362
INDEX.
Nola, having given his ring to Ti-
berius, 166; civil legislation of, 168;
his last will, 174
Augustus, Severus, raises his sons to
the rank of, iii. 265
Aurelian, L. Domitius, the emperor,
the restorer of the Roman empire,
iii. 299, his incredible activity, 300 ;
conquers Zenobia, ib.; Iiisexecution
of Longinus a stain on his character,
301 ; destroys Palmyra, ib.; by
gaining the battle of Chalons, re-
unites Gaul with the empire, ib. ;
murdered, ib.
AureliusAntoninus, M. ,the embodiment
of human virtue, iii. 245; the noblest
character of his time, 247 ; his medi-
tations a golden book, ib.; his reign
a turning point, particularly in lite-
rature and art, 251; his death, 256;
the first to establish a regular court,
257
--Cotta, L., reforms Ihejudicia,
iii. 4
------Victor de Origine gentis Ro-
mande, a fabrication, xi.
Aureolus, his accession to the empire
and his death, iii. 298
Ausoniusanincrediblybadpoet, iii. 336
Avidius Cassius, insurrection of, iii.
253; murdered three months after
assuming the imperial title, 255
Baebius, C., the tribune, bribed to for-
bid Jugurtha to answer the charges
against him, ii. 320
Baeticans, their character, ii. 69 ; say-
ing of an Arab general about thcm,⅛.
Bagaudae or insurgent peasants of
Gaul, iii, 344
Balbinus, Caelius, proclaimed emperor,
iii. 282
Balearian islands, subject to Carthage,
ii. 15; taken by Metellus, 313
Banditti, their fearless conduct in
Rome, iii. 126
Barbarians, unfaithfulness a charac-
teristic of, 132 n.
Barbarous character of the third cen-
tury, iii. 287
Barcina factio, ii. 70
Basilicae, origin of, ii. 197
Bassianus, father of Julia Domna and
Maesa, iii. 271
--- or Avitus, the name of Ela-
gabalus, iii. 271
Batavi, insurrection of the, under
Claudius Civilis, iii. 210
Battle line, oblique, example of the, ii.
113; Roman order of battle at
Zama, 150
Bayle, historical scepticism begins with,
Ixxxvii
Beaufort, historical scepticism of, iv.
his Roman history, Ixxxvii
Becker’s history of the second Punic
war, ii. 72
Bedriacum, battle of, iii. 203
Belgians alone of the Gauls, success-
fully resist the Cimbri, ii. 329;
Caesar’s subjugation of the, iii. 45
Besieging, the Romans adopt the Greek
method of, ii. 40
Bestia’s treaty with Jugurtha, ii, 320
Bithynia, history and extent of, iɪ. 189
Blossius, his remarkable reply respect-
ing Tiberius Gracchus, ii. 292
Boadicea, insurrection and suicide of,
iii. 197
Boarding bridges employed by the
Romans ii. 25; their success in a
sea-fight depended on the, 28
Bocchus gives up Jugurtha to the
Romans, ii. 326
Boeotians compelled by Flamininus to
join the Romans, ii. 166
Boians, their complete extirpation by
the Romans, ii. 174
Bonifacius, invites the Vandals to
Africa, iii. 347
Book-keeping, Italian, known among
the Romans, xi. n.
Bostra, in Arabia, a Roman colony,
the birth-place of Julius Philippus,
iii. 284
Bozra (Gr. Byrsa), the original name
of Carthage, ii. 11
Brandy, known only in Egypt in the
time of Hannibal, ii. 96
Britain, Caesar’s first invasion of, iii.
46; second, 47; expedition of Clau-
dius to, 190; Wall from the Solway
to the Tyne, built by Hadrian, 238 ;
Expedition of Severus against the
Caledonians,iii. 265
Britannicus, son of Claudius, excluded
from the succession by the influence
of Agrippina, iii. 190
Brundusium, siege of, iii. 56; peace
of, 108
Bruns, his discovery of a fragment
of Livy, Ixvii
Brutus, Decimus, entices Caesar to go
to the Curia, where he is murdered,
iii. 83; besieged by Antony in
Modena, 92; flees from his troops
and is murdered, 95
-------M., his family, iii. 79; his cha-
racter, 80 ; with the other conspira-
tors, kills Caesar, 83; retires with
Cassius to Antium, 86 ; is summoned
to appear under the lex Pedia, 94; he
and Cassius establish their power in
the East, 98 ; encampsnear Philippi,
100; his success in a first battle
with Octavian’s army, IOl ; is routed
INDEX.
363
in a second battle and commits
suicide, 102
Burrus, his influence on bis pupil
Nero, iii. 195
Byzantium, destroyed by Severus, iii.
264; importance of its site, ib.
Caecina, A., revolts against Galba, iii.
201 ; proclaims Vitellius, 202 ; de-
feats Otho at Bedriacum, 203
Caepio,Q., Servilius, and his legate Ton-
teius, murdered at Asculum, ii, 355
Caesar, C. Julius, his attachment when
a boy to Marius, ii. 332 ; suspected
of favouring Catiline, iii. 23; op-
poses the execution of the conspira-
tors, ib.; his family connexion with
Marius, 30; his early life, ib. ; per-
secuted by Sulla, 30; his character,
31; his horrible conduct to the
Usipetes and Tenchteri, 33; founds
a colony at Capua, 35 ; his adminis-
tration of his provinces prolonged
for five years, 38 ; a critical edition
of his commentaries still a desidera-
tum, 40; continuations of his his-
torical works, 41 ; his friendship for
Oppius, 41; war with the Helve-
tians, 42; conquers Ariovistus, 44 ;
defeats the Belgians, 45; his inva-
sions OfBritain, 46; his violation of
the law of nations, 47 ; falls into the
hands of the Gauls, 48; defeated by
Vercingetorix, ib. ; Vercingetorix
surrenders, 49 ; not allowed to sue
for the consulship while at the head
of an army, 52; his hesitation to
cross the Rubicon, 54 ; acts as abso-
lute master at Rome, 56; becomes
master of Spain, 57 ; returns to
Rome, and is created Dictator, 58 ;
peculiarity of his tactics, 59 ; attempts
to cross the sea in a boat, 60 ; defeat-
ed at Dyrrachium, 61 ; defeats Pom-
pey at Pharsalus, 63 ; pursues him to
Egypt, 64; takes Alexandria, and
putsCleopatra on the throne, 66;
defeats Pharnaees, ib. ; is invested
with the whole power of the republic
67; quells a mutiny by his self-
possession and address, 68; defeats
Juba, 69; defeats Pompey’s sons at
Munda, 7 3 ; celebrates triumph s, ib. ;
reforms the calendar, 74; obtains
the title of Imperatorj dictator for
life, and consul for ten years, 76;
refuses the diadem, 78; his revenge
Onthetribuneswhoremovedthe dia-
dem from his statues, ib.; his uncere-
monious treatment of the senate, 79;
assassination of, 83; his family, 86
Caesars to succeed on the death of the
Augusti, iii. 309
Calendar, reformed by Caesar, iii. 74
Caligula, C. Caesar, son of Germa-
nicus, conspires with Macro to
assassinate Tiberius, iii. 183; origin
of his name Caligula, 184; his mad-
ness, 185; builds a bridge across the
strait between Baiae and Puteoli,
186 ; Ordcrshimself to be worshipped
as a God, ib. ; assassination of, ib.
Callicrates, betrays the Achaeans, ii.
224
Calpurnius Bestia, L., leads an army
against Jugurtha, by whom he is
bribed to make peace, ii. 319
--Bibulus, M., commands
Pompey’s fleet, iii. 59
--- Piso, L., the originator of
falsifications in Roman history,
xxxix
Camarina, destruction of the Roman
fleet near, ii. 44
Campanian legion, punishment of the,
first brings the Carthaginians into
conflict with the Romans, ii. 1
Campanians, barbarity of the, ii. 117
Campi Raudii, defeat of the Cimbri at,
ii. 337
Cannae, Livy’s description of the
battle of, untrue and impossible, ii.
73; cause of the defeat at, 99 ; array
of the troops at the battle of, 112;
battle of, 113; loss of the Romans
about 40,000 men, ib. ; the Romans
refuse to ransom their soldiers taken
at, 120; prisoners taken at, sold as
slaves by Hannibal, ib.
Cantabri and Astures, war against the,
iii. 155
Capital, influence of the increase of, ii.
200
Capitoline contest, in which the prize
poems were crowned, instituted by
Domitian, iii. 217
Capreae, retirement of Tiberius to, iii.
182
Capua, Livy’s account of Hannibal at,
a romance, ii. 116; treaty of Han-
nibal with, 117; Hannibal at the
highest point of his glory, at the
taking of, ib. ; siege of, 122; sacking
of, 130; the senators of, put to death
by Eulvius Elaccus, 130; receives a
Roman colony, iii. 35
Caracalla, Antonnius Bassianus , ac-
companies his father Severus to
Britain as his colleague, iii. 265;
his real name M. Bassianus, 266;
more properly CaracaIlus, ib. ;
murders his brother Geta in presence
of his mother Julia Domna, 267;
gives the franchise to all the subjects
of the Empire, 269; raises the tax
vicesima hereditatum to a <hcima, ib. ;