Pope Sixtus IV

Sixtus IV confirmed the Cypriot Constitution of Alexander IV in the year 1472. His bull, preserved in the secular archives of Santa Sophia in Nicosia, and kept in the Library of St. Mark in Venice, was edited by the most distinguished D. de Mas Latrie in his *History of the Island of Cyprus* (1st part, Documents). We place it here, although it is two centuries later, because of the similarity of the subject matter.

BULL OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF SIXTUS IV TO THE GREEK, ARMENIAN, NESTORIAN, AND JACOBITE BISHOPS ESTABLISHED ON THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS

That they may exercise ecclesiastical jurisdiction only in those places once assigned to their see, namely Solia, Arsinoe, Lefkara, and Karpasso.

(1472. Jan.-Aug. - Rome)

Sixtus, bishop, etc. For the perpetual memory of the matter.

Truly, from the reports of trustworthy persons, it has come to our hearing that, in the city and diocese of Nicosia, there has been accustomed to be, and there is today, a Greek bishop of the place of Solia, who, beyond the aforesaid place, from which he takes his name, and in which he is permitted to have a tribunal, in the cities and dioceses aforesaid, to the prejudice of the Latin church, which has long lacked a shepherd who could or would know how to defend and maintain the rights and liberties of the said church, has occupied and presumes to exercise each and every thing that belongs to episcopal jurisdiction and office; where the said Greek bishop and others of the Armenians or Jacobites and of various other sects of heresy and schismatics also in that same place and in other dioceses and cities of the kingdom of Cyprus, which exist under the jurisdiction and care of Latin diocesans, whatever [it may be] contrary to the sacred canons, the regulations of the Apostolic See, and the customs of the holy Fathers, [the said Greek bishop and others] ordain and permit to be promoted ^A only those who are not candidates for holy orders except through simony and money and other illicit agreements, and [those who are] in some way bigamous, illegitimate, and any others procreated from illicit intercourse, being entirely unqualified, and others [who are] completely ignorant of letters; and, which is worse, due to excessive ignorance, spurning the decrees of the Roman Church, they presume to grant dispensations in the fourth and third degrees of consanguinity and affinity, both in marriages already contracted and those to be contracted, and to hear and define at their own pleasure matrimonial and other spiritual causes, as well as [to grant] license to dismiss wives and to take others, ^B to the greatest contempt of the Roman Church, and to the prejudice of the Latins, and to the hindrance of the action of the Catholic pastors.

^A These ordinances and decrees are spurned and neglected, to the greatest prejudice of the Church of Nicosia and of its prelate himself, who is the metropolitan in the kingdom of Cyprus.

Their tribunal and jurisdictions are for the time being those of existing true and Catholic archbishops and bishops, to whom the understanding and definition of matrimonial and other spiritual causes of this kind pertains. They do not fear to permit those who are bigamous to be promoted to celebrate Mass and divine offices and to receive any ecclesiastical sacraments whatsoever; indeed, they do not fear to hear confessions and, by themselves or through other priests—or even, and this is more serious, through those who are not priests or are not known to be priests—to absolve those confessing of any sins and faults whatsoever, even those reserved to the Apostolic See. By this, because of their ignorance and lack of skill in the Catholic faith, and since they are in no way obedient to the constitutions of the most sacrosanct Roman Church—from the ecumenical Council of Florence, celebrated in the time of our predecessor of happy memory, Pope Eugenius IV, during which crimes, schisms, and perverse heresies were to be weeded out from the minds of those men and peoples—they sow errors, and the true worship of God and the rules of good morals and sacred institutions and the mandates of the Apostolic See are forgotten.

We, therefore, to whom it pertains not only to defend the rights and honors of that church itself and of our venerable brother Louis, Archbishop of Nicosia, and of his successors, the archbishops of Nicosia, and of his suffragan Latin bishops of the province of Nicosia, but also to cause them to increase in many ways, of our own accord—not at the instance of a petition brought to us by Archbishop Louis himself or by anyone else—but out of our pure liberty and from certain knowledge, by our apostolic authority, by this edict of perpetual constitution, ^B under penalty of excommunication of late sentence, which whosoever counteracts or contravenes, by that very fact and without any other declaration, shall incur, we prohibit any bishop hereafter, whether Greek, Armenian, Jacobite, Nestorian, or of any other sect whatsoever, who now exists or who shall exist in the future, or who is

in the city and diocese of Nicosia, or in any other city or diocese of the kingdom of Cyprus, and who exists under ^A the jurisdiction, either immediately or mediately, of the other suffragans of the Archbishop of Nicosia and of the Latin bishops, from holding or exercising any tribunal or any contentious jurisdiction, unless it be among his own people in his own place, which is called Solia, from which the Greek bishop himself derives his name; it is provided, as they say, that he may exercise an episcopal tribunal or jurisdiction, as suffragan and vicar of the Latin prelate, among his own Greeks, according to apostolic ordinances, custom, and statutes.

And similarly, in the place of Arsinoe and like places, outside the cities, in the said places throughout every diocese, he is to have or hold, and also the same, and any others present and future bishops of the Greeks or Armenians or others of any Christian church ^B whatsoever, under the same penalties—that as for matters matrimonial and all other spiritual causes, they shall hear and in any way define them, or in any way whatsoever involve themselves therein, or exercise jurisdiction, or in any way whatsoever in and over marriages contracted or to be contracted, grant a dispensation, or in any way perform divorces or grant separation of bed, or promote anyone to the priesthood or to any other holy orders, unless he be thoroughly examined and approved by the aforementioned Latin diocesan or his vicar, and solemnly presented as suitable by the same in writing; nor shall they receive any money on this account, or solicit it in any way under the same penalties and censures; nor shall they henceforth read or preach to the people, whether secretly or openly, or ^C hear the confessions of anyone, or absolve any persons, whether Latin or Greek, or Armenian or Jacobite, or of any other rite or church whatsoever, from their sins in the said cities or dioceses of the said kingdom of Cyprus, or presume in any way to do so, unless such person has first been ordained to this task by the diocesan in whose diocese he may be, or by his vicar, having been previously examined with regard to his life and the reputation of his confessors or preachers, and having been found, through careful examination and clear documents, to be catholic and suitable, and having been solemnly approved, and having obtained permission in writing from the same diocesan or his vicar in the same year in which he is to preach and hear or absolve those confessing.

And furthermore, if any who hear confessions, and similarly if any Greeks or other bishops in the cities and dioceses existing under the care and protection of the Archbishop of Nicosia or any of his suffragan bishops of the said kingdom of Cyprus, mediately or immediately, howsoever and whensoever—excepting the places of Solia, Arsinoe, Lefkara, and Karpasia, from which places indeed the Greek bishops have taken their name, and wherein they can and are accustomed, as it is said, to exercise among their own Greeks some things which pertain to the office or jurisdiction of bishops, whether secretly or openly; and if they should presume to hear or judge regarding matrimonial and other spiritual causes, or to promote anyone to holy orders without the license of the Latin diocesan, or to do or attempt anything in similar and other matters connected with and dependent upon the same, or otherwise to involve themselves, they shall ipso facto incur the sentences of the penalty of excommunication, and shall be published and avoided as excommunicated, until they have obtained the benefit of absolution from the Apostolic See; and such absolution belongs to the Archbishop of Nicosia who shall be for the time being or to his special vicar. Decreeing from now on as null and void if anything happens to be attempted to the contrary concerning these matters by anyone, with whatever authority, knowingly or ignorantly, constitutions to the contrary, etc., notwithstanding. Let no one, therefore, etc.

Given at Rome, at Saint Peter's, in the year of the Lord’s Incarnation one thousand four hundred and seventy-two, in the first year of our pontificate.

INDICES OF THE DOUBLE VOLUME. INDEX TO THE BYZANTINE HISTORY OF JOEL.

(Of the previous volume, cols. 223–287. — The numerals recall the reader to the larger figures inserted in the Latin text.)

Acephali, 43. Egypt, king of the Egyptians, 8. Esculapius, age, 11. Africa, whence it took its name, 9. Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, 37. Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, 33. Alexander the Great, son of Nectanebus, 7. Alexander's empire, divided among the free, 23. Alexandria, 7. Alexius, patriarch, 60. Allēlengyon (Liability for tax), 61. Anastasius Dicorus, buried alive, 43, sq. Anatolius, patriarch, 44. Anaxagoras, age, 22. Andragathius, assassin of Gratian, 39. Andreas, assassin of Constans, 47. Anthimus of Nicomedia, 35. Antioch, founded by Seleucus, 23. Antonius Cauleas, patriarch, 58. Antonius Studites, patriarch, 59. Apollinaris, heresiarch, 34. Apollonius of Tyana, 29. Aquila, 30. Arcadiopolis, 40. Arethas (St.), 44. Aristarchus, contemporary of Hippocrates, 23. Artabanes, successor of Darius Hystaspis, 22. Artaxerxes Longimanus, 22. Artaxerxes Mnemon, 5. Artemius, 33. Astrology, invented by the Persians, 4. Astronomy, who first committed it to writing, 4. Astyages, i.e., Darius the Mede and Artaxerxes, 21. Athanasius, patriarch of the Jacobites, 46 sq. Autonomus (St.), 45. Baal, 4. Babylas of Antioch, 33. Bardesanes, heresiarch, 30. Barnabas the Apostle, 43. Basilides, heresiarch, 30. Basilius accubitor, 59. Basilius Scamandrenus, patriarch, 59. Brumalia, 6. C. Caesar (Caligula), son of Tiberius, 26. Caesars, whence they are named, 24. Callinicus, patriarch, 50. Cambyses, i.e., Darius 5, i.e., Nebuchadnezzar, 22. Caracallus, succeeds Antoninus (Bassus), 31. Carpocrates, heretic, 30. Celsus, heretic, 33. Cerdon, heretic, 30. Cerinthus, heretic, 30. Chalcoprateia, 40. Chaldeans, burn the books of the Hebrews, 22. Chariton, confessor, 34. Chous, king of the Persians, 7. Christ's epistle, 61. Image of Edessa, 57. Image of Hieropolis, 58. Chrysopolis, 45, 51. Clement the Stromatist, 31. Colossians, Rhodians, 23. Commodus, brother of Severus, 31. Constantinus Licudes, 64. Corus, 14. Cosmas, patriarch, 65. Cosmas Tzintzilucius, 62. Cross (the Holy), 46. Cyprian, 32. Cypriot metropolitans, not subject to Antioch, 43. Cyriacus, patriarch, 50. Cyril (St.), 8. Dalmatarum monastery, 49. Daniel, 5. Darius, son of Arsames, 7. Demosthenes, when he lived, 23. Dictator, what it is, 24. Didius Julianus, death, 31. Didymus, follower of Origen, 44. Diocletian's death, 35. Diogenes, when he lived, 23. Dionysius, bishop of Corinth, 30. Dionysius, bishop of Alexandria, 33. Elgin monastery, 63. Elesbaas, king of the Ethiopians, 44. Empedocles, 23. Euagrius, follower of Origen, 44. Eugenia (St.), 32. Eustathius, patriarch, 60. Euthymius, patriarch, 56. Eutyches, heretic, 34. Februarius, senator, 6. Flavian, bishop of Rome, 33. Forum Boarium, 46. Galba Antoninus, 32. Galen, physician, 31. Gauls, when they captured the City, 6. Gastria monastery, 54. Georgius Boraphus, 50. Georgius Maniaces, 61. Germanus, patriarch, 47, 51. Gregory the Wonderworker, 33. Gregory the Theologian, 35, 58. Hebdomon, 60. Heraclitus, 22. Heraclius, brother of Justinian Rhinotmetus, 48. Hercules, contemporary of Samson, 12. Hercules of Tyre, 4. Herodotus, age, 22. Jerusalem, 8. Homerites, 44. Homer and Hesiod, when they lived, 14. Hypapante (Meeting/Presentation), when it began to be celebrated, 44. Ignatius the God-bearer, 30. Ignatius, patriarch, 55. Jacobites, 47. James, son of Zebedee, 25. John the Baptist, relics, 58. John Chrysostom, 40. John the Evangelist and Theologian, 29, 60. John the Orphanotrophos, 61. John the Patrician, 49. John Xiphilinus, 64.

Josephus, (Flavius) 8, 10, 14, 27. Josephus Bringas, 58. Julian port, 45. Junior Gordianus, 32. Junior Gordianus senior, 32. Justinian (emperor), 33. Justinian’s triclinium, 48. Justin the martyr, 30. Laodicea, founded by Seleucus, 23. Lawrence the martyr, 32. Leo the syncellus, 63. Leonidas, Origen’s father, 31. Hebrew letters, who discovered them, 3. Lucibius (emperor), 28. Lycurgus, contemporary of Asclepius, 11. Macedonius the Pneumatomachian, 39. Magic, who discovered it, 4. Magusians, Persians, 4. Mantius frees the city captured by the Gauls, 6. Malsabas, prince of the Saracens, 51. Manichaeus, the heresiarch, 34. Manganon monastery, 63. Manuel’s monastery, 60. Marcion, the heresiarch, 30. Mark the evangelist, founder of monasteries, 27. Marcus (emperor), successor to Junior, 32. St. Mary's garment, 42. Mars the planet, 3, 4. Martin the Pope, 47. Month of March, i.q. Nisan and Phamenoth, 26. Martyrius of Antioch, 42. Matthew’s Gospel, described by Barnabas, 43. Maximilla, the false prophetess, 30. Maximinus' death, 36. Maximus the Confessor, 47. St. Methodius, patriarch, 55. Michael Cerularius, 63. Molibotum, 65. Monothelites, 47, 48. Montanus, heretic, 30. Narcissus, bishop, 32. Navatus, 33. Nectarius, 39. Negra city, 45. Nestorius, 31, 34. St. Nicephorus, patriarch, 53. Nicolaus Chrysoberges, patriarch, 60. Nicolaus, the heresiarch, 30. Nicolaus, patriarch, 56. Oatum, 43. Consecration of oil, 43. Onesimus the martyr, 29. Origen, 31. Orpheus, at the same age as Prometheus, 11. Paul of Samosata, 31, 34. Peribleptos monastery, 61. Peter of Alexandria, martyr, 35. Peter the Fuller, 43. Pherecydes, when he lived, 23. Philippi, two emperors, 32, 33. Philippopolis, who founded it, 32. Philip the deacon, 29. Philo Judaeus, 27. Phoenix the king, 4. Planets, who gave them their names, 3, 4. Polycarp the martyr, 30. Polyeuctus, patriarch, 58. Priscilla, the false prophetess, 30. Procopius the martyr, 35. Prometheus, contemporary of Deborah, 11. Prote island, 57, 65. Ptolemies, thirteen, 23. Publianus (emperor), 32. Discovery of purple, 4. Pythagoras, contemporary of Artaxerxes Longimanus, 22. Month of July, 24. Eight resurrections, 26. Romus, king of Rome, 6. Romus and Remus, 6. Sabatius, heretic, 35. Sabellius, heretic, 32. Solomon’s forbidden books, 19. Origin of the Saracens, 9. Saturninus, heretic, 30. Seleucia, who founded it, 23. Sergius, patriarchs, 47, 60. Bronze serpent, 16. Severus, heretic, 34. Severus (emperor), son of M. Aurelius, 31. Month of Sextilis, i.q. February, 7; i.q. August, 24. Age of the Sibyls, 16. Sibyl Erythraea, 16. Star, son of Egypt, 8. Sigma, 62. Simon Magus, 27. Sisinnius, patriarch, 60. Sephise port, 45. Sophiana, 45. Sperdius the magus, 22. Stephanus, patriarch, 56. Studium monastery, 60, 62, 64, 65. Symbol of faith, when it is recited, 43. Symeon, son of Clopas, 30. Symmachus, 31. Synepon, heretic, 33. Tarasius, patriarch, 53. Tatianus, heretic, 30. Terbelus the Bulgar, 49. Tessarescaidecatite, 35. Theodorus the martyr, 35. Theodorus of Mopsuestia, 34. Theodorus Myxes, 50. Theodorus of Pharan, bishop, 48. Theodotion, 31. Theodotus, heretic, 31. Theophylactus, patriarch, 57. Thessalonica, founded by Philip, 7. Thucydides, when he lived, 22. Tiberias, by whom it was founded, 25. Timothy the Apostle, 29. Titus’ (emperor) death, 28. Vespasian, son of Nero, 28. Xerolaphi column, 40. Zacharias of Jerusalem, patriarch, 46. Zagoria region, 50. Age of Zeno, 23.

INDEX OF WRITERS AND CERTAIN OTHERS WHO ARE MENTIONED IN NICETAS CHONIATA’S BYZANTINE HISTORY

A Aaron Isaacius, Latin interpreter, 95, 96. Blinded for his perfidy, and his tongue cut out, ibid. Christ’s letter to Abgar, 223. Aesopic dog, 260. Fable about the gnat that, after overcoming the lion, lost all its glory entangled in a spider’s web, 317. About the lion in an ass’s skin, 41. Agarenus. A worker of wonders, falling miserably in the manner of Icarus, 78. Expedition of the Alemanni to the Holy Land under Conrad, emperor, 41 seq. The Alemanni, just like the Armenians, reject the cult of images and use unleavened bread in the holy supper, 257. Alemannic tribute, 308. Alexander the Great’s voice: "All these things here and there are mine," 309. "They say that not even for Alexander were all things free from hindrance," 393. His chest hairiness, 231. Alexius Contostephanus, astrologer, 293. Alexius Comnenus, son of Bryennius, is initiated into monastic ceremonies by Nicetas, and is called Athanasius, 272, 273. Address to the river Alpheus and the spring of Arethusa, and divining concerning the change in the fortune of the Latins, 393. Alemannic Amazons with their golden-footed Penthesilea, 41. Andronicus Comnenus, having become a barbarian by living a long time among the barbarians, 200. A lover of learned men, but averse to discussions about religion, 212. He visits the oracle of the ventriloquist and hydromancer, and scorns the evil omen spoken by it, 217. His condition, 149. He foreknows the first letter of his successor’s name, 172. His sorceries, 167. His letters are like Bellerophon’s, given to Lapardas, 180 seq. Judgment of patriarch Theodosius concerning him, 164. Complaint about the need to kill him, 224. His voice, "Lord have mercy," and "Why do you add to this a broken reed," 225. His statue with the likeness of Saturn, 213. Epicurus.

^A and Chrysippeus, debauched and lost to passions, 206. A constitution concerning the plunderers of shipwrecks, 209. His oath given to Manuel Comnenus, 149. Skilled in Divine Scripture, and who would constantly have the Epistles of Paul on his lips, ibid.; and would adorn his own epistles from them, 226, seq. He desires that the incestuous marriage of a brother and a uterine sister be approved by a council, 168. The expedition of the English to the Holy Land, 287. "Of the axe-bearing chiefs of the Britons, whom they now call English," ibid. Anna Comnena, Caesarissa, 4. Her erudition and indignation against her husband, Nicephorus Bryennius, for not being sufficiently prompt in seizing the empire, 7, 8. The Antiochene circus games in honor of Manuel Comnenus, 71. Archilochus’s saying: "To be changed many times into the gut of a harlot, and into the things collected over a long time," 150. Asanis's saying: that fame should be tested against the thing itself and the actions of each person, as if by a Lydian touchstone, 299. Astrology is suspected by almost all princes, 63 seq. It is despised by Andronicus Comnenus, who prefers hydromancy, 218. Manuel Comnenus consults the words of the astrologers, 64, and holds them as oracles, 100, 110. They scarcely see what is before their feet, 36. Constantine, the prince of astrologers, perhaps neglecting a very minute scruple, does not watch out for himself, but is killed incautiously, 247 seq.

Josephus Balsamon, 39. ^B Theodorus Balsamon, great bishop of Antioch, most expert in the law, "being more learned in the law than all those of that time," is deluded by Isaac Angelus with the hope of the patriarchate of Constantinople, 259 seq. Basilacius the prophet, foretelling future things by a Pythonic spirit, to whom, as to the oracle of Amphiaraus and Hammon, the people flocked, 287. Nicephorus Basilaces, who lectured on the Pauline Epistles at Constantinople, 137. Basil Bulgaroctonus, 239. Basilius Camaterus. See Camaterus. Basilius Rentacenus, who tutored Isaac Comnenus in eloquence and military affairs, 237, 238. Basilius Tzitzilaus, chartulary, 34, 67. Basilius Tziuntza, 82. Basilius Tryphus, 89. Basilius Chozas. The statue of Bellerophon, sitting on Pegasus, 414. Nicephorus Bryennius, husband of Anna Comnena, learned and eloquent, 4, 7, 8. Born in Orestiade, a city of Macedonia, 5.

^C Fortune has not always favored Caesar, 393. Calchas the prophet, 304, from Homer. Basilius Camaterus, patriarch of Constantinople, 169, 172, 222, 259, 312. His written agreement that he would do and approve everything that Andronicus wished, 169. Gregorius Camaterus, scribe/logothete, 7, 73, 74, 75. Joannes Camaterus, dromi logothete, 71, 74 seq.; prefect of the canicleion, later patriarch of Bulgaria, 176. Patriarch of Constantinople, 332, 338, 381 seq., 407. His catechetical discourses, 332. Canons prohibiting the translation of bishops, 259; and that a patriarch or other cleric should not involve himself in secular affairs, 164, 316. Catechetical book, in which there is an anathema against the God of Muhammad, 138, 141. There is a reference to that very thing which Sylburgius published among the Saracenica. The Chasii, who at the nod of their princes dare anything and throw themselves from a cliff, 253, 341. The Chaldean furnace, ignited naphtha, 200. Chalibures the mime, pleasing to Isaac Angelus, 282. The letters of Christ to Abgar, 223. "That which is on the bronze," ibid.

Alexio Comneno founded, 6. Sepulcher, 26. Gravestone, 144. Image, through which he is said to have spoken with the Emperor Maurice, 213. Images of Christ and the saints woven into tapestries, 13. An image with a cross brought into the forum to incite the people, 153. Feast of the Ascension, 189. Images dashed to the ground, 193. The Crucifix image of Monemvasia, 283. Chrysanthus, bishop of Thessalonica, 318. Passages of Chrysostom on the holy Eucharist, 333. Theodosius the patriarch compared to Chrysostom, 163. Chumnus the chartulary, 204. Theodorus Chumnus, 176, 270. The legend that Marius made a fence from the bones of the defeated Cimbri, 48. Joannes Cinnamus, discussing the saying, "The Father is greater than I," 243. The speech of Emperor Conrad to his soldiers on the expedition to Jerusalem, 64 seq. The crown of Constantine the Great, 221. A sepulcher plundered by thieves, 308. He fixed one of the nails of the Lord's cross into the bridle of a horse and another into a helmet, 284. Constantine Mesopotamita, a prince in the court of Isaac and his brother Alexius, 321. The same, from a reader a deacon, 316, and archbishop of Thessalonica, 317. Holding the church in the left hand, the palace in the right, the same is ejected, 318. Constantine Stethatus, the astrologer most approved by Isaac Angelus, 247, 248. Constantine Tornicius, prefect of the city, 339. The icon of the Constantinopolitan populace, 152. The prophecy of Cosmas Atticus, patriarch of Constantinople, 63. Manuel Comnenus attributes his childlessness to his curse, 55. It is laid to his charge that he was conspiring with Nephon, 54. A most precious cross made of lychnites gem, 20. A particle of the cross, 284. Going to meet the enemy with crosses, images, and Gospels, 367, 380. In extreme peril, Emperor Isaac Angelus protects himself with the sign of the cross, 289. Cyril, "the great in theology," 333. His passage on the Eucharist, ibid.

^D David, "the lover of songs," 70. Ointment boiling from the sepulcher of the martyr Demetrius at Thessalonica, 197. See below, Theodorus, regarding those who feign demonic possession and those prophesying about the migration of Demetrius to the Vlachs, 238. Demetrius Poliorcetes, going mad with love for Lamia, 223. Diogenes Romanus, emperor, 20, 124. Monastery of Saint Diomedes, 172. Dositheus the Venetian, son of Vitalianus, monk of Studion and patriarch of Jerusalem, 259. Finally of Constantinople, 260. Either see perished. Ibid.

[E] Elias, a learned man, consulting a book on the meanings of thunder and earthquakes, 137. Engastrimythi (ventriloquists), 143, 217, 258. The Delphic oracle, returned to Epicydides, 124 seq. The custom of Epimetheus, "to whom there was no concern, but regret," 89, 185. The monastery of the Ephori, 226. Letters tied to arrows and transmitted with them, 89, 185. Erostratus, who burned the temple of Diana at Ephesus, 373. Erudition is useful to princes, 4. Regard for it in being created emperor, 7. Having sworn on the Gospels, 31, 50, 335, 369. Copies of the Gospels adorned with gems, 284. Eudocia, daughter of Alexius Angelus Comnenus, 343. Euergete monastery, 351. Eumathius Philocales, prefect of the city of Constantinople, 307. Euphrosyne, wife of Emperor Alexius Angelus Comnenus, given to forbidden divinations, 355. Eustathius, bishop of Dyrrhachium, 137. Of Eustathius, archbishop of Thessalonica, [...]

^A oratory against Manuel Comnenus, 140. Eulogy, 197, 198. Eustratius the Macedonian, 15 sqq. Euthymius, bishop of the New Patriarchs, discussing the saying, "The Father is greater than I," 212 sqq. Eutychius’ passage on the Eucharist, 333.

F Alliance with the Saracens, confirmed by drinking each other's blood from a vein opened in both their chests, 262. The Franks fear only that the sky might fall, 378. Franks, who were formerly Flaminii, 355.

G George Dishypatus, lector in the Great Church of Constantinople, 201. Feast of Saint George, 323. Gregory of Nyssa’s words regarding the Eucharist are cited, 333: "As there is no other, nor is that the body," etc., catechetical oration, ch. 37, vol. II, p. 534, although Nyssenus is not named. "Gymnoi" (naked) islanders, those more destitute than others in their understanding.

H Hagiochristophorites, Stephanus, called Antichristophorites, 189. His opinion regarding the conspirators against Andronicus, 215, 216. Oracle of Hammon and Amphiaraus, 287. Hamaxobii (Wagon-dwellers) Scythians, 11. Hanno of Carthage’s pride and the released birds that were to proclaim him a god, 267. King of Jerusalem, Amerigus, 104. Brothers of Jerusalem (Templars), 187. Hippocrates, invited by the King of the Persians, refuses to heal the enemies of the Greeks, 372. His saying, that an optimum physical condition is dangerous, 317. Praise and utility of history, 2. A simple, clear, and pleasant style befits it, 3. Homer, 55, 102, 107, 175, 225, 232, 274, 304, 316, 322, 338, 414. In the Odyssey, 51. Homeric Jupiter, 51. Another Homeric Irus, 165.

I Iambi against Andronicus Comnenus, 227. Ibancus, for John, is said in the Vlach language, 301. The worship of images is rejected equally by the Alemanni (Germans) and the Armenians, 257. Holy images cut apart with axes, 355. Cast to the ground, 193. Trampled upon alongside holy relics, thrown into filthy places, 368. Used for seats and footstools, 383. City streets adorned with holy images at the entry of the emperor, 21. Images of Christ and the saints in mosaic work, 270. The emperor’s letter—red-sealed, and with golden seal and silken thread firmly binding the scroll—34, 92, 115, 138, 280, 341, 387. At the time of Alexius Comnenus’ minority, Alexius the Sebastocrator inscribed the word with frog-colored ink, 150. Temple of St. Irene, founded by Emperor Marcian, 134. Isaac Angelus’ brief epistle to the "Megalopolitans," or Constantinopolitans, 221. With his brother Alexius Comnenus, he arises like Castor and Pollux alternately, 290. Prediction concerning the demise of Emperor Frederick, 262. A patron of astrologers, 342, 358. Composing oracles and prophetic utterances, 357. As if from a tripod, 239, d. in Greek. He rashly trusts in a presage about the longevity and prosperity of his own empire, 268, 277. He debases the currency, 284. He rebukes physicians because they knew nothing but how to prescribe purges, 321.

J John Comnenus’ divinatory dream about his son Alexius, 12. Triumph over the Persarmenians, 13. Oration of one about to die, 28. Eulogy, 31. He abhors waging war against Christians, 26. John Ducas, 63. Church of John the Theologian, by the surname of "Deipnon," 183. Simulacrum of Joshua, commanding the sun to stand still, 414. ^B Sworn by the tomb of Christ, 106, 380. By the gospels, 31, 50, 335, 369. By the holy Eucharist, 175. By the head of the emperor, 87. Andronicus swears by his own old age, 215.

L Latins cruel toward the conquered, 193 sqq. See below, Turks. Latin pride (Latine koryza), 26. A perversion of the faith of the Latins, 348. Leo Styppiota, patriarch of Constantinople, 36. Leo Monasteriota, 239. Called "The Mouth of the Senate," 201. Leontius, patriarch of Jerusalem, 259. Leontius, monk, patriarch of Constantinople, 259. Bishop of Lopadium, blinded by Andronicus, 186. Lyric verses, 343. Added by the translator from Horace. Hercules of Lysimachus (or Lysippus?), 355.

M "From the men's quarters of the one who is led, Macron," 154, 155. Wolf, from Macrons, where catechumens are instructed, the "sacred catechumenate," 204. Maga, sitting on the patriarchal throne and singing and dancing in the temple, 368. Magic arts, 94. Accused of magic, he is burned, 165. Mahomet’s doctrine condemned; anathema not to be said against the god of Mahomet, 139, 141. Mamalus, a scribe, burned by Andronicus, 200. Mangania, the house of Manganou, sacred to the martyr, 283. Manuel Comnenus, his empire predicted, 30. Two letters to the clergy, 34. To the Byzantines, 124. Patience in bearing insults, 121. Warned by a dream, 123 sqq. Decree concerning the question of whether Christ is both the one offering and the one offered, 137. Against astrologers, 143. On the saying, "The Father is greater than I," 138. On not cursing the god of Mahomet, 139 sqq. In his agony, he donned the monastic habit, 143. See also below under Nicephorus Phocas. Saint Mary. The Theometor (Mother of God) image, carried by the Byzantine emperors in war, 11, 103, 364, and in triumph, 12; the house of Tamiathi, 106. Image of Mary Hodegetria, 243. The temple of the Pantanassa Theometor, Isaac Angelus, 284 sqq., 289. Marsyas flayed by Apollo, 115. Martin, cardinal, 401. Christ rewards his martyrs with miracles. Mauropous’ dream, 124. Menander’s verses on the drunkenness of the Byzantines, 251. Temple of Michael the Archangel in the harbor, 283. Another at the Colossus, 145, 140, 270. Statue at Constantinople before the temple, 154, 155. Michael Italicus, archbishop, 42. Michael Ægineta, patriarch of Constantinople, 36, 161. His prediction and eulogy, 53. He voluntarily resigned the patriarchate and returned to the island of Oxia, ibid. Michael, brother of Nicetas Choniates, archbishop of Athens, 390, 391. Michael Sicidites, astrologer and magician, 96. Having become a monk, he composed a work "On the Divine Mysteries," 97. Michael, rhetor of Thessalonica, 137. Image of Minerva, as a patroness of the westerners, smashed by the mob, 459. Bishop of Mainz, chancellor of the King of the Germans, 130, 244. Monks, by beard and title only, 135, 324. Invective against flattering monks, 357. Monks "barefoot," "sleeping on the ground," "Stelite," 240. Their "black garment," 94. The "tribonion" (tattered cloak) according to Christ, 273. Temple of the martyr Monius, 379. Morotheodorus, 255.

^A Moses *taurokrano*, or bull-headed, fashioned through drunkenness, and crushing, 226. Musurium, *Soultanikon gramma*, Sultan’s letters, by whose authority it was permitted to enroll soldiers, 269. N Nephon the monk, 54. Nematares, a nunnery, *tes Netamarias*, 315. Nicephorus: See above, Basilaces and Bryennius. Nicephorus *Chaloupes*, 51. Nicephorus the eunuch, 204. Nicephorus Phocas’s decree regarding not increasing the lands of monks, renewed by Manuel Comnenus, 135. Nicephorus, pulled [out of] a basket, strangled by night, 85. Nicetas, bishop of Chonae, endowed with the faculty of divination, 141. By whom Nicetas, writer of histories, was received from holy baptism, 142. His prediction about Alexius Comnenus, *ibid.* Nicetas Acominatus Choniates: concerning himself, 272, 273. How, when Constantinople was captured by the Latins, he fled, 378 *seqq.*, and stayed with his family at Selybria, 381, 382. A Senator of Constantinople, when the city was taken, 414. He commemorates his fatherland, *Chonai*, 256, 270, 410. "A joyous and great city, formerly [the] Colossae," 115. *Untergrammateus* (under-secretary) to Isaac Angelus, 254. The *arche* (prefecture) and *apographe* (registration) of the Philippopolis region entrusted to him, 257. Removed without cause from the office of *logothetes ton sekretōn* by Alexius Murzuphlus, 363 *seqq.* He asserts that he holds truth more dear than his friends, 257, and his fellow citizens, 362. He dreads writing of wars in which the Greeks do not win, 628. Apostrophe to the river Alpheus, 393. He denies he wishes to write vituperation for history, 311. His prediction, 378. Concerning Manuel Comnenus, 141. Expostulation that evils happen to good men through wicked ones, 74. That the Turks occupy Christian regions, 76. That the empire is handed over to the unworthy, 322 *seqq.* That Constantinople suffered so many evils from the Latins, 369. Lament over the captured city, 370 *seqq.* He commemorates his kinsman, a Levite (or deacon), Choniates, 128. Concerning his brother Michael Choniates, Archbishop of Athens, 390 *seqq.* "Coming through all wisdom, and traversing every type of logical learning," 391. Nicetas Muntanus, Patriarch of Constantinople, 259. Nicolaus, Archbishop of Corinth, 410. Another, Bishop of Nicaea, 18. O Oracles concerning the fates and succession of emperors, 27-28, 110, 143, 149, 218, 226, 227, 229, 272, 277, 279. Leaflets containing them, burned, 200. Vain oracles, *Orgaika kroumata* (orgiastic sounds), 194. Osiris and Typhon, brothers, deleterious to Egypt, 294. P Pantepontōn monastery, 157. Panteugenus: See below under Soterichus, 289. Pantocrator monastery, near which Manuel Comnenus was buried, 143, 165. "Papa" (Pope) for any priest, 232. "Papa" (of the Bishop of Rome), 130, 140, 306, 318. Monastery on Mount Papycius, 343. From the Patriarch, pardon for perjury and treason to be sought for the sake of dissolving an anathema, 248. *Patzinakōn teletē*, a festival in memory of the victory over the Scythians by J. Comnenus, 11. Paul the Apostle, *pneumatorētōr* (spirit-orator), Tarsian. His image wept when the destruction of the Emperor Andronicus was impending, 227. Peribleptos monastery, 219. Phoenix, tutor of Achilles, 238. Poets (Homer), 199. A certain wandering beggar, whose name was Poeta, 248. Procopius the martyr, 100. Proverbs: Alter Achilles (another Achilles), 136. Alcyon days, 181. Sacred anchor, 336. To have ears in one’s mind, 376. To seek deserted fields like Bellerophon, 415. Cadmean victory, 50. As if plucking a feather, 244. Crocodile tears, 184, 190. Empedoclean strife, 167. While the iron is glowing, *hōs sidēros en akmē*, 79. Cretan Labyrinth, 195. To snort in fashion of a lion, 376. To carry hay on one's horn, 376. To hold a lion by the ears, 12. Laconian lashes, 365. Laconian dog, 179. Ceadas, a Laconian prison, *Hadou stomia* (mouths of Hades), *id.*, 22. "To hold the lion by his mane," 41, 184. A wolf hiding under sheep's skin, 161. Covering grief with many tears, 118. "Doubling Cape Malea [and forgetting] one’s house," 50. To whisper into the ear of a dead man, 107. Mercury abandoned the Moly, 224. Siren song, *ibid.* "More mythical than myths," 230. Weasel betrayed its fat, 387. "More wretched than a pegasus," 248. More naked than a pestle, 49, 399. Like a spider, 42, 159, 316. Song of the Sirens, 135. Tantalus's rock, 169. Tantalus's thirst, 338. Tenedian misery, 413. He forbids money to go forth, like Danae, 39. "Money is the nerves of things," as someone formerly named it, 42. While they flee the smoke of tribute, they cast themselves into the fire of servitude, 49. *Exostrakizesthai* (to be ostracized), 54. "To lift up Mount Ossa or Mount Athos," 6. A man both Hermes-like and Ares-like, 63. The ruled [should be] assimilated to the ruler, 69. Heraclitean cup, 73. Golden Thericlean [cups], 79. To reduce a chameleon to the whiteness of truth, 89. Hercules serving [Omphale], 91. Perseus’s tricks, 94. "Unlearnedness is more dynamic than fire," 109. (Compare Isidore of Pelusium, IV, epist. 300). "Mouth of lamentations and the portals of Hades," 122. Phaeton managing his father's chariot, 146. Ixion embracing the cloud instead of Juno, 148. Far from Jove, far from the lightning, *ibid.* To fly to the eagles, 149. Polypus clinging to rocks, 6, 151. As a racehorse stimulated by lashes, 158. To provoke a camel to vomit, 164. *Theokapēloi* (those who traffic in divine things), 168. Clearer than the sun, *ibid.* Cyclopean feast, 171. Eagle's youth, redstart's youth, 175. "To gain the scales," 180. Blotted out of the book of life by providence, *ibid.* Phineus despoiled by Harpies, 2, 182. Caeneus changed from woman to man, 184. Tetchinum victim, 200. Insane Cambyses, cruel Tarquin, Echetus and Phalaris, or the Tauroscythians who slaughter guests, 200. Like Chimaeras fighting among themselves, 204. In the manner of Bacchus, leading the Bassarids, Maenads, Bacchantes, 206. Titanic hubris, 207. To produce a panacea from vipers' flesh, 208. Charon's ferry, *ibid.* Iolaus, the hydra [and] Hercules, 215. Sardonic laugh, 218. In the manner of Cyclopes, to eat hot and still bleeding meat, 223. *Meloi sesēpos* (rotting limbs), 221. An old man, "Sopodaimōn," 222. Like a Centaur, having the part of a man, 227. To sing to those who stop their ears, to wash an Ethiopian, 15. Plainly Hectorean, 16. *Lēroi makroi* (long trifles), 17. *Hypotiais chersi prosdexesthai* (to receive with upturned hands), 18. To weep like the Heliades, 25. To light a lamp at noon, 29. "Apostles of wicked works," *ibid.* Boasting to shake mountains with spears and to turn [cities], 231. "Deserving of Caronian dwellings," 232. Not as one would expect, but rather those who are for the emperor, 261. More inconstant than the Euripus, 273, 288. Rarely seen, like the phoenix, 282 *seqq.* To use the judgment like a Herculean stone, 287. If water chokes the throat, what shall we drink? 291. To plow the sea, to navigate land, to transfer mountains into the middle of the sea, to impose [the yoke] upon Olympus, 292 *seqq.* To place heads in place of stools,

293. A violent wind bursting forth from the Corycian cave, 298. Eyes more trustworthy than ears, 299. Where in the Latin text a comic poet and a sentiment are cited which do not exist in the Greek. Reputation regarding the Lydian stone (the magnetic stone), the deeds themselves and experience must be required, 299. “What of fruit-bearing?” 307. Dreaming of Antonius and Augustus, 309. No one knows a thing better than he who dwells in the extremities of Thule, 312. Artemon the carried-about, and the many-eyed and hundred-handed Briareus, 312. As lampreys vanish at the sun, *ibid.* To place everything [in the second place], 321. Sleeping with a dormouse, and grinding the cumin, and putting everything [to make money for the second time], 338. Garden of Alcinous, *ibid.* From tragic to comic, *ibid.* To those who wish, and to those who put on the last [garments], 414. Against the sown Giants, 344. A wave, 348. A fisherman struck attains wisdom, 349. Sybaritic table, 282. Constantinople is nothing other than Sybaris, famous for luxury, 349. Leaders more timid than deer, 349. For “crocodiles,” I would read “as if deer.” A saying of someone, you will harm the love-charm of sleeping together, 353. The bite of the Dipsas, 357. “Into the ages,” read thus, p. 363, instead of “through the ages.” The forerunner of Antichrist, 368. Words not from the lips, [but] flowing from the breast, 380. “But he, even shaking… with his spear,” 386. A rolling stone over a shard and a pot, *ibid.* More deceitful than the Greeks, *ibid.* Human affairs as if played with dice, and victory alternates among men, 393. Pythian thermal baths, 341. [R]

Port of the Romans (S.), 406. Rossi, Scythian Hyperboreans, 84. The most Christian [people], 337. [S]

Solomon, *Theotokos*, 136. His books on adjuring demons, 95, 261. Salomonian and Sybaritic table, very luxurious, 282. Solomon, bishop of Laodicea, eunuch, or [a man of office], 81. Synagogue of the Saracens, 339. Metatum (billeting) plundered, 356. Sardanapalus’ epitaph, 206. Soterichus Sethus, astrologer and magician, 96, 97, 306. Scythian captives used to sacrifice to their demons, 397. Servii, Tribali, 11. Sibylla, from the moment she came forth from her mother’s womb, is said to have philosophized about the nature of the universe, 281. Pseudo-monk Siculites, teaching that the Eucharist is not a confession of the resurrection, but a temporary sacrifice and therefore corruptible, 332, 333. Confer Allatius against Creygthonus, 539. Solon’s verses for the overturning of the tyranny of Pisistratus, urging that, 375, 376. Temple of Sophia in Constantinople, 157. Of the Holy Sophia, 13. On the custom of inaugurating emperors, 294. The great temple of the Holy and Ineffable Sophia, so named, 115. That greatest sanctuary, 183, 221, 381. Soterichus Ponteugenus, Theopolitan (i. e., of Antioch) bishop, *hypophoros* (i. e., suffragan), although he could have held a bishopric (as we learn from Cinnamus), 137. Leo Styppiota, patriarch of Constantinople, 36. Theodorus Styppiota, 38, 39. (where “by the word” should not be translated as “prince of eloquence,” but “by authority”), 73, 74, 75. Symbol of faith written in red color by emperors being inaugurated, 294. Leo Synesius Peuswensis, 185, 186. [T]

Themistocles, not knowing how to sleep due to the trophies of Miltiades, 51. Theodorus Castamonita, a sharer in wiser speeches, 280. Theodorus Dalibrenus, 176, 212. Theodorus Irenicus, gracious in character, knowing well how to fashion speeches and to lengthen them into rhetorical periods, 318. Theodorus Capellanus, 59. Theodorus Mancaphas, aspiring to the empire, silver coin [of his], 255. Image of Theodorus the martyr, illustrious for miracles, 51. His commemoration on the seventh day of the first week of the Fast, 151. The temple of the *Myrobletes* (the Myrrh-streamer) at Thessalonica, 193. Where Wolfius has “Theodorus,” he ought to have placed “Demetrius,” from p. 197. Theodorus Mazuca, scribe, in favor with Manuel Comnenus, 140. Theodorus Panthecnus, prefect of the city of Constantinople, domestic secretary and praetor, 135. Theodosius, patriarch of Constantinople, 139, 142, 149, 157, 163, 170. Born of an Armenian father, 164. He retreats to the island of Terebinthus, 168. Singular writings concerning the capture of Thessalonica in the year of Christ 1185, 197. Confer what is in Allatius’ *Symmikta* and writers after Theophanes. Alexander cast into a frenzy by the musical melodies of Timotheus, 313. Fortune bestowing cities upon the sleeping Timotheus, gathered into one net, into his bosom, 277. Thomaïtes building, 154, 165. Thomas, patriarch of Constantinople, sent to Venice, 401. Thomas the poisoner, 84. Titus the emperor, willingly choosing to spare the Jerusalem temple, 157. “The tongue of the tragedian [Euripides] has sworn, but the mind is unsworn,” 90. The Latins [are] more cruel than the Turks, 370. The Turks showing humanity toward the Christian-named, 256. [V]

Venetians, Roman citizens, 112. Having been treated badly by Alexius Angelus Comnenus and placed after the Pisans, they take vengeance on him in turn through Henry Dandolo, 347. [X]

Xerxes the naval commander, crowned and beheaded on the same day, 167. Georgius Xiphilinus, one of the *entropoi* of the tribunal, 160. Wolfius, a certain person from the order of priests. Georgius Xiphilinus, patriarch of Constantinople for 7 years, 316, 318, 332. [Z]

Zirites, another Thersites, 202.

ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE BYZANTINE HISTORY OF NICETAS CHONIATES

(The reader is referred to the larger numbers inserted into the Latin text)

A A letter suspicious to Emperor Manuel, 190. Aaron, brother of Moses, 59. Isaac Aaron slanders the protostrator Alexius, 188; blinded because of his study of magic and treachery, 190; deprived of his tongue by Isaac Angelus, 192. Abdera, 680. Abgarus, 453. Abydus, a town, 131, 209. Accipiter (hawk), an ominous sign, 327. Accipitris cacumen (Hawk's Peak, ᾿Αετοῦ Κορυφή) is surrendered to the Emperor John, 19. Acclamations, imperial, 198, 350. Ace, formerly Joppa, is recovered by Conrad Caesar, 516. Achia is occupied by the Latins, 806. Achilles, 647. Achridus, 535. Acrisius, 77. Acrocorinthus, 100. Besieged by the Latins, 807. Actium, in Greek, Nicopolis, 860. Adana, captured by Emperor John, 29. Adramyttium, 194, 361; plundered by the Caphure, 636. Adrianopolis, formerly Orestias, 360; besieged by the Scythians, 830. The people of Adrianopolis destroy a young German boy by fire, 84. They pay the penalty to Frederick, ibid. Adriatic Sea, tempestuous, 222. Egypt invaded by Emperor Manuel, 208; its Amera, 209. Aeolus, 427. Aronesia, an island, 118. Aetolia, now Artinia, 98. ᾿Αετοῦ Χώρος (Eagle’s Place), 539. Agareni defeated by Emperor John, 36. A certain Agarene desirous of flying, 156. Agathopolis, 515, 852. Alua, an oracle concerning the succession of the Comneni, 220. Alani, auxiliaries of the Romans, imitate the cruelty of the Sicilians, 471; defeated by the Germans, 535. Alba, white sails as signs of joy, 216. Aldebrandinus, tyrant of Attaleia, 842. Alemanna (a German noblewoman), wife of Emperor Manuel, 72. German viragos, 80. Germans (Alemanni) set out for Palestine under Conrad as leader, 80; dissent from the Romans, 83; fight with the people of Adrianopolis, 84; do not encircle their camp with a rampart, 85; the river Melas floods, 86; they are forced to leave Constantinople and cross into Asia, 87; they are defrauded by the Asians, 88; overcome by the Turks, 89; defeat them at the river Maeander, 94; make an expedition to Palestine under the leadership of Frederick, 525; agree with the Armenians in religion, 527; do not adore images, ibid.; they defeat the Romans who lay snares for them, 506, 533; they defeat the Turks, 540; return to their homeland, 546; deride the ostentation of the Greeks, 629; 16 talents of gold to be paid to them by the Romans, 631. Alemannic tribute, 631. A single German puts fifty Ishmaelites to flight, 543. Alexander, a count, deserts from the Sicilians to the Romans, 121. Alexander the Great’s bird-beaks (rostra), 470; his saying: “These things here and those things there are all mine,” 633; he is goaded into a fury by the melodies of Timotheus, 642. Alexius the Hungarian, husband of Maria Comnena, designated for the empire by his father-in-law Manuel, 147; after a divorce is declared King of the Huns, 221. Alexius, son of John Axuch, the protostrator, is sent to Ancona, 128; has the daughter of Alexius Comnenus as his wife, 135; cast into a monastery by Emperor Manuel, 187; his wife dies overcome by grief, 188. Alexius Blachus, see Ibancus. Almuzes the Hungarian, a refugee from his homeland, is received by Emperor John, 24. Alpheus, a river, 86. Alpicharan is ejected from Laodicea by Emperor John, 17. Amalekites dissipated by Moses, 22. Amasia, 152; a satrapy, 159; assigned to Masut, son of Clizasthlan, 689. Amazons, 80. Amera of Egypt, 209. Aimery (Amerigus), King of Jerusalem, little trusted by Emperor Manuel, 208; frees Damietta from siege, 212. Aimery (Amerigus), King of the Germans, son of Frederick, gains possession of Italy and Sicily, 627; having sent legates to Constantinople, he claims Greece for himself, ibid.; desires a huge amount of gold to be paid to him annually, 628, 630; his legates deride the ostentation of Emperor Alexius, 629; he dies, 633; proud and desirous of ruling, 633; severely vexes the Sicilians, 634; cruel toward the conspirators, 634. Aminsus, 689, 699. Amphipolis, 413; occupied by the Sicilians, 465. Anabarza, a city of the Armenians, is taken by storm, 33. Anchialus, 482; a province, 505; devastated by the Blachi (Vlachs), 568. Ancona, an ally of Emperor Manuel, 262; besieged by the Germans, 263; aided by Manuel, 264. Monastery of Ancurium, 432. Ancyra, assigned to Masut, son of Clizasthlan, 689. The satrap of Ancyra aids the Cilician Pseudalexius, 608; demands tribute from the Romans, ibid.; defeats the Romans, 624; accepts demands from Emperor Alexius, 626; sends auxiliaries to Alexius III, 668. Andronicus Catacalo, 625.

Anema castle, 455. Anemodulium, 432, 857.

Index I to Nicetas Choniates

^A Athyra, 711; destroyed by the Scythians, 832. Attali, city of, 50; besieged by the sultan, 340; has the tyrant Aldebrandinus, 842; unsuccessfully besieged by Caichosroe, 843. Augury of a horse, 69; of ravens and crows, 840. Augusteum, 307. Augustus Caesar, 860. Courtiers neglect the republic, 292; are little faithful, 320; prone to calumny, 296. Aulus, Mount, 118. Aulonia, see Bare. Aulonia of the Hellespont, 711. Charioteers, statues of, 865. Auripes, the Alemannic virago, 80. Axius, river, 666. Alexius Axuchus, see Alexius. John Axuchus, the Persian, dear to Emperor John and Grand Domestic, 14; reconciles him with Anna the Caesarissa, 16; advises the emperor, 55; orders the nobles to swear to the words of Manuel, 62; sent to Constantinople, he confirms his rule, 65; leader of the infantry, 103; receives supreme command of the army, 109. Baal, 334. Babas, Mount, 625. Baca, taken by the Romans, 29. Bacchus, columns of, 412. Bachinus, Archizupan, single combat with Emperor Manuel, 133. Bactunium, 679. Baimundus departs for Palestine, 14. Baldwin, King of Palestine, 184. Baldwin, brother of Emperor Xena(?), 224; killed, 234. Baldwin, the Sicilian, captured in battle by the Romans, 470; strives to appease Emperor Isaac with flatteries, 476. Baldwin, Count of Flanders, leads with Dandolo against the Byzantines, 714; battle with Murzuphlus, 750; created emperor through the efforts of Dandolo, 789; pious and mild, 790; traverses the provinces, 791; places garrisons in the towns, ibid.; gains possession of Thessalonica, 793; having returned to Byzantium, ibid.; returns to favor with Boniface the Marquis, 794; leads to recover the cities of Thrace, 811; besieges Adrianople, ibid.; captured by the Scythians and thrown into prison, 814; his miserable end, 847. Joseph Balsamenus, a relative of John Hagiotheodorita, disagreeing with Michael Palaeologus, 77. Balthasar, 770. Barbarians, in favor with Manuel, 226; axe-bearers, 417, 721; cruel to enemies, 681. Bare, or Aulonia, a town, is fortified, 121. Barna, taken by the Vlachs, 568. Nicephorus Basilaces, 275. Basilicus, a prophet, 590. Basilisk, image of, 866. Basil Batazes pursues the followers of Mangaphas, 522; Grand Domestic of the West, 571; punishes Constantine Angelus, his brother-in-law, ibid.; defeated by the Vlachs, 587. Basil Bulgaroctonus, 488. Basil Rentacenus, execution of, 484. Basil Tzintziluces, sent to Constantinople by Manuel Comnenus, 65. Bastralita kills Batazes, 642. Slaughter of Andronicus Batazes, 236. Basil Batazes, see Basil B. John Batazes Comnenus, see Comnenus John Bat. Batazes, a youth, killed by the order of Alexius III, 642. Bathos, 658. Bathys, a town, 89. Batrachus, fort of, 679.

^B Belas the Hun, 167; King of Hungary, 347, 359; father-in-law of Emperor Isaac, 569. Beli, judges, 344; hide themselves so as not to become hostages, 538. Bellerophon, 849, 858. Beligradum, a town, 133, 166, 347. Bempezum, a town of Mesopotamia, 37. Bera, monastery, 363. Berrhoea, now Chalepum, 37; occupied by John the Vlach, 819. Berroe, a town of Thrace, 20, 518. Berytus, captured by the Alemanni, 546. Bidyna, 588. Bithynia, rescued from the Persians, 14; Triballi brought there, 23; seditious, 349. Bizys, 664; recovered by the Latins, 810; cannot be taken by the Scythians, 834. Blachernae, a place, 428. Blachernium palace, 351; shore, 415. Vlachs, formerly Mysians, inhabitants of Mount Haemus, 482; revolt from the Romans, ibid., 485; are defeated, 487; united with the Scythians, they are fought again by Emperor Isaac, 515; how they fight, 519; together with the Cumans they lay waste the Roman provinces, 561; bring Emperor Isaac into mortal danger, 562; invade fortified cities, 568; pay the penalty to Emperor Isaac, 569; elated by the death of Constantine Angelus, they again invade the Romans, 572; they win, 587; reject peace conditions offered by the Romans, 612; overcome the Romans, ibid., 616; are deprived of their leaders, 618, 621; ravage the cities of Thrace, 643; with the Cumans, make an incursion into Thrace, 691; stir up the cities against the Latins, 809; entrap the Latins and destroy them, 812; ravage Philippopolis, 829; take the cities of Thrace, 830, 831. Great Vlachia, formerly mountainous Thessaly, 841. Bladisthlabus Iaza, brother of the King of the Hungarians, 165. Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat, 497; joins with Dandolo against the Byzantines, 714; great money promised to him, he assists Alexius IV, 735; removed from the empire by Dandolo, 789; has Maria Pannonia as his wife, 792; defects from Baldwin, ibid.; designates Manuel, son of his wife, as emperor, 793; reconciled to Baldwin, 794; leads to occupy Greece, ibid.; possesses Larissa, 799; puts Scurus to flight, ibid.; takes Boeotia, 805; Athens, ibid.; Euboea, ibid.; the Peloponnese, 806; besieges Acrocorinth, 807; avenges the rebellion of the Thessalonians, 818; defeated by the Scythians, 819; holds the Greek coast, 841. Borea, 852. Bosporus, 494. Alexius Branas, leader of the legions, 359; defeats the Lopadians, 363; the Sicilians, 468; aspires to the kingdom, 490, 491; of Adrianople, 492; besieges Constantinople, 492; defeated, he is killed by Conrad Caesar, 502; his wife, distinguished by her modesty, 507. Demetrius Branas, commander of the fleet, 71. John Branas, captured by the Sicilians, 411. Michael Branas, overturns the false praises of Gabras, 173. Theodore Branas, son of Alexius Branas, overcome by the Alemanni, 535; salutes Alexius Angelus as emperor, 593; sent as general against the Persians, 625; Prefect of Thrace, 664; put to flight by the Scythians, 831. Branizoba, 166, 347; destroyed by the Huns, 24. Britons, now the English, 546; under the leadership of their king, they depart for Palestine, ibid.; are corrupted in Cyprus, 547. Brundusium, a town, 97. Alexius Bryennius, see Comnenus Alexius, son of Bryennius. Nicephorus Bryennius, husband of Anna Comnena the Caesarissa, 8; born in Orestiada, 9; his movement against Emperor John, 15; killed by poison by Androni-

Andronicus Comnenus, 337. Bucanum, a place in Constantinople, 733. Bucoleon, harbor of, 289. Bulgaria and Mysia, domain formerly joined, 489. Bulgarians, bishop of the, 339. Byzantium, see Constantinople.

C Caeneus, a man from a woman, 369. Caesarea, occupied by Masutus, 45; given by him to the son of Dadunus, 152; taken by Clizasthlanes, 159; assigned to his son Coppatinus, 689. Caichosroes, Sultan of Iconium, betrays Mangaphas who had fled to him, 523; hated by his brothers for this cause, 524; driven from his kingdom by his children, 540; his sons defeated by Frederick, King of the Germans, 540; violates the treaty entered into with the Romans, 653; ravages the cities of the Maeander, 654; wondrously benign toward captives, 655; son of Clizasthlanes by a Christian, 689; stripped of his kingdom by his brother Rucratinus, 690; flees to Lebunes, ibid.; to the Romans, 691; having recovered his empire, he assists Maurozomes, 827; unsuccessfully besieges Attalia, 843. Calabria, 125. Calamanus, fares badly against the Scythians, 123. Constantine Calamanus Augustus, loses his marriage to Philippa, 183; captured by the Armenians, ibid. Calcei (purple shoes), insignia of the emperor, 8; green, of the protovestiarius, 672. Calchas, the seer, 622. Calibures, the jester, 580. Caliza, 692. Calliopolis, 539. Calamodius, a very wealthy merchant, escapes the ambushes of the nobles, 692. Calonymus, island, 475. Calumniators, court, 296. Calydonian boar, statue of, 687; transferred into the palace, 738. Basilius Camaterus, created patriarch, 339; blinded, 346; expelled from the patriarchate, 530. Gregorius Camaterus, logothete of the secret councils, 13. Joannes Camaterus, logothete of the dromos, 141; plots against the Styppiotae, 145; his character, 148; prefect of the canicleion, 355; made patriarch, 681; is compelled to liberate Calamodius, 693; leaves Constantinople, 784; dies at Didymotichus, 837. Cambyses, 405. Manuel Camyzes, protostator, lends a large sum of money to Emperor Isaac, 502; ordered to pursue Frederick the German with an army, 526; defeated by him, 533; pursues the seditious Ibancus, 678; captured by him, 679; his wealth plundered by Alexius III, 681; finally redeemed by Chrysus, 707; defects from Alexius III and excites seditions, ibid.; is blinded, 709. Canabus Nicolaus, created emperor, 744; put into custody by Murzuphlus, 746. Canes Laconici (Laconian dogs), keen-scented, 359. Dogs, hostile to the Sicilians, spare the corpses of the Romans, 471. Canicleion, office of, 78; prefect of, 355. Andronicus Cantacuzenus, makes Frederick the German suspect to Emperor Isaac, 526. Joannes Cantacuzenus, mutilated in battle against the Serbs, 121; has for a wife Maria Comnena, daughter of the sebastokrator Andronicus, 136; killed by the Turks, 240. Joannes Cantacuzenus, killed by Andronicus Comnenus, 345; his wife is the sister of Constantine Angelus, 336. Joannes Cantacuzenus, Caesar, has in marriage the sister of Emperor Isaac Angelus, 489; blinded by Emperor Andronicus, ibid. Manuel Cantacuzenus, sent against the Pseudalexius of Cilicia, 610. Michael Cantacuzenus, greets Alexius Angelus as emperor, 593. Theodorus Cantacuzenus, received by the Nicaeans, 349; defends the city stoutly, 364, 367; killed, 368. Theodorus Capellanus or Castellanus, a Sicilian, defects to the Romans, 117. Capharda, taken by Emperor John, 38. Capito, a boy, 294. Cappadocia, 152; occupied by Tranismanius of Persarmenia, 27; cold climate, 46. Carea, gate of the great palace, 452. Caria, ravaged by the Sultan of Iconium, 654. Castamon, city of the Persarmenians, taken by Emperor John, 25; recovered by Tanismanius of Persarmenia, 27; captured again by Emperor John, 28. Theodorus Castamonites, his power, 574; death, 575. Castra Nova, founded in Asia by Manuel, 194. Catabate, a place in Constantinople, 355. Andronicus Catacalo, general sent against the Persians, 625. Catascope, a place, 270. Chain, stretched to keep the hostile fleet from Constantinople, 718. Catides, an examiner of gossip, pays the penalty, 254. Cattari, 206. Theodorus Cazanes, sent away against the Persians, 623. Celenae, town, 231. Celbianus, tract of land, 481. Centenarium, of the tower, 451. Cephalas, betrays Lapardas, 361. Cephalenia, island, 114. Cerasus, 699. Chalce, 353; prison, 582; fortress, 696. Chalcedon, 320. Chaldaic furnace, 404. Chalepum, formerly Berrhoea, city of Mesopotamia, unsuccessfully besieged by Emperor John, 87. Nicephorus Chaluphes, prefect of Acrocorinth, 101. Leo Chamaretus, tyrant of the Laconians, 841. Characeni Turks, 255. Charax, where it is, 255; fortress, 310. Charbatia, 206. Chasii, their obedience toward magistrates, 517. Chasius, captured, 700. Chele, town, 401; Emperor Andronicus captured there, 453. Chius, island, 224. Chliara, city, 194. Chorobachi, plains of, 85. Chonae, formerly Colossae (Κολασσαί), 230; subject to Maurozomes, 842. Choniates, a Levite relative of Nicetas Choniates, distinguished for bravery, 257. Basilius Cozos, seditious, captured and blinded, 553. Chramus, a place in Hungary, 167. Christ, tomb of, often occupied by barbarians, 56; letters to Abgar, 453. Chrysanthus, prefect of Thessalonica, 652. Chrysioplysia, 453. Chrysopolis, 695. Chrysopolus, a sailor, assists Andronicus Comnenus in his flight, 169. Chrysopus, a German virago, 80. Joannes Chrysostomus, 328; his opinion on the Eucharist, 682. Chrysus, a Vlach, defects from the Romans, 643; Strum-

- occupies Procasum, 665; besieged in vain by Alexius III, 668; enters into a pact with him, 672; after Camyses is ransomed, 707; stirs up sedition there; returns to the favor of Alexius III and marries his niece, 709. ^A Theodorus Chumnus, chartularius, 355; created general against the Sicilians, 413; kills another Pseudalexius who had been captured, 553. Ciaba, 692. Cilicians, 68; pirates, 141; of ambiguous faith, 609. Mountains of Cilicia, 53. Cimbrians defeated by the Romans, and the vines of the Massilians girdled with their bones, 95. Joannes Cinamus, 430. Cingularium, 541. Cionium, 319; its shore, 475. Claudiopolis defended by Manuel against the Persians, 257. Authority of the clergy in the emperor's assemblies, 66. Clisura Zybritze (κλεισούραι του Τζυβρίτζη) narrows, 232. ^B Clizasthlanes, son of Masut, sultan of Iconium, 152; harassed by his kinsfolk, 153; differs from Emperor Manuel, 154; loaded with gifts, 157; defeats Dadunes and Lagupasanes, his kinsmen, 159; weak in body, fierce in spirit, 160; inconstant and perfidious, 161; prudent, 227; inflicts a notable defeat upon Emperor Manuel, 231; offers him peace of his own accord, 243; after peace was violated by the Romans, he sends Atapacus against them, 250; seventy years of age, he harasses the Roman lands, 480; distributes his kingdom among his sons, 689. A shield in place of a ship, 253. Coela, locations of, 209. Coelesyria surveyed by Emperor John, 36. Kolassai (Palassae), now Chonae, 230. Colonia, now Taxara, 72, 541, 689. Comani, joined with the Blachi, devastate the Roman provinces, 561, 691; assist Ruricas, 692. Comets, 326. The Comnenian race, cause of the ruin of the Republic, 701. COMNENI: Alexius I, the first of the Comnenian race, emperor, 7; his children, 8; chides Irene, his wife, for her devotion to his daughter Anna, 9; sought the empire in an evil way, ibid.; his character, death and funeral, ibid., 12. Alexius, son of Emperor John, 23; died, 51. Alexius, son of Bryennius and Anna Comnena the Caesarissa, great general sent against the Sicilians, 124; captured by them, 125. Alexius II Porphyrogenitus, son of Emperor Manuel, 220; designated emperor, ibid.; succeeds his father while still a mere boy, 271; leaves the great palace, 331; devoted to hunting, 333; crowned, 343; suffocated by order of Andronicus Comnenus, 354; at 15 years of age, 3rd year of his reign, 356. Alexius the Protosebastus, cousin of Emperor Manuel, loves his widow, 293; arrogant, 299; attacks Maria the Caesarissa, 306; returns to favor with her, 312; his character, 317; harassed by Andronicus Comnenus, 316; apprehended by the German Praetorians, 323; blinded by order of Andronicus, 324; skilled in military affairs, 325. Alexius, son of Emperor Manuel and Theodora Comnena, marries his sister Irene, 337; blinded by Andronicus, 401; thrown into a monastery, 556. Alexius, son of Joannes Comnenus Batazis, 341; a fugitive from his homeland, he is captured and blinded by order of Andronicus, 342; created navarch, 483; seized, ibid.; sent to the kingdom of Sicily, 484. Alexius, son of Manuel and grandson of Emperor Andronicus, holds Oenaeum, Sinope, and Trebizond, 842. Alexius III Angelus, brother of Emperor Isaac and son of Andronicus Angelus, 319; general against the Pseudalexius, 552; ^C plots against his brother, 589; hailed as emperor, 593, 598; his lavishness, 597; his wife Euphrosyne, 600; omens of his unhappy reign, 603; prefers to be called Comnenus rather than Angelus, 605; gives himself over to sloth, ibid.; fights in vain against the Cilician Pseudalexius, 608; offers terms of peace to the Blachi, 612; sends Isaac Comnenus his son-in-law against them, 613; receives the fugitive Ibancus, 623; performs his affairs poorly against the Persians, 624; enters into a most shameful peace with them, 626; pressed by the Germans, 627; tries to deceive their legates with ostentation, 629; forced to pay sixteen gold talents to the Germans, 431; plunders the monuments of the emperors, 632; is freed from paying tribute by the death of Amerigus, king of the Germans, 633; deceives the pirate Caphures, 637; holds dignities up for sale, 638; his wife's marital loyalty brought under suspicion to him, 641; kills the young Batazes, 642; leads in vain against the Blachi, 643; shuts his wife in a monastery, 646; calls her back, 647; compliant, ibid., 651; elevates Constantine Mesopotamites, 648; makes an expedition against the Blachi, 650; allows Constantine to be cast down from his highest degree of dignity, 651; deprives Iconian merchants of their goods, 653; sends Andronicus Ducas against the Persians, 657; sick, 658; leads in vain against the Scythians, 662; against Chrysus the Blachian, 665; remarries his daughters, 673; institutes ludicrous games, 674; sends forces against the seditious Ibancus, 675; plunders the wealth of Camyzes, 681; casts Ibancus into chains, having captured him by evil guile, 686; receives the fugitive Caichosroes, 691; placates the seditious Spolitans, 695, 697; plunders ships, 699; perfidious toward Rucratinus, 700; leads against the seditious Michael Comnenus, 701, and escapes the danger of shipwreck, ibid.; suppresses the seditious Camyses and Spyridonaces, 707, 708; makes peace with John, prince of Zagora, 709; neglects the custody of his brother Isaac, 710; despises the Venetian fleet, 716; having attacked them in vain, 722; forces himself into flight, 723; reigned for 8 years, 724; his character and morals, ibid.; attempts to recover the empire, 735; gives his daughter Eudocia to Scurus in marriage, 803; blinds Alexius Ducas Murzuphlus, 840; resides at Halmyrus, 808; is sent by Boniface the marquis to the king of the Germans, 819. Andronicus, son of Emperor John, sebastocrator, 23; died, 41; brings the funeral of his brother Alexius to Constantinople, 66; his children, 135. ^D Andronicus, cousin of Emperor Manuel, captured by the Persians, 68; son of the sebastocrator Isaac, 135; held in custody by Manuel, 133; flees from prison, 135; has relations with Eudocia, daughter of his uncle Andronicus, 136; thrown into prison again, ibid.; deceives his guard, 139; captured again, 140; escapes by guile, 168; received back into favor by Manuel, 172; prefect of Cilicia, surpassed by the Armenians, 180; viewed with hatred by Manuel because of his incest, he flees, 181; suppliant to Manuel, 294; ordered to live at Oenaeum, 298; aspires to the empire, ibid., 316; sets out for Constantinople, 320; takes possession of the Roman fleet, 322; blinds Alexius Comnenus the protosebastus, 324; humbled before the patriarch Theodosius, 328; chases him with mockeries, 329; entered Constantinople and weeps at the tomb of Emperor Manuel, 332; unjust, 339; a poisoner, 336; completes his incestuous nuptials, 337; creates Basil Camaterus patriarch, 339; rages against the nobility, 343, 345; orders the empress Xena to be suffocated, 348; is declared emperor, 349; crowned, 352; removes Alexius II from the midst, 353; marries Anna the Frank, betrothed of Emperor Alexius II, 357; is saved by an oath given to Emperor Manuel, ibid.; blinds Andronicus Lapardas, 361; besieges Nicaea, 363; receives it in surrender, 369; rages against the first men of the citizens, 727; Prusa taken by force, 371; acts most cruelly against the citizens, 373, 419; Dopadium expu-

-^Agnat, 374. Liberates Isaac, 376; puts to death Macroducas and Ducas, 379; [the] Sebastocrator brothers, 384; blinds Alexius Comnenus, [his] son-in-law, 401; rages against his domestics, 403; blinds Tripsychus, 407; neglects the incursion of the Sicilians, 414; [is] luxurious, 416; defends the common people from the vexations of magistrates, 421, 429; protects naval affairs, 423; renovates the aqueduct, 428; cultivates learned men, 431; his studies, 433; decides to remove all captives from the midst, 434; applies himself [more] to this, 441; is driven from the kingdom by a sedition stirred up by Isaac Angelus, 448; [a] fugitive, 432; is captured, 453; is treated with contumely, 455; dies, 458; reigned for two years, ib.; his appearance and health, ib.; his reverence toward St. Paul, 461; verses concerning his end, 462. Andronicus, son of Alexius Comnenus [and] grandson of Bryennius, is blinded, 556; likewise his son, 560. Anna Caesarissa, first-born daughter of Alexius I [and] wife of Bryennius, 8; conspires against the Emperor John, 14, 16; learned, 15; is carried off by poison [administered] by Andronicus Comnenus, 336. David, prefect of Thessalonica, [a] slothful man, 386. David, son of Manuel [and] grandson of the Emperor Andronicus, 842; contends for the empire of Asia, 827; holds Heraclea and Paphlagonia, 842; aided by the help of the Latins, he resists Lascaris, 844. Eudocia, daughter of the Sebastocrator Andronicus, 135; her incest, 136; captivity, 140; marries Michael Gabras, 173. John, eldest son of Alexius, 8; is designated for the empire by his father, ib.; how he obtained power, 10; occupies the great palace, 11; beginnings of [his] reign, and friends, 12; clement toward seditious kinsmen, 14; his expeditions against the Persians, 17; puts the Scythians to flight by art, 19; institutes solemnities for the Patzinaks, 23; venerates the Saints, 22, 26; transfers the defeated Triballi into the province of Nicomedia, 23; dignities which he bestowed upon his four sons, ib.; his dream concerning his son Alexius, ib.; defeats the Huns, 24; occupies the maritime shores of Italy, 25; leads [forces] against the nations of the East, ib.; triumphs over the Persarmenians, ib.; captures the city of Gangra, 28, [but] loses it, 29; pursues the Lebuni, kings of the Armenians, in war, ib.; takes the camps of Baca and Anabarza by force, ib., 33; subjects the cities of Syria and Mesopotamia in three years, 36; leads against the Iconians, 42; prevents the Persians from incursions, 44; builds Ochyras, ib.; stirs up the indignation of the soldiers, ib.; undertakes an expedition against Constantine Cabra, tyrant of Trebizond, 45; besieges Neocaesarea in vain, 47; besieges the town of Rhyndacenus, 49; gains possession of the Pusgusa swamp, 50; is deprived of two sons, 51; sets out against Antioch, 52; while about to kill a boar, is wounded by his own weapons, 53; dying, he designates his son Manuel as his successor, 56; his death and eulogy, 62. John, an accubitor of the Emperor John, 13. John, son of the Sebastocrator Isaac [and] grandson of the Emperor Alexius I, 42; defects to the Persians, 48, said to have had the daughter of Masut as his wife, 72. John, son of the Sebastocrator Andronicus, is enraged on account of [the] incest, 136. John Batatzes is sent against the Persians, 323; [as] Megas Domestikos and prefect of Thrace, he pursues Andronicus, 318; opposes him, 340; dies, 541; his sons, ib. John, son of Andronicus, 232; is designated emperor, 412; is created duke against the Sicilians, ib.; blinded, he dies, 461. John Crassus, [a] seditious man, is killed, 697. Irene, daughter of Andronicus and Theodora Comnena, 337; laments [her] husband blinded by her father. 402. Isaac, son of Alexius I, 10; helps his brother John in seizing the kingdom, 13; adorned by his father with the dignity of Sebastocrator, ib.; at variance with his brother John and [sent into] exile, 42; his appearance and disposition, ib.; is reconciled to his brother, ib., 43. Isaac, son of the Emperor John, Sebastocrator, 23; excluded from the empire by his father on account of [his] quick temper, 58; his captivity and lamentation, 66; returns into favor with his brother, 70; fearful, ib.; makes an offering to Cosmas, Patriarch of Attica, 106. Isaac, son of the Sebastocrator Isaac [and] grandson by [his] daughter [of Alexius I], captured by the Armenians, is liberated, 376; gains possession of Cyprus, 377; rages against the citizens, ib., 443; defeats the fleet of the Emperor Isaac Angelus, 483; rages against the captives, 484; is captured by the King of the English, 547; liberated, he affects the empire, 611; dies, 612. Isaac, Sebastocrator, son-in-law of the Emperor Alexius III, 604; sent against the Vlachs, 613; captured by them, 616; dies, 626; Theodora his daughter, ib. Manuel, youngest son of the Emperor John, Sebastocrator, 23; attacks the Persians without his father's order and is beaten, 47; accompanies his father, 52; created emperor by his father, 58; and saluted by the nobles, 52; with Axuch the Megas Domestikos sent ahead, 65; sets out for Constantinople, 67; is eagerly received by the Byzantines, 68; his disposition and appearance, ib.; anointed by the Patriarch, 70; returns into favor with his brother Isaac, ib.; leads twice against Masut the Persian, 71; has a noble Alemannic woman as wife, 72; keeps the faith of marriage little, 73; consults well for the common wealth, ib.; abolishes the naval affair by the counsel of John Puzenus, 75; favors Theodorus Stypiota, 78; becomes suddenly liberal and humane, ib.; responds kindly to the Alemanni, 81; fears their power, 82; follows their army with troops, ib.; lays snares for them, 88; mints money from debased silver, 89; undertakes an expedition against the Sicilians, 102; after defeating the Scythians, besieges Corypho, a promontory of Corcyra, 103; has no sons from his former wife, 108; builds a wooden tower to storm Corypho, 109; calms the sedition of the Romans and Venetians, 113; receives Corypho in surrender, 116; ceases from the expedition undertaken against the Sicilians, 116; ib.; having ordered Pelagonia, defeats the Serbs, 119; orders Michael Palaeologus to lead against the Sicilians, 120; concerning the defeated Serbs, 121; and Hungarians, 122; triumphs, 123; loses many leaders sent against the Sicilians, 124, 126; applies himself to astrology, 126, 200; spends 300 centenaria in the war against the Sicilians, 127; initiates peace with them, 129; renews the war, 130; is ridiculed by Maio, ib.; wars with the Huns, 133; sets out into Armenia, 134; having entered Antioch, institutes a mock battle, 141; his wife having died, he marries Xena, 151; feigns friendship with Clizasthlan, the Sultan of Iconium, 154; loads him with gifts, 157; tries to make Stephen Punnus, [his] kinsman, King of Pannonia, 165; receives Andronicus Comnenus into favor, 172; makes an expedition against the Huns, 175; recovers Zeugminum, 174; subjects Desem, tyrant of Serbia, to himself, 178; designates Alexius, son-in-law of the Hungarians, emperor, 179; places Andronicus over Cilicia, 180; pursues one hateful to himself, 182; compels Alexius the Protostrator to don the cowl, 187; pursues magicians, 192; founds Nova Castra in Asia, 194; places Andronicus Contostephanus over the Pannonian war, 194; is celebrated by the acclamations of the soldiers, 198; his astrological superstition, 199; triumphs over the defeated Pannonians, 204; calms the Serbs, 206; sends a fleet under the command of Andronicus Contostephanus against the Egyptians, 208; frustrated by the perfidy of Amerigus, 213; loses it, 218; makes peace with the Saracens, 219; gives the name of Alexius to his newly born son, 220; designates him as his successor.

^A seeks to have it marked, ibid.; makes Alexius his son-in-law King of Pannonia, 221; gives Maria, daughter of the Marquis of Montferrat, in marriage to his son, 222; deprives the Venetians of their wealth, 223; returns to favor with them, 225; at Dorylaeum 227; and Subleum fortified, 229; makes an expedition against the Turks, 230; receives a severe defeat and comes into extreme danger of his life, 332; accepts peace offered voluntarily by the Sultan, 245; his dream, 248; having neglected the conditions of the treaty, 250; conquers Atapacus the Persian sent against him, 251; incites and corrupts the Italians against the Germans, 230; a bitter exactor of tributes, 255; his incest with his niece Theodora, 266; favors the barbarians, ibid.; forbids monks from becoming wealthy and recalls them to a more rigorous life, 270; neglects military discipline, 372; his decree concerning the maxim "the Father is greater than I," 276; controversy regarding the god of Mahomet, 278; drivel regarding the end of his life, 286; omen of his death, 284; having renounced astrology, he dies wearing the monastic cowl, 287; reigned thirty-eight years, 288; is buried in the Pantocrator monastery, 289; committed the care of his son Alexius to the Patriarch Theodosius, 329; surrounded the Blachernae palace with a wall, 500.

Manuel, son of the Emperor Andronicus, 169, 323, 348; sebastocrator, 439; prevents his father from a most savage crime, ibid.; is blinded, 466.

Manuel, son of John Batatzes, 341; a fugitive from his country, he is captured and blinded by Andronicus, 342.

Maria, daughter of Andronicus, wife of Theodorus Dasiotas, 68.

Maria, Caesarissa, daughter of the Emperor Manuel, wife of Alexius of Hungary, 147; separated from her husband by divorce, she marries the son of the Marquis of Montferrat, 222; conspires against Alexius the protosebast 300; flees into asylum, 302; incites the populace to sedition, ibid.; is besieged by Alexius, 306; returns to favor with him, 312.

Maria, daughter of the sebastocrator Isaac, 165.

Michael, son of the sebastocrator John, seditious, 700.

Theodora, daughter of the Emperor Alexius, wife of Constantine Angelus, 126.

Theodora, daughter of Andronicus, 135.

Incest of the daughters of the sebastocrator Isaac, 184, 266; pride, 266.

Theodora, daughter of the sebastocrator Isaac, niece of Alexius III, 620; is betrothed to Ibanco, ibid.; marries Chrysus, 709.

Council, holy, 338.

Conon, Count of Petuna, 825.

Conrad, King of the Germans, sets out for Palestine, 83, 84; is angered at the Romans, 84; his kinsman is burned at Adrianople, ibid.; crosses into Asia, 87; having exhorted his soldiers with a speech, 91; leads them across the Maeander River and inflicts a grave defeat upon the Turks, 94.

Conrad Caesar, Marquis of Montferrat, conquers and captures the Bishop of Mainz, 262; marries Maria the Caesarissa, 222; fights against Alexius the protosebast 300; exhorts his soldiers in an assembly, 310; returns to favor with Alexius, 312; takes in marriage Theodora, daughter of the Emperor Isaac, 497; strengthens the faltering Emperor Isaac, 498; hires soldiers with pay, 499; conquers and slaughters the seditious Branas, 504; having set out for Palestine, he defeats the Saracens, 516; is killed, 517.

Constantia, a city, is captured by the Mysians, 708.

Constantine forum, 196.

Crown of Constantine the Great, 430; nails, 583; sepulcher despoiled by thieves, 632.

Constantinople is to be abandoned by the Germans, 87; is occupied by Andronicus Comnenus, 332; is besieged by Alexius Branas, 492; suburbs devastated by Latin mercenaries, 510; public roads obstructed with beams by the Latins, 512; is besieged by the Latins, 718; twice seized by fire, 722, 731; captured, 753; is looted, 757.

Constantinopolitans eagerly welcome Manuel Comnenus, 68; seditious, 304; slander one another before the Emperor Andronicus, 335; are most cruelly treated by him, 419; seditious, 446; salute Isaac Angelus as emperor, 430; workmen intending to loot the houses of the Latins pay the penalty, 511; seditious, 625; salute Isaac Angelus as emperor a second time, 727; strive to incite him against the Latins, 741; angered against the Angels and seditious, 743; salute Nicolaus Canabus as emperor, 744; Alexius Ducas Mursuphlus, 746; slothful and inclined to servitude, 772; the plebeians insult the calamities of the nobles, 785; are vexed by the Latins and Scythians, 815.

Constantine the Armenian boasts of his strength, 30; is defeated in single combat by Eustratius and put to flight, 31; having been made a captive, he flees to Byzantium, 33.

Constantine Ducas, see Ducas.

Constantine Mesopotamites, intimate with the Emperor Isaac, 591; is reconciled to Alexius III through the efforts of the empress, 640; works for the recall of Euphrosyne from the monastery, 647; is created deacon, 648; is designated Bishop of Thessalonica, 649; proud and ambitious, ibid.; elevates his brothers, ibid.; loses all his dignities, 651.

Constantine Patrenus, 344.

Constantine Rhadenus, sebastus, 672.

Constantine, a eunuch and prefect of the fisc, reconciles the ax-bearer to Isaac Angelus, 717; to Alexius Ducas Mursuphlus, 744.

Conti, who they are, 400.

[Greek text: Κορακων Νοσσιαί], 53.

Alexius Contostephanus, an astrologer, saluted as emperor by the Constantinopolitan populace, 600; is thrown into prison, 601.

Andronicus Contostephanus, prefect of the army, 71; created grand dux against the Pannonians, 197; reports a glorious victory, 199; sent with a fleet against the Egyptians, 208; frustrated in the capture of Damietta by the treachery of Amerigus, 213; his speech to the soldiers, 214; settles the controversy that had arisen in the imperial house, 313; appointed commander of the fleet by Alexius the protosebast 321; deserts to Andronicus, 322; is blinded by Andronicus, 346.

Andronicus Contostephanus, son-in-law of the Emperor Alexius III, 604; slanders his mother-in-law Euphrosyne before the emperor, 641.

John Contostephanus, prefect of the army under the Emperor Manuel, 71; of the fleet under the Emperor Isaac, 483; captured, ibid.; is led to the King of Sicily, 484.

Stephanus Contostephanus, created grand dux against the Liculi, 103; dies, 105; his indignation against Cosmas, ibid.

Copatinus, son of Caichosroes, Sultan of Iconium, drives his father from the kingdom, 542.

Coppatinus, son of Clyzasthlan, receives Melitene, Caesarea, and Taxara by heritage, 689.

Corcyra promontory, Corypho, see Corypho.

Corcyroei, who are called Gymni, surrender the island to Roger of Sicily, 79.

Corinthians, captives of the Sicilians, 129.

Corinth, a city, is looted by the Sicilians, 99; occupied by Scurus, 800.

Stags' horns signify the adultery of wives, 418.

Nests of Crows, mountains of Cilicia, 53.

Corycian cave, 610.

Corypho, a promontory of Corcyra, a Sicilian garrison, 96; besieged for a long time by the Romans, 104; finally...

^A taken by surrender, 116. Cosmas Atticus, the most holy Patriarch of Aegina, 105; driven from the patriarchate by Emperor Manuel, 106; he prophesies to Emperor Manuel the loss of his children and the death of Stephen Contostephanus, 107. Cosmidium, 719, 751. Cottyanum, 689. Catyalium, ravaged by the Sultan of Iconium, 340. Cozas, leader of the Scythian phalanx, 813. Cabratia, 206. Crenum, a place, 562, 852. Crete, 342; its labyrinth, 395. Cretan Sea, 342. Crizimus, a place, 678. Cross and jeweled lamps, 40. Chrysopus, 80. Cuperium, a town in Thrace, 663. Sacred Court, 323; Great Court, 451. Chariot, for a fortress, 21. Cyprus, an island, 209; occupied by Isaac Komnenos, 377; conquered by the King of the English, 547; donated to the King of Jerusalem, ibid. Cypsella, disliked by the emperors, 363, 482, 592, 643. Cyril, his opinion on the Eucharist, 682.

D Dadibra, a city occupied by the Persians, 624. Theodore Dadibrenus, strangles Emperor Alexios II, 354; punished by Emperor Andronikos, 429. Dadunes, son-in-law of Mazutus, Caesar and Sebastocrator, 152; despoiled of his kingdom by Clizathlan, 159. The possessed urge the Vlachs to sedition, 485. Dalmatians, 705. At Damalis, a Scutarian palace, 280. Damatrys, 718. Damocrania, 711. Danae, 77. Enrico Dandolo, Duke of the Venetian fleet, 713; blind, 713; besieges Constantinople, 718; treats in vain with Mourtzouphlos, 751; excluded from the empire, he arranges for Baldwin to be created emperor, 789; repels Marquis Boniface, 789; leads a campaign to recover Thracian cities, 811; is in danger of his life, 814; dies, 820. Daonium, captured by the Scythians, 831. David, 58, 59, 60. Debellum, 723. Theotokos, invoked by Emperor John, 22; veneration is attributed to her by Emperors John and Manuel in the performance of a triumph, 26, 205. Chosen legions, 39. Demetrios, martyr, 379; oil flowing from his tomb, 379; a temple is built in his honor by Peter and Asan the Vlachs, 485. Demetrius Poliorcetes, 452. Demetriza, 649. Lament for Constantinople, 763. Deses, a Persian satrap, is coerced, 178. Deuteron of Constantinople, 722. Didymoteichon, 791; defended against the floods of the River Hebros, 825; besieged in vain by the Vlachs, 835. Diippos, church of John the Theologian, 307. Disaster of Emperor Romanos Diogenes, 41. Monastery of Saint Diomedes, 547. Dionysios, leader of the Hungarians, 173; defeated by the Romans, 202. Diplokionion, a place (Double Column), 595. Dirce, a fountain, 99. George Disypatos, lector of the Great Church, brought into mortal danger, 406. Docea, 689. Doloicus, Count of Plea, 714; set out for Thrace, 811; killed by the Scythians, 814.

Lord's Rostra, destroyed by fire, 733. House of Isaac the Sebastocrator, turned into a hospice, 585. Dorylaeum, a town, restored, 227; assigned to Mazutus, son of Clizathlan, 689. Dositheos, monk and prophet, on familiar terms with Emperor Isaac, 529; designated Patriarch of Jerusalem, 529; created Ecumenical Patriarch, 531; falls from rank, 532. Drama, a town, 556. House of the Grand Drungarios, 585. Alexios Ducas Mourtzouphlos, resists the Latins, 742; whence he came to be nicknamed Mourtzouphlos, 742; aspires to the empire and lures Emperor Isaac from the palace, 744; is acclaimed emperor, 746; casts Alexios III into prison, 746; kills him, 746; puts Nicholas Canabus into custody, 746; his character, 748; fines the wealthy, 749; harasses the Latins, 749; his peace treaties are void, 751; renews hostilities, 752; flees with Euphrosyne and his daughter Eudocia, 755; is blinded by Alexios III, 804; his miserable end, 804. Andronikos Ducas, the author of the liberation of Isaac Komnenos from Armenian custody, 377; his execution, 379. Andronikos Ducas, sent against the Persians, 657. Constantine Ducas, sent against the Persians, 251. John Ducas, a heretic, sent against the Sicilians, 125; settles the controversy arising in the "Domus Angusta," 312; prefect of the city of Nicaea, he suppresses Andronikos, 318; fosters the sedition of the Constantinopolitans, 447; wishes to be created emperor, 450; as Dromologothete, he is sent to Frederick the German for the sake of making a treaty, 525; makes him suspect to Emperor Isaac, 526; avoids the danger of death, 562. Isaac Ducas, son of John Ducas, 447. Theodore Ducas, aspires to the empire in vain, 755. Dyrrhachium, or Epidamnos, is captured by William, King of the Sicilians, 385; abandoned by him, 472.

E Great Church, 343. Echetus, 405. Edemius, a garden, 193. Count of Edessa, 37. Elephant, statue of, 861. Eleutherium, 733. Elisha, 851. Elpumes, a Scythian, helps Bran the rebel, 503. Empedocles, 336. Endymion, 772. Eonopolita, a eunuch, an "accubitor," sent against Pseudo-Alexios, performs poorly, 608. Ephesus, 289; subject to Lascaris, 842. Monastery of the Ephori, 460. Oracle given to Epicydides, 250. Ships of Epidamnos, 208. Epidamnians acclaim Alexios, son of Emperor Isaac, as emperor, 717. Epidamnos, see Dyrrhachium. Epimetheus, 209. Horses' augury, 69, 603; ornaments of the Arabians, 240. Statue of an unbridled horse, 861. Assyrian cavalry, 214. Statue of a knight, 848. Eretrians, captives led by Darius into Asia, 130. Enrico, Count of St. Paul, enters into an alliance with Dandolo against the Romans, 714. Henry, brother of Emperor Baldwin, with Peter of Bracieux (Planicus), occupies the Asian cities, 796; puts Theodore of Philadelphia to flight, 798; having set out against the Vlachs, he returns to Constantinople, 814; rampages in Thrace, 819; besieges Orestias in vain, 821; is created emperor, 847.

INDEX II TO NICETAS CHONIATES

Vlach, he conquers, 852. Erudition, consideration taken for, in creating an emperor, 15. Esau, son of Isaac, 59. Euboea occupied by the Venetians, 224. Euboean ships, 208. Eucharist, controversies concerning and various opinions of theologians, 682. Euergetae monastery, 722. Eumathius Philocales, prefect of the city, envoy to Amerigus king of the Germans, 630; initiates a most disgraceful peace with him, 631. Euphrates river, 36. Euphrosyne, mother of Isaac Angelos, 365. Euphrosyne, wife of Alexios III, reconciles the citizens of Constantinople to herself, 600; arrogant and unchaste, she affects the same authority as the emperor, 606; reconciles him with Constantine Mesopotamites, 639; brought under suspicion of adultery by the emperor, 644; implores the protection of the courtiers, 644; is shut up in a monastery, 646; recovers her former authority, 647; deliberates concerning the successor to the empire, 659; restrains Contostephanos, 687; given to divination, 687; is arrested by the citizens of Constantinople, 727; flees with Murzuphlos, 755; is sent to the king of Germany, 819. Euripus, 224. Eurus river, 825. Eurystheus, 688. Eustathios of Dyrrhachium, 275. Eustathios, the most learned bishop of Thessalonica, 399. Enstratios Macedo puts the Armenian Constantine to flight in single combat, 31. Euthydemios, bishop of Neae Patrae, 430. Eutychios the theologian, his opinion concerning the Eucharist, 683. Evangelists, the nobles swear by, 62. Ezyismenus the Vlach holds Thessalonica, 818.

F Fate cannot be avoided, 342. Fast days, Wednesday and Friday, 189. Iron, a token, 163. Franks, now called Flamini, 731. Flanders, Count Baldwin of, 714. Forum of Constantine, 196. Franks join themselves with Dandolo against the Byzantines, 714; formerly called Flamini, 730; set fire to Constantinople, 730; obtain the empire of Constantinople by lot, 854; see Germans. France, the king of, sets out for Palestine with Frederick of Germany, 546. Francochorium, a region situated between the rivers Saum and Ister, occupied by Emperor John, 25; devastated by Emperor Manuel, 122. Constantine Francopulus plunders the merchants' ships, 699. Freres of Jerusalem ransom Isaac Komnenos, 376. Frederick, son of Conrad, king of the Germans, avenges the death of a certain kinsman, 84; created king of the Germans, he attempts to subject the Italians to himself, 260; undertakes an expedition to Palestine, 525; treats with Emperor Isaac concerning the passage of his kingdom and supplies, 525; suspect to the emperor, 526; procures supplies for himself through excursions, 526; enters Philippopolis, 527; puts the Romans to flight, 534; derides the insolence of the Greeks, 537; having crossed into Asia without opposition from Isaac, 538; conquers the Turks, 540; perishes in a certain river of Armenia, 545; his illustrious eulogy, 545; his son, having acquired many cities in Syria, dies, 546. Dark sails of ships, signs of mourning, 216. Constantine Gabras, tyrant of Trebizond, 45. Constantine Gabras, Manuel's envoy to the sultan, 159. Michael Gabras, husband of Eudocia Komnene, 173; false praises of him, 173.

G Gabras sent by Clizasthlan to the Romans for the sake of making peace, 145. Gadium, gates of, 412. Galiza, a toparchy of the Russians, 168. Gangra, a city of Pontus, taken by force by Emperor John, 28; recovered by the Persians, 29. Genoa reconciled to Manuel, 260. Genoese pirates take possession of Crete, 843. George, sebastos, 348. Saint George the martyr, 663. George Enaeotes, 667. Gerhard, prince of Antioch, 142. Germans, the praetorians, apprehend Alexios Komnenos, 323. German auxiliaries, the custody of Corfu is entrusted to, 118. Greeks frequently depart to the Barbarians into colonies, 657. Greece, 78; occupied by the Latins, 794, 803; distracted into many tyrannies, 840. Greek fire, see Fire, Greek. Graosgala, 255. Alexios Guido defeated by the Vlachs, 587. Alexios Guidus, domestic of the West, ordered to follow Frederick of Germany with an army, 526. Andronicus Guidus defeats 300 Italians, 845. William, king of the Sicilians, 221; leads an army against Emperor Andronicus, 385; takes Dyrrhachium, 385; takes Thessalonica, 386; reproaches Emperor Isaac with his inhumanity, 475. Gymni, inhabitants of Corfu, surrender the island to Roger of Sicily, 97. Cyrolymna, 720.

H Haemus mountain, 182. Stephen Hagiochristophorites, see Stephen. John Hagiotheodorites, empowered by Emperor Manuel, 74; deposed from the highest degree of dignity by Theodore Styppiotes, 77. Halcyon days, 363. Hanno the Carthaginian, his false boasting of victory and birds, 561. Harmala, 552. Harpies, 566. Helen of Sparta, 215; her statue, 863. Hyades, 50. Hellespont, 316. Heraclea of Pontus subjected to David Komnenos, 842. Herculanum cup, 149. Hercules, 417; his statue a work of Lysimachus, 687, 859. Hippicum, 404. Hippocrates of Cos, 650, 767. Praises of history, 4; style, 5. Vain grandiloquence of historians, 95. Hodegetria, image of the Mother of God, 497. Hodegium monastery, 497, 698. Hungarians destroy Branizoba, 24; defeated in a grave battle by Emperor John, 24; joined by treaty with the Serbs, they are overcome by Emperor Manuel, 121; infest the Romans, 133; victory having been gained, they enter into peace, 134; stand up for their liberty from Emperor Manuel, 165; refuse his affinity, 166; route the Romans at Gabras and Branas, 173; lose Zeugminum, 174; are defeated by Andronicus Contostephanos, 199; accept Alexios, son-in-law of Manuel, as king, 221. Hungarian statue cast down by the Romans, 196. Hungarian triumph, 204. Hydralis river, 428.

Hyelium, town of Phrygia, 252. Hyelocastellium, 360. Hylas, 828. Hyperborean Scythians, the Russians, 168. Hypopsephius of Theopolis, 275.

I The letter I, formidable to Emperor Andronicus, 378. Idadara, city captured by the Venetians, 715, 716. Iagupasan, sultan of Amaseia, Ancyra, and Cappadocia, son-in-law of Masutus, 152. Iambic verses against Andronicus, 462. Iazas, prince of the Huns, 165. Ibancus, i.e., John Blachus, kills Asanes, 618; occupies Ternobo, 619; being besieged, calls for Roman aid, 620; flees to the emperor, 621; his appearance and manners, 623; renders useful service to the Romans, ibid.; defects from the Romans, 675; assumes the name of Alexios, 676; captures Alexios Camyzes by a clever stratagem, 679; rages against captives, 681; is captured and put in chains by the treachery of Alexios III, 686. Iberes (Eastern), 499. Iberia, 45. Iberian cloth, 328. Iconians, 27; defeated by Emperor John, 42; capture Andronicus Comnenos and Theodore Dasiotes, 68; attacked in war by Emperor Manuel, 71; see Masutus, Clizasthlanes, Caichosroes. Iconium besieged by Manuel Comnenos, 72; captured by the Germans, 541. Hieracocoryphites, fortress surrendered to Emperor John, 19. Greek fire, 102, 496; consumes part of Constantinople, 510. Images of the saints treated with derision by the Sicilians, 388; not worshiped by the Armenians and Germans, 527. Roman emperors are slothful, 481; lovers of pleasure, 521; despoil the tombs of the dead, 632, 855; addicted to astrology, 702; take the image of the Mother of God as an ally in war, 751. Empire destined to pass from A to I, 357. Inglini, see Britons. Princes' Islands (Insulae Principis), 326. Church of St. Irene, founded by Emperor Marcian, is destroyed by fire and restored, 269. Irene, wife of Emperor Alexios, favors her daughter Anna, slanders her son John to her husband, 8, 10; returns to friendship with her son, 17. Irene Euphrosyne, daughter of the empress, wife of Andronicus Contostephanos, 641. Theodore Irenicus, see Theodore. Isaac, patriarch, 59. Isaac, grandson of the sebastocrator Isaac Comnenos through his daughter, see Comnenos. Isaurian robbers, 141. Isauria, province, 52. Ishmael, son of the patriarch Abraham, 59. Ishmaelites, 499, 566; see Turks. Israelites, 94. Ister (Danube) river, crossed by the Scythians, 19, 103; by the Huns, 24. Istrium, city of Mesopotamia, sacked by John Comnenos, 38. Italians, lance-bearing knights, 141; ordered to stage a mock battle, ibid., 300; defeated by Guido under Andronicus, 845. Italy, subject to Amerigo, king of the Germans, 627. Cities of Italy corrupted and incited against the Germans by Emperor Manuel, 262. Michael Italicus, Bishop of Philippopolis, 83; placates the enraged king of the Germans, 84. Ithaca, island, 114. Ixion, 295.

J Jacob, patriarch, 59. Days of fasting, 189. Jeremiah, 851. Jerusalemites, who are called Frerii, redeem Isaac Comnenos, 576. Jesus, son of Nave, 489, 857. Jofredus, marshal, recalls the Marquis Boniface, 794. John Blachus, brother of Asanes and Peter, given as a hostage to the Romans, 521; becomes leader of the Vlachs, 622; joins with Ibancus, prince of Zagora, 679; captures Constantia and Varna, 706; enters into peace with Alexios III, 709; incites the Romans against the Latins, 808; prepares for war, 810; defeats those lured into an ambush, 812; captures Serres, 816; captures cities of Thrace, 829; besieges Didymotichum in vain, 835; slaughters Emperor Baldwin and other captives, 847; is defeated by Henry, 852. John Chrysostom, 328. John Hagiotheodorites, see Hagiotheodorites. John Enopolita, sent against Camyzes, 708. John, protovestiarios, 672. John Puzenus, quaestor, 73; formerly protonotary of the dromos, ibid.; inhuman, 74. John, sebastocrator, see Angelus. Church of St. John the Theologian, 307; most splendid, 314. John the Tyrant, judge of the war, 443. House of Ioanniza changed into a convent for women, 548. Iolaus, 417. Joppa (Jaffa), now Ace, recovered by Caesar Conrad, 516. Jordan, river, 94. Joseph Balsamenus, a relative of the Hagiotheodorites, disagrees with Michael Palaiologos, 77. Joseph, husband of Mary, where he stayed his flight, 212. Jewish cemetery, 382. Juno, 295, 403; her statue, 856. Judges of war, see judges of war. Invective against corrupt judges, 402. Jupiter, 102, 403. Justiniani's corpse is found, 855.

L Lacerium, 254. Manuel Lachanas, 372; is hanged, 374. Laconia occupied by the Latins, 806; by Chamaretos, 841. Laconian hounds, keen-scented, 359. John Lagus, prefect of the praetorium, incites a riot of the plebs, 694. Lamia, harlot of Demetrius Poliorcetes, 452. Lampe, 255, 655. Lampis, 230. Laodicea, captured by Emperor John and surrounded with walls, 17; city of Phrygia, 255; occupied by Mourozomes, 842. Laodicean Phrygians are harassed by the Maga, 523; receive the Germans liberally, 539. Andronicus Lapardas, military tribune, 199, 233; warlike, 341; a fugitive, 359; captured, he is blinded by order of Emperor Andronicus and thrust into a monastery, 361. Stone of Christ's sepulchre, 289. Lardea, 518. Larissa, captured by the Marquis Boniface, 799. Theodore Lascaris marries Anna, daughter of Alexios III, 675; defeats the seditious Ibancus, 678; resists the Latins stoutly, 720; affects the empire in vain, 755; is put to flight by Peter Plancius, 796; with Maurozomes

and David Komnenos, contends for the empire of Asia, 827; holds Nicaea and many islands, 842; snatches Plusiades from David Komnenos, 844. Latin phalanx, excellent, 493. Latins: ferocious, 62; mercenary soldiers, strong and faithful, 321; bloody, 325; expelled from Constantinople by Andronikos Komnenos, they harass the islands, ibid.; most cruel, 590; mercenaries devastate the suburbs of Constantinople, 510; make an expedition against the Byzantines, 713; besiege Constantinople, 718; occupy it, 728; greedy, they profane sacred things, 729; arrogant, 741; set an ambush for Mourtzouflos, 752; besiege Constantinople again, ibid.; capture it, 753; plunder it, 757, 775; their persecution, 763; insult the Constantinopolitans, 786; distribute the provinces by lot, 787; create an emperor according to their ancestral rite, 788; occupy Asian cities, 796; besiege Prusa in vain, 797; put Theodore to flight, 798; capture Larissa, 799; Boeotia, 805; Athens, ibid.; Euboea, ibid.; the Peloponnese, 806; turn against the seditious Vlachs, 809; put the Romans to flight, 810; led into an ambush by the Scythians, they are defeated, 812; put to flight again, 816; rage in Thrace, 819; besiege Orestias, 821; after the siege is broken, they suffer a heavy slaughter, 824; attack Didymoteichon, 825; bring aid to the people of Didymoteichon and Adrianople, 837; assist David Komnenos against Laskaris, 844; appoint Baldwin emperor, 847; overturn the statues of Constantinople, 848; their diligence, 849; priests plunder the tombs of the emperors and melt down the statues, 855, 856. Lebunes, king of the Armenians, is defeated by Emperor John, 29; receives the fugitive Chosroes, 690. Envoys: treated with little honor by Emperor Isaac, 536; foolishly involve Frederick the German and Emperor Isaac, 526. Leo Monasteriotes, see Monasteriotes. Leo Styppiota, patriarch, 70. Leo Synesios, 372; is suspended, 374. Leontios, patriarch of Jerusalem, 529. Leontios the monk, ecumenical patriarch, 530. Libanos, 566. Libels regarding the succession of emperors, 405. Lictors in purple, 447. Linen cuirass, 503. Limmorchir, a town of Phrygia, 252. Litoboes, soldier, 564. Letters tied to arrows, 177, 371; how they are sealed by Emperor Manuel, 66. Lizii, 262. Lobizos, a castle, besieged in vain by Emperor Isaac, 521. Lombardy, 121. Lopadiani, seditious, defeated, 363; their bishop blinded by Emperor Andronikos, 374. Lopadium, 44, 46; captured by Emperor Andronikos, 374. Lot's wife, 420. Circus games celebrated at Antioch, 141; at Constantinople, 363, 375, 521. Luma, a castle, 251. The She-wolf, a statue, 860. Lychnites, a gem, 40. Lydians, seditious, 522. Lydia, occupied by Laskaris, 842. Lydian stone, 613. Lysimachus, statue of Hercules, mutilated by Euphrosyne, 687; melted down by the Latins, 859. M Macedonian legions, 39. Muhammad's doctrine condemned, 278. Muhammad, tyrant of Caltamon, see Muchumetes. Macra, formerly Stagira, 595. Macro-andron, 732. Constantine Macroducas, military tribune, 233; author of the liberation of Isaac Komnenos, 376; his execution, 379. Maeander river, 71, 252; overcome by the Germans, 94. Maenads, 417. Majus, commander of the fleet, reconciles peace between the Sicilians and Romans, 128; forced to deride the emperor, 130. Malea, a stormy promontory, 98, 223. Maleinos, 384. Malum Persicum (peach), enchanted, 192. Mamalus, scribe of Alexios II, burned by Emperor Andronikos, 403. Manganic royal mansions, 331, 389; destroyed, 581. Manganum monastery, 10, 382. Theodore Mangaphas of Philadelphia, deserts from Emperor Isaac, 521; besieged in vain, 522; called Morotheodoros, ibid.; concludes an agreement with the emperor, ibid.; a fugitive, is betrayed by the Sultan of Iconium, Chaisroe, 523. Manuel Camyzes, see Camyzes. Manuel Lachanas, see Lachanas. Maraptica, harlot of Emperor Andronikos, 452. Marquis of Montferrat, see Montferrat Marquis. Marcian, emperor, founded the temple of St. Irene, 269. St. Mary of the Romans, Bellona and triumphant, 26, 205; her temple at Damietta, 212. Maria of Pannonia, married to Marquis Boniface, 392; besieged at Thessalonica by the Vlachs, 818. Marius's Cimbrian victory, 95. Marinus, doge of the Venetians after the death of Dandolo, 820. Marsyas river, 23. Marsyas flayed, 231. Martin, cardinal, 824. Martyrs, rewarded by Christ with miracles, 297. Church of the forty martyrs, 431. Massiliensians, their vineyards surrounded with the bones of the Cimbri, 95. Masutus, Sultan of Iconium, aids Muchumetes, 27; defeated by Emperor Manuel, 71; distributes his kingdom to his sons, 152; his daughter, wife of John Komnenos, 72. Masutus, son of Clizasthlanes, heir of the cities of Amasia, Ancyra, and Dorylaion, 689. Maurice, emperor, 431. Mauropulos's dream, 248. Manuel Maurozomes, contends for the empire of the East, 827; his wealth, 842. Theodore Maurozomes, sent with a fleet against the Egyptians, 208; fights against the Persians, 234. Theodore Mazuca, in favor with Emperor Manuel, 281. Milanese, aided by Manuel against the Germans, 231. Milan, demolished by the Germans, 261. Megarites, pirate, 484. Melangia, restored by Manuel, 71. Melangians, little attached to Alexios III, 609. Megas Bounos (Great Hill, or Niger Tumulus), a place, 490. Melas river, hostile to the Germans, 85. Melitene, occupied by Clizasthlanes, 168; assigned to Coppatinos, son of Clizasthlanes, 689. Meludianum, palace, 248. Menander, touches upon the drunkenness of the Byzantines, 544. Mercury, 455. Mesene, a town of Thrace, 663; captured by the Scythians, 832. Mesopotamia, 38. Methone, 806.

^A Michael, archduke, monastery built for, 270. Michael Choniates, brother of Nicetas, bishop of Athens, defends the city against Sguros, 800. Michael Italicus, see Italicus. Michael Oxytes, elected patriarch, anoints Emperor Manuel, 70; deprived of the patriarchate, returns to the island of Oxia, 105; built a sacred residence, 324; consoles the protosebastos Alexios Komnenos, ibid. Michael of Thessalonica, 275. Milion, arch of, 507, 732. Military discipline dissolved, 388. Indignation of the soldiers against Emperor John, 44; acclamation, 198; perfidy toward Constantine Angelos and [his] excuse before Emperor Isaac, 570. Miltiades, 102. Statue of Minerva, 738. The Saracens' *mitaton* (hostelry) plundered by the Franks, 731. Mitus, brother of Ivanko, sent into exile, 687. Temple of St. Mocius the martyr, 523. The Bishop of Mainz, chancellor, captured by Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat, 262. Monks, bearded, 271; mendicant, 498; their avarice restrained, 260; parasites, 737. Monasteries: of Oxia, 70; of Mount Papykios, 127; of the Archduke Michael, 270; of the island of Terebinth, 315; of the Pantokrator, 332; of St. Diomedes, 387; of the Pantepoptes, 361; of Bera, 363; Manganon, 382; of Akars, 432; of the Peribleptos, 444; of the Ephor, 460; of Sosthenion, 488; Hodegon, 497, 698; of Studios, 529; of the Pantanassa, 575; of Nomatere, 646; of the Euergetes, 722. ^B Leo Monasteriotes, 344; called "mouth of the senate" by Andronikos, 406; mocks Emperor Isaac, 488. Monemvasia, 581; withstands the onslaught of Roger, 97. The Marquis of Montferrat harasses Frederick, King of the Germans, 261; his son Conrad, 223; see Conrad Caesar, Boniface. Mopsuestia, watered by the river Pyramos, 67. River Morabus, 559. Morotheodoros, see Mangaphas. The final washing of the dead, 476. Mosynopolis, 411, 468, 558. Moses the prophet, 22, 59. Muchumetus (Muhammad) rules the city of Kastamonu, 27; returns to favor with Masud, the Sultan of Iconium, ibid.; his power and clan, 45. Statue of a seated woman, 865. `Mundus` (world/ship) of the nave, 714. Murzuphlos, see Alexius Doukas. What "Musurium" means, 551. Town of Myriokephalon, 231. Mysians, now the Vlachs, see Vlachs. The dominion of Mysia and Bulgaria formerly joined, 480. Nebuzaradan, 770. ^C N For the safety of the shipwrecked, consulted by Andronikos, 423. Nauplion, 807. Stephanus Nemanja, prince of the Serbs, restrained by Emperor Manuel, 206. Convent of Nemater, 646. Neocaesarea, 47, 61. Neokastra, founded by Emperor Manuel, 194. Nepho the monk, cast into prison by Patriarch Michael, 107; dear to Patriarch Cosmas Attikos, ibid. Neuzios, a place, 571. Nicaea, the most flourishing city of Bithynia, 318; liberated from the domination of the Persians, 14; taken by sedition by Emperor Andronikos, 363; occupied by Theodore Laskaris, 842. ^D Nicaeas, a soldier, captures Andronikos Komnenos, 140. The Nicaeans receive the fugitives Isaac Angelos and Theodore Kantakouzenos, 349. Nicephorus, a eunuch, chamberlain to Emperor Andronikos, 412. Nicephorus Palaiologos, tyrant of Trebizond, 295. Nicephorus Phokas restrained the avarice of the monks, 270. Nicetas, Bishop of Chonai, a prophet, 284. Nicetas Choniates wrote the history of his own times, 5; scribe of Emperor Isaac, 518; prefect of the province of Philippopolis, 526; persuades Emperor Isaac to return to favor with the Germans, 536; leads Alexios Komnenos into a monastery, 557; removed from his post by Murzuphlos, 749; leaves Constantinople, 777; protects a noble girl, 779; complains about the walls of Constantinople, 782; sets out for Selymbria, 781. Nicetas Mountanes appointed patriarch, 530. Death of Nicholas, Bishop of Corinth, 841. Bishop Nicholas persuades the surrender of Nicaea, 369. Nicomedia, 520. Nicopolis, 841; in Latin, Actium, 800. Statue of the Niliac (Nile) horses, 871. A Nilotic creature upon which Emperor Andronikos fed, 417. River Nile, 208. The Nissean horse, 246. Nisus, 359; fortified, 178; despoiled by the Vlachs, 569. Nova Castra, see Neokastra. O Hostages slain by Frederick of Germany, 544. Westerners launch an expedition into Palestine, 14; hostile to Romans, 259; formidable to Emperor Manuel, 260. Ochyra (forts) built by Emperor John, 44. Oenoe, a wine-producing region, 463; Andronikos ordered to live there, 298; subject to Alexios Komnenos, 842. Ogygia, the city of Preslav, 486. Omens of an unhappy empire, 603. Constantinopolitan artisans hostile to the Latins pay the penalty, 511. Oracle concerning the death of Emperor John, 55; concerning the succession of the Komnenoi, 220; against the perjured, 250; sought from books, 276; concerning the duration of the reign of Manuel, 289; ambiguous warnings to avoid the disgrace of falsehood, 442; concerning the character of Emperor Andronikos, 462; concerning a bull-headed king, 464. Orestias, an opulent city of Macedonia, 9; now Adrianopolis, 360; besieged in vain by Henry, 821. Orientals pursue the Germans with shameful trickery, 88; not to be feared by Emperor Manuel, 260. River Orontes, 36. Osiris, 603. Portents concerning the defection of Branas, 308. Island of Oxia, 105. Monastery of Oxia, 70. P Pactiarius lures the Turks into an ambush, 18. Theodore Pasiates sent off with troops against the Serbs, 206. Paeonians, Huns, and Hungarians, allies of the Serbs, 121; see Hungarians. Alexios Palaiologos, having repudiated his wife, marries Irene, daughter of Alexios III, 673; pursues Ivanko, 678; represses the sedition of the Constantinopolitans, 696; coerces the seditious Sipyridons, 708. Andronikos Palaiologos created commander against the Sicilians, 412. Georgios Palaiologos salutes Alexios Angelos as emperor, 593; dies, 678. Michael Palaiologos dissents from Joseph Balsamon, 77; sent against the Sicilians, 120; [as for his] empire

^A ei abrocatur, 124. Nicephorus Palaiologos, tyrant of Trebizond, 295. Palestine, sought by the Westerners in war, 13, 83, 524; occupied by the Egyptians and Saracens, 516. Palassa (Kolossai), now Chonae, 230. Palaces: the Great [Palace], 11, seized by the populace, 453; its Gate of Darea, 432; Meludianum, 258, 448; Scutarium, 280; Blachernae, 351; Philopatium, 331, 380; Mauganicum, 351, 380; Amphamianum, 61. Pamphylia, 18. Pamplanus, leader of the Turks, routs the Germans, 89. Panasium, 254. Mount Pangaeum, 630. Town of Panium, 820. Pannonians, make war with the Romans, 173; defeated by Andronikos Kontostephanos, 202; see Hungarians. Monastery of Pantanassa, 573. Theodoros Pantechnos, prefect of the city, 506. Monastery of Pantepoptes, 361. Panteugenos arrests Emperor Isaac, 395. Monastery of Pantokrator, 332. Pope: incited by Emperor Manuel against the Germans, 261; exhorted by him to make peace with the Sicilians, 128; aids Alexios, son of Emperor Isaac, 715. Paphlagonians, rewarded by Andronikos Komnenos, 334; subject to David Komnenos, 842. Papuces, see Pupaces. Monastery of Mount Papykios, 127, 557. Statues of Paris and Venus, 856. Patras Nova, 430. Konstantinos Patrenos, 344. Patriarch: anoints Emperor Manuel, 70; see Leo Styppiotes, Michael Oxites, Kosmas Attikos, Theodosios, Basileios, Kamateros, Niketas Mountanes, Leontios, Dositheos, Georgios Xiphilinos, Ioannes Kamateros. Patzinak rites, established by the Emperor Ioannes, 23. Saint Paul’s, count of, 714; buried in the monastery of Manganon, 818. Image of Saint Paul mourns the destruction of Andronikos, 461. Peace, bought by the Romans with tribute, 608, 626, 631. Pegai, city of the Hellespont, 765, 796. Pegasus, 849, 858. Pelagonia, 119. Peloponnese, 78. Peneios River, 799. Pentachir fortress, 251. Pentapolis, destroyed by fire, 763. Pentapolitani, Turks oppressed by Emperor Manuel, 162. Penthesilea, 80. Peraea/Pieris, 87. Perama, the other shore of the Constantinopolitan strait, 384. Pergamon, 194. Monastery of Peribleptos, 444. Perinthos, stormed by the Scythians, 831. Periphetes, 195. Persians, defeated by Emperor Ioannes for their treachery, 17; prevented from making incursions, 44; fight while fleeing, 229; hostile to the Romans, 624; occupy the city of Dadibra, ibid.; conquer the Romans, 625; see Turks. Persarmenians, defeated by Emperor Ioannes, 25. Persian evil/enchantment, 192. Petebinos, satrap of Antioch and father-in-law of Emperor Manuel, 151; Petebinos' daughter married to Emperor Manuel, ibid.; courted by courtiers after her husband's death, 292; see Xene. Petralifas brothers, 110. Petros Blachos, brother of Asanes, incites the Mysians to sedition, 482, 485; defeated, 387; besieges the seditious Ivanko, 610; regains power and is killed, 621. Peucia, place, 320. Phaethon, 291. Phalaris, 45. Pherepon, stormed by Emperor Ioannes, 38. Philadelphia, 340; by Emperor Isaac, 38; Philadelphians desert to Andronikos, 342; treacherous to the Germans, 539. Philadelphion of Constantinople, 733. Philea, 750. Philippa, daughter of Petebinos, captivated by love for Andronikos Komnenos, 181; scorns Kalaman, 183. Philippika province, 384, 412. Philippopolis, taken from the Huns, 24; Germans come there, 83, 527; ravaged by the Vlachs, 829. Philippus the German, betrothed to Irene, daughter of Emperor Isaac, 635; King of the Germans, 711; aids his brother-in-law Alexios Angelos, 715. Philocales, see Eumathios. Philocalius, father-in-law of Mourtzouphlos, succeeds Niketas Choniates, 749. Philomelion, 71; destroyed by the Germans, 340; many Romans migrate there, 656, 657. Philopatium palace, 331, 380; equestrian circus, 15. Nicephorus Phocas, restrained the greed of monks, 270. Phineus, 366. Phreri, see Freri. Phrygia, 17; subject to the Turks, 50; upper [Phrygia], 68; ravaged by Apatacos, 250. Pirene, fountain at Acrocorinth, 100. Pisans, disagree with the Venetians, 712. Pisan ship-captain, aids the flight of Alexios Angelos, 71. Fishermen, harass the imperial fleet, 494. Peisistratos, 771. Pithecana fortifications, 71. Piza, stormed by Emperor Ioannes, 36. Petros Plancios, leads [forces] to occupy Asian cities, 796; wounded, 823; seizes Pegai, 843. Wagon-fortress (Plaustrorum vallum), constructed by the Scythians, 21. Count of Pleon, 714. Plusias, deserts to Laskaris due to David Komnenos, 841. Poemnianon, 796. Polytimos’ house, 351. Roman Pontiff, see Pope. Porphyretic dish, 19. Gate of the Great Palace, how it is opened, 12. Gates of Constantinople: Divine Roman [Gate], 854; Terrestres (Land Gates), 15, 345, 493, 495; Oriental, 205; Charisios, 493; Littorales (Sea Gates), 495; Xylokerkos, 528; Golden [Gate], 754. Praca, recovered by the Romans, 68. Omen of the death of Emperor Manuel, 281. Priapos, 367. Prilapon, 708. Rights of the firstborn, 59. Princes’ Islands, 326. Pristhlaba, Ogygian city situated in the Haemus, 486. Prodigy of the boy with the head, 294. Propompus (the fish), 576. Propontis, deserts to Branas, 494; pleasant, 521, 668. Prosacos, besieged in vain by Alexios III, 665, 668. Prote Island, 326. Proteus, 319. Prusa, seditious, stormed by Emperor Andronikos, 371; treated cruelly, 372; besieged in vain by the Latins, 797; occupied by Laskaris, 842. Prusenses, receive the fugitive Theodoros Angelos,

349. Prusenum, fortress, 534. Prusuchus, commander of the army, 71; appeases Frederick the Aleman, 85. Psalm-writer, 56. Pseudalexios, seditious, 545; receives the nickname Usthalonas, 551; his death, 552. Pseudalexios, another, his sedition and exile, 553. Pseudalexios the Cilician, seditious, 608; strangled, 613. Pterygionites, eunuch, removes Anna Komnene, the Caesarissa, by poison, 337; suffocates the Emperor Xenas, 348; two boys rule Isaac as emperor, 576. Pupacess, satellite of Papuces Axuch, remarkable for his audacity, 110; assists the flight of Andronikos Komnenos, 171. Pusgusa, marsh, recovered by Emperor John, 50. Putza, 73. Pylos, 806. Pyres, set on fire to create the appearance of a larger army, 320. Pyramos, river, irrigating Mopsuestia, 66. Pythia, place, 701. Quadraginta (Forty Martyrs), church of, 431. Question: regarding the Eucharist, 275, 682; regarding the statement "The Father is greater than I," 276; regarding the god of Muhammad, 278. Quinta, city in Pontus, 46.

Racendyta, seditious, is blinded, 534; his avarice brings calamities upon the Thracians, 664. Raimundus, Prince of Antioch, 36, 37; defeated by the Romans, 71. Raul, Constantine Alexios, greets the emperor, 593. Rentakenos, Basil, his execution, 484. Rhaidestos, town, 590; captured by the Scythians, 831. Rhodope, 706; recovered from the Latins, 846. Rhodes, island, occupied by a tyrant, 842. Rhyndakos, river, 28. Rhyndakenum, town, 49. Rizartus the Sicilian, kinsman of Tangros, captured by the Romans, 470; summoned to court by Emperor Isaac and cast into prison, 477. Roger, King of the Sicilians, occupies Corfu, 97; plunders Thebes, 98; and Corinth, 99; takes many Roman commanders captive and puts them in custody, 124, 127. Rome, old, 128. Roman statue, erected as a cause of every good, 196. Romans, disagree with the Venetians, 113; are put to flight by the Latins, 796, 798; soldiers rejected by the Latins betake themselves to John the Mysian, 808; urge the Thracians to defect, 809; overcome by the Latins, 810; the Orientals do not come to the aid of the Occidentals, 826; their negligence, 850. Romanos, Diogenes, his defeat, 41. Romanos Caliza, a prince who represses the Comans, fights against Rurikas, ibid. Rossi (Russians), defeated by the Hungarians, 122; Hyperborean Scythians, 168; a most Christian people, 691; aid the Romans against the barbarians, ibid. Rostra Domini, 733. Rucratinus, in charge of the towns of Amisos and Docea, 689; drives his brother Caichosroes from the kingdom, ibid.; attacks the Romans, 700. Rurikas, a prince of Ciaba, harasses a Roman Russian, 692. Russii (Russians), boundary of, 865. Ruzium, captured by the Scythians, 850.

Sabbatius the Armenian, 307. Sacerdos, a certain captive priest, foretells the death of Asanes, 617. Sacred money, booty of the emperors, 499. Sagitta (Arrow), gilded, shot into Constantinople, 130. Sagittarius, a Persian, 256. Salomon, the prophet, his saying, 118. Sames Ameras, ravages the Roman borders, 481. Sangarios, river, 44. Sanguinis (Blood), mutual tasting of, in forming a treaty, 536. Sardanapalus, 417. Sardica, despoiled by the Huns, 24; now Triadiza, 132. Sarraceni (Saracens), defeated by the Romans, 211; make peace with them; 219 they taste blood mutually when striking a treaty; more humane than the Latins, 762; see Persians. Saturn, 367. Savos, river, 25. Scala (Staircase), the emperor’s wall, 72. Scala (Staircase), a turreted one built to storm Corfu, 109. Skink, a small Nile creature, 417. Skiron, 195. Sclavini (Slavs), 224. Sclerena, monument of the Augusta, 810. Sclerus, Seth, see Seth. Scopia, 569, 818. Scurus, tyrant of Nauplion, 799; put to flight by the Latins, ibid.; besieges Athens in vain, 880; captures Thebes, 803; flees to Acrocorinth, 807; kills the blinded Bishop Nicholas of Corinth, 841. Scutarium, palace at Damalis, 280. Scylla, statue of, 861. Scythians, invaded by Emperor John through trickery, 19; surround their camps with a wall of wagons, 21; defeated by Emperor Manuel, 103; put to flight the Roman commander Calamanos, 123; their customs and weapons, 124; join with the Blachs against the Romans, 515; ravage Thrace with them, 643, 663; do not know how to besiege cities, 663; make an incursion into Macedonia, 673; auxiliary to John, 810; draw the Latins into ambushes and rout them, 812; harass the Constantinopolitans, 815; capture Thracian cities, 830, 831; besiege Didymotichos in vain, 835. Scythian legions, 38, 39. Sebastia, city, 152; devastated, 159. Sebastianos brothers, their execution, 384. Selybria, 784; besieged in vain by the Scythians, 854. Sennacherib, plots against Emperor Baldwin, 791. Sepulchers of the emperors, despoiled, 632. Serpent, tricks of, 193. Serrai, 411; captured and burned by the Blachs, 816. Serranus (Serres) territory, devastated by the Sicilians, 467. Servii (Serbs), the Triballi, defeated and transferred to the province of Nicomedia, 23; defeated by Emperor Manuel, 119; the seditious are conquered again, 121; by Isaac, 569. Sestos, town, 131, 209, 636. Sclerus, Seth, a magician, is blinded, 192; employed by Stephen Hagiochristophorites to investigate future events, 442. Sezerini, besieged, redeem their safety, 38, 40. Sibylla, a philosopher from the mother's womb, 577. Sicidites, Michael, a magician, is blinded, 193; his book on divine mysteries, 194. Sicily, subjected to Amerigo, King of the Alemanni, 627; heavily harassed by him, 634. Sicilians, harass the Roman coasts, 82; their garrison at Corfu, 96; the tyrant Roger, 97; ravage the shores of the Corinthian Gulf, 98; plunder Thebes, ibid.; and Corinth, 99; capture many Roman commanders, 125, 127; make an expedition against the Romans, 385; capture and devastate Thessalonica, 86, 392; hold Amphipolis, 465; aim for Constantinople, ibid., 407; put to flight by the Romans, 468; lead back their fleet, 474; very many perish from famine, 475. Sigus, river, 636.

^A Sybaris, 717. Simulacra (images) of Christ and the saints used in processions, 26, 205; displayed in public ways, 42. Sinis, 195. Sinope, subjected to Alexios Komnenos, 842. Sirens, 455. Sirmium, formerly Zeugminum, 122. Smolensk province, 680. Smyrna, occupied by Laskaris, 842. Sodom, 244. Solium porphyreticum (porphyry throne), 431. Solomon, Archbishop of Laodicea, slain by the Turks, 163. Solon’s verses on the temerity of the Athenians, 771. Solymas, the Persian, sent to Emperor Manuel, 162. Hagia Sophia, church of, 316; invoked by Niketas Choniates, 783. Sosthenion, monastery of, 488. Sozopolis in Pamphylia, captured under Emperor John, 18; stormed by the Sultan of Iconium, 340. Sphinxes, statues of, 861. Sphorakion of Constantinople, 776. Brides abstain from food and drink at weddings, 673. John Spyridonakes, defection of, 708. Stagira, now Macra, 595. Stanum, 709. Roman and Hungarian statues, 196. Public statues of Constantinople: Calydonian boar, 687, 758; Minerva, 838; Juno, 856; Paris and Venus, ibid.; Anemodulion, 857; the horseman, ibid.; Hercules Trihesperos, 859; the ass, 860; the she-wolf, ibid.; man fighting with a lion, 864; the Nile horse, ibid.; elephant, ibid.; the Sphinx, ibid.; unbridled horses, ibid.; Scylla, ibid.; eagle, ibid.; Helen, 863; seated woman, 863; charioteers, ibid.; the basilisk, 866. Stela (columns/inscriptions) seen during the day, 500. Stenimachos, fortress of, 686. Stephen, King of the Huns, 24. Stephen, son of Gaza, brother of the King of the Huns, 165; poisoned, 167. Stephen, son of Gaza, son of the King of the Huns, succeeds his father, 165. Stephen Hagiochristophorites, strangles Emperor Alexios II, 354; Antichristophorites, 381; stones Macroducas and Doukas, ibid.; forbidden by Emperor Andronikos to investigate future events, 442; killed by Isaac Angelos, 444. Stephen Nemanja, prince of the Triballians, becomes a monk, 704; his son repudiates Eudokia, daughter of Alexios III, ibid.; killed by his brother Volkan, ibid. Stethatos, death of Constantine the astrologer, 505. Sthlabus Varenus, 846. John Stiriones, pirate, taken into the service of Emperor Isaac, 636; put to flight by Caphure, ibid.; killed by the latter after being captured by treachery, 637. Stochiode, 848. Stratagem of Emperor John against Sozopolis, 18; for catching the enemy off guard, 20. Strummiza, 644, 665. Strymon, river, 467. Michael Stryphnos, naval commander, 637; Bishop of Thessalonica, 651; destroys the naval fleet, 716. Stoudios, monastery of, 526. Stumpion, town occupied by the Vlachs, 569. Leo Styppiotes, secretary to Emperor Manuel, 74; displaces Hagioneodorites, 77; blinded because of the slanders of the Logothete Camaterus, 145. Subleum, town rebuilt, 229. Sultan of Iconium harasses the Romans, 226; inflicts a heavy defeat upon them, 231; invites Emperor Manuel to make peace, 244; tired of peace, 248; sends Atapacus against the Romans, 250. See Masut, Kilij Arslan, Kai Khosrow. Symbol written by the Emperors, 603. Symplegades, 131. Synadenos taken by Theodore Laskaris, 828. Synagogue of the Saracens, Mitatum, 731. Synesius, 372; hanged, 374. Syrians, gluttonous, 141. Syrophoenician cities, 36.

^B T Damietta (Tamiathus), city of Egypt, besieged by the Romans, 211. Tancred, prefect of the Sicilian fleet, 470; King, 548; his son marries the daughter of Emperor Isaac and succeeds his father, ibid., 635. Danishmend (Tanismanus), Persarmenian, recovers the city of Kastamonu and possesses Cappadocia, 27. Theft of Tantalus, 654. Tantalus, 340. Taronites, Gregory, protovestiarius, 13. Tarquinius, 405. Tarsia, city, 319; near Nicomedia, 553. Tarsus, captured by Emperor John, 29. Constantine Tattikios, seditious, blinded, 554. Taurocomus, 516. Tauro-Scythians slaughter their guests, 405; conflicted by civil wars, 692. Taxara, formerly Colonia, 72, 541. Telchin, pernicious, 443. Telephus, 647. Tempe of Thessaly, 708. Churches of Constantinople: The Great [Church], 67; Saint Irene rebuilt, 209; the Dippum of John the Theologian, 307; Solomon’s, 314; Hagia Sophia, 316; the Word [Christ], 327; Christ the Savior, 353; the Forty Martyrs, 431; Saint Mokios the Martyr, 523; Saint Michael the Archangel rebuilt, 581; the Apostles, 855; God, 694. Temple of the Turks profaned at its entrance, 553. Tenebium, village, 210. Terebinthus, island, 315. Ternovon, a most fortified city on the Haemus mountains, 619. Terus, entrusted by the Latins with the governorship of the city of Rusium, 830. Magic tortoise, 190. Thebes, plundered by the Sicilians, 93; they are accustomed to pay silk garments to the Emperor, 648. Thebans, kept in custody by the Sicilians, 129. Divine Mysteries, 55. Themistocles, 102. Theodore Balsamon, Patriarch of Antioch, deceived by Emperor Isaac, 531. Theodore the Chaplain. See Chaplain. Theodore Kastamonites, power of his wrath, 574; death, 575. Theodore Dadibrenos, strangles Emperor Alexios II, 354; punished by Emperor Andronikos, 429. Theodore Dasiotes, captured by the Iconians, 68. Theodore Irenikos administers the state, 652. Theodore the Martyr, his image taken from Corinth by the Sicilians, 101; his church in Thessalonica, 389; oil boiling in his tomb, ibid. Theodore of Philadelphia, routed by Eric, 978. Theodore Styppiotes. See Styppiotes. Theodosius, Patriarch, opposes Emperor Manuel regarding the god of Muhammad, 279; disputes with Alexios the Protosebastos, 312; becomes odious to him because of this, 314; departs to Andronikos Komnenos, 328; Armenian by family, 329; pursues Andronikos with stinging remarks, 328; retires to a monastery, 339; and agrees to be cast out from Xene and the palace, 344. Thericlea, golden, 158. Theseus, 193. Thessaly, occupied by the Sicilians, 465; the mountains are now [called] Great Vlachia, 841. Thessalonica, captured by the Sicilians, 386; by the Romans

recovered, 471; seat of the martyr Demetrius, 485; surrenders to Emperor Baldwin, 793; occupied by Marquis Boniface, 794; seized from him by the Vlachs, 818. Thessalonican port, 385. Thomaitic house, 327. Thomas kills his master Stephen by poison, 167. Thomas the Venetian, Patriarch of Constantinople, 824, 854; his physical stature, ibid. Thonus, 215. Thrace is devastated by the Scythians, 19, 810, 867. Thule, 639. Thyades, 417. The fifty daughters of Thestius, 417. Timothy's measures, 642. Timothy, how he was depicted anciently, 567. Tithonus, 367. The Emperor Titus spared Solomon's temple, 314. Thunder signifying the destruction of the learned, 276. Death of the logothete Constantine Tornikios, 848. Demetrius Tornikios, 344. Toruses the Armenian, 134, 180. Trachin, 845. Tralles, a town, 251. Trebizond, 45, 295; occupied by Alexios Komnenos, 842. Triadiza, 520; formerly Sardica, 568; devastated by the Vlachs, ibid. Triballi, see Serbs. Tripolitan count, 36. Tripsychos, Basil, 177. Tripsychos, Constantine, the heresiarch, suffocates Xena, 348; also the Emperor Alexios, 354; is blinded, 407. Trojan Armenians, 796, 814. Τρυπητὸς Λίθος (Pierced Stone), 742. Tunium, a village, 210. The Turks are defeated by Emperor John, 17; are lured into ambushes, 18; are prevented from incursions, 44; take possession of Phrygia, 50; defeat the Alamanni at the city of Bathys, 89; are routed by the Alamanni at the river Maeander, 94; harass the Romans, 144; are put to flight in a nocturnal battle, 163; defeat the Romans, 232; pay the penalty for their treachery to the Alamanni, 540; are avaricious, 541; occupy the city of Dadibra, 624; rout the Romans, 625; the Ancyran auxiliaries take the captives of the Romans into their own power, 668. Typho, 603. Tyre, 516; a fortress of the Alamanni against the Saracens, 547. Tzitzilukes, Basil, the chartulary, sent to Constantinople by Emperor Manuel, 65. U Oil bubbling from the tombs of the martyrs Theodore and Demetrius, 389, 397. Usthalonas, the Pseudo-Alexios, 551. V Varna, stormed by the Mysians, 706. White sails, 216; dark ones, ibid. Statue of Venus, 856. Venice united with Emperor Manuel, 103, 260. The Venetians, allies of the Romans, 103; their sedition at Corfu, 113; many settled in Constantinople, 222; despoiled by Emperor Manuel, they harass the islands, 223; make a treaty with the King of Sicily, 225; are reconciled to Manuel, ibid.; dissent from the Pisans, 712; prepare for war against the Romans under the leadership of Dandolo, 713; sail to Constantinople, 717; besiege it, 718; occupy it, 727; receive the priesthood of Constantinople by lot, 854. See Latins. A certain Venetian defends Nicetas Choniates from the Latins, 777. Verses on the death of Emperor Andronikos, 426; on the bull-formed king, 484; of Solon on the rashness of the Athenians, 771. Statue of men fighting with a lion, 861. Viticlinus, 529. Volcus the Triballian kills his defeated brother Stephen, 704. Xanthia, 680. X Xene, the son of Petebinos, is supported by Emperor Manuel, 151; intrigued against by the courtiers, 292; favors the protosebastos Alexios Komnenos, 293; is forced to depart from the great palace, 331, 343; is suffocated by the order of Andronikos, 348; his images, 432. Manuel Xerus kills a Persian archer, 250. Xerxes' navigator, 336. George Xiphilinos, a treacherous envoy, 321; great custodian of the vessels, 533; designated Patriarch, ibid.; absolves Constantine Mesopotamites from the canons, 648; abrogates his dignity, 651; served as Patriarch for seven years, 681. Xylokerki Gate, 520. Z Zaces the Persian harasses the Romans, 41. Zagora, 520, 679. Zagrotozotae, 714, 721. Zeugminon is surrendered to Emperor John, 25; a most fortified stronghold, now Sirmium, 122; occupied by the Huns, 168; recovered by the Romans, 174. Zeuxippos, a place, 460. Basil Zikandlas defeats the Turks, 163. Basil Zinzilukes, the chartulary, fights unsuccessfully against the Huns, 13. Zinziphikes, 410. Zitas the eunuch, 335. What the Zumprian beast is like, 433. Zungra, a fortress, 610. The Serbian Zupan is defeated by Emperor Isaac, 569. Zurulus, a city of Thrace, 603; is recovered by the Latins, 810; is stormed by the Scythians, 832. Zybriza, the straits, 232. Varenus the Sthlab (Slav), 846.

INDEX TO THE ANNALS OF GEORGE AKROPOLITES

Achaia, prince of, see Villehardouin. Achris, Achridos, 28, 42, 78, 114, 119, 126, 149, 151, 177, 178. Achyraus, 30, 40, 195. Akropolites, George, 48, 50, 67, 68, 84, 95, 99, 137, 145, 148, 153, 158, 161, 175, 183, 187.

Actuarius, 66. Adrianopolis, 23, 41, 43, 46. Ægæi thema, 13. Albanitæ, 152. Albanum, 28, 46, 93, 148. Alyattes Nicephorus, 93, 165, 175. Amastris, town, 20. Amyrachures, 147. 'Ev 'Απάντω, 192.

ANGELI: Alexius Angelus, son of Isaac, 6, 10. Alexius Angelus Comnenus, brother of Isaac, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 19. Anna, daughter of Alexius Angelus Comnenus, wife of Theodore Lascaris, 10, 16, 29, 34, 35. Anna, daughter of Michael Angelus, wife of the prince of Achaea, 65. Anna, daughter of Theodore Angelus, 65. Demetrius Angelus, son of Theodore, 65, 85, 107. Eudocia, daughter of Alexius Angelus Comnenus, wife of the *cralis* Servus Murzuphlus Sgurus, 10, 15. Eudocia, daughter of John Angelus, 107. John Angelus, primicerius, later protostrator, 122, 131, 170. John Angelus, son of Theodore, 66, 67, 75. Irene, daughter of Alexius Angelus Comnenus, wife of Alexius Palæologus, 10. Irene, daughter of Theodore Angelus, wife of John Asanes, 63, 89. Isaacius Angelus, 6, 8, 20, 22. Manuel Angelus, brother of Michael (I), son-in-law of John Asanes, 47, 65, 69. Michael (I) Angelus Comnenus, illegitimate son of the sebastocrator John Angelus, 27. Michael (II) Angelus Comnenus, illegitimate son of Michael (I), 27, 69. Nicephorus Angelus, illegitimate son of Michael (II), son-in-law of Theodore Ducas, 95, 99, 141, 142, 181, 184. Theodore Angelus, 44, 65, 95, 97, 99.

Andronicus, bishop of Sardis, 188. Anna Alemanna, 110. Antioch on the Meander, 17. Antionus and Cleopatra, 66. Apolloniadis lake, 113. Aristophanes the comic poet, 87. Wife of Theodore Lascaris, from Armenia, 29, 34. Arsenius, patriarch, 113, 170, 188. Arta, 16, 183, 184.

ASANES: Asan, 21. Anna, daughter of John (II), 69. Callimanus, son of John Asanes, 77, 78. Helena, daughter of John (II), 52, 54, 56, 62. John (I), brother of Asan, 22, 23, 26. John (II), son of Asan, 22, 35, 44, 69. Maria, daughter of John (II) by a concubine, 44. Maria, daughter of John (II) by Irene Angelina, 65, 69. Michael, son of Asan, 79. Michael, son of John (II), 65, 69. Peter, brother of Asan, 22, 23. Thamar, sister of Callimanus, 69, 101. Theodora, daughter of John (II), 65.

Aseidecæ (Anseau de Cahieu), son-in-law of Theodore Lascaris, 44, 112, 185. Aseldetusi (Anseau de Toucy), 181. Atramytium, 13. Aulonia, 13. Golden Gate (ἡ τῆς Χρυσείας πύλη), 196, 197. Austria ('Οστρίκιον), 63. Autorianus Michael, patriarch, 13. Axara, 146. Azatines, sultan, 74.

B: Balduinus (I) Flandrus, 15, 22. Balduinus (II), son of Peter of Courtenay, 28, 47, 62, 172, 192, 195. Bardariotæ, 139. Bardarius river, 124, 154, 167. Baris, 13. Basil Bulgaricida, 20, 26. Baternium, town, 128. Belebudii region, 84. Belesus, town, 84, 125. Berbeniacum, 39. Beris, monastery, 77. Berœ, 119. Berœa, 97. Bisaltia, 99. Bithynia, 13. Bizye, town, 44, 59, 91. Blachernæ, 196. Blachia major, 66. Blemmydes Nicephorus, 54, 68, 112, 195. Bodena, town, 91, 97, 99, 124, 156, 157, 175. Bolerum, 46, 173. Bonditza, 184. Borilas Longus, 180. Borilas Bulgarus, 35, 36. Bulgaroctonus—see Basil. Bulgarophygum, 133.

C: CABABILE: Constantine, bishop of Achrida, 177. John, ib. Theodore, ib. Κακή πέτρα (Bad Rock), 149. Calamus, village, 30, 195. Calampaces Theodore, 148. Callipolis, 39, 54. Camaterus John, patriarch, 13. Caminas mountain, 30. Campanus, of Thessalonica, 85. Κάμποι, 192. Camytzes John, 22, 41, 43. Cantacuzenus John, in charge of the κεράματος, 93; duke of the Thracians, 95. Caritania, 181. Caryanita, protovestiarita, 131, 170. Castamona, 147. Castoria, 97, 98, 149, 176. Celbianum, 14, 39. Cenchreæ, 51.

Cephallenum islands, 184. Ceramidas, castle, 51. Charabon Constantine, 148, 150. Chalifa Babylonius, 76. Charioros, 39. Chariopolis, 26. Chliara, 30. Chotobus, town, 84. Christopolis, 70, 78. Gate of the Golden One (ἡ τῆς Χρυσείας πύλη), 196, 197. Chrysopodes, horse, 133. Chunabia, 149. Cissi, castle, 55, 77. Claudiopolis, 26. Clavigeri, of Theodore Ducas, 139. Clidas George, metropolitan of Cyzicus, 196. Clocotinitza on the Hebrus, 45. Clyzomene, 187. Cometes, 69.

COMNENI: Alexius Magnus Comnenus, 14. Davides, brother of Alexius, 14, 20. Manuel, son of Emperor Andronicus, 14. Michael Palæologus Comnenus—see Palæologus. Constantine, son of Tarchaneiotes, 182, 187. Contophre Manuel, 64, 71. Contostephanus Theodore, 71, 94. Copas Irenicus Theodore, patriarch, 35. Cosmidii, monastery, 196. Cotetzes Nicholas, 55. *Crales* of Serbia, 10. Croa, castle of the Albanians, 23. Imperial Cross, 22. Crybus, town, 114. Crytzimus, town, 114, 120. Culzulatus, of Thessalonica, 85. Cylzabis, 150, 155. Cyzicus, 51.

D: Dacibyza, town, 64. (Sandulus) Venetus, 15. Deabolis, 178; Great and Little, 93. Debræ, 152. Demetrias, 66. Demetrius, archbishop of Bulgaria, 36. Demetrius (S.), 88. Derbe, 149. Dermorcailes, prefect of Lentiana, 31. Didymotichum, 43. Dragotas Bulgarus, 80, 81, 121, 124.

DUCÆ: Alexius Ducas Murzuphlus, 8, 10, 11. Alexius Ducas Philanthropenus, 126. Eudocia, daughter of Theodore Ducas, 164. John Ducas Vatatzes, 29; emperor, 34, 111. John, son of Isaac, 107. Irene, niece of Isaac, wife of Michael Palæologus, 106. Irene, daughter of Theodore Ducas, married to Constantine Tarchaneiotes, 162. Isaacius Ducas Murzuphlus, brother of Vatatzes, 99, 107, 150.

Maria, daughter of Theodore Ducas, 95, 142. Irene, daughter of Theodore Ducas, 164. Theodorus Ducas Lascaris. Vatatzes, son of, 52; emperor, 111, 164. Ephraim, works of, 114. Ericus, see Henricus. Euphrosyne, wife of Alexius Angelus Comnenus, 20. Euripus, Saint Euboea, 47, 67. Ferrum candens, 403. Flamulus, great hetairiarches, 39. Francorum in Terram sanctam expeditio, 94. Francorum rex, 62. GABALÆ FRATRES: Joannes, 92. Leo Caesar, 49, 92. Galata, 186. Ganos, works of, 55. Germanus, patriarch, 54, 77. Gratiana, 42. Gudelas, tyrant, 97. Gulamus Albanita, 93. Hebrus, river, 58, 77, 84, 126, 131. Henricus, emperor of Constantinople, 29, 42. Heraclea, 25. Heraclea Pontica, 20. Hodegorum monastery, 196. Hellespont, port, 39, 50. Hyacinthi (S.) monastery, Nicaea, 20, 35, 77. Hyalensis, Michael, 99. Iathatinus, sultan of Iconium, 16, 74. Iatropulus, 85. Inacus, Bulgarus, 23. Iolenta, sister of emperor Baldwin, 28. Isphore, 181. Irene, see Angeli, Ducæ, Lascares, Palæologi. Irenicus, see Copas. Ises, protostrator, 41, 43. Isphræus, Armenian, 64. Januenses, Rhodo potiti, 32. Joannes, king of Jerusalem (Jean de Brienne), 48, 58. Joannicius, bishop of Philadelphia, 189. Labsda, locus, 83. Lampardas, Manuel, 176. Lampetus, legate of Michael Angelus, 98. Lampsacus, 40, 49, 73. Langadas, near Thessalonica, 142. Laodicea, 153. Larissa, 67, 99. LASCARES: Alexius and Isaacius, brothers of Theodore Lascaris, 37, 38. Eudocia, daughter of Theodore Lascaris, 12, 33, 37, 92. Irene, daughter of Theodore Lascaris, wife of Vatatzes, 12, 29, 41, 42, 54, 55, 56, 67. Manuel, brother of Theodore Lascaris, 115. Maria, daughter of Theodore Lascaris, married to the son of the king of Hungary, 12. Brother of Theodore Lascaris, 115, 128, 130, 133, 142, 148, 150, 156. Michael Lascaris, Thessalonian, 85. Theodorus Lascaris, son-in-law of Alexius Angelus, 10; emperor, 11; dies, 34. Theodorus Ducas Lascaris, see Duca. Latin dwellers of Constantinople, 8. Parrhesia of the Latins, 105. Lebadia, 183. Leiton, castle of the Rhodians, 93. Lentiana, castle, 13, 31, 39, 91. Leucas, island, 184. Libadarius, Michael, 72. Litoboes, Nicolaus, 81. Lopadium, 13, 31. Macre, mountain, 42. Macrenus, Joannes, 40, 97. Macrolibas, 127. Macrotus, Joannes, 93, 105. Madyt, 39, 55. Maeander, river, 14. Magidia, 36. Magnesta, 40. Maliasenus, kinsman of Michael Angelus, 98. Manclavita, 81, 99. Manfredus, king of Sicily, 168, 174, 176, 179, 182. Manuel, archbishop of Thessalonica, 188. Marcesina, concubine of Vatatzes, 110, 111. Marquis of Montferrat (Bonifacius), 5. Margarites, Constantinus, 129, 130, 133. Maria, daughter of Peter of Courtenay, wife of Theodore Lascaris, 28. Maria, widow of Sphrantzes, 150. Maria, Hungarian, 14, 15, 20, 54, 61. Milk and girdle of Saint Mary, 22. Maritza, river, 35, 58, 78. Mate, 149. Illicit marriages granted to princes, 106. Maximus, patriarch, 35. Melenicus, castle, 42, 80, 81. Mesembria, 21. MESOPOTAMITAE: Constantinus, archbishop of Thessalonica, 3. Mesotynia, 144. Joseph, 93. Metheorium, 193. Methodius, patriarch, 77. Michael, Saint, archangel, 57, 192. Mniacum, 114. Molyscus, 178, 181. Morotheodorus, see Theodorus. Mosynupolis, 10, 26, 42. MUZALONES: Andronicus, 131, 139, 166. Georgius, proctor of the empire, 116, 128, 131, 142. Joannes, mystic, 72. Natuak maximus, 166. Murtzuphlus, see Ducæ. Naupactus, 16. Nazarci, 76. Neocastra, 14. Theme of Neocastro, 30, 130. NESTONGI: Andronicus, 39, 40. Isaacius, 40, 151, 181. Neustapolis, 84, 125. Nicaea, 12, 31. Nicephorus, patriarch, 188, 189. Nicetiate, castle, 64. Nicoplaus, physician, 68. Nicolaus, manclavita, 81. Nymphaeum, 30, 73, 91, 109, 110, 187. Opsaras, see Manuel Thessalonieusis. Opsicia, 50. Theme of Opsicium, 13. Ostricium, see Austria. Ostrobi, locus, 97. PALAEOLOGI: Andronicus, son of emperor Michael, 198. Constantinus, brother of emperor Michael, 171, 184. Eulogia (Saint Irene), sister of emperor Michael, nun, 193. Joannes, brother of emperor Michael, 171. Maria, eldest daughter of Andronicus, 60. Michael, son of Andronicus, Comnenus, 90, 97, 99, 142, 145, 154, 168; emperor, 169. Panium, 26. Legates of the Pope, 149. Patmus, castle, 126. Patra Nova, 182, 183. PATRIARCHAE: Joannes Camaterus. Michael Autorianus. Theodorus Irenicus Copas. Maximus. Manuel. Arsenius. Nicephorus. Arsenius again (see in their own places). Peclarpacis, 147. Pegæ, 41, 51, 72, 73, 187. Pelagius, legate, 32. Pelagonia, 46, 84, 150, 178. Pergamus, 30. Periclystra, 68, 110. Peristhlaba, major, 23. Peritheorium, 26. Perperacium, 114. Persae, tributary to the Tacharii, 154.

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PETRALIPHÆ: Joannes, Grand Chartulary, 42, 63, 71. Theodorus, brother-in-law of Michael Angelus, 97, 98, 177. Part of the royal Bulgarian territory, 23. Petrus, Emperor (Pierre de Courtenay), 28. Pharsalus, 67. Philadelphia, 14. Philanthropenus, see Ducas. Phileremus, fortress of the Rhodians, 93. Philes, Theodorus, 91, 165, 174. Philippopolis, 22, 23, 25. Philippus, son of Petrus de Cortonaco, 28. Phlebia, town, 187. Phocas, Metropolitan of Philadelphia, 99, 103. Platamon, 7, 182. Poemanenum, 13, 31, 37, 39. Potestas (official title), 191. Prætor, 148. Prespa, 152, 178. Prilapus, 28, 46, 84, 125, 148, 150, 160. Pristitza, 114, 120. Probatæ, the garden of, 71. Probatus, town, 23. Prosacus, town, 84. Pulachas, 160. Pyrrenæi, mountains separating Epirus and Greece, 177, 183. Rædestum, 26. Ramatas, Manuel, 160. RAUL: Alexius, Provestiary, 71, 99. Joannes, son of Alexius, 171, 183. Regina, river, 133, 134. Relics, carried by emperors into camps and wars, 22. Rentina, fortress, 70. Rhimpsas, Nicephorus, 182. Rhodus, captured by the Genoese, 92; recovered by the Greeks, 94. Roberius, Emperor, 28. Romæus, slayer of Michael Epirotes, 27. Ropelii, narrow pass, 122. Rossi, 35. Sabbas, lady of the city of Samson, 14. Scopia, town, 84. Scutum (Shield), a new emperor is raised upon, 170. Scyloioannes, 26. Scythians, 58, 63, 70. Sebastocrators, insignia of, 185. Serbia, fortress, 141, 149. Servians, 38, 46, 78. Sgurus, 15. Siderocastrum, 152. Sigrena, town, 50, 73. Smyrna, 94, 110. Sun, eclipse of, 67. S. Sophia, 197. Sosandron, monastery, 164, 165. Soscus, 178, 181. Spartenus, of Thessalonica, 85. Sphranthzes, 150. Stadia, town, 49. Stagiræ, mountain, 42. Stanum, 181. Staridola, 91. Stasenus, kinsman of Synadenus, 40. Stenimachus, town, 84, 114, 120. Sthlavus, Despot, 42. STRATEGOPULI: Alexius, 97, 120, 165, 171, 182, 185, 198. Constantinus, son of Alexius, 165. Strinabus, town, 21. Strobus, 91. Strummitza, 125. Strymon, river, 122. Studii, monastery, 197. Stumpium, town, 84. Tacharis, Tacharii, 72, 73, 74, 75, 126, 146, 154, 167. Tænia, of the despots, 170. TARCHANIOTÆ: Nicephorus, 60, 71, 98. Synadenus, 40. Tarsia, 173. Tartari, 59. Tatas, of the court, 148. Taurus, column, 11. Ternobus (or Trinobus), 26, 162. Ternobus, Bishop and Patriarch, 55, 61. Tamar, see Arsanes. Thebes, 183. Theodora, see Angeli, Asanes, Ducæ. Theodorus, lord of Philadelphia, 14. Theophilopulus, Georgius, 32. Thessalonica, captured, 85. Thracensium, Duke, 93. TORNICII: Constantinus, 120, 165, 184, 188. Demetrius, 71, 97, 100, 101. Traianopolis, 26. Tripolis, on the Maeander, 75. Turcomani, 145, 170. Tzausius, 130. Tzepæna, 84, 114, 120, 126, 135. Tzulucones, 80. Tzurulo, town, 56, 59, 63, 91. Tzyrithon, Grand Chartulary, 85. Urus, the Russian, 134, 162. Ustra, town, 114. Venetians, Callipolis taken from, 54. (Villehardouin) Guillemus, Prince of Achaia and Peloponnese, 94, 174, 179, 181. Xanthia, 42. Xerus, Metropolitan of Naupactus, 93. Xyleas, Prefect of Prilapus, 148, 151, 155. Zagarommates, Georgius, 165. Zichna, town, 77.

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NICETAS CHONIATES. (Continuation of works.) From book VI of the Thesaurus of Orthodox Faith. Against Macedonius, 9 From book VIII. Against Nestorius, 33 From book IX. Against Eutyches, 37 From book X. On the fifth synod, which confirmed the fourth synod, convened under the Emperor Justinian, 67 From book XII. Against the heresy of the Aphthartodocetae, 75 From book XV. On the sixth synod, 81 From book XVII. On the heresies of the Armenians, 89 From book XX. On the superstition of the Hagarenes, 105 Order observed for those who convert from the Saracens to the Christian faith, 123 From book XXIII. Against Eustratius, Metropolitan of Nicaea, 133

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From book XXIV. Against Soterichus, the elect Patriarch of Antioch. 137 From book XXV. Synod of Constantinople held on account of that saying: "My Father is greater than I." 201 From an uncertain book. On the heresy of the Lizecini. 282 Review of the Medicean codex XXIV in which the "Thesaurus" of Nicetas Choniates is contained. 283

ANONYMOUS GREEKS

MICHAEL ACOMINATUS CHONIATES, ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS

WRITINGS OF MICHAEL ACOMINATUS

THEODORUS, BISHOP OF ALANIA

THEODORUS, BISHOP OF ANDIDA

MANUEL MAGNUS, RHETOR OF CONSTANTINOPLE

PANTALEO, DEACON OF CONSTANTINOPLE

MANUEL CHARITOPULUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE

GERMANUS II, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE

HOMILIES OF GERMANUS

SYNODAL DECREES

MICHAEL CHUMNUS, METROPOLITAN OF THESSALONICA

THEODORUS DUCAS LASCARIS, EMPEROR

METHODIUS THE MONK

NICEPHORUS II, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE

CONSTANTINUS ACROPOLITA

ARSENIUS AUTORIANUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE

GEORGIUS ACROPOLITA

ADDENDA

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NICEPHORUS CHUMNUS. Notice. 1397 WORKS. Antitheticus against Plotinus on the soul. 1399 Consolatory address to his widowed daughter. 1437 On the feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Mary. 1451 On the miracle performed at Cana. 1455 Testament. 1465

ALEXANDER IV, POPE. Cypriot Constitution. 1497

SIXTUS IV, POPE. Confirmation of the Cypriot Constitution of Alexander IV. 1561

THE END OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH VOLUME.