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758 *Twelve tables of Roman law, 236, 237.
 * Tyburn, 618.
 * Ty′phon. See Set.
 * Tyrants, Greek, 109, no. Tyre, captured by Nebuchadnezzar, 59; history of, 70, 71; siege of, by Alexander, 163.
 * Tyr-tæ′us, 1 16, 117.
 * Tzar. See Czar.
 * Ul′fi-las, 377.
 * Ulm (Ger. o&#x35D;om), battle of, 677.
 * U-lys′ses. See Odysseus.
 * Um′bri-a, 222.
 * Uniformity, acts to secure, 551; act of, 555, 556.
 * Union, Customs, 701.
 * Universities, in the Middle Ages, 472.
 * Ur, of the Ꞓhaldees, 63.
 * U′ti-ca, 72.
 * Utrecht (u′trĕkt), union of, 567; treaty of, 597.
 * Va′lens, Roman emp., 335, 336.
 * Val′en-tin′i-an, Roman emp., 335, 336.
 * Valerian, Roman emp., 328, n.
 * Va-le′ri-us, Pub′li-us, 232.
 * Valmy, battle of, 657.
 * Valois (väl′wä′), house of, 494, n.; history of France under Valois sovereigns, 494–496.
 * Valois .Orleans, house of, 572, n.
 * Vandals, establish kingdom in North Africa, 344; sack Rome, 346; conversion of, 378.
 * Va′rus, defeated by Hermann, 308.
 * Vasco da Gama (väs'ko dä gä'ma), 514, 515
 * Vassey, massacre of, 574.
 * Vat′i-can, council of the, 714.
 * Vaudois (vo-dwä′), 533.
 * Ve′das, 9.
 * Veii (ve′yi), siege of, 238, 239.
 * Vendee (von'dā&#x301;), 658.
 * Vendidad, the, 83.
 * Ven′e-ti, the, 346.
 * Ve-ne′ti-a, 222.
 * Venice, takes part in the fourth crusade, 446; general sketch of its history, 466, 467; becomes part of the kingdom of Italy, 713.
 * Ver-cel′læ, battle of, 279.
 * Ver′cin-get′o-rix, 292.
 * Ver′dūn′, treaty of, 408.
 * Ve-ro′na, battle at, 339.
 * Ver′rēs, abuses of, 286, 287.
 * Versailles (ver-sālz′), 648.
 * Vespasian (ve&#x32f;s-pa'zhi-an), Roman emp., 314, 315.
 * Ves′ta, the worship of, 228.
 * Victor Emmanuel I., k. of Sardinia, 709; II., 711; takes possession of Rome, 714; his death, 714, n.
 * Victor Hugo, 667.
 * Vienna, congress of, 685, 686; reorganization of Germany by, 700; of Italy, 708.
 * Vil′leins, 425.
 * Vin′do-bo′na, 323.
 * Vineland, 411.
 * Virgil, 354.
 * Virginia, origin of name, 560.
 * Visigoths, the, 336, 337; establish kingdom in Gaul and Spain, 344, 372.
 * Vi-tel′li-us, Roman emp., 313.
 * Vol′ga, 638.
 * Volscians, the, 235.
 * Voltaire (vol-têr′), 649.
 * Vul′gate, 358, n.
 * Wäfels, battle of, 506.
 * Wä'gra&#x32F;m, battle of, 680.
 * Waiblings. See Ghibellines.
 * Wal-den′sēs. See Vaudois.
 * Waldo, Peter, 533, n.
 * Wales, conquest of, 481.
 * Wallenstein (wŏl′en-stīn), first appearance in Thirty Years' War, 583; removed from his command, 583; restored, 585; his assassination, 586.
 * Walsingham, Sir Francis, 555.
 * Walter the Penniless, 441.
 * Warsaw, grand duchy of, 679.
 * Waterloo, 687, 688.
 * Welfs. See Guelphs.
 * Wellesley (wĕlz′lĕ), Sir Arthur (d. of Wellington), in Spain, 680.
 * Wentworth, Thomas, 607, 609.
 * Wesley, John, 721, n.
 * Western Empire (Teutonic). See Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire.