| Abbasids, 161 ff. |
| Abyssinia, 90, 91, 117, 145. |
| Adrianople, battle of, 18, 39, 45, 53. |
| Aëtius, 52, 58, 59-60. |
| Africa, province of: frontier, 18. | Vandals in, 49-50, 74. | | reconquest of, 97-100. | | Heraclius sails from, 138. | | Islamic conquest of, 154-5. | | Islamic dynasties, 162. |
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| Agriculture, 26, 67, 238, 245-7. |
| Aix, 87, 237-9. |
| Alamans, 17, 38, 47, 64. |
| Alans, 17, 38, 39, 44, 46, 49,51, 59. |
| Alaric, 15, 16, 17, 45-6, 58, 65. |
| Alaric II, 64, 72, 112. |
| Alcuin, 181, 210, 223, 224, 227, 236, 260. |
| Alexandria, 2, 3, 30, 35-6, 87, 90, 154. |
| Amalasuntha, 72, 101. |
| Anastasius, emperor, 23, 36, 69, 77, 83, 84, 101. |
| Anglo-Saxons, 38, 39; invasions, 175, 179-80; kingdoms, 176-7, 180-1;
institutions, 180; architecture, 181-2. |
| Antioch, 2, 3, 30, 33, 34, 87, 15I. |
| Aquitaine, 1, 30, 39, 47, 62, 194, 199- 200, 224, 241. |
| Arabia, 3, 90-1, 116-17, 122-3, 144-6. |
| Arcadius, 14, 58, 61. |
| Arianism, 33, 34, 44, 61, 71, 73-5, 113-
14, 125, 127, 207. |
| Armenia, 18, 62, 88, 121-2, 138, 140, 157, 172. |
| Art: | Celtic, 2, 27, 208. | | Merovingian, 67-8, 88, 205. | | Byzantine, 85-9, 100, 191. | | Gothic, 88. | | Iranian, 88-9. | | Islamic, 170-4. | | Romano-British, 180. | | Anglo-Saxon, 181-2, 236. | | Carolingian, 237-8. | | Summary, 252-4. |
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| Aspar, 61-2. |
| Ataulf, 15, 46, 55. |
| Attila, 51-4, 60. |
| Augustine, 13-14, 16, 32, 251, 262, 263. |
| Augustine of Canterbury, 134, 180-I, 209. |
| Augustus, 1, 6, 121. |
| Aurelian, 7, 8. |
| Ausonius, 30, 31, 33. |
| Austrasia, 194-200. |
| Avars: |
| Baghdad, 162-3, 164, 171. |
| Bavaria, 39, 194, 203, 218, 224, 228, 229, 241. |
| Bede, 210, 235, 236, 261, 262. |
| Belisarius, 21, 97-104, 115, 124. |
| Benedict, 105-6. |
| Benevento, 126, 127, 212, 214-16, 220, 240. |
| Boethius, 71, 78, 136, 262. |
| Bohemia, 187. |
| Boniface, 201, 209-10, 226. |
| Britain, 1, 2, 17, 39, 175-82, 208-9. |
| Brunhilda, 134, 135, 196-7, 201. |
| Bulgarians, 62, 129, 141, 186-7, 192. |
| Burgundians: | on Rhine, 17, 39, 42, 44, 47, 60. | | in Savoy, 63, 70. | | allied with Franks, 72, 75. | | Frankish conquest, 64, 76. | | under Merovings, 193, 194, 196-7. | | independent kingdoms, 241. |
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| Byzantium, see Constantinople. |
| Carolings, 197-202, 217-41. |
| Carthage, 5, 50, 99, 138, 155. |
| Cassiodorus, 70, 72, 105-6, 136. |
| Celtic art, 2, 27; peoples, 39; agriculture, 246-7. |
| Chalcedon: | Council of, 36, 115. | | Persians at, 138-40. | | Saracens at, 157. |
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| Charlemagne, 87, 178, 187, 214, 218;
in Italy, 220-1; coronation, 222-4;
wars, 224-30; government, 230-2;
character, 235; court, 237-9; death, 239; policy, 240-1. |
| Charles Martel, 156, 199-201, 209-10, 226. |
| Chilperic, 196. |
| China, 3, 90, 91, 153, 168, 242, 243. |
| Chosroes, 122-3, 136, 140-1. |
| Chrysostom, 30, 35. |
| Claudian, 18, 32. |
| Clovis, 49, 63-4, 67, 72, 75-6, 193, 201. |
| Codex Justinianus, 110-11. |
| collegia, 27-8, 131. |
| coloni, 26, 66, 104, 127, 131, 204. |
| comitatenses, 19. |
| comitatus, 20, 41-2. |