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migration, 10.

Belgium, new kingdom of, 425.

insurrection of, 426.

Belisarius, 193–195.

Benedict, St., 197.

Benedictines, order of, 197.
Beneventum, battle of, 58.

Bible, Septuagint version, 58.
Wycliffe's translation, 306.
the Vulgate, 316.

Tyndale's New Testament, 342.

Black death, 308, 309.

Blenheim, battle of, 402.

Blücher, 430.

Asia, stationary character of civiliza- Bohemia, 237, 251.

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Athenian supremacy, 24-35.

Athens, 10, 11-36, 41-47, 57, 58, 70, 79-
81.

Attila the Hun, 167, 168, 182, 183, 298.
Augsburg, Confession of, 342, 344.
Augustan Age, 108-110, 119-128, 177.
Augustine, St., 192.

Augustines, the order founded, 282.
Augustus Cæsar, 87, 98, 99, 105, 106,
108, 109, 119-121. See also, under
AUGUSTAN AGE.

Aurelian, 145, 146, 147, 152.
Austerlitz, battle of, 426.
Austria, 315.

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Boileau, 389.

Bonaparte. See NAPOLEON.
Bossuet, 389.

Boston Tea Party, 407.
Brazil, 342, 426.
Bremen, 287.

Brennus (fl. 390 B. C.), invasion of, 54.
Brennus (fl. 280 B. C.), invasion of, 58.
Britain invaded by Claudius, 118.

Roman conquest of, 117, 128.
wall of Hadrian, 138.

the Saxons begin to attack, 155.
evacuated by the Romans, 167.
settlement of Angles, Saxons, and
Jutes, 167, 181, 182, 191.

beginning of conversion to Chris-
tianity, 192.

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Saxon Heptarchy, 201.
-, petty kingdoms, 209.
See also ENGLAND.

Bruges, 364.
Brutus, 98.
Bulgaria, 251.

Bunker Hill, battle of, 400.
Bunyan, 397.

Buonaparte. See NAPOLEON.
Burgundians, 167.
Burgundy, 221, 237.

united to Germany, 251.
-, duchy annexed to France, 315.
county of, under Charles V., 351.
Byzantine Empire, 191, 207. See
EASTERN EMPIKE.

Byzantium, seat of empire, 138, 155,
160-162. See CONSTANTINOPLE.

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.
Cæsar, Julius, 91-98, 177.

subdues the whole of Gaul, 92.
crosses the Rubicon, 93.
invades Italy, 93.

ruler of the Roman world, 93-98.

Cæsar, Julius, assassination of, 94, 95. | Christ, the birth of, 110, 114.

Cæsar, Octavius. See AUGUSTUS.

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Carolina. See NORTH CAROLINA and Clive, 422.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Carthage founded, 10.

-, possessions and power, 57, 60.
naval victory of the Romans
(Duilius), 58.

gives up possessions out of Africa
to Rome, 57.

degradation of, 67, 68.
destruction of, 76-79.

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,

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Caudium (Caudine Forks), 42.

Cavaliers, 379.

Caxton, 316.

Celts, 4.

Censor, office of, 12.

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Constantine the Great, 160-163.
unites the Roman Empire, 155.
divides the empire into prefec-
tures, 156.

makes Constantinople the seat of
empire, 160-162, 195.

the first Christian emperor, 162.
makes Christianity the religion of
the Roman Empire, 162, 163.

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.
taken by the Crusaders, 282.

recovered by the Greeks, 282.
taken by the Ottoman Turks, 315,

320-322.

Charlemagne, his conquests and em- Constitution of Solon. See SOLON.

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Diet of Spire. See SPIRE, DIET OF.
Diocletian divides the Roman Empire,
145, 148.

resigns the empire, 156.
, persecution by, 158, 159.
Directory, the, 418, 419.
Dominicans, order founded, 282.
Dorian migration, 10.
Drake, Francis, 355, 360.
Dresden, battle of, 426.
Dryden, 397.
Duilius, 58.

Duns Scotus, 295.

Dutch, commerce of, 344.

rise of the republic, 364-367.
independence of the republic, 366.
use of the name Dutch, 366.
-, growth in power and prosperity,
366.

settlements in America, 375.

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invaded by the Huns under At-
tila, 168.

201.

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221.

at its height, 191.

in the time of Justinian, 193-195.
loss and recovery of territory,

decline of the empire, 207, 209,

extension of power, 237.
loses possessions in Asia, 251.
recovers territory in Europe, 271.
taken by the Crusaders, 281.

encroachments of the Turks, 305.
end of, 315, 320-322.

Eastern Franks, 221, 237. See under
FRANKS.

Eastern prefecture, 156.

East Goths. See OSTROGOTHS.
East India Company, 422.

Edict of Nantes. See NANTES, EDICT

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loss and gain of territory, 305.
increasing weakness of the em-
pire, 315.

House of Austria one of the
chief powers of Europe, 341.
Thirty Years' War, 377, 378.
the empire more a dignity than
a power, 399.

War of the Spanish Succession,
401, 402.

end of the old German Empire,
425.

with Prussia, the first military
power in Europe, 425.

the Seven Years' War, 403, 404.
the new German Empire, 426, 440.
Gettysburg, battle of, 426.
Ghibellines, 289.
Gibraltar, 400.

Giovanni de' Medici.

GIOVANNI DE'.

See MEDICI,

"Glorious Revolution" of 1688. See
REVOLUTION OF 1688.

Good Emperors, 139, 143.

Good Hope. See CAPE OF GOOD

HOPE.

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