_Abyssinia_, Christianity of, 67.
_Achaia_, dealings of Rome with, 218.
_Ælfred_, his view of early Greek history, 18.
_Africa_, Saracen conquest of, 133.
_Agamemnôn_, his imperial position, 18, 19.
_Agathoklês_, two sides of, 33.
_Akarnania_, its position in Homeric times, 19;
becomes Greek, 24.
_Akragas_, its time of greatness, 25.
Ἀλαμανῶν ῥήξ, title of, 107.
_Alans_, their history and settlement, 87, 88; 122.
_Alaric_, his career, 78.
_Albanians_, their origin, 119.
Ἀλβανοί, opposed to Ῥωμαῖοι, 141.
_Alexander_, founder of the modern Greek nation, 16;
his work in the East, 17;
his dealings with the Greek cities, 179.
_Alexander of Epeiros_, 17;
his designs, 34.
_Alexandria_, its relation to older Greek cities, 23.
_Alexios Komnênos_, compared with Henry the Fourth, 162.
_Allies_, Roman, their relations to Rome, 82, 83; 218-220;
their slow incorporation, 84, 85; 219-221.
_Ambrakia_, its beginnings, 24.
_Amisos_, dealings of Trajan and Pliny with, 237, 238.
_Amphiktyonic Council_, nullity of, 178, 179;
its reform by Augustus, 225.
_Andorra_, relations of, 217.
_Angles_, first mentioned, 64.
_Antalkidas_, Peace of, 28.
_Antioch_, its relation to older Greek cities, 23.
_Antoninus Caracalla_, effects of his edict, 42.
_Apameia_, dealings of Trajan and Pliny with, 236, 237.
_Aquæ Sextiæ_, battle of, 44; 60.
_Aquitaine_, position of cities in, 192;
its relations to France, 195;
its separation from Burgundy, 196.
_Arles_, capital of Southern Gaul, 85.
_Arminius_, his historic position, 64.
_Arnold_, Thomas, point chosen by for the ending of his History, 104.
_Asia Minor_, its historic position, 19.
_Athens_, her history mistaken for that of Greece, 21;
remains specially pagan, 74;
her relations to Rome, 84, 85;
her position under Trajan, 232.
_Aurelian_, his dealings with the Goths, 77.
_Austria_, the Frankish, effect of the rise of its Mayors, 91.
_Austrian Emperors_, their relations to the Popes, 183.
_Austrian Empire_, 151-152.
_Avignon_, Popes at, 157.