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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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