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INDEX
Ab Urbe Condita 137
Abora 19
Abraham 146
Acacius 213
Academy 239
Acepsemas 200
Acesius: in Socrates 109; in Sozomen 123
Achaemenid 209
Achilles 33
Actium 143
Acts 212
Acts of Phileas and Philoromas 102
actuarii 46
Adam 139–40, 157, 199
Adamantius: Dialogue on True Faith in God 97
Adoneia 267
adoptionist heresy 127
adoratio purpurae 15
Adrianople 218–22, 229, 231, 274; in Ammianus 21–2, 34–6, 180, 186, 218–20, 232; in Eunapius 66; in Orosius 147; in Theodoret 131
Aedesius (informant of Rufinus) 154
Aedesius (philosopher) 65, 238
Aeneas 107
Aeschylus 133
Aetius (general) 6, 89, 227
Aetius (heretic) 131
Africa 1, 4–7, 20–1, 40, 42–3, 61, 76, 135–6, 141, 143, 234
Africanus 120
Against Eunomius 131
Against John 95
agentes in rebus 47
Agrippa 140
Aksum 103, 228–9; see also Ethiopia; Indians
Alamanni 32, 34
Alans 27, 35, 218–19
Alaphion 117–18
Alaric 5, 222–4; in Eunapius 67, 233; in Olympiodorus 77–8, 189, 223, 233; in Orosius 146–7, 223–4; in Socrates 223; in Sozomen 197
Alavivus 219
Albinus 81
Alexander (bishop of Alexandria) 8–9; in Socrates 113–15; in Theodoret 131
Alexander (bishop of Constantinople) 131
Alexander (the Great): in Ammianus 29, 36–7, 209; in Eunapius 184; in Orosius 139, 141–2, 285; in Socrates 204, 270
Alexandria 8–9, 16, 70, 82, 86–7, 94–5, 97, 103, 105–6, 108–9, 113, 119, 128, 132, 191, 193, 195, 201, 204, 228, 256, 261, 278–80
Alexandrian (school of theology) 127–8, 130
Alfred 149
Alps 227
Alypius 41, 172
Amachius 256
Ambrose 166, 274, 280–3
Amida 18–20, 158, 208
Ammianus Marcellinus 11, 14–41, 153, 158, 164–5; and Eunapius 39, 67, 69, 72, 157; and Eutropius 39, 52, 164–5, 172, 211; and Olympiodorus 73, 77–8, 166, 185; and Orosius 186; and Socrates 111; and Theodosius I 29, 35, 274–5; and Victor 39, 43, 164–5; controversy over origins 15–17; digressions in 26–30; epilogue of 24–5; life 14–20; on Adrianople 21–2, 34–6, 180, 186, 218–20, 232; on barbarians 231–2; on Constantine I 22–3, 33, 232, 268; on Constantius II 17, 20–3, 26, 31–2, 34, 36–8, 40, 160–1, 165, 168–9, 209, 239, 244–6, 248, 252, 263; on emperor’s subordinates 168–9; on Festus 57–9; on Goths 21, 34–6, 126, 218–20, 232; on Huns 27, 35, 218–19, 226; on Jews 202; on Jovian 21, 23, 33–4; on Julian 17, 19–23, 26–7, 30–4, 37, 39–41, 150, 160–1, 164–5, 171, 175–6, 180–1, 187, 190–1, 208–10, 231–2, 239–40, 243–8, 250–4, 261–4, 266–8, 272;on justice 170–2; on Persia 19, 21, 26–7, 33–4, 39, 67, 160–1, 175, 180–1, 186, 191, 208–10, 214, 235; on Roman past 179–81, 187; on Ursicinus 15–19, 31–2, 36, 38, 40; on Valens 20–4, 31, 34–5, 38, 41, 171–2, 175, 216; on Valentinian I 20–3, 31, 34–6, 40, 169, 171, 175; prefaces of 23–4; religion 190–1; sources 38–41, 44, 154–5; speeches in 160–1, style 36; use of exempla 36–7; violent imagery in 37–8; work 20–41
Ammon 79
Ammonius (teacher of Socrates) 108–9, 279
Ammonius of Scetis 199
Ammoun 199
Ampelius 28
Anastasius I, Pope 93, 97
Anatolius 43, 47
Ancus Marcius 53
Anglo-Saxon 149
Annales (of Nicomachus Flavianus) 39
Annales (of Tacitus) 45
Anthemius (eastern prefect) 88
Anthemius (western general) 7
Antioch 3, 14–17, 19–21, 35, 37, 40–1, 94, 119, 126–9, 132–3, 174, 176–7, 193, 216, 253, 258–9, 263, 266–7, 272, 276, 282
Antiochene (school of theology) 127–9, 131–2, 134
Antony 198; in Rufinus 155, 199; in Socrates 114
Apamea 127, 280
Apelles 124
Aphrahat 200
Apocalypse of Paul 119
Apodemius 262
Apollinaris the Elder: in Socrates 255
Apollinaris the Younger: in Socrates 255; in Sozomen 159, 256; in Theodoret 132
Apollinarist heresy 132
Apollo, Temple of 253, 259
Apollonius 87
Apology for Origen 95
Apology (of Jerome) 93, 98
Apology (of Rufinus) 93, 97–8
Apostle Thomas (ballista) 213
Apronianus 95
Aquileia 96–7, 102, 105, 227
Aquilinus 119
Arab 220
Arabia 1; in Festus 61; in Rufinus 104; in Sozomen 119
Arabic 149
Aramaic 118; see also Syriac
Arbitio 38, 262
Arbogast 5, 285–6; in Eunapius 232–3; in Orosius 288; in Socrates 287
Arcadius 5–6, 194, 223, 275, 288; in Eunapius 67, 70; in Orosius 143–4; in Socrates 108
Archelaus 156
Ardabur 86
Ares 259
Argonauts 79
Arian 9, 144, 216–17, 238, 277; in Orosius 222; in Rufinus 103–5, 276, 284; in Socrates 109, 11, 113; in Theodoret 132–4, 285
Arianism 9, 217; in Orosius 249; in Rufinus 101, 234; in Socrates 156, 284; in Sozomen 201; in Theodoret 132–3
Arimaspians 91
Aristotle 36
Arius 8–9; in Gelasius of Caesarea 101; in Rufinus 103–4; in Socrates 110, 113–15, 170; in Socrates and Sozomen 123; in Theodoret 131–2
Armenia 15, 19, 208, 284; in Ammianus 21; in Eutropius 211; in Festus 61; Sozomen 270
Arsaces: in Eutropius 211; in Sozomen 270
Arsacius 154
Arsenius 114
Ascetic Life 130
Ascholius 276
Asclepiades 253
Asia Minor 9, 49–50, 58, 61, 64, 67, 127, 193, 220, 238
Aspar 6, 88–9
Assyria 268, 271
Assyrian: in Eusebius of Caesarea 145; in Or
osius 139, 157
Ataulf 223, 227; in Olympiodorus 77, 79–80, 223–4, 234; in Orosius 139, 147, 154, 224
Athanaric 60, 216–17
Athanasius 9, 155, 192–3, 250; and Rufinus 93, 103–4, 107, 228–9; and Socrates 113, 156, 170; and Sozomen 123; and Theodoret 131
Athenian 47, 68, 74, 253
Athens 64–5, 69, 74, 78, 184, 238
Atticus: in Socrates 177, 204; in Sozomen 120
Attila 6, 225–8; and Priscus 82–6, 88–9, 92, 158, 214, 226, 234
Augusta (title) 196
Augustine, Saint, of Hippo: and Orosius 135, 138–41, 145, 152; and Rufinus 93
Augustus (title) 2, 4–6, 20, 33, 160, 163, 244, 246, 248, 285
Augustus (emperor): in Eunapius 184–5; in Eutropius 54–6, 168, 211; in Orosius 139–40, 142–3, 146, 185–6; in Victor 44, 47; see also Octavian
Aurelian (emperor) 2; in Victor 46, 176
Aurelian (prefect) 6
Ausonius 44–5
Aventicum 27
Auxanon 108, 112–13, 154
Avita 95
Avitus 135
Azades 212
Azazane 213
Babylas, Saint 253–4
Babylon 138, 145–6, 148, 211
Babylonian 62, 145
Bacurius 154, 229
Balkans 4, 6, 218, 227, 244
Bar Kochba 202
Barbatio 18, 36
Basil, Saint, of Caesarea 96–7, 177, 199
Basiliscus 88–9
Bassianus 171
Bede 149
Beirut 118
Berichus 86
Bethelia 117–18, 159
Bible 99, 117, 204, 206, 216, 242, 255
Bibliotheca 65, 75
bissextile day 27
Bithynia 119, 153, 238
Black Sea 20, 27, 215, 229
Bleda 88, 225
Blemmyes 73–4, 86–7, 234
Blemyomachia 73
Boniface 80
Bordeaux 49
Bracara 135, 137
Braga 135
Brigantia 136
Britain 4–5, 21, 143
Brutus: in Eutropius 55; in Orosius 141, 185
Brutus (by Cicero) 39
Bulgaria 83
Burgundians 147
Butheric 280–1
Byzantine 65, 73, 78, 82, 87, 147, 184, 203
Caelestius 137
Caesar (title) 2, 7, 32, 69, 163, 175, 203, 238–40, 242–6, 248–9, 262
Caesar, Julius: and Olympiodorus 160; and Orosius 138, 143, 186; in Ammianus 27, 180; in Eutropius 52, 55, 164, 183; in Socrates 264
Caesarea 257
Caligula, Gaius: in Eutropius 55–6; in Orosius 144, 186; in Victor 46, 181
Callinicum 280
Callisthenes 36
Callistus (epic poet) 270
Callistus, Nicephoras 88
Candidianus 81
Cannae: in Ammianus 180
Cappadocia 89, 238, 257
Cappadocian Fathers 97
Caracalla: in Victor 189
Carinus: in Eutropius 173
Carrhae 270, 272
Carthage: and Pelagius 137; in Ammianus 37, 181, 210; in Eutropius 51; in Orosius 138, 142, 145–6; in Victor 42
Carthaginian 137, 145, 184
Carus: in Victor 210
Caspian Gates 214
Cassiodorus 87, 117
Cassius, Lucius 183
Castalian Fountain 253–4
Catechesis 97
Cato the Elder: in Ammianus 180
Caucasus Mountains 218
Caudine Forks 180
Celestine, Pope 128
Celsus 228
Chalcedon 262, 264
Chalcedon, Council of 129–30
Chamavi: in Eunapius 71, 159, 247
Charaton 74
Charietto 71
Chnodomar 231
Christian History 110
Chromatius of Aquileia 93, 98, 102, 152
Chronicle 138
Chrysanthius 64–5
Chrysaphius 83, 86, 89
Chrysostom, John 133, 193–7, 253; and Rufinus 98–9; in Eunapius 67, 70; in Socrates 112–13, 115, 155, 174, 193–7; in Sozomen 119, 125, 193–7, 201; in Theodoret 177, 193–7
Cicero 24–5, 37, 39, 154
Cilicia 119, 244
Cimbri 35
Cirta 42
City of God 136, 139, 145, 148
clarissimus 43
Claudian 180
Claudius I: in Orosius 143; in Victor 168
Claudius II Gothicus: in Eunapius 67; in Eutropius 215; in Victor 181
clausulae 26
Clemens 120
Clement, Pope 99
Clovis 223
Coeranius 58
Collection of Heretical Myths 130
Columbus, Christopher 179
comes Orientalis 15
comitatus 2
Commentary on the Apostles’
Creed 97
Commentary on the Benediction of the Twelve Patriarchs 99
Commodus: in Victor 168
Commonitorium de Errore Priscillianistarum et Origenistarum 136
Concordia 93
consecratio 55
consistorium 168
Constans 3, 168
Constantine I 3, 8–10, 49, 188–9, 202, 204–5, 211, 215, 237–8, 278; in Ammianus 22–3, 33, 232, 268; in Eunapius 68–9, 283; in Eusebius of Caesarea 103; in Eutropius 51, 188, 215, 240; in Festus 62, 215; in Orosius 144, 186; in Rufinus 100–1, 103–5, 107, 228–30, 284; in Socrates 109, 113–15, 156, 170, 201, 217; in Sozomen 120, 123–4, 157, 212, 217, 258; in Theodoret 131–2; in Victor 42, 168, 189, 240
Constantine II 3
Constantine VII Porphyrogentius 65, 87
Constantinople 3, 5, 20–1, 30, 42, 70, 76, 83, 85–6, 108, 113, 119–20, 127, 131, 133–4, 144, 154, 175, 177, 187, 196, 201, 219–21, 227, 233, 237–8, 251–2, 262–3, 279, 283
Constantiolus 85
Constantius I 176
Constantius II 3, 9, 14, 19, 42, 49–50, 215, 238, 243–4, 248, 260, 262, 265, 270; in Ammianus 17, 20–3, 26, 31–2, 34, 36–8, 40, 160–1, 165, 168–9, 209, 239, 244–6, 248, 252, 263; in Eunapius 68, 184, 210, 240, 247; in Eutropius 168, 240; in Rufinus 103–4, 229; in Socrates 170, 241, 249, 255–6; in Sozomen 242, 249; in Theodoret 131, 272; in Victor 44, 47, 168, 181, 210, 240
Constantius III: in Olympiodorus 80, 166
Coptic 200
consularis Syriae 58–9
Corbulo, Domitius 36, 275
Cordoba, Caliph of 149
Corduene 15, 18
Crassus: in Eunapius 184; in Eutropius 183; in Festus 183 Cretan 182
Crete 61, 205
Crispus: in Orosius 144; in Sozomen 120, 157; not in Eusebius, Rufinus 103
Croce, Benedetto 149
Ctesiphon 208, 210, 267–71
Cure for Hellenic Maladies 127, 129
curia 15, 261, 263–4
Curii: in Victor 47, 181
Curtii: in Ammianus 181
Cynegius, Maternus 278
Cyprus 61, 119, 154
Cyril of Alexandria 127–8, 204–5
Cyril of Jerusalem 97, 100, 203
Cyrinus of Chalcedon 112, 197
Cyropaedia 122
Cyrrhus 127, 129
Cyrus, King of Persia 146
Cyrus of Panopolis 6, 76, 87
Dalmatius 240
Damascus 86
Damasus, Pope 96
Daniel 145–6, 203–4
Dante 149
Danube 67, 83, 86, 90, 215–16, 219–21, 231
Daphne 253, 259
Darius 184
David, King 281
Decentius 246
Decii: in Ammianus 181; in Victor 181
Decius 7, 198; in Victor 215
Delphi 253
Demophilus 277
Demosthenes: in Ammianus 39
Deuteronomy 99
Dexippus 68; and Ammianus 38; and Eunapius 67, 157, 184; and P
riscus 92
Diacrinomenus, John 129
Didymus the Blind 94, 153
Dio Cassius 38, 181, 184
Diocletian 2–3, 7, 163, 198; in Ammianus 23, 164; in Eutropius 52, 164; in Victor 45–7, 164, 182, 189
Diodorus of Tarsus 127
Diogenes 172
Dioscorus 128
Dominate 2 dominus 2, 143
Domitian: in Ammianus 168; in Eutropius 52–5, 172; in Victor 45, 164
Domnus 128
Don 215
Donatus 74
Druids 191
dyad 71
earthquakes: in Ammianus 27, 39; in Sozomen 271
Easter 95, 111, 114, 204
eclipses 27
Edeco 83
Eden 199
Edesius 228–9
Edessa 201, 250
Edict of Milan 8
Edict of Toleration 7
Egypt 10, 20, 27, 61, 64, 73–4, 86, 94, 97, 99–100, 103–6, 148, 153, 155, 189, 191, 198, 200, 271, 278
Eleusinian Mysteries 47, 64, 239
Eleusis 66, 233
Elpidius 259
Emona 79
Empiricus, Marcellus 49
Enmann’s Kaisergeschichte see Kaisergeschichte
Ephesus 128
Ephesus, Second Council of 128
Ephrem: in Sozomen 118, 201; in Sozomen and Theodoret 200
Epiphanius of Salamis 95, 97, 130
Epiphany 142, 186
epistolographos 49
Epitome de Caesaribus 44
Eranistes 129–30
Ernach 86
Ethiopia 104, 228–9; see also Aksum; Indians Etna, Mount 78
Etruscan: in Ammianus 191; in Olympiodorus 189; in Victor 182
Eubulus 58
Eudaemon 113
Eudocia, Aelia 6, 74; and Olympiodorus 76; and Socrates 110; in Socrates 113, 197
Eudoxia (daughter of Theodosius II): in Socrates 76, 197
Eudoxia (wife of Arcadius) 197; in Eunapius 67, 70, 169–70; in Socrates and Sozomen 196; not in Theodoret 196
Eudoxius 132, 217
Eugenius 5, 286; in Eunapius 69; in Rufinus 103, 106; in Socrates 287; in Sozomen 287; in Theodoret 288
Euhemerus of Libya 247
Eunapius 11, 64–72, 151–3; and Ammianus 39, 67, 69, 72, 157; and Olympiodorus 73, 166; and Photius 67–8; and Priscus 91; and sophists 70–1; and Sozomen 157; and Zosimus 65–6, 75; life 64–5; on barbarians 232–3; on Christianity 69–70; on chronology 68–9; on Constantine I 68–9, 283; on Constantius II 68, 184, 210, 240, 247; on court officials 169–70; on Festus 57–9; on Goths 216, 220–1, 232–3; on Huns 67, 154, 220, 225–6; on Jovian 69, 184, 210, 268; on Julian 67, 69–71, 150, 152, 159, 166, 169, 173, 184, 190, 210, 220, 233, 240, 247–8, 263–4, 268; on justice 173; on merchants 72, 177; on monks 202; on Persia 67, 184, 210, 235; on Roman past 183–5, 187; on Theodosius I 67, 69, 278–9, 281–4, 286; on Valens 66, 69, 74, 173, 216; style 71; sources 71–2, 154; speeches in 159–60; work 65–72
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