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GENERAL INDEX.

Slave , strange perversion of the original sense of that appellation, x, 196.

Slaves , among the Romans, who, and their condition described, i, 63.

Slavery, personal, imposed on captives by the barbarous nations, vi, 331.

Sleepers, seven, narrative of the legendary tale of, vi, 32.

Smyrna, capture of, by Tameilane, xii, 29.

Society, philosophical, reflections on the revolutions of, vi, 408.

Sajf'arides, the Saracen dynasty of, x, 80.

Soldiers, Roman, their obligations and discipline, i, 15. When they firstreceived regular pay, 25G.

Soliman, Sultan, conquers Asia Minor , x, 368. Fixes his residence atNice, 370. Nice taken by the first crusaders, xi, 58. Battle of Dory-lsetini, 60.

Soliman, the son of Bajazet, his character, xii, 49. His alliance with theGreek emperor Manuel Palaeologus, 54.

Solomon, king of the Jews , not the author of the book which bears the nameof his Wisdom, iii , 314. Reasons for supposng he did not write eitherthe book of Ecclesiastes or the Proverbs , vii, 195, note.

Solomon, the eunuch, relieves the Roman province in Africa from the de-predations of the Moors, vii, 200. Revolt of his troops at Carthage , 348Is defeated and killed by Antalus the Moor, 352.

Solyman, caliph of the Saracens, undertakes the siege of Constantinople ,x, 8. His enormous appetite and death, 11.

Sonnites, in the Mahometan religion, their tenets, ix,345.

Sopatar, a Syrian philosopher, beheaded by Constautine the Great, on acharge of binding the wind by magic, iii, 361, note.

Sophia, the widow of Justin II. her conspiracy against the emperor Tibe-rius , viii, 137.

Sophia, St. foundation oftlie church of, at Constantinople , vii, 116. Its de-scription, 118. Is converted into amosch, xii, 235.

Sophian, the Arab, commands the first siege of Constantinople , x, 3.

Sophronia, a Roman matron, kills herself to escape the violence of Maxcn-tius, ii, 217, note-

Sortes Sanctorum, a mode of Christian divination, adopted from the pagans,

vi, 326, note.

Sonl, uncertain opinions of the ancient philosophers as to the immortalityof, ii, 290. This doctrine more generally received among the barbarousnations, and for what reason, 293. Was not taught by Moses, 294. Fourdifferent prevailing doctrines as to the origin of, viii, 264, note.

Sozopetra destroyed by the Greek emperor Theophilus , x, 67.

Spain, the province of, described, i, 30. Great revenues raised from thisprovince by the Romans, 258. Is ravaged by the Franks, 415.

— - review of the history of, v, 347. Is invaded by the barbarous na-. tions, 349. The invaders conquered by Wallia king of the Goths , 354.Successes of the Vandals there, iv, 12. Expedition ofTheodorio kingof the Visigoths into, 160. The Christian religion received there, 290.■ Revolt and martyrdom of Hermcnegild, ibid. Persecution of the Jews in, 296. Legislative assemblies of, 367.

- acquisitions of Justinian there, vii, 203.

- state of, under the emperor Charlemagne , tx, 181. First introduc-tion oftlie Arabs into the country, 469. Defeat and death of Roderic the Gothic king of, 476. Conquest of, by Musa, 480. Its prosperityunder the Saracens, 488. The Christian faith there, supplanted bythat of Mahomet, 489. The throne of Cordova filled by Abdalrahman,x, 34.

Stadium, Olympic, the races of, compared with those in the Roman circus,

vii, 73.