INDEX AND GLOSSARY
- Alexius Comnenus (Alexius I), 19-20, 22
- Alexius IV, 20, 22, 107-109
- Alexius Bushy Eyebrows (Alexius V), 109
- Andronicus, 104
- Anna Comnena, 19, 100
- Ariadne, 49
- army, 46, 47, 57-63
- art, 95-99
- Augusta, the, 48
- Augustaion, 34
- Augustus, the, 32
- autokrator (ô-tok’rƏ-tēr), 44
- bandon (ban’dƏn), 59
- Bardas, 105
- Basil I, 51, 105
- Basil the Bulgar Slayer (Basil II), 17
- basileus (bas’i-lūs), 45, 47
- basilissa (bas-i-lis’Ə), 48
- bazaars, 34, 89
- Benjamin of Tudela, Rabbi, 17
- bezant, 91-92
- Blachernae, Palace of, 32
- Book of Ceremonies, The, 50
- Bosporus, 15, 25-26
- Bouillon, Godfrey of, 14
- Building of the Nineteen Beds, 29
- Bukoleon, Palace of, 20, 28-32, 34, 87
- Byzantine Empire, 17, 35, 38, 47,
- fall of, 111-116
- national traits, 44-45, 54, 68-69, 74, 103-106
- origin of, 39-44
- people of, 23-25
- royalty, 33, 47-54
- significance of, 93-103
- Byzantium. See Constantinople.
- caesar (sē’zēr), 41, 56
- Caesar, Julius, 40, 58-59
- campagia (kam-pā’ji-Ə), 51
- cataphracts (kat’Ə-frakts), 59, 60, 61
- Cathisma, 32
- ceremonies, 33, 50-51
- Chalké, 29
- Charlemagne, 17, 99
- Chrysopolis. See Scutari.
- Circus. See Hippodrome.
- Clari, Robert of, 28-29, 31-34, 43, 45, 107
- Constantine the Great (Constantine I), 29, 41, 42-44, 73
- Constantine Born-in-the-Purple (Constantine VII), 66-67, 99
- Constantine XI, 113
- Constantinople, 15, 16-17, 21, 25-35, 42-43, 45, 89
- occupation during Fourth Crusade, 16-21, 107-111
- seizure by Turks, 112-116
- Cosmas Who-Sailed-to-India, 98
- costume (military), 59; (royal), 50-51
- crafts, 86
- Crusades (First), 14, 20, 22;
- (Fourth), 13-22, 45, 107-111
- Cyril, Saint, 78, 80
- Dandolo, Henry, 15-16, 20, 110
- Daphne Palace, 29
- Demetrius, Saint, 72
- Digenes Akrites, 63-64
- Diocletian, 41-42, 43, 44
- diplomatic corps, 47, 65-66
- drungarius (drun-gâr´i-Əs), 47
- Eastern Roman Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
- education, 99-101
- eikons (ī´kons), 75
- eparch (ep´ärk), 103
- farming, 82-85
- foreign trade, 82-83, 88-89, 91
- Galata, 25
- Golden Horn, 25-26
- government, 46-56
- officials, 55-56
- Great Church. See Santa Sophia.
- Great Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
- Greek Church. See Orthodox Christian Church.
- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
- Greek fire, 65
- Gregory of Nyssa, Saint, 69
- Harun al-Rashid, 101
- Heraclius, 101
- Hippodrome, 32, 35, 49, 50, 75, 110
- Holy Chapel, 28-29
- homoiousion (ho-moi-ōō´si-Ən) = homoousion (ho-mō-ōō´si-Ən) controversy, 74
- How To Run the Empire, 66-67
- Iconoclast controversy, 74-76, 78
- industry, 85-88, 103
- Irene, 17, 48
- isapostolos (īs-Ə-pos´tƏl-Əs), 48
- Istanbul. See Constantinople.
- John IV, 99-100
- Justinian, 17, 38, 49-50, 51, 65
- Kercuas, John, 17, 19
- Khazars, 29
- laws, 102-103, 104
- Leo the Philosopher, 50, 99
- Liutprand, Bishop, 29, 87-88
- logothesia (log-ō-thē´zhi-Ə), 56
- logothete (log´ō-thēt), 55
- Logothete of the Dromos, or Grand Logothete, 55, 66
- Lucas Notaras, 73
- Magnaura Palace, 29
- Manuel II, 99-100
- Marmara, Sea of, 28
- Mesé, 34
- Methodius, Saint, 78, 80
- Michael Paleologus, 111
- Michael the Drunkard, 78, 105
- Michael the Stutterer, 105
- Michael Thinks-He’s-a-Soldier, 54
- Micklegarth. See Constantinople.
- Midway. See Mesé.
- Mohammed II, 112-113
- monuments and statues, 33, 34, 50
- mosaics, 17, 95-98
- navy, 46, 47, 64-65
- New Rome. See Constantinople.
- Nicephorus Phocas, 19
- Nika revolt, 32
- nipsistarios (nip-sis-ta´ri-ōs), 56
- orphanotrope (ôr-fan´Ə-trōp), 102
- Orphanotrope, Grand, 102
- Orthodox Christian, or Orthodox Eastern, Church, 17, 47, 48, 68-80, 101-103
- patriarchs, 71
- Pera quarter, 24, 25
- Phocas, 51
- politics, 32, 49
- recreation, 32, 105
- Richard the Lion-Hearted, 14
- Roman Empire, 39-42, 81. See also Byzantine Empire and Western Roman Empire.
- Romulus Augustulus, 44
- Sacred Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
- saigon (sī’gƏn), 51
- Saint Mamas quarter, 24
- Saladin, 14
- Santa Sophia, 17, 31-32, 34
- scaramangion (ska-rƏ-man’ji-Ən), 50
- Scutari, 25
- silk, 86-88
- Simeon Stylites, Saint, 72
- slaves, 103
- statues. See monuments.
- stemmata (stem’Ə-tƏ), 51
- strategoi (strƏ-tē’goi), 47
- strategos (strƏ-tē’gos), 95
- superstitions, 71-72
- Sycae. See Galata.
- themes (thē’mƏs), 95
- Theodora, 49-50
- Theodora, Saint, 49, 53-54, 75-76
- Theophilus, 99
- Theotokos (thē-ot’ō-kos), 72
- Trajan, 40-41
- trapezidae (trƏ-pē’zi-dē), 59
- Tsargrad. See Constantinople.
- Turkish (Ottoman) Empire, 94-95, 112-113
- Vandals, 44
- Varangians, 23
- Villehardouin, Geoffrey of, 14, 19, 20-21, 45, 107, 110
- war, art of, 60-63
- wealth, 82-83, 88, 91-92
- Western Roman Empire, 41-42, 43-44, 46
- Zoe, 49
- Zoe Black Eyes, 65
