arms, on the death of his father, ii. 592. Is refused by St. Ambrose th privilege of a church for him and his mother Justina, on account of their Arian principles, iii. 97. His flight from the invasion of Maximus, 103. Is restored by the emperor Theodosius, 119. His character, 119, 120. His death, 121.
Valentinian III. is established emperor of the West, by his cousin Theo- dosius the Younger, iii. 366. Is committed to the guardianship of his mother Placidia, 367. Flies, on the invasion of Italy by Attila, 449. Sends an embassy to Attila to purchase his retreat, 450. Murders the patrician Etius, 454. Ravishes the wife of Petronius Maximus, 456. His death and character, 457.
Valentinians, their confused ideas of the divinity of Jesus Christ, iv. 495, note.
Valeria, empress, widow of Galerius, the unfortunate fate of her and her mother, i. 487, 488.
Valerian is elected censor under the emperor Decius, i. 292. His eleva- tion to the empire, and his character, 297, 298. Is defeated and taken prisoner by Sapor, king of Persia, 316. His treatment, 319, note M. His inconsistent behavior towards the Christians, ii. 52. Vandals and Goths originally one people, i. 285. This opinion contro- verted, 285, 286, note G. Total extirpation of the Vandals, 296, note M. See Goths. Their successes in Spain, iii. 369, 370. Their expedition into Africa under Genseric, 371. They raise a naval force, and invade Italy, 459. Sack of Rome by, 463. Their naval depredations on the coast of the Mediterranean, 486. Their conversion to the Christian religion, 543. Persecution of the Catholics, 549, 550. Expedition of Beli- sarius against Gelimer, iv. 121. Conquest of, 133. Their name and distinction lost in Africa, 140, 249. Remains of their nation still found. in Germany, 140.
Varangians of the north, origin and history of, v. 423. Varchonites, the, subdued by the Turks, iv. 204, note M.
Varronian, the infant son of the emperor Jovian, history of, ii. 524.
Vasag, general of Arsaces Tiranus, flayed by King Sapor, ii. 577, note M. Vataces, John, his long and prosperous reign at Nice, vi. 117–124. His character, 141-158.
Vegetius, his remarks on the degeneracy of the Roman discipline at the time of Theodosius the Great, ii. 129.
Veii, the siege of that city, the era of the Roman army first receiving regular pay, i. 185. Site and ruins of, 186, note M.
Venice, foundation of that republic, iii. 446, 447, note G. Its infant state under the exarchs of Ravenna, iv. 408. Its growth and prosperity at the time of the fourth crusade, vi. 62-64, note M. Alliance with France, 65. Divides the Greek empire with the French, 97.
Veratius, his mode of obeying the law of the twelve tables respecting per- sonal insults, iv. 370.
Verina, empress, the widow of Leo, deposes Zeno, iv. 4. Her turbulent life, 5.
Verona, siege of, by Constantine the Great, i. 478. Battle of, between Stilicho, the Roman general, and Alaric the Goth, iii. 218.
Verres, why his punishment was inadequate to his offences, iv. 375. Vespasian, his prudence in sharing the Imperial dignity with his son Titus, i. 90.
Vestals, Roman, their number and peculiar office, iii. 132.
Vetranio, the Roman general in Illyricum, assumes the purple, and enters into an alliance with the Gaulish usurper Magnentius, ü. 189, 190. Is reduced to abdicate his new dignity, 192.
Victoria exercises the government over the legions and province of Gaul,
Victory, her statue and altar, in the senate house at Rome, described,
iii. 133, 134. The senate petitions the Christian emperors to have it restored, 134.
Vigilantius, the presbyter, is abused by St. Jerom for opposing monkish superstition, iii. 157, note.
Vigilius, interpreter to the embassy from Theodosius the Younger to At- tila, is privy to a scheme for the assassination of Attila, iii. 416. Is de tected by Attila, 416.
purchases the papal chair of Belisarius and his wife, iv. 169. stigates Justinian to resume the conquest of Italy, 265. Vine, its progress, from the time of Homer, i. 65, 66, notes M. and W. Virgil, his fourth eclogue interpreted into a prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, 269, 270. Is the most ancient writer who mentions the man- ufacture of silk, iv. 66.
Vitalian, the Gothic chief, is treacherously murdered at Constantinople,
Vitalianus, prætorian præfect under the emperor Maximin, put to death by order of the senate, i. 207.
Vitellius, emperor, his character, i. 96, note.
Victorinus, successor of Posthumus, i. 348. His death and character, 348. Viterbo, battle of, vi. 448.
Vitiges, general of the barbarians under Theodatus, king of Italy, is by his troops declared king of Italy, iv. 157. He besieges Belisarius in Rome, 159. Is forced to raise the siege, 172, 173. He is besieged by Belisarius in Ravenna, 178. Is taken prisoner in Ravenna, 181. Con- forms to the Athanasian faith, and is honorably settled in Asia, 181, 182. His embassy to Chosroes, king of Persia, 219.
Vitruvius, the architect, his remarks on the buildings of Rome, iii. 265. Vizier, derivation of that appellation, v. 121, note.
Voconian law abolished the right of female inheritance, iv. 361. How evaded, 364.
Voltaire prefers the labarum of Constantine to the angel of Licinius, ii. 263, note. His reflections on the expenses of a siege, iii. 640, note. Vortigern, king of South Britain, his invitation of the Saxons for assist- ance against his enemies, iii. 616, note.
Vouti, emperor of China, his exploits against the Huns, iii. 19.
Walachians, the present, descendants from the Roman settlers in ancient Dacia, i. 342, note.
Wales settled by British refugees from Saxon tyranny, iii. 621, 625. The bards of, 628.
Wallia is chosen king of the Goths, iii. 311. He reduces the barbarous invaders of Spain, 312. Is settled in Aquitain, 312.
Walter the Penniless, a leader in the first crusade, marches through Hun- gary, v. 553, 554.
War and robbery, their difference, v. 88. Evolutions and military exercise of the Greeks, 367. Military character of the Saracens, 370. Of the Franks and Latins, 371.
Warburton, bishop of Gloucester, his literary character, ii. 436, note. His labors to establish the miraculous interruption to Julian's building the temple of Jerusalem, 439, 440, notes, vide notes G. and M.
Warna, battle of, between the sultan Amurath II. and Ladislaus, king of Hungary and Poland, vi. 355.
Werdan, the Greek general, defeated by the Saracens at Aiznadin, v. 194, note M.
Wenck, Mr., German edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by, incomplete, vide Editor's Preface, vol. i. p. xxi. His valu- able notes added to the present edition, and marked W.
arms, on the death of his father, ii. 592. Is refused by St. Ambrose th privilege of a church for him and his mother Justina, on account of their Arian principles, iii. 97. His flight from the invasion of Maximus, 103. Is restored by the emperor Theodosius, 119. His character, 119, 120. His death, 121.
Valentinian III. is established emperor of the West, by his cousin Theo- dosius the Younger, iii. 366. Is committed to the guardianship of his mother Placidia, 367. Flies, on the invasion of Italy by Attila, 449. Sends an embassy to Attila to purchase his retreat, 450. Murders the patrician Etius, 454. Ravishes the wife of Petronius Maximus, 456. His death and character, 457.
Valentinians, their confused ideas of the divinity of Jesus Christ, iv. 495,
Valeria, empress, widow of Galerius, the unfortunate fate of her and her mother, i. 487, 488.
Valerian is elected censor under the emperor Decius, i. 292. His eleva- tion to the empire, and his character, 297, 298. Is defeated and taken prisoner by Sapor, king of Persia, 316. His treatment, 319, note M. His inconsistent behavior towards the Christians, ii. 52. Vandals and Goths originally one people, i. 285. This opinion contro- verted, 285, 286, note G. Total extirpation of the Vandals, 296, note M. See Goths. Their successes in Spain, iii. 369, 370. Their expedition into Africa under Genseric, 371. They raise a naval force, and invade Italy, 459. Sack of Rome by, 463. Their naval depredations on the coast of the Mediterranean, 486. Their conversion to the Christian religion, 543. Persecution of the Catholics, 549, 550. Expedition of Beli- sarius against Gelimer, iv. 121. Conquest of, 133. Their name and distinction lost in Africa, 140, 249. Remains of their nation still found.
in Germany, 140.
Varanes. See Bahram.
Varangians of the north, origin and history of, v. 423.
Varchonites, the, subdued by the Turks, iv. 204, note M.
Varronian, the infant son of the emperor Jovian, history of, ii. 524.
Vasag, general of Arsaces Tiranus, flayed by King Sapor, ii. 577, note M. Vataces, John, his long and prosperous reign at Nice, vi. 117–124. His character, 141-158.
Vegetius, his remarks on the degeneracy of the Roman discipline at the time of Theodosius the Great, ii. 129.
Veii, the siege of that city, the æra of the Roman army first receiving regular pay, i. 185. Site and ruins of, 186, note M.
Venice, foundation of that republic, iii. 446, 447, note G. Its infant_state under the exarchs of Ravenna, iv. 408. Its growth and prosperity at the time of the fourth crusade, vi. 62-64, note M. Alliance with France, 65. Divides the Greek empire with the French, 97.
Veratius, his mode of obeying the law of the twelve tables respecting per- sonal insults, iv. 370.
Verina, empress, the widow of Leo, deposes Zeno, iv. 4. Her turbulent life, 5.
Verona, siege of, by Constantine the Great, i. 478. Battle of, between Stilicho, the Roman general, and Alaric the Goth, iii. 218.
Verres, why his punishment was inadequate to his offences, iv. 375. Vespasian, his prudence in sharing the Imperial dignity with his son Titus, i. 90.
Vestals, Roman, their number and peculiar office, iii. 132.
Vetranio, the Roman general in Illyricum, assumes the purple, and enters into an alliance with the Gaulish usurper Magnentius, ü. 189, 190. Is reduced to abdicate his new dignity, 192.
Victoria exercises the government over the legions and province of Gaul,
Victory, her statue and altar, in the senate house at Rome, described,
iii. 133, 134. The senate petitions the Christian emperors to have it restored, 134.
Vigilantius, the presbyter, is abused by St. Jerom for opposing monkish superstition, iii. 157, note.
Vigilius, interpreter to the embassy from Theodosius the Younger to At- tila, is privy to a scheme for the assassination of Attila, iii. 416. Is de tected by Attila, *416.
purchases the papal chair of Belisarius and his wife, iv. 169. In- stigates Justinian to resume the conquest of Italy, 265.
Vine, its progress, from the time of Homer, i. 65, 66, notes M. and W. Virgil, his fourth eclogue interpreted into a prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, 269, 270. Is the most ancient writer who mentions the man- ufacture of silk, iv. 66.
Vitalian, the Gothic chief, is treacherously murdered at Constantinople, iv. 43.
Vitalianus, prætorian præfect under the emperor Maximin, put to death by order of the senate, i. 207.
Vitellius, emperor, his character, i. 96, note.
Victorinus, successor of Posthumus, i. 348. His death and character, 348. Viterbo, battle of, vi. 448.
Vitiges, general of the barbarians under Theodatus, king of Italy, is by his troops declared king of Italy, iv. 157. He besieges Belisarius in Rome, 159. Is forced to raise the siege, 172, 173. He is besieged by Belisarius in Ravenna, 178. Is taken prisoner in Ravenna, 181. Con- forms to the Athanasian faith, and is honorably settled in Asia, 181, 182. His embassy to Chosroes, king of Persia, 219.
Vitruvius, the architect, his remarks on the buildings of Rome, iii. 265. Vizier, derivation of that appellation, v. 121, note.
Voconian law abolished the right of female inheritance, iv. 361. How evaded, 364.
Voltaire prefers the labarum of Constantine to the angel of Licinius, ii. 263, note. His reflections on the expenses of a siege, iii. 640, note. Vortigern, king of South Britain, his invitation of the Saxons for assist- ance against his enemies, iii. 616, note.
Vouti, emperor of China, his exploits against the Huns, iii. 19.
Walachians, the present, descendants from the Roman settlers in ancient Dacia, i. 342, note.
Wales settled by British refugees from Saxon tyranny, iii. 621, 625. The bards of, 628.
Wallia is chosen king of the Goths, iii. 311. He reduces the barbarous invaders of Spain, 312. Is settled in Aquitain, 312.
Walter the Penniless, a leader in the first crusade, marches through Hun- gary, v. 553, 554.
War and robbery, their difference, v. 88. Evolutions and military exercise of the Greeks, 367. Military character of the Saracens, 370. Of the Franks and Latins, 371.
Warburton, bishop of Gloucester, his literary character, ii. 436, note. His labors to establish the miraculous interruption to Julian's building the temple of Jerusalem, 439, 440, notes, vide notes G. and M.
Warna, battle of, between the sultan Amurath II. and Ladislaus, king of Hungary and Poland, vi. 355.
Werdan, the Greek general, defeated by the Saracens at Aiznadin, v. 194, note M.
Wenck, Mr., German edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by, incomplete, vide Editor's Preface, vol. i. p. xxi. His valu- able notes added to the present edition, and marked W.
arms, on the death of his father, ii. 592. Is refused by St. Ambrose th privilege of a church for him and his mother Justina, on account of their Arian principles, iii. 97. His flight from the invasion of Maximus, 103. Is restored by the emperor Theodosius, 119. His character, 119, 120. His death, 121.
Valentinian III. is established emperor of the West, by his cousin Theo- dosius the Younger, iii. 366. Is committed to the guardianship of his mother Placidia, 367. Flies, on the invasion of Italy by Attila, 449. Sends an embassy to Attila to purchase his retreat, 450. Murders the patrician Etius, 454. Ravishes the wife of Petronius Maximus, 456. His death and character, 457.
Valentinians, their confused ideas of the divinity of Jesus Christ, iv. 495, note.
Valeria, empress, widow of Galerius, the unfortunate fate of her and her mother, i. 487, 488.
Valerian is elected censor under the emperor Decius, i. 292. His eleva- tion to the empire, and his character, 297, 298. Is defeated and taken prisoner by Sapor, king of Persia, 316. His treatment, 319, note M. His inconsistent behavior towards the Christians, ii. 52. Vandals and Goths originally one people, i. 285. This opinion contro- verted, 285, 286, note G. Total extirpation of the Vandals, 296, note M. See Goths. Their successes in Spain, iii. 369, 370. Their expedition into Africa under Genseric, 371. They raise a naval force, and invade Italy, 459. Sack of Rome by, 463. Their naval depredations on the coast of the Mediterranean, 486. Their conversion to the Christian religion, 543. Persecution of the Catholics, 549, 550. Expedition of Beli- sarius against Gelimer, iv. 121. Conquest of, 133. Their name and distinction lost in Africa, 140, 249. Remains of their nation still found. in Germany, 140.
Varangians of the north, origin and history of, v. 423. Varchonites, the, subdued by the Turks, iv. 204, note M.
Varronian, the infant son of the emperor Jovian, history of, ii. 524.
Vasag, general of Arsaces Tiranus, flayed by King Sapor, ii. 577, note M. Vataces, John, his long and prosperous reign at Nice, vi. 117–124. His character, 141-158.
Vegetius, his remarks on the degeneracy of the Roman discipline at the time of Theodosius the Great, ii. 129.
Veii, the siege of that city, the era of the Roman army first receiving regular pay, i. 185. Site and ruins of, 186, note M.
Venice, foundation of that republic, iii. 446, 447, note G. Its infant state under the exarchs of Ravenna, iv. 408. Its growth and prosperity at the time of the fourth crusade, vi. 62-64, note M. Alliance with France, 65. Divides the Greek empire with the French, 97.
Veratius, his mode of obeying the law of the twelve tables respecting per- sonal insults, iv. 370.
Verina, empress, the widow of Leo, deposes Zeno, iv. 4. Her turbulent life, 5.
Verona, siege of, by Constantine the Great, i. 478. Battle of, between Stilicho, the Roman general, and Alaric the Goth, iii. 218.
Verres, why his punishment was inadequate to his offences, iv. 375. Vespasian, his prudence in sharing the Imperial dignity with his son Titus, i. 90.
Vestals, Roman, their number and peculiar office, iii. 132.
Vetranio, the Roman general in Illyricum, assumes the purple, and enters into an alliance with the Gaulish usurper Magnentius, i. 189, 190. Is reduced to abdicate his new dignity, 192.
Victoria exercises the government over the legions and province of Gaul,
Victory, her statue and altar, in the senate house at Rome, described,
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