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to Christianity, vi, 267. Descent of the Saxons on Britain , 372. Thenbrutal desolation of the country, 383.

Scanderbeg , prince of Albania , his history, xii, 165.

Scatiniayi law of the Romans, account of, viii, 100.

Scaurus , the patrician family of, how reduced under the emperors, iii, 40,note.

Schism in religion, the origin of, traced, ii, 281.

Science reducible to four classes, x, 45

Sclavonians, their national character, vii, 278. 'Their barbarous inroads onthe easlern empire, 283. Of Dalmatia , account of, x, 197.

Scots and Piets, the nations of, how distinguished, iv, 291- Invasions ofBritain by, 293.

Scythians , this name vaguely applied to mixed tribes of barbarians, i, 432.Their pastoral manners, iv, 338 Exteut and boundaries of Scy tliia, 352Revolutions of, v, 210. Their mode of war, vi, 53.

Sebastian, master-general of the infantry under theemperor Valens, his suc-cessful expedition against the Goths , iv, 401. Is killed in the battle ofHadrianople, 407.

Sebastian, the brother of the usurper Jovinus , is associated with him ig hisassumed imperial dignities, v, 345.

Sebastrocrator, import of that title in the Greek empire, x, 119.

Seez, in Normandy , the bishop and chapter of, all castrated, xii, 261,note.

Segestan, the princes of, support their independency obstinately againstArtaxerxes , i, 330, note.

Segued, emperor of Abyssinia, is with his whole court converted by theJesuits , viii, 373.

Setden, his sententious character of transubstantialion, ix, 112, note.

Seleucia, the great city of, ruined by the Romans, i, 333.

Seleucus Nicator , number of cities founded by him, i, 329, note.

Seljuk, Turkish dynasty of the house of, x, 341. Division of their empire,366.

Senate of Rome is reformed by Augustus , i,97. Its legislative and judicialpow'ers, 109. Abortive attempt of, to resume its rights after the murderof Caligula , 116. Its legal jurisdiction over the emperors, 160. Is sub-jected to military despotism by Severus, 201. Women excluded fromthis assembly by a solemn law, 242. The form of a secret meeting, 287.Measures taken to support the authority of the two Gordians, 288. Thesenate elect Maximus and Balbinus emperors on the deaths of the Gor-dians, 290. They drive the Alemanni out of Italy , 418. The senatorsforbid to exercise military employments by Gallienus, 419. Elect Taci-tus, the father of the senate, emperor, ii, 63. Prerogatives gained to thesenate, by this election, 65. Their power and authority annihilated by-Diocletian , 160.

—- amount of the coronary gold, or customary free gift of, to the em-

perors, iii, 96. The claim of Julian to the empire admitted, iv, 31.

- petitions of, to the emperors, for the restoration of the altar of vic-tory, v, 96. The pagan religion renounced, 100. Debates of, on theproposals of Alaric the Goth, 236. Genealogy of the senators, 256.Passes a decree for putting to death Serena the widow of Stilicho , 288.Under the influence of Alaric, elects Attalus emperor, 303. Trial ofArvandus, a pretorian prefect of Gaul , vi, 205. Surrenders the sovereignpower of Italy to the emperor of the East, 223.

■ extinction of that illustrious assembly, vii, 389.

- restoration of, in the twelfth century, xii, 272. The assembly re-solved into single magistrates, 279.