Relief of the indigent, 73. Distribution of corn, 74. Exertions of the Christians on the subversion of the empire, 82. Inadequate place given to this movement, 85. Horrors caused by the barbarian invasions prevented to some extent by Christian charity, 81-84. Influence of Christianity in hastening the fall of the empire, 140, 141. Roman treatment of prisoners of war, 256-258. Despotism of the pagan empire, 260. Condition of women under the Romans, 297. Their concubines, 350 Rome, an illustration of crimes conducive to national prosperity, i. 58, _note_. Conversion of, 336. Three popular errors concerning its conversion, 339. Capture of the city by the barbarians, ii. 82 Romuald, St., his treatment of his father, ii. 135 Rope-dancing of the Romans, i. 291 Sabinus, Saint, his penances, ii. 108 Sacrament, administration of the, in the early Church, ii. 6 Salamis, Brutus’ treatment of the citizens of, i. 194 Sallust, his stoicism and rapacity, i. 194 Sanctuary, right of, accorded to Christian churches, ii. 40 Savage, errors into which the deceptive appearances of nature doom him, i. 54. First conceptions formed of the universe, 349. The ethics of savages, 120, 121 Scepticism of the Greek and Roman philosophers, i. 162-166. Influence of, on intellectual progress, ii. 193 Scholastica, St., the legend of, ii. 136, _note_ Scifi, Clara, the first Franciscan nun, ii. 135 Sectarian animosity, chief cause of, i. 134 Sedgwick, Professor, on the expansion of the natural or innate powers of men, i. 121, _note_ Sejanus, treatment of his daughter by the senate, i. 107, _note_ Self-denial, the Utilitarian theory unfavourable to, i. 66 Self-examination, history of the practice of, i. 247-249 Self-sacrifice, asceticism the great school of, ii. 155 Seneca, his conception of the Deity, i. 163, _note_, 164. His distinction between the affections and diseases, 189, _note_. And between clemency and pity, 189. His virtues and vices, i. 194. On the natural virtue of man and power of his will, 197. On the Sacred Spirit dwelling in man, 198. On death, 205. His tranquil end, 207. Advocates suicide, 213, 220. His description of the self-destruction of a friend, 222. His remarks on universal brotherhood, 241. His stoical hardness tempered by new doctrines, 244. His practice of self-examination, 248. His philosophy and works compared with those of Plutarch, 243, 244. How he regarded the games of the arena, 286. His exhortations on the treatment of slaves, 306. Never mentions Christianity, 336. Regarded in the middle ages as a Christian, 340. On religious beliefs, 405