a, mountain in Numidia, IV. iv. 27;
Gelimer takes refuge there, IV. 26, 28;
its ascent attempted by Pharas, IV. vi. 1;
closely besieged, IV. iv. 28, vi. 3;
Cyprian sent thither to receive Gelimer, IV. vii. 11

Pasiphilus, a mutineer in the Roman army; active supporter of Gontharis,
IV. xxvii. 21, 22, 36, 38;
entertains John at a banquet, IV. xxviii. 3;
his death, IV. xxviii. 39

Patrician rank, III. ii. 15, xi. 17, IV. vi. 22, xvi. 1;
Gelimer excluded from it because of Arianism, IV. ix. 14

Paulus, a priest of Hadrumetum;
rescues the city from the Moors, IV. xxiii. 18-25;
comes to Byzantium, IV. xxiii. 29

Pedion Halon, in Libya, distance from Decimum;
forces of Gibamundus destroyed there, III. xviii. 12

Pegasius, friend of Solomon the younger, IV. xxii. 14, 15

Peloponnesus, III. xi. 24, IV. xiv. 18;
plundered by Gizeric, III. v. 23, xxii. 16

Pentapolis, part of Libya;
its rule falls to Cyrus, IV. xxi. 1

Perinthus, called Heracleia in Procopius' time, III, xii. 6

Persians, III. xix. 7;
make peace with the Romans, III. i. 1, ix. 25, 26;
Vandals fight against them IV. xiv. 18

Peter, Roman general, accused by the Massagetae of unfair dealing, IV. i. 6

Peter, of Thrace, body-guard of Solomon;
at the banquet of Gontharis, IV. xxviii. 3;
looks with approval upon Artabanes' plot, IV. xxviii. 24, 28;
with Artabanes cuts down the body-guards who remain, IV. xxviii. 33

Pharas, leader of Eruli, in the African expedition, III. xi. 11;
left in charge of the siege of Gelimer on Mt. Papua,
IV. iv. 28, 31, vi. 1, 3;
his correspondence with Gelimer, IV. vi. 15-30, vii. 6-9;
learns the reasons for Gelimer's peculiar request, and fulfils it,
IV. vi. 31-34;
reports to Belisarius, IV. vii. 10;
his good qualities, IV. iv. 29, 31;
an uneducated man, IV. vi. 15

Pharesmanes, father of Zaunas, IV. xix. 1, xx. 19

Phasis River, in Colchis, III. i. 11;
distance from Chalcedon, _ibid._

Phoenicia, its extent, IV. x. 15;
ruled by one king in ancient times, IV. x. 16;
home of various peoples, IV. x. 17;
Dido's emigration therefrom, IV. x. 25;
Phoenician tongue, spoken in Libya, IV. x. 20;
Phoenician writing, on two stones in Numidia IV. x. 22

Phredas, friend of Areobindus, sent by him to Gontharis, IV. xxvi. 8, 9

Placidia, sister of Arcadius and Honorius and wife of
Constantius, III. iii. 4;
mother of Valentinian, brings him up in vici