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Andocides 16 Athanasius (?), Vita Antoni 116, 122, 157
Andromachus, magister officiorum and envoy 235 Athaulf, Gothic leader 56, 97
Anicii 149, 201 Athens, classical 12–16
animals, exotic, as gifts, see ceremonial, gifts city council and general assembly 12, 13
Annianus, bishop of Orl´ eans 283 generals 13, 16
Anonymus Valesianus 40 practices for dispatch and reception of
Ansovald, envoy 234 embassies 12–15
Anthemius, western emperor 50, 51, 53, 69, rhetors 13, 16
71, 83, 93, 223–226, 234, 242, 274 see also aristocracies, as envoys; autocratores;
and Epiphanius of Pavia 152, 245 envoys, legal position of, selection of;
Anthimus, De observatio ciborum 244, 265 Greece, classical; heralds; proxenia;Zeus
Anthimus, patriarch 233 Xenios
Anthony, St, see Athanasius (?), Vita Antoni Attalus, imperial usurper 97
Antioch, ‘Riot of the Statues’ at 130 Attila, Hunnic king 234, 237, 247, 257, 262,
Antony, monk at L´ erins, Vita, see Ennodius 269, 274
apocrisiarii 6, 266; see also envoys, terms for embassies sentby 40, 73
Aquae Flaviae, possibly Hydatius’ see 55, 59 embassies to
Aquitania 207 from Theodosius II (Priscus) 32, 190, 245,
Arabia, Arabian states 39, 220, 242 247, 255
Arator 153, 190, 231, 244 from Valentinian III (Cassiodorus’
arbitration 210 grandfather) 190, 237
Arcadius, eastern emperor 93 from Valentinian and Senate (Leo I) 39,
arcana 190, 203, 228, 236, 252, 263 114–115, 130, 139, 147, 162, 232, 233,
architecture, see ceremonial 235
Arianism 142, 146, 215–218, 246 raid of Gaul in 451 8, 54, 65, 87, 102, 137,
as criterion for selection of envoy 232 283
liturgy of baptism in 216 see also Huns
Aridus, bishop of Lyons 233 audiences, imperial, see embassies, reception of;
aristocracies ceremonial
as envoys 231, 234 Augustine 157, 216
in classical Greece 15 De haeresibus 214
in Roman empire 23, 25 see also Possidius, Vita Augustini
of Gaul 86 Augustus, emperor 18, 24, 43
assemblies of 89, 95, 98, 103, 105, 106, Aunonians, Spanish provincials 45, 59
110, 162, 236 Aurelius Victor, historian 44
of Italy 173 autocratores 16
assemblies of 103, 162, 236, 284 Auvergne, region of southern Gaul 110; see also
of late Roman empire 198 Sidonius Apollinaris
of Rome, see Senate Auxiliaris, praetorian prefect of Gaul 118, 121,
of western kingdoms 11, 26, 55, 170 258, 280
Arles 103, 105, 111 Auxumites 39
praetorian prefect of 110, 118 Avars 39, 262
Armenia 20, 38, 220, 259 Avienus, Gennadius, Roman noble and consul
Armorica 72, 122, 125, 129, 130, 134, 168, 114, 200, 233, 237, 239
280; see also Constantius, Vita Germani Avitus, bishop of Vienne 164, 218, 232, 275
army, Roman Avitus, Eparchius, magister militum and later
in Gaul 105 emperor 84, 244
in Spain 56 career of 87–89, 97
Aspar, Fl. Ardabur, eastern magister militum 257 imperial proclamation of 42, 85, 87, 89,
Asterius, comes 57 103
Astorga 58 as magister militum 71, 87, 100, 103, 105
Athalaric, Ostrogothic king 174, 178, 179, 184, as praetorian prefect of Gaul 96, 102
201, 235, 253, 255 embassies sentby
Athanaric, Gothic leader 19, 262 to Marcian 46, 77
Athanasius, envoy 238, 260 to Sueves 52, 236
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