d Beroea, II. vii. 12 ff.;
capture and destroy Antioch, II. viii. 20 ff.;
capture Petra, II. xvii. 27;
besiege Edessa in vain, II. xxvi. 5 ff., xxvii. 46;
save Petra from capture by the Romans, II. xxix. 41 ff.;
suffer a severe defeat in Lazica, II. xxx. 39 ff.

Pestilence, The, devastates the whole world, II. xxii. 1 ff.;
in Byzantium, II. xxii. 9 ff.;
in Persia, II. xxiv. 8, 12

Peter, captured as a boy in Arzanene by Justinus, II. xv. 7;
Roman general, sent to Lazica, I. xii. 9;
summoned to Byzantium, I. xii. 14;
bodyguard of Justinian, commander of infantry, I. xviii. 6;
at the battle on the Euphrates, I. xviii. 42;
favours invasion of Persia by Belisarius, II. xvi. 16;
attacked by the Persians before Nisibis, II. xviii. 16 ff.;
commands a detachment in an army to invade Persia, II. xxiv. 13;
precipitately enters Persia, II. xxiv. 18;
commands the right wing at the battle of Anglon, II. xxv. 17;
with Martinus and Peranius defends Edessa against Chosroes,
II. xxvi. 25 ff.;
Chosroes demands that he and Peranius be surrendered to him, II. xxvi. 38;
his base character and misrule in Lazica, II. xv. 6-8

Petra, built by Justinian in Lazica, II. xv. 10, xvii. 3, xxix. 20;
its impregnable defences, II. xvii. 18 ff.;
attacked by the Persians, II. xvii. 4 ff.;
besieged by Chosroes, II. xvii. 13 ff.;
captured by Chosroes, II. xvii. 26;
fortified with a garrison, II. xix. 48;
besieged by the Romans and Lazi, II. xxix. 11 ff.;
the siege abandoned, II. xxx. 11;
valour of the Persian defenders, II. xxix. 35;
monopoly established there by John Tzibus, II. xv. 11, xxix. 21

Petrae, ancient capital of the Arabs, I. xix. 20

Phabrizus, high Persian official, II. xxviii. 16;
employed by Chosroes for the furtherance of his plans, II. xxviii. 17;
attempts to destroy Goubazes, II. xxix. 2 ff.;
left as commander in Lazica by Mermeroes, II. xxx. 32;
his forces almost annihilated by the Lazi, II. xxx. 42 ff.

Pharangium, fortress in Persarmenia, occupied by the Romans, I. xv. 18;
gold-mines of the Persians there, I. xv. 27, 29;
given over to the Romans, I. xv. 29, II. iii. 1;
its return demanded by Chosroes, I. xxii. 3;
given up by the Romans, I. xxii. 18;
near the source of the Boas River, II. xxix. 14

Pharas, an Erulian chief, at the battle of
Daras, I. xiii. 19, 25 ff., xiv. 32, 33, 39

Pharesmanes, of Colchis, an officer
in the Roman army, I. viii. 3

Pharsanses, a man of