The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls

INDEX

• Actium, battle of, 418.
• Æmilius, 200.
• —— Gauls defeated by, 169, 170.
• Æneas, story of, 1, 2.
• Æquians, the, 73, 86.
• Albans, the, war with Rome, 28, 31.
• Allia, battle of, 97.
• Ambrones, the, 197, 299.
• Amulius, King, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10.
• Ancus Marcius, 32, 33.
• Anio, battle of the, 111.
• Antiochus, King of Syria, 238.
• Appian Way, the, 130.
• Appius Claudius, 78, 130, 149.
• Ariovistus, 364, 366, 367.
• Aristion, the orator, 325.
• Ascanius, 1, 3.
• Augustus, Emperor, 425. See also Octavius Cæsar.
• Aulus Postumius, invocation of Castor and Pollux, 63.
• Bocchus, King, 284, 287, 290, 291.
• Books of the Sibyl, story of, 46.
• Brennus, King of the Gauls, 97, 103, 104.
• Brutus, and the Delphian oracle, 48, 49.
• —— avenger of Lucretia’s wrong, 50.
• —— treachery of his sons, 52.
• Brutus, Decimus, 394.
• —— assassination of Cæsar, 399.
• —— death at Philippi, 408, 411.
• —— Second Triumvirate allied against, 406.
• Camillus, at battle of the Anio, 111.
• —— capture of Veii by, 88.
• —— destruction of Volscians’ camp by, 109.
• —— recalled to Rome, 101.
• —— war with Falerians, 94.
• —— war with the Gauls, 97, 112–115.
• Cannæ, battle of, 200.
• Capitol, founding of the, 36.
• Carthage, siege of, 246–257.
• Carthaginian wars, 155–231.
• Cassius, death of, 410.
• —— plot against Julius Cæsar, 394.
• Castor and Pollux, invoked by Aulus, 63.
• Catilinarian conspiracy, the, 350–355.
• Cato, 243, 251.
• —— death of, 387.
• Catulus, campaign against the Cimbri, 303.
• —— death of, 323.
• Caudine Forks, disgrace of Romans at, 124.
• Celeres, the, 22, 25.
• Censors, the, 341.
• Cicero, 350, 358, 362, 406.
• Cimbri, conquest of the, 303.
• Cincinnatus, defeat of Æquians by, 74, 86.
• Cinna, war with Octavius, 320.
• Claudius Nero, defeat of Hasdrubal by, 208, 213.
• Cleopatra, 386.
• —— and Mark Antony, 413 et seq.
• —— at battle of Actium, 418.
• —— death of, 421.
• Clœlia, story of, 60.
• Clœlius, Æquian chief, 73.
• Collatinus, 49, 52.
• Consuls, the, 52, 84.
• Coriolanus, story of, 68.
• Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, 258, 260, 270, 271, 277.
• Crassus, 332, 341.
• —— defeat of the gladiators by, 338.
• —— member of First Triumvirate, 361.
• —— Pompey’s rivalry with, 350.
• Curiatii, feud with Horatii, 29.
• Curtian Lake, the, legend of, 116.
• Cynoscephalæ, battle of, 233.
• Decemvirs, the, 77, 85.
• Decius Mus, 121–123.
• Dentatus, 139.
• Drusus, colonial policy of, 272.
• Ecnomus, battle of, 159.
• Epirots, the, war with Romans, 141.
• Etruscan wars, the, 31.
• Fabius, the delayer, and Minucius, 197–199.
• —— campaign against Hannibal, 192.
• —— defeat of the Samnites, 131–134.
• —— his son, defeat of, 130.
• Falerians, war with, 94.
• Faustulus, 6.
• Flaminius, war with Philip of Macedon, 233.
• Fleet, the Roman, 155.
• Forum, the, 37, 45.
• Gabii, siege of, 43.
• Gaius Gracchus, 264, 268, 269, 270–277.
• —— Mucius, story of, 60.
• Gauls, the, conquest of, 168.
• —— sack of Rome by, 97, 99, 113, 117.
• Geese, the Sacred, 99.
• Gladiators’ revolt, the, 337.
• Glaucia, land reforms of, 307.
• Gnæus, 388, 390.
• Gracchi, the, 258.
• Hamilcar, 158, 159.
• —— Barca, 172.
• Hannibal, story of, 172–242.
• —— death of, 238.
• —— departure from Italy, 226.
• —— invasion of Italy by, 176.
• Hasdrubal, 207, 208, 224, 225.
• Heraclea, battle of, 145.
• Horatii, the, feud with the Curiatii, 29.
• Horatius, story of, 57.
• Jugurtha, King of Numidia, story of, 278.
• Julius Cæsar, 343, 354.
• —— appointed ruler of Gaul, 361, 369.
• —— assassination of, 396.
• —— captured by pirates, 356.
• —— conquest of Helvetians and Ligurini, 263.
• —— conquest of the Nervii, 367.
• —— crossing of the Rubicon, 374.
• —— honoured in Rome, 389.
• —— in Egypt, 385, 386.
• —— invasion of Britain, 370.
• —— member of First Triumvirate, 361.
• —— nobles’ plot against, 392.
• —— rivalry with Pompey, 350, 375 et seq.
• —— Tenth Legion of, 363.
• Juno, the statue of, 92.
• Lars Porsenna, siege of Rome by, 56, 60.
• Latins, the, 2, 33.
• Lavinium, 2, 3.
• Licinian laws, the, 107.
• Lictors, the, 52.
• Livius, defeat of Hasdrubal by, 208, 213.
• Lucius Furius, 111.
• Lucretia, the Roman matron, 50.
• Lucumo and the eagle, 35.
• Macedonian Wars, the, 233.
• Mælius, friend of the people, 85.
• Manipulares, the, 9.
• Manlius, Father of the Commons, 102, 106.
• Marius, Gaius, 280, 281.
• —— alliance with Cinna against Octavius, 320.
• —— and the Cimbrian ambassadors, 303.
• —— conquest of Teutones by, 297.
• —— defeat of King Jugurtha by, 283–296.
• —— flight of, 315.
• —— jealousy of Sulla, 311.
• —— return to Rome, 320.
• —— rivalry with Metellus, 307.
• Mark Antony, 376, 379, 381, 393, 399.
• —— his Acta, 416.
• —— and Cleopatra, 413 et seq.
• —— claim to Cisalpine Gaul, 405.
• —— death of, 421.
• —— funeral oration for Cæsar, 402.
• —— member of Second Triumvirate, 406.
• —— war against Brutus, 408.
• Masinissa, 219, 223, 224, 225.
• —— in Carthage, 244.
• Metellus, 307.
• Mettius, 29, 31.
• Minucius, 73, 75, 85, 192, 194, 197, 198, 203.
• Mithridates, King, 312, 325.
• —— defeated by Sulla, 329.
• —— Pompey’s war against, 345.
• Mucius, Gaius, 60.
• Nervii, the, conquest by Julius Cæsar, 367.
• Numa Pompilius, 24.
• Numitor, King, 4, 7, 8, 9.
• Octavius, and his friend, Tiberius, 261 et seq.
• Octavius Cæsar, 394.
• —— Emperor of Rome, 425.
• —— measures for welfare of Rome, 416.
• —— member of Second Triumvirate, 406.
• —— war against Antony and Cleopatra, 405, 418.
• Octavius, war with Brutus, 408.
• —— war with Cinna, 320.
• Optimates, the, 264.
• Papirius Cursor, 129.
• Patricians, the, 66, 77.
• —— Licinian laws relating to, 106, 107.
• Philippi, battle of, 408.
• Pirates, the, 341.
• Plebeians, the, 66, 77–79, 83.
• —— Licinian laws relating to, 107–108.
• Pompey, 331, 336, 340.
• —— expedition to Palestine, 348.
• —— his flight, 381.
• —— member of First Triumvirate, 361.
• —— Pirates defeated by, 341–344.
• —— rivalry with Cæsar, 375.
• —— war against Mithridates, 345.
• Pontius, Gaius, Samnite leader, 124, 126, 128, 129.
• Prætors, the, 108.
• Proculus, vision of, 23.
• Proscriptions of Sulla, the, 334.
• Punic War, the First, 155 et seq.
• —— The Second, 172 et seq.
• Pyrrhus, King of the Epirots, 141.
• —— at battle of Asculum, 151.
• —— at battle of Heraclea, 145–148.
• —— defeat of, 153.
• —— his elephants, 147, 150, 154.
• Quirinalia, the, 23.
• Regulus, story of, 158, 161, 165–167.
• Regulus (son of above), war with Gauls, 169, 170.
• Remus, story of, 5, 7.
• —— death of, 13.
• Roma, story of, 2.
• Rome, founding of, 1, 12.
• —— Republic founded, 52.
• Romulus, story of, 5–7.
• —— founding of Rome by, 11, 12.
• —— his end, 22.
• —— war with the Sabines, 14–21.
• Sabine War, the, 14–21.
• Samnite wars, the, 119 et seq.
• Samnites, the, defeated by Sulla, 331.
• Saturninus, land reforms of, 307.
• Scipio, Cornelius, or Africanus, 203.
• —— death of, 270.
• —— campaigns against Hannibal, 178, 183, 220.
• —— and Gaius Marius, 281, 295.
• —— New Carthage captured by, 215.
• —— triumph of, 231.
• Scipio (grandson of above), 251.
• —— destruction of Carthage by, 253.
• —— Publius, 215.
• Schoolmaster of Falerii, the treacherous, 94.
• Sentinum, battle of, 135.
• Servius Tullius, story of, 38–42.
• Sextus, expedition against Rome, 63, 65.
• —— Gabii taken by treachery of, 43–45.
• —— and Lucretia, the Roman matron, 49.
• Silvia, story of, 4, 5, 9.
• Social War, the, 312.
• Spartacus, the Gladiator, 338.
• Sulla, 356.
• —— campaign against King Jugurtha, 290.
• —— Cinna’s fear of, 323.
• —— death of, 336.
• —— enters Rome, 311.
• —— Mithridates defeated by, 329.
• —— Proscriptions of, 334.
• —— rivalry with Marius, 311.
• —— Samnites defeated by, 331.
• —— Siege of Athens by, 328.
• Sulpician laws, the, 313.
• Sutrium, siege of, 110.
• Syphax, King, 219, 224.
• Tanaquil, 35, 38, 39.
• Tarentines, the, war with Romans, 141, 143, 144, 152.
• Tarpeian Rock, story of, 17.
• Tarquin the Proud, alliance with Lars Porsenna, 56, 61.
• —— attempt to enter Rome, 56.
• —— death of, 65.
• —— downfall of, 48–51, 52–54.
• —— Gabii taken by, 43–45.
• —— revolt against Servius, 41, 42.
• Tarquinius Lucius, 34, 35.
• Teutones, conquered by Marius, 297.
• Tiberius Gracchus, and Octavius, 261.
• —— death of, 266.
• —— reforms of, 259–268.
• Torquatus, 120.
• Trasimenus, Lake, battle of, 187.
• Trebio, battle of, 183.
• Tribunes, the, 66.
• Triumvirate, The First, 350, 361, 369.
• —— The Second, 405.
• Tullia, 41, 42, 51.
• Tullius Hostilius, 28.
• —— war with the Albans, 28.
• —— war with the Etruscans, 31.
• Valerius, 50, 54, 63.
• Valerius, or Corvus, fight with the Gaul, 118.
• Varro, 200, 203, 205.
• Veii, siege of, 88.
• Vercellæ, battle of, 304.
• Vercingetorix, 372.
• Verginia, death of, 80.
• Veturia, mother of Coriolanus, 68.
• Volscians, the, 109.
• Xanthippus, 163, 164.
• Zama, battle of, 229.