Athingani, 40, 78, 79

Athos, Mt., cells and monasteries, 150,
291, 293
Athyras, fort, 356

Athyras, river, 102, 356
Attalia, 282

Auxentios, St., Mount, 247, 284
Avars, 337, 358, 365, 377

Ballel, 293

Babek, 251 sqq., 257, 259, 262

Babutzikos, Bee Constantine

Theodosius B.

Bagains, 334

Bagarat, 264

Bagatur, 335

B. and

Baghdad, palaces, 129, 240 sqq. ; founda-
tion and description, 238 sqq.;
scientific studies at, 436 sqq.

Bahasna, 244

Balabakhi, 438

Baladhuri, 251

Balkan passes, 339, 344
Bambalndes, 267

Barca, see Theodosia, Empress.

Bardanes Turcus, rebellion of, 10 sq.,
38, 212

Bardas, Caesar, restores sea walls, 135;
not appointed regent, 144; 147;
155; wife of, 156, 188; overthrows
Theoktistos, 157 sq.; Chartulary of
Kanikleion, 159; Domestic of Schools,
160; Curopalates, 161; Caesar, ib.;
government of, 161 877. ; overthrows
Damianos, 169; fall, 170 sqq.; re-
fused communion by Ignatius, 188;
action against Ignatius, 189 sqq.;
letters of Photius to, 192, 195; inter-
view with Ignatius, 198; expedition
to Abasgia, 261; 284; in campaign
against Saracens, 419; encourage.
ment of learning, 439

Bardas, father of Symbatios, 178, 458
Bardas, nephew of Leo V., 68, 72
Bardas, nephew of Theodora, 156
Bari, 313, 315

Bartholomew of Elessa, 439
Bashkirs, 492

Basil I., Emperor (the Macedonian): early
career of, 165 sqq., 356, 371; proto-
strator, 168; parakoemomenos, 169;
marriage, ib.; plot against Bardas,
170 877.; magister, 174; coronation,
174 sq.; murder of Michael III..
177 847.; signature to Council of
A.D. 867, 202; ecclesiastical policy,
203 sq.; 379

Basil, Prefect of City, 173

Basil, false legate at Synod of 867, 202
Basil, son of Leo V., 55, 184

Basil, archbishop of Thessalonica, 191
Basil, kleisurarch of Charsianon, 272

Books, classical, in the library of Photius,
446 8.; prices of, 448
Boots, red, Imperial, 175, 177
Boradion, 127

Boris (Michael), accession, 373; Servian
war, 373 sq.; relations with the
Empire and the Franks, 382 sqq.;
baptism, 385; his sister, ib.; sup
presses anti-Christian insurrection,
387; letter of Photius to, 387 sq.;
invites Pope to send clergy, 389;
embassy to King Lewis, ib. (ep.
Appendix X.)

Bosporos (Kerch), 409, 415
Bravalin, 418

Bride-shows, of Stauracius, 15; of Theo-
philus, 81 sqq.; of Michael III., 156

Brochthoi, 127

Brondolo, 324

Brundusium, 312

Bryas, palace of, 133

Bryeunios, see Theoktistos Bryennios
Bugha, 423

Bujani, 412

Bulgar, town, 411

Bulgaria and Bulgarians, capital of, 332

877.; institutions, 334 #q.; Greek
influence on, 335 sq. : chronological
system, 336, 369, 385; boundaries
of kingdom, 337; relations to Servia,
337, 372 sqq.; fortifications, 338
8.; palaces, 339, 366 sqq.; ten dis
tricts, 386; conversion to Christi-
anity, 381 sqq.; Thirty Years' Treaty
with Empire, 360 sqq.; truce (under
Malamir), 373; treaty in A.D. 863,
384; embassy to Constantinople in
A.D. 860, 279; customs, 362, 389;
Latin heresies in, 200; Latin clergy
in. 389, 392; Greek inscriptions in,
335 sq.; Arabic literature in, 336.
(See under Krum, Omurtag, Malamir,
Boris.)

Cattaro, 329

Chalcedon, 112

Chaldia, 86, 261 (see Themes)
Chaldos, see John C.

Chalkites (Halki), island, 37, 55
Chamaidrakon, see Leo C.

Chamlich, 403, 408

Chandax (Candia), 289

Charax (4), 288

Charles the Great, embassy to Constanti-
nople, A.D. 802, 1, 5, 320; pretext
for his Imperial coronation, 4; pro-
posal for marriage of a daughter of,
23; dominion of, 317; treaty with
Irene, ib.; proclaimed Emperor, 318
sqq.; negotiations with Nicephorus,
320 sq., 324 sq.; with Michael I.,
325; dealings with Venice, 323 sq.
Charsiau kleisurarchy, see under Themes.
Charsianon, fort, 473
Chatalar, inscription of, 368
Chelidonian islands, 274
Chernigov, 413

Cherson, as place of exile, 37, 75, 417 ;
Constantine the Philosopher at, 394;

Clement, St., relics of, 394 8., 400, 485
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Clement, archbishop of Bulgaria, 487
Coinage Nicephorus 1., 8, 14; Michael

I., 22, 40; Theophylactus, 23;
Leo V.. 44; Theophilus, 465 sqq. ;
Michael and Theodora, 150, 154;
senzáton, 164; international cur
rency, 2217

Comacchio, 324
Commerciarii, 210, 217
Constantia (in Thrace), 362
Constantine V., sarcophagus, 197; anti-
monastic, 208; treaty with Bul-
garians, 339, 347; encouragement
of secular art. 430
Constantine VI., divorce of, 34; date of
'death, $5

Constantine VII. Emperor (Porphyro

gennetos), 162, 172, 415; De ad-
ministrando imperio, Appendix XII.
Constantine, Emperor, son of Leo V.,
coronation, 58; mutilated, 55
Constantine, Emperor, son of Theophilus,
126. Appendix VI., 488
Constantine, Armenian, Drungary of

Watch, 147, 157 ;= Maniakes, 158;
167, 172, 176, 192; relationship to
Genesios, 460

Constantine Babutzikos, 155, 267, 271
Constantine (Cyril) the Philosopher,

Apostle of the Slavs: relations to
Photius, 187, 394; career. 394 sqq. ;
423; professor at Constantinople,