans, IV. xix. 23-27;

abandoned by the Moors, IV. xix. 28-32