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• Al′e-man′ni, the, 336.
• Alexander I., czar, 678; II., 696–699; his assassination, 699; III., 699.
• Alexander the Great, 161–167; division of the Empire of, 170.
• Alexandria, in Egypt, founding of, 163.
• Alexandrian Age in Greek Literature, 201, 202.

Museum and Library, 1 73, 201 ; library destroyed by the Saracens, 397.

• Alexius Com-ne'nus I., Greek emp., 440.
• Alfred the Great, k. of England, 412.
• Alġiērs̝′, 533, n.
• Ali (ä'lee), caliph, 395, 399.
• Äl′lah, 395.
• Al′li-a, battle of, 239, 240.
• Allodial Lands.—Lands held in one's own right, without being subject to any rent or service to a superior. See p. 424.
• Alphabet, origin of, 72; spread of, 72.
• Alsace (äl′säss′), ceded to the German Empire, 691.
• Al′vä, d. of, 565, 566.
• A-ma′sis, k. of Egypt, 33, 110, n.
• Am′a-zons, 186.
• Amboise (ŏnb'wäz'), conspiracy of, 574.
• America, discovery of, by Columbus, 513, 514.
• American colonies (English), separation from England, 632.
• Amerigo Vespucci (ä-mä-ree'go vĕs-poot'chee), 468, n.
• Amiens (am'i-enz; Fr. ä'me'ŏn'), peace of, 674.
• Am′mon, oasis of, 77.

Zeus, 163.

• A-mo′sis, 21.
• Am-phĭc′ty-on-y, the Delphian, 108, 160.
• Amphitheatre, Flavian. See Colosseum.
• Amrou (äm'roo), 397.
• Am′u-noph III., 22.
• Am′u-rath I., 462.
• Am′y-tis, 62.
• A-na′cre-on, 192.
• An′ax-ag′o-ras, 205.
• A-nax′i-man'der, 203.
• An′ax-im'e-nes, 203.
• An-ꞓhi′ses, 96.
• An′cus Mar′ti-us, 225.
• Anglo-Saxons, enter Britain, 344; their conquest of, 375; their conversion, 378–381.
• An-go′ra̭, battle of, 462.
• Angro-M̑ainyus. See Ahriman.
• Anne of Austria, regent, 591.
• Anne, q. of England, reign, 628, 629.
• Annus Mirabilis, 620.
• Anthony, k. of Navarre, 573.
• Antioch, 171 ; captured by the crusaders, 442.
• An-ti′o-chus III., the Great, 171, 172, 268.
• An-tip′a-ter, 174.
• Antiquity of Man, 1.
• An′to-ni′nus Pius, Roman emp., 321. Antony, Mark, his oration at Cæsar's funeral, 299, 300; enters second triumvirate, 301; usurpations of, 301; revels with Cleopatra, 303; flees from Actium, 304; his death, 304.
• Ant′werp, 567.
• A-pel′lēs, 189.
• Ap′en-nines, 222.
• Aph′ro-di′te, 102; statue of, at Cni′-dus, 186.
• A′pis, 29.
• A-poc′ry-pha, the, 69.
• A-pol′lo, 102; oracles of, 104, 106.
• Ap′pi-us Clau′di-us Cæ′cus, 245.
• Ap′pi-us Clau′di-us, the decemvir, 237, 238.
• Appeals, Statute of, 546.
• A-pu′li-a, 222.
• A'quæ Sex′ti-æ, battle of, 279.
• Aqueduct, Claudian, 311.
• Aqueducts, Roman, 352.
• A-qui′nas, Thomas, 471.
• Arabia, 392.
• Arabs, character of, 392; religious condition before Mohammed, 392; spread of their religion and language, 401.
• Ar′a-gon, 498.
• Ar-be′la, battle of, 163, 164.
• Ar-ca′di-a, 87, 97.
• Ar-ca′di-us, Eastern Roman emp., 338.