ing from the Chinese (Seres);
worn by the Vandals, IV. vi. 7

Medissinissas, a Moorish ruler;
joins in an attack upon a Roman force, IV. x. 6 ff.;
slays Rufinus, IV. x. 11

Megara, its distance from Athens the measure of a one day's journey,
III. i. 17

Melanchlaenae, an old name for the Goths, III. ii. 2

Melita, island between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas (Malta),
III. xiv. 16

Membresa, city in Libya, IV. xv. 12;
distance from Carthage, _ibid._

Menephesse, place in Byzacium, IV. xxiii. 3

Mephanias, a Moor, father of Massonas, and father-in-law of Iaudas,
IV. xiii. 10;
treacherously slain by Iaudas, _ibid._

Mercurium, a town near Carthage, III. vi. 10, xvii. 15, xx. 10

Mercurius, the Latin name for Hermes, III. vi. 10

Methone, a town in the Peloponnesus, III. xiii. 9;
the Roman fleet stops there, III. xiii. 9-21

Minorica, island in the western Mediterranean, III. i. 18;
Apollinarius sent thither with an army, IV. v. 7

Misuas, the ship-yard of Carthage, IV. xiv. 40

Monks, their monastery in Carthage, IV. xxvi. 17

Moors, a black race of Africa, IV. xiii. 29;
an account of their origin in Palestine, and migration westward,
IV. x. 13 ff.;
driven away from Carthage, IV. x. 27, 28;
possess themselves of much of Libya, IV. x. 29;
take Mt. Aurasium from the Vandals, IV. xiii. 26, 27;
those beyond Mt. Aurasium ruled by Ortaias, IV. xiii. 28;
on Aurasium, ruled by Iaudas, IV. xii. 29, xiii. 1;
of Mauritania, ruled by Mastinas, IV. xiii. 19;
inhabit Mt. Papua, IV. iv. 27, vi. 19, 20;
not merged with the Vandals, III. v. 21;
their alliance secured by Gizeric, III. v. 22;
make war on the Vandals, III. viii. 1, 2;
dwelling on Mt. Aurasium, establish their independence from the Vandals,
III. viii. 5;
their wars with Gundamundus, III. viii. 7;
inflict a great disaster upon the Vandals, III. viii. 15-28;
of Byzacium, defeat the Vandals, III. ix. 3;
most of them seek alliance with the Romans, III. xxv. 2-4,
IV. viii. 11 ff.;
their doubtful fidelity, III. xxv. 9;
stationed in the rear of the Vandals at the battle of Tricamarum,
IV. iii. 8;
threaten the Roman power in Tripolis, IV. v. 10;
on Mt. Papua, drive back Pharas and his men, IV. vi. 1-3;
of Byzacium and Numidia, rise and overrun the
country, IV. viii. 20-23, x. 1, 2;
caught by Aigan and Rufinus in an ambush, IV. x. 5;
in turn annihilate the Roman force