# Characters and Events of Roman History/Index

INDEX
A
* Acrobats, the great number of, 218
* Acte, the beautiful, 114
* Actium, the mistakes of Antony at, 60; the peace after, 216
* Ægean Islands, the vineyards of the, 200
* Agriculture in Gaul, the extent of, 84
* Agrippa, the builder of the Pantheon, 103; the successor of, 165
* Agrippina, the power of, 103; the love of the Republic of, 114; miraculous escape of, 120; death of, 122
* Alaric, the destruction caused by, 258
* Alcohol, the distillers of, 26
* Alesia, the city of, 91, 94; the battle at, 197
* Alexander the Great, mentioned, 48
* Alexandria, the position of, 15
* Allier, the valley of the, 92
* Alps, the peoples beyond the, 20; :the fear of crossing the, 73
* Ambitio of the ancients, the, 14
* America, the discovery of, 71
* Amor, the kingdom of, 25
* Amores, the, by Ovid, 151
* Amours, the, of Antony, 41
* Amphore, the wine of the, 39
* Ancient Rome, corruption in, 3 ff
* Anglo-Saxons, traits of the, 197
* Anicetus, the diabolical plan of, 119
* Antony, the history of, 37 ff; the love of, 40; meets Cleopatra, 44; the bewilderment of, 57
* Antifeminist reaction, the, 111
* Antioch, the departure for, 45; the marriage at, 51
* Antium, the return to, 119
* Antonines, the power of the, 246
* Aquileia, son of Julia born at, 155; the trade in, 192
* Arabia, part of, annexed, 49
* Archæological discoveries, the effect of, 259
* Archæologists, the discoveries of, 43
* Archelaus, the revolt against, 166
* Architectural effort at Rome, 134
* Argentine Republic, the mention of, 86 ​ Arles, a large market for wines, 192
Armenia, the revolt in, 161 Arras, the district of, 90 Arrianus, the work of, 199 Ars Armandi, the, by Ovid, 163 Artists, the numerous, of the East, 55 Asia Minor, the addition to the Empire of, 49 Asiatic civilisation, 17 Athens, the influence of, 202 Atrides, the legend of, 138 Attalus, King, 16; the bequest of, 187 Augustus, the age of, 25 Augustus Cæsar, lectures on, 3;
    the wise laws of, 158;
    troubles of, 176;
    the death of, 209
Avaritia, the complaint of the, 14
B
Bacchante, a miserable, 155 Bacchus, the plant of, 182 Bætica, civilisation in, 72 Baiæ, the Court at, 119 Banquets, the, of ancient Rome, 7 Barbarian, the struggle against the, 34 Barbarism, the primitive, 254 Belgæ, the victory over the, 77 Beverages, in Roman history, 181 ff;
    the growing use of, 186
Birrus of Laodicea, the, 88 Bismarck, mentioned, 64; compared to Cæsar, 247 Biturigi, the, a tribe of Gaul, 86 Black Sea, the country around, 182 Borebiste, a Gætic warrior, 191 Boulanger, a Roman, 41 Brennus, the conspirator, 130 Britannicus, the exclusion of, 103; the death of, 115 Brutus, the cult of, 243 Buddhist, the position of the, 236 Burrhus, the political work of, 104
C
Cadurci, a tribe of Gaul, 86 Cæsar, Caius, adopted by Augustus, 158;
    the political position of, 160
Cæsar, Julius, the wisdom of, 72; mistakes of, 75 Cæsar, Lucius, adopted by Augustus, 158,
    the popularity of, 164
Cæsars, the palaces of the, 7 Caleti, the, a tribe of Gaul, 86 California, grape-culture in, 187 Caligula, the death of, 115 Calumnies, the, about Julia, 174 Campania, the cities of, 218 Canals, the construction of, 213 Capri, the monster of, 155 ​Carmen Seculare, the, by Horace, 151 Carthusian, the patience of the, 91 Castles, the Roman, on the Rhine, 192 Catiline, the conspiracies of, 130 Cato, the love of tradition of, 105;
    as a wine drinker, 184
Celt, the genius of the, 88 Cereals, the growth of, in Gaul, 85 Cervisia, the supplications of, 196 Champagne, the reputation of, 206 Chian, a cask of, for a banquet, 199 Christianity, the work and spreading of, 231 ff Christians, the, in the time of Nero, 131 "Christofle," the making of, in Gaul, 91 Church, the position of the, 232 Cicero, the letters of, 74;
    the influence of, 172
Civil wars, the impression of the, 148 Civis, the Roman, 264 Classic renaissance, the, 235 Claudii, the haughty line of the, 159 Claudius, Emperor, the death of, 103 Cleopatra, the legend of, 37 ff;
    described, 40;
    policy, of, 58
Clodia, the famous, 74 Collège de France, the, 3, 260 Columbus, mentioned, 71 Comitia, the election of the, 58 Commentaries, the, of Cæsar, 191 Conflagration, the, of Rome, 129 Corday, Charlotte, 63 Corruption of customs, the, 3 Costumes of Rome, the, 181 Cradle of Jesus, the, 166 Crassus, the demagogy of, 249 Cultivation, in Rome, 181 Cultus, a Gallic term, 91 Cydnus, the river, 39
D
Dalmatia, the malcontents at, 166 Danube provinces, the, 88, 91 Dechelette, the great work of, 91 Diamonds, the importation of, 220 Diocletian, the edict of, 88 Dion Cassius, the historian, 63, 80 Dionysius, the Greek judge, 183 Dionysos, the beverage of, 183 Dithyrambics, the, of Horace, 196 Drusus, mentioned, 93;
    the exalted position of, 104
Duodecember, a fourteenth month, 79 ​Duruy, the apologies of, 243 Dynasty of Egypt, the, 215
E
"Eastern peril," the, 50 Economic strength, the, of Rome, 224 Economic unity, the, of the world, 236 Education, the laborious, 194 Egnatius Mecenius, the story of, 183 Egypt, the conquest of, 16, 46 Elagabalus, the splendour of, 6, 8 Elegies, the revolutionary, of Ovid, 152 Empire, the extent of the, 217 Ephesus, the city of, 219 Euthanasia, the death of the happy, 210 External policy, the, of Rome, 164
F
Fabius Pictor, the word of, 183 Falernian, the discovery of, 198 "First Citizen of the Republic," the, 157 Feminism, the increase of, in Rome, 108 "Festivals of Youth," the, at Rome, 124 Flavians, the power of the, 246 Flax, the cultivation of, 85 Folies Bergères, the, mentioned, 129 Fortuna, the, of the Romans 98 Forum, the impressive monument of the, 55 Franco-Prussian War, the, 202 Frankfurt, the treaty of, 202 Freedmen, the position of, 212 French Revolution, the, 205 Frontiers, the strengthening of the, 109
G
Gætic warrior, the rule of a, 191 Gæto-Thracian, the great empire of, 191 Gallia Narbonensis, the position of, 50 Gallic,
    affairs, the midst of, 73;
    roads, the network of, 213
Gallo-Roman villas, the, 87 Gambetta, the love letters of, 40 Gambrinus, the god, 202 Gaul,
    the development of, 20, 69 ff.;
    conquest of, 72;
    the annexation of, 77;
    the wealth of, 83
Gauls,
    the irritation of the, 79;
    the genius of the, 81
Genoa, the situation of, 23 German historians, the work of, 152 Germanicus, the historical importance of, 10 ​ Germany, conditions in, 79, 165;
    policy toward Rome, 166
Glass-making in Gaul, 90 Government, the, at Rome, 213 Governors, the position of the, 312 Gracchi, the struggle of the, 17 Græco-Latin civilisation, the, 72, 235 Grape-culture, the spread of, 186 Grape harvest, the abundance of the, 185 Greatness and Decline of Rome, the, 10 Greece, the contact of Rome with, 185 Greek wines in Rome, 8 Gymnasium, the, at Alexandria, 55
H
Hannibal, the army of, 189 Harbours, the building of, 213 Hebrew people, the position of the, 166 Hellenist, an ardent, 58 Helvetia, customs in, 191 Helvetians, the, 74;
    the attack on the, 75
Herculaneum, the city of, 218 Heritage of Rome, the, 261 Herod the Great, the death of, 166 History, as considered by Ferrero, 65 Horace, the invectives of, 23 Houssaye, Henri, mentioned, 41
I
Ides, the days of the, 9 Ierapolis, the prosperity of, 219 Ilium, the district of Troy, 50 India, the precious metals of, 30;
    wine exported to, 200
Indo-Chinese, the commerce of the, 55 Inscriptions, the story left by the, 221 Istrian wine, the favourite of Livia, 199
J
Jerome, Saint, the story of, 78 Jeunesse dorée, the, of Rome, 124 Jewelry making in Gaul, 90 Jewels as a luxury, 31 Jews in France, the, 250 Jove, the temple of, 19 Judas, the mention of, 63 Judea, the revolt at, 166 Julia, the exile of, 137;
    the episode of, 150;
    discord with, 154;
    unfaithfulness of, 157;
    the accusation of, 170;
    the fate of, 177
Julian, the laws of, 151 Julian-Claudian house, the power of the, 188 Jurisdiction of property, the, in Gaul, 84 Jurists, the influence of, 230 Juvenal, passages from, 90
K
Karbin, mentioned, 50 Khorsabad, the palace of, 259 Knights, the social position of the, 212
L
Ladies, the, of Rome, 30 Langres, the district of, 90 Laodicea,
    the birrus of, 88;
    the city of, 219
Lares, the veneration of the, 190 Latin morals, the severity of, 61 Latin spirit, the similarity of the, 256 Laws of Julian, the, 151 Legislative reforms, the, 21 Leibach, the trade through, 192 Lepidus mentioned, 172 Letronne, the researches of, 45 Lex de adulteriis, the, 148 Lex de maritandis ordinibus, the, 147 Lex Julia de adulteriis, the, 169 Lex sumptuaria, the, 148 Libertine poet, a, in the year 8 B.C., 151 Licinius, the characteristics of, 79 Linen, the manufacture of, 219 Litterati, the many, 218 Livia, (also see: Istrian wine)
    the mother of Tiberius, 162;
    the position of, 168
Livia, the House of, 7 Livy, the point of view of, 3 Lollia Paulina, the fame of, 9 Lucullus,
    the rising power of, 18;
    wine used by, 184
Lusitania, a mission to, 117 Luxuria, the desire of, 14 Luxury,
    of Rome, 125;
    spread of, 186
M
Macrobius, the writings of, 155 Mamertine, a kind of wine, 199 Mania, the all absorbing, of Nero, 128 Marcellus, the privileges accorded, 160 Marius, the revolution of, 18 Martial, passages from, 90 "Mass," the so-called, 182 Mater familias, the honour of, 39 Maurel, André, the writings of, 251 Mazzini, the great, 63 Mediterranean world, the vast, 97 Merchandise, the great interchange of, 218 Mesia, the metropolis of, 219 Messalina, the death of, 103 Middle Ages, the cathedrals of the, 140 Military power, the weakening of the, at Rome, 167 Military Republic, the, 136 Military triumph, the, of Rome, 197 ​Minos, the historic, 63 Mirabeau, the love letters of, 40 Mithridates, defeat of, 19;
    the conquests of, 197
Mohammedan, the position of the, 236 Mommsen, the apologies of, 243 Morales, the two, at Rome, 155 Morini, the, a tribe in Gaul, 86 Mosca olearia, a new species of, 190 Municipia, the splendour of the, 110 Museum, the, at Alexandria, 55 Mythology, the imagination of, 197
N
Naiads, the maidens of Cleopatra dressed as, 40 Naples, the ruins of, 92;
    the city of, 218
Naples, the Gulf of, 119 Napoleon I., mentioned, 63, 210 Natural History, the, by Pliny, 183 Nero, Emperor, 96,
    elected, 103;
    frivolity of, 105;
    debauches of, 114;
    the cowardice of, 121;
    careless government of, 125;
    St. Paul contrasted with, 133;
    the suicide of, 135
Newspapers, the fortunate lack of, in Rome, 173 Nile, the Roman protectorate in the valley of the, 46 Nimes, the inhabitants of, 175 Nones, the days of the, 9 Notre Dame, the cathedral of, 140 Nuptial banquets, the cost of, 9
O
Octavia, divorce of, 40;
    the wife of Nero, 124, 127
Oil, the exportation of, 218 Oligarchy, the, at Rome, 81 Olive groves, the wealth of the, 189 Olympus, the delights of, 59 Opimius, the consulate of, 198 Orient, the metropolises of the, 15 Oriental Empire, the, of Rome, 57 Oriental state, the conquest of an, 15 Orientalism, the invasion of, 225 Ostia, Tiberius starts for, 163 Ovid, the representatives of, 149;
    the work of, 150
P
Paintings, of Pompeii, the, 229 Palatine, a journey to the, 7;
    polygamy in, 118
Palestine, the annexation of, 49;
    uprising in, 166
Pandataria, Julia, exiled to, 172, 177 ​Pannonia, the malcontents at, 166 Pannonians, the customs of the, 193 Pantheon, the, mentioned, 103 Parthians, the Empire of the, 167 Passum, as a drink, 183 Pater familias, the power of the, 172 Paul of Tarsus, a great and simple man, 131;
    the persecution of, 134
Pax Romana, the, 4;
    the extent of the, 210
Pearls, the importation of, 30, 220 Penetralia, the, of the home, 32 Pergamon, the city, 219 Pergamus, the kingdom of, 16, 187 Periplus of the Erytrian Sea, the, a manual, 199 Persia, the conquest of, 44 Philosophers, the many, 209 Philosophy, the ancient, of Rome, 233 Phylloxera, a new species of, 190 Piedmont, the peasants of, 187 Pinon, the imperialist, 251 Pisa, inscriptions at, 164 Piso, the conspiracy of, 135 Plutarch, description of, 39 Po, the valley of the, 192 Poetry, the, of Horace, 195 Poets, the position of, 9 B.C., 146 Political barrier, the, between Gaul and Rome, 84 Political events, the, of Rome, 33 Political personnel, the, of Rome, 217 Polybius, the period of, 183 Pompadour, the Marquise de, mentioned, 43 Pompeii, the ruins of, 92;
    the city of, 218
Pompey, the conquests of, 19;
    the theatre of, 55
Pontifex maximus, the title of, 232 Pontus, salted fish from the, 8 Poppæa Sabina, the skill of, 116;
    death of, 137
Populus, the representatives of the, 246 Pozzuoli, the city of, 218 Prætor, the office of the, 157 Precious metals, the distribution of, 218 Prætorian guards, the, 117 Prætorians, the influence of the, 104 Princeps, the authority of the, 188 Proconsuls, the, of Rome, 182 Procurator, the origin of the office of, 212 Proprietors, the government of the, 211 Prosperity, the growing, 148 Protestant, the present position of the, 236 Provinces, the peace in the, 176 ​Ptolemies, the, at Alexandria, 19 Ptolemies, the kingdom of the, 46 Public finance, the lack of, 144 Punic War, the Second, 3, 214
Q
Quæstor, the office of the, 211 Quintilius Varus, the governor of Syria, 166 Quintus Metullus Celerus, the consul, 74
R
Reinach, Joseph, the historian, 63 Republic, the last century of the, 14, 198 Respublica, the glory of the, 264 Revue de Paris, the, 63 Rheims, the vicinity of the city of, 206 Rhetian wine, the preference for, 199 Rhine, the river, 72 Roads, the construction of, 213 Rodi, Tiberius to go to, 162 Roman Catholic, the position of the, 236 Roman Empire, the dissolution of the, 140, 210 Roman history in modern education, 239 Roman nobility, the, 54 Roman protectorate, the, 46 Roman society, the dissolution of, 5 Romanism, the defence of, 111 Rome, in the beginning, 5 Romulus as a lawmaker, 183 Royal palaces, the closing of, 215 Ruteni, the, a tribe of Gaul, 86
S
Saint Mark, the wonder of, 140 Saintonge, the district of, 90 Savants, the, of the East, 55 Scipio Africanus, the work of, 153 Scipios, the policy of the, 226 Second Punic War, the, 3,214 Seine, the banks of the, 206 Sempronius Gracchus, a famous tribune, 56 Senate,
    the Roman, 103;
    sessions of the, 105
Seneca, the political work of, 104 Sesterces, the value of the Roman, 223 Sicily, the peasants of, 187 Sidon,
    the artisans of, 88;
    the city of, 219
Silk, the importation of, 220 Silver-plating, the art of, 228 Slaves, the abundance of, in Rome, 15 Slaves, the position of, 212 Social development, the, of the Roman Empire, 207 ff Social laws, the, 148, 153 ​Socialists, the invectives of the, 250 Soldi, the hunt for, 173 Spain, the pro-consulship of, 184 Spartacus, the days of, 189 Stadium, the erection of the, at Rome, 125 State, the supervision of the, 24 Statues, the erection of, 152 Strabo, observations of, 85 Strenua inertia, the, 29 Suetonius, the ancient writer, 127 Sulla, the revolution of, 18 Sulmona, the birth of Ovid at, 149 Summer homes, the, at Naples, 120 Syria,
    the annexation of, 73;
    the conquest of, 16
T
Tacitus, the opinion of, 30, 152 Tarsus, Cleopatra at, 39 Terpnos, a zither-player, 105 Textile plants, in Gaul, 85 Theatres, the great demand for, 110 Theresa, Maria, mentioned, 43 Thracian slave, the escape of a, 189 Tiber, the banks of the, 203 Tiberius, (also see: Livia, Ostia, Rodi)
    a great general, 7, 30, 93, 109, 145;
    the life of, 153;
    difficulties of, 157;
    suggested retirement of, 162
Traditions, aristocratic, 153 Tributes, the,
    imposed on the vanquished, 15;
    collection of, 212
Triumvir, the fall of the great, 111 Troy, the ancient city of, 50 Tunis, grape-culture at, 187 Tyranny, the, at Rome, 135 Tyre, the prosperity of, 88, 219 Tyrian purple, the, 89
U
Undecember, a thirteenth month, 79 Urbs, the meaning of, 249 Usury, the pitiless, 186
V
Vladivostok, mentioned, 50 Villa, the luxury of a Roman, 194 Valtellina, the valley of the, 199 ​Varus, the catastrophe of, 166 Vatican field, the stadium in the, 124 Velleius, the report of, 93 Veneto, the peasants of the, 187 Venosa, an old poet from, 195 Venus, Cleopatra compared to, 39 Vices, the extent of, 27 Villas, the, of Gaul, 99 Vine-tenders, the, of Rome, 182 Vineyards, the destruction of the, 390 Virgil, the fame of, 23 Viticulture, the, of Italy, 196
W
Wine, in Roman history, 179 ff;
    an inferior variety made in Italy, 182;
    as a medicine, 183
Wine-dealers, the, of Rome, 182 Women of to-day and yesterday, 29 Wool industry, the, of Gaul, 90
X
Xerxes, the fame of, 63