y by Gudila and Oppas,
v. 29.

Odovacar (Odoacer), King (476-493),
faithful service of Liberius to, ii. 16;
possible allusion to times of, iii. 12;
buried in a stone chest, 207;
Tupha an officer of, 251;
moderate taxation under, iv. 38;
Opilio filled a place under (?), v. 41.

Officium (official staff) of Praetorian Praefect, 93-114;
otherwise called Praetoriani, xi. 37;
to be fined if they disobey the King's orders, ii. 26;
duties of in collection of Bina and Terna, vii. 21;
promotion of, on Christmas Day, xi. 17;
their duties and rightful claims, xi. 37.

Opilio, Count of Sacred Largesses, father of Cyprian, viii. 16, 17;
chosen for a place in household of Odovacar (?), v. 41.

Opilio, son of above, Count of Sacred Largesses, viii. 16, 17;
ambassador from Theodahad to Justinian (535), 45;
evil character of, given by Boethius, 363.

Oppas, accused of enslaving Ocer, a blind Goth, v. 29.

Orthography, difficulties of Latin, in Sixth Century, 66.

Ostrogotha, ancestor of Theodoric, 'patientia enituit,' xi. 1.

Osuin (or Osum), Vir Illustris and Comes, made Governor of Dalmatia
and Suavitt, ix. 8, 9.

P.

Padus (_Po_),
timber for navy to be collected upon the banks of, v. 17, 20;
stake-nets to be removed from mouth of, v. 17, 20.

Palamediaci calculi = draughts, citizens fond of playing at, viii. 31.

Palmatiana, wine of Bruttii, described, xii. 12.

Panis, derivation of, from Pan, vi. 18.

Pannonia Sirmiensis, Colossaeus appointed Governor of, iii. 23, 24;
an old habitation of the Goths, iii. 23.

Pantomimist, dispute as to choice of, i. 20;
his menstruum (monthly allowance), i. 32, 33.

Papal election, contested between Symmachus and Laurentius (498), 26;
of Felix III (526), viii. 15.

Paper, praises of, xi. 38.

Paraveredi, extra horses, v. 39. (_See Errata._)

Parhippi, extra horses, iv. 47.

Parma, sanitary measures in, viii. 29, 30.

Parricide, the horror of, ii. 14.

Paschasius, Vir Spectabilas, his dispute about boundaries with
Leontius, iii. 52.

PATRICIATE, FORMULA OF, vi. 2.

Patricius, Vir Illustris, appointed Quaestor by Theodahad, x. 6, 7.

Patzenes, husband of Regina, story of his wife's intrigue with
Brandila during his absence on Gaulish campaign, v. 32, 33.

Paula, an orphan, taken under the King's guardianship, iv. 9.

Paulinus, Illustris and Patrician,
claims of Festus and Symmachus against, i. 23
[N.B. Compare the