Tiberius the Tyrant

INDEX

• A
• Achaia demands to be transferred to Imperial provinces, 313, 336, 357
• Actium, battle of, 107, 122
• Actors in Rome, 359
• Banished, 361
• Ædiles and sumptuary laws, 362, 366, 367
• Africa a Senatorial province, 357
• Agrippa:
• As general, 217
• Campaign in Illyria, 225
• Death, 173
• In Octavian’s household, 145, 168, 169, 172
• Minister for war, 153
• Sketch of career, 116
• Agrippa, Fonteius, 326
• Agrippa, grandson of Herod, friend of Caligula, 426
• Agrippa Postumus, 249
• Banished, 249, 256
• Put to death, 257
• Agrippina the younger, Memoirs, 266, 292, 329, 333, 398, 402, 425
• Agrippina, wife of Germanicus, 211, 249, 269, 332, 338
• Conduct after her husband’s death, 341, 343, 345, 350, 400
• Banished, 409
• Character, 288
• Recalled, 425
• Starts for Trêves, 284
• Alexander:
• Combines city state with Imperial organization, 7
• Effects of his conquests, 5
• Fragments of empire, 7
• Policy, 8
• Alexandria:
• Antonius’ triumph at, 121
• Insurrection in, 87
• Jews in, 372
• Aliso, Drusus fortifies camp at, 226, 239
• Alpine tribes defeated, 225
• Antonia, wife of Drusus, 152, 172, 176, 198, 335
• In charge of Caligula and his sisters, 410
• Antonian family, 168
• Antonius, Julius, commits suicide, 190
• Antonius, Lucius:
• At Præneste, 88
• Character, 99
• Joins Constitutional party, 98
• Perusine war, 58
• Antonius, Marcus:
• Alliance with Cleopatra, 120
• At Mutina, 97
• Character, 119, 126
• Conduct after Cæsar’s death, 93, 111, 142
• Expeditions against Parthians, 155
• Extravagance, 58
• Goes to East, 98, 115, 120
• Power wielded by, 215
• Share of empire, 118,119
• Snatch at supreme power, 301
• Tyrant of conventional type, 8
• Antony (see Antonius Marcus)
• Apicata, wife of Sejanus, 400, 413
• Apicius the Epicure, 385
• Apion the Greek, nickname, 373
• Apollonia, Octavian at, 94
• Appian Aqueduct, 85
• Appian Way, 85
• Apuleius:
• Accused of magic, 194
• Object of travels, 132
• Aretas of Arabia, 154
• Ariovistus, advance of, 89
• Aristogiton, principles of, 8
• Armenia:
• Dynastic troubles in, 336
• Rulers of, 154
• Arminius adopts Roman military system, 220
• Rising of, 239
• Arpinum, privileges of Roman citizenship, 37
• Arruntius, L., suicide, 262
• Asia Minor:
• Commercial cities of, 98
• Roman citizens massacred in, 13
• Asprenas, Lucius, decision of, 239
• Astronomy and astrology, 193
• Atellan farce, 361
• Athenian Constitution and Rome, 56
• Athens:
• As place of residence, 192
• Constitution provided by Cleisthenes, 16
• Politics of, 8
• Atticus, Pomponius, 169
• Augsburg, Roman military colony at, 235
• Augur, functions of, 48
• Augustus (see Octavian)
• Augustales, 135
• B
• Bacchus, worship of, 368
• Bassus, Ventidius, 155
• Career, 273
• Bato, Pannonian chief, 238
• Bithynia, a Senatorial province, 308, 336
• Blæsus, Junius, 391
• Arrests ringleaders of mutiny, 277
• Brundisium, Octavian lands at, 94, 96
• Brutus, Decimus, besieged at Mutina, 97
• Brutus’ suicide, difference between Cato’s and, 55
• Bull fights, 74
• C
• Cæcina, Aulus, commander of Lower Army on Rhine, 281, 285
• Cæpio, conspiracy of, 246
• Cæsar, Agrippa, 200
• Cæsar, Caius, 172, 174, 198
• Attitude towards Tiberius, 207
• Death, 209
• Training, 200
• Cæsar, Julius:
• Adopts Octavian, 94
• Assassination, 91
• Attitude towards Senate, 45, 55, 90, 127
• Duration of absolute power, 108
• Party supporting, 58
• Portrait in British Museum, 141
• Power wielded by, 215
• Reliance on army, 123
• Sketch of career, 88 seqq.
• State of empire after his death, 106
• Cæsar, Lucius, 172, 198, 208
• Death, 209
• Training, 200
• Cæsars and Equestrian Order, 22
• Caligula (Caius), 249
• Adopted by Tiberius, 426
• Ashamed of his descent, 387
• Burns private notes of Tiberius, 211
• Extravagancies only felt in Rome, 384, 415
• Jealous of other divinities, 135
• Meaning of nickname, 250
• Pet of soldiers, 285, 287
• Calpurnia, wife of Julius Cæsar, 337
• Cappadocia, an Imperial province, 336, 357
• Capreæ, Tiberius in, 396, 420 seqq.
• Capua, territory confiscated by Rome, 99
• Carthage:
• Destruction of, 10
• Her dominion in Mediterranean, 6
• Cassius plunders cities of Asia Minor, 98
• Cato’s suicide:
• Attitude of contemporaries towards, 52
• Difference between suicide of Brutus and, 55
• Catullus, native of Cis-Alpine Gaul, 119
• Catus, Firmius, 324, 326
• Celer, Propertius, desires to retire from Senatorial Order, 311
• Celsus, Horace’s letter to, 157
• Censor:
• Enrolled members of Equestrian Order, 16, 18
• Power of, 50, 255
• Revised list of Senate, 43
• Censorinus, death of, 208
• Chærea, Cassius, centurion, 282
• Chaldæans expelled from Italy, 369
• Cicero:
• As governor of frontier province, 15
• As politician, 9
• Conception of early empire, 88
• Conducts case against Verres, 19
• Example of advocate, 321
• In Rome after Cæsar’s death, 93
• Judgment of reformers, 56
• Native of Arpinum, 37
• On “the Roman people,” 11, 34
• Picture of slavery, 69
• Second Philippic, 114
• Treatment of Tiro, 77
• Wishes to remodel Rome on Athenian Constitution, 55
• Cimbrians, invasion of, 6, 13
• Cinna:
• Forces reforms on Senate, 56
• Proscribed, 57
• Claudia Pulchra, accusation against, 401
• Claudian family, 168, 250, 407
• Associations with, 3
• Connexion with Rome, 85
• Claudian Marcellan family, 168
• Claudius, Appius, Censor, B.C. 312, 85, 86, 190
• Claudius, Emperor:
• Portrait, 141
• Sketch of, 148
• Claudius Nero defeats Hasdrubal, 86
• Claudius Pulcher, 86, 127
• Cleisthenes provides constitution for Athens, 16
• Cleopatra, alliance with Antony, 120
• Cleopatra and Antony: amusements at Alexandria, 177
• Cologne, mutineers at, 284
• Comitia Centuriata, 11
• Comitia Tributa and rabble, 11
• Consuls, election of, 319
• Corinth, mercantile importance, 192
• Corsica, territorial province, 23
• Cotys, King of Thrace, 394
• Crispinus, Cæpio, charge against G. Marcellus, 307
• Crispinus, Quintius, 190
• Crispus, C. Sallustius, advice to Tiberius, 257
• Cromwell, Oliver:
• Claims special providence, 136
• Forced to rely on military organization, 123
• Curia, attitude towards monarchy, 3
• D
• Dalmatians, 219
• Speak Latin, 220
• Dangerous tracks, injuries to workers in, 62
• Dictatorship an absolute monarchy, 54
• Dio on Drusus’ death, 388
• Dionysius on relations of patron and client, 30
• Dolabella, son-in-law of Cicero, 97
• Plunders cities of Asia Minor, 98, 120
• Domitian, extravagancies only felt in Rome, 384
• Drusus Livius, father of Livia and grandfather of Tiberius, 53, 58
• Forces reforms on Senate, 56
• Political programme, 36
• Drusus, Nero Claudius, brother of Tiberius, 150
• Death, 183, 227
• Marries Antonia, 172
• Prefect of city, 402
• Victory in Alps, 225
• Drusus, son of Agrippina, 424, 425
• Drusus, son of Tiberius:
• Character, 332
• Death, 353, 388, 400, 407
• Funeral, 390
• Introduced to public life, 209
• Marries sister of Germanicus, 250
• Presides at gladiatorial shows, 313
• Reception of Piso, 343
• Remedies grievances of mutineers, 278
• Succeeds Germanicus, 287, 332
• E
• Eastern Mediterranean, first period of conquest in, 10
• Egypt as granary for Rome, 368
• Electors and free government, 31
• Elymas the sorcerer, 195
• Emperor an institution at death of Tiberius, 3
• England:
• Caricatures in papers, 359
• Expansion of, 34
• Rules of party government, 302
• Significance of Roman walls in, 221
• English army, policy of recruiting for, 228, 275, 276
• Englishman, attitude towards law, 9
• Englishmen, political careers open to, 17
• Ephesus, flourishing state of, 192
• Equestrian Order:
• Admission to, 18, 73
• Growth of, 14 seqq.
• Origin of, 16
• Ranged against Senate, 19, 20
• Represents civil administration and financiers, 51
• Represents party of empire, 21
• Slaves rising through, 70
• Essenians, 373
• F
• Falanius, accusations against, 306
• Felix, Procurator of Judæa, a freed man, 70
• Fimbria forces reforms on Senate, 56
• Flaccus, M. Verrius, taught Augustus’ grandchildren, 72
• Flamen Dialis, 375
• Florus, Julius:
• Accompanies Tiberius to Armenia, 156
• Horace’s letter to, 156
• Social rank, 91
• Fulvia, wife of Marcus Antonius, 98, 114
• At Præneste, 88
• Character, 99
• G
• Gallic chieftains in communication with Rome, 219
• Gallus, C. Asinius, husband of Vipsania, 181, 262, 390, 414
• Gallus, Cornelius, Transalpine Gaul, 91, 119, 152, 248
• Gallus, Licinus, 248
• Gaul:
• Cæsar’s conquest of, 89, 96
• Position in empire, 119
• Gauls, invasions of, 6
• Generals of Augustan age, 217
• Germanic tribes:
• Civilization of, 219
• Defeat M. Lollius, 224
• Germanicus:
• Character, 332
• Conducts census of Gaul, 281
• Death, 331, 341, 342
• Destined successor to Tiberius, 331
• Endeavours to quell mutiny, 282, 284
• Finishes Pannonian war, 238, 250
• Loyalty of, 259, 290
• Marries Agrippina, 173
• Proconsul of eastern frontier, 287, 336
• Proconsul of Gaul, 269
• Recalled, 289
• Relations with Piso, 339, 349
• Tour in Egypt, 340
• Travels in East, 132
• Gladiators, 75
• Glaucia forces reforms on Senate, 56
• Gnipho, M. Antonius, gave lessons in Cæsar’s house, 71
• Gracchus, Caius, liberal schemes, 35
• Gracchus, Tiberius, attempts agrarian legislation, 35
• Greek ideals of city state, 7
• Greek influence on Romans, 46, 53
• H
• Hannibal, invasion of, 6
• Harmodius, principles of, 8
• Hasdrubal defeated by Claudius Nero, 86
• Hawthorne, plot of Transformation, 138
• Hercynian forest, 222, 234
• Herod Antipas, 426
• Herod family, 147
• Herod the Great, 338
• Policy, 154
• Herodotus, temper of, 132
• Hesiod, Farm and the Calendar, 133
• Hesiod, unitarian tendencies, 132
• Hispo, charges against G. Marcellus, 307
• Historians between deaths of Augustus and Vespasian, 2
• Horace:
• Allusion to M. Verrius Flaccus, 72
• Compliments to Augustus, 160
• Epistles, Book I, 160
• Jests at Jewish Sabbath, 137
• Journey from Rome to Brundisium, 106
• Letter to Celsus quoted, 157
• Letter to Julius Florus quoted, 156
• Letter to Tiberius quoted, 161
• Letters to Lollius, 158, 201, 202
• Moral earnestness, 158
• Ode to Lollius, 204
• On character of Tiberius, 154
• On merits of simplicity, 153
• On Roman empire, 5
• Picture of slavery, 69
• Reminds Romans of their debt to Neros, 86
• Hortalus, case of, 377
• Hortensius, example of advocate, 321
• Hypnotism, 194
• I
• Iapygia, Antonius descends on coast of, 121
• Italian agriculture depressed, 39
• Italian superstition, 134
• Italy drained of free population, 65
• J
• Jerusalem, Roman generals at, 372
• Jews:
• Attitude towards other religions, 370
• Influence of their faith on educated classes at Rome, 137
• Persecution of, 369
• Protest against worship of Augustus, 135
• Sketch of their customs, 370
• Josephus:
• Boast about Sabbath, 137
• On Agrippa, 427
• References to Livia, 175
• Judæa unquiet, 336
• Judas Maccabæus:
• Asks help from Senate, 12
• Respect for Senate, 50
• Jugurtha defies Senate, 12, 42
• Julia, Augustus’ daughter, 169, 175
• Banished, 190
• Her character, 176, 178, 186
• Wife of Agrippa, 171
• Wife of Marcellus, 170
• Wife of Tiberius, 173, 182
• Julian family, 3, 168, 407
• Attitude towards Tiberius, 214
• L
• Leland, Charles, on traces of faith in Fauns and Satyrs, 138
• Lentulus, Gnæus, 279
• Lepidus, Marcus, 229, 248, 390
• Defends Piso, 344
• Holds office under Tiberius, 262
• Proconsul, 93, 97, 98, 118
• Stops mutiny in Spain, 286
• Lex Majestatis, 303, 320, 355
• History of, 304
• Liberators:
• Attitude towards Octavian, 94, 110
• Position after Cæsar’s death, 93
• Libo, Drusus Scribonius, case of, 323 seqq.
• Suicide, 327
• Licinus, governor of S. Gaul, 224
• Livia, wife of Tiberius Nero and of Octavian, 80, 102, 104
• Agrippa Postumus and, 258
• Attitude towards Tiberius, 198
• Character, 175
• Death, 398
• Friend of Plancina, 338, 350
• Hatred of Agrippina, 332
• Portraits, 175
• Skilled in intrigue, 167, 177
• Livian family, 4
• Livilla, wife of Drusus, 399, 402, 406
• Livy, History of, 387
• Native of Cis-Alpine Gaul, 119
• On Servian Constitution, 16
• Lollius, Marcus, 158, 201 seqq.
• Adviser to Caius Cæsar, 200
• Death, 208
• Defeated by German tribes, 224
• Lombards, 232
• M
• Macedonia:
• Demands to be transferred to Imperial provinces, 313, 336
• Devastated, 235
• Macedonian empire, 125
• Macro, commander at Capreæ, 411, 428
• Macro, Pompeius, Prætor, 304
• Mæcenas, C. Cilnius:
• Death, 183
• Friend of Horace, 159
• Friend of Octavian, 111
• His manners, 151
• Journey from Rome to Brundisium, 107
• Master of finance and diplomacy, 153
• Magians, 370, 373
• Magic, 328
• Maluginensis, Servius, Flamen Dialis, 375
• Mamaloi of Hayti, knowledge of poisons, 375
• Marcellus, death of, 170
• Marcellus, Granius, Governor of Bithynia, accusations against, 306
• Marcellus, M. Pomponius, 71
• Reproves Tiberius for solecism, 73
• Marcius killed, 329
• Marion Crawford, description of Roman palaces, 144
• Marius, C.:
• Incapacity of, 57
• Influence in Roman politics, 36
• Native of Arpinum, 37
• Power wielded by, 215
• Reliance on army, 123
• Reorganization of army, 37
• Maroboduus, King of Marcomanni:
• Adopts Roman military system, 220
• Conception of German Empire, 233
• Martina, poisoner, 346
• Mediterranean, piracy not quelled in, 54
• Merivale on policy of Augustus, 221
• Messala, Marcus Valerius, hails Augustus as “Father of his country,” 245
• Metaurus, battle of the, 86
• Mithridates defies Senate, 13
• Mommsen on “ablest of Roman Emperors,” 84
• Munda, Pompeius’ sons defeated at, 94, 101
• Murena, conspiracy of, 246
• Mutina, Decimus Brutus besieged at, 97
• Mutinies in Pannonia and on Rhine, 270 seqq.
• N
• Napoleon, army of spies, 124
• Nauportus, news of mutiny reaches, 276
• Negro slavery in America, 60, 77
• Nero:
• Courts popular favour, 403
• Extravagancies only felt in Rome, 384, 415
• Line of Cæsars ended in, 292
• Recalled from banishment, 425
• Nicopolis, Germanicus and Drusus meet at, 339
• O
• Octavia, wife of Antonius, 124, 150, 169
• Octavian:
• A great civilian, 109, 122, 124
• Adopts Tiberius, 210, 251
• Amnesty to S. Pompeius, 102, 115
• Asserts legal rights, 97
• “Augustus,” significance of, 129
• Character, 113, 127, 128, 135, 139
• Conduct after Cæsar’s death, 94, 110
• Connexions, 126, 128
• Conspiracies against, 246
• Death, 1, 4, 79 seqq., 252
• Dislike to army, 124, 125, 222
• Empire of, 118
• Exceptional man, 255
• Funeral ceremonies, 81
• Household, 103, 150, 152, 168, 172, 249
• Hostile forces in, 175, 191
• In Gaul, 224, 226
• Invites Horace to be his private secretary, 127, 159
• Julian laws of, 358
• Lands at Brundisium, 94, 96
• Last years, 245
• Letters, fragments of, 211
• Marriage, 102, 104, 114
• Orator, 153
• Overtures to Cicero, 112, 113, 114
• Palace, 145
• Panegyrics on, 80
• Patronage, 246
• Personal appearance, 141
• Policy, 58, 142, 171, 221, 242, 290
• Policy towards Senate, 50, 262
• Popularity, 110
• Princeps Senatus, 165
• Progress to East, 154
• Relations with Tiberius, 211, 214
• Remodels army, 115
• Scheme of representative government, 382
• Successor, 83
• Tiberius Nero associated with, 88
• Vision of hereditary succession, 165
• Worship of, 134, 226, 299, 306
• Octavian family, 3
• Orbilius, teacher of Horace, 71, 72
• Ovid:
• Fasti, 387
• On barbarians at Tomi, 221
• Withdraws from Rome, 246
• P
• Pallas, a freedman of Claudius, 70
• Pandateria Isle:
• Agrippina banished to, 409
• Julia banished to, 190
• Pannonia:
• Army, how reinforced, 270
• Mutiny in, 270 seqq., 392
• Tiberius’ campaigns in, 226
• Pannonians, 219
• Pantheon, dome of, 116
• Papaloi of Hayti, knowledge of poisons, 375
• Parthians:
• Antonius’ victory over, 121
• Expeditions against, 155
• Show signs of restlessness, 336
• Paterculus, C. Velleius:
• Associated with Tiberius Nero, 88, 100
• Commits suicide, 100, 104
• Paterculus, Velleius:
• Accompanies Tiberius in campaigns, 231, 236
• Epitome of Roman history, 229
• Indifferent to chronology, 224
• Narrative, 2
• On age of Tiberius, 104
• Fidelity, 77
• Germanicus, 332
• M. Lollius and Tiberius, 201
• Rule of Tiberius, 354
• Sejanus, 387, 391
• Young Cæsars, 210
• Praises Tiberius for discrimination, 312
• Patricians and plebeians, distinction between, 45
• Paulus, L. Æmilius, marries Julia’s daughter, 210, 246, 257
• Percennius:
• Killed, 279
• On grievances of soldiers, 271
• Speech to soldiers quoted, 274
• Pergamus, rights of sanctuary in temple of Æsculapius, 376
• Perusia, siege of, 99, 100
• Petronius, slaves in Satyricon, 70
• Philippi, battle at, 98, 104
• Philo the Jew, picture of Caligula, 427
• Piso, Gnæus, Governor of Syria, 263, 308, 337
• Conduct to Germanicus, 338 seqq., 349
• Suicide, 347, 352
• Trial of, 343
• Piso, Lucius, 390
• Prætor, 334, 337
• Piso, Marcus:
• Advice to his father, 342
• Tiberius bestows his father’s property on, 348
• Pituarius thrown from Tarpeian rock, 329
• Planasia Isle, Agrippa Postumus in, 256
• Plancina, wife of Gnæus Piso, 338, 339, 340, 342, 350
• Charges against, 348, 351
• Plancus:
• At Alexandria, 126
• Suggests use of “Augustus,” 130
• Plato, politics of Republic, 8, 56
• Pliny (elder):
• Account of journey of Tiberius, 183
• On Tiberius, 162
• Polybius, respect for Senate, 50
• Polytheism, 132, 138, 374
• Pompeius, Sextus, 98
• Brigandage of, 58
• Descent on coast of Iapygia, 121
• Native of Picenum, 37
• Power wielded by, 215
• “Province” assigned to, 23
• Reliance on army, 123
• Seizes Sicily, 101, 107
• Pontifex Maximus, 255
• Functions, 48
• Pontius Pilate, Governor of Judæa, 273
• Portents, faith in, 138
• Præneste, fall of, 88
• Prætorian guards organized, 392
• Prætors, 320
• Right to beat actors, 360
• Princeps, 255
• Probus, Valerius, 71
• Punch, cartoons in, 360
• Pyrrhus, invasion of, 6
• R
• Republic and empire, 2, 4
• Rhine:
• Mutiny on, 280 seqq., 392
• Importance of, 290
• Romanized, 227
• Rhodes, flourishing state of, 192
• Rome:
• As universal peacemaker and ruler, 23
• Disturbances after death of Sejanus, 412, 416
• Fires in, 396, 397
• Food supplies from Sicily, Africa and Sardinia, 39
• Government of city, 59
• Indifferent to municipal matters, 381
• Prefect of city, 166
• Resident aliens in, 27
• Riot in theatre, 315
• Umpire of world, 125
• Roman armies:
• Barrack system, 395
• Centurion, position of, 273
• Concessions to soldiers, 283, 286
• “Garrison” service, 272
• Grievances of soldiers, 271, 272, 273
• On Rhine frontier, 281
• Pay of soldier, 272
• Prætorian guard, 392
• Recruiting for, 6, 38, 65, 76, 227, 241, 270, 275
• Superstition of soldiers, 279
• Roman Civil Service (see Equestrian Order)
• Roman electorate, 31, 33, 34
• Roman Empire:
• A religion as well as a state, 140
• Area of wars, 107, 122
• Change of officials, 317
• Christianity and, 430
• Conquests:
• Conditions of, 6
• Effects of, 5
• Organization, 7
• Constitution:
• Hereditary succession, 164
• People an organized part of, 11
• Theories on, 8, 31
• Working changed, 32, 34
• Decentralized, 247
• Expansion of, 1 seqq.
• Finances, 228
• Frontiers vulnerable, 217
• How broken up, 228
• Imperial Executive founded on Equestrian Order, 15
• Information from authors on, 2
• Local life of, 382
• Policy to allies, 33
• Politics of, 4
• Popular government a legal fiction, 12
• “Province”:
• Division of, 59, 313, 357
• Signification of, 22
• Slavery in, 60
• State prosecutions, 321
• Supreme Court of Appeal, 382
• Taxes farmed, 14
• Tendency of, 75
• Wars forced on, 6
• Wars of aggression, 6
• (See also Equestrian Order, etc.)
• Roman family a community, 147
• Roman generals, 216
• Roman history:
• Connexion of great houses with, 146
• Greek influence on, 53
• Turning point of, 6
• Roman law courts, 310
• Roman palaces, 144
• Roman people:
• As financiers, 13
• Character, 40, 41
• Citizen privileges, 27
• Composed of three elements, 47
• Diversions, 177
• Early marriages, 168
• Estimate of generals, 216
• Faith in portents, 138
• Gods of, 130, 133, 134, 226
• Individual independence, 25, 26
• Legal temperament, 9, 40, 46
• Legends of early history, 47
• Love of spectacular bloodshed, 74, 314, 362
• Meaning of phrase, 24, 41
• Morality and religion, 133
• No affection for Rome or Senate, 40
• Patrons and clients, 28, 29, 30, 321
• Religion and superstition, 131
• Religious temperament, 47
• Roman nobles, territorial magnates, 29
• Roman residents in Asia Minor, 13
• Rule of, 41
• Senatorial career, 17
• Sympathy with army, 40
• Training of young, 147, 149
• Two political careers open to, 16
• (See also Equestrian Order)
• Roman Proconsul:
• Only check upon, 19
• Power in province, 20
• Roman Senate:
• Admission jealously guarded to, 73
• Advisory council to Emperors, 58, 256
• Affection of its members and adherents, 52
• Aristocratic nature of, 44
• As court of justice, 380
• Attitude of Senators:
• Towards Cæsar, 55
• Towards Sejanus, 388, 391, 398
• Towards Tiberius, 258, 261
• Cabinet system in, 262
• Cæsar and, 90
• Decision on rights of sanctuary, 377
• Divided into groups, 31
• Duties of Senators, 320
• Equality of members, 54
• Equestrian Order and, 19, 20
• Functions of, 45, 48, 49, 50, 358
• Governorships, 247
• Never formally disestablished, 59
• Not representative of people, 24
• Oath to Emperor, 301
• Of different Emperors, 1
• Offers Tiberius title of “Father of his Country,” 300
• Parties in, 50, 56
• Sections of, 57
• Prosecutions after conspiracy of Sejanus, 412, 414, 416
• Provincial Governors, power of, 382
• Questions for Senators to settle, 51
• Religious intolerance, 368, 375
• Represents party of ancient oligarchy, 21
• Resistance to reforms, 52
• Senators’ fear of magic, 328
• Sketch of, 12, 42 seqq.
• Sumptuary laws, 362
• Tiberius and, 253 seqq.
• Roman women, position of, 167
• Rubrius, accusation against, 306
• S
• Sabinus, Poppæus, 316
• St. Paul:
• “Appeal to Cæsar,” 184
• Journeys from Puteoli to Rome, 62
• Samos, flourishing state of, 192
• Sanctuary, rights of, 376
• Sardinia, territorial province, 23, 369
• Saturninus, Sentius:
• Acts in combination with Tiberius, 234
• Forces reforms on Senate, 56
• Scipio Æmilianus studies Greek political writers, 34
• Scipio, relative of Julia, 190
• Scribonia, wife of Octavian, 103, 150, 169
• Sejanus, Ælius:
• Account of, 385 seqq.
• Adviser to Drusus, 278
• As Commander-in-Chief in Italy, 394
• Conspiracy, 2
• Fall of, 230, 399, 412
• Opposition to, 398
• Organized Prætorian guards, 392
• Regent, 396
• Seneca, jest on apotheosis of Claudius, 141
• Sentius, Gnæus, Governor of Syria, 341
• Serenus, Vibius, states charges against Libo, 326
• Servian Constitution and Equestrian Order, 16
• Sibylline books consulted, 47
• Sicily, territorial province, 23
• Silius, commander of Upper Army on Rhine, 281
• Simon Magus, 195
• Slavery, 60 seqq.
• Agricultural slaves, 62, 65, 68, 78
• Captives in war in, 70, 73
• Condition of slaves in ancient world, 63
• Cosmopolitan influence of, 70, 76
• Domestic slavery, 66
• Earnings of slaves, 67
• Emancipation, 76
• Immunities, 64
• “Libertus,” 74
• Not demoralizing to ancients, 77
• Political disqualifications, 64
• Slave barracks, 65, 68
• Slave’s relation to his patron, 30
• “They of Cæsar’s household,” 74
• Smyrna, flourishing state of, 192
• Society, difference between ancient and modern, 26
• Stevenson, R. L., moral earnestness, 158
• Strabo, Seius, 385
• Stuart dynasty, attitude of adherents towards, 52
• Suetonius:
• Biographies of schoolmaster freedmen, 71
• Fragments of Octavian’s letters, 211
• Idle tales of, 430
• Indifferent to chronology, 224
• On banishment of devotees of Bacchus, 369
• M. Lollius and Tiberius, 201
• M. Verrius Flaccus, 72
• Tiberius and Caius Cæsar, 207
• Tiberius’ expenditure, 363
• Tiberius in Capreæ, 421
• Tiberius in German wars, 237
• Tiberius’ refusal of divine honours, 137
• Tiberius’ refusal of title of “Father of his Country,” 300
• Sources of information, 293
• Stories of Tiberius in Rhodes, 197
• Sulla:
• Decree on Senators, 43
• Gives back jurisdiction to Senate, 21
• Grants new lease of power to Senate, 90
• Power wielded by, 215
• Proscribed, 57
• Reliance on army, 123
• Sumptuary laws, 362
• Tiberius’ attitude on, 366
• Syria, an Imperial Province, 337
• T
• Tacitus:
• Annals, gap in, 2
• Period covered by, 356, 409
• Quoted, 316
• As historian, 357
• Attitude towards Tiberius, 430
• Conception of early empire, 88
• Mentions schoolmaster freedman, a Senator, 73
• Narrative of Tiberius and his reign, 263, 265
• Instance of misrepresentation, 266
• On Caligula, 427
• Crispus’ advice to Tiberius, 257
• Election of Consuls, 319
• Lex Majestatis, 302, 303, 305, 307
• Perversion of Tiberius, 353
• Policy of Augustus, 221
• Secrets of Empire, 154
• Tiberius, 293 seqq.
• Tiberius refusing divine honours, 137
• Trial of Piso, 351
• References to Livia, 175
• Sources of information, 293
• Tarragona, temple to Augustus at, 315
• Tatius, Titius, consort of Romulus, 85
• Teutons:
• Invasion of, 6, 13
• Inadequate provision to repel, 54
• Thrasyllus, the “Mathematician,” 195, 369, 373
• Accompanies Tiberius to Capreæ, 421
• Tiber, floods in, 312
• Tiberius, Claudius Nero, father of Emperor:
• Attitude towards Cæsar, 58, 92
• Death, 105
• Flees to Corinth, 102
• His character, 103
• In Sicily, 101
• Joins Constitutional party, 98
• Marries Livia, 102, 104
• Mission to Campania, 99
• Returns to Rome, 102
• Sketch of career, 87
• Tiberius, Emperor:
• Accession, 253 seqq.
• Accompanies Octavian to Spain, 153
• Action after death of Sejanus, 413
• Address on army, 394
• Address on sumptuary laws quoted, 363
• Adopted by Augustus, 210, 251
• Adopts Caligula, 426
• Adopts Germanicus and Agrippa Postumus, 251
• As General, 243
• As Imperator, 278
• Attached to Drusus, 150
• Attitude towards Senate, 353 seqq.
• Bitterness of writers against, 3
• Campaigns, 174, 186, 211, 215 seqq.
• Against Maroboduus, 233
• Combined movements, 244
• Defence of vulnerable frontiers, 219, 227
• Gallic, 225
• Germanic, 231, 243
• Avenges Varus, 241
• In Pannonia, 226, 235
• Spanish, 223
• Character, 253, 296, 299, 314, 411, 422, 429
• Evidence on, 294
• Colleague and successor of Augustus, 83, 187
• Commands army against Parthians, 155
• Concessions to mutinous armies, 286
• Conduct to Livia, 333, 334
• Constitutional theory, 261, 302
• Day in Rome, how spent, 418
• Death, 428
• Descent, 86
• Destroys popularity, 361
• Education, 149 seqq.
• Fall of, 399
• Flight to Rhodes, 184
• Cause of, 189
• Funeral, 431
• Governor of Transalpine Gaul, 224
• Grant to Propertius Celer, 311
• His life interesting, 83
• Holds Egypt as granary, 368
• Household, rivalries in, 397, 404, 406
• In law courts, 310
• Letter to Senate, 426
• Makes Emperor an institution, 3
• Marriages, 172, 173, 182
• Nickname, 254
• Palace, 191, 209
• Personal appearance, 179, 298, 419
• Plots against, 331
• Policy, 227, 317, 377
• On German frontier, 242, 290
• Proconsular power, 254
• Refuses title of “Father of his Country,” 300
• Relations with Augustus, 211, 214
• With Sejanus, 386, 396, 411
• Reply to Sejanus, 404
• Responsible for peace, 417
• Retires to Capreæ, 396, 402, 420 seqq.
• Returns to Rome, 209
• Skilled civilian, 174
• Speech at trial of Piso, 344
• On case of Hortalus, 378
• Strategy, 225
• Studies, 193, 420
• Tribune, 184, 197
• Wishes to return to Rome, 199, 207
• Tiberius the younger, 407, 408, 416, 426
• Tiro, Cicero’s secretary, 77
• Tomi, barbarians at Roman camp at, 221
• Trajan rectifies frontier of Lower Danube, 221
• Tribunate, history of, 183
• Trio, Fulcinius, professional prosecutor, 325, 343, 348
• Tusculum, headquarters of Claudians, 85
• U
• Urgulania, friend of Livia’s, 334
• V
• Varius, heroic poems, 152
• Varus, Quintilius, Governor of Southern German Marches:
• Sketch of career, 239
• Slain, 238
• Treats Rhine as Roman Province, 227
• Verres, trial of, 19, 21
• Vescularius, Flaccus, 324
• Vespasian:
• Averse to luxury, 367
• Scepticism of, 136
• Vibulenus:
• Killed, 279
• Oration to soldiers, 277
• Vinicius, Marcus, Consul, 229, 230
• Marries Julia Livilla, 250, 339
• Vinicius, Marcus, General, 231
• Vipsania, daughter of Agrippa, 169
• Wife of Tiberius, 172, 181
• Vipsanian family, 168
• Virgil:
• Allusion to death of Marcellus, 170
• Compliments to Augustus, 160
• Legends in Æneid, 139
• Native of Cis-Alpine Gaul, 119
• On merits of simplicity, 153
• Roman Empire, 5
• Vitellius, Lucius, 426
• Vonones removed by Germanicus, 340
• W
• War, captives reckoned as profits of, 70
• Washington, T. Booker, attitude towards slave owners, 60
• X
• Xiphilinus, epitome of Dio Cassius, 138