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α2241Ἀνεκτάtolerable, sustainable… [3] George of Pisidia, Bellum Avaricum 25; Per l'incursione dei barbari 25 Tartaglia; on the incursions of the Avars into the Roman Lower Danube frontier prior to their siege of Constantinople (June 626). On …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1192Διοπτῆραscout… is the meaning implied by Plutarch, Galba 24: *ou)etou/rios kai\ *ba/rbios, o( me\n o)pti/wn, o( de\ tessera/rios: ou(/tw ga\r kalou=ntai oi( diagge/lwn kai\ diopth/rwn u(peresi/as telou=ntes ("Veturius and Barbius, the former "optio", the latter …Matched in noteshighshort
β246ΒεσπασιανόςVespasianos, Vespasianus, VespasianTitus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor 69-79: see generally Barbara Levick in OCD(4) s.v. Vespasian; De Imperatoribus Romanis entry by John Donahue at web address 1; Suetonius' biography at web address 2. The name is transliterated …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… of the following error, consider the same as Epidamnos. A barbarian king of the region, Epidamnos by name, built a city on the sea-coast and named it after himself. Dyrrachos, the son of his …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3737ΕὐσέβιοςEusebios, Eusebius… Nongreek (*Xronikoi\ kano/nes kai\ e)pitomh\ pantodaph=s i(stori/as *(Ellh/nwn te kai\ Barba/rwn). For an overview of this work, including the historiographical preface to the Canons, see Mosshammer [below], Introduction and Chapter 1, particularly pp. 15, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ171ΜαξέντιοςMaxentios, Maxentius… in peace at Thessalonica, but later, when Licinius gathered a barbarian army to oppose Constantine, the latter found out and ordered him to be killed, as he soon was (Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 1.4, lines …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ131ΜαναΐμManaim, Manane… the Suda's patriographical sources as a generic term for northern barbarians. The attribution of the statue (mentioned in the next sentence) to Manaim/Manane is uncertain, as is the veracity of his putative victory. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… he is clearly against giving a salary to soldiers whose "barbarian" manners appear immediately, since they try to steal the garlic Dicaeopolis has brought for himself. For other allusions to the violent, often bloody …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1708ΚλαύδιοςKlaudios, Claudius… His adopted son Nero (nu 254) succeeded him. See generally Barbara Levick in OCD(4) s.v. (pp.323-4) and web address 1. [1] cf. Suetonius, Claudius 10 (web address 2). After this the Suda begins following …Matched in noteshighlong