colonies, ii. 17; besieged by
Marcellus, iii. 45; destroyed,
cession to the crown, vi. 209,
237
Spires, the diet of, v. 257
Stafford, Viscount, executed, vi. Syria, kingdom of, ii. 39
158
Star-Chamber, arbitrary jurisdic-
tion of the, vi. 118-120
Stephen III., the pope, letter of,
iv. 110
Tables, public, at Sparta, i. 171
Stilicho, minister and general, de-
fends the Roman empire against
the Goths, iv. 23; success, 26;
he is beheaded, 27
Stoic philosophy established by
Zeno, ii. 186, iii. 167
Stonehenge, Druidical temple, iv.
61
Strafford, earl of, minister of
Charles I., vi. 122; beheaded,
124
Suevi, the, iv. 28
Sully, duke of, vi. 76-79
Sulpitius, Roman tribune, iii. 77
Sun-dials, iii. 171
Sweden, extent of the conquests
of Odin and Sigga, iv. 50; pro-
testant reformed religion estab-
lished, v. 270; alliance with
England, vi. 155; Christina,
abdication of queen, 221; reign
of Charles XII., vi. 260-271
Switzerland, confederation of the
states, v. 29-33
Syagrius, Roman governor in
Gaul, iv. 103
Sylla, actions and government of
the dictator, iii. 76; military
fame, 77; impeached, 79;
marches against Mithridates,
79; his cruel proscriptions in
Rome, 81; dictator, 81; he re-
signs, 82; death, 83
Syracuse, i. 152; attacked by the
Athenians, 277; foundation and
the Twelve, laws of the
Romans, ii. 286, iii. 171
Tacitus, writings of, iii. 133, 153;
on the religion of the Germans,
iv. 59; of the Gauls, 64
Tamerlane, conquests of, v. 333
Tarentines, war of the, iii. 6
Tarquinius Priscus, reign of, ii.
Superbus, ii. 230; the
king's expulsion from Rome,
232, 248; his sons slain in ac-
tion, 252
Tasso, the Gierusalemme Liberata
of, vi. 291
Tatius, king of the Sabines, ii.
211
Tell, William, v. 30
Templars, persecution of the
knights, v. 28
Terence, comedies of, iii. 146
Terentius, or Terentillus, ii. 278
Testament, the New, iv. 6, v. 261
Tetzel's absolutions, v. 245
Thales, prediction of an eclipse
by, i. 79, 154; moral doctrines
of, ii. 155
Thebes, or Thebæ, republic, i. 150,
298-309; its power declines
on the death of Epaminondas,
310; opposes Philip, 322; the
city is destroyed by Alexander,
ii. 3
of Egypt, temples, i. 214
Themistocles, proposal of, i. 200;
character of, 241; banishment,
256,257
Theodoric, the Goth, defeats Odoa-
cer, iv. 35, 39; he succeeds him | Totila, the Gothic chief, retakes
as king of Italy, 40; death, 41;
his government, 69, 70; his
tolerant character, 73
Theodosius, the emperor, over-
turns the Pagan temples and
hierarchy, iv. 13-19
II., code of, iv. 31;
Rome from Belisarius, iv. 44,
75
Toulouse, count of, v. 20
Trajan, reign of the emperor, iii.
270; column of, ii. 93
Tribunes, Roman, of the people,
ii. 257, 263; the military, 299
Trissino, epic poem of, vi. 288
reign, 33
Theramenes, trial at Athens of, i. Triumvirates of Rome-the first,
Thermopylæ, meeting of the Am-
phictyonic Council at, i. 105;
the Persians slay Leonidas at,
245
Theseus, reign of, i. 129
-, temple of, ii. 89
Thou, De, the historian, vi. 302
Thracians, the, ii. 2
Thrasybulus, enterprise of, i. 285
Thucydides, his character, i. 265;
banished, 267; history by, 269,
273; life of, ii. 141
Tierstiern, counts of, v. 22
Tiglath-pilezer, conquests of, i.
210
Tilley, general, defeated at Leip-
sic, vi. 212
Time, measurement of, progress
of the art, iii. 171; striking
I clocks invented, iv. 139
Timoleon, patriotism of, iii. 21
Timurbeck, or Tamerlane, his con-
quests and toleration, v. 84
Titans, the, i. 97, 112
Titian, the Flemish school of paint-
ing, v. 305
Titus, the good emperor, iii. 266;
his capture and destruction of
Jerusalem, 265
Tomyris, queen, i. 213
Torquatus defeats the Latins, iii.
2; puts his valiant son
death, 3
iii. 92, 215; the second, 123
Tromp, Van, admiral, vi. 141
Troubadours, romance, v. 161
Troy, siege of, i. 101; era of the
war, 125, 131, 142; the entire
history of it doubted, ii. 117
Tuisto, German legislator, i. 50
Tullus Hostilius, king of Rome,
ii. 217
Turselline, historical epitome by,
i. 2
Turenne, opponent of Marlbo-
rough, vi. 218; his campaigns,
226; he is killed by a cannon-
ball when opposed to Montecu-
culi, 230
Turks and Turcomans, their ir-
ruption into the empire of the
Caliphs, iv. 282; the sultans, v.
83, 88; they take Constanti-
nople, 89; their empire estab-
lished, 92-94
Tuscan architecture (the Etrus-
cans), ii. 93
Twelve Tables of Roman law, i
41, iii. 171
Tyre, its commerce and wealth,
i. 93; its destruction, 94; New
Tyre taken by Alexander, 94;
commerce with India, 95
Tyrone, account of O'Neill, earl
of, vi. 103
Ulysses, king of Ithaca, ii. 116
Umphraville, Gilbert de, earl of
Angus, v. 51
Urban II., the pope, preaches the
crusade, iv. 285
Useful arts, the, ii. 85
Utrecht, peace of, vi. 243
Valentinian III. succeeds Hono-
rius at Rome, iv. 31, 33, 36
Valerius, Marcus, Roman dictator,
ii. 255, 266
Messala, iii. 171
Visigoths, or Western Goths, iv.
77; their laws, 78-85
Vitellius overthrows Otho and
succeeds to the empire, iii. 261,
262
Volero, law proposed by this tri-
bune, ii. 274
Volscians, the, ii. 254, 301
Voltaire's historical works, iv. 66
his tragedies, vi. 301
Publius, consul, ii. 280, Western Empire of Rome, i. 16
Vandals, conquests of the, iv. 28;
empire in Africa, 43
Vane, Sir Harry, vi. 123
West India Islands, the Caribbees
and Jamaica discovered, v. 273
West Indies, the French Islands
or Antilles, v. 294
Varro defeated by Hannibal, iii. Westphalia, peace of, vi. 213,
Wickliffe, v. 36, 75
William the Conqueror, severity
of his government, i. 19
III. and Queen Mary II.,
vi. 164; prince of Orange, 229;
he is defeated at Steenkirk and
Nerwinde, 234
I., prince of Orange, vi.
48; assassinated, 51; William
II. and III., vi. 55
surnamed the Lion, king
of Scotland, v. 49
Wit, John de, grand pensionary
of Holland, vi. 228
Cornelius de, vi. 228
Wittenagemot, the Saxon, i. 18
Wolsey, Cardinal, v. 221, 263
Writing, invention of, i. 45, 90
Xenophon, the retreat of the ten
thousand Greeks, i. 290; his
life and writings, ii. 143, 167
Xerxes invades Greece, i. 242; is
assassinated in Persia, 252
Ximenes, Cardinal, v. 174
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