migration, 10. Belgium, new kingdom of, 425. insurrection of, 426. Belisarius, 193–195. Benedict, St., 197. Benedictines, order of, 197. Bible, Septuagint version, 58. Tyndale's New Testament, 342. Black death, 308, 309. Blenheim, battle of, 402. Blücher, 430. Asia, stationary character of civiliza- Bohemia, 237, 251. Athenian supremacy, 24-35. Athens, 10, 11-36, 41-47, 57, 58, 70, 79- Attila the Hun, 167, 168, 182, 183, 298. Augustines, the order founded, 282. Aurelian, 145, 146, 147, 152. Boileau, 389. Bonaparte. See NAPOLEON. Boston Tea Party, 407. Brennus (fl. 390 B. C.), invasion of, 54. Roman conquest of, 117, 128. the Saxons begin to attack, 155. beginning of conversion to Chris- Saxon Heptarchy, 201. Bruges, 364. Bunker Hill, battle of, 400. Buonaparte. See NAPOLEON. united to Germany, 251. Byzantium, seat of empire, 138, 155, Bagdad, Caliphate of, 209, 215-218,281. CABOT, John, 331. Bajazet, 321. Balance of power, 352. Balboa discovers the Pacific, 342. Bank, the first public, 272. Bartholomew, St. See ST. BARTHOL- OMEW. Cæsar, Augustus. See AUGUSTUS. subdues the whole of Gaul, 92. ruler of the Roman world, 93-98. Cæsar, Julius, assassination of, 94, 95. | Christ, the birth of, 110, 114. Cæsar, Octavius. See AUGUSTUS. Carolina. See NORTH CAROLINA and Clive, 422. SOUTH CAROLINA. Carthage founded, 10. -, possessions and power, 57, 60. gives up possessions out of Africa degradation of, 67, 68. territory of, becomes province of Africa, 76-79. taken by the Saracens, 201. Cassius, 98. Castile, 251, 271, 281. Roman union with Aragon, 315, 334. Catherine de' Medici. See MEDICI, Caudium (Caudine Forks), 42. Cavaliers, 379. Caxton, 316. Celts, 4. Censor, office of, 12. Constantine the Great, 160-163. makes Constantinople the seat of the first Christian emperor, 162. Central America, under Spanish rule, Constantinople, the seat of empire, 160- 351. republics of, 425. Charonea, battle of, 45. Chaldæa, 10. Chaldæans, 4. Châlons, battle of, 182, 183. 162, 195. besieged by the Saracens, 204, 214. recovered by the Greeks, 282. 320-322. Charlemagne, his conquests and em- Constitution of Solon. See SOLON. Diet of Spire. See SPIRE, DIET OF. resigns the empire, 156. Duns Scotus, 295. Dutch, commerce of, 344. rise of the republic, 364-367. settlements in America, 375. invaded by the Huns under At- 201. - 221. at its height, 191. in the time of Justinian, 193-195. decline of the empire, 207, 209, extension of power, 237. encroachments of the Turks, 305. Eastern Franks, 221, 237. See under Eastern prefecture, 156. East Goths. See OSTROGOTHS. Edict of Nantes. See NANTES, EDICT loss and gain of territory, 305. House of Austria one of the War of the Spanish Succession, end of the old German Empire, with Prussia, the first military the Seven Years' War, 403, 404. Giovanni de' Medici. GIOVANNI DE'. See MEDICI, "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. See Good Emperors, 139, 143. Good Hope. See CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. |