v. 7;
repairs the defences, VI. iv. 15

Maleventus, ancient name of "Beneventus," city in Samnium, V. xv. 4

Marcentius, commander of cavalry, VI. v. 1

March, the first month in the early Roman calendar, V. xxiv. 31

Marcias,
commands a Gothic garrison in Gaul, V. xiii. 15;
summoned thence by Vittigis, V. xiii. 29, xix. 12;
his absence prevents Vittigis from leaving Ravenna, V. xvi. 7;
commands a Gothic camp in the Plain of Nero, V. xix. 12, xxix. 2

Martinus,
Roman commander sent to Italy, V. xxiv. 18-20;
arrives in Rome, V. xxvii. 1;
sent put against the Goths by Belisarius, V. xxvii. 22, 23;
his bodyguards Theodoriscus and George, V. xxix. 20;
sent to the Plain of Nero by Belisarius, VI. ii. 8;
fights there with varying fortune, VI. ii. 19 ff.;
with Valerian rescues Bochas, VI. ii. 24;
sent to Taracina, VI. iv. 6, 14;
summoned back to Rome, VI. v. 4;
sent by Belisarius with Ildiger to Ariminum, VI. xi. 4, 8-21;
they capture Petra, VI. xi. 10-19;
leave Ariminum, VI. xi. 22

Massagetae, in the Roman army;
their savage conduct at the capture of Naples, V. x. 29;
see also Huns

Matasuntha, daughter of Amalasuntha,
wedded by Vittigis, V. xi. 27;
opens negotiations with John, VI. x. 11

Mauricius, Roman general, son of Mundus; slain in battle, V. vii. 2, 3, 12

Maxentiolus, bodyguard of Constantinus, VI. viii. 3, 13

Maxentius, a bodyguard of the household of Belisarius, V. xviii. 14

Maximus, slayer of Valentinian, V. xxv. 15

Maximus, descendant of the above Maximus; exiled by Belisarius, V. xxv. 15

Medes, see Persians

Melas, see Black Gulf

Meleager, uncle of Diomedes, slayer of the Calydonian boar, V. xv. 8

Messana, city in Sicily, V. viii. 1

Milan,
chief city of Liguria, VI. vii. 37, 38;
second only to Rome among the cities of the West. _ibid._;
receives assistance from Belisarius against the Goths, VI. xii. 26 ff.;
occupied by the Romans, VI. xii. 36;
besieged by Uraias, VI. xii. 39, 40;
its priest Datius, VI. vii. 35;
distance from Rome and from the Alps, VI. vii. 38

Monteferetra, town in Italy; garrisoned by Vittigis, VI. xi. 3

Moors,
allies in the Roman army, V. v. 4;
their night attacks upon the Goths, V. xxv. 9;
sent outside the walls at night by Belisarius, V. xxv. 17;
in the battle in the Plain of Nero, V. xxix. 22

Moras, Gothic commander in Urbinus, VI. xi. 2

Mulvian Bridge, guarded by the Goths, V. x