GENERAL INDEX. 440
Conception, immaculate, of the Virgin Mary , the doctrine of, from whencederived, ix, 266.
Concubine, according to the Roman civil law, explained, viii, 67.
Conflagration, general, ideas of the primitive Christians concerning, ii, 300.
Conquer!, the vanity of, not so justifiable as the desire of spoil, iv, 294. Israther achieved by art, than personal valour, \i, 42.
Conrad III . emperor, engages in the second crusade, xi, 103. His dis-astrous expedition, 110.
Conrad of Montferrat, defends Tyre against Saladin , xi, 138. Is assas-sinated, 143.
Constance, treaty of, ix, 207.
Constans, the third sou of Constantine the Great , is sent to govern the wes-tern provinces of the empire, iii, 118. Division of the empire amonghim and his brothers, on the death of their father, 133. Is invaded byhis brother Constantine , 146. Is killed, on the usurpation of Magnen-tius, 149. Espoused the cause of Athanasius against his brother Con-stantins, 361.
Constans II., emperor of Constantinople , ix, 13.
Constautia, princess, grand-daughter of Constantine the Great , is carriedby her mother to the camp of the usurper Procopius , iv, 246 Narrowlyescapes falling into the hands of the Quadi, 326. Marries the emperorGralian, 332.
Constantino, daughter of Constantine the Great , and widow of Haimiba-'liauus, places the diadem on the head of the general Yctianio, iii, 150.Is married to Gallus, 172. Her character, 173. Dies, 179.
Constantino, widow of the eastern emperor Maurice , the cruel fate of, andher daughters, viii, 213.
Constantine the Great , the several opinions as to the place of his birth, ii,190. His history, 191. He is saluted emperor by the British legionson the death of his father, 194. Marries Eausta, the daughter of Maxi-mian, 203. Puts Maxitnian to death, 212. General review of bis ad-ministration in Gaul, 215. Undertakes to deliver Rome from Ibe ty-ranny of Maxentius, 220. Defeats Maxentius, and enters Rome , 231.llis alliance with Licinius, 237. Defeats Licinius , 245, 246. Peaceconcluded with Licinius, 247. Ilis laws, ibid. Chastises the Goths ,252. Second civil war with Licinius , 253.
---- motives which induced him to make Byzantium the capital of
his empire, iii, 3. Declares bis determination to spring from divinecommand, 14. Despoils other cities of their ornaments to decorate hisnew capital, 19. Ceremony of dedicating his new city, 29. Form ofcivil and military administration established there, 30. Separates thecivil from the military administration,57. Corrupted military discipline,59. His character, 99. Account of his family, 104. His jealousy ofhis son Crispus, 108. Mysterious deaths of Crispus and Licinius , 111.His repentance and acts of atonement inquired into, 113. His sonsand nephews, 115. Sends them to superintend the several provinces ofthe empire, 118. Assists the Sarmatians, and provokes the Goths , 123.Reduces the Goths to peace, 125. Ilis death, 127. Attempts to ascer-tain the dale of his conversion to Christianity , 239. His pagan super-stition, 211. Protects the Christians in Gaul, 242. Publishes the edictof Milan, 243. Motives which recommended the Christians to his fa-vour, 246. Exhorts his subjects to embrace the Christian profession, 251.His famous standard the Labarum desciibed, 255. His celebrated visionprevious to his battle with Maxentius , 258. Story of the miraculouscross in the air, 262. Ilis conversion accounted for, from natural and