Index
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Note : Except in the case of princes and prelates, where a definite surname, not merely a title, is known, the person is given under the surname.
Aachen, 82, 151
Aaron, Comitopulus, rise to power, 217-9; death, 230—1; 224, 244
Aaron, Prince, son of John Vladislav, 257
Abasgians, 124
Abodriti, 81—2
Abroleba, 49
Abydos, 238
Achelous, battle, 161, 162
Achilleus, Saint, 222, 231
Acum, a Hun, 6
Adam, 193
Adrian, Saint, 86
Adrianople, captured by Krum, 63-5, 68, by Symeon, 158-9, 166—7; raided by Samuel, 237—8; prisoners from, 65, 71, 79, 85-6; 22, 24, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 73, 74, 75, 89, 95, 144, 208, 234, 282, 291, 292, 293
Adriatic Sea, 99, 174, 221, 226, 233, 240
Ægean Sea, 151, 227, 336
African califate, negotiations with Symeon, 168-9
Africanus, chronological system of, 278
Agatha Chryselia, Tsaritsa, 232
Agathias, historian, 7, 265
Agathonice, 72-3
Agathopolis, 172, 179
Albanian Mountains, 23, 92, 122, 216, 240, 245
Albigeois, heretics, 196, 270
Alciocus, Bulgar chieftain, 19, 20, 21
Alexander, Emperor, reign, 155; 148, 153, 154, 199
Alexandria, 99, 269
Alexius I, Commenus, Emperor, 258
Alogobatur, Bulgar general, 176, 285
Alps, mountains, 82
Alusian, Bulgar prince, 257
Alzeco, Bulgar chieftain, 21
Amasea, 288
Anastasius, Emperor, 6
—, Bibliothecarius, Roman writer, 288
Anatolia, Anatolics, 55, 62
Anchialus, deserted, 59; ceded to Bulgaria, 90-1, 95; 31, 32, 38, 42, 47, 53, 68, 74, 142, 151, 172
Angelarius, disciple of Methodius, 125, 126
Angeli family, 258
Anna, Saint, 192
— , Empress, daughter of Leo VI, 300
— , Porphyrogenneta, Grand Princess of Russia, 180, 226
— , Bulgar princess, 133
Antae, Slav tribe, 10, 22, 25
Antioch, 99, 230, 269-70
Aplaces, John, Imperial general, 61-2
Apocaucus, Imperial stratege, 229
Aprus, fort, 65
Arabs, 26, 33, 41, 92 (see also Saracens); Arabic writers, 269
Arcadiopolis (Lule Burgas), battle, 207; 67, 75, 291
Arianism, 118
Arianites, David, Imperial general, 246, 249
Aristotle, 137
Armenia, Armenians: writers, 269; colonies in Thrace, 35, 47, 217, 227; influence of in Bulgaria, 95, 107, 191-2, 232; 79, 99, 159, 228, 244, 257
Arnulf, King of Germany, 133, 145
Arpad, Magyar chieftain, 145
Arsenius, Higumene, 123
Artana, River, 38
Asen, family of, 260
325
326
Ashot, Prince of Taron, 228-9, 232, 239-40
Asperuch (Isperikh), Khan, reign, 25-30; dates, 273-8; 3, 4, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 43, 51, 58, 202, 261
Atelkuz, 249
Athanasius, Saint, 139
Athens, 251-2
Attica, 229
Attila, is Avitokhol? 279-81; 4, 5, 12, 35, 51
Austria, 149
Avars, conquer Bulgars, 10; Bulgars revolt from, 14-15; in Pannonia, 19, 50-2; 3, 23, 24, 27, 28, 67, 68, 80, 97, 280, 281
Avitokhol, Khan, is Attila ? 279-81; dates, 273-8; 11
Azmak, River, 73
Azov, Sea of, 3, 6, 7, 12, 20
Bagdad, 169
Baian (Batbaian), Khan, 3,16,17, 276
— , boyar, 39, 40
Bakadzhik, 32, 33, 36, 74
Balathistes, forest, 241
Balaton, Lake, 97, 115
Baldric, Marquis of Friuli, 83
Baltic Sea, 22, 99, 150, 186
Baltzene, 72—3
Bardas, Caesar, 99, 101
Bari, 270
Basil I, the Macedonian, Emperor, relations with Rome, 112-14, 117, 119-20; and Slavonic Liturgy, 124-6; 118, 123, 135,261
— II, Bulgaroctonus, Emperor, character, 223; First Bulgar campaign, 224-5; campaign in Macedonia, 227-8; yearly campaigns in Bulgaria, 234-8, 240-4; final campaigns, 245-9; Bulgaria submits to, 249—52; his settlement of Bulgaria, 255-6; 198, 219, 222, 226, 257, 267, 268, 269
— , writer, List of, 282
— the Bogomil, 194
— the Paracoemomenus, 212, 223
Bavaria, 19
Belgrade, 81, 95, 118, 126, 144
Belisarius, Imperial general, 9
Belitsa, 136
Benedict VII, Pope, 226
Benevento, 21
Benjamin, Bulgar prince, 177, 189
Berat, 252
Berrhoea in Thrace (Beroe) 47, 59
— in Macedonia, 226—7, 228, 229, 235, 247
Berzetians, Slav tribe, 41
Bessarabia, 12, 26, 27, 80, 81, 279
Bezmer, Khan, dates, 273-8; 16, 27
Bithynia, 32, 38, 128
Bitolia (Monastir), 243, 249
Bizya, 166
Blachernae, quarter of Constantinople, 67, 156, 179
Black Sea, 7, 21, 27, 38, 40, 52, 60, 66, 143, 171, 186, 202, 225, 235
Boa, Queen of the Sabirs, 7
Bobus, Paul, Magister, 234
Boeotia, 229
Bogas, John, Patrician, 159-60
Bogdan, Bulgar official, 249
Bogomil, Pope, heresiarch, 190-6, 259, 260
Bogomils, heretics, tenets, 190-6; writings, 271-2; 220, 231, 239, 256, 260
Bohemia, 97, 149
Boris I (Michael), Khan or Prince, reign, 90-130; conversion, 102-6; joins Roman Church, 108-13; deserts Rome, 113-14; abdicates, 130; returns, 134-6; second retirement, 136; during Magyar invasion, 146; death, 152; 143, 144, 150, 157-8, 258-9, 261, 266, 270, 286, 293-4, 302
— II, Tsar, reign, 205; captured in Preslav, 209-10; abdication, 215; death, 220-1; 200, 204, 217, 219
— , Tarkan, 126, 286
Bosnia, 196
Bosograd, 247
Bosphorus, 64, 161, 166
Boteniates, Theophylact, Imperial general, 241, 242
Bourbon family, 258
Bovianum, 21
Boyana, 246
Branichevtsi, Slav tribe, 82
Branimir, Prince of Croatia, 119
Bregalnitsa, 129, 135-6
327
Brod, River, 247
Bucellarian theme, 257
Bulgar, town, 18, 168
Bulgarophygon, battle, 147
Burdizus, 89, 291
Burgas, Gulf of, 31, 33, 38, 40, 58, 60, 160, 180, 292
Burugundi, Hunnic tribe, 7, 16
Cain, 193
Calabria, 99, 101
Calocyras, Patrician, 200-3, 208-9, 304-5
Calomela, daughter of Eve, 193
Cameniates, John, historian, 269
Candich, Khagan of the Avars, 10
Cardia, castle, 243
Carloman, King of Germany, 97, 102
Carolingian family, 100, 103, 107, 270
Carpathian Mountains, 19, 51, 93, 96, 149
Carus, Papal legate, 168, 173
Castile, royal house of, 258
Castoria, 218, 247, 251
Catacalon, Imperial general, 147
Catasyrtae, first battle, 161; second battle, 165
Cathari, heretics, 193, 196
Catherine, Bulgar princess, Empress, 257
Caucasus Mountains, 6, 15
Cecaumenus, Imperial general, 221-2, 269
Cedrenus, George, historian, 267
Ceductus, 61, 75
Cevennes Mountains, 196
Chaerosphactus, Leo, Magister, ambassador and letter-writer, 146-8, 152, 268
Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Western Emperor, 50, 51, 52
Charles the Bald, King of Western Franks, 91
Chatalar inscription, 77, 274
Cherna, River, 243, 247
Cherson, 30, 200, 203, 213, 226
China, 4
Chinialus, Cotrigur chieftain, 8
Chirotmetus, 243-4
Christopher, Lecapenus, Emperor, 179, 187
Chryselius, John, father-in-law of Samuel, 226, 239-40
Chryselius, Theodore, 240
Cimbalongus, defile, 240-2
Cimmerians, 5, 6
Cinamon, Greek slave, 80, 89, 283
Clement, Saint and martyr, 116
— , Saint, disciple of Methodius, leaves Moravia, 125-6; in Macedonia, 135-6, 138; death, 152-3; and Slavonic alphabets, 140, 298-9; 127, 220, 254, 268
Clidion. See Cimbalongus
Cnenus, Bulgar official, 175, 287
Colonea in Epirus, 251
Comasius, Saint, 129
Constans II, Emperor, 3, 26
Constantia, 72-3 (Costanza), 180, 212
Constantinacius, Quaestor, 146 Constantine III, Emperor, 13
— IV, Pogonatus, Emperor, 3, 26
— V, Copronymus, Emperor, campaigns in Bulgaria, 35—43, 24, 49, 53, 58, 66, 68, 289, 290
— VI, Emperor, 47-9, 61
— VII, Porphyrogennetus, Emperor, birth, 153; marriage negotiations, 156-7, 163, 299- 301; death, 198; writings, 176, 180, 181, 268-9, 283, 287, 293-4, 296-7; 266, 302
— VIII, Emperor, 198
— Saint. See Cyril
— Bishop, Bulgar author, 139
Constantinople, sieges: by Avars, 19, 23-4, by Justinian II, 30-1, by Arabs, 33, by Krum, 63-5, by Thomas, 75, by Symeon, 156-7; Bulgar embassies at, 39, 59, 71-4, 92, 155, 178-83, 199, 202-3, 303-5; councils at, 113-4, 119-20; and Rome, 99-100, 122; Moravian embassy to, 98, 101-2; Methodius at, 123-4; Symeon’s interview at, 169-72; Great Palace at, 79; influence on Bulgaria, 259-61; and passim throughout.
Contostephanus, Imperial general, 224-5
Copts, 99
Cordyles, Governor of exiled Macedonians, 85, 87, 294
Corinth, city, 170; gulf of, 159; Isthmus of, 229
Cormesian plain, 20
328
Cosmidium, 169
Cosmos, Greek merchant, 144
Cotrag, son of Kubrat, 3, 16
Cotragi. See Cotrigurs
Cotrigurs, Bulgar tribe, 7-10, 15, 18, 23
Crenites, Procopius, 145
Creta, village, 240
Crete, 198
Crimea, 6, 7, 200, 203
Croatia, Croats: missions to, 283; invaded by Omortag, 83; war with Symeon, 175-6; Pannonian Croatia, 82, 87, 91, 118; 24, 25, 51, 81, 117, 119, 149, 151, 178, 196, 252, 285, 297
Crobatus. See Kubrat
Cronus, Bulgar ambassador, 287
Cupharas, Theodore, Greek slave, 102-3
Curcuas, John, Imperial general, 208
— , Romanus, 257
Curticius, Imperial general, 145
Cuturgur, 6
Cyril, Saint, sets out for Moravia, 101; dies at Rome, 115-16; 138, 140, 261, 268, 271, 283, 297-9
Cyrillic alphabet, 161; 140-1, 297-9
Czechs, Slav tribe, 24, 97
Dacians, 80
Dagobert, King of the Franks, 29
Dalmatia, 23, 24, 114, 117, 119, 270, 283
Damascene, St. John, 139
Damian, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 174,182, 216
Danube, River, crossed by Bulgars, 3-4, 20, 25-7, 273-8; by Slavs, 22-4; by Magyars, 145-6; Petchenegs at, 159-60; crossed by Russians, 201-2, 205; Bulgar possessions beyond, 65, 80, 93, 150; see also Bessarabia, Transylvania, Wallachia, and passim throughout.
Daonin, port, 65
Daphnomelas, Eustathius, Patrician, 240, 250-1
Dargomer, Bulgar ambassador, 59, 70
David, Comitopulus, 217, 218-19 (or John), Patriarch of Bulgaria, 245, 249, 256
Debritsa (Drembitsa), 136
Demetrius, Saint, 20, 23, 227, 236
— , Patriarch of Bulgaria, 182
Demosthenes, 137
Dengisich, Prince of the Huns, 279
Develtus, captured by Krum, 58, 68; ceded by Bulgaria, 90. 95; and peace of, 927, 172, 180; 31, 53, 73, 74, 142, 152, 155, 288
Devol, River, 104, 128, 250
Diampolis, 37
Didymotichum, 227
Dinea, 211
Dioclea (Montenegro), 232, 240, 245
Diogenes, Constantine, Imperial general, 243, 246, 247-8, 252
Ditzeng, boyar, 71, 79
Ditzina, River, 180
Dnieper, River, 3, 69, 81, 167; cataracts, 214
Dniester, River, 3, 27, 145, 149
Dobr the Bogomil, 194
Dobromir, Bulgar general, 235
— the younger, 250
Dobrudja, 26, 28, 38
Dometa, Bulgar official, 128
Dometian, Karkan, 243, 244, 287
Dominic, Saint, 196
Dominic, Bishop of Treviso, 112
Don, River, 3, 10, 15, 16, 18, 81, 279
Donatus, Bishop of Ostia, 113
Dragomir, Prince of Terbunia, 233
Dragomuzh, Bulgar general, 249
Dragovitsa, 193
Drave, River, 83, 97
Draxan, Bulgar general, 236
Drina, Black, River, 104
Dristra, Patriarchal, 322, 174, 181, 215-16, 219; held by Russians, 209-14; 135, 144, 146, 201, 217, 247
Dryinopolis, 251
Dual Procession. See Filioque
Ducas, Andronicus, 258
Duks, Bulgar prince, 118, 139
Dukum, boyar, 71
Dulcigno, 232
Dulo, family of, 11, 12, 13, 14, 29, 30, 35, 258, 273, 280
Dyrrhachium, captured by Samuel, 225-6; betrayed, 239-40; attacked by John Vladislav, 246, 248; 22, 148, 153, 159, 170, 232, 251
329
Ekhatch, Eschatzes, The Sampses, 126, 286
Ekusous, Ecosus, a Bulgar, 58
Elbe, River, 22
Elemagus, Bulgar general, 252
Elitzes, Bulgar general, 243
Ennodius, historian, 270
Enotia, castle, 244
Enravotas, Bulgar prince, martyred, 89-90; 84,103, 285,293
Epiphanius, writer, 282
Epirus, 251
Ergenz, River, 67
Erkesiya. See Fence, Great
Ermi, family of, 11, 13, 273
Ernach, Ernak, Prince of the Huns, is Irnik, 279-81; 12, 16
Eroticus, Nicephorus, Patrician, 203
Esztergom, 77
Etzboclia, Bulgar general, 175, 287
Eumathius, engineer, 54-5
Eupraxia, Bulgar princess, 133
Eusebius, Saint, 129
Eustathius, Imperial admiral, 145, 146
Euthymius, Patriarch of Constantinople, 154
Eutychius, Patriarch of Alexandria, 269, 300
Eve, 193
Fence, the Great, of Thrace, construction, 73, 288-90; 33, 74, 75, 76, 77, 90, 199, 215, 304
Filimer, King of the Goths, 4
Filioque Clause, 108, 112, 119
Formosus, Pope, Legate in Bulgaria, 109, 111-13; 115, 122-3
France, 50
Franks, 50, 81-3, 85, 87, 91, 97, 129, 153. See Carolingian family
Friuli, 83
Frunticus, Bulgar ambassador, 120
Gabriel, Bulgar prince, 133
— , or Germanus, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 219
— -Radomir (or Romanus), Tsar, accession, 242-3; murder of, 244-5; 230, 231, 233-4, 250, 257, 287
— Galaxidi, 174, 230
Ganus, hill, 65
Genesius, chronicler, 266, 291
George, Saint, Miracles of, 271
— (Hamartolus) the Monk,
— chronicle of, 266, 291; Slavonic translation, 271; Continuation, 267
— , Bishop of Belgrade, 118
— , Regent. See Sursubul
Georgia, Georgians, 124
Gepids, 5, 8, 22
Germanus, Saint, 129
— , Caesar, 9
— , Patriarch of Constantinople, 33
— , Patriarch of Bulgaria. See Gabriel
Germany, 10, 50, 67, 82, 100, 101, 108, 116, 130. See Arnulf, Charles, Louis, Kings of Germany.
Getae, 5
Glabas, Basil, 234
Glagolitic alphabet, 101, 140-1, 297-9
Glavenitza, 128
Glycas, historian, 267
Goinic, Serbian prince, 92
Golden Gate of Constantinople, 32, 48, 215
— Horn, 64, 156, 169
Gonitziates, George, Imperial general, 246
Gorazd, disciple of Methodius, 125
Gostun, Khan, 11, 13, 14, 273, 277
Goths, 4, 22, 117
Grammus, Mount, 104
Greece, Greek peninsula, 9, 47, 150, 174
Gregory, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 182
— , Prince of Taron, 228-9
— , Presbyter, writer, 139
Grimoald, Lombard King, 21
— , Bishop of Polimarti, 112
Grod (Gordas or Gordian), King of Crimean Huns, 7-8
Hadrian II, Pope, 112-16
— III, Pope, 125
Haemus Mountains, 24, 27, 34, 73
Hebdomum, 179
Helena, Lecapena, Empress, 163, 301
Hellas, theme, 251
Hellespont, 65, 164
330
Hemnecus, 175, 287
Heraclea, 61, 65, 165
Heraclius, Emperor, 13, 14
Heristal, 81, 82
Herod, King, 193
Hexabulius, Imperial official, 64
Hiung-nu, 4
Hohenstaufen, family of, 258
Hungary, Hungarians, 50, 233, 270, 281. See Magyars
— , Princess of, wife of Gabriel-Radomir, 233-4, 257
Hunno, Alexius, the sampses, 288
Huns, 4-16, 22, 135, 261, 281
Iberians, 8
Ibn-Foszlan, writer, 18
Ibrahim-ibn-Yakub, writer, 186, 198
Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople, deposed, 99; reinstated, 112-14; biography, 268, 291; 117, 118
— , biographer, 268
Igor, Grand Prince of Russia, 186, 209
Illyricum, 101, 112, 117, 173, 283
India, 197
Ioannupolis, name for Preslav, 210
Irene, Saint, Empress, peaceful policy, 47-50; 43, 52, 59
— , Ducaena, Empress, 258
— of Larissa, Tsaritsa, 222, 233-4, 244
— , Lecapena, Tsaritsa. See Maria.
Irenupolis, name for Berrhoea, 47
Irnik, Khan, is Ernach, 279-81; dates, 273-7; II
Iron Gate, pass in Stranya Planina, 90
— of the Danube, 238
Isaac I, Comnenus, Emperor, 257
Isbules, Kavkan, 84-5, 88, 94, 284, 287, 293, 295-7
Isernia, 21
Isker, River, 27
Isperikh. See Asperuch.
Italy, 112, 130, 150, 159, 198
Ivatza, Bulgar general, 246, 250-1
Jacob, Bulgar prince, 133
Japheth, 11, 281
Jeremiah. See Bogomil Jerusalem, 99
Joachim, Saint, 192
John the Evangelist, Saint, 192
— of Rila, Saint, 189, 204
— I, Tzimisces, Emperor, Bulgar wars, 206-16; death, 218- 19; 221, 267
— VIII, Pope, 116-21, 125
— X, Pope, 174, 288
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