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Chapter XV: The Emperor Augustus, His Character and Aims, His Work and Friends (4)

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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

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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

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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

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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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