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
Bambaludes, 267

Barca, see Theodosia, Empress.

Bardanes Turcus, rebellion of, 10 sqq.,
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 sqq.; 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 Edessa, 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 sqq.; magister, 174; coronation,
174 sq.; murder of Michael III.,
177 sqq.; 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

Basil, rector, 458 sq.

Basil, of St. Saba, 36, 37
Basiliskianos, 176 sqq.
Bassoes, 267, 271

Baths at Dorylaion, 229
Beacons, see Fire-signals

Beatus, Duke of Venice, 324
Belenjer, 404

Belgrade, 364, 365

Benedict III., Pope, 185, 193

Beneventum, duchy of, 309, 310 sqq.,

331; partition of, 315

Beroe (in Thrace), 347

Bessarabia, 337, 338

Bisignano, 309

Bizye, 103, 105, 107
Boiditzes, 268 sq., 271
Boilads, 334 sq., 373
Bonita, 72

Books, classical, in the library of Photius,
446 sq.; 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. (cp.
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

Bryennios, see Theoktistos Bryennios
Bugha, 423

Bujani, 412

Bulgar, town, 411

Bulgaria and Bulgarians, capital of, 332

sqq.; institutions, 334 sq.; Greek
influence on, 335 sq.; chronological
system, 336, 369, 385; boundaries
of kingdom, 337; relations to Servia,
337, 372 sqq.; fortifications, 338
sq.; 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.)

Bulgarians, Inner (Black), 335, 337, 366,

410 sq., 415

Outer, 335, 411

Bulgaros, see Peter Bulgaros

Bul-khan of Khazars, 405, 406

Bunos Leontos, battle of, 357 sq.
Burdās, 411

Burdizos, 373, 483

Butera, 306, 307

Butrentum, 246

Byrides, 98

Cadolah, margrave of Friuli, 329
Caesar, Alexios Musele, 126; Bardas,

161; Tervel, 336

Caesarea in Cappadocia, 248

Caesarius, son of Sergius, Duke of Naples,

314

Caesaropapism, 207 (see Church)

Calabria, ecclesiastical province of, 194
sq., 197; duchy of, 309

Calatamauro, 305
Calloniana, 304

Calomaria, 155 sq., 157 sq.
Caltabellotta, 305
Caltagirano, 308
Caltavuturo, 307
Candia, 289

Cantatores, 229
Capitatio, 212

Captives, Roman and Saracen, 101, 235;
description of interchange of, 275 sq.
Capua, 310, 315

Caria, 290

Caricatures, 431 sq.

Castrogiovanni, 299, 302, 305, 307
Catana, 297

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 (?), 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.
Charsian 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;

Chronicle of Cod. Par. 854, 456 sq.

Chronicle (lost) of ninth century, 458 sq.
Chrysippus (Stoic), 441

Chrysopolis (Scutari), 126, 179
Church theory and working of State

Church, 31, 42, 180 sqq.; authority
of Emperors in, 36, 37, 180 sqq.;
limited by capitulations, 39
Cilician Gates, 245 sq., 473
Cipher, secret, 37

Civilizations, mutual influence of Greek

and Saracen, 234 sq.

Cività Nova, 321

Clement, St., relics of, 394 sq., 400, 485
sqq.

Clement, archbishop of Bulgaria, 487
Coinage Nicephorus I., 8, 14; Michael
I., 22, 40; Theophylactus, 23;
Leo V., 44; Theophilus, 465 sqq.;
Michael and Theodora, 150, 154
senzáton, 164; international cur-
rency, 221.

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, 85

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,