ompetent conduct of the siege of Petra, II. xxix. 34 ff.;
deceived by Mirranes, II. xxx. 7;
abandons Petra, II. xxx. 11;
with Phoubelis attacks Mermeroes, II. xxx. 22;
with Goubazes attacks and almost annihilates the Persians,
II. xxx. 39 ff.

Daphne, suburb of Antioch, II viii. 25;
visited by Chosroes, II. xi. 5 ff.;
the portent of the uprooted cypresses, II. xiv. 5

Daras, a city in Mesopotamia, fortified by Anastasius, I. x. 13;
distance from Nisibis and the Persian boundary, I. x. 14;
from Ammodius, I. xiii. 15;
its formidable defences, II. xiii. 17;
a menace to the Persians, I. xvi. 6;
battle of, I. xiii. 12 ff.;
the Persians demand that its walls be demolished, I. xvi. 7;
its abandonment by the Roman army a condition of the "endless peace,"
I. xxii. 16;
the tyranny of John, I. xxvi. 5-12;
besieged by Chosroes, II. xi. 28, xiii. 16 ff.;
citizens of, make a settlement with Chosroes, II. xiii. 28;
Chosroes plans to capture it by a ruse, II. xxviii. 17;
failure of the attempt, II. xxviii. 31 ff.

Death, Gate of, in Byzantium, I. xxiv. 52

Diocletian, Roman emperor, readjusts the Roman boundary in Aegypt,
I. xix. 29 ff.;
builds the fortress of Philae, I. xix. 34, 35

Diogenes, a guardsman, commander of cavalry, II. xxi. 2, 18, 20

Domentiolus commands a detachment of an army to invade Persia,
II. xxiv. 15

Dorotheus, a Roman commander at the battle of Daras, I. xiii. 21

Dorotheus, general of Armenia, attacks invading Persian army,
I. xv. 3 ff.;
makes a sally from Satala upon the Persian army, I. xv. 11 ff.

Doubios, district in Persarmenia, II. xxv. 1, 2;
its trade with India, II. xxv. 3;
distance from Theodosiopolis, II. xxv. 1;
Mermeroes stops there with his army II. xxx. 33;
priest of, called Catholicos, II. xxv. 4;
sent to urge the Romans to make peace, II. xxiv. 6, 7

Easter, its especial observance by the Christians, I. xviii. 15

Edessa, the centre of so-called Osroene, I. xvii. 24;
in Mesopotamia, II. xxiv. 4;
Augustus promises to build a hippodrome in the city, II. xii. 18;
the story of its toparch Augarus, II. xii. 8 ff.;
citizens of, convinced that the city could not be captured by barbarians,
II. xii. 7, 26, 30;
the letter of Christ to Augarus inscribed on the city wall, II. xii. 26;
given over to the Persians by the son of Augarus, II. xii. 28;
citizens of, destroy the Persian guards and give back the city to the
Romans, II