INDEX AND GLOSSARY
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Alexius Comnenus (Alexius I), 19-20, 22
Alexius IV, 20, 22, 107-109
Alexius Bushy Eyebrows (Alexius V), 109
Andronicus, 104
Anna Comnena, 19, 100
Ariadne, 49
army, 46, 47, 57-63
art, 95-99
Augusta, the, 48
Augustaion, 34
Augustus, the, 32
autokrator (ô-tok’rƏ-tēr), 44
bandon (ban’dƏn), 59
Bardas, 105
Basil I, 51, 105
Basil the Bulgar Slayer (Basil II), 17
basileus (bas’i-lūs), 45, 47
basilissa (bas-i-lis’Ə), 48
bazaars, 34, 89
Benjamin of Tudela, Rabbi, 17
bezant, 91-92
Blachernae, Palace of, 32
Book of Ceremonies, The, 50
Bosporus, 15, 25-26
Bouillon, Godfrey of, 14
Building of the Nineteen Beds, 29
Bukoleon, Palace of, 20, 28-32, 34, 87
Byzantine Empire, 17, 35, 38, 47,
fall of, 111-116
national traits, 44-45, 54, 68-69, 74, 103-106
origin of, 39-44
people of, 23-25
royalty, 33, 47-54
significance of, 93-103
Byzantium. See Constantinople.
caesar (sē’zēr), 41, 56
Caesar, Julius, 40, 58-59
campagia (kam-pā’ji-Ə), 51
cataphracts (kat’Ə-frakts), 59, 60, 61
Cathisma, 32
ceremonies, 33, 50-51
Chalké, 29
Charlemagne, 17, 99
Chrysopolis. See Scutari.
Circus. See Hippodrome.
Clari, Robert of, 28-29, 31-34, 43, 45, 107
Constantine the Great (Constantine I), 29, 41, 42-44, 73
Constantine Born-in-the-Purple (Constantine VII), 66-67, 99
Constantine XI, 113
Constantinople, 15, 16-17, 21, 25-35, 42-43, 45, 89
occupation during Fourth Crusade, 16-21, 107-111
seizure by Turks, 112-116
Cosmas Who-Sailed-to-India, 98
costume (military), 59; (royal), 50-51
crafts, 86
Crusades (First), 14, 20, 22;
(Fourth), 13-22, 45, 107-111
Cyril, Saint, 78, 80
Dandolo, Henry, 15-16, 20, 110
Daphne Palace, 29
Demetrius, Saint, 72
Digenes Akrites, 63-64
Diocletian, 41-42, 43, 44
diplomatic corps, 47, 65-66
drungarius (drun-gâr´i-Əs), 47
Eastern Roman Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
education, 99-101
eikons (ī´kons), 75
eparch (ep´ärk), 103
farming, 82-85
foreign trade, 82-83, 88-89, 91
Galata, 25
Golden Horn, 25-26
government, 46-56
officials, 55-56
Great Church. See Santa Sophia.
Great Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
Greek Church. See Orthodox Christian Church.
Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
Greek fire, 65
Gregory of Nyssa, Saint, 69
Harun al-Rashid, 101
Heraclius, 101
Hippodrome, 32, 35, 49, 50, 75, 110
Holy Chapel, 28-29
homoiousion (ho-moi-ōō´si-Ən) = homoousion (ho-mō-ōō´si-Ən) controversy, 74
How To Run the Empire, 66-67
Iconoclast controversy, 74-76, 78
industry, 85-88, 103
Irene, 17, 48
isapostolos (īs-Ə-pos´tƏl-Əs), 48
Istanbul. See Constantinople.
John IV, 99-100
Justinian, 17, 38, 49-50, 51, 65
Kercuas, John, 17, 19
Khazars, 29
laws, 102-103, 104
Leo the Philosopher, 50, 99
Liutprand, Bishop, 29, 87-88
logothesia (log-ō-thē´zhi-Ə), 56
logothete (log´ō-thēt), 55
Logothete of the Dromos, or Grand Logothete, 55, 66
Lucas Notaras, 73
Magnaura Palace, 29
Manuel II, 99-100
Marmara, Sea of, 28
Mesé, 34
Methodius, Saint, 78, 80
Michael Paleologus, 111
Michael the Drunkard, 78, 105
Michael the Stutterer, 105
Michael Thinks-He’s-a-Soldier, 54
Micklegarth. See Constantinople.
Midway. See Mesé.
Mohammed II, 112-113
monuments and statues, 33, 34, 50
mosaics, 17, 95-98
navy, 46, 47, 64-65
New Rome. See Constantinople.
Nicephorus Phocas, 19
Nika revolt, 32
nipsistarios (nip-sis-ta´ri-ōs), 56
orphanotrope (ôr-fan´Ə-trōp), 102
Orphanotrope, Grand, 102
Orthodox Christian, or Orthodox Eastern, Church, 17, 47, 48, 68-80, 101-103
patriarchs, 71
Pera quarter, 24, 25
Phocas, 51
politics, 32, 49
recreation, 32, 105
Richard the Lion-Hearted, 14
Roman Empire, 39-42, 81. See also Byzantine Empire and Western Roman Empire.
Romulus Augustulus, 44
Sacred Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
saigon (sī’gƏn), 51
Saint Mamas quarter, 24
Saladin, 14
Santa Sophia, 17, 31-32, 34
scaramangion (ska-rƏ-man’ji-Ən), 50
Scutari, 25
silk, 86-88
Simeon Stylites, Saint, 72
slaves, 103
statues. See monuments.
stemmata (stem’Ə-tƏ), 51
strategoi (strƏ-tē’goi), 47
strategos (strƏ-tē’gos), 95
superstitions, 71-72
Sycae. See Galata.
themes (thē’mƏs), 95
Theodora, 49-50
Theodora, Saint, 49, 53-54, 75-76
Theophilus, 99
Theotokos (thē-ot’ō-kos), 72
Trajan, 40-41
trapezidae (trƏ-pē’zi-dē), 59
Tsargrad. See Constantinople.
Turkish (Ottoman) Empire, 94-95, 112-113
Vandals, 44
Varangians, 23
Villehardouin, Geoffrey of, 14, 19, 20-21, 45, 107, 110
war, art of, 60-63
wealth, 82-83, 88, 91-92
Western Roman Empire, 41-42, 43-44, 46
Zoe, 49
Zoe Black Eyes, 65