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Abbreviations, 12 

Abednego, 119 

Abishag the Shunammite, 133 

Abortion, 174 

Abraham, monk, 98 

Abraham, patriarch, 130 

Ab urbe condita, 14 

Abusio, 9 

Academy, 23 

Accents, 33 

Accusative absolute, 5 

Achilles, Greek hero, 97 

Acta sanctorum, ix 

Actio gratiarum, 49 

Actio repetundarum, 49 

Acts of the Apostles, 132, 183 

Adam, ‹rst man, 54 

Adiunctio, 8 

Adnominatio, 7 

“Ad sanctas aures,” 114 

Adultery, 78, 187, 189 

Adventus, ceremony of, 160 

Adversus avaritiam, 70 

Adversus Nestorium, 4 

Adversus omnes haereses, 4 

Adversus Pelagium, 4 

Advocatus, 135 

Aegean Sea, 51 

Aeneas, vinekeeper, 193 

Aeneid, 30, 33, 59–60 

Aeonius of Arles, 49–50 

Index 

Aetius, grandson of Remigius, 195 

Aetius, master of soldiers, 19 

Africa, North, 15, 118, 149, 190 

Agamemnon, Greek hero, 97 

Agapitus, consul, 77, 84 

Agathimerus, grandson of Remigius, 

195 

Agericus of Verdun, 183 

Agnes, abbess, 160–62 

Agricola, grandson of Remigius, 192, 

194, 196 

Agricola, son of Avitus, 61 

Agrippa, general of Augustus, 154 

Agrippina (Cologne), 142 

Agrippina, wife of Germanicus, 154 

Agroecius, grammarian, 23 

Agroecius of Sens, 23 

Alamanni, 101, 150, 156 

Alans, 101 

Alaric, slave, 194 

Alaric II, Visigothic king, 15, 109–10 

Albo›eda, sister of Clovis, 156 

Albovichus, servant, 193 

Album, 47 

Alcima, daughter of Sidonius, 148–50 

Alexander, martyr, 118 

Alexandria, 98 

Allegory, 9 

Alliteration, 37, 66 

Alps, 101 

Alsatia (Alsace), 183 

233

234 Index 

Amanda, wife of Aper, 139–40 

Amantius, dependent, 194 

Amantius, merchant, 46–49, 143 

Ambiani (Amiens), 101 

Ambrose of Milan, 1, 27 

Ambrosius, dependent, 195 

Ammianus Marcellinus, historian, 134 

Ammonites, 131 

Amnii, family, 21 

Amorinus, slave, 193 

Anacreontics, 84 

Anadiplosis, 10 

Anagnia, 115 

Ananias, 161, 163 

Anastasius, emperor, 126 

Anastasius, priest, 51 

Anastrophe, 9 

Andarchius, ex-slave, 58–60 

Andecavi (Angers), 184 

Angels, 136, 179, 182 

Angers, 50 

Anianus, vir spectabilis, 110 

Anicii, family, 21 

Anicium (Le Puy), 185–86 

Anno domini, 15 

Anthimus, author, 1 

Antichrist, 185 

Antiope, wife of Theseus, 49 

Antiphrasis, 9–10 

Antistrophe, 7 

Antithesis, 7, 37, 66 

Antolianus, martyr, 149–50 

Antonomasia, 9 

Aper, monk, 140 

Aphrodite, goddess, 97 

Apocalypse, 136 

Apollinaris, martyr, 196 

Apollinaris, son of Sidonius, 66, 

72–75, 148–49, 159 

Apollinaris, uncle of Sidonius, 51–52 

Apollinaris of Valence, 79–81 

Apollo, god, 67, 182 

Aporia, 8 

Aposiopesis, 8 

Apostates, 99–100 

Apostles, 90 

Apostrophe, 7, 93, 95, 97, 122 

Apparatus, textual, 6 

Aquitania, 101, 126, 135 

Arabia, 152 

Arator, poet, 1 

Arausio (Orange), 121 

Arbiter, comic character, 41, 54–55 

Arbogastes, count, 33–35 

Arbogastes, master of soldiers, 35 

Arcadius, son of Apollinaris, 150, 

158–59 

Archaism, 74 

Archetype, 11 

Aredius, abbot, 179 

Aregildus, dependent, 194 

Argentoratum (Strasbourg), 101 

Arianism, 124, 126–28, 157 

Arigius, father of Arbogastes, 34–35 

Arion, minstrel, 66–67 

Aristeides of Miletus, 49 

Aristocrats, 18, 22, 24, 40–42, 46, 94, 

114, 130, 142, 144, 147–48, 170, 175, 

and passim 

Arius, heresiarch, 98 

Arles, 18, 65, 70, 160–61, 185 

Arnobius Junior, 173 

Artemia of Cologne, 63 

Articulus, 7 

Arvernia, 110–11, 113, 149, 170, 180 

Asmodaeus, demon, 133 

Assur, 101 

Asterius, Turcius Ru‹us Apronianus, 

consul, 19–20 

Astrology, 178, 190 

Astyrius, consul, 18, 65 

Asyndeton, 8 

Athaulf, Visigothic chieftain, 102 

Athens, 49 

Atlantic Ocean, 101 

Attica, wife of Felix, 145–46 

Attila, king of Huns, 169 

Attius Tiro Delphidius, rhetor, 175 

Attrebatae (Arras), 101 

Audientia, 75 

Augustan period, 2 

Augustine of Hippo, 1, 26–27

Augustus, emperor, 102 

Auliatena, wife of Catussio, 195 

Aunegilda, a Burgundian, 82–83 

“Aurea concordi,” 37 

Aurelianus, son of Ruricius, 67 

Aurelius of St-Paulien, 185 

Aureus, 60 

Auspiciola, daughter of Salvian, 90 

Auspicius of Toul, 1, 33, 167 

Auspicius of Trier, 34 

Austrapius, duke, 164 

Auvergne, 48, 57–58, 87, 89 

Auxerre, 134 

Avila, 174 

Avitus of Clermont, 150 

Avitus of Vienne, ix, 1, 29–31, 33, 60, 

68, 74, 79, 81, 123–24 

Bacchus, god, 75 

Balthamodus, lover of Aunegilda, 

82–83 

Bandits, 78, 94, 98, 100, 162, 191 

Baptism, 65, 99–101, 120, 123, 125–26, 

155–57, 162, 193 

Barbaria, 102 

Barbarians, x, 4, 33, 69, 84, 94, 99, 

101–2, 122–23, 142, 154, 192 

Barbarian settlement, 1, 113 

Barbaricum, 102 

Barbarism, 30–31, 102 

Basilius, consul, 19, 45, 145 

Basina, daughter of Chilperic, 186, 

188–89 

Bathsheba, 133–34 

Baudoleifus, colonus, 193 

Baudonivia, nun, 163 

Baudorosera, dependent, 195 

Baudovicus, colonus, 193 

Bebrimodus, vinekeeper, 194 

Belgica Secunda, 108–9 

Belgium, 135 

Benjamin, tribe of, 139 

Bertecharius, king of Thuringians, 159 

Bethlehem, 102 

Betrothal, 83 

Béziers, 170–71 

Index 235 

Bible, 133, 147; Itala, 1, 130; Vulgate, 

1, 130 

Biography, 3 

Bishops, 33, 78, 81, 110, 119, 160–61, 

171, 180, 187, and passim; selection 

of, 36, 104, 134, 148–49, 180 

Bituriges (Bourges), 150, 185–86 

Book lending, 26 

Bordeaux, 174 

Breviarium Alarici, 86, 109 

Brinnacum, villa, 59 

Briseis, concubine of Agamemnon, 97 

Britain, 99, 171 

Brittany, 135, 171, 173 

Brittobaude, slave, 194 

Briva (Brioude), 179–80 

Briva Curretia (Brive), 75–76 

Brunhilde, queen of Franks, 167 

Burdigala (Bordeaux), 174 

Burgundian Code, 82 

Burgundians, 79, 82, 84, 98, 101, 108, 

151, 153, 157 

Byzantine Empire, 15, 126 

Cabrières, 170 

Cadurci (Cahors), 150 

Caesar, 141 

Caesaria, abbess, 160–61 

Caesaria, dependent, 195 

Caesarius of Arles, 1, 160–61 

Calumniae, 53 

Camels, 131 

Capalinus, dependent, 194 

Caper, grammarian, 23–24 

Capital punishment, 95, 138, 174 

Caprasius, monk, 139 

Captives, captivity, 50, 78, 100–101, 

103–6, 109, 141–42, 144, 159, 165, 

181 

Capua, 74 

Caretena, Burgundian queen, 151–53 

Caritas, 82, 85 

Carmen de providentia dei, 21 

Carolingian period, 3 

Cassiodorus, author, ix 

Cassius, martyr, 51

236 Index 

Castor of Chartres, 106–7 

Castration, 190 

Castrum Biterrense, 171 

Catachresis, 9 

Catarigum, 196 

Catechumen, 65 

Catholic faith, 127–28, 135, 173, 192 

Catihernus, priest, 171 

Catiline, conspirator, 191 

Cattusio, vinekeeper, 195 

Celsa of Vienne, 76 

Celsus, friend of Ruricius, 28, 30 

Celsus, kidnapping victim, 136 

Celts, 101, 173 

Cenomanni (Le Mans), 184 

Censuales, 65 

Censurius of Auxerre, 52–53 

Census, 14 

Cerasia, 122 

Ceratius, son of Heraclius, 69 

Ceraunia, widow, 54 

Ceremony, lustral, 117 

Cesurnicum, villa, 194–95 

Châlons–sur–Marne, 195 

Character assassination, 72 

Charibert, Frankish king, 162, 181, 

186 

Charitable activity, 98, 109, 145, 158, 

187 

Chartae, 27, 86, 96, 111 

Chastity, 92, 157–58 

Chiasmus, 10 

Childebert I, Frankish king, 150, 

158–60, 170 

Childebert II, Frankish king, 183, 

188–89 

Children, 60–61, 86, 89, 134, 154–55, 

157, 190, and passim 

Chilperic I, Frankish king, 162, 182 

Chilperic II, Burgundian king, 107–8, 

154 

Chlodomer, Frankish king, 156–58 

Chlodovaldus, son of Chlodomer, 157 

Chlothar I, Frankish king, 158–62, 

164, 170 

Christ, 15, 35, 37, 50, 61, 63, 69, 71, 79, 

91–92, 98–100, 104, 108, 115–17, 

120–21, 125, 130–31, 133, 137, 

139–41, 143, 148, 151, 153, 156, 

161–62, 164–66, 169, 171–72, 

184–86, and passim 

Christianity, x, 1, 16, 25, 42, 99–100, 

113–14, 119, 128–29; conversion to, 

91, 101, 114, 119–20, 122–24, 

154–55, 157; Nicene, 114, 124, 127, 

154 

Christmas, 15, 126 

Christogram, 63–64, 196 

Chronicles, 3 

Chronicon paschale, ix 

Chronology, 3 

Church construction, 116, 145–47, 149, 

153, 164 

Cibyrates, brothers, 154 

Cicero, orator, 2, 6, 23, 97, 129 

Cictato, 44–45 

Circe, temptress, 30 

Circumitio, 9 

Cispiciolus, colonus, 195 

Civitas Arvernorum, 112 

Clarissima femina, 146 

Clarusmons, 111–12 

Claudius, priest, 135–36 

Claudius Mamertinus, 139 

Clermont, 3–4, 46, 48, 51, 87, 98, 110, 

112, 148, 150, 159, 180 

Clients, 57 

Climax, 8 

Clotilde, nun, 186–89 

Clotilde, wife of Clovis, 154–59 

Clovis I, Frankish king, 108, 123–24, 

126, 135, 154–56, 159, 193 

Code of Justinian, 86 

Codex Berolinensis Phillips 1743, 81 

Codex Carnotensis 16, 119 

Codex Coloniensis 212, 81 

Codex Lugdunensis 111, 30, 124 

Codex Lugdunensis 535, 68, 74 

Codex Monacensis Latinus 5508, 171 

Codex Palatinus Latinus 869, 33, 108, 

135 

Codex Parisinus Latinus 2832, 39, 151

Codex Parisinus Latinus 4697, 87, 110 

Codex Parisinus Latinus 8071, 37 



Codex Parisinus Latinus 12097, 107 

Codex Parisinus Latinus 13344, 122 

Codex Sangallensis 187, 84 

Codex Sangallensis 190, 26, 28, 49, 53, 

66, 75–76, 85, 103–5, 130 

Codex Sessorianus 77, 24, 69 

Codex Valencensis 387, 37 

Codex Vindobonensis 277, 37 

Codex Vossianus F 82, 37 

Codicils, 192 

Codicology, 10 

Cognomen, 13 

Cologne, 64 

Colon, 7 

Coloni, 193 

Columba, St., 1 

Columbanus, St., 1 

Comagenis, in Noricum, 148 

Comedy, 22, 66, 94, 97 

Comes, 19, 103 

Comes domesticorum, 20 

Comes et magister equitum, 119 

Comes rei militaris, 19 

Comes rei privatae, 20 

Comitatenses, 19 

Commendations, 143 

Commodian, poet, 1 

Common era, 15 

Commonitorium, 70, 139 

Communion, 79, 82, 171–73, 195 

Commutatio, 8 

Conception, 131 

Conclusio, 8 

Concubines, 97 

Conduplicatio, 8, 119 

Confessors, 117, 179 

Conhospitae, 172 

Coniunctio, 8 

Conjunctions, 5 

Conpar, 7 

Conplexio, 7 

Consistorium, 19 

Index 237 

Constans, lector, 51–52 

Constantine I, emperor, 156 

Constantine III, emperor, 139 

Constantinople, 20, 190 

Constantius, son of Ruricius, 67, 

75–76 

Constantius II, emperor, 64–65 

Constantius of Lyon, hagiographer, 

86, 134, 143 

Consularis, 19 

Consulate: honorary, 14, 19; ordinary, 

14, 18–19; suffect, 14, 19 

Consuls, 14, 18, 65 

Contentio, 7 

Contestatiuncula, 110–11 

Continuatio, 7 

Contrarium, 7 

Conversio, 7 

Cornelius Sisenna, translator, 49 

Coroticus, bandit, 98–101 

Corpus christianorum, ix 

Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum 

Latinorum, ix 

Correctio, 8 

Council of Agde, 28 

Council of Epaon, 78 

Council of Lyon, 81–82 

Council of Orléans, 173 

Councillors, municipal, 41–42 

Councils: church, 79, 187, 189; municipal, 

43, 47; provincial, 43 

Crona, daughter of Chilperic, 154 

Cultural change, 2 

“Cum beatitudinem vestram,” 105 

“Cum me libellos,” 71 

Cupiditas, 36 

Current era, 15 

Cursus honorum, 20–21 

Curule chair, 18 

Cyprian, 26 

Cyprus, 174 

Cytheris, courtesan, 97 

Daedalus, inventor, 30 

Daemonium meridianum, 121, 180 

Daero, wife of Amantius, 194

238 Index 

Dagalaifus, colonus, 193 

Dagarasera, dependent, 195 

Dagaredus, colonus, 193 

Damasus, pope, 1 

Danube River, 148 

Dasovinda, daughter of Amantius, 194 

Dating: ab urbe condita, 14; by indictions, 

14, 44, 46, 145; Christian era, 

15; consular, 14, 44–46, 63, 77–78, 

84, 86–87, 103, 112, 145, 152, 196; 

conventions, 14; provincial, 15; regnal, 

15, 110 

Dauveus, vir clarissimus, 196 

David, Jewish king, 133, 168 

Deacons, 195 

De Apocalypsi beati Ioannis, 4 

Decimus, 13 

Decreta, 90 

Dedimia, abbess, 163 

De dubiis generibus, 24 

Defensor civitatis, 89–90 

De ‹de, 4 

De‹nitio, 8 

De gubernatione dei, 70 

De inventione, 6 

De latinitate, 24 

De laude eremi, 136–37 

Delphi, 182 

Delphinus of Bordeaux, 174 

De mille annis, 4 

Demons, 151, 178–80, 183 

Denominatio, 9 

De orthographia, 23–24 

Deoteria, 169–70 

De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis, 3 

Desert, 137 

De spiritalis intellegentiae, 24 

Devil, 117–18, 120, 163–65, 185–86, 

188 

Devinctissimus, 67 

De viris inlustribus, 3–4 

Dictionaries, 6 

Diocesis, 194 

Dionysius Exiguus, 15 

Dionysius of Paris, 179 

Dionysus, god, 67, 76 

Diptych, 18, 65 

Disiunctio, 8 

Dis manibus, 12, 16 

Dissolutio, 8 

Distributio, 10 

Dithyramb, 67 

Divination, 182 

Dominus noster, 13 

Domus ecclesiae, 151 

Dracontius, 1 

Droctulfus, lover of Septimima, 183 

Dubitatio, 8 

Ductio, colonus, 193 

Duke of Armorica, 135 

Dulcitia of Vienne, 145 

Dynamius, grandson of Eucheria, 

38–39 

Dynamius, patrician, 37–39 

Easter, 84, 107 

Eclogues, 31 

Edoveifa, dependent, 194 

Education, 24, 58, 65–66, 69–70, 90, 

97, 134, 143 

Egeria, pilgrim, 1 

Egypt, 132, 139 

Elegaic couplets, 21, 37, 42, 84, 121, 

144 

Elision, 167 

Elites, 40, 144, and passim 

Emancipation, 77, 84, 193 

Ennodius of Pavia, 1, 147 

Epanaphora, 7 

Eparchius, son of Ruricius, 67 

Epigrams, 25 

Epigraphy, 3, 10–12, 16–17, 21, 42–43, 

45, 144–45 

Epiphanius of Salamis, 173–74 

Episcopus, 13 

Epistolography, 2, 4, 26, 29, 49, 85, 99, 

103, 106, 114, 122, 135, 140, 161, 

164, 172, and passim 

Epistulae Austrasicae, 33, 108, 135 

Epitaphs, 3, 16–17, 38–39, 42–43, 

45–46, 62–64, 76, 121, 144–45, 151 

Epitrepontes, 66

Epitrope, 8 

Esther, 169 

Etruscans, 154 

Eucheria, poet, 37–39 

Eucherius of Lyon, 23–25, 69, 71, 

136–37, 139 

Euchrotia of Bordeaux, 174–75 

Eugenia of Marseille, 144 

Eugippius, hagiographer, 148 

Eulodius, vir clarissimus, 196 

Eumerius of Angers, 50 

Eunuchs, 190 

Eunuchus, 73 

Euphrates River, 133 

Euphronius of Tours, 160 

Europe, 1 

Eustachius of Marseille, 48 

Eustochius of Angers, 171, 173 

Eutropius, historian, ix 

Eutropius, priest, 122 

Eutropius, vir clarissimus, 196 

Eutropius of Orange, 119–22 

Evodius, prefect, 174 

Excerpta, 70 

Exclamatio, 7 

Excommunication, 79, 82, 172 

Exegesis, biblical, 70 

Exile, 82, 99, 103, 106, 137, 148–50 

Exorcism, 183 

Expeditio, 8 

Faileuba, Frankish queen, 183 

Families, 13, 85, 105–6, 114, 142, 151, 

182, 187–88, and passim 

Family disruption, 90, 92 

Famine, 101, 122, 148, 184 

Famula dei, 145 

Fasces, 108 

Fasting, 54, 166, 187 

Fathers, Egyptian, 139 

Faustus of Riez, 68, 78, 103–4 

Favianis, in Noricum, 148 

Felemoda sive Moda, 45–46 

Felix, senator, 58 

Femina inlustris, 147 

Feriae, 75–76, 98 

Index 239 

Fever, 128, 151, 184 

Fideiussio, 86 

Figures, 9–10 

Filia, 14 

Fire, 180–81 

Firmina, inlustris, 147 

Firmina of Arles, 147 

Flavarasera, daughter of Flavianus, 

195 

Flavianus, dependent, 195 

Florentius, priest, 104 

Foedamia, wife of Melanius, 195 

Foedamius, priest, 53 

Formulae: epigraphic, 16; funerary, 43; 

legal, 87–88, 90, 110, 113 

Formulae spiritalis intellegentiae, 26, 72 

Fornication, 131, 174, 183 

Fourvière, 45 

Francus, priest, 106 

Frankincense, 152 

Franks, 33, 84, 86, 108–12, 124, 126, 

149–50, 154, 170 

Fratricide, 99 

Fredegarius, chronicler, 1 

Fredegisclus, spatharius, 83 

Fredegund, Frankish queen, 183 

Freedmen, 13 

Fréjus, 139 

Fretela, Gothic priest, 123 

Friendship, 85, 143 

Frieredus, tribune, 194, 196 

Frontier, 98 

Frunimius, colonus, 193 

Gaius, 13 

Gallomagnus, referendarius, 183 

Garden of Eden, 129 

Garonne River, 42 

Gaul, Gauls, 1, 15–16, 21–22, 37, 41, 

45, 65, 68, 93, 97, 100–101, 107, 123, 

134, 139, 145, 165, 169, 171, 173, 

179, 184, 186, and passim 

Gelasius, pope, 4, 147 

Gender, 114, 167 

Gennadius of Marseille, 3–4 

Genovefa, St., 157, 159, 169, 184

240 Index 

Gentilicum, 13 

Gepids, 101 

Germanicus, nephew of Tiberius, 154 

Germans, 98, 154 

Germanus of Auxerre, 86, 134, 143 

Germanus of Paris, 162–65, 181 

Germany, 101 

Gerundive, 5 

Gesta, 87, 89–90, 113 

Getae, 123 

Gibericus, slave, 194 

Gildas, historian, 1 

Gladiators, 74 

Gnaeus, 13 

Gnatho, 73 

Gnosticism, 174 

God, 21, 99, 145, 196 

Godomar, Burgundian king, 157 

Gothia, 102 

Gradatio, 8 

Graecus of Marseille, 46–47 

Grammar, 4–6, 31, 43, 110, 167 

Gratian, emperor, 77 

“Gratias ad vos,” 103 

Greece, 124 

Gregory of Tours, ix, 1, 3, 50–51, 58, 

97, 126–27, 146, 149–51, 154, 

157–61, 163, 169–70, 178, 181–83, 

187, 189, 196 

Gregory the Great, 1 

Gundegiselus of Bordeaux, 187 

Gundobad, acquaintance of Remigius, 

194 

Gundobad, Burgundian king, 152–55, 

195 

Guntharius, son of Chlodomer, 157 

Guntram, Frankish king, 162, 179, 187 

Guntram Boso, duke, 181 

Gynaecaeum, 183 

Hadrian, emperor, 193 

Hagiography, 3, 119, 134, 153, 163, 

184, and passim 

Handbooks, 6 

Hebrew, 122–23 

Hecyra, 66 

Helena, mother of Constantine I, 165 

Hendiadys, 10 

Heraclean stone, 150 

Heraclius of Paris, 135 

Heraclius, vir inlustris, 68 

Hercules, Greek hero, 55 

Heresy, 70, 98, 114, 126–28, 139, 173 

Heruls, 101 

Hesperius, rhetor, 66, 72 

Hiatus, 34 

Hic iacet, 16, 63–64 

Hic quiescat, 16 

Hic requiescit, 16 

Hic situs est, 12, 43 

Hieron, brother of Tlepolemos, 154 

Hilaria, deaconess, 194 

Hilary of Arles, 24, 69–71, 137, 139 

Hilary of Poitiers, ix, 1, 26, 187–88 

Hippolytus, son of Theseus, 49 

Hippolytus, St., 39 

Historia contra paganos, 102 

Historians, xi 

History of the Franks, 3 

Holy Apostles, church of, 157 

Homoioptoton, 7 

Homoioteleuton, 7 

Honoratus of Arles, 70, 138 

Honorius, emperor, 86, 103, 111–12 

Horses, 28–30 

Huns, 169 

Hypatius, father of Palladia, 90 

Hyperbaton, 5, 9 

Hyperbole, 9 

Hypodiastole, 7 

Hypophora, 8 

Iacchus, god, 76 

Iambic tetrameter, 167 

Iamlychus of Trier, 36 

Ides, 15 

Idols, 122–23, 148 

Incest, 78–79, 81 

Indiction, 14 

Indirect statement, 5 

Ingomer, son of Clovis, 155 

In hoc loco, 16

In hoc sepulchro, 17 

In hoc tumulo, 17, 145 

Injuriosus of Tours, 159 

Innocentius, slave, 194 

Inquilinus, 56 

Instructiones ad Salonium, 69 

Intellectio, 9 

Interlacement, 5 

Interpretatio, 8 

Interpretations, legal, 86 

Ireland, 99–101 

Isidore of Seville, 1 

Isocolon, 7 

Israel, Israelites, 136, 139 

Italy, 21, 64, 120, 173 

Ius gentium, 95 

Ius silvestris, 96 

Jacobus, master of soldiers, 114–15 

Jerome, 68, 101–2, 123, 128–29 

Jerusalem, 128, 152, 173 

Jews, 166 

Job, 132 

John, apostle, 122 

John Chrysostom of Constantinople, 

114 

Jokes, 28–29 

Jonah, 51 

Jordanes, 1 

Jovia, 194 

Jovinus, emperor, 139 

Jovius, husband of Septimima, 183 

Jubilee, 136 

Judith, 169 

Jugurtha, Numidian king, 190–91 

Julian, emperor, 64–65 

Julian, martyr, 179 

Julianus, proconsul, 86 

Juno, goddess, 155 

Jupiter, god, 155, 178 

Justin, consul, 45–46 

Justin, count, 166 

Justina, prioress, 190 

Justinian, emperor, 45 

Justinus, Fl. Mar. Petrus Theodorus 

Valentinus, 45 

Index 241 

Justus, physician, 61–62 

Juvenal, 97 

Juvencus, 1 

Kalends, 15, 44, 46, 78, 84, 103, 145 

Kidnapping, 57 

Laconia, 37 

Lampridius, rhetor, 190 

Langres, 37 

Language, study of, 122 

Lanthechildis, sister of Clovis, 157 

Laon, 194–95 

Lar familiaris, 95–97 

Late Antiquity, ix–xi, 1–3, 6, 10–11, 

14, 17, 43, 61, 113, 144, 195, and 

passim 

Latin language, ix, 32; classical, 5; late, 

4, 17; literature, xi, 1–2; style, 46; 

vulgar, 43 

Latrocinium, 95 

Latronianus, Priscillianist, 174–75 

Lauta, colona, 193 

Law: biblical, 132; praetorian, 192; 

Roman, 87, 102, 109, 192 

Lawrence, St., 145 

Laws, x, 3, 49, 58, 77, 84, 86, 90, 103, 

108, 134, 138–39 

Lawyers, 96 

“Legi libros tuos,” 71 

Lentulus Sura, Catilinarian, 190–91 

Leo, emperor, 4 

Leo, grandson of Baudorosera, 195 

Leoberedus, son of Sunnoveifa, 195 

Leobovera, abbess, 186 

Leocadius, 173 

Leontius, son of Ruricius, 67 

Leontius of Cologne, 64 

Leo of Sens, 135 

Lérins, 69–70, 137–39, 141 

Lero, island, 139 

Leuci (Toul), 37 

Leudocarius, dependent, 195 

Leudovera, dependent, 195 

Lex Burgundionum, 82 

Lex Gundobada, 82

242 Index 

Lex Salica, 1 

Liber, god, 75 

Liberal studies, 25 

Liber constitutionum, 82 

Liber de similitudine carnis peccati, 122 

Liber ponti‹calis, ix 

Liberta, 14 

Library, 130 

Licentia, 10 

Licinius of Tours, 171, 173 

Ligature, 43 

Lightning, 119 

Limoges, 66, 75, 179 

Lingones (Langres), 38 

Literary activity, 22, 24, 28, 30, 69, 

129, 134 

Litigation, 103 

Litotes, 10 

Litterae commendaticiae, 50 

Liturgy, 171 

“Lives of the Visigothic Fathers,” ix 

Locative, 167 

Loire River, 95, 97, 182 

Lorsch, monastery, 33 

Lovocatus, priest, 171 

Lucius, 13 

Lucumo (Tarquinius Priscus), 154 

Lugdunensis, 101, 105, 135 

Lugdunensis Germania, 154 

Lugdunensis Prima, 154 

Lugdunensis Tertia, 173 

Lugdunum (Lyon), 153 

Luna, 178 

Lupicinus, abbot, 107–8 

Lupus, duke, 58 

Lupus, rhetor, 190–91 

Lupus of Laon, 192–93, 195–96 

Lupus of Troyes, 57, 139 

Lustrum, 40, 145 

Lyon, 23–24, 31, 43, 45, 69, 80–82, 84, 

124, 151 

Macco, count, 188 

Macharius, friend of Asterius, 20 

Macrobius, 184 

Madness, 185 

Magi, 175 

Magic, 174–75 

Magister militum per Gallias, 19 

Magister peditum, 19 

Magister utriusque militiae, 18, 103 

Magnericus of Trier, 179 

Magnus Felix, patrician, 145–46 

Magnus Maximus, emperor, 175 

Maidens, ten, 77 

Male‹cia, 183 

Mandatum, 86–87 

Mandrogerus, sorcerer, 176–77 

Manlius, 13 

Manuscript, autograph, 10 

Manuscript copying, 6, 10–11, 20, 24, 

33 

Manuscript hands, 10 

Manuscripts, 6, 10, 17, 26 

Manuscript tradition, 11, 37 

Marcellus empiricus, 1 

Marcellus of Die, 153 

Marcoleifus, son of Totno, 195 

Marcovicus, dependent, 194 

Marcus, 13 

Maria, 132 

Marilegium (Marlenheim), 183 

Mark Antony, 97 

Maroveus of Poitiers, 160, 186 

Marriage, 39, 48–49, 56, 77–79, 82–85, 

91, 98, 127, 130–32, 134, 140, 

146–47, 149, 151, 155, 159, 170, 

182–83 

Mars, god, 155, 178 

Marseille, 37, 39, 47, 58, 144 

Martial of Limoges, 179 

Martina of Vienne, 62 

Martin of Tours, 64, 157, 164, 179, 

181–82 

Martyrdom, martyrs, 3, 39, 114–18, 

150, 179 

Martyrius, lector, 117–18 

Mary, mother of Christ, 162, 165, 

185–86 

Massilia (Marseille), 184 

Master of soldiers, 19–20, 65, 108 

Mathematici, 175, 190

Matricula, 193, 195 

Maurilio, colonus, 193 

Maxims, 7 

Maximus of Riez, 138 

Medaridus, son of Mellaricus, 194 

Medovicus, freed slave, 194 

Melanius of Rennes, 171, 173 

Melanius, vinekeeper, 193, 195 

Mellaricus, vinekeeper, 194 

Mellaridus, dependent, 195 

Mellatena, wife of Mellaridus, 195 

Mellovicus, swineherd, 194 

Membrana, 27, 52 

Membrum, 7 

Memoria, 16 

Memorius, priest, 105 

Menander, playwright, 66 

Meratena, slave, 194 

Merchants, 46, 96 

Mercurinus sive Cictato, 43–46 

Mercury, god, 155, 178 

Merovech, Frankish prince, 181–82 

Merovingians, 40 

Merumvastis, slave, 194 

Meshach, 119 

Messala, consul, 152 

Metabasis, 8 

Metalepsis, 9–10 

Metaphors, 9, 66 

Metonymy, 9, 126 

Michael, archangel, 153 

Middle Ages, 6, 10, 15 

Milesian tales, 49 

Miletus, 49 

Minors, 86 

Miracles, 163, 185 

Moabites, 131 

Moderatus, dependent, 194 

Moguntiacum (Mayence), 101 

Momociacum, 196 

Monacharius, son of Bebrimodus, 194 

Monasteries, monasticism, 69, 82, 98, 

100, 107, 137–40, 143, 159–61, 163, 

166, 186–88 

Montanism, 174 

Monulfus, dependent, 193 

Index 243 

Monumenta Germaniae historica, ix 

Mora, wife of Bebrimodus, 194 

Morini (Thérouanne), 101 

Moses, 137 

Mosomagum, 195 

Mulomedicina, 1 

Municeps, 42 

Muta, dependent, 193 

Mythology, 37 

Namatius of Clermont, 146 

Namnetes (Nantes), 184 

Narbonensis, Narbonne, 101–2 

Necromancy, 119, 169, 181 

Nemetae (Spire), 101 

Neologisms, 6, 167 

Nestor, king of Pylos, 97 

Nicene Creed, 126 

Nicetas of Remesiana, 1 

Nicetius of Lyon, 151 

Nicknames, 44–45, 97 

Nifastes, dependent, 193 

“Nisi tanti seminis,” 129 

Niviatena, colona, 193 

Noca, slave, 194 

Nomenclature, 13 

Nominatio, 9 

Nominative absolute, 5 

Nones, 15, 110 

Nonnio, vinekeeper, 195 

Notitia dignitatum, 138 

Novempopulana, 42, 101–2 

Numantia, 190–91 

Numeration, inclusive, 15 

Numidia, 191 

Numismatics, 10 

Nuns, 163–64, 186–89 

Nym‹us, husband of Serena, 42 

Oath-taking, 83–84 

Occultatio, 8 

Odovacar, barbarian chieftain, 147 

Ommatius, son of Ruricius, 67 

Onomatopoeia, 9 

Optatus of Milevis, ix 

Orange, 121

244 Index 

Ora pro me, 27, 29 

Oratio libera, 10 

Oratory, 25 

Orient, 166 

Orosius, historian, 102 

Orpheus, Greek hero, 66–67 

Orthography, 5–6, 43, 192 

Ostrogoths, 147 

Outlaws, 58 

Paganism, 91, 93, 114, 116–17, 119–20, 

122, 126, 129, 155 

Palatine service, 48 

Paleography, 10 

Palestine, 102 

Palladia, wife of Salvian, 90, 92–93 

Palladia, wife of Stephanus, 79, 82 

Palladius, consul, 103 

Palladius, physician, 28 

Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, 1 

Pannonia, 64, 101 

Pantomalus, comic character, 54–56 

Paphis, epithet of Aphrodite, 97 

Papianilla, wife of Sidonius, 61 

Pappolus, vir clarissimus, 196 

Papyrus, 27, 134 

Paralipsis, 8 

Paris, 157–59, 167, 169, 180, 184 

Parisosis, 10 

Parium marble, 51, 150 

Paronomasia, 7 

Parovius, son of Praetextatus, 194 

Parrhesis, 10 

Parricide, 99, 191 

Pascasiola, wife of Mellovicus, 194 

Passiacum, villa, 195 

Patrician, 19–20, 39, 103, 107, 145 

Patrick, St., 98–99 

Patrologia Latina, ix 

Patronage, 46, 48, 50, 80, 122, 142, 153 

Paul, apostle, 135 

Paulinus of Nola, 1, 84, 139–40 

Paulus, priest, 106 

“Paulus apostolus,” 135 

Paupers, 116, 137, 148, 162, 179, 193, 

195 

Pavia, 147 

Pepodianism, 171, 173 

Pepondius, heretic, 171 

Pepuza, 173 

Périgueux, 191 

Period, 7 

Periphrasis, 9 

Periphrastic verbs, 5 

Permissio, 8 

Permutatio, 9 

Persecution, 119 

Personi‹cation, 10 

Perversio, 9 

Peter, apostle, 117, 147, 158–59 

Phaedra, wife of Theseus, 49 

Philosophy, 23, 138 

Pictavi (Poitiers), 159, 164, 187 

Picts, 99–100 

Pientius of Poitiers, 164 

Pigs, 52 

Pilgrimage, 103 

Pincii, family, 21 

Placidia, wife of Mellaricus, 194 

Placidina, wife of Apollinaris, 148–50, 

159 

Plague, 122, 184 

Planctuaria, 110–11 

Plautus, playwright, 22, 128 

Plebeians, 41, 57 

Pledges, 78 

Plus minus, 145 

Poema coniugis ad uxorem, 84 

Poetry, 25, 33, 37, 43, 66, 69, 84, 121, 

144, 167 

Poitiers, 161, 163, 165, 167, 186–87, 

189 

Polychronius of Verdun, 106–7 

Pope, 24, 58, 71 

Portus, 193, 196 

Possessor, priest, 50 

Postconsulates, 14, 45 

Potentia, 18, 21, 94–95 

“Praecelso exspectabili,” 34 

Praecisio, 8 

Praeconia, 119 

Praedestinatus, 173

Praefectus urbi, 20 

Praenomen, 13 

Praepositus sacri cubiculi, 190 

Praetextatus, grandson of Remigius, 

194 

Praetor, 193 

Praetorian prefect, 19, 21, 146 

Prefaces, dedicatory, 22–23 

Prepositions, 5 

Presbyter, 5 

Priests, 195 

Princeps of‹cii, 42–43 

Principius of Soissons, 193–94 

Priscilla, St., 173–74 

Priscillianism, 174–75 

Priscillian of Avila, heresiarch, 174 

Priscus of Lyon, 151 

Privatim, 5 

Privatus of Mende, 179 

Proba, Anicia Faltonia, 21 

Proba, poet, 1 

Proba of Lyon, 62, 121 

Probinus, Anicius, consul, 21 

Probus, Anicius, consul, 21 

Probus, Sextus Petronius, consul, 21 

Probus grammaticus, 1 

Proconsul, 19 

Procula, daughter of Euchrotia, 174 

Procula, noblewoman, 148 

Proculus, agent of Radegonde, 164 

Prodigies, 184 

Profutura, relative of Remigius, 195 

Profuturus, colonus, 193–95 

Pronominatio, 9 

Property: church, 98; loss of, 49, 108, 

147, 150, 183; protection of, 110, 161 

Prophecy, 180–82 

Prosopopoeia, 10 

Prosper of Aquitaine, 21, 84 

Protadius, friend of Avitus, 68 

Provence, 40 

Provinciolus, colonus, 193 

Prudens, slave trader, 57 

Prudentius, colonus, 193 

Prudentius, poet, 1 

Pseudo-Christ, 184, 186 

Index 245 

Pseudo-prophets, 184 

Public records, 89 

Publius, 13 

Pudens, friend of Sidonius, 56 

Pugillares, 52 

Pylos, 97 

Pyrenees, 101, 130 

Pythia, Pytho, 182 

Quadi, 101 

Quaestor candidatus, 21 

Quaestor sacri palatii, 138 

Quantity, 31–33 

Querolus, 22, 41, 43, 54, 56, 94–97, 

175–78 

Quieta, mother of Palladia, 90 

Quintianus of Rodez, 148–49 

Quintilla, St., 173–74 

Quintus, 13 

Quum, 5 

Radegonde, Frankish queen, 159–66, 

186–87 

Ransom, 50, 78, 100, 105–6, 144, 195 

Ratiocinatio, 7 

Ravenna, 103 

Ravenna papyri, 1 

Recognovimus, 110 

Rector provinciae, 40 

Refugees, 103, 105–6, 149, 171, 189 

Reims, 22, 109, 192, 194, 196 

Relics, 115, 119 

Religious life, 140–41, 143, 157 

Remi (Reims), 101 

Remigia, relative of Remigius, 194 

Remigius of Reims, 108, 135, 156, 192, 

196 

Reovalis, physician, 190 

Repetitio, 7 

Rhetoric, 2, 6, 10, 37, 49, 68, 98 

Rhetorica ad Herennium, 6, 9–10 

Rhetors, 31, 66 

Rhine River, 101 

Rhône River, 69 

Rhyme, 34, 37, 168 

Riez, 139

246 Index 

Rodez, 148–49 

Roman Empire, x, 1 

Romania, 102 

Roman Republic, 21, 101, 193 

Rome, 4, 19–21, 68, 128, 134, 147, 191, 

193 

“Rumor ad nos,” 108 

Ruricius of Limoges, ix, 26, 28–29, 

49–50, 52–54, 66, 75–76, 85, 103–5 

Rustica, daughter of Martina, 62 

Rustici, family, 24, 95 

Rusticiolus, vir clarissimus, 196 

Rusticity, 47, 49, 73 

Rusticula, daughter of Martina, 62 

Rusticus, epistolographer, 24, 129 

Rusticus, son of Taurentius, 27 

Rusticus, student, 68 

Rusticus of Clermont, 180 

Rutilius, vir inlustris, 22 

Saba, Arabia, 152 

Sabaria, 64 

Sacrae largitiones, 20 

Sacraments, 50 

Saints, 3, 115–16, 119, 161, 166, 179, 

184, and passim 

Salonius, son of Eucherius, 69–70 

Salutations, 69, 76, 118, 130, 143, 161; 

farewell, 24, 26, 49 

Salvian of Marseille, 24, 69–71, 90, 93, 

141 

Salvius Julianus, jurist, 193 

Sapaudus, son of Martina, 62 

Sapphira, 161, 163 

Sardanapallus, comic character, 

175–77 

Sardinia, 80–81 

Sarmatians, 101 

Sarra, a Mede, 131 

Satan, 167, 172 

Saturn, god, 118–19, 155, 157, 178 

Saturninus of Toulouse, 179 

Saxons, 101 

Schemes, 6 

Scholae palatinae, 20 

Scholasticus, 69 

Scipio Aemilianus, 190–91 

Scots, 99–101 

Scripts, 10 

Secundinus, poet, 1 

Sedatus of Nîmes, 26, 28–30, 49 

Sedulius, poet, 1 

Sejanus, prefect, 190–91 

Senate of Rome, 21, 77 

Senators, 19, 42, 77–78, 98, 150 

Sens, 23 

Sententia, 7 

Septimima, sorceress, 183 

Serena, wife of Nym‹us, 42–43 

Sermo in natali sancti Stephani, 94 

Sermons, 31 

Servius grammaticus, 1 

Setia, villa, 195–96 

Severiana, daughter of Sidonius, 61 

Severinus, St., 148 

Sextus, 13 

Shadrach, 119 

Shipwrecks, 138 

Shunammite virgin, 133 

Sicily, 154 

Sidonius Apollinaris, author, 4, 30, 

46–47, 49, 51, 56–57, 60–62, 65–66, 

72–75, 98, 143, 149–50, 153–54, 159, 

190 

Sigibert, Frankish king, 58, 160, 162, 

164–65 

Sigismund, Burgundian king, 79, 81, 

157 

Simplicius, uncle of Sidonius, 51–52 

Sindilla, swineherd, 53 

Sirmond, Jacques, 24, 30, 68, 74, 124 

Sisinnius, archdeacon, 106 

Sisinnius, deacon, 116–17 

Slavery, slaves, 13, 41, 54–56, 58, 101, 

107–9, 130, 178, 181–82, 190 

Social change, 41, 90, 94, 98, 101 

Social relations, 2, 11, 114 

Soissons, 195 

Solidi, 83–84, 193, 195 

Solomon, 152, 181 

Sorcery, 175, 178, 182, 184 

Sources chretiennes, ix

Spain, 15, 65, 102, 123, 174 

Sparagildis, wife of Flavianus, 195 

Sparatus, priest, 171 

Spartacus, gladiator, 73–74 

Spatharius, 84 

Spiritum pythonis, 181–82 

Status, 18, 20, 94 

St-Claude, 107 

Stephanus, ‹nancial of‹cial, 79–82 

Stipendium, 141 

Subdeacons, 193, 195 

Subiectio, 8 

Subscriptions, 19, 78, 81, 89–90, 110, 

112, 162, 196 

Suffronia, colona, 193 

Suippe River, 193 

Sulpicius Severus, hagiographer, 1, 64, 

174 

Sunnias, Gothic priest, 123 

Sunnoveifa, captive, 195 

Superlatio, 9 

Supernatural, 180 

Superstition, 93, 171, 184 

Susanna, wife of Priscus, 151 

Sycophant, comic character, 175–78 

Symploce, 7 

Synecdoche, 9 

Synonymia, 8 

Tablettes Albertini, 1 

Talpusiacum, villa, 195 

Tanaquil, wife of Lucumo, 154 

“Tanta mihi,” 104 

Tarquinius Priscus, 154 

Taurentius, friend of Ruricius, 26 

Taxes, 14, 65, 153 

Temple, Jewish, 152 

Tenaicus, colonus, 193 

Teneursolus, dependent, 194 

Tenneredus, colonus, 193 

Terence, playwright, 66, 73 

Testament, 192 

Teudonivia, dependent, 194 

Teudorosera, wife of Capalinus, 194 

Thaumastus, uncle of Sidonius, 154 

Theodebert I, Frankish king, 170 

Index 247 

Theoderic, Ostrogothic king, 147 

Theoderic I, Frankish king, 149–50, 

157 

Theodobald, son of Deoteria, 170 

Theodorus of Marseille, 179 

Theodosian Code, 58, 77, 84, 86, 90, 

102–3 

Theodosius II, emperor, 86, 103, 

111–12 

Theodosius of Auxerre, 135 

Theodovaldus, son of Chlodomer, 157 

Theutharius, priest, 188 

Thuringians, 159 

Tiberius, emperor, 13, 154, 191 

Ticinum, 64 

Timotheus, vir spectabilis, 109–10 

Timothy, martyr, 196 

Titius, 96–97 

Titulorum gallicanorum liber, 38 

Titus, 13 

Tlepolemos, brother of Hieron, 154 

Toga, 65 

Togati, 41–42, 96–97 

Tolosa (Toulouse), 180 

Tonsure, 158–59 

Tornacus (Tournai), 101 

Torture, 80, 129 

Totno, dependent, 195 

Tottio, dependent, 194 

Toul, 34 

Toulouse, 42, 110 

Tours, 3, 86, 157, 159, 164, 166, 182, 

186, 194 

Trabea, 65 

Traditions, Roman, 63 

Traductio, 7, 67, 118 

Tragedy, 97 

Transgressio, 9 

Transiectio, 9 

Transitio, 8 

Translatio, 9 

Transplacement, 7 

Transposition, 5 

Transvestite, 189 

Treason, 153 

Tremisses, 84

248 Index 

Tria nomina, 13 

Tribunal, 129 

Tricasses (Troyes), 57 

Triduum, 112 

Trier, 33, 35, 174 

Trinity, 81, 157, 162, 192, 196 

Tropes, 6, 9 

Troyes, 57, 139 

True Cross, 160, 165–68 

Tullius (Cicero), 128 

Turbines saeculi, 141 

Turones (Tours), 180 

Tutelage, 86, 88 

Tyrants, 101 

Uddulfus, colonus, 193 

Ursus, a Gaul, 58–59 

Ursus, archdeacon, 196 

Vacculiacum, villa, 193 

Valde, 5 

Valentine, 42 

Valentinian I, emperor, 77 

Valerianus, priest, 106 

Vandals, 98, 101 

Vangiones (Worms), 101 

Vargi, 57 

Vasans, cook, 195 

V.C. (vir clarissimus), 13 

Vegetius, military writer, ix 

Vellavi (St-Paulien), 59, 185–86 

Venantius Fortunatus, hagiographer, 

ix, 1, 163, 167 

Venerandus of Clermont, 180 

Venus, goddess, 178 

Veranus, son of Eucherius, 69 

Vergil, poet, 2, 20, 25–26, 30–33, 

58–60, 67, 97 

Vernivianus, dependent, 194 

Verodunum (Verdun), 170, 183 

Verres, governor, 154 

Verus of Orange, 119 

“Vexilla regis prodeunt,” 167 

V.I. (vir inlustris), 13 

Victorinus, martyr, 51 

Victor of Vita, ix 

Vienne, 62, 76, 145 

Vigilius of Trent, 114, 118 

Vigils, 54–56, 96, 122, 128, 158, 

165–66, 182 

Vincent, St., 180–81 

Vincentius of Lérins, 70, 139 

Vindonissa, 195 

Vinofeista, colona, 193 

Vir clarissimus, 18, 20 

Virgins, 100, 131–33 

Vir inlustris, 18, 20, 65, 146 

Vir spectabilis, 34 

Virtues, 3, 69, 76, 144, 151 

Visigard, Lombard princess, 170 

Visigoths, 74, 84, 86, 98, 102, 109, 126, 

149 

Vitalinus, husband of Martina, 

62 

Vitalis, colonus, 195 

Viteredus, slave, 194 

Viventiolus of Lyon, 30–31 

Volusianus of Tours, 85 

Vongensis, 196 

Vouillé, 126 

V.S. (vir spectabilis), 13 

V.S.L.M. (votum solvit libens merito), 

13 

Wales, 101 

Wergeld, 196 

Widows, 77–78, 83, 109, 142 

Widragasius, dependent, 194 

Wilderness, 136 

Women, 21, 60–61, 68, 76, 78, 86, 

89–90, 130, 142, 144, 146, 149–51, 

154, 159, 165, 169–74, 178–82, 188, 

and passim 

Word order, 5 

Wordplay, 30, 49, 63, 119, 139 

(Christos), 13 

Yons, 43 

Zeno, emperor, 4, 19 

Zeta, slave, 178

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