Part 13

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

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

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

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

Quæstor, the office of the, 211 Quintilius Varus, the governor of Syria, 166 Quintus Metullus Celerus, the consul, 74

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

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

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, 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

Undecember, a thirteenth month, 79 Urbs, the meaning of, 249 Usury, the pitiless, 186

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

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

Xerxes, the fame of, 63