GENERAL INDEX.

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Marcellimts, count of the sacred largesses under (lie emperor Constans inGaul, assists the usurpation of Magnentius , iii, 148. Iiis embassy toConstantius , 151. Was killed in the battle of Mursa, 166.

■-bis revolt in Dalmatia , and character, vi, 185!. Joins the em-

peror Anthemius, and expels the Vandals from Sardinia , 197. His death,

201 .

— - . son of the prefect Maximint bis treacherous murder of Gabinius

king of the Quadi, iv, 326.

Marcellus, the centurion, martyred for desertion, ii, 455.

-, bishop of Rome, exiled to restore peace to the city, ii, 471.

-, bishop of Apamca in Syria , loses his life in destroying the pagan

temples, v, 106,107.

Marcia the concubine of the emperor Commodus, a patroness of theChristians, ii, 437.

Marcian, senator of Constantinople, marries the empress Pulcheria , and isacknowledged emperor, vi, 85. His temperate refusal of the demands ofAttila the Hun , 87.

Marcianopolis, the city of, taken by the Goths , i, 398.

Marcomanni are subdued and punished by Marcus Antoni.ms,i.381. Alli-ance made with, by the emperor Gallienus , 420.

Marcus elected bishop of the Nazarenes, ii, 276.

Mardia, battle of, between Constantine the Great and Licinius , ii, 245.

Margus, battle of, between Diocletian and Carinus , ii, 110.

Margus, bishop of, betrays his episcopal city into the hands of the Huns ,vi, 5L

Maria, daughter of Eudaemon of Carthage , her remarkable adventures,vi, 31.

Mariana, his account of the misfortunes of Spain , by an irruption of thebarbarous nations, v, 349.

Marinas, a subaltern officer, chosen emperor by the legions of Mtesia, i,385.

Marius the armourer, a candidate for the purple among the competitorsagainst Gallienus, his character , i, 446.

Mark, bishop of Arethusa, is cruelly treated by the emperor Julian , iv, 116.

Maronga, engagement there between the emperor Julian , and Sapor, kingof Persia , iv, 194.

Maronites, of the East, character and history of, viii, 354.

Marozia, a Roman prostitute, the mother , grandmother, and great grand-mother, of three popes, ix, 198.

Marriage, regulations of, by the Roman laws, viii, 57. Of Roman citizenswith strangers, proscribed by their jurisprudence, x, 129.

Martel, Charles, duke of the Franks, his character , x, 23. His politiccon-duct on the Saracen invasion of France, 24, 25. Defeats the Saracens ,26. Why he was consigned over to hell-flames by the clergy, 27.

Martin, bishop of Tours, destroys the idols and pagan temples in Gaul , v,106. His monkish institution there, vi, 241.

Martina, marries her uncle, the emperor Heraciius, ix, 9. Endeavours toshare the imperial dignity with her sons, 10. Her fate, 12.

Martinianus receives the title of Cajsar from the emperor Licinius , ii, 259.

Martyrs, primitive, an inquiry into the true history of, ii, 376. The se-veral inducements to martyrdom, 426 Three methods of escaping it,432. Marks by which learned catholics distinguish the relics of themartyrs, 419, note. The worship of, and their relics introduced, v, 123.

Mary , Virgin, her immaculate conception, borrowed from the Koran, ix,265.