Ravenna, _ibid._;
sends commanders alone to Libya against the advice of
Alaric, III. ii. 30, 32;
failure of his attempt upon Libya, _ibid._;
quarrels with Alaric, and is reduced from the kingship, III. ii. 36

Attila, leader of the Huns, defeated by Aetius, III. iv. 24;
overruns Europe, III. iv. 29;
besieges and captures Aquileia; III. iv. 30 ff.

Augustus, emperor of the West, III. vii. 15

Aurasium, a mountain in Numidia;
distance from Carthage, III. viii. 5, IV. xiii. 22;
its great size, fruitful plateaus, and defences, IV. xiii. 23-25;
source of the Abigas River there, IV. xiii. 20, xix. 11;
adjoins First Mauretania, IV. xx. 30;
taken by the Moors from the Vandals, III. viii. 5, IV. xiii. 26;
its west side also held by the Moors, IV. xiii. 27;
Moors of, ruled by Iaudas, IV. xii. 29, xiii. 1;
Solomon marches thither, IV. xiii. 18;
Iaudas establishes himself there, IV. xiii. 21;
ascended by Solomon, IV. xiii. 30 ff.;
the Romans eluded by the Moors on the mountain, IV. xiii. 35, 36;
Solomon prepares more carefully for a second attempt, IV. xiii. 40;
in which he succeeds completely in dislodging the Moors from there,
IV. xix. 5-xx. 20;
fortified and held by the Romans, IV. xx. 22;
capture of Iaudas' treasure there, IV. xx. 23-29;
fugitive Vandals return thither, IV. xiv. 19

Babosis, place in Numidia, IV. xix. 16

Bacchus, brother of Solomon, and father of Cyrus and Sergius,
IV. xxi. 1, 19;
father of Solomon the younger, IV. xxi. 19, xxii. 17

Bagais, a deserted city near the Abigas River, IV. xix. 7

Bagradas River, in Libya, IV. xv. 13

Balas, leader of the Massagetae, III. xi. 12

Bandifer, "standard-bearer" (Latin), cf. Bandum, IV. x. 4

Bandum, the Latin term for "standard" in Procopius' time, IV. ii. 1

Barbaricini, name applied to the Moors in Sardinia, IV. xiii. 44

Barbatus, commander of Roman cavalry, III. xi. 7, IV. xv. 50;
on the Roman right wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. iii. 4;
his death, IV. xv. 59

Basiliscus, brother of Berine; commander of an expedition against the
Vandals, III. vi. 2;
his aspirations to the throne, _ibid._;
urged by Aspar to spare the Vandals, III. vi. 4;
landing in Africa, makes a complete failure of the
expedition, III. vi. 10-24, x. 2;
returning to Byzantium, becomes a suppliant, III. vi. 26;
saved by Berine, _ibid._;
makes himself tyrant in Byzantium, III. vii. 18;
his