Augustus: The Life and Times of the Founder of the Roman Empire

INDEX

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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