lan, barbarian name for a white-faced horse, V. xviii. 6, 7
Ballista,
description of, V. xxi. 14-18;
could shoot only straight out, V. xxii. 21
Belisarius,
his victory over the Vandals, V. v. 1;
sent by sea against the Goths, V. v. 2;
commander-in-chief of the army, V. v. 4;
sent first to Sicily, V. v. 6, 7, xiii. 14;
takes Catana and the other cities of Sicily, except Panormus, by
surrender, V. v. 12;
takes Panormus, V. v. 12-16;
enjoys great fame, V. v. 17 ff.;
lays down the consulship in Syracuse, V. v. 18, 19;
given power to make settlement with Theodatus, V. vi. 25, 26, 27;
ordered to hasten to Italy, crosses from Sicily, V. vii. 27, viii. 1;
Ebrimous comes over to him as a deserter, V. viii. 3;
reaching Naples, attempts to bring about its surrender, V. viii. 5 ff.;
failing in this, begins a siege, V. viii. 42;
does not succeed in storming the walls, V. viii. 43;
cuts the aqueduct, V. viii. 45, ix. 12;
despairs of success in the siege, V. ix. 8, 10;
learns of the possibility of entering Naples by the aqueduct,
V. ix. 10 ff.;
makes necessary preparations for the enterprise, V. ix. 18-21;
makes final effort to persuade the Neapolitans to surrender,
V. ix. 22 ff.;
carries out the plan of entering the city by the aqueduct, V. x. 1 ff.;
captures the city, V. x. 21 ff.;
addresses the army, V. x. 29-34;
guards the Gothic prisoners from harm, V. x. 37;
addressed by Asclepiodotus, V. x. 39 ff.;
forgives the Neapolitans for killing him, V. x. 48;
prepares to march on Rome, leaving a garrison in Naples, V. xiv. 1, 4;
garrisons Cumae, V. xiv. 2;
invited to Rome by the citizens, V. xiv. 5;
enters Rome, V. xiv. 14;
sends Leuderis and the keys of Rome to Justinian, V. xiv. 15;
repairs and improves the defences of the city, _ibid._;
prepares for a siege in spite of the complaints of the citizens,
V. xiv. 16, 17;
places ballistae and "wild asses" on the wall, V. xxi. 14, 18;
guards the gates with "wolves," V. xxi. 19;
smallness of his army in Rome, V. xxii. 17, xxiv. 2;
receives the submission of part of Samnium, Calabria, and Apulia,
V. xv. 1-3;
in control of all southern Italy, V. xv. 15;
sends troops to occupy many strongholds north of Rome, V. xvi. 1 ff.;
Vittigis fearful that he would not catch him in Rome,
V. xvi. 20, 21, xvii. 8;
recalls some of his troops from Tuscany, V. xvii. 1, 2;
fortifies the
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