Death, Gate of, in Byzantium, I. xxiv. 52
Diocletian, Roman emperor, readjusts the Roman boundary
in Aegypt,
I. xix. 29 ff.; builds the
fortress of Philae, I. xix. 34, 35
Diogenes, a guardsman, commander of cavalry, II. xxi. 2, 18, 20
Domentiolus commands a detachment of an army to invade
Persia,
II. xxiv. 15
Dorotheus, a Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. xiii. 21
Dorotheus, general of Armenia, attacks invading Persian
army,
I. xv. 3 ff.; makes a sally from
Satala upon the Persian army, I. xv. 11 ff.
Doubios, district in Persarmenia, II. xxv. 1, 2;
its trade with India, II. xxv. 3; distance from
Theodosiopolis, II. xxv. 1;
Mermeroes stops there with his army II. xxx.
33; priest of, called Catholicos, II. xxv. 4; sent
to urge the Romans to make peace, II. xxiv. 6, 7
Easter, its especial observance by the Christians, I. xviii. 15
Edessa, the centre of so-called Osroene, I. xvii.
24; in Mesopotamia, II. xxiv. 4;
Augustus promises to build a hippodrome in the
city, II. xii. 18; the story of its toparch Augarus,
II. xii. 8 ff.; citizens of, convinced that the city
could not be captured by barbarians,
II. xii. 7, 26, 30; the
letter of Christ to Augarus inscribed on the city wall,
II. xii. 26; given over to the Persians by the son
of Augarus, II. xii. 28; citizens of, destroy the
Persian guards and give back the city to the
Romans, II. xii. 29; citizens
pay Chosroes two centenaria, II. xii. 34; their zeal
to ransom the captives of Antioch frustrated by Bouzes,
II. xiii. 3 ff.;
Cabades desirous of capturing the city, II.
xii. 6, 7, 31, xiii. 8; abandons his purpose upon
reaching it, II. xiii. 9 ff.; attacked by Chosroes,
II. xxvi. 5 ff.; the home of Sergius, II. xxiv. 4
Eirenaeus, Roman general, sent to Lazica, I. xii. 14
Elephantina, city in Aegypt, on the Roman boundary, I. xix. 27; near Philae, I. xix. 34, 35
Endielon, place near Amida, I. vii. 5
Ephraemius, chief priest of Antioch, accused of treason
by
Julian, II. vii. 16; retires to Cilicia, II.
vii. 17
Ephthalitae Huns, called White Huns, their manners
and customs,
I. iii. 1, 2; wage war with
Perozes, I. iii. 1 ff.; entrap the Persian army,
I. iii. 8 ff.; in a second war with Perozes completely
destroy his army, I. iv. 1 ff.; force the Persians
to pay tribute, I. iv. 35; receive Cabades after
his escape from the Prison of Oblivion, I. vi. 10;
Cabades owes their king money, I. vii. 1, 2;
punished for impiety towards Jacobus, the hermit,
I. vii. 8; eight hundred Eph. killed by the Persians,
I. viii. 13
Eruli, accustomed to fight without protective armour
except a shield,
II. xxv. 27, 28; in the
Roman army, II. xxi. 4; in the Roman army at the
battle of Daras, I. xiii. 19, xiv. 33, 39; under
Mundus, I. xxiv. 41; in the army of Valerianus, II.
xxiv. 12; with the army of Martinus, II. xxiv. 14;
follow Peter into Persia, II. xxiv. 18; in the battle
of Anglon, II. xxv. 20 ff.