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I.

Ibis, the sacred bird of the Egyptians, 311

Ichneumon, an Egyptian reptile, 310

Iconium, a town in Pisidia, 5

Icosium, a town in Mauritania, 529

Idmon, an augur, 290

Igilgitanum, part of the coast of Mauritania, so called from the town Igilgili (Iijeli), 526

Igmazen, king of Mauritania, 535

Ilus, son of Troas, 296

Imbros, an island off the coast of Thrace, 286

Immo, a Roman count, 261

Ingenuus, a rebel, 274

Innocentius, 121

Iphicles, a philosopher, envoy from Epirus, 561

Iris, a river flowing into the Euxine, 289

Isaflenses, a people of Africa, 534

Isauria, a province of Asia Minor, 6

Isaurians, rebellion of the, 5; they besiege Seleucia, 8; compelled by Nebridius to disperse, 10

Isocrates, 570

Izala, a mountain in Mesopotamia, 173

J.

Jacobus, treasurer of the commander of the cavalry, 200

Januarius, a relation of the Emperor Julian, 406

Jasonium, a mountain in Media, 339

Jaxamatæ, a Scythian tribe, 291

Jaxartæ and Jaxartes, a people and river of Scythia, 341

Jazyges, a people on the Palus Mæotis, 291

Jerusalem, the temple of, 317

Jews, 283

Jovian, chief officer of the guard, 276; son of Varronianus, 388; elected emperor after Julian, 388; his treaty with Sapor, 393; advances to Hatra, 395; his severity, 399; visits Tarsus, 402; dies suddenly at Dadastana, 403; his character, 405; his body brought to Constantinople, 406

Jovianus, a secretary, 361, 398, 417

Jovinianus, a Persian satrap, 175

Jovinus, master of the horse, 256, 261, 279, 396; commander of the forces in Gaul, 414; his vigour, 436; defeats the Germans, 458; his execution, 501

Jovius, a quæstor, 256, 294

Juba, king of Mauritania, 308

Jubileni, an African tribe, 535

Julian, son of Constantius and Basilina, 383; born at Constantinople, 295; educated by Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, 295; protected by Queen Eusebia, 48; is invested with the title of Cæsar, 69; married to Helena, 71; made consul, 83; marches against the Allemanni, 85; temperate habits, 89; his moderation, 91; plots against, 93; second consulship, 104; his first campaign, 105; his prudence, 107; his speech to his soldiers, 109; the Allemanni sue for peace, 126; fixes his winter residence at Paris, 128; attacks the Chamavi, 141; military sedition, 142; he crosses the Rhine, 163; Constantius grows jealous of him, 216; saluted as emperor, 219; his dream, 223; his letters to Constantius, 229; elected emperor by the army, 234; crosses the Rhine, and attacks the Attuarii, 235; death of his wife Helena, 244; pretended adherence to Christianity, 246; defeats the Allemanni, 249; speech to his soldiers, 250; enters Sirmium, 257; his letter to the senate, 259; besieges Aquileia, 261; his march through France, 267; hears of the death of Constantius, and enters Constantinople, 278; his severities, 279; reforms the imperial palace, 281; openly professes paganism, 283; sets out for Antioch, 295; visits the ancient temple of Cybele at Pessinus, and offers sacrifices, 296; winters at Antioch, 298; forbids the masters of rhetoric to instruct Christians, 299; prepares for an expedition against the Persians, 302; orders the church at Antioch to be closed, 304; writes his 'Misopogon,' 305; marches into Mesopotamia, and arrives at Carrhæ, 320; addresses his army, 328; invades Assyria, 347; captures and burns Pirisabora, 353; addresses the army, 354; his continence, 368; his sacrifice to Mars, 369; storms Maogamalcha, 357-362; burns all his ships except twelve, 370; his self-denial, 377; alarmed by prodigies, 377; wounded in fighting with the Persians, 379; his dying speech, 381; death, 383; his character, 383-386; his personal appearance, 387

Julian, uncle of the emperor, 317

Juliers (Juliacum Francorum), 127

Julius, a count commanding the army in Thrace, 422, 623

Justina, wife of Valentinian, 575; sister of Cerealis, 482

Juvenal, 488

Juventius Siscianus, the quæstor, 413; made prefect of the city, 441

K.

Kellen (Triæsinæ), a town in Germany, 161