INDEX

Caterina Sforza, Lady of Forlì . . . 171 original: "Catharina Foroliuij"; a powerful noblewoman of the Italian Renaissance known for her defiant defense of Forlì.
The city of Catana . . . 33 original: "Cathinia vrbs"; an ancient city on the eastern coast of Sicily, modern-day Catania.
The city of Catana . . . 56
The beginning of the Carthusian Order . . . 134 A cloistered Catholic religious order founded by St. Bruno of Cologne in 1084.
Celeus, King of Eleusis, during the time of Triptolemus . . . 33 In Greek myth, Celeus was the king who welcomed Demeter; Triptolemus was the figure who spread agriculture.
Cecrops . . . 27 The legendary first King of Athens, often depicted as half-man, half-serpent.
Cecrops, the first of the Athenians . . . 28
Cecrops, King of the Athenians . . . 29
Cecrops, 7th of the Athenians . . . 35
Celestine, Bishop of the Roman Church . . . 41, 104 Refers to Pope Celestine I (reigned 422–432 AD).
Celestine II, Pontiff . . . 136
Celestine III, Pontiff . . . 138
Celestine IV, Pontiff . . . 140
Celestine V, Pontiff . . . 143 Known for his "great refusal," being the first Pope to abdicate his office voluntarily in 1294.
The Cenicenses . . . 56
The river Cephissus . . . 89
Cerdo, Bishop of the Church of Alexandria . . . 88
Gessius Florus . . . 86 The Roman procurator of Judea whose actions helped spark the Great Jewish Revolt.
Cestius of Smyrna, rhetorician . . . 81
The city of Chalcedon . . . 58
The Chaldeans . . . 29
Cenchres, King of the Egyptians . . . 29
Cherres, King of the Egyptians . . . 30
Choerilus . . . 66 An early Athenian tragic poet.
Chilon, one of the Seven Sages . . . 63
Kokhba, leader of the Jews . . . 90 original: "Chochebas"; Simon bar Kokhba, who led the final major revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 AD.
Queen Choniris . . . 93
Coroebus . . . 53 Winner of the first recorded Olympic Games in 776 BC.
The Curetes . . . 29 original: "Chorretes"; mythological armored dancers who protected the infant Zeus.
The Corybantes . . . 29
Chebron, King of the Egyptians . . . 24
Manuel Chrysoloras, a Byzantine Greek . . . 149 A pioneer in the introduction of Greek literature to Western Europe during the Renaissance.
Christopher, 122nd Emperor . . . 128 Referring to Christopher Lekapenos, co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Cristoforo Moro . . . 161 The Doge of Venice from 1462 to 1471.
Cyril, Bishop of Antioch . . . 95
Cinaethon of Lacedaemon, poet . . . 54
The Cistercian religion . . . 134 A Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines.
Glaucus of Chios . . . 58 A Greek sculptor credited with the invention of welding iron.
The slaughter of about two thousand Turks . . . 160

The slaughter of two hundred thousand Cimbri by Marius . . . 77 A reference to the Battle of Vercellae in 101 BC, where the Roman Consul Gaius Marius defeated the Germanic tribes.
The slaughter of the Milanese . . . 151
The slaughter of the Burgundians . . . 162
The slaughter of the Duke of the Burgundians and his soldiers . . . 163 Likely referring to the death of Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy in 1477.
The slaughter of twenty thousand French by Maximilian, Duke of Burgundy . . . 166 Referring to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his conflicts with France over the Burgundian inheritance.
The slaughter of Turks and Christians . . . 146
The slaughter of more than twenty thousand English and French . . . 146
The slaughter of the Monks of Nitria by Emperor Valens . . . 101 Nitria was a major early Christian monastic center in Egypt; Valens was an Arian emperor who persecuted Orthodox monks.
The slaughter of eight thousand Milanese by Roberto Sanseverino . . . 164
The slaughter of ten thousand Saracens by the Spaniards . . . 145
The slaughter of Roman nobles . . . 65
The slaughter of the Assyrians . . . 51
The slaughter of about thirty thousand Germans . . . 101
The slaughter of the Saxons by Odo in the region of the Franks . . . 101
The slaughter of the Thracians . . . 101
The slaughter of the Goths . . . 103
The slaughter of the Turks . . . 168
The slaughter of the Athenians . . . 67
The slaughter of Roman nobles . . . 85
The slaughter of thirty thousand Jews under the procurator Cumanus on the Day of Unleavened Bread . . . 85 Ventidius Cumanus was a Roman procurator; the event described occurred during a riot at the Temple in Jerusalem.
The slaughter of Roman Senators and knights . . . 84
The slaughter of Roman nobles . . . 86
The slaughter of the Gauls . . . 73
The slaughter of the Jews . . . 73
The slaughter of the English . . . 139
The slaughter of the Greeks . . . 140
The slaughter of the Germans . . . 140
The slaughter of the Jews . . . 77
The slaughter of the soldiers of Theudebert and Theu... Incomplete entry, likely referring to the Merovingian kings of the Franks.