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Mulvian bridge, V. xvii. 14; comes thither with troops, V. xviii. 2; unexpectedly engages with the Goths and fights a battle, V. xviii. 3 ff.; his excellent horse, V. xviii. 6; shut out of Rome by the Romans, V. xviii. 20; drives the Goths from the moat, V. xviii. 26, 27; enters the city, V. xviii. 28; disposes the guards of the city, V. xviii. 34; receives a false report of the capture of the city, V. xviii. 35-37; provides against a second occurrence of this kind, V. xviii. 38, 39; ridiculed by the Romans, V. xviii. 42; persuaded to take a little food late in the night, V. xviii. 43; arranges for the guarding of each gate, V. xix. 14-18; his name given in play to one of the Samnite children, V. xx. 1-4; omen of victory for him, V. xx. 4; stops up the aqueducts, V. xix. 18, VI. ix. 6; operates the mills on the Tiber, V. xix. 19 ff.; reproached by the citizens, V. xx. 6, 7; receives envoys from Vittigis, V. xx. 8; his reply to them, V. xx. 15-18; appoints Fidelius praetorian prefect, V. xx. 20; report of the Gothic envoys regarding him, V. xxi. 1; as the Goths advance against the wall, shoots two of their number with his own bow, V. xxii. 2-5; checks their advance, V. xxii. 7-9; assigns Constantinus to the Aurelian Gate, V. xxii. 15; prevented from rebuilding "Broken Wall," V. xxiii. 5; summoned to the Vivarium, V. xxiii. 13; directs the defence there with signal success, V. xxiii. 14-23; praised by the Romans, V. xxiii. 27; writes to the emperor asking for reinforcements, V. xxiv. 1 ff.; receives from him an encouraging reply, V. xxiv. 21; sends women, children, and servants to Naples, V. xxv. 2; uses Roman artisans as soldiers on the wall, V. xxv. 11, 12; exiles Silverius and some senators from Rome, V. xxv. 13, 14; precautions against corruption of the guards, V. xxv. 15, 16; against surprise at night, V. xxv. 17; unable to defend Portus, V. xxvi. 18; encouraged by the arrival of Martinus and Valerian, V. xxvii. 2; outwits the Goths in three attacks, V. xxvii. 4-14; and likewise when they try his tactics, V. xxvii. 18-23; publicly praised by the Romans, V. xxvii. 25; explains his confidence in the superiority of the Roman army, V. xxvii. 26-29; compelled by the impetuosity of the Romans to risk a pitched battle, V. xxviii. 2, 3; addresses the army, V. xxviii. 5-14; leads out his forces and disposes them f
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