Aetna, mountain in Sicily, III. xiii. 22
Aigan, a Massagete, bodyguard of Belisarius, III,
xi. 7, 9, IV. x. 4;
commander of cavalry, III. xi. 7;
on the right wing at the battle of Tricamarum,
IV. iii. 4;
makes a successful attack upon the Moors
in Byzacium, IV. x. 5;
his force in turn annihilated by the Moors,
IV. x. 6 ff.;
his death, IV. x. 10, xi. 22
Alani, a Gothic people, allies of the Vandals in their
migration,
III. iii. 1;
with the Vandals in Africa, III. v. 18,
19, xxiv. 3;
lose their individuality as a people,
III. v. 21
Alaric, king of the Visigoths, invades Europe, III,
ii, 7;
captures Rome by a trick, III. ii. 14-23;
plunders the city, III. ii. 24;
declares Attalus emperor of the Romans,
III. ii. 28;
marches with Attalus against Ravenna,
III. ii. 29;
opposes sending of commanders to Libya
by Attalus, III. ii. 30;
quarrels with Attalus, and reduces him
from the kingship, III. ii. 36;
dies of disease, III. ii. 37
Alexandria, the home of Calonymus, III. xi. 14
Althias, commander of Roman auxiliaries, III. xi.
6;
on the left wing at the battle of Tricamarum,
IV. iii. 4;
commander of Huns in Numidia, IV. xiii.
2;
his encounter with Iaudas, IV. xiii. 3-16;
his fame from the deed, IV. xiii. 17
Amalasountha, mother of Antalaric;
makes an agreement with Justinian, III.
xiv. 5;
courts his friendship to secure protection,
III. xiv. 6;
appealed to by the Goths in regard to
Lilybaeum, IV. v. 18
Amalafrida, sister of Theoderic;
sought and given in marriage to Trasamundus,
III. viii. 11, 12;
presented with Lilybaeum, III. viii. 13;
put under guard by the Vandals, III. ix.
4
Ammatas, brother of Gelimer;
instructed to prepare to meet the Romans
near Carthage,
III. xvii. 11, xviii. 1;
kills his kinsmen in prison, III. xvii.
12;
his inopportune arrival at Decimum, III.
xviii. 4, 5;
on the day before Easter, III. xxi. 23;
engages with John there and is defeated,
III. xviii. 5, 6;
his death, III. xviii. 6; xix. 30, xx.
6, xxv. 15;
his body found by the Romans, III. xix.
14
Anastasius, emperor of the East, keeps peace with
the Vandals,
III. vii. 26, viii. 14
Ancon, a dungeon in the royal residence in Carthage,
III. xx. 4;
unexpected release of Roman merchants
confined there, III. xx. 5-9
Antaeus, the mythical wrestler, king in Libya, IV. x. 24
Antalas, ruler of the Moors in Byzacium, III. ix.
3, IV. xxv. 2;
remains faithful to the Romans, IV. xii.
30;
becomes hostile to Solomon, IV. xxi. 17;
joins forces with the Leuathae, IV. xxi.
18;
gathers almost all the Moors under him,
IV. xxii. 5;
writes a letter to Justinian, IV. xxii.
6-10;
gathers his army again, IV. xxiii. 1;