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734 *Al′e-man′ni, the, 336. Museum and Library, 1 73, 201 ; library destroyed by the Saracens, 397. Zeus, 163.
 * Alexander I., czar, 678; II., 696–699; his assassination, 699; III., 699.
 * Alexander the Great, 161–167; division of the Empire of, 170.
 * Alexandria, in Egypt, founding of, 163.
 * Alexandrian Age in Greek Literature, 201, 202.
 * Alexius Com-ne'nus I., Greek emp., 440.
 * Alfred the Great, k. of England, 412.
 * Alġiērs&#x31d;′, 533, n.
 * Ali (ä'lee), caliph, 395, 399.
 * Äl′lah, 395.
 * Al′li-a, battle of, 239, 240.
 * Allodial Lands.—Lands held in one's own right, without being subject to any rent or service to a superior. See p. 424.
 * Alphabet, origin of, 72; spread of, 72.
 * Alsace (äl′säss′), ceded to the German Empire, 691.
 * Al′vä, d. of, 565, 566.
 * A-ma′sis, k. of Egypt, 33, 110, n.
 * Am′a-zons, 186.
 * Amboise (ŏnb'wäz'), conspiracy of, 574.
 * America, discovery of, by Columbus, 513, 514.
 * American colonies (English), separation from England, 632.
 * Amerigo Vespucci (ä-mä-ree'go vĕs-poot'chee), 468, n.
 * Amiens (am'i-enz; Fr. ä'me'ŏn'), peace of, 674.
 * Am′mon, oasis of, 77.
 * A-mo′sis, 21.
 * Am-phĭc′ty-on-y, the Delphian, 108, 160.
 * Amphitheatre, Flavian. See Colosseum.
 * Amrou (äm'roo), 397.
 * Am′u-noph III., 22.
 * Am′u-rath I., 462.
 * Am′y-tis, 62.
 * A-na′cre-on, 192.
 * An′ax-ag′o-ras, 205.
 * A-nax′i-man'der, 203.
 * An′ax-im'e-nes, 203.
 * An-ꞓhi′ses, 96.
 * An′cus Mar′ti-us, 225.
 * Anglo-Saxons, enter Britain, 344; their conquest of, 375; their conversion, 378–381.
 * An-go′ra&#x32d;, battle of, 462.
 * Angro-M&#x0311;ainyus. See Ahriman.
 * Anne of Austria, regent, 591.
 * Anne, q. of England, reign, 628, 629.
 * Annus Mirabilis, 620.
 * Anthony, k. of Navarre, 573.
 * Antioch, 171 ; captured by the crusaders, 442.
 * An-ti′o-chus III., the Great, 171, 172, 268.
 * An-tip′a-ter, 174.
 * Antiquity of Man, 1.
 * An′to-ni′nus Pius, Roman emp., 321. Antony, Mark, his oration at Cæsar's funeral, 299, 300; enters second triumvirate, 301; usurpations of, 301; revels with Cleopatra, 303; flees from Actium, 304; his death, 304.
 * Ant′werp, 567.
 * A-pel′lēs, 189.
 * Ap′en-nines, 222.
 * Aph′ro-di′te, 102; statue of, at Cni′-dus, 186.
 * A′pis, 29.
 * A-poc′ry-pha, the, 69.
 * A-pol′lo, 102; oracles of, 104, 106.
 * Ap′pi-us Clau′di-us Cæ′cus, 245.
 * Ap′pi-us Clau′di-us, the decemvir, 237, 238.
 * Appeals, Statute of, 546.
 * A-pu′li-a, 222.
 * A'quæ Sex′ti-æ, battle of, 279.
 * Aqueduct, Claudian, 311.
 * Aqueducts, Roman, 352.
 * A-qui′nas, Thomas, 471.
 * Arabia, 392.
 * Arabs, character of, 392; religious condition before Mohammed, 392; spread of their religion and language, 401.
 * Ar′a-gon, 498.
 * Ar-be′la, battle of, 163, 164.
 * Ar-ca′di-a, 87, 97.
 * Ar-ca′di-us, Eastern Roman emp., 338.