FARRAR (F. W.), Darkness and Dawn. Times of Nero.
JAMES (G. P. R.), Attila.
KINGSLEY (CHARLES), Hypatia. Fourth century A.D.
NEWMAN (J. H.), Callista. A story of the persecutions.
PATER (WALTER), Marius the Epicurean. Times of the Antonines. WALLACE, Ben Hur. Time of Christ.
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Aach'en, 636, note.
Abraham, 40, 51, 60, 621.
Absolute monarchy, Oriental, 22, 47;|
Greek tyrants, 107, 109; early
Roman, 292, 299, 300; new mon-
archy of Caesar, 439, 444; medicine
of, renewed by Diocletian, 521, 525;
nature of, as a political system,
526, 527; its virtue exhausted, 553;
inherent weakness, 553; Teutonic,
610; Mohammedan, 622.
Abyssinia, 12.
Ac-ar-na'ni-a, 184, 261.
Ac-ca'di-ans, 43, 44, 45.
A-chae'a, geographical division of
Greece, 186; name of all Greece as
a Roman province, 389.
Achaean League, origin and early
growth, 260-263; constitution, 264;
expansion beyond Achaea, 265;
leading generals, 265; conflict
with Sparta, 266; calls in Mace-
donia, 267; final decline, 268, 389.
Achaeans, a Greek "race," 99; dis-
possessed by Dorians, 101.
Acropolis of Athens, 124, 171, 202.
Ac'ti-um, battle of, 455, 456.
A-dri-an-o'ple, battle of, 518, 562.
Adriatic sea, dividing Greek and
Latin civilizations within the
Roman Empire, 391, 491, 492; divid-
ing Greek and Latin empires, 580;
dividing Greek and Latin Christi-
anity, 628.
Ae-gi'na, 156, 171, 173, 186.
Ae-gos-pot'a-mi, battle of, 216.
Ae-mil-i-a'nus, Roman emperor, 461;
see Scipio.
Ae-o'li-ans, a Greek "race," 99; col-
onies, 104.
Ae'o-lus, fabled ancestor of the Aeo-
lians, 100.
Ae'qui-ans, 274, 328.
Aes'chy-lus, 147, 172, 204.
A-e'ti-us, Roman general, 570–572.
Ae-to'li-an League, 262, 267, 383.
Africa, province of, 382, 567, 582.
Ag-a-mem'non, king of Mycenae, 86.
A-gath'o-clēṣ, 217.
A-chae'us, fabled ancestor of the A-ges-i-la'us, king of Sparta, 222.
Achaeans, 100.
A-chil'lēs, 90, 143, 238.
A-crop'o-lis, the central hill-fort
about which grew a Greek city, 93,
276; Italian, 276.
A'gis, reforming king of Sparta, 266.
Agrarian laws, Solon's, 126; Spurius
Cassius', 319; Licinius', 326; the
Gracchi's, 409-412, 415; Julius
Caesar's, 447.
A-gric'o-la, Roman general, 459.
A-grip'pa, minister of Augustus, 487.
Al'ar-ic, 563, 564.
Al'ba Lon'ga, 276, 333.
A'ni-o, the river, 314.
Annals, early Roman, 277; of Tacitus,
An-tal'ci-das, Peace of, 226.
An-tig'ō-nids, rulers of the house of
Antigonus, regent of Macedonia,
386.
An-tig'ō-nus, 246.
Al-e-man'ni, a Teutonic people, 511, An'ti-och, 254, 511, 533, 627, 629.
Alexander the Great, 3, 20, 45, 59,
69; youth, 238; accession and res-
toration of order, 239; invades
Asia as champion of Hellas, 239,
240; Persian campaigns, 240; in the
Far East, 241; constructive work,
expanding views, result, 242-245;
compared with Caesar, 450.
Alexandria, name of many Greek
cities in Asia after Alexander, 243.
Alexandria in Egypt, founded, 240,
243; glory of, 251, 254; patriarchate,
533, 627; conquest by Saracens, 629.
Alexandrian Age, the, 254.
Alexandrian library, the, founded,
258; burned by monks, 541; by
Mohammedans (?), ib.
Alexandrian Museum, 258.
Al'li-a, battle of the, 330.
Allies," the Italian, of Rome, 341,
342, 343.
Alphabet, germs of, in Egyptian
hieroglyphics, 25; Phoenician, 58;
Greek, 98; Cretan, 87, note 2;
Gothic, 538, 556.
Alpine race, the, 8, 9, 274.
Am-i-a'-nus, 537.
Am-phic'ty-on'ic Council, the, 100.
Amphictionies, Greek, 100, 104, 181;
Latin, 333, note.
An-ac'rē-on, 131, 141.
An-ax-ag ́o-ras, 207.
An-ax-i-man'der, 141.
An-ax-im'I-nēs, 142.
Ancestor worship, in Egypt, 27, 33;
Chaldea, 49; Greece, 87, 91.
Ancient history, definition and char-
acter, 4.
An'cus Mar'ti-us, king of Rome, 278.
Angles, 591.
An-ti'ō-chus, king of Syria, 384, 385.
An-to-ni'nus, Marcus Aurelius, 459,
460,478, 492,494, 503, 507, 509, 511,513.
Antoninus Pius, 459, 460, 478.
An-tō'-ni-us, Marcus (Mark An-
thony), 451-455.
A-pel'lēs, Greek painter, 256.
Aph'ro-di'tē, 100.
A-pŏl'lo, 100, 132; Belvidere, 248.
A'quae Sex'ti-ae, battle of, 421.
A-qui-taine', subdivision of Frankish
state, 616, 618, 619, 625.
Arabia, 12, 620, 622, 626. See Mo-
hammed.
"Arabic" notation, 2, note; 626,
A-rā'tus, general of Achaean League,
265, 266, 267.
Arcadia, 231.
Ar-ca'di-us, Roman emperor, 519,
563, 573, 643.
Ar-chil'o-chus, 141.
Ar-chi-mē’dēs, 259.
Architecture, in Egypt, 24; in Chal-
dea and Assyria, 48; in Greece
(Athens), 202; in Rome, 485-488;
early Christian, 488.
Archon, at Athens, 117, 138; king-
archon, 107, 117.
Ar'e-op'a-gus, Council of, 118, 127.
138, 195.
A'rēṣ, 100, 288.
Ar'ġi-nu'sae, battle of, 214.
Argives, see Argos.
Argos, persistence of kingship, 107;
Pheidon tyrant, 109; hostile to
Sparta, 110; crippled by Sparta,
156; friendly to Persia, 167; allied
to Athens against Sparta, 185; joins
Corinthian League against Sparta,
223; joins Achaean League, 265;
sacked by Goths, 511, 563.
A'ri-us, teacher of the Arian Heresy, Athenian "Leaders of the peo-
535.
Armenia, 69, 247, 434, 474.
ple" (demagogues), 193.
Athenian political capacity, 198.
Arminius, Roman name for Her- Athenian senate, after Solon, 127;
Army, Egyptian, 22; early Greek
(Achaean) and Dorian (hoplite),
113, 121; citizen armies, based on
wealth, at Athens, 122; at Rome,
295; Theban phalanx, 230; Mace-
donian, 235; Carthaginian mercen-
aries, 357; see Roman army.
Ar'ri-an, 233, 492.
Art, Egyptian, 24; Chaldean and As-
syrian, 48; early Greek, 140; in
Age of Pericles, 201-203; in Alex-
andrian Age, 256.
Ar-tax-erx'ēs, king of Persia, 222,
Ar-te-mis'i-um, battle of, 170.
Ar'te-mis, 100.
Aryan race and language, 6, note, 68.
Asiatic plague, 213, 513.
As-pa'si-a, 210.
Assemblies, Homeric folkmoot, 97;
Athenian, Spartan, Roman, Teu-
tonic, see each; in Britain after
Teutonic conquest, 612, 614; Frank-
ish Mayfield, 612, 645.
As'sur-Nat'sir-Pal, 53.
Assyria, geography, 39; political his-
tory, 41; writing, 44; literature and
science, 45, 46; society, 47; art, 48;
religion and morals, 49, 50, 53, 54;
contribution to government (sa-
traps), 74; a Roman province, 474.
As-tar'te, 59, 357.
At'aulf, Gothic king, 564.
after Cleisthenes, 137, 138, 194. See
Areopagus.
Athenian state-pay, 197.
Athens, legendary founding, 93; type
of Ionic cities, 99; relation to At-
tica, 114; how far a type of Greek
cities, 116; decline of Homeric king-
ship in, 117; rise of archons, 117;
Eupatrid political oppression, 118;
economic oppression, 119; rise of
the hoplites, 121; constitution of
classes, 122; Draco, 124; Solon's
reforms, 125-129; Peisistratus, 131,
132; Cleisthenes' reforms, 133-139;
part in Ionian revolt, 158; Persian
heralds, 160; Marathon, 161, 162;
a naval power, 165; second Persian
invasion, 167; at battle of Artemi-
sium, 170; abandoned to Persians,
171; battle of Salamis, 172, 173;
receives offers from Persians, 174;
second destruction of the city, 174;
part at Plataea, 175; building of
walls, 177; glory from Persian War,
179; assumes leadership of Asiatic
Greeks, 179, 180; at Mycale, 180;
confederacy of Delos, 180, 181; ex-
pels Persians from Aegean, 182,
183; reduces rebellious members of
League to position of subjects, 183;
Athenian Empire, 183, 184: aids
Sparta against Helots, 185; re-
nounces alliance with Sparta, 185;
marvelous activity, 185; land em-
Babylon (see also Chaldea), capital,
40; conquered by Assyria, 41; re-
volt, 42; new Babylonian Empire,
42; Persian capture, 42, 69; indus-
try, 43; writing and libraries, 44,
45; Hanging Gardens, 48; influence
on Persia, 71; Alexander's con-
quest, 240; Alexander dies at, 241.
Bac'tri-a, 241.
Baer'sark, 557.
Bagdad, 625.
pire, 186; loss, 187; truce with | A-vars, 569.
Sparta, 188; peace with Persia, Av'en-tine, one of Rome's Seven
188; power, 189; population, 190; Hills, 280, 319.
cleruchs, 190; revenues, 191; con-
stitution of Pericles, 192-199; gov-
ernment of the Empire, 199; intel-
lectual and artistic Athens, 201-
210; Peloponnesian War, 211-216;
resources, 213; the plague, 213;
rule of the Four Hundred, 215;
siege and surrender, 216; rule of
The Thirty, 220; democratic res-
toration, 220; Corinthian War
against Sparta, 223-225; Long
Walls rebuilt, 225; attempted sur-
prise by Sparta, 227; new Athenian
confederacy, 229; shelters Theban
exiles, 229; joins Sparta against
Thebes, 231; contest with Philip
II., 234; defeat at Chaeronea, 236;
philosophic center in Alexandrian
Age, 254; freed from Macedonian
garrison by Aratus, 265; refuses to
join Achaean League, 265, note;
sacked by Goths, 511, 563.
A'thos, Mount, 161; canal, 166.
At'tal-ids, rulers of the house of
Attalus, king of Pergamum, 253.
At'ti-ca, 93, 99, 101, 190.
At'til-a, 570, 571, 572.
Augurs (Roman), 290, 291, 327.
Au-gus'tine (Saint), 538; condemns
pagan learning, 540.
Au-gus'tus (Octavius, Octavianus),
451; forms Second Triumvirate,
452; overthrows Brutus and Cas-
sius at Philippi, 452; overthrows
Anthony at Actium, 455; establishes
the Empire, 456; events of rule, 458;
imperial constitution, republican
forms, 462, 463; extends territory,
471, 472; building, 486; Augustan
Age in literature, 491; a title of
future emperors, 521.
Au'ra-maz'da
Barbarian invasions, Scythian, 41,
72; Celtic (Gauls), 248, 330; Teu-
tonic attacks on Roman world,
first century B.C., 421, 437; re-
newed, third century A.D., 459, 511;
successful in fourth century, 563 ff.;
not stronger than those repulsed
by Marius and Caesar, 543, 596.
Bar'ca, see Hamilcar.
Barrack Emperors, the, 461, 512.
Ba-sil'i-ca, 488.
Bavaria, added to Frankish state by
sons of Clovis, 589; independent
after Dagobert, 618; reconquered
by Martel, 619; incorporated in
kingdom of Charlemagne, 638, 639.
Bel-i-sā'ri-us, 563, 567, 582.
Benedict, Saint, rules of, 603.
Ben-e-dic'tines, 603; see Monasti-
cism.
Ben-e-ven'tum, battle of, 335.
Be'o-wulf, Song of, 557.
Berber, 8, 21, 357.
Berlin Papyrus, the, 22, 30, 32.
Bishop, 533; civil authority, 630; of
Rome, see Papacy.
Bi-thyn'i-a, Roman province, 466.
Bo-a-di-cē'a, 476.
Boe-o'ti-a, 141, 187.
(A-hu'ra Maz'da), Boeotian League, 226, 261.
Persian god, 72.
Au-re'li-an, Roman emperor, 461, 511,
515.
Aus-tra'si-a, division of Frankish
state, 616, 618.
Bohemia, tributary state of Charle-
magne, 640.
Book of the Dead (Egyptian), 29,
33.
Bren'nus, Gallic chieftain, 330.
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