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Ibbas, General of Theodoric in Gaul (perhaps the person to whom iv. 17 is addressed), 253.

Ides of June (June 13th), sailors and ships to meet at Ravenna on, v. 19, 20; eighth day before (June 6th), Goths to come to Ravenna for their largesse upon, v. 26.

ILLUSTRATUS VACANS, FORMULA OF, vi. 11.

Illustres, highest class of Ministers; who belonged to it? 86-90; was an Illustris once, always an Illustris? 89; were the Consuls Illustres? 90.

Illyricum, alleged loss of, under Placidia, xi. 1.

Imperium, used of the Gothic kingdom, xii. 28.

Importunus, Illustris and Consul (509), accused of assaulting the Green party at the Circus, i. 27.

Importunus, Vir Illustris and Patrician, Consul (509), descended from the Decii, iii. 5; incident of the recitation of Lay of the Decii, iii. 5.

Indictions, mode of reckoning by, 123-125; remission of taxes at, i. 16.

Indulgentia, an amnesty to prisoners, xi. 40.

Inquilina persists in harassing Benatus with litigation, iv. 37.

Interpretium not to be exacted from Apulian corn-merchants, ii. 26.

Intestate property of widow claimed by the State, v. 24 (_see_ also vi. 8); property of an African claimed by a fellow-countryman, xii. 9.

Iron, mines of, in Dalmatia, iii. 25; praises of, iii. 25.

Istria, Province of, large harvests of wine, oil, and corn in, xii. 22; extraordinary requisition from, xii. 22; plentiful yield of wine in, xii. 26.

Italy, ought to enjoy her own products, ii. 12; western coast of, exports corn to Gaul, iv. 5.

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Januarius, Secretary of Joannes, iv. 32.

Januarius, Assessor of taxes, iv. 38.

Jews, of Genoa, permitted to rebuild but not enlarge their synagogue, ii. 27; their privileges confirmed, iv. 33; synagogue of, at Rome, burned by the mob, iv. 43; Christian servants of, punished for murdering their masters, iv. 43; of Milan, protected from molestation, v. 37.

Joanna, widow of Andreas, intestacy of, v. 24.

Joannes, Vir Spectabilis, Referendarius, receives gift of property at Castrum Lucullanum from Tulum, confirmed by Athalaric, viii. 25.

Joannes, Cancellarius (533-534), xi. 6; appointed Praerogativarius, xi. 27.

Joannes, mortgagee of property of Tupha, iv. 32.

Joannes, Vir Clarissimus, Arcarius (perhaps same as preceding), pays off the debt of his father-in-law Thomas, and takes his property in Apulia, v. 6, 7.

Joannes, Arch-Physician, unjust judgment against, reversed, iv. 41.

John II, Pope (Jan. 1, 533--May 27, 535), letter to, against simony at Papal elections, ix. 15; report from, as to imprisonment of Roman citizens, ix. 17; Cassiodorus sends greeting to, on his promotion, xi. 2.

John complains that the Bishop of Salona has taken 60 tuns of oil from him, iii. 7.

John, Spectabilis, ordered to enquire into abuses connected with aqueducts of Rome, iii. 31.

Jordanes, relation of his book 'De Rebus Geticis' to the Gothic History of Cassiodorus, 34; his quotations from Symmachus' History, 78; as to 'Capillati' among the Getae, 260 _n_; as to Goths by the Baltic Sea, 266; as to threatened war between Goths and Franks, 402.

Joseph, the Patriarch, office of Praetorian Praefect derived from, vi. 3; alluded to, x. 27; precautions of, against Egyptian famine, xii. 25; his bargain with the starving Egyptians criticised, xii. 28.

Jovinus banished to the Lipari Islands for murder of a fellow-curial, iii. 47.

Judges to visit each town once in the year, and not to claim more than three days' maintenance, v. 14.

Julianus complains of injuries received from the servants of Bishop Aurigenes, iii. 14.

Julian, Count and Illustris, Tata is ordered to conduct recruits to, v. 23.

Justin, Emperor (518-527), Athalaric announces his accession to, viii. 1.

Justinian, Emperor (527-566), his negotiations with Amalasuentha, 43; with Theodahad, 46, 47; Amalasuentha announces her son's death and the association of Theodahad to, x. 1, 2; present of marbles from Amalasuentha to, x. 8, 9; letters of Theodahad to, x. 15, 19, 22, 25, 26; letter of Gudelina to, x. 24; letter of Witigis to, x. 32; his interference on bt half of a heavily taxed monastery, x. 26; on behalf of Veranilda, a Catholic convert, x. 26; petition of Senate to, xi. 13.