Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, at Council of
Chalcedon, 508 ; appointment , 514 ; deposition, ib.
Maximus of Turin, Homilies of, 115 Maximus, philosopher, 64, 78; thaumatur- gie stances of, 100 ; Julian writes to, 102 ; 106 ; distrusted by Valentinian, 219 ; conspires against Valens, 226 Mayenne, River, 299 Mazaca. See Caesarea in Cappadocia Mazices, eastern tribe, raid Libya, 483 Mecklenburg, Teutons in, 186 Media, 82 ; the Scythian invasion of, 354 ; 361
Medieval History, epoch of beginning of, 1 Mediterranean Sea, Vandals on, 306, 309 sqq., 412; Vandal rule in islands of, 320; 379; 405 ; 411 Megara, taken by Goths, 261, 457 Megarians, the, 17
Melania, Roman lady, monastery founded by, 526 ; establishes sisterhood in Palestine, 531
Melania, granddaughter of above, 526 Melanthias, Valens at, 234 Melas, River, 458 Melchiades. See Miltiades Meletian schism, the, 12, 14 Meletius, Bishop of Antioch, 134 sqq., 138 ; presides at Council of Constantinople (381), 141
Melitene, Eugenius at, 481 ; Patridus at, 482
Melito, Bishop of Sardis, 164 Memnon, Bishop of Ephesus, at the Council of Ephesus, 174, 501 Menapii, Keltic tribe, 188 Mendip Hills, the, government of, in Roman times, 372 Mensurius, Bishop of Carthage, 12 Merria, kingdom of, 389; expansion of, 390
Mercurii Promontorium. See Bon (Cape) Mercurius, 97
Mercury, Roman deacon, 154 sq.
Merida, Sueves defeated near, 305 ; taken by Rechiar, 413
Merobaudes, his panegyric of AStius cited, 411, 418
Merobaudes, Roman general, saves Romans from justice, 228; and the succession question, 231 ; murder of, 242 Merovech, King of the Salian Franks, 296 ;
legend of the birth of, 297 sq. ; 300 Merwings, long hair worn by, 317 Mesopotamia, 22, 71 sq., 82, 85, 136; invaded by Scythians, 354 ; 464 ; Roman army in, 481 sq. ; revolt in, 513 sq. ; growth of asceticism in, 526; 527 Messalian monks (Euchitae), 527 Metamorphoses , the, of Apuleius, 90 Meti (Divodurum), Julian passes through, 66; 69; 209 note ; holds out against the Franks, 300 ; 411 ; sacked by Attila, 416 Meuse, River, 69, 209, 296
Michael (VIII) Palaeologus, Eastern Em- peror, 19
Middle Anglia, 389 ; absorbed by Mercia, 390
Middlesex, Roman troops in, 368 ; probably not a separate kingdom, 389 Miklagard (Constantinople), 18 Milan, Constantine at, 5; edict of, 5 sq., 20, 134 ; Donatists appeal to Constantine at, 12; 16, 32, 43, 50; Constantius at, 61, 63 ; Julian in ward at, 64 ; 65 sq. ; 71 ; m seat of learning, 88 ; 101 ;
Eugenius at, 115 ; council at (355), 131 ; prominence of church of, 172 ; 182 ;
defeat of Alemanni near, 201 ; Valentinian at, 219, 222, 227, 229; election of Ambrose at, 239 ; 240, 242; Theodosius at, 243, 257 ; Ambrose withdraws from, 244; penance of Theodosius at, 245; death of Theodosius at, 247, 259 ; Alaric threatens, 264 sq. ; sacked by Huns, 417 ; Ricimer collects troops at, 427 ; re- taken by Odovacar, 439 ; 448; monastery of Ambrose at, 531 sq. ; Augustine at, 571 ; ivory book-cover in Collection at, 605 ; church of the Apostles built at, 610 Milan, Bishops of. See Ambrose, Dionysius, Laurentius
Miletus, trade in purple fabrics of, 549;
remains of church at, 611 Milevis, Bishop of. See OptatUB Miltiades (Melchiades), Bishop of Rome, 12 Mincio, River, Attila camps on, 365 Minerva, Julian revives worship of, 107 ;
statue of, at Athens, 113 Minervina, wife of Constantine, 2, 15 Misenum, Cape, 434 Mieopogon, Julian’s, 81 Mithras, worship and mysteries of, 9, 11, 569; Julian and, 64, 101, 105; 89; originates in Persia, 90; 95, 105, 107, 112, 114
Mithridates, King of PontuB, 85 ; Bastarnae allied with, 191 Mittenberg, 189 sq.
Mitylene (Lesbos), 17 Modares, barbarian prince, sent by Theo- dosius against the Goths, 236 Modena, clothing trade of, 549 Moesia, 19, 56 ; plundered by Goths, 203, 205 sq., 216, 252; Tervingi settled in, 210; devastated by Quadi, 229 ; 235; Theodosius in command in, 253 ; colonics of Goths in, 254, 260, 456, 458 ; 363 ; Theo- doric in, 437 sq., 477 ; Theodemir and, 471 ; Vitalianus seizes fortresses in, 486 Moesia, duke of, bribed by Vitalianus, 485 Mogontiacum, Ambrose at, 239 Moin, ancient name of the Main, 186 note Mongolia, cattle-breeding in, 331 ; 336 Mongols, devastation wrought by, 328; personal appearance, 332; government, 334 ; customs, 336 sqq., 355 ; under Chinghiz Khan, 350 ; 359
Monica, mother of Augustine, 597
