i. 2;
their hardiness as a nation, IV. vi. 5, 10-13;
their reckless character, IV. viii. 10;
their female oracles, IV. viii. 13;
their method of cooking bread, IV. vii. 3;
accustomed to take some women with their armies, IV. xi. 18, 19;
undesirable allies, IV. xiii. 40;
not practised in storming walls, IV. xxii. 20;
not diligent in guarding captives, IV. xxiii. 17;
the symbols of kingship among them received from the Roman
emperor, III. xxv. 5-7;
Moorish old man, guardian of Iaudas' treasures, IV. xx. 24;
slain by a Roman soldier, IV. xx. 27;
Moorish woman, IV. vii. 3

Moses, leader of the Hebrews, his death, IV. x. 13

Nepos, emperor of the West, dies after a reign of a few days, III. vii. 15

Numidia, in Africa, adjoins Mauritania, III. xxv. 21;
its boundary near the plain of Boulla, III. xxv. 1;
Mt. Papua on its borders, IV. iv. 27;
includes Mt. Aurasium, III. viii. 5;
and the city of Hippo Regius, III. iii. 31, IV. iv. 26;
and the city of Tigisis, IV. x. 21;
Moors of, seek alliance with the Romans, III. xxv. 3;
plundered by the Moors, IV. viii. 9, x. 2;
plundered by Iaudas, IV. xiii. 1, 18;
a place of retreat for the mutineers of Stotzas, IV. xv. 44, 50, xvii. 1;
Romans retire from there, IV. xx. 30;
Gontharis commander there, IV. xxv. 1;
Moors of, march out against Carthage, IV. xxv. 2

Nun ("Naues"), father of Joshua ("Jesus"), IV. x. 13, 22

Ocean, Procopius' conception of it as encircling the earth, III. 1. 4

Olyvrius, Roman senator, husband of Placidia, III. v. 6, vi. 6;
becomes emperor of the West; killed after a short reign, III. vii. 1

Optio (Latin), a kind of adjutant in the Roman army,
III. xvii. 1, IV. xx. 12

Ortaias, Moorish ruler beyond Mt. Aurasium, IV. xiii. 19, 28;
accuses Iaudas to Solomon, IV. xiii. 19;
with the mutineers of Stotzas, IV. xvii. 8;
his report of the country beyond his own, IV. xiii. 29

Palatium, the imperial residence in Rome; said to be named from Pallas,
III. xxi. 4;
despoiled by Gizeric, III. v. 34, IV. ix. 5

Palestine, settlement of the Hebrews there, IV. x. 13;
Moors emigrated therefrom, IV. x. 27

Pallas, an "eponymous" hero, used to explain the word "Palatium,"
III. xxi. 4

Pannonia, entered by the Goths, III. ii. 39

Pappus, brother of John, IV. xvii. 6, xxviii. 45;
commander of cavalry, III. xi. 7;
on the right wing at the battle of Tricamarum, IV. iii. 4

Papu