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A

Abydos, 80

Achæan League, the, 27

Achaia, 27, 28;

colonies in, 133

Acilius, M., 23

Actium, 86, 123-24, 290;

colony at, 175

Ad capita bubula, 1

Ad gallinas, 205

Ægina separated from Athens, 176

Ælius Gallus, 155, 174

Æmilius Lepidus, M., as prætor (B.C. 49) holds election for dictator, 8;

appointed to Hispania Citerior, 23;

visits Sextus Pompeius, 42;

in Transalpine Gaul, 59;

joins Antony, 64;

becomes one of the triumvirate, 70, 71;

announces the close of the proscriptions, 74;

suspected of intriguing with Sextus Pompeius, 82, 87;

his inferior position, 88;

in Africa, 99;

comes to Sicily, 104;

claims to govern Sicily, 105;

deposed from the triumvirate, 106;

his office of Pontifex Maximus, 107, 112, 160;

his death, 160;

see also 202, 221, 222

Æmilius Lepidus, M. (son of the triumvir), his conspiracy, 123;

his brother, 258

Æmilius Paullus Lepidus, L., (brother of the triumvir), proscribed, 72

Ærarium, the, 148, 249, 296

Æthiopia, 174, 299

Afranius, 23

Africa, province of, 24-26, 99;

see also 9, 11, 65, 71, 171;

colonies in, 133;

New Africa, 25, 113

Agrippa, see “Vipsanius”

Agrippa, Postumus, 167, 168, 277

Agrippina, 167

Ahenobarbus, see “Domitius”

Aix, 134

Alaudæ, the, 47

Alba Fucensis, 49, 51, 53

Albis (R. Elbe), 184, 186, 187

Alexandria, 11, 116, 117, 120, 121, 125, 127, 198

Allienus, Aul., 23, 31, 80

Alps, provinces of the, 17, 172

Amanus, Mount, 30

Amatius (the pseudo-Marius), 13

Amisia (R. Ems), 184

Amnesty to the Assassins, 38

Amphipolis, 83

Amyntas, king of Galatia, 30, 173;

and of Pisidia, 102, 108

Ancyra, 171;

temple of Augustus and Rome at, 176, 198, 261

Annonæ præfectus, 216, 217

Antiochus, king of Commagene, 116

Antistius Vetus, C., 31, 113, 154, 202

Antonius Musa (physician), 158, 161

Antonius, C. (brother of Marcus), defeated in Illyricum, 22;

in Macedonia, 27, 48, 49;

prætor (B.C. 44), 38, 40

Antonius, Julius (son of Marcus), 239

Antonius, L. (brother of Marcus), 26;

Trib. Pl. (B.C. 44), 38, 41;

triumphs as consul (B.C. 41), 89;

his quarrel with Augustus, 91, 93-5;

besieged in Perusia, 95-6

Antony (M. Antonius), depreciates Augustus, 3;

as Tribune (B.C. 50) vetoes the recall of Iulius Cæsar, 7;

Consul (B.C. 44), 18;

his speech at Cæsar’s funeral, 36;

opposes the claims of Octavian, 38-9;

takes the money in the temple of Ops, 39-40;

his use of Cæsar’s papers and his intrigues with the veterans, 42;

accuses Octavian of plotting his assassination, 44-5;

suppresses a mutiny at Brundisium, 48;

his speech at Tibur, 49;

goes to Ariminum, 50;

commissioners sent to, 54;

his letter to Hirtius and Octavian, 55;

his approval of the murder of Trebonius, 29;

his siege of Mutina, 56;

defeated at Forum Gallorum, 57-8;

his great march to Vada, 59;

declared a hostis, 59-60;

agrees with Lepidus and Octavian to form the triumvirate, 68-70;

his hold on Pompey’s property, 82;

his campaign at Philippi, 82-6;

goes to the East, 87;

his infatuation for Cleopatra, 91, 116, 117;

joins Sextus Pompeius in invading Italy, 98;

makes terms with Augustus and marries Octavia, 99, 100;

his legate puts Sextus Pompeius to death, 108;

his failures in the East, 116;

his final quarrel with Augustus, 118-21;

divorces Octavia, 120;

his defeat at Actium, 122-25;

his final struggle in Egypt, 126;

his death at Alexandria, 127;

estimate of, 130;

his letter to Augustus, 231

Antyllus (son of Antony), 127, 129

Apamea (in Syria), 30, 31

Apollo, temple and libraries of, 115, 156, 204, 205

Apollonia (in Epirus), 15, 34, 278;

(in Cyrene), 32;

(in Pisidia), 261

Apragopolis, 206

Aqua Marcia, 212, 297

Aquæ Statiellæ, 59

Aquileia, 234

Aquitania, 20

Arabia, deserts of, 17, 30;

expeditions into, 155, 156, 174

Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, 173

Argentoratum (Strassburg), 185

Ariminum, 7, 48, 71

Ariobarzanes, king of Cappadocia, 80

Armenia, 118, 177;

king of, 116, 125, 167

Arminius, chief of the Cherusci, 187, 188

Army, unity of the, 191

Arsinoe (in Cyrene), 32

Artagera, 167

Artavasdes, 173, 174

Artaxes, 173, 174, 177

Arvales, 220

Asia, province of, 9, 28, 88;

Asia recepta, 174

Asinius Gallus, 258, 263

Asinius Pollio, C., in Bætica, 23;

joins Antony, 59, 69;

superintends assignment of lands, 90, 283;

awaits Antony after Perusia, 97;

assists at the treaty of Brundisium, 99;

triumphs over the Parthini, 102

Asprenas, L., 188

Astura, 256

Astures in Spain, the, 153, 154, 179

At the Oxheads, 1

Athenodorus of Tarsus, 15, 231

Athens, 27, 101;

not favoured by Augustus, 175

Atia, mother of Augustus, 2, 3, 15, 36, 37;

death of, 78

Atius Balbus, M., 2

Augurium salutis, 142

Augusta Emerita, 154

Augustus (Gaius Iulius Cæsar Octavianus) birth of (B.C. 63), 1-2;

his cognomen of Thurinus, 3;

in the household of his stepfather, 3, 9;

takes the toga virilis and made a pontifex, 10;

not adopted in Cæsar’s lifetime, 11;

shares Cæsar’s triumph, 12;

in charge of a theatre, 12;

goes to Spain, 12;

and to Carthage, 13;

appointed magister equitum and made a patrician, 14;

at Apollonia, 15;

his resolve to avenge Cæsar, 16, 34;

returns from Apollonia, 35-7;

adopted by Cæsar’s will, 37;

pays Cæsar’s legacies and celebrates his games, 38, 40;

his dealings with the Ciceronians, 41;

his alleged plot against Antony, 44, 45;

enrols veterans, 46;

tampers with Antony’s legions, 48;

joined by the legio Martia and Quarta and granted prætorian rank, 50-52;

his campaign at Mutina, 56-9;

slighted by the Senate, 60;

refuses to pursue Antony, 61;

demands and obtains the consulate, 64-8;

enters the triumvirate and is betrothed to Clodia, 70-71;

his share of responsibility for the proscriptions, 76;

in the campaign of Philippi, 83-6;

his assignment of lands to veterans and troubles with L. Antonius and Fulvia, 90-92;

his campaign of Perusia, 94-7;

marries Scribonia, 98;

his quarrels and reconciliations with Antony, 99-102;

his dangers in the Sicilian war, 102-9;

deposes Lepidus, 106-7;

honours voted to after the defeat of Sextus Pompeius, 111, 112;

his campaigns in Illyricum, 114;

his house on the Palatine, 115;

his letters to and from Antony, 120;

proclaims war as Fetial against Cleopatra, 121;

at the battle of Actium, 124;

winters at Samos and Athens (B.C. 31-30), 125, 126;

his interviews with Cleopatra, 128, 129;

honours voted to after Actium, 135;

his constitutional reforms, 137-47;

shares the provinces with the Senate, 147-48;

the title Augustus, 149, 301;

goes to Gaul (B.C. 27), 151-53;

and to Spain, 154;

his benefactions, 296;

his illness of B.C. 23 and recovery, 157, 158;

adopts Gaius and Lucius, 166;

his adoption of Tiberius, 168-69;

his maxim as to the extension of the Empire, 171, 261;

his settlement of the East, 172-79;

favours Sparta rather than Athens, 176;

in Gaul, 180-82;

activity after the fall of Varus, 188;

his military discipline, 192;

his absences from Italy, 194;

the worship of, 195-201;

his tolerant character, 201-4;

his health, 208-9;

his residences, 204-6;

his way of life, 206-11;

his reforms and legislation, 212-32;

his connection with the sacred colleges, 220;

his legislation on marriage and divorce, 226-32;

saluted as pater patriæ, 236-37;

financial measures, 250;

last journey and death, 255-58;

his funeral, 252-60;

will and other documents left by him, 260-62;

summary of his career, 265-72;

physical appearance and habits, 272-74;

buildings and other public works, 156, 297-98

Aurelius, 20

Aurelius Cotta, M., 24

Autocracy, advantages and disadvantages of, 269-71

Avernus, Lake, 103

B

Bætica, 23, 215

Balbus, see “Cornelius”

Basilica Iulia, 156

Bassus, Q. Cæcilius, 18, 30, 31, 80

Bassus, Ventidius, 57, 59, 61, 70, 97, 116, 139 n.

Belgæ, the, 21

Belgica, province of, 20, 180

Benacus Lacus, 181

Beneventum, 71, 256, 257

Berenice, 32

Bessi, the, 2, 17, 180

Beyroot (Berutum), 134

Bithynia and Pontus, province of, 28, 31, 80

Bœotia, 27

Bononia, 56, 57, 58

Brigandage, 113, 213

Britain, 151-52, 300

Brundisium, 8, 35, 48, 57, 82;

treaty of, 99-100;

mutiny of veterans at, 125

Brutus, see “Iunius”

C

Cadiz, 12

Cæcilius Caldus, C., 29

Cælius Metellus, L., 47

Cæcilius Metellus, L., Tr. Pl. (B.C.), 8

Cæcilius Metellus Creticus, Q., 32

Cæcilius Metellus, Q., father-in-law of Pompey, 4, 30

Cæcina of Volaterræ, 47

Cæsar, Gaius, 166, 167;

death of, 240-42;

Cæsar, Lucius, 166, 168;

death of, 241

Cæsar, see “Iulius,” “Augustus”

Cæsar-Augusta, 154

Cæsarion, 118, 120, 129, 173

Calabria, 35

Calpe (Gibraltar), 13

Calpurnius Piso, L., father-in-law of Cæsar, 44, 54

Calvisius Sabinus, C., 25, 103

Campania, 46

Candace, 174

Cantabri, war with, 153, 154, 179

Capreæ (Capri), 206, 256

Capua, 8, 48, 71, 112

Caracalla, 193

Carthage, colony at, 13, 133

Cassius, C., 19 n.;

in Asia and Syria, 29-31;

has to quit Rome after Cæsar’s murder, 41;

offered the cura annonæ, 42;

nominated to Cyrene, 32, 43;

publishes edicts with Brutus against Antony, 44;

his nomination to Syria renewed by Senate, 55;

to be attacked by Antony, 71;

his war with the triumvirs, 79-83;

his death, 84

Cassius, Q., Tr. Pl. [B.C., 49], 7;

his failure in Spain, 23

Carrhæ, battle of, 30

Carthage, colony at, 25

Casinius, M., 24

Castra Vetera, 187, 188

Catiline, conspiracy of, 1, 3, 213

Censoria potestas, 137, 224, 294

Census, the, 137, 255

Chatti, the, 184, 186, 187

Chauci, the, 186

Cherusci, the, 187

Cicero (M. Tullius), 1, 2, 14, 24, 30;

meets Octavian, 37;

his view of Octavian and the situation, 39, 45-6, 50-1;

his epigram, 52, 60;

his correspondence with Octavian, 53;

his hostility to the party of Antony, 54, 56, 58-65;

his submission to Octavian, 67;

proscribed, 72;

Augustus’s opinion of, 201

Cilicia, province of, 25, 29, 30, 173

Cimber, L., 19

Cinna, L., 41

Citizenship, reluctance of Augustus to extend the, 251

Claterna, skirmish at, 55-6

Claudius, son of Drusus (afterwards emperor), 243

Claudius Marcellus, C. (Cos. B.C. 50), 45, 99

Claudius Marcellus, M. (Cos. B.C. 51), 6

Claudius Marcellus, M., son of Octavia, hopes to succeed Augustus, 157, 161;

Vergil’s lines on his death, 162-63

Claudius Nero, Tib. (husband of Livia), 97, 110, 111

Claudius Nero, Tib. (son of Livia, afterwards emperor), 97, 157, 163, 165;

forced to divorce Vipsania and marry Iulia, 165;

adopted by Augustus, 168, 186;

his character, 169;

crowns the king of Armenia, 177;

campaigns in the Eastern Alps, 181;

in Pannonia, 183;

succeeds Drusus on the Rhine, 185;

retires to Rhodes, 167, 185;

succeeds again to the command on the Rhine and thence goes to Dalmatia, 186;

returns to the Rhine on the fall of Varus, 188;

letter of Augustus to, 202;

marries Iulia, 234;

divorces Iulia, 239;

Augustus’s feelings towards, 169-70, 253-55;

his successes, 263;

his speech at the funeral of Augustus, 259

Cleopatra, 30, 33;

prevented from sending aid to Antony against Brutus and Cassius, 80;

her meeting with Antony on the Cydnus, 91;

her influence on Antony, 118-21;

at Actium, 123-24;

her negotiations with Octavian and death, 126-29.

See also 172, 173, 176, 212, 231

Clodia, betrothed to Augustus, 71;

repudiated, 98

Clodius, P., 4

M. Cocceius Nerva, 99

Cœle-Syria, 30

Collegia, the, 215, 216

Colonies of Augustus in Italy, 133

Commagene, 116

Comum, colony of, 6

Confarreatio, 226

Constitutio principis, 159

Consularia ornamenta, 52

Corcyra, 21, 122

Cordova, 134

Corfinium, 8

Corinth, 27;

colony at, 133

Corn, supply and price of, 216, 217;

free distribution of, 217, 218, 296

Cornelius Balbus, L., 37;

theatre of, 156

Cornelius Dolabella, P., 18;

(Cos. B.C. 44) shares the money in the temple of Ops, 39;

receives a legion from Macedonia, 43;

puts Trebonius to death, 55;

his proceedings in Syria, 28, 29, 31;

kills himself at Laodicea, 80

Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, P., 29, 80

Cornificius, Q., 25, 105

Cornutus, M. (Præt. B.C. 43), 67

Cosa, 103

Cotys of Thrace, 180

Crassus, see “Licinius”

Crete, 32, 113, 172

Crispus, see “Marcius”

Croatia, 114

Cumæ, 196

Cura annonæ, 42

Curio, C., 6, 7, 9

Cyme, 198

Cyprus, separated from Egypt, 172

Cyrene, province of, 32, 33, 118, 173

Cyzicus, deprived of liberty, 176

D

Daci, the, 14, 114

Dalmatia, roads in, 215

Dalmatians, the, 17, 21, 22, 179, 186

Danube, 14;

provinces of the, 17, 172, 186

Dentheletæ, the, 180

Dertona, 59, 61

Dictatorship refused by Augustus, 217, 294;

of Sulla, 266

Didius, Q., 126

Diffareatio, 226

Divorce, 226-228

Dolabella, see “Cornelius”

Domitius Ahenobarbus, L., 8, 10, 20

Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cn., 80, 81, 84, 99, 100, 118

Druidical religion, the, 198

Drusus (son of Livia), 111, 165;

marries Antonia, 167;

his campaigns in the Eastern Alps, 181;

his German campaigns, 184;

his death, 185;

see also 167

Drusus (son of Tiberius), 167, 242;

speaks at the funeral of Augustus, 259

Dyrrachium, 21

E

East and West, separation of, 86-7, 101, 267

Egypt, 9, 17, 24, 31-2, 125, 131, 132, 174

Elephantine, 174

Empire, the state of, 17-32;

divisions of between the triumvirs, 1st, 71, 2nd, 86-7, 3rd, 99-101

Ephesus, 212

Epirus, 8, 9

Equites, review of, 160;

property of, 141

Eretria separated from Athens, 176

Ergastula, 213

Euphrates, the, 17, 30, 99

F

Fannius Cæpio, conspirator, 164

Fetials, the, 220

Finances of the Empire, 248

Fire brigades, 219, 220

Fiscus, the, 39, 132, 141, 218, 249

Flamen Dialis, 220;

flamen of Iulius, 199

Flevo Lake (Zuyder Zee), 184

Floods in Rome, 219

Fortuna redux, 194, 197, 295

Forum Augustum and forum Iulium, 156

Forum Cornelii, 56

Forum Gallorum, battles at, 53, 58, 61

Forum Iulii (Fréjus), 191

Fuficius Fango, C., 26

Fufius Calenus, Q., 27, 97

Fufius Geminus, 114

Fulvia (wife of Antony), 26, 75, 98

G

Gabinius, A. (Cos. B.C. 58), 3, 26, 30, 114

Galatia, province of, 171

Germania inferior and superior, 172, 185

Germanicus, son of Drusus, 167, 229, 242

Germans, the, 17, 181-82, 184-85, 186-89, 242

Gaul, 4, 8, 17;

the provinces of, 19-21;

Cisalpine Gaul, 43, 44, 71, 133;

Transalpine Gaul, 71;

Narbonensis, 20, 23, 215;

colonies in, 133;

Augustus in, 152-53

Genius of a man, the, 196

Getæ, the, 14, 17, 18

Gracchus, C., 217

Greece, province of, 27;

declining state of, 175

Grenoble, 64

Gythium, 176

H

Hadrian, 3

Hercules, temple of, 205

Herod, 101, 173, 182, 203

Herophilus, 13

Hirtius, Aul. (Cos. B.C. 43), governor of Transalpine Gaul, 20, 21;

to go to Asia, 29;

in the campaign of Mutina, 55-58;

his death, 59

Horace (Q. Horatius Flaccus) his view of Antony’s subservience to Cleopatra, 117;

records Cæsar’s Cantabrian campaign, 154;

on the Arabian expedition, 155;

on the recovery of the standards, 178;

on the absence of Augustus, 195;

on the literary tastes of Augustus, 208;

his ode for the secular games, 222;

his connection with Augustus and his support of his popularity, 285-89

Hortensia, 76

Hortensius, Q., 27;

house of, 204

I

Iapydes, 114

Iberia (Georgia), 126

Idumæa, 107

Illyricum, 17;

province of, 21, 22, 26, 33, 114;

colonies in, 133

Imperator, 46

Imperium, 159, 160

Indian envoys, 179, 300

Isauria, 171

Issa, 21

Istria, 214

Italy, brigandage in, 113;

colonies of Augustus in, 133;

privileges of, 250

Ituræa, 173

Ianus, closing of, 142, 179, 182, 295

Iuba, 25, 171

Iulia, aunt of Iulius Cæsar, 14.

Sister of Iulius Cæsar, 2, 10.

Daughter of Iulius Cæsar, 6.

Mother of Antony, 6.

Daughter of Augustus, 99;

married to Marcellus, 161;

married to Agrippa, 164;

married to Tiberius, 231-36, 238-40.

Granddaughter of Augustus, 243

Iudæa, 116, 173

Iulius Cæsar, C. (the Dictator), 2-9, 11, 13, 18;

assassination of, 15, 34, 39;

his contemplated expedition against the Getæ and Parthians, 14, 18;

his enfranchisement of the Transpadani, 19;

in Cilicia, 29;

his funeral and will, 35, 36;

heroum of at Alexandria, 129;

his settlements of veterans, 133;

apotheosis of, 199;

sumptuary laws of, 225

Iulius Cæsar, L. (relative of the Dictator), 7, 72;

Sextus Iulius, 30, 80

Iunius Brutus, Dec., 18, 19, 20;

in Cisalpine Gaul, 43, 48;

his edict, 51;

Antony proposes to succeed him, 54;

hard pressed for food in Mutina, 56;

delays the pursuit of Antony, 59;

his difficulties, 61, 62;

his last despairing letter to Cicero, 64;

his death, 69

Iunius Brutus, M., to be consul (B.C. 41), 18;

governor of Cisalpine Gaul, 19;

nominated to Crete, 32;

prætor (B.C. 44), 41-4;

in Macedonia, 28, 54-6, 79;

plan for recalling him to Rome, 62, 64;

to be attacked by Antony, 71;

his administration in Asia and campaign at Philippi, 79-81, 83-5;

his death, 85

Iupiter Tonans, 156

Ius italicum, 133;

ius relationis, ius consulare, 158;

ius trium liberorum, 229-30

L

Labienus, 116

Lance (Sallanco), 154

Land, assignations of, 91, 92, 112, 113, 132, 133

Laodicea, 30, 31, 80

Lares compitales, 196

Latinitas, 133

Latin games, the, 9, 10

Legati pro prætore, 147

Legio Martia, 35, 50, 57, 58, 60, 67;

Quarta, 35, 50, 66, 67;

reduction in number of legions, 132;

commanders of, 191;

numbers of in the provinces, 192 n.

Lentulus, see “Cornelius”

Lesbos, Agrippa in, 163

Leucopetra, 104

Lex curiata for adoption, 37, 68;

lex Papia Poppæa, 226-29

Libya, 118

Licinius procurator at Lugdunum, 180, 181, 209, 210

Licinius Crassus, M., 6, 30

Licinius Muræna, A., his conspiracy, 164

Lilybæum, 11

Limyra, 167

Livia, daughter of Drusus, 167

Livia, wife of Augustus, 97, 110;

accused of making away with Marcellus, 163;

and of Lucius and Gaius, 201;

in Sparta, 176;

her facility as a wife, 231;

her connection with Iulia, 238;

farewell of Augustus to, 258;

becomes Iulia Augusta, 260;

her character, 275-78

Livy, historian, 283

Loans, state, 218, 219

Longobardi, the, 186

Lucca, 4

Lucrine Lake, 103

Ludi sæculares, 222, 223

Lugdunum, founding of, 20;

Augustus at, 180;

altar at, 198

Luperci, the, 220-21

Lupia (R. Lippe), 186

Lupiæ, 35

Lustrum, 137, 255, 294

Lycia, 80, 167

M

Macedonia, 2, 14, 17;

province of, 26, 27, 29, 43;

the legions in, 14, 34, 46;

colonies in, 133

Mæcenas (C. Cilnius) with Octavius at Apollonia, 15;

negotiates marriage with Scribonia, 98;

represents Augustus at Beneventum, 99, and at Tarentum, 103;

in charge of Rome (B.C. 31), 123;

his loss of favour, 164;

his character and services, 279-82

Manus, 227

Marcella, d. of Octavia and wife of Agrippa, 164

Marcellus, see “Claudius”

Marcius Philippus, L. (stepfather of Augustus), 3, 4, 9, 36, 45, 54

Marcius Crispus, Q., 31, 79

Marcomanni, the, 186, 187

Marius, C., 13, 14

Marobudus, chief of the Marcomanni, 186, 188

Marriage, laws of, 226-30

Mars Ultor, 156, 197;

two temples of, 178

Marseilles, siege of, 9

Matius, C., 38

Mauretania, 171

Mausoleum of Augustus, 156, 261

Media, 173, 177

Merida, 133, 154

Mesopotamia, 14, 18

Metellus, see “Cæcilius”

Menodorus, freedman of Sext. Pompeius, 100, 101

Miletus, 108

Milliarium aureum, 215

Milo, 4

Minucius, Q., 73

Misenum, treaty of, 24, 100

Mœsia, 17, 171;

temple in, 198

Monumentum Ancyranum, 261-62, 293-301

Morals, reform in, 223-32

Munatius Plancus, L. (Cos. B.C. 42), 18, 20, 62, 63, 76, 97, 120;

builds temple of Saturn, 156

Munda, 13, 23

Muræna, see “Licinius”

Murcus, see “Statius”

Mutina, campaign of, 25, 29, 52, 53-62

Mylæ, battles off, 104, 106

N

Nabata, 174

Naples, 37, 256, 257

Narbo, 152, 153;

temple at, 198

Narbonensis, see “Gaul”

Naumachia, 291, 298

Neapolis (port of Philippi), 80

Nemausus (Nismes), 180

Nicolas of Damascus, 45

Nicomedia, 198

Nigidius, P., 2

Nile, the, 30

Nola, 2, 257, 262

Norbanus, C., 81, 83, 115

Noricum, 172, 181, 186

Nuceria, 71

Numidia, 25, 26, 87;

see “Africa”

O

Octavia (sister of Augustus), 45, 75;

married to Antony, 100, 101;

reconciles Antony and Augustus, 103, 104;

her fidelity to Antony, 118;

divorced by Antony, 120;

her retirement from society, 162;

brings up Iulius Antonius, 239

Octavia gens, the, 1

Octavius, Octavian, see “Augustus”

Octavius (father of Augustus), 1-3

Octavius, Rufus, C., 1, 2

Octavius, M., 22

Ops, money in the temple of, 39, 40, 54

Orcini Senatores, 139

Ovations of Augustus, 111

Ovid on the recovery of the standards, 178;

his banishment, 243-46;

his relations with Augustus, 291-93

P

Pacorus, 116

Pamphylia, 171

Paneas, 198

Pannonians, the, 114, 172, 179, 183, 186

Pannonia, altar in, 198

Pansa, see “Vibius” (Transcriber’s Note: good luck with that; there isn’t an index entry for Vibius. But try page 19.)

Pantheon, the, 156

Parthians, rumours of war with, 6;

Cæsar’s contemplated expedition against, 14, 18;

threaten Syria, 30;

Antony’s wars with, 43, 104, 116;

invade Armenia, 167;

their submission to Augustus and return of the standards, 173-79, 233, 300

Pater patriæ, 237, 301

Patræ, 27, 134;

colony at, 175

Patricians recruited, 14, 137

Patrimonium Cæsarum, 249

Pax Augusta, altar to, 182, 295

Pedius, Q., 36

Peducæus, Sext., 24

Peloponnese, 27

Pergamus, 212

Perusia, siege of, 95-7;

Perusinæ aræ, the, 96, 97

Pharnaces of Pontus, 9

Pharsalia, battle of, 9, 19, 22, 25, 28, 30

Pharus, 21

Philippi, battles of, 22, 26, 28, 31, 32, 76, 80-86

Philippics of Cicero, the, 46

Philippus, see “Marcius”

Phœnicia, 30

Phraates IV., King of Parthia, 167, 173, (Phrates, 300)

Phrygia, 30, 171

Picenum, 8

Pinarius, L., 36

Penestæ, an Illyrian tribe, 21

Pergamus, 198

Piracy, 195, 298

Pisidia, colonies in, 176, 215

Plancus, see “Munatius”

Plennius, 106

Plutarch acquits Augustus of plotting against Antony’s life, 45;

his account of Cleopatra’s death, 129

Po, the river, 70, 214

Polemon of Cilicia, 102

Pollio, see Asinius

Pompeii, 196

Pompeius Magnus, Cn., position of, 4-9;

his government of Spain, 23;

organises Syria, 30, Crete, 32;

his defeat at Pharsalia and death in Egypt, 9

Pompeius, Cn. (son of Magnus), 12, 23

Pompeius, Sext. (younger son of Magnus) survives Munda, 17;

occupies Sardinia, 24;

visited by Lepidus in Spain, 42;

holds Sicily and Sardinia, 71, 81, 82;

rescues many of the proscribed, 74;

receives Achaia from Antony, 82;

war with, 87;

negotiations with, 98, 99;

renewed war with, 100-106;

death of, 108

Pompeius Bithynicus, 24, 82

Pontifex Maximus, office of, 107, 112, 160, 221-22, 295

Pontus, 28, 29

Populus Romanus, extension of the meaning of, 193

Porticus Octaviæ, 115, 116;

Liviæ, 156

Postal service, the, 189, 190

Portus Iulius, 103

Postumius, 38

Potentia, 6

Præfectus urbi, præfectus annonæ, 160

Præneste, 205

Princeps senatus, 142, 166, 294

“Princeps” as a title of the Emperor, 149-50;

powers of, 159

Princeps iuventutis, 166, 296

Propertius on the Arabian expedition, 155;

on the recovery of the standards, 178;

on the achievements of Augustus generally, 290

Proconsulare imperium, 148

Proculeius, C, 127

Proscriptions, the, 72-5

Provinces, the, 17-34;

Cæsar’s law as to the, 18;

division of between Augustus and Senate, 147-48;

finances of, 249

Ptolemais, 32

Ptolemy Apion of Cyrene, 18, 32

Ptolemy Auletes, 30, 31

Puteoli, 196

Q

Quintilius Varus, P., fall of, 187-88

R

Ravenna, 4, 7

Red Sea, the, 30

Regium Lepidi, 56

Res familiaris, 249, 260

Rhæti, the, 165, 172, 181

Rhætia, province of, 182

Rhegium, 71, 82, 103

Rhine, provinces of the, 17, 172;

crossed by Agrippa, 103;

armies of, 250;

frontier of the empire, 172;

crossed by Germany, 180

Rhodes, 80, 167

Rome, streets in, 113;

improvements in, 115, 134, 135, 156;

party feeling in, 119;

its attractions, 245-6;

supremacy of, 193, 275

Romulus, 149

S

Salassi, the, 113

Salonæ, 21, 22

Saltus Castulonensis, 22

Salvidienus Rufus, Q., 15, 82

Salvius, 73

Sænius, L. (Cos. B.C. 30), 137

Sallustius Crispus, 282

Samaria, 102

Samos, 28, 122

Samosata, 116

Sardinia, 9, 33, 71;

province of, 24-5

Sardis, 80

Saxa, Decidius, 81, 83, 116

Saragossa, 134, 154

Scodra, 99

Scopas, 205

Scordisci, the, 180

Scribonia (wife of Augustus), 98, 110, 239

Scribonius, usurper in the Bosporus, 182

Secular games, the, 222, 298

Senate, meeting of on 1st of June (B.C. 44), 42;

grants military rank to Octavian, 51;

lectiones and reforms of by Augustus, 138-42;

decline of, 270-1

Senators, number of, 140;

property qualification of, 144

Senatus consultum ultimum, 7, 53

Sertorius, 18

Sextius Saturninus, C., 186

Sextius, T., 25

Sibylline books, the, 205, 221

Sicily, Curio’s success in, 9;

province of, 23, 24, 33, 82;

war in, 104-106;

colonies in, 133, 174, 175

Sidon deprived of liberty, 176

Silius Nerva, P., 179

Smyrna, 80

Sodales Titii, the, 220

Sosius, C., campaign in Judæa, 116, 118

Spain, Pompey’s rule of, 4, 5, 8;

Cæsar in, 8, 9, 13;

provinces of, 22, 23, 29, 87;

colonies in, 133, 134;

temple in to Augustus, 198

Sparta, 27, 176, 198

Spartacus, 3, 213

T. Statilius Taurus, 104, 115;

builds an amphitheatre, 156

C. Statius Murcus, 31, 79, 81, 84

Stilicho, 221

Suetonius, 3, 24

Sugambri, 180

Sulla, 18

Sulpicius Rufus, Serv., 28, 54

Sublicius pons, 219

Succession, the, 160, 170, 242, 263

Sumptuary laws, 225

Supplicatio, meaning of, 197

Synnada, diocese of, 30

Syria, 18;

province of, 30, 31, 43, 118, 173, 177

T

Tarentum, 103

Tarraco, 13, 154

Tarsus, 29

Tauromenium, 104, 105

Temples, repair of, 134, 156, 297

Tencteri, 180

Terentius Varro, 48

Teuta, Queen, 21

Thapsus, 11, 23

Thasos, 81

Thessaly, 9, 27

Thracian tribes, 2

Thurii, 3, 213

Thurinus, 3

Thyrsus (freedman of Antony), 126

Tibur, 49, 205

Tillius Cimber, L., 28

Tiridates, 173, 177

Titius T. (Tr. Pl. B.C. 43), 72, 108, 117, 120

Titus, Emperor, 117

Toga, the disuse of the, 224

Trebonius, C., 19, 23, 28, 55

Tribunicia potestas, 112, 135-37, 158-60

Triumphs of Iulius Cæsar, 11;

of Augustus, 137

Triumvirate, the first, 4.

The second, 25, 70, 72, 118;

powers of, 143;

acta of abolished, 144

Turullius, P., 126

Tyre, deprived of liberty, 176

Tyndaris, 104

U

Usipites, the, 180, 184

V

Vada Sabatia, 59, 61

Valerius Messalla, M., 104, 105

Valerius, P., 22

Valerius Orca, Q., 24

Valerius Messalinus, 186

Varius Rufus, L., 283

Varus, see Quintilius

Vedius Pollio, his cruelty rebuked, 209;

his house demolished, 291

Velitræ, 1, 2

Velleius Paterculus excuses Augustus for the proscriptions, 76

Venationes, 271, 298

Venetia, 214

Venusia, 71

Vergil, 2;

on the confiscations, 90;

on the death of Marcellus, 162, 163;

on the recovery of the standards, 179;

death of, 179;

his connection with Augustus and his work, 283-85

Vesta, temple of, 67;

new temple of, in Palatine, 205

Vestal Virgins, the, 67, 78, 135, 220

Veterans, the, 42, 44, 46, 90, 91, 132, 133, 174

Via Æmilia, 48, 59, 79;

Egnatia, 14, 15, 83;

Flaminia, 214, 297;

Valeria, 49;

Valeria (in Sicily), 105;

Sebaste (in Pisidia), 176;

viæ Augustæ in the provinces, 215

Vibo, 71

Vicesima, the 5 p. c. legacy duty, 250, 251

Vindelici, 181

Vipsania, wife of Tiberius, 165, 167, 234

Vipsanius Agrippa, M., 11, 15;

makes the portus Iulius, and organises a navy against Sext. Pompeius, 103-105;

improves the water supply of Rome, 115;

his activity before and at Actium, 123, 124 (Cos. B.C. 28);

holds the Census with Augustus, 137;

his great buildings, 156;

receives his Seal from Augustus when supposed to be dying, 157;

appointed to Syria, 161;

marries Iulia, 164;

in Gaul and Spain (B.C. 21-19), 165, 179;

associated in tribunician power, 165;

on the Bosporus, 182;

his death, 183, 234;

his character and career, 278-79

Visurgis (R. Weser), 184, 186, 187

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