ire, 154, 155.
Peter the Great, his invasion of Moldavia, 203.
Phanariotes, the, their rise and early history, 206, 207.
the first rulers, 207, 208.
installation of hospodars, 209.
extortion and tyranny of, 210-12.
extravagance of the princesses, 211.
their usual fate, 212.
favourable aspects of their rule, 214.
end of their domination, 220.
Wilkinson on their character, 220.
Pic, on the origin of the, Roumanians, 164 _note_.
Plevna, siege and investment of, 240-52.
Russian repulses before, 240, 245, 246.
defences of, 244.
fall of, 252.
Radu Affumati, 175.
Radu Negru, tradition of, 162.
Revolution of, 1848, 223.
suppressed, 224.
Roesler on the origin of the Roumanians, 164 _note_.
Romans invade Dacia under Domitian. 120.
invade Dacia under Trajan, 122-27.
second invasion under Trajan, 127-30.
rule in Dacia, 131-34.
at war with the Goths, 134, 135.
evacuate Dacia, 135-37.
Rosetti, C.A., his participation in the rising of 1848, 223;
his career, 263-265 (see also 'Biography').
Madame, liberates the Roumanian patriots from the Turks, 262, 263 (see also 'Biography').
Roumania constituted a principality under Couza, 229.
its provisional government after the fall of Couza, 231, 232.
under Prince Charles, 233-57.
erected into a kingdom, 255.
review of its history, 255.
the future of, 269, 270.
Roumanian alliance with Russia against Turkey, 237.
army, 237, 238 and _note_, 245.
neutrality in 1877, 236.
policy, 267-70.
soldiers, Russian contempt of, at the commencement of the war, 242.
praised for their coolness, 242.
bravery at Grivitza, 248.
sufferings of, after the capture of Grivitza, 248.
securities, rise in the value of, 270 _note_.
Russian invasion of Moldavia under Peter the Great (1709), 203, 204.
of the Principalities under Anne (1755), 216.
under Catherine IV. (1768), 216.
rule in Wallachia (1774), 217.
Russian consuls sent to Bucarest, 217.
rule in the Principalities (1789-92, 1806-12), 220.
intervention and Russo-Turkish war of 1829, 221.
invasion in 1848, 224.
intervention, review of benefits to Roumania therefrom, 224-25.
designs in 1853, 225.
war with England, France, and Turkey (1853), 226, 227, 228.
action in 1877, 235, 236.
indebtedness to Roumania in 1877, 237, 238.
invasion of Bulgar