monk and spiritual person, Lord Hierotheos, who was also renamed Joseph in the great habit, who was from youth with us, a schoolmate, and friend until his very end. B
In the summer of the [1443] year, the ruler of the impious gathered a great armament and sent it to the upper regions of the Black Sea and took the great fortress called Kaffa.
In the summer of the [1444] year, he departed against Wallachia with all his power.
In September of the [1445] year, he returned, defeated rather than victorious, and left the Beylerbey in Sofia, while he himself came to Adrianople; and after staying for some days, he departed and came to Constantinople. In the same year, on the 1st of October, a rheumatism came upon me in my head and knees, and such a quantity of fluid came out of my mouth, nose, and ears that they despaired of me, and three times they communicated me, the unworthy one, with the immaculate mysteries; and I wished that death had come upon me, the remedy for all the difficulties within me, because of both my old age and my infirmity and penury—not of the many good things and those accustomed since youth, but even of almost the necessities themselves—were it not that the patience of such things and thanksgiving to God, by the grace of God, are to be the cause of A forgiveness for him, as he has committed many [sins] against the one who renamed him to the great habit. For never in life has there been a sin, nor an action, nor a wickedness, which I, the wretch, have not committed, having sinned in mind, word, intent, posture, judgment, and deed, as no other man ever has; yet, being delivered from death, I remained deaf for a long time, so as not to hear even the signals near me, and furthermore, I was bedridden from the pains in my feet (though it remained for the providence above, whether to release me from such past days, or—if death and the rest of men should come, as the divine Job foretold—yet I beseech God thus; but if, O Savior, it is necessary to suffer—for who knows the depth of Thy judgments?—for the sake of Thy philanthropy, seeing that my passions are abhorrent, while Thy justice executes its own part—grant me, therefore, to provide atonement for this time, but not in the infinite future, where it is not possible to change things; cleanse me, therefore, here, having used all who contribute to this, and thus move me from here, worthy not to fall from Thy mercies in Thy second and fearful coming). B
In the summer of the same [1445] year, he sent a great force against Naupaktos, that he might take it and then come to Saint Maura; which, by the help of God, neither took Naupaktos nor came against Saint Maura, but returned empty-handed.
ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE CHRONICON MAJUS OF GEORGE PHRANTZES
(The reader is referred to the larger numbers expressed in the text)
A Abarinas, city, 407. Also called Pylus, 408. Abasgia, region, 512. Abedulas, father of the prophet Muhammad, 207. Aberses, duke, captured at Nicopolis by the Turks, 60. Abubakares, successor of the prophet Muhammad, 302. Abydus, city, 43. Acarnanians, subject to Andronicus III, 58. To Amurates II, 91. Achumates, having set out with his father Turachane into the Peloponnese, 235. Is defeated by Asanes and captured, ibid.; is liberated by his brother Amares, 385. Acindynus, heresy, 416. Acoba, city of the Peloponnese, is besieged by Mehmed II in war, 337. Is besieged by Despot Demetrius, 390. Ademanides, towers, 51. Adrianople, captured by Amurates I, 46, 80; made the seat of empire by Mehmed II, 90. Ecaterina, daughter of Centurione, princess, marries Despot Thomas, 156. Ecaterina, daughter of the prince of Lesbos, marries Despot Constantine, 192, 193. Her death, 195. Aetus, a great city of the Peloponnese, 133. Is besieged by Mehmed II in war, 387. By the Venetians it is captured, 417. Its province, 76. Aetoli, subject to Andronicus III, 58. To Amurates II, 91. Aetus, city of the Peloponnese, 133. Is besieged by Mehmed II in war, 387. Agar, mother of the Saracens, 303. Agarenes, whence so called, 303. Agathopolis, 403. Albanians, defeated by Bajazeth, 82. Moved by sedition against Despots Thomas and Demetrius, they create Manuel Cantacuzenos despot, 383. Are restrained by Turachane, 385. Rapacious and perfidious, 391. Mehmed II is victorious, 425. Aleutores, what it signifies, 81. Alexander IV, pope, agrees with Michael VIII Palaeologus concerning the union of the Churches, 31. Alexius, tower of Constantinople, 287. Ali Pascha, having tried in vain to deter Mehmed I from war against the Romans, 265. Reveals his plans to Constantine XI, 268. Is killed by Mehmed II, 295. His army mourns because of his death, 294. Allage, city, 24. Almyrum, city of Crete, 100. Amares, sets out with his father Turachane against Despots Thomas and Demetrius, 235. Having helped them against the seditious Albanians, he liberates his brother from captivity, 385. After the death of Mehmed II, he is left alone, 388. Occupies the region adjacent to Naupaktos, it is left behind; Amastris, captured by Bajazeth, 82.
INDEX IN GEORGIUM PHRANTZAM
A Amazonian customs, 218.
Amurates I, son and successor of Orchan, 42, 79. He uses evil guile against John V, 45. He captures Gallipoli, Adrianople, and other places, 46 sq., 80. He makes peace with John V, 46, 80. He prohibits Manuel II from occupying Thessalonica, 47. His cunning in receiving Manuel, 48. He restrains seditious satraps in Asia, 49, 80. He punishes his seditious son Moses with death, 49, 80. His cruelty in punishing, 51. He strips the descendants of Amorius of their kingdom, 80. He conquers the Bulgarians and Serbians, 80. He is killed by Lazarus the Serbian, 81.
Amurates II, invited by his father Mehmed I to maintain friendship with Manuel II, 89. He kills his uncle Mustapha, 90. He besieges Constantinople, ib., 116. He makes peace with Manuel II, ib., 118. He wrests Thessalonica from the Venetians, ib. He conquers Ladislaus the Hungarian, ib. Repulsed by the Vlachs, he soon puts them to flight, 91. The limits of his kingdom to which he extended it, ib. He defeats Ladislaus at Varna, 91, 197. He subjects Upper Mysia and Bosnia to himself, ib. How he consulted the Janissaries, 92. His customs and genius, ib. Being handed over to his son Mehmed while reigning, he becomes a dervish, ib., 14. He harasses his spurious brother Mustapha, 109. He insists that the Romans should not assist Mustapha, 114, 115. He kills him after being defeated and captured, 116. He throws the Roman legates into chains, ib. He dismisses them, 118. He kills his brother Mustaphapulus, 117. He forbids Patras from being occupied by Despot Constantine, 116, 150. He takes Thessalonica by storm, 155. He is prevented by Khalil Pasha from besieging Constantinople, 180. He takes the Isthmus and Patras by storm, 202. He is consulted regarding the choosing of a successor to John VI, 204. His death, 210.
Amurius, after the death of the Sultan Azatines, aspires to the kingdom, 72.
Amycla, a town, 592. Anchialus, a town on the Euxine Sea, 122. Andreas (St.), a town, 138. Andreas (St.), his head given to Pope Pius II by Despot Thomas, 412. Andrusa, a town of the Peloponnese, 25. He is adorned with episcopal dignity by Patriarch Athanasius, subjected to the metropolis of Monemvasia, ib.
Aneman, a Saracen of Crete, captured by Nicephorus Phocas, 106.
ANGELI: Alexios III, having blinded his brother, occupies the empire, 6. Devoid of male offspring, ib. Has two daughters, ib. He bestows the elder, destined for the empire, upon Alexios Palaiologos, ib. Irene, daughter of Alexios III, destined for the empire, 6. He bestows his daughter born of Alexios Palaiologos upon Andronikos Palaiologos, ib. Isaac, emperor, blinded by his brother Alexios, 6.
Angelocastrum, 410. Anna, second wife of Andronikos I, 59. Anna, a despotissa born of the Russians, dies of the plague, 110.
Antiochia, subject to Caramanus Alissurius, 77. Antonius, metropolitan of Heraclea, a legate to the Pope, 190. Antonius, a young Italian. See Paulus.
Antonius, a Rhodian priest, interpreter for Notaras at the court of Constantine XI, 230, 231. Antonius Davarchi’s station for the defense of Constantinople, 256. Antonius, a Corcyrean monk, 453.
Apochaps Amermunes, prince of the Saracens in Spain, gives his attention to distant predations, 98. He raids Crete, ib. Apochaps, Sael, son of the Amermunes Apochaps, is defeated in naval battle by the patrician Nicetas, 103.
Archangelus, a town, 133. Argos, taken by the Turks, 83. Arii heresy, 445. Armenians, subjected by Bajazeth, 82.
Arsenius, the patriarch, investigates Michael Palaiologos, binds him by oath to keep the state, ib. Little skilled in administering the commonwealth, 13. He takes Michael Comnenus as an associate, 14. He attempts to restrain his arrogance with oaths, 16. He subjects him to anathema, and departs to a monastery, 20.
Demetrius Asanes hands over Nochlium to Mehmed I, 387. Isaac Asanes, sent to meet Mehmed I, 111. Gifted with a horse by him, 138. Matthew Asanes, son of Paul, 387. He captures Achumat, 236. He hands over Corinth to Mehmed II, 387. He wishes all places handed over to Despot Thomas, ib. Sent to Mehmed II regarding the conciliation of a marriage for Despot Thomas, 389. He dies, 427. Paul Asanes, fleeing with his daughter to Mesembria, 193. He betroths her to Despot Demetrios, ibid. He dies, 194.
Asarus, one of the descendants of Kedar, 293. Asomaton, a town, 223. Occupied and fortified by Mehmed II, 231, 234.
B Asprocastro, colonists led to Constantinople by Mehmed I, 308. Assus, a town of the Peloponnese, 156. Astrum, a town of the Peloponnese, 159.
Athanasius, created patriarch, 25. He abdicates the dignity, 31. Athens, occupied by Amurates II, 91. Given by the Latins to the Delatziolæ, 107. Their prince, Antonius Comnenus, 385.
Augustus, Caesar’s naval stratagem, 251.
Azalines, a sultan addicted to the Christian religion, 73. Azizius, amir of Egypt, captures Jerusalem, 315.
Babylonian customs, 218. Bactrian customs, 218.
Bajazeth, beglerbeg, defeated and killed by Mustapha, 115.
Bajazeth, why called Alentores, 81. Son and successor of Amurates, 54, 81. He aids Despot Andronikos to occupy the empire, ibid. He restores John V and Manuel II to the empire, 55. His insolence toward Christian princes, 57. He defeats the Bulgarians, 58. He defeats Sigismund, king of Germany, at Nicopolis, 59, 62, 83. He dissolves the siege due to the incursion of Demiris, 64. Captured by him, 67, 84. And enclosed in an iron cage, he is soon killed, 85. His origin, 68. He kills his Muslim brother, 81. He subjects the Armenians, Colchians, and Amastris to himself, 82. He overcomes the Hungarians, Albanians, and Vlachs, ibid. His sons, dissident among themselves, 65, 85. His saying about Manuel II, 117.
Balduinus, emperor of the Latins in Constantinople, a fugitive, 21. He joins with Charles, king of the Italians, to recover Constantinople, 21. He is repelled by the Romans, 22. Count of Flanders, 106.
Joannicius Balotas hands over Chalatritza to Despot Constantine, 148.
Barlaamus, an Italian monk, refuted by Gregory Palamas, 39. Barlaam’s heresy, 416.
Basilius Bulgaroctonus, emperor, 313. Basilius Macedo, emperor, sends Nicetas against Sael Apochaps, 103.
Beccus, patriarch, 25; stripped of his dignity, 25. Beledar race, 276.
Berrhoea, 408. There, the monastery of St. Nicholas, ib.
Bessarion, Bishop of Nicaea, becomes a cardinal at Rome, 192. His letter to the tutor of the children of Despot Thomas, 416.
Bitelmo, a town of Italy, 424. Blachernae, the temple destroyed by fire, 18. Vlachs, harassed by Bajazeth, 82. By Amurates II, 91. Great Vlachia, 414. Little Vlachia, ib.
Boeotia, occupied by Amurates II, 91.
Bonifacius, marquis of Montferrat, made king of Thessalonica and the island of Crete, 107. Soon he sells Crete to the Venetians, ib.
Bordonia, taken from Despot Thomas by Thomas, 389. Bosnia, subjected to Amurates II, 91.
Bostitza, given by Despot Constantine to his brother Theodore, 417.
Bostra, captured by Omar, 502.
Brenazes, sent by Bajazeth, raids the Peloponnese, 62, 83. British marriages, 218.
Manuel Buchales, 391. Saved by Mehmed, beglerbeg and kinsman, he returns thanks badly, 406.
Bucoleon in Constantinople, 253. Georgius Bulcus. See Georgius.
Bulgarians, defeated by Andronikos III, 59. Satellites of John V, 55. Defeated by Amurates I, 80. Subjected for a great part to Bajazeth, 58.
Golden Bull, given by Andronikos III to the Monemvasians, 400.
Bumerum, a town, yields itself to Mehmed II, 418. Duke of Burgundy, captured by the Turks at Nicopolis, 60.
Cabasilas (Nicolaus), 139.
C Cabasilas, Bishop of Thessalonica, 139. Caesarea, occupied by Amurates II, 91. Caesarean metropolitan, what his office was in electing a patriarch, 305. Callus, one of the descendants of Kedar, 293.
A Chandax, the Cretan fortress from which it derived its name, 99. Why "New Chandax" was constructed by the Saracens in Crete, 100. Captured by Nicephorus Phocas, 105. Assists in the siege of Constantinople with one ship, 238. Calabryta, a town in the Peloponnese, 130. Given by Thomas to the Despot Constantine, 158. Conquered by Mehemet II, 387, 388. Recaptured, 389. Calamata, a town in the Peloponnese, 133, 390, 391. Calames, what province it was, 77. Caligaria, in Constantinople, 254, 280. Calliopolis, occupied by the Latins, 30. Captured by Amurate I, 46. Given to the Romans by Mustapha, 111. Retained by the remaining Turks, ibid. Camaris, betrays Constantinople to Andronicus III, 35. Camenitza, a town, 148. Camero, wife of Joannes Comnenus Tzelepes, 70. Mother of Soliman Siach, 71. Grandmother of Ertogrul, ibid. CANTACUZENI: Demetrius persuades Mustapha to give him the kingdom of the West, 11. As ambassador to Amurates, he is cast into prison by him, 116. Released, 118. His post for the defense of Constantinople, 255. His son-in-law, Nicephorus Palæologus, ibid. His fortitude, 283. Joannes, Grand Domestic, assigned as tutor to Joannes, the son of Andronicus, 39. Too devoted to his own interests, he prepares troops to seize power, ibid. Rejects the designs of Joannes V, 42, 45. Becomes a monk, 45. Joannes, appointed governor of Corinth, 200. Does little for the city, 221. Knows the secret designs of Constantine XI, 517. Manuel, Protostrator, sent to meet Mehemet II, 111. Created Despot by the Albanians, 383. Expelled by Turachanes, 385. Thomas, along with the children of Georgius Bulel, betakes himself to Mehemet II, 386. Capha, a city in the upper part of the Euxine Sea, conquered by Mehemet II, 451. Thence colonists are led to Constantinople, 308. Capistranus repels Mehemet II from Albania, 385. Dies, 386. Victor Cappelus, commander of the Venetian fleet, captures Imbros and Athens, 423. Dies, 428. Caral-Pasas, sent to Thessalonica, 47. Caratnamus Alissurius, equal to the Ottomans; what lands he held, 77. Caramanus Alissurius, prince of Cappadocia, assists Mehemet, son of Bajazet, 88. Is sent ahead in the war by Amurates II, 91. Hides himself in the mountains, ibid. Is suppressed by Mehemet II, 93. Carases, son of Calamis, 77. Carita, taken away from the Despot Demetrius by the Despot Thomas, 389. Surrendered to Mehemet II, 407. Carolus, king of the Italians, allied with Baldwin for the purpose of subduing the Romans, 21. Repelled by the Romans, 22. Carolus, king of the Franks, having sought aid in vain from Joannes V, 52. Carolus, a prince possessing many towns in the Peloponnese, destines them for the Despot, his future son-in-law, ibid. His death, 154. His sons dissenting, ibid. Carystus, a town of Euboea, 196. Castelanus betrays Constantinople to Andronicus II, 55. Joannes Castriota, subject to Amurates II, 91. Castritza, taken from the Despot Demetrius by Thomas, 389. Surrenders itself to Mehemet II, 405. Catelani, pirates, capture Phrantzes, 155. Sell Glarentza, once occupied, to the Despot Constantine, 156. Their consul at Constantinople, 252. Those captured are killed by Mehemet II; to them Lemnos [was promised], 327. Catelitzes, prince of the Lesbians, 191. Father-in-law of the Despot Constantine, 192. Catena (the chain), stretched across the harbor of Constantinople, 238, 235. Cedar, tribe of the prophet Mohammed, 293. Collium, a region, 119. Cellogalate, 276. Cenchrea, a port, 103. Asanes Zacharias, a prince of Chalatritza, 18. Father-in-law of the Despot Thomas, ibid., 154. His son, Hercules, 154. Cephalenia, occupied by Mehemet II, 95. Vexed by Saele Apochapes, 103. Its city shaken by an earthquake, 447. Cerasus, conquered by Mehemet II, 413. Ceratinus, a bay of Constantinople, 237. Certeza, a town gifted to Phrantzes, 384. Chadisha, wife of Mohammed, 295. Chalatritza, besieged by the Despot Thomas, 148. Surrendered to the Despot Constantine by Joannicius Balota, ibid. Chalepi has its own king, 97. Chalil-Basias dissuades Amurates II from besieging Constantinople, 180. Chamuzas kills Ladislaus, king of the Hungarians, 199. Becomes vizier, ibid. Chandax, the Cretan fortress from which it derived its name, 99. Charate-Pasias sent ahead by Mehemet II to besiege Constantinople, 236. Charax, a promontory of Crete, 99. Chasanes, a Janissary, the first to ascend the walls of Constantinople, 284. Chassan and Mahumetes, sons of Amorius; what lands they held, 77. Chelidonium, a town, surrenders itself to Mehemet II, 418. Chius, captured by Andronicus I, 38. Subject to Mehemet II, 94. Chomum, a place in Corfu, 411. Chlomutzium, a town in the Peloponnese, 130, 581. Conquered by Mehemet II, 409. Christian religion, apology for, 378. Chrysobergina, companion of Phrantzes’ wife in captivity, and redeemed with her, 381. Joannes Chrysoloras, refused, 39. Chrysopolis, now Scutari, 118. Origin of circumcision explained, 335. Cleopa, daughter of Malatesta, wife of the Despot Theodorus, 158. Cnossus, a city of Crete, founded by Minos, 101. Jacobus Cocus, a Venetian, attempts to destroy the ships of the Turks with fire, 257. Colchi, subjected by Bajazet, 82. Collis Aridus, a forum of Constantinople, 293. A comet is seen, 378. The origin of comets, 379. COMNENI: Alexius, king of the Trapezuntines, 125. Antonius Lantziola, prince of the Athenians and Thebans, 158, 159. His death, 159. David, king of the Trapezuntines, captured by Mehemet II and led to Constantinople, 94, 413. Suspected by the same, he is killed, 414. Joannes, emperor, how he gave rise to the Ottoman people, 69. Joannes, emperor, born of Isaac the brother of the sebastocrator, progenitor of the Ottoman people, 69. Joannes, king of the Trapezuntines, 107. His discourse with Phrantzes concerning the death of Amurates II, 112. Constantinople, recovered by the Romans, 18. How long it was occupied by the Latins, 19. Besieged by Bajazet, 83. By Amurates II, 90. By Mehemet II, 234, 256. By how many men it was defended, 240. Deserted by many families, 241. Consecrated to the Mother of God by Constantine the Great, 276. Conquered and plundered by the Turks, 288. Constantinus Monomachus, emperor, 312. Constantinus Pogonatus, emperor, 313. Station of Jacobus Contarini, a Venetian, for the defense of Constantinople, 255. Contoscalion, a region of Constantinople, 253. Books and chapters of the Koran recounted, 297. Corcyra, an island plagued by pestilence, 410. Corinth, administered by Joannes Cantacuzenus, 200, 201. Attempted in vain by the Venetians, 415. Corone, a town in the Peloponnese, 83, 408. Cosma, so-called, 313. Cosmana, a town, 407. Cotzinus, a town, 447. Crete, occupied by Apochapes the Saracen, 98, 101. One of the seven great islands, 101. Its nature, 101, 102. Divided into three parts, 102. Recovered by the Romans, 105, 106. Given to Boniface of Montferrat by the Latins, 107. Sold by him to the Venetians, ibid. Assists the siege of Constantinople with three ships, 238. Cretans, said to be the first to have fought from horseback, 102. Defend Constantinople strenuously, 287. Critopulus, a physician, 417. Crocontelus, defects to Mahomet II, 207. Crua, a city of the Albanians, 425. Cula, a town in the Peloponnese, 200. Cusarus, grandfather of the prophet Mohammed, 195. Cutulum, a place, 112. Cyclades, vexed by the Cretan Saracens, 102. Cydonenses, a part of Crete, 102. Cydonia, saved from Saracen rule, 101. Founded by Minos, ibid. Its site, 102. Assists the siege of Constantinople with two ships, 238. Cydonides. See Taumplaco. Cynegestus, a region of Constantinople, 254. Cyparissia, a town in the Peloponnese, 159. Cyrus, tributary to Mehemet II, 94. D Dabalus, prince of the Peloponnese, 107. Henricus Dandulus, how great a part of the Roman Empire he received, 106.
A Damianus, master of the horse, B falls in battle in Crete by Michael Balbus, Emperor, 100. Daulia, formerly Delphi, 317. Decanales, commander of the Venetian fleet, is sent in chains to Venice, 448. Delatzioles, a Roman of Florence, prince of the Athenians and Thebans, 107. Delphi, now Daulia, 317. Demires, king of the Scythians, invited by Dino and other Turks, attacks Bajazet in war, 64, 83. He captures him with many others, 67, 81. Soon he kills him enclosed in an iron cage, 84. Derca, a town on the Euxine Sea, 191. Diaseistum, given to Constantinus, Despot, by his brother Theodore, 131. Didymotichum, occupied by Andronicus Palaeologus, 34. Aloysius Diedus, a Venetian, strives to reconcile a dispute between Constantine, Despot, and Franciscus Fuscaris, commander of the Venetians, 324. He judges that Constantinople should be aided, ibid. Dinus, emir of Amastris, exiled from his kingdom by Bajazet, 82. He implores the aid of Demiris, 83. Dionysius, a hieromonk, Metropolitan of Sardis, sent as an envoy to the warring Despots Constantine and Theodore, 162. Dioscorus' heresy, 415. Georgius Disypatus, sent twice as an envoy by the Emperor to the warring Despots Constantine and Theodore, 162. Hilario Doria, an exile from Constantinople, 118. Dorienses, a part of Crete, 103. Dorotheus, a spiritual father, intimate with Phrantza, 411. He dies, 421. Drachium, given to Constantinus, Despot, by his brother Theodore, 131. Constantinus Dragases, future father-in-law of Manuel II, 57, 58. Double column at Constantinople, 240. Dyrrhachium, 407.
E The nature of the elements, 580, 581. Ephesus, given to Sasani, 77. Ephraim, a wanderer by land and sea, 207. Epidaurus in Illyricum, 413. Epidaurus in the Peloponnese, 101. Epirotes, subjects of Andronicus III, 58. Of Amurates II, 91. Ertogrules, son of Gui, founder of the Osmanli, 68, 77. His origin, 69, 71. Distinguished for martial virtue, 74. His memorable dream, 74. He harasses the Cyclades and other regions with war, 76. Eteocretes, a part of Crete, 102. Ethribus, a mountain in Arabia, 295. Euboea, given to the Genoese by the Latins, soon handed over by them to the Venetians, 107. Is taken by assault by the Turks, 447. Eudocia, a Despoina, formerly married to a Turk, 215. Eugenia, daughter of Cateliutza, dies, 191. Eugenia, the tomb of the martyr in Rome, 449. Pope Eugenius sends an envoy to John VI, 163. How he received him as he was setting out for the Council of Florence, 187. The death of Patriarch Euthymius, 108. Eutychius' heresy, 415.
F Ferrara, 187. Marquis of Ferrara, 185. Council of Florence concerning the reconciliation of the Churches, 176. Franciscus Toledus, kinsman of Constantine XI, Emperor, 236. His lineage, ibid. He fights bravely, 286. Leo Francopulus, agent of Nicolaus Melissenus, 154. Son of the sister of Nicephorus Melissenus, the Protostrator, 195. He comes to Constantinople, ibid. Nicolaus Francopulus, Protostrator, sent as an envoy by John VI to Amurates II, 155. He assists Despot Thomas against Demetrius, 590. Frangulinum, a fortress of Italy, 187. The nature and origin of lightning bolts, 380. The nature and origin of lightning, 380, 381. Franciscus Fuscaris, commander of the Venetians, hostile to Constantine XI because of the repudiated marriage, 323. He refuses to aid Constantinople, 324.
G Gabatha, a city, the boundary of the empire of Umar, 303. Galata, a region adjacent to Naupactus, 414. Galata, a town besieged by Charathes the Pasha, 237. Near it is the hill of St. Theodore, 259. Its inhabitants are allies of the Turks besieging Constantinople, ibid., 273. They are ill-served by the Turks, 293. They are punished by Mehemet, ibid. They embezzle money entrusted to them by the Emperor, 328. Gani mountains, 25. Gardica, treacherously treated by Mehemet II, 405. Gastitza, given to Constantinus, Despot, by his brother Theodore, 131. Germanus, Patriarch, 22. Joannes Germanus destroys the mines of the Turks, 214. His station for the defense of Constantinople, 254. Gennadius, Patriarch, previously called Georgius Scholarius, 306. Is installed by Mehemet, 306. He transfers the see from the Church of the Apostles to the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin, 307. He receives letters of security from Mehemet II, 308. Held in honor by Mehemet II, 95. Genoese, having obtained Euboea, soon hand it over to the Venetians, 107. St. George, a town in the Peloponnese, 389. George, the martyr, deliverer of captives, 111. Georgius Bulcus, prince of the Serbians, 202. He is invited by Mehemet II to reconcile peace for himself with the Hungarians; they betake themselves to him, ibid. Georgius Mepen, king of the Iberians, 207. He bets his daughter to Constantine, 217. Gerasimus, made Patriarch, is soon forced to resign the throne to Isaias, 32. Giacup-pasias, sent by Bajazet, ravages the Peloponnese, 62, 83. Joannes Glycys, made Patriarch, soon resigns the office, 22. Gortyna, saved from Saracen rule, 101. Founded by Minos, ibid. Its site and fortification, 102. Gothia, a town, 203. The faith of the Greeks vindicated against the accusations of the Romans, 510. Graitzas Palaeologus, governor of Salmenico, 409. Gregorius, spiritual father of John VI, 187. Gregorius, Patriarch, an exile from Constantinople, 217. Grempene, a town in the Peloponnese, 133. The station of Petrus Gulianus, consul of the Catalans, for the defense of Constantinople, 251.
H Hebraica Tripe, a town, 200. Hellas, occupied by Amurates II, 91. Of Heraclea, what was the office of the Metropolitan in creating the Patriarch of Constantinople, 303. Emperor Heraclius, is reverently greeted by the prophet Mohammed, 296, but... Hercules, son of Centerio, 154. An aid to Constantine, Despot, 118. Escapes from custody, 384 seq. Hermelianus, 415. Hexamilium at Constantinople, 237. Isthmus, see Isthmus. The station of Hieronymus the Ligurian for the defense of Constantinople, 254. Hierotheus, a spiritual father, intimate with Phrantza, dies, 450. History, from what sources it is to be drawn, 4. The duty of historians, 4. Georgius Hizaulus, an exile from Constantinople, 118. Homobrydum, a town of Serbia, is captured by Mehemet II, 581. Honorius, Pope, his heresy, 445. Hungarians, defeated by Bajazet, 182. By Amurates II, 90, 91. Put to flight by the same at Varna, 91, 197. They do not wish for peace with Mehemet II unless he ceases from besieging Constantinople, 325, 326. Antonius Hyalinas, a Cretan, patron of a ship, 196. Hydrus, occupied by Mehemet, 95. Hypsomathia, a region of Constantinople, 253. Andronicus Iagrus, sent as envoy to Amurates II, 179. Manuel Iagrus Palaeologus crowns Constantine, Despot, as Emperor, 205. Marcus Iagrus Palaeologus, Protovestiarius of Phrantza, joined as an envoy to Amurates II, he opposes, 153. Grand Stratopedarch, and envoy to the Pope, 156.
I Iancus, leader of the Hungarians, of remarkable prudence, 198. It is expected he will bring aid to Constantinople, 263. Endowed with Mesembria, so that he may succor Constantinople, 327. He repels Mehemet II from Albania, 385. His death, 386. Iannitza, a town in the Peloponnese, 133. Iannitzari, enriched with honors by Amurates II, 91. George Mepen, king of the Iberians, 207. Their custom in contracting marriages, 217. With ships, they aid Constantinople under siege, 238.
Ibrahim, chief counselor to Amurates II, 133. Ibrahim Izelepes, chief master of the stables to Mehemet II, releases the wife of Phrantzes from captivity, 381. Iessai, son of Bajazet, having possessed the kingdom for a short time, is strangled by his brother Musulman, 86. Ignis, a Greek, 241, 245, 248, 257. Illyrians, subject to Andronicus III, 38. Imbros, given to the despot Demetrius by Mehemet II, 413. The Emperor’s role in creating a patriarch, 305. Inscription found on the Isthmus, 108. Irene the Lombard, second wife of Andronicus II, 27. Too fond of children, ibid. She makes her son Theodore, sent to Lombardy, a marquis, ibid. Irene of Alemania, wife of Andronicus III; she dies as a despina, 210. Isaias, patriarch, 32, 39. Isidorus, hieromonk, later metropolitan of Athens, 205, 381. Ismael, emir of Sinope, tributary to Mehemet I, 89. History of Ismael and his descendants, 317. Whence the Saracens derive the name of Ishmaelites, 303. The Isthmus, by whom it was fortified, 96, 107. Its width and length, 108. It is captured by Turachinas, 202; and by Mehemet I, 202. Italorum heresy concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit, 446. Ithome, now Messene, a very fortified city, 131, 133.
J Joannes, a town of the Peloponnese, 159. The society of St. John the Baptist cannot hold the province of Sparta, 63. John the Evangelist, to whom he wrote his Gospel, 356. John the Dalmatian, conspicuous for his courage, 286. John Sophianus, minister to the despot Constantine Eudaimonoioannes, 200. Sent as legate to arrange a marriage in Serbia, 232. John Sozopolitanus made patriarch, 31. Soon resigns his see, ibid. Joannina, a town of the Peloponnese, 133. Occupied by Amurates II, 91. Captured by Sinan Beglerbeg, 157. Joseph, master of the Charsianites monastery, 110. Executor of Manuel II’s testament, 124. Joseph, metropolitan of Ephesus, after the death of the patriarch Euthymius, 108. Attends the Florentine Council, 176. With what honors he was adorned in Italy, 187, 189, 190. Dies in Florence, 192. Josuphus, son of Bajazet, a Christian, 64, 65. Justinian I, commemorated in a certain inscription, 107. John Justinianus, commander of the Ligurian ships, most expert in military affairs, 341. Made commander of a cohort by Constantine XI, ibid. Valiant, 246, 263. His station for defending Constantinople, 253. Dissents from Notaras, 263. Is placated by Constantine XI, 263. Wounded, he loses heart, 283. His death, 284.
L Ladislaus, king of the Hungarians, defeated twice by Amurates II, 90, 91. Routed at Varna, ibid. Slain by Chamuza, 199. Lampadarii, what their role was in creating a patriarch, 305. Alexius Lascaris Philanthropenus. See Philanthropenus. Andronicus Lascaris Pediates, sent as legate by the despot Constantine to the people of Patras, 135, 136. John Lascaris, son of Theodore II, 12. Blinded by Michael Palaeologus, 20. Treated humanely by Andronicus II, 26. Matthaeus Lascaris, sent as legate to Amurates II, is cast into prison by him, 116. Is released, 118. Theodore Lascaris I, son-in-law of Alexius Angelus, creates Andronicus Palaeologus grand domestic, 6. Theodore Lascaris II commands Michael Palaeologus to be questioned, 7. Puts him in charge at Nicaea, 10. Impetuous and vehement, ibid. Adorns Michael Palaeologus, recalled from the Turks, with honors, 11. His death, 12. Latins, how long they held Constantinople, 19. Provoke the Romans, 30. Accuse the Greeks of lack of faith, 310. Aloysius Lauredanus, commander of the Venetian fleet, 197. Considers that Constantinople should be helped, 324. Attempts to fortify the Isthmus, 414. Attempts Lesbos in vain, 415. Jacobus Lauredanus, son of Petrus, cousin of Aloysius, commander of the Venetian fleet, 427.
Lazarus, prince of the Serbs, defeated by Amurates I, 80. By whom he was killed, 81. Lazarus, son of George, prince of the Serbs, takes Helena Palaeologina as his wife and becomes despot, 202. Dies, 386. Lazarus, great primicerius of the despot Thomas, 385. Lemnos, sought after by the king of the Catalans, 327. Given to the despot Demetrio by Mehemet II, 413. Occupied by the Venetians, 415. Captured by the Turks, 417. Leo the Armenian, emperor, ignominiously treated by Umar the Younger, 303. Tower of the Basil Leo at Constantinople, 287. Leonardus, prince of Maura, 429. Leonardus the Ligurian, his station for defending Constantinople, 253. Leonidas, a town in Laconia, 159. Demetrius Leontaris, sent with others to meet Mehemet I, 111. Converses with him alone, 112. Sent to him again, ibid. Announces his death to the emperor, 113. Leontarium, a town of the Peloponnese, 256, 390. Captured by Mehemet II, 405. Lesbos, subject to Mehemet II, 94. Attempted by the Venetians in vain, 415. Its prince is Cateliutzes, 191, 192. Leuctrum, Maina, formerly Taenarum, a very fortified city, handed over to the emperor, 17. Given by the despot Constantine to his brother Theodore, 131. Formerly of the Cetari, ibid. Captured by the despot Thomas, 391. Libya, nurturing the citizens of the celestial empire, 313. Ligudista, a town of the Peloponnese, 133. Ligurians, assist Constantinople, besieged with their ships, 247, 19. Dissent from the Venetians, 258. Are spurred to valor by Constantine XI, 277. Listraena, a town, 409. Petrus Lordan, commander of the Venetian fleet, 89. Nicephorus Lucanes hands over Corinth to Mehemet II, 107. Incites him to fight. His death, 107. Luke (St.), to whom he wrote his Gospel, 355. Lycus, 162. Lupadium, 284. Race of the Lychnitae, 276.
M Macarius, spiritual father of Manuel II, 121. Called Protosyncellus and Macra, 156. Legate to Pope Martin, ibid. His death and praises, 157. Heresy of Macedonius, 414. Macrobii, 208. Maedes, emir, defeated by Bajazet, 82. Magnesia, given to Sasan, 77. Role of the grand domestic in creating a patriarch, 305. Mahomet, the prophet, 463. Mahmetus, son of Amorius, 72. Slain by treachery by courtiers, 73. Pandulphus Malatesta, metropolitan, attempts to redeem Patras from the power of the despot Constantine, 151. Malea, 104. Mane, a town, 133, 391. Paulus Mamonas, governor of Monembasia, 57. Gregorius Mamonas. See Palaeologus. Manfredus, king of Sicily, ally of Michael of Aetolia, 17. Mantinea, 122, 133, 388. Manuel, illegitimate brother of Manuel II, defeats Moses, daughter of Bajazet, 87. Manuel the Ligurian, his station for defending Constantinople, 253. Manuel Malachrenus, legate to Amurates II, 115. Marathium, a town, 407. Mark (St.), to whom he wrote his Gospel, 355. Mark, prince of the Bulgarians, father-in-law of the despot Andronicus, 51. Mark, canon of Patras, 137. Legate from Pope Eugenius to John VI, 163. Mark, bishop of Corinth, intimate with Phrantzes, 197. Maria, despina of Trebizond, dies, 191. Maro, stepmother of Amurates II, negotiates peace between him and the Romans, 90. Martin, procurator of the islands of Chios, captured by Andronicus III, 38. Pope Martin, 156. Matthew (St.), to whom he wrote his Gospel, 355. Matthew, hieromonk and great protosyncellus, refutes Xenus the Hebrew, 172. Maura (St.), 155, 429. Islands near it, 155. Mauricius, emperor, with what benefit he adorned Monembasia, 398. Maurusia, 276.
A Mehemet I, the youngest son of Bayezid, also called Cyri-les, 65, 66, 87, 90. Aided by Karaman and other princes, he defeats his brother Musa, 88. How far he extended the borders of his kingdom, 89. He concludes a peace with the Venetians, ibid. Friend of Manuel II, ibid. He transfers his royal seat to Adrianople, 90. His character, ibid. Suspicious of Manuel II, 111. How he was deceived by him, ibid., 112. His death, 115.
Mehemet II, son of Murad II, receives the kingdom while his father is still living, 92. He severely punishes the viziers who opposed him, ibid. His genius and learning, 93, 95. He suppresses the Karamanian, Alissurius, 93. What regions he brought under his power after the conquest of Constantinople, ibid. Repelled from the island of Rhodes by an Italian fleet, 94. He leads an expedition against the Italians, ibid. His death, 95. He holds Gennadios the patriarch in great honor, ibid. His threats against the Christians, 211. He forms the plan to assault Constantinople, 233. He fortifies Asomaton, ibid., 234. He attacks Constantinople, ibid. He sends Tarachanes into the Peloponnese, 235. He returns to Adrianople, 231. He resolves to besiege the city, 236. His naval forces for striking at Constantinople, 237, 239, 240. Land forces, 240. Angry because of the cowardice of his men, 249. He strips the prefect of the fleet of his goods and dignity, 250. By what stratagem he led the ships into the harbor of Constantinople, 251. He joins it with a bridge, 252. Cruel toward the captives of the enemy, 258. Terrified by a certain portent, 261, 263. He encourages his soldiers, 269. He gains Constantinople, 283. He kills Notaras and others, 291. He orders a patriarch to be created by the Constantinopolitans, 304. And he is duly instituted, 305, 306. He populates Constantinople with inhabitants, 308. He gives the patriarch royal letters of security, ibid. He invites the prince of the Serbs to reconcile with the Hungarians, 325. Aided by the Serbs in the siege of Constantinople, 323. He strangles the son of Phrantzes, 383. He captures Ainos and Athens, 384, 385. He is repelled from Albania, ibid. He occupies certain places of the Serbs, 386. He invades the Peloponnese, 387. Which places he received from Thomas the Despot, 388. He leaves Amarem in the Peloponnese, ibid. He seeks the daughter of Demetrios the Despot in marriage, ibid. He attacks Despots Demetrios and Thomas in war, 393. He conciliates Demetrios to himself and marries his daughter, ibid. His perfidy toward the Castritzians, 404. His deeds in the Peloponnese, 407, 408. He detains Rales, an envoy from Thomas the Despot, as a captive, 410. What places he conquered on the Euxine Sea, 413. He defeats the leader of the Albanians, Scantarinus, 425. He gains Lemnos, Imbros, and Euboea, 447; he fares less prosperously against the Vlachs, ibid. He vainly attempts to take Naupactus and St. Maura, 452.
Mehemet, the Beglerbeg, is ordered by Mehemet II to invade Serbia, 386. He saves the relatives, the Buchalas, 406. Mele, a town, 131. Melec, son of Azatin, sultan, 72. Killed by the treachery of courtiers, 73. Meligum, a town of Laconia, 159. MELISSENI: Alexius Caesar Strategopulus defeats the Aetolians and Epirotes, 133. Gregorius the hieromonach, an envoy to the warring brother Despots, 163. Patriarch of Constantinople, 200. Leo, cousin of Nicephorus Melissurgus, 159. Leo, Sebastocrator, father of Nicephorus the great Protostrator, 133. Maria, wife of Antonius Comnenus, 159. Michael Strategopulus, put in chains by Andronicos II, 26. Nicephorus Caesar Melissenus, 132. The lineage of Nicephorus, the great Protostrator, surnamed Melissurgus, ibid. His untimely death, ibid. Son, ibid. Nicolaus, son of Nicephorus, ward of Theodore the Despot, ibid. Wife destined for him, the daughter of Phrantzes, 225. His inheritance, 385. Treated badly by Despots Thomas and Demetrios, 392. He goes to Corcyra, 408. Having set out to Crete, he becomes a presbyter, 413. Melitene, 97. Menon, son of Centerion, 154. Hieronymus Neuoti, a Venetian, station for defending Constantinople, 251. Georgius Mepen. V. Georgius. Merachures, in the Turkish tongue, supreme prefect of the stable, 309. Mesembria, given to Constantine the Despot, 122. Donated to Iancu the Hungarian, 327. Messene, formerly Ithome, 132, 133. Methenes, an emir, defeated by Bayezid, 82. Methone, 83, 103. Metochita, the Great Logothete, deprived of his goods by Andronicos III, 56. Metochita Palaiologos, Great Logothete, 298. Metrophanes, metropolitan of Cyzicus, becomes patriarch, 192. Michael Balbus (the Stammerer), emperor, distracted by civil wars, 98. He vainly attempts to prohibit the Saracens from Crete, 100, 101. Michael, prince of the Epirotes and Aetolians, defeated by Michael Palaiologos, 17. Michael Cerularius, patriarch, 512.
B Michael, a bey sent by Murad II to besiege Constantinople, 90. Miltzas, duke of the Vlachs, concludes a pact with Bayezid, 82. Minos, king of the Cretans, 101. Mizithra, 109. Mobdarus, son of Nizari, great-grandfather of the prophet Mohammed, 291. Mochlium, 387. Thomas Morenicus, prefect of the Venetian fleet, 448. The origin and life of the prophet Mohammed, 294. Why he wished for monks to be exempt [from taxes], 294. Meeting Emperor Heraclius with gifts, ibid. His writings, 297, 302. Dying, he elevates Abubacar to his place, ibid. His doctrine refuted, 335. His wondrous journey, 359. Moldovlachs, harassed by Murad II, 91. Molybatina, 411. Monasteries: Charsianites, 110, 121. Chora of Christ the Savior, 36. Chortaites, 503, 520. Clerena, 141. Christ the Savior, 151. Elias, 411. George the Martyr, 111. Jason and Sosipater, 412. John the Baptist, 307, 320. Libis, 141. Martha, 141, 192. Pantocrator, 120, 122. Peribleptos, 121. Monembasia, a most fortified city, handed over to the emperor by the Prince of the Peloponnese, 17. Metropolis, 25. Administered by a Mamon, 109. Its bishop, Theodosios, 190. It could not be conquered by Mehemet, 396. It is handed over to the Pope by Thomas the Despot, 397. Its inhabitants most adorned with imperial benefits, ibid. Occupied by the Venetians, 415. Mons Niger (Black Mountain), 410. Marquis of Montferrat, 27. The Morea, fortified at the Hexamilion by Manuel II, 96. Moses Tzelepes, left by his father Murad I to administer the western provinces, 49. He plotted a sedition with Despot Andronicos, 50. Punished by death, 51. Moses, son of Bayezid, captured by Demire, 66, 86. Released, he gains the kingdom, 86. Defeated by his brother Mehemet, he perishes, 87. Mothone, formerly Pidasus, 392. Murat Pei, 460. Mustapha, illegitimate son of Bayezid, defended from the snares of Murad by John VI, 109. After the death of Mehemet I, he was constituted prince of the Saracens in the West by the same, 114. He gave Gallipoli to the Romans, ibid. Defeats the Beglerbeg of Bayezid, 115. Defeated by Murad, he dies, 116. Mustaphopulus, brother of Murad II, rampant in Constantinople, 511. Musulman, son of Bayezid, gains the empire, 86. Defeated by his brother Moses, he is killed, ibid. Georgius Muzalo, procurator of the empire, 12. Tutor of John Lascaris, ibid. He is slaughtered, ibid. Mysians, joined to the Romans by marriage of princes, 39. Upper Mysia, tributary to Murad II, 91.
N Naupactus, 150. Its prefect, Bicardus Marcellus, 151. Nauplium, 407. Neocaesarea, 69. Neocastrum, 133. Neophytus, hieromonach, 225. Nepho, bishop of Cyzicus, made patriarch, soon removed from his place, 31. Nesis, 133. Heresy of Nestorius, 415. Netarium, 103. Nicaea, given to Michael Palaiologos to administer, 10. Seat of the Roman Empire, 15. Conquered by the Turks, 16. Nicetas, patrician, by the name of Oriphas, by what stratagem he defeated the Saracens, 96, 103, 231. Most skilled in military affairs, 103. Nicolaus Choniates, Protosebast, an envoy to Murad II, 155. Nicomedia, subject to Orchan, 38, 79. Nicopolis, a noble victory of Bayezid, 59. The sources and nature of the Nile, 208. Nizarus, from the descendants of Cedar, great-grandfather of the prophet Mohammed, 291. Lucas Notaras, an envoy to Murad II, 118. Drungarios, he leads Despot Constantine to Lesbos, 193. Arrogant, 221, 250. Great Duke and minister, 224. He acts with Phrantzes concerning the office to be bestowed upon him, 227, 229. His station for defending Constantinople, 251. Dissenting with Justinianus the Ligurian, 262. He is placated by Constantine XI, 265. Why he was killed by Mehemet II along with his son, 291.
1091 INDEX TO GEORGIUS PHRANTZES 1092 Olena, submits to Mehemet II, 448. Orchanes, satrap of Bithynia, seizes Nicaea and Nicomedia, 36, 38. Takes the daughter of Andronicus III as wife, 59. Cf. 41, 79. Invades the Chersonese of Thrace, 41. Restores the Empire to John V, 42. How far he extended the borders of his kingdom, and how long he reigned, ibid. Orchanes, assisted by Manuel II against his brother Moses, 87. Betrayed by the vizier Sabane, his eyes are put out, ibid. Origen’s heresy, 370. Othmanes, satrap of the Turks, 23. Oppresses the Romans, 35. His origin, 69, 71, 77. Son and successor of Ertogrul, 77. Believes provinces occupied by the Turks should be divided among the satraps, ibid. What territory fell to him, 78. Invades lands belonging to others, ibid. How long he reigned, ibid. Origin of the Othmanids, 64.
Pachomius, 24. Palaeocastrum, 193. PALAEOLOGI: P. Alexius, designated for the empire by the emperor Alexius Angelos, his father-in-law, dies an untimely death, 8. Alexius Examplaconis, prefect of the canicleion, father-in-law of Phrantzes, 191. Andreas, son of Despot Thomas, born, 236. Created despot by the pope, 421. Andronicus, becomes grand domestic to Emperor Theodore Lascaris, 6. His sons, 7. Andronicus refuses a decent burial for his father Michael VIII, 24. Disapproves of the reconciliation of the churches, ibid. Removes Beccus from the patriarchal dignity, 23. Removes his followers from their posts, ibid. Liberal toward the soldiers, ibid. Obliging toward John Lascaris, 26. His children, 27. Has Roger and Pirincertus the Catalans as allies in the war against the Turks, 28. Orders Roger to be killed, 29. Negligent in naval affairs, 32. Deprived of the kingdom by his grandson Andronicus, 35. With what honor he enriched the Monembasiots, 399. Andronicus II, son of Michael, 53. Dear to his grandfather Andronicus II, ibid. Moves a rebellion, ibid. Seizes the city, 55. Gentle toward his adversaries, 56. Defeated by the Turks, ibid. Occupies the island of Chios, 58. Makes the Phocaeans pay tribute, ibid. What nations he brought under his power, ibid. His children by his wife Anna, 59. Son-in-law of the Prince of the Mysians, ibid. Leaves John Cantacuzene as guardian of his son, ibid. His character, 60. Death, ibid. Golden bull granted to the Monembasiots, 399, 400. Andronicus, Despot, son of John V, designated for the empire, plots the Tzelepes rebellion, 50. Blinded and cast into prison, 51. Released, ibid. Once more prefect of the city, receives help from Bajazet, 54. Gains the kingdom, 55. Ejected and exiled to Thessalonica, 56. Sells that city to the Venetians, 64. Andronicus, Despot, son of Manuel II, 121. Sells to the Venetians Thessalonica which his father had given him, and hides himself in a monastery, 122. His death, 151. Anna, daughter of Michael VIII, 24. Constantine, son of Andronicus, 7. Constantine Porphyrogenitus, son of Michael VIII, 27. Put in chains by Andronicus II, 26. Constantine, Despot, son of Andronicus II, 27. Cast into prison by Andronicus III, 36. Constantine, son of Manuel II, 121. Constantine XI, son of Manuel II, 121. Governs Constantinople, 123. Sets out for the Peloponnese, 123. His preceptor, 125. Destined to be heir of Prince Carlo in the Peloponnese because of his wife Theodora, his cousin, 128. Procurator and future heir of Melissenus, 152. Attempts to seize Patras, 134. Saved by Phrantzes, 138. Withdraws after a pact made with the Patrenses, 145. Receives Chalatritza into his dominion, 148. Dissenting with his brother Thomas over that town, 148, 149. Brings Patras under his power, 156. Buys Glarentza from the Venetians, ibid. Sets out for Constantinople, 159, 160. Preferred by John VI to Theodore as heir to the empire, 161. Having returned to the Peloponnese, ibid. Makes war with Despot Theodore, 162. Reconciled with him, returns to Constantinople, ibid. Takes Catherine, daughter of the Prince of the Lesbians, as wife, 192, 193. Having set out for the Peloponnese, he nourishes hope of the empire, besieged by the Turks, 195. His wife dies, ibid. He is granted Selymbria, ibid. After an exchange of possessions made with his brother Theodore, he returns to the Peloponnese, 196. What plan he had concerning the administration of the Peloponnese, 201. He institutes the fortifying of the Isthmus, 201, 202. Created emperor, 201. Sends Phrantzes to Iberia and Trebizond for the sake of brokering a marriage, 206. Considers taking the widow of Amurath II as wife, 213. His conversation with Phrantzes about taking a wife, 220. Resolves to take the daughter of the King of the Iberians, 222. His conversations with Phrantzes and Notaras concerning the offices and remuneration of Phrantzes, 223, 227, 238. Bears with difficulty the arrogance of Notaras, 230. Creates Phrantzes grand logothete, 236. Converts sacred plate into coin, ibid. Attempts to destroy the enemy's ships by fire, ibid. Kills the Turks who were captured, 258. Placates the dissenting Venetians and Ligurians, ibid. Benign toward the citizens, 260. Bears their reproaches patiently, 261. Reconciles the dissenters Justinianus the Venetian and Notaras, ibid. Encourages the soldiers to virtue, ibid. His corpse found by the enemies, 290. Rejects the marriage offered him by Francis Fuscari when he became emperor, 324. Acts with the pope concerning the aid of Constantinople, 325. His eagerness in defending the city praised, 327. Demetrius, son of Manuel II, 121. Participates at Florence, 176. Takes the daughter of Paul Asanes as wife, 177. Constantine, Despot, sent as legate to him, ibid. Aggresses the emperor with war, 194. Aspires to the empire, 204. Flees into the Peloponnese, 209. Uses the help of Amurath against the rebellious Albanians, 383. Is asked by Mehemet for his daughter in marriage, 388. Besieged, 390. Is helped by the Turks, 398. Soon violates the peace composed with his brother, 399. Comes under the power of Mehemet II and gives him his wife, 395. What places were given to him by Mehemet II for his livelihood, 413. After places are restored, he receives a stipend, 427. His death and that of his wife, 449. Eudoxia, daughter of Michael VIII, 24. Georgius, 390, 391. Father-in-law of Manuel Buchalm, 406. Flees from the custody of the Turks, ibid. Gregorius Mamonas, brother-in-law of Phrantzes, died of the plague with his whole family, 109. Helena, daughter of Despot Thomas, marries Lazarus, prince of the Serbians, 292. About to accuse the Venetians who had deprived her of her goods, 416. Helena, queen of St. Maura, dies a nun, 430. Helena, wife of Phrantzes, daughter of Alexius Examplaconis, 191. Sold to the primary prefect of the stables of Mehemet II, 440. John, son of Andronicus, 7. John, son of Andronicus II, 27. Dies an untimely death, ibid. John V, son of Andronicus III, has John Cantacuzene as guardian and father-in-law, 59. Treated unjustly by him, 49. Flees to Orchanes, 41. Recovers the empire by his help, 42. Studied to dissuade Cantacuzene by letter from waging war against him, ibid. Deceived by Amurath I, 48. Enters into friendship with him, ibid. His son, 47. Obliging toward Amurath, 48. Helps him in suppressing the rebellion of the satraps, 49. Leaves his son Andronicus to govern Constantinople, 50. Compelled by Amurath I to punish the seditious, ibid. Implores in vain the help of the Latins, 52. Captured by his son Andronicus, 55. Escaped from custody, is restored to the empire by Bajazet, ibid. How long he reigned, 56. John, Despot, son of Andronicus, 54. Holds the empire for a short time with his father, ibid. Brought into suspicion by Bajazet, returns to Constantinople, 61. Made prefect of the city by Manuel II, 62. John VI, son of Manuel II, 114, 121. Defends Mustapha against the plots of the Amuratids, 109. Takes Sophia of Montferrat as wife, 110. Establishes Mustapha as prince in the West, 114. Sets out for Hungary, 118. Composes peace with Amurath I, ibid. Returns, ibid. Created emperor by his father, 121. After the divorce of his wife Sophia, he sets out, ibid. Receives certain places from Carlo, 128. Attempts in vain [to take] Patras, 129. Returns to Constantinople, 130. Wishes to attack Amurath at Thessalonica, 135. His legates to Pope Martin, 136. Creates his brother Thomas despot, ibid. Prefers Constantine to his older brother Theodore, 161. Reconciles them while they are fighting, 163. His disputation with Xepo the Hebrew, 163. Participates in the Council of Florence regarding the reconciliation of the churches, 176. How he was received by the Venetians and the pope, 181, 187. Besieged by his brother Demetrius, 194. His death, 205. John, son of Despot Andronicus, nephew of Manuel II, 122. Irene, daughter of Michael VIII, 24. Mamonas, grand duke, administering Monemvasia, 109. Manuel, Despot, son of Michael VIII, 35. By what chance he perished, ibid.
A Manuel II, son of John V, 17. He is prevented by the Turks from occupying the fortress of the Thessalonians, ibid. Thence he goes to Lesbos and to Prusa to the emir, 48. He returns to his father, 49. Destined for the empire, 53. He is captured with his father by his brother Andronicus, 53. Escaping from prison, with the help of Bajazet he becomes emperor, ibid. Treated insolently by the same, he makes a pact with certain princes, 57. He sets out for the West for the sake of seeking aid, 61. Connected by a pact with Tessalus, 87. And with Musumanus, those of Bajazet, 87. He defeats Mosem, son of Bajazet, by land and sea, ibid. He helps Orchan, grandson of Bajazet, against his uncle Mosem, ibid. He assists Mehemet against the same, 88. He storms Thasun, 96. He builds the Hexamilion B at the Isthmus, 96, 107, 108 et seq. Returning from the war, he takes Phrantzes into his bedchamber, 110. He refuses to violate the oath given to Mehemet I, 111. He sends envoys to meet Mehemet I, 111, 112. He considers the paternal kingdom to be due to Amurat, 114. He is seized by apoplexy, 117. Very similar to the prophet Mahomet, ibid. His death, 121. His children, ibid. Among them, while he is still alive, he distributes the kingdom, ibid. His last will, 124. His counsel, given to his son John, concerning the union of the churches, 178. Manuel brings Zoe to Constantinople, 164. Envoy concerning concluding a marriage, 216, 217. Manuel, son of Thomas the Despot, 383, 421. Michael VIII Comnenus, eldest son of Andronicus, 7. Gracious, ibid. Accused of aspiring to the empire, he is called to an examination, ibid. Liberated and restored to his former honors, he is placed in charge of the city of the Niemensians, 10. Again suspected by the emperor, ibid. He flees to Iconium, 10, 11. With the sultan's forces, he puts the Scythians to flight, 11. Recalled by the emperor, he receives the dignity of constabulus, ibid. Taken by Muzalon as an associate to administer the republic, 14. He abuses his power to accomplish his own designs, ibid. Despot, soon emperor, 15. He defeats Michael, prince of the Epirotes and Aetolians, 16. Constantinople having been recovered, 17. He blinds John Lascaris, he claims the empire for himself, 20. He is bound by anathema by Patriarch Arsenius, 21. He negotiates with Pope Alexander concerning the union of the churches, ibid. The Italians defeated, 22, he recovers the islands of the Aegean Sea, ibid. He fortifies the banks of the Sangarius, 23. His children, 24. Having died, he lacks an honorable burial, ibid. Michael, son of Andronicus II, 27. He fights poorly against the seditious Latins, 30. Against the Turks, ibid. His children, 33. His death, ibid. Michael, Despot, son of John V, 47. Michael, son of Manuel II, 121. Nicephorus, son-in-law of Demetrius Cantacuzenus, what station he held for defending Constantinople against the Turks, 233. He fights strenuously, 283. Notaras Cateliutzes. V. Cateliutzes. Simon, son of Andronicus II, 27. Husband of the Despoina of the Serbians, ibid. Theodora, daughter of Michael, 33. Theodorus, son of Andronicus II, 27. Sent to Lombardy, he becomes a marquis and takes a wife from the Spinola family, ibid. Having returned, he helps Andronicus the Younger, 31. Theodorus Porphyrogenitus, son of John V, 47. He receives the wife of Manuel to be protected, 62. He attempts to sell the Principality of Sparta to the society of John the Baptist, 63. He is received with difficulty, 64. Theodorus, Despot, son of Manuel II, 121. He receives Lacedemon from his father, 122. His plan to withdraw into a monastery, 123, 128, 129. What places he gifted to his brother Constantine, 130. Tutor of Nicolaus Melissenus, 132. His wife dies, 158. Heir to the empire, 161. He battles with Despot Constantine, ibid. He comes to Constantinople, 196. He dies at Selymbria, 203. Theophilus, a most learned man, his station for defending Constantinople, 203. Fortitude, 286. Thomas, son of Manuel II, 121. What places of the Peloponnese he received from his father, 122. He besieges Chalatritza, a town of Prince Centurio, 148. Dissenting about it with his brother Constantine, ibid., 149. Son-in-law of Centurio, 148, 151. He becomes Despot, he returns to the Peloponnese, ibid. His son Andreas born, 236. Against the seditious Albanians he uses the help of the Turk Amurat, 388; what places he handed over, 388. He violates the sacraments given to Mehemet II and attacks his brother in war, 389. Defeated by the Turks, he sets out for Cyprus, 407, 408. He sends envoys to the Pope and Mehemet II, 410. He travels into Italy, ibid. How he was received by Pope Pius II, 412. Having gone to Venice and Ancona, he soon returns to Rome, 415. His daughter becomes Queen of the Serbians, ibid. He dies, 415. His children maintained by the Roman Church, ibid. Letter of Cardinal Bessarion concerning their education to a tutor, 416. His eldest son created Despot by the Pope, 421. His daughter marries Paraciolus, an Italian prince, 424. C Palæologus, beglerbeg, son of Thomas Gigli, killed in battle, 450. Georgius Palamas, bishop of Thessalonica, refutes the Italian Barlaam, 39. Pamisus, river in the Messenian gulf, 132. Pancota, 200. Paraciolus, an Italian prince, marries the daughter of Despot Thomas, 191. Paraspondylus, grand duke, 161. Port of Parentium, 181. Patra, attempted in vain by John VI, 128, 129, 9. Also by Despot Constantine, 155, 143. It is surrendered to him, 118. Subdued by him, 156. Afflicted by plague, 157. Administered by Alexius Lascaris, 200, 201. Taken by storm by Amurat I, 203. Paulus, Troilus, and Antonius, brothers, what station they held for defending Constantinople, 253, 288. Pegæ, palace, 53. Pegæ, inhabited by the Monembasiots, 400, 401. Pelæan customs, 218. Peloponnese, how it was recovered from the Romans, 17. Afflicted by Bajazet, 85. Given to Dabalus by the Latins, 107. Its shape, 108. A large part occupied by Prince Carlo, 128. Pentachyria, 587. Pergamus, given to Sasan, 77. Peristerium, a town of Serbia, is betrayed to Mehemet I, 586. Peritheorium, town, 135. Its province, 76. Plague, vehement at the Euxine Pontus, 109. At Constantinople, 110, 429. Petalidium, 407. Petrium, a region of Constantinople, 254. Petrus (St.), a town of Laconia, 139. Philadelphia, given to Caramanus Alissurius, 77. Alexius Lascaris Philanthropenus administers Bostitza, 155. Prefect of Patra, 200. He crowns Constantine as emperor, 205. Georgius Philanthropenus, son-in-law of Isaac Asan, 185. Philes Palæologus, protostrator, defeats the Turks, 50. Philoerene, town, 57. Angelus Philomeles, envoy to Amurat II, is thrown into prison by him, 116. Released, 118. Phlaburum, town, 414. The Latin Phocæans pay tribute to Andronicus III, 34. Nicephorus Phocas recovers Crete from the Saracens, 107. Photinus, protospatharius, is ejected from Crete by the Saracens, 100. Alexius Phrantzes, son of Georgius, died an infant, 192. Alexius Phrantzes, son of Georgius, 195. He dies, 203. Andronicus Phrantzes, son of Georgius, died an infant, 200. Georgius Phrantzes, what plan he followed in writing his history, 3, 5. He proposes to write down matters not yet committed to letters by anyone for him, 4. When he was born, 63. Whence he has knowledge of events, 66. As a cubicularius of Prince Thomas in place of his father, he sets out with the same for the Peloponnese, 109. On what condition his brothers lived, 118; envoy to Amurat, 118. On account of the report of the birth, he is showered with gifts by the emperor, 119. He commits the last will of Manuel to writing, 121. Recommended by the same to John VI, 125. He becomes his cubicularius, 126. How he entered into the familiarity of Despot Constantine, 127. He accompanies him departing for the Peloponnese, 127. He remains with Constantine in the Peloponnese, 130. Among the Patrenses, 158. Freed and increased with gifts, 145. His maternal aunt is a nun, 140. He is placed in charge of Chalatritza, 150. Sent to Amurat I, 147, 150. He intercepts letters from his envoys, 152. What answer he brought back from Amurat II, 156; he is appointed, 156. Friend of Macarius Macras, 157. He becomes protovestiarius, envoy to John VI, ibid. Envoy to Antonius Comnenus, Amurat I, and the emperor, 158. Sent to Maria Melissena, widow of Antonius Comnenus, for the exchange of towns, 159. Having returned with the affair undone, ibid. Sent away to Turachanes, 160. Sets out for Constantinople with Constantine, ibid. He draws Amurat II to the side of Despot Constantine, 162. Envoy to the warring brothers by John VI, ibid. He returns with Despot Constantine to Constantinople, ibid. He takes Helen Palæologina as wife, 191. His children, 191, 192, 193, 200. Sent to Lesbos to ask for his wife for Constantine, 192. Envoy for exchanging possessions from Constantine to his brother Demetrius, 193. Appointed at Selymbria, 195. He returns to the Peloponnese, 196. Envoy to Constantinople on account of the Hungarian expedition against the Turks, ibid. Placed in charge of Sparta and adjacent locations D,
and other matters, 203. Envoy to the Amira concerning the elevation of Despot Constantine to the throne, 204. Sent to Iberia and Trebizond to seek a wife for Constantine, 206. He suffers shipwreck near Amisus, 210. His conversation with the King of Trebizond concerning the death of Amurates II, ibid. He persuades Constantine XI to take the widow of Amurates II, 212. His conversation with Notaras concerning the post to be bestowed upon him, 217, 229. Captured by the Turks, he is taken to Sparta, 229. His wife and children captured, ibid. With the single Joannes Cantacuzenus he learns of the secret plans of Constantine XI, 327. Received among the ministers of Despot Thomas and gifted with the town of Certeza, 383. Sent as an envoy to Serbia, 384. He redeems his wife and his companion, ibid. Envoy to the Venetian Senate, 385. He considers leaving the Peloponnese, 391. He sets out for Corfu, 408. He retires into the monastery of St. Elias, and soon after to that of St. Jason and St. Sosipater, 411. He sets out for Italy, 424. He returns to Corfu, 425. He sets out for St. Maura, 429. He becomes a monk under the name of Gregory, 450. He wears the habit of the great schema, 449. He suffers from rheumatism, 430, 451. Concerning the authority by which he was moved to write his history, 452. Joannes Phrantzes, son of Georgius, the elder, 191. His praises, 229. Slain by Mehemet II, 383. Thamar Phrantza, daughter of Georgius, born, 193. Betrothed in marriage to Nicolaus Melissenus, 225. Captured, 309. Dies, 385. Phrygia Magna given to Caramanus Alissurius, 77. Pidasus, now Mothone, 391. Pidema, 133. Pirincerius Tentzas. See Tentzas. Pope Pius II, how he received Despot Thomas, 412. Πλάγιον κακόν (an oblique evil), a path, 108. Platamonas, a town of Laconia, 159. Plate Island, noble victory of Manuel II, 87. Polianum gifted to Despot Constantine by his brother Theodore, 131. Ponticum, 38, 405. Surrenders to Mehemet II, 448. Gate of Constantinople: Charsius, 462; Chrysia or Golden Gate, 237, 460, 469; Lignaria, 237; Pulchra, 251; Regia, 255; St. Romanus, 237; Selybria, 253; St. Theodosia, 254. Prasus, a town of Crete, 102. Proasteum, a town of Laconia, 159. Prunocerus flayed by Mehemet, 405. Protopapas, what his duty was in creating a patriarch, 305. Prusa taken from the Romans by Orchanes, 79. Pylus, 103. Abarinus, 408. Itilas, 131. Pyrrhus' heresy, 445.
R Joannes Rales, envoy of Despot Thomas to Mehemet II, 410. He is loaded with chains by him, ibid. Georgius Raulus, uncle of Nicolaus Melissenus, 468. Envoy of Despot Thomas to the Pope, 410. Michael Raulus, senior minister of Despot Thomas, 410. Thomas Raulus, desiring to acquire Chaatritza from Despot Thomas, 149. Realtus Bridge at Venice, 186. Rhabias, from the descendants of Cedar, 295. Rheontas, a town of Laconia, 159. Master of the Rhodian brothers, captured by the Turks at Nicopolis, 60. Rhodes unsuccessfully attempted by Mehemet II, 94. Joannes Rhosolas sent to the Patrenses for the purpose of freeing Phrantzes from captivity, 116. Antonius Ritzus, 217. Rogerius Catelanus promises to wage war against the Turks, 28. Honored with the rank of Megas Dux by Andronicus II, 29. He afflicts the Romans, ibid. Killed by order of the Emperor, ibid. Rome afflicted by a plague, 423. Romans, abstaining from the examination of tortures, 9. Romanus, Emperor, recovers Crete, 105. Rossi, the Cardinal, what his station was in defending Constantinople, 254. Why he was not made patriarch, 325.
S Sabellius, 426. Salmenicum, 409. Samatelli, son of a citizen of Patras, captured by Phrantzes, 138. Samothrace given to Despot Demetrius by Mehemet II, 413. Sangarius River, bridged for camps by Michael III, 23. Santamarium taken by storm by Mehemet II, 409. Sarabale gifted to Despot Constantine by the citizens of Patras, 145. Saracens suffer their kingdom to be divided into many parts, 97. Defeated, 98, 101. Expelled from the island by Nicephorus Phocas, 105. Whence their various names derive their origin, 305. Descendants of Ismael and excluded from the partition of God, 317. Their religion refuted, 353. Most follow the doctrine of Mahomet with a less than liberal spirit, 367. Sarcanes, an Amira, defeated by Bajazet, 82. Sarchanes, what region he held, 77. Metropolitan of Sardis, died at Ferrara, 192. Saulaurus, 153. Scanterinus (i.e. Scantares), Prince of the Albanians, defeated by Mehemet, 425. Dies, 430. His kingdom divided between the Venetians and his sister’s son, ibid. Georgius Scholarius, patriarch, 304. Sclabitza, 146. Sclabochorium, 200. Scuda region, 276. Scutari, formerly Chrysopolis, 112. Customs of the Scythians, 67. Sebastia occupied by Othman, 78. Selymbria, granted to Despot Constantine and administered by Phrantzes, 195. Handed over to Despot Theodore, 196. Sergius, pseudo-abbot, companion of the prophet Mahomet, 295. Serrae, 47, 57. Customs of the Seres, 218. Serbians defeated by Amurates I, 80. Brought under the power of Mehemet II, 94. The daughter of their prince married to Amurates II, returns to her homeland after his death, 213. They assist Mehemet while he is besieging Constantinople, 323, 325. Sguromalles Palaeologus hands Caritana over to Mehemet II, 107. Siderocastrum, 426. Sigismund, King of Germany, war being stirred up against Bajazet, 58; defeated at Nicopolis, 59, 82. Sinanes, Beglerbeg, occupies Joannina, 157. Sinope, colonists led to Constantinople by Mehemet II, 308. Taken by storm by Mehemet II, 94, 413. Sinopium. See Sinope. Sitanas, a town of Laconia, 159. Smentorovum occupied by Mehemet II, 386. Soliman Siachus, son of Joannes Comnenus, 71. Father of Ertogrulis, ibid. Sophia, daughter of the Marquis of Montferrat, wife of Joannes VI, 110. Repudiated, she returns to her homeland, 122. Sophia, city, 384, 451. Sopholeus, a Cretan shipmaster, 412. Sosan Pasias, Vizier of Mehemet II, 266. Sozopolis, 403. Sparta, handed over to the Romans by the Prince of the Peloponnese, 17. Sold in vain by Theodore Porphyrogenitus to the company of St. John the Baptist, 65. Brought under the power of Mehemet II, 395. Sphentiares, Prince of the Sinopians, defeated by Mehemet II, 413. Spinularum race, 28. Spitalis, a town, 133. Stameruni, 154. Stephanus, Despot of Serbia, 57. He wages war against Bajazet, together with Manuel II and Sigismund, King of Germany, 59. Stephanus Syrphro, author of the separation of the Latin and Greek Churches, 312. Stephanus Alexandrinus, his thesis concerning the Saracen kingdom, 315. Strobolium, a fortress occupied by the Venetians, 450. Stylaria, a town, 159. Surgunides, called colonists in the Turkish language, 308.
T Tartari, 470. Taygetus mountain, 130. Tchoius, an Amira, defeated by Bajazet, 82. CHURCHES OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Church of the Apostles, the patriarchal seat, made by Mehemet II, 207. St. Constantine, 210. St. Demetrius, 251. St. Sophia, 111, 289, 307. Computation of time from the creation of the world up to Constantinople being captured by the Turks, 294, 504. Pirincerius Tentzas, a Catalan, offers his aid to Andronicus II, 29. Teriolum, 146. Earthquakes, 32, 379, 447. Their probable origin, 381. Thasus taken by storm by Manuel II, 96.
A Thebes, occupied by Amurath II, 91. The Delatziolae given by the Latins, 107; their lord, Anthony Comnenus, 159; taken by Turachan, ibid. Themata, concerning the kingdom of the Saracens, 315, 516. Themines, of the descendants of Cedar, 295. Theodora, cousiness of Prince Carolus, wife of the Despot Constantine, 128, 129; her death, 154. Theodore (St.), the hill near Galata, 259. Theodore the Carystian, his post for the defense of Constantinople, 254. Theodosius, Bishop of Monembasia, legate to the Pope, 190. Theodosius, son-in-law of Cyprius and son of Michael, legate sent by Constantine XI to John the Hungarian, 327. Thessalonica, under the power of the Turks, 47; handed over to the Despot Andronicus, 56, 122; sold by the same to the Venetians, 64. Thomais, mother of the venerable Phrantzes, a witness at his baptism, 65; her life, 159. Tityrus, a mountain in Crete, 102. Torment, unusual to the Romans in questions, 9. Trapezuntine kingdom, overturned by Mohammed II, 91. Trapezus, captured by Mohammed II, 313; inhabitants from there led as colonists to Constantinople by the same, 308. Gabriel Tribizanos, prefect of the Venetian ships, what station he held for the defense of Constantinople, 254. Tributes and taxes, various kinds of, 400, 401. Tripe, a Hebrew town, 200. Trype Buna, a town, 388. Troilus, see Paulus. Turachanes, storms the Hexamilium, 117. He forbids Patras to be occupied by the Despot Constantine, 150; destroys the walls of the Isthmus, 157; takes possession of Thebes and Athens, 159, 160; sent by Mohammed II with his sons into the Peloponnese, 235. He captures the Isthmus, ibid. He reduces the Albanians to the dominion of the despots, 385; his death, 386. Turks, begin to harass the Roman provinces in Asia, 23; cross over into Thrace, 28; are repelled by Philes Palaeologus, 30; their kingdom distributed among the satraps, 77; they aid Demetrius the Despot as he besieges Constantinople, 263; they do not use arms, 274. They plunder the Peloponnese, 391. They assist Demetrius the Despot against Thomas, 393. Tzamplaco, assists Thomas the Despot against Demetrius, 393. Tzelepes, author of the Ottomans, 69, 71. Tzeramium, 200.
U Umarus, successor of Abubacar, 503; his deeds, ibid. Umarus the Younger, persecutor of the Christians, 503; his letter to the Emperor Leo the Armenian, ibid.
V Valachi, see Blachi. Varna, the nobility at the defeat of Ladislaus, 91. Vectigalia (taxes) and tributes, various kinds of, 400, 401. Venetians. John V seeks aid from them in vain, 52. They receive Euboea from the Genoese, 107. They hold Crete, purchased and occupied by Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat, ibid. sqq. How John VI was received by them, 181. They refuse to aid Constantinople publicly when besieged by the Turks, 324. They aid the besieged Constantinople with three triremes, 328. They disagree with the Ligurians, 258. They are urged to virtue by Constantine XI, 277; they are the authors of the same to undertake war against the Turks, 293; many are captured and killed by Mohammed II, 293. They take possession of Monembasia and Lemnos, 415. They capture Imbros and Athens, 425; they are defeated by Amurath, ibid. Heirs of Scantaris, Prince of the Albanians, 450. They capture Aenum, 447. They occupy Strobolium, 450. Victorinus, minister of Justinian I, mentioned in a certain inscription, 108.
X Xenus the Hebrew, debates with John VI and Matthew the hieromonk, 165; embraces the Christian religion, 176.
Z Zacynthus, occupied by Mohammed II, 98; afflicted by Saele Apocape, 105. Zagura, 403. Zarnatas, a fortress gifted to the Despot Constantine by his brother Theodore, 151; captured by the Despot Thomas, 390, 391. Zeugalatiis, the Hebrew gate of Patras, 158. Zoe, daughter of Paraspondeli; marries Demetrius the Despot, 161; dies, 191. Zuchasanes, defeats Mohammed II and is defeated by him, 549.