;
persuades Cabades to spare Constantina, II. xiii. 14, 15

Barbalissum, fortress on the Euphrates, distance from Obbane, II. xii. 4

Barbarian Plain, The, near Sergiopolis, II. v. 29

Baresmanas, Persian general, at the battle of Daras,
I. xiii. 16, xiv. 32, 45;
standard bearer of, attacked and killed by Sunicas, I. xiv. 47-50

Barlaus, Gate of, in the wall of Edessa, II. xxvii. 44

Basilides, appointed quaestor in place of Tribunianus, I. xxiv. 18

Basilius, father of John of Edessa, II. xxi. 27

Bassaces, son-in-law of John, accompanies him on a mission to Bouzes,
II. iii. 29;
escapes with his companions from an ambush, II. iii. 30;
leads an embassy to the Persian king, II. iii. 31;
comes with Armenians to Byzantium, II. xxi. 34

Bassicius, trusted friend of the Armenian king Arsaces, I. v. 17;
flayed by Pacurius, I. v. 28

Batne, fortress one day's journey distant from Edessa, II. xii. 31

Belisarius, married to Antonina, I. xxv. 11;
in company with Sittas invades Persarmenia, I. xii. 20, 21;
defeated by Narses and Aratius, I. xii. 22;
appointed commander of troops in Daras with Procopius his adviser,
I. xii. 24;
at the command of Justinian undertakes to build a fortress in Mindouos,
I. xiii. 2, 3;
prevented by the Persians, I. xiii. 4 ff.;
made General of the East, I. xiii. 9;
in company with Hermogenes prepares to meet the Persians at Daras,
I. xiii. 12 ff.;
at the battle of Daras, I. xiii. 19 ff.;
sends letters to Mirranes, I. xiv. 1 ff., 7;
address to his soldiers, I. xiv. 20 ff.;
arrays the army on the second day of the battle of Daras, I. xiv. 28;
wins a brilliant victory, I. xiv. 47 ff.;
recalls the Romans from the pursuit of the Persians, I. xiv. 53;
hurries to meet the invading army of Azarethes I. xviii. 4;
follows the retiring Persian army, I. xviii. 9 ff.;
ridiculed by his army, I. xviii. 12;
attempts to dissuade the Romans from battle, I. xviii. 16 ff.;
insulted by his army, I. xviii. 24;
arrays them for battle, I. xviii. 25, 26;
fights valiantly after most of the Roman army had been routed,
I. xviii. 41 ff.;
returns to Byzantium in order to go against the Vandals, I. xxi. 2;
his share in quelling the Nika insurrection, I. xxiv. 40 ff.;
made General of the East and sent to Libya, I. xxvi. 1;
victorious in Italy, II. i. 1;
brings Vittigis to Byzantium, II. iv. 13;
shares the command of the East with Bouzes, II. vi. 1;
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