Rothomagi (Rouen), 79
Roxolani, a Sarmatian race, 291
Rufina, put to death for adultery, 477
Rufinus, commander of the praetorian guard, 51, 96
---- prefect of the praetorium, 451, 461;
his character, 451, 461
---- Aradius, 317
Rumitalca, a tribune, 425
Rumo, a Sarmatian chief, 148
Ruricius, 455, 498, 501
Rusticianus, a priest, 498
Rusticus Julianus, 447
Rutupiae (Richborough), 212, 454
S.
Sabaiarius, or beer-drinker; a name given by the inhabitants of
Chalcedon to the emperor Valens, 425
Sabaria, a town in Pannonia, 563
Sabastios, 264
Sabinianus, 169, 171, 189
Sacae, the, 340
Saccumum, a town in Italy, 140
Saga, a town in Scythia, 341
Saganis and Sagareus, rivers in Carmania, 339
Salamis, celebrated for its temple of Jupiter, 29
Salia, his sudden death, 509
Salices, a town in Thrace, 595
Salii, a tribe of Franks, 141
Saliso (Spiers), 86
Sallust, the historian, 81
Sallustius (i.), prefect of Gaul, 255;
consul with Julian, 317;
opposes the Persian war, 325;
(ii.) prefect of the East, 381;
refuses the imperial dignity after Julian's death, 388;
ambassador to the Persians, 393;
succeeded in the prefecture by Nebridius, 422
Salmaces, a Mauritanian chief, 528
Samosata, a town of Syria, 28, 168, 236
Sanctio (Seckingen), 247
Sangarius, a river flowing into the Euxine, 288
Santones (Saintes), 79
Sapaudia (Savoy), 80
Saphrax, a general of the Goths, 583, 610
Sapor, king of Persia, 98;
letter to Constantius, 134;
his designs, 167;
wounded at Amida, 185;
invades Mesopotamia, and lays siege to Singara, 223;
captures it, 224;
takes Bezabde, 228;
makes peace with the Romans, 393;
his treachery, 463;
renews the war, 463;
invades Armenia, 465;
his aggression, 503;
his proposals to Valentinian, 549
Saqires, a tribe near the Euxine, 290
Saracens, 11, 307, 322, 332, 350, 391, 622
Saramanna, a town of Hyrcania, 339
Sargetae, a nation near the Euxine, 292
Sarmatians, 103, 146, 154;
ravage Pannonia, 413, 540
Saturninus (i.), superintendent of the palace, 280;
(ii.) a general against the Goths, 598
Saulieu (Sedelaucum), 85
Sauromaces, 468
Sauromatae, 291, 580
Saxons, 413, 454;
make incursions into the Roman territory, 493, 567
Scaevolae, the, 555
Scipio, P.C., 17, 77
Sciron, a pirate, 6
Scordisci, formerly inhabitants of Thrace, 442
Scorpion, a military engine,
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