ous ways, III. iii. 10;
as regent for her son, appoints Boniface general of all
Libya, III. iii. 16;
gives ear to Aetius' slander of Boniface, III. iii. 17, 18;
summons him to Rome, III. iii. 18;
sends men to Boniface at Carthage, III. iii. 27;
upon learning the truth tries to bring him back, III. iii. 28, 29;
finally receives him back, III. iii. 36;
her death, III. iv. 15

Placidia, daughter of Eudoxia and wife of Olyvrius;
taken captive by Gizeric, III. v. 3, vi. 6;
sent to Byzantium, III. v. 6

Pontus, see Euxine

Praetor, III. x. 3

Praetorian, see Prefect

Prefect, praetorian prefect (lit. "of the court"),
III. x. 3, 7, xi. 17, xiii. 12;
of the army, "financial manager," III. xi. 17. cf.
III. xv. 13, xvii, 16, IV. xvi. 2

Prejecta, daughter of Vigilantia and wife of Areobindus, accompanies
him to Libya, IV. xxiv. 3;
placed in a fortress for her safety, IV. xxvi. 18;
removed from the fortress by Gontharis and compelled to give a
false report in a letter to Justinian, IV. xxvii. 20;
presents a great sum of money to Artabanes, IV. xxviii. 43

Proba, a notable woman of Rome;
according to one account opened the gates of the city to Alaric,
III. ii. 27

Procopius, author of the History of the Wars;
sails with Belisarius for Africa, III. xii. 3;
his reassuring dream, III. xii. 3-5;
sent by Belisarius to Syracuse to get information, III. xiv. 3, 4, 7-13;
praised by Belisarius III. xiv. 15;
congratulates Belisarius upon a good omen, III. xv. 35;
escapes from Carthage with Solomon, IV. xiv. 39;
goes to Belisarius in Syracuse, IV. xiv. 41

Pudentius, of Tripolis;
recovers this country for the Roman empire, III. x. 22-24, xi. 22,
IV. xxi. 3;
receives support from Belisarius, IV. v. 10;
persuades Sergius to receive only representatives of the
Leuathae, IV. xxi. 3;
rights against the Leuathae, IV. xxi. 13, 14;
his death, IV. xxii. 15

Ravenna, city in Italy;
the refuge of Honorius, III. ii. 9, 25;
attacked by Alaric and Attalus, III. ii. 29

Reparatus, priest of Carthage;
sent by Gontharis to summon Areobindus, IV. xxvi. 23;
with difficulty persuades him to come, IV. xxvi. 24-27;
dismissed by Gontharis, IV. xxvi. 31

Rhecimer, slays his father-in-law Anthemius, emperor of the West,
III. vii. 1

Rhine River, crossed by the Vandals, III. iii. 1

Romans, subjects of the Roman empire, both in the East and in t