an Gate named from him, V. xviii. 35

Pannonians, a people of central Europe, V. xv. 27

Panormus, city in Sicily;
Goths in, defy Belisarius, V. v. 12;
taken by him, V. v. 13-16;
garrisoned by him, V. viii. 1

Parian marble, used in building Hadrian's Tomb, V. xxii. 13

Pastor, of Naples, a trained speaker;
with Asclepiodotus opposes the proposal to surrender the city,
V. viii. 22 ff.;
they address the Neapolitans, V. viii. 29-40;
bring forward the Jews, V. viii. 41;
his death, V. x. 38;
his body impaled by the mob, V. x. 47

Patrician rank,
how conferred, V. vi. 3;
some of the patricians consult the Sibylline prophecies, V. xxiv. 28 ff.;
patrician rank conferred upon Theoderic, V. i. 9, VI. vi. 16;
upon Ebrimous, V. viii. 3

Patrimonium, used to denote the lands of the royal house, V. iv. 1

Paucaris, an Isaurian,
bodyguard of Belisarius, V. ix. 17;
prepares the channel of the aqueduct of Naples for the passage of
Roman troops, V. ix. 19-21

Paul the Apostle,
Church of, on the Tiber, VI. iv. 9;
respected by the Goths, VI. iv. 10;
its site fortified by Valerian, VI. iv. 11;
Gate of Rome named from him, VI. iv. 3

Paulus,
Roman commander of cavalry, V. v. 3;
on guard at the Pancratian Gate, V. xxiii. 2;
sent to Milan with Thracians, VI. xii. 27, 40

Paulus,
commander of Isaurians, VI. v. 1;
proceeds to Ostia by sea, VI. v. 3;
remains in Ostia, VI. vii. 12, 16;
occupies Portus, VI. vii. 16, 22

Peloponnesus, its resemblance to Spain, V. xii. 3

Penates, the ancient gods of Rome, V. xxv. 19

Peranius,
of Iberia, Roman general, V. v. 3;
of the family of the king of Iberia, _ibid._;
had come as a deserter to the Romans, _ibid._;
summons Belisarius to the Vivarium, V. xxiii. 13;
leads a sally against the Goths, VI. i. 11

Persia, adjoining Iberia, V. v. 3

Persians,
frequently referred to, also under the name of Medes, V. v. 3, etc.;
their long shields, V. xxii. 20;
Artasires a Persian, VI. ii. 10

Perusia,
the first city of Tuscany, V. xvi. 4;
submits to Constantinus, V. xvi. 4;
battle fought near it, V. xvi. 6;
garrisoned by Constantinus, V. xvii. 3;
avoided by Vittigis, V. xvii. 7, VI. xi. 9

Peter, the Apostle, buried near Rome;
one of the gates of the city named after him, V. xix. 4;
his church, V. xxii. 21, VI. ix. 17;
his promise to guard "Broken Wall," V. xxiii. 5;
reverenced by the Roma