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  Fishbourne, palace, 36

  Flavianus, Nicomachus, son-in-law of Symmachus, 217

  Fliehburgen (refuge centres), 410, 414

  Florence, siege, 205

  food supplies: African, 15, 273, 275, 276, 277, 292, 296; for Goths, 163, 172; grain for Rome, 15, 218, 273, 275, 289–90, 292; Hunnic army, 341

  forts, 172

  Fortunatus, Venantius, 441

  Franks: classes of society, 94–5; defeat (428), 261; forces, 446; in Gaul, 418, 446; hairstyles, 89; kingdom, 452; laws, 431; leadership, 336, 394, 418; raids, 281; relationship with Alamanni, 84; relationship with Romans, 394, 416, 452; relationship with Vandals, 264; Roman campaigns against, 285, 288; rulers, 89, 94; Salian, 416, 425; territories, 81, 84, 86, 283, 363, 418; treaty with Constantine III, 211; unification, 453; unrest, 263

  Fredibald, king of the Siling Vandals, 264

  freeman class, 94–5, 96

  Frigidus, battle of the river, 212, 213

  Fritigern, leader of Tervingi: dinner party with Lupicinus, 164–5, 167; Hadrianople battle, 177–9; invasion of Macedonia and Thessaly, 184; leadership, 145, 182–3, 185, 213; peace overtures, 179, 182–3, 185, 213; seeking asylum at Danube, 152, 154; strategy, 172, 173, 184

  Fulvius, marriage of, 136

  Gainas, general, 214–15, 216

  Galatia, 190

  Galerius, emperor, 65

  Galla Placidia, sister of Honorius, wife of Athaulf, wife of Flavius Constantius: capture by Goths, 191, 239; children, 240, 251; exile, 259, 265; marriage to Athaulf, 239–40, 292, 335; marriage to Constantius, 251, 255, 257; rank of Augusta, 258; regency, 260–1, 370; return to Rome, 241; son’s accession, 259–60

  Gallaecia, province, 208, 241, 265, 288, 344

  Gallia Belgica, province, 113

  Gallia Narbonensis, province, 9, 36–7

  Gallienus, emperor, 65

  Gallus, nephew of Constantius II, 24, 130

  garrison troops: disbanding, 412; eastern empire, 385, 387; limitanei, 62, 63; in Noricum, 409; regraded, 247, 434; relationship with Goths, 211–12; role, 172, 199, 447; training, 172

  Gaudentius, father of Flavius Constantius, 281

  Gaudentius, son of Aetius, 289, 372, 379

  Gaul: Aetius’ campaigns, 286, 287; after Roman rule, 437–8; Alans in, 208, 221, 287, 434; army, 382; Burgundians in, 348, 382, 394, 396, 417–18 (map), 424; Caesar’s wars, 7–8, 12–13; council, 250; Franks in, 418, 446; Gothic presence, 250; Hunnic attack, 335–6, 337–9, 343; invasion (406), 194, 206–9; landowners, 382, 395, 419–23, 435, 438; regime (259), 66; revolt (69), 45; Rhine invaders in, 207 (map); Roman forces, 447; Roman losses, 245–6, 247; Suevi in, 208, 221, 434; Vandals in, 208, 221, 434; Visigothic rebellion, 287–8; Visigoths in, 348, 415–17, 418–23, 424, 446

  Geiseric, king of Vandal-Alan coalition: accession, 266; Aetius’ campaign against, 285–6; appearance and character, 266, 398; attacks on Sicily, 290, 395; capture of Carthage, 288–9, 295, 344; conquest of North Africa, 288–9, 298; defeat of Roman fleet, 403, 404, 406; invasion of Italy, 378–9; invasion of North Africa, 267–72, 281; peace treaty (435), 286, 388; peace treaty (442), 292–3; political strategy, 396, 425; relationship with Attila, 336; sack of Rome (455), 379, 382, 395, 396; Spanish raid (461), 399; status of client king, 292

  Georgia, 73

  Gepids, 330, 354–5, 357, 358, 363

  Germani, Germania, Germanic: burials, 88–90, 94, 332, 364–5, 454; cities, 302–3; confederations of the fourth century, 81 (map); cultures, 56–8, 200; in early Roman period, 50–1 (map); economy, 67, 89, 91, 93, 456; elite in fourth century, 90–1; languages, 48, 53, 78, 84, 263, 265, 329; limits of Roman expansion, 55–8, 67; literacy, 49; migrations, 201–2, 204–5; political units, 54, 67, 451, 454–5; raids, 451; relationship with Roman empire, 455, 457–9; religion, 75–6, 92–3, 96; threat to Rome, 97–8; warfare, 54, 67

  Germania Inferior, province, 113

  Germanicus Caesar, 46, 55

  Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, 345

  Germanus, general, 290

  Germany, 9, 46–7, 52

  Gerontius, general, 237, 238, 256

  Gesimund, brother of Thorismund, 357

  Getica, see Jordanes

  Gibbon, Edward: on Attila, 300; on Christianity, 14, 119, 121, 122–3, 443; on corruption, 101; on eastern empire, 431; on fall of Roman empire, x, 443

  Gildas, chronicler, 346–7

  Gildo, commander in North Africa, 217, 218

  Glabrio Faustus, praetorian prefect, 124

  gladius (sword), 7

  glass, 88

  Glycerius, emperor, 426

  Goffart, Walter, 424

  gold: crown gold for emperor, 22; grave goods, 332, 364–5, 454; taxation and confiscations, 399–400; tribute, 301, 304, 307–8, 312, 327, 360, 368, 388, 454

  Gordian, emperor, 58–9, 63

  Gothic language, 76, 77

  Goths: Alaric’s leadership, 211–16, 237–8, 265, 453, 454; Amal-led, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358–9, 363, 367, 368, 369, 388; Ammianus’ account, 151–3; in Aquitaine, 242, 263, 265, 451; Athaulf’s, 238–41; classes of society, 94; conflict with Sciri, 368–9; conflict with Valens (365–9), 73–5; culture, 200; drinking, 75, 422–3; forces, 446; in Gaul, 303; groups, 352–3, 356; invasion of Italy under Radagaisus, 194–8, 205–6, 451; migrations, 98, 151–4; peace treaty (332), 73; peace treaty (369), 72–3, 75–6; peace treaty (382), 184–5, 211, 212, 213; peace treaty (418), 263; refugees, 145–6, 151–4, 158–64, 169, 436; relationship with Huns, 195, 327, 329–30, 352, 356; relationship with Romans, 80, 190, 241–3, 451; revolts, 212–14; Roman prisoners, 77; in Spain, 241–2; support for Jovinus, 237–8; in Thrace, 353, 388; unification, 213; war with Roman empire (377–382), 167–9 (map), 188; see also Greuthungi, Ostrogoths, Tervingi, Visigoths

  Gratian, emperor: appointment of Theodosius, 187; conflict with Goths, 175, 177–8, 181, 185; defeat of Lentienses, 177, 178; education, 36; encounter with Alans, 195–6; forces, 181; relationship with Valens, 163, 176–8, 181, 196

  Gratian, usurper, 209

  grave goods: Danubian style, 332, 364–5; Germanic burials, 88–90, 94, 332, 364–5, 454, 455; Sarmatian, 98

  Great Eurasian Steppe: geography, 146–7, 194; Hunnic migration, 328; Hunnic presence, 149–50, 158; population movements, 450

  Great Hungarian Plain: armed groups, 358; cemeteries, 330–1; grazing, 328; Hunnic presence, 203, 204, 351, 367, 433; Sarmatian presence, 450

  Greece: Gothic invasion, 214; rural prosperity, 113

  Greek language, 77, 78, 80, 117, 440

  Gregory, bishop of Tours, 206, 264, 282, 453

  Gregory Nazianzus, 133

  Gregory of Nyssa, 133

  Greuthungi: conflict with Huns, 151, 329; Danube asylum seekers, 145, 152, 158, 162, 213, 361, 433; Danube crossing, 164; defeated by Gratian, 183; flight from Huns, 152, 153, 158, 361, 433; forces, 445; Hadrianople battle, 179; leadership, 151, 154, 213; relationship with Romans, 162; relationship with Tervingi, 164, 167, 213, 451, 453; territory, 145; in Thrace (376), 194; treaty (382), 213; war with Rome, 171, 179, 183; see also Goths, Tervingi

  Gunderic, king of the Hasding Vandals, 264, 265, 266

  Gundioc, king of Burgundians, 426

  Gundobad, king of the Burgundians, 425–6 Guptas, 150

  Hadrianople: battle, ix, 167, 178–81, 183, 190, 249, 329, 384; city, 172, 177, 310

  Hadrian’s Wall, 13, 40, 44, 106

  Haemus mountains: geography, 168, 170; Gothic presence, 172, 173–5, 177–8, 185; Hunnic presence, 308, 311; Roman presence, 174–5, 176, 195, 311

  hairstyles, 88–9, 149

  Hasding Vandals: alliances, 206, 264–5, 452, 453, 454; language, 263; origins, 263; Rhine crossing (406), 194, 206; in Spain, 241, 243, 244, 264

  Hatra, city, 60

  Helion, master of offices, 259, 260

  Helpidius, praetorian prefect, 116

  Hephthalite Huns, 150

  Heracleia, city, 310

  Heraclianus, general, 256–
7

  Heraclius, general, 400

  Heraclius, head of emperor’s household, 372–3

  Herculianus, senator, 335

  Hereka, wife of Attila, 314, 318

  Hermann the German, see Arminius

  Hermenduri, 54, 93

  Hermeric, king of the Suevi, 265

  Hermopolis, 104

  Hernac, son of Attila, 354, 359–60

  Heruli, 330, 355, 367, 413, 414, 445

  Hippo Regius, city, 267, 269–70, 271, 272

  honorati (imperial bureaucrats), 116

  Honoria, Iusta Grata, daughter of Galla Placidia, 251, 335–6, 370

  Honorius, emperor: accession, 205, 216–17; army, 247; British policy, 245, 345; British revolt, 209, 210; Constantine III’s threat, 236, 237; court, 234; death, 258, 259, 266; Gothic policy, 225–7, 229, 248, 255–6, 378; Gothic sack of Rome, 191, 227, 229; marriages, 257; reign, 305; relationship with Constantinople, 243, 388; relationship with Constantius, 251, 253, 256; relationship with Huns, 244; relationship with Stilicho, 205, 210, 216–18, 222–3, 252–3; sister, 191, 239, 240, 251; succession, 251; taxation, 246

  Hormidac, Hunnic leader, 368, 388

  horses, 71, 105, 155, 157, 328

  hostages, 67, 75, 83, 162, 281, 292

  Hsien-Pi, 148–9

  Hsiung-Nu, 148–9, 303

  Huneric, son of Geiseric, king of Vandal-Alan coalition, 292, 293, 371, 395–6, 425

  Hungarian steppe, see Great Hungarian Steppe

  Hunimund, Gothic ruler, 357

  Huns: arrival (376), 151, 204–5; burials, 203, 301, 331–2; comparison with Romans, 138–9; court of Attila, 317–19, 325; crisis (405–8), 204–5; embassies to, 203, 313–23, 324–5, 333–4; embassies to Constantinople, 314, 323–4; empire, 329–32 (map), 360–6; fall of empire, 351–60, 363, 366, 427, 435; horses, 328; impact on Alans, 190; impact in Black Sea region, 152 (map); impact on Goths, 151–3, 166, 170, 204; impact on Roman empire, 146, 166, 343–8, 433–4, 435, 445, 450, 454–5, 459; invasions, 298–9, 301–4, 307–12, 333, 335–42, 356, 433–4; leadership, 300, 308, 325–6, 356, 365, 366; mercenary service, 327; migration, 149–50, 450; military strength, 154–5, 332; nomadism, 147–8, 326; origins, 146–9; peace treaty (442/3), 307–8; peace treaty (447), 312; raid (395), 202, 387; relationship with Aetius, 259, 261, 262, 281, 286–8, 303, 327, 330, 343, 374, 378, 435; relationship with Alans, 151, 155, 190, 195–6, 330; relationship with Constantinople, 300–1, 323–4, 333–4, 336; relationship with Goths, 175, 327, 329–30, 352, 356; siege warfare, 301–3; sources, 304–6, 307, 351–4, 356; territory, 202–3, 286–7; territory in 465, 355 (map); trade, 326–7; tribute, 301, 304, 307–8, 327–8, 360, 366, 368; Uldin’s invasion, 196, 202, 204; wealth, 364–5, 366; weapons, 155–8; western campaigns, 338 (map)

  Hunt, A. S., 104

  Hydatius, bishop and chronicler: on Aetius, 288; on Bagaudae, 282; on Burgundian losses, 287; on Gotho-Roman campaigns, 241–2, 265–6; on Huns, 340–1; on Rhine invaders in Spain, 208, 264; on Vitus’ campaign, 345

  Hypatius, saint, 309–10

  Iberia, 161, see also Spain

  Illyrian language, 407

  Illyricum: army in, 382, 411, 447; control of, 219; Goths in, 219, 220

  immigrants, Roman policy, 159–60, 204

  Indus, river, 59

  Indutiomarus, leader of Treveri, 3, 13, 22, 38

  Inobindus, general, 290

  inscriptions, decline in number, 111, 115

  invaders, numbers, 445–6

  Iol Caesarea, tribal centre, 279

  Ioviacum, destruction, 414

  Iranian language, 49, 68, 147, 265, 329, 330

  Iron Gates, 170, 435

  iron production, 87–8

  irrigation, 278

  Isauria, bandits, 134

  Islam, rise of, 431

  Italy: departure of Huns (425), 286; economic decline, 114; Gothic invasions, 246, 434; Hunnic invasion, 339–41, 343; landowners, 382, 438; Odovacar’s regime, 428–30; Radagaisus’ invasion, 194, 197, 205–6, 433, 445, 451; revenue from, 406; Roman army, 382, 447; Roman control, 426; taxation, 246

  Iuthungi, 285

  Jastorf culture, 56–8, 93

  Jerome, St, 191, 195, 198, 229, 232, 239

  John, general, 405

  John, usurper, 259–60, 261, 266, 281, 286, 374

  John of Antioch, 372

  Jones, A. H. M., 14, 444

  Jordanes, historian: on Attila, 319, 342; on Bigelis, 368; career, 351–2; on Geiseric, 266; Getica, 266, 351, 352–6, 358–9, 416; historical perspective, 352–6, 358–9; on Hun army, 337

  Jovian, emperor: accession, 29, 70–1; peace treaty with Persia, 70–1, 73, 293, 386; rule, 24; son, 28, 258; successor, 28

  Jovinus, usurper, 237–8, 241, 254

  Jovius, praetorian prefect, 225, 255–6

  Julian, emperor: conduct as emperor, 252; death, 70; defeat of Persian expedition, 70, 386; relationship with Alamanni, 455–6, 458; religion, 127; rule, 24, 127, 130, 253, 385; Strasbourg battle, ix, 82, 85, 92, 458; uncle, 73

  Julius Caesar: African campaigns, 275; Alesia siege, 7–8; campaigns in Gaul, 8, 9, 12–13, 54, 55; career, 22–3, 26–7; death, 27; Gallic War, 56; literary skills, 20; reputation, 5; response to Germanic revolt, 4; winter quarters, 3

  Justinian I, emperor, 400, 431

  Jutland, sacrificial goods, 91–2

  Kalkriese Berg, 47

  Kamenka-Antechrak, villa, 91

  kings, 95–6

  Komarov, glass foundry, 88

  Kossinna, Gustav, 52–3, 57

  Kostrewszki, Vladimir, 53

  Kouridachus, king of the Akatziri, 325, 360–1

  La Tène culture, 56–8

  Lampadius, senator, 221

  Lampridius, acquaintance of Sidonius, 423

  landowners: activities, 138; in Africa, 293–4, 429; careers, 111, 117–18, 133; confiscations, 139, 293–4, 428–9; curials, 111, 117, 133; defences, 449; education, 132–3; estate management, 135–6, 189; in Gaul, 382, 395, 419–23, 438; houses, 137, 189; impact of Hunnic invasions, 343; in Italy, 382; labour force, 114, 118; letter writings, 138; lifestyles, 134–8, 140, 262; loyalty to Roman state, 140, 422, 434–5; marriage settlements, 136; numbers, 133, 138; property law, 139; property qualification, 132; relationship with barbarians, 249–50; rights of, 138–9; taxation, 136–7, 140, 297; wealth, 132–3, 134–5; wills, 136

  languages: Celtic and Germanic, 49, 53; Indo- European, 53; nomadic groups, 147–8; Rhine invaders, 263; Romance and Germanic, 48

  Latin language: in Gaul, 36–7; in Germania, 48; Sidonius’ style, 376; social role, 17–18, 36, 44, 439, 440; traditional Roman education, 17–19, 117, 376, 439, 440; Ulfilas, 77, 80

  Latin rights, 111, 115, 439

  Lauriacum: defences, 411; legionary base, 409, 411; refugee settlers, 414

  Lavant-Kirchbichl, refuge centre, 410

  law: Burgundian, 423, 431; education in, 133; emperor’s role, 24; enforcement, 439; Frankish, 431; in Germanic kingdoms, 96; jurisconsults, 24; on labour, 114; legal innovation, 24; on military readiness, 308, 315; Ostrogothic, 431; on property, 138–9; religious, 125; Theodosian Code, 128–32; town constitutions, 39; Visigothic, 431

  Lentia, legionary base, 409

  Lentienses, 177

  Leo I, emperor: accession, 393; African policy, 399, 400, 406, 426–7; death, 406; nomination of Anthemius, 392; recognition of Majorian, 391

  Leo VI, emperor, 305

  Leo I, pope, 340

  Leo of Narbonne, poet and lawyer, 421, 423

  Leontius, steward to Placidia, 258

  Lepcis Magna, town, 100–1, 103–4, 254, 275, 276

  letter writing, 19–20

  Lex Irnitana, 39

  Libanius, rhetor, 102, 116–17

  Liberius, senator, 428

  Libius Severus, emperor, 391–2, 393

  liburnarii (river police), 409

  Libya: Roman defences, 387; rural prosperity, 113

  Licinia, Eudoxia, daughter of The
odosius II, 260

  Licinius, emperor, 130

  Life of St Germanus, 346

  Life of Severinus, 409–14, 415

  Limes Transalutanus, 152

  Limigantes, 159–61

  limitanei (frontier garrison troops), 62, 63, 308, 385, 409, 447, see also garrison troops

  literacy, 49, 56, 80, 441

  Livy, historian, 228, 230

  Loire, river, 416, 418, 438

  Lombards, 94, 95

  Lucius Verus, emperor, 30

  Lupicinus, comes Thraciae, 159, 161, 164–7, 172, 174

  Lusitania, province, 208, 209, 344

  Lyon: capture, 394; Majorian’s visit, 397

  Macedonia: Gothic settlement, 185, 215, 220; government, 44; invasion of Tervingi, 184; Roman conquest, 8, 169; Roman life, 171; Stilicho’s aims, 219, 220; Theodosius’ campaign, 187–8

  Macedonian plain, 168

  Macrianus, over-king of Alamanni, 83, 86, 459

  Maenchen-Helfen, Otto J., 307

  Magdalensburg, royal residence, 408

  Maghreb, 274–5

  Magnentius, usurper, 303

  Magnus Maximus, usurper, 212, 254

  Magyars, 148, 150

  Mainz, sack, 206

  Majorian, emperor, 379, 384, 390–5, 397–9, 400, 402

  Mama, Hunnic fugitive, 321, 326

  maps, 272

  Maratacupreni, bandits, 134

  marble, 121, 137

  Marcella, Christian lady, 227

  Marcellinus, count, 391, 393, 399, 400, 426

  Marcellus, emperor, 253

  Marcian, emperor, 157, 341, 369, 371, 391

  Marcianople: fall, 310; garrison, 174; Gothic camp, 159, 163, 167; Gothic presence near, 171, 172; regional headquarters, 159, 170, 309

  Marcomanni, ix, 81, 97–8, 195

  Marcomannic war, 98, 408

  Marcus, usurper, 209

  Marcus Aurelius, emperor, ix, 15

  Margus, city: bishop, 301; Hun control, 301, 304; meeting, 300–1; site, 203

  Maria, daughter of Stilicho, wife of Honorius, 218

  Maria, exile, 294

  Maroboduus, Germanic leader, 54

  marriage settlements, 136

  Marseille, Visigothic control, 416

  Mascezel, brother of Gildo, 218

  Mauretania: control of, 382; imperial expedition plans, 399

  Mauretania Caesarensis, province, 292, 295

  Mauretania Sitifensis, province, 275, 292, 295, 296, 298

  Mauretania Tingitana, province, 270, 271–2, 275

 

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