General Index
I have not included frequently occurring individuals such as Nikephoros II Phokas, Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, Romanos II, et al. and titles such as domestikos.
Achilles
131, 135, 139, 175, 185n198
Africans
37, 69, 107, 137n31, 189
Agelastos, Leo
19, 83
Aleppo
1, 2, 3, 45n136, 79n242, 101, 103, 121n28, 123, 125, 130, 135
Alexander of Nicaea, metropolitan
23, 85
Alexander the Great
128, 131, 135, 175n161
Aloeus
167
Amalek
128, 169
Amantea
107
Anastasia, martyr, church of
115
Anastasios of Herakleia, metropolitan
13
Anatolia
75, 103, 119
Anatolikon
2, 3, 19, 45, 47, 83, 91, 115
Andrassos
1, 2, 77, 99n49
Anoratai
65
Antiochus, monastery of
65, 95, 119
Arabic language
155n96
Argyros, Marianos
7, 35, 77, 82, 89, 111n5
Argyros, Pothos
49, 91
Athenogenes, martyr
51, 93
Basil II, emperor
61, 103, 115, 117
basileopator
109
Bath of Leo VI
45, 47
Belonas, Theodore
33, 47, 89, 91
Bithynia
15n6, 51, 53, 93
booty
47, 49, 77, 91, 99, 101, 103, 115, 117, 121, 123, 167
Boukellarioi
49, 117
Boukoleon
25, 85
Boulevard
57
Bringas, Joseph
2, 3n11, 21, 23n57, 55, 83, 95, 97, 103, 121n27
Broumalia
39
Brutus
175
burial of Phokas
192, 194, 211
Calabria
35, 89, 197
camel meat
130, 141
camp, military
127, 129, 131, 145n54, 169
Cappadocia
1, 2, 77, 99, 105
Carbo
175
Carthage
137
Cassius Dio
124, 131, 151, 177
Chambdan (Sayf al-Dawla)
1, 23n59, 37n105, 43n128, 45, 47, 75, 77, 91, 99, 101, 123, 130, 185n196
Chandax
1, 2, 3, 101, 121, 126, 127, 129, 132, 139n42, 177n167, 183n190, 191n216
Charon
130, 171
Charsianon
107
Charybdis
130, 159
Chaudas (Sayf al-Dawla)
185
chelandia
121, 139n41
Choinos, John
61n190, 119
Chrysostom, John
21, 41
Chrysotriklinos
31, 39, 87
cinnabar
51, 93
comet
49
Constantine, protospatharios, mystikos
21, 23, 85
craftsmen
29, 127, 145
Danielis
107
Daphnopates, Theodore
2, 61, 95
decapitation
127, 129, 131, 149, 194, 197
Delemites
101, 185
Demosthenes
124, 131, 151, 165, 175
Dermokaites, strategos, monk
15
deserters
71, 77, 101, 157n107
Diabolinos, Michael
15, 113
Diogenes, strategos
13, 81
dispatches, military
124, 125, 126
dromon
13, 51, 71, 81, 93, 121, 139n41
eagle
21, 31, 55, 87
Edessa
37n106
elderly, home for
29, 43, 87, 89
emir of Egypt
37
emir of Persia
37
Erotikos, Theophilos
17, 23
Exkoubitoi
49, 91, 115
fish tank
25, 85
funeral, imperial
55, 57, 192, 211n39
George of Pisidia
124, 125, 165n129
Gongylios, Constantine
9, 111
grain shortage
73, 75, 99, 121
Gregory of Nazianzus, relics
115
Gregory, asekretis
23
Gregory, protospatharios and cupbearer
15, 113
Hagar
130
Hector
145
Helena augousta
43, 55, 59, 61, 63, 67, 89, 95, 117
Herakles
53, 167, 175
Hexakionites, Nikephoros
3, 103
Hexamilites, Basil
33
Hiereia palace
89
Hippodrome
3, 35, 47, 65, 91, 101, 103, 121
Holy Apostles
33, 57, 89, 95, 115, 117, 194, 211n40
Homer
124, 126, 127, 128, 131, 135, 137, 141n44, 145, 147n67, 163n121 and 122, 165, 167n134, 171n147 and 148, 185, 187n205
horses
21, 29, 71, 77, 83, 87, 101, 105n70, 145, 169, 171, 187
hospital
27, 87
Hylas
53
iambics
125
Indian woods
39
invective
130
Iron Gate
49, 115
Ishmael
130
jackass
129, 173, 175
judges
25, 27, 87
Justinian the Rhinotmetos
43, 89
Kanikleiou
63, 95, 119
Karamountes (emir ?)
126, 127, 179, 183
Katakalon, Leo
109
katepano
77
Kibyrrhaiotai
33
Kladon, Leo
13, 81
kleisoura
71, 77n231, 99
Kosmas, magistros
19, 83
Kourkouas, John
17, 19, 83
Kourkouas, Romanos
3, 103
Kouroupas (emir of Crete)
73, 99, 101, 123n30, 155n97
Kourtikes, Manuel
7, 9, 13
Krateros, father of Theophano
43, 89
Kurds
101
Kylindros
2, 77n231, 99
Kyzikos
151
Lamis river
19
law
19, 21, 25, 47, 63, 83, 91, 97, 189, 215, 223, 225
Lekapenos, Basil (the Nothos)
2, 19, 23n57, 47, 55, 57, 83, 91, 95, 115
Lekapenos, Constantine
7n4, 11, 13n33, 17
Lekapenos, Michael, rhaiktor
7n6, 11, 103
Lekapenos, Stephen
7n4, 17
likeness (image)
194, 233
lime kilns
145
logographer
124, 165, 175
Logothete “Cycle”
4
Macedonians
35, 69, 71, 181
Maleinos
13n24, 77, 81, 99
manglabites
105
Marina, house of
45
martyrdom
143n51, 192, 194, 207, 211, 225
Mazara
37n101
Mese
57n174
Michael the Amorian
67, 97
Michael, koitonites and overseer
71, 99
Mithridates
151
Mohammad
130, 189
monostrategos
77, 107
Moses
128, 169
Mouseles, Romanos
19, 83
music
41
Myrelaion
11, 67, 81n4, 97, 113n11
myron (see holy oil)
Mysians
53, 93
Naples
23, 35
Nicaea
31, 85, 93
Niketas, protospatharios and jailor
11
Nineteen Couches, hall of
29, 55, 87
Olympos, Mount (Bithynia)
15, 51, 53, 93
oil, holy (myron)
193, 194, 215, 227, 231
omphalion
87
Opsikion
19, 49, 69n214, 83, 117
overshadowing
194, 213
parades
11, 15, 21, 35, 77, 81
Pastilas, Nikephoros
126, 127, 128, 181n183
Peteinos, Basil
8, 9, 11n22, 75, 81, 111, 121
Peter, apostle
141
Peter, hegemon on Mt. Olympos
51, 93
Petrin, Old
43
phalangarchai
177, 179
Philip II of Macedon
128, 151, 175, 177, 189
Phoinikia
147
Phokas, Bardas
1, 3, 9, 23, 45, 47, 67, 85, 89, 91, 97, 105, 107, 109, 111, 115
Phokas, Leo
1, 2, 3, 47, 65, 75, 77, 91, 99, 115, 119
Photios, patrikios
19, 83
Phygela
3, 71, 99, 121
Plato
124, 165
Plutarch
124, 131, 137n32, 151, 175n164, 177, 189n214
polo
13, 65
Polyeuktos, patriarch
21, 67, 83, 97, 115, 119
Pompey
137, 175
Prainetos
51, 93
Praitorion
63
Prietos
51
prisons
25, 63n193, 85
Proikonnesos
11, 113
Prote
11, 17, 81, 111
protostrator
105
Prousa
53
pulleys
145n58
regency council of 963
103n59
Samians
11
Samosata
47, 91
Saronites, Romanos
17, 19, 83
Sayf al-Dawla (see also Chambdan)
1, 37n105, 43n128, 45n136, 101n64, 130, 185n196
Scipio
137
shipbuilding
31
silk
39
similes
125–126
Sisinios, sakellarios, eparch
61, 63, 95, 119
slings
153, 155, 173, 187
Sophia, augousta
63, 95, 119
Stagirite
165
star
49, 51n157, 117, 128, 167, 171, 185
Sthlavesianoi
69, 79
Sulla
137, 151, 175
sword of Mohammad
189
Symeon, patrikios and protoasecretis
2, 4, 31n80, 81, 103, 105
Tarsos
19n50, 33, 130, 191
Tetraconch of St. Paul
29
Thekla
105
Theophanes, patrikios, parakoimomenos
15
Theophano, augousta
43, 61, 89, 95, 103, 117
Theophylaktos, patriarch
15, 21, 29, 83, 87, 113, 115
Thomas the Slav (Morothomas)
67, 97, 119
Thomas, apostle, tomb of
37
Thomas, St, church of
49, 115
Thrace
77, 107, 115
Thrakesion
19, 49, 83, 109, 117
toparchai
177
Tournikioi
11
trebuchets (see slings)
triklinos
43, 89
Trikumbalon
13
tropike (arcade)
13
Troy
139, 167n134
tunic (burda) of Mohammad
187
Turks (Magyars)
49, 77, 91
Tzimiskes, John
47n147, 59n180, 103, 211n39
Xenophon
124, 131, 151
Xerxes
165, 175
Zaoutzes, Stylianos
109
Zeus
187
Zonaras, thief
17