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- Twelve tables of Roman law, 236, 237.
- Tyburn, 618.
- Ty′phon. See Set.
- Tyrants, Greek, 109, no. Tyre, captured by Nebuchadnezzar, 59; history of, 70, 71; siege of, by Alexander, 163.
- Tyr-tæ′us, 1 16, 117.
- Tzar. See Czar.
- Ul′fi-las, 377.
- Ulm (Ger. o͝om), battle of, 677.
- U-lys′ses. See Odysseus.
- Um′bri-a, 222.
- Uniformity, acts to secure, 551; act of, 555, 556.
- Union, Customs, 701.
- Universities, in the Middle Ages, 472.
- Ur, of the Ꞓhaldees, 63.
- U′ti-ca, 72.
- Utrecht (u′trĕkt), union of, 567; treaty of, 597.
- Va′lens, Roman emp., 335, 336.
- Val′en-tin′i-an, Roman emp., 335, 336.
- Valerian, Roman emp., 328, n.
- Va-le′ri-us, Pub′li-us, 232.
- Valmy, battle of, 657.
- Valois (väl′wä′), house of, 494, n.; history of France under Valois sovereigns, 494–496.
- Valois .Orleans, house of, 572, n.
- Vandals, establish kingdom in North Africa, 344; sack Rome, 346; conversion of, 378.
- Va′rus, defeated by Hermann, 308.
- Vasco da Gama (väs'ko dä gä'ma), 514, 515
- Vassey, massacre of, 574.
- Vat′i-can, council of the, 714.
- Vaudois (vo-dwä′), 533.
- Ve′das, 9.
- Veii (ve′yi), siege of, 238, 239.
- Vendee (von'dā́), 658.
- Vendidad, the, 83.
- Ven′e-ti, the, 346.
- Ve-ne′ti-a, 222.
- Venice, takes part in the fourth crusade, 446; general sketch of its history, 466, 467; becomes part of the kingdom of Italy, 713.
- Ver-cel′læ, battle of, 279.
- Ver′cin-get′o-rix, 292.
- Ver′dūn′, treaty of, 408.
- Ve-ro′na, battle at, 339.
- Ver′rēs, abuses of, 286, 287.
- Versailles (ver-sālz′), 648.
- Vespasian (ve̯s-pa'zhi-an), Roman emp., 314, 315.
- Ves′ta, the worship of, 228.
- Victor Emmanuel I., k. of Sardinia, 709; II., 711; takes possession of Rome, 714; his death, 714, n.
- Victor Hugo, 667.
- Vienna, congress of, 685, 686; reorganization of Germany by, 700; of Italy, 708.
- Vil′leins, 425.
- Vin′do-bo′na, 323.
- Vineland, 411.
- Virgil, 354.
- Virginia, origin of name, 560.
- Visigoths, the, 336, 337; establish kingdom in Gaul and Spain, 344, 372.
- Vi-tel′li-us, Roman emp., 313.
- Vol′ga, 638.
- Volscians, the, 235.
- Voltaire (vol-têr′), 649.
- Vul′gate, 358, n.
- Wäfels, battle of, 506.
- Wä'gra̯m, battle of, 680.
- Waiblings. See Ghibellines.
- Wal-den′sēs. See Vaudois.
- Waldo, Peter, 533, n.
- Wales, conquest of, 481.
- Wallenstein (wŏl′en-stīn), first appearance in Thirty Years' War, 583; removed from his command, 583; restored, 585; his assassination, 586.
- Walsingham, Sir Francis, 555.
- Walter the Penniless, 441.
- Warsaw, grand duchy of, 679.
- Waterloo, 687, 688.
- Welfs. See Guelphs.
- Wellesley (wĕlz′lĕ), Sir Arthur (d. of Wellington), in Spain, 680.
- Wentworth, Thomas, 607, 609.
- Wesley, John, 721, n.
- Western Empire (Teutonic). See Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire.
