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    The Story of Civilization

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      Aqua Virgo Aqueduct, 327*

      aqueducts, 81, 92, 103, 220, 270, 326-328, 340, 343, 356, 410, 411, 418-419, 464, 470, 474, 509, 627

      Aquila, called Ponticus, Greek-Jewish translator of the Old Testament (fl. 117-138), 614

      Aquileia (Aquileja), 322, 324, 347, 429, 455, 628

      Aquilia, lex, 312

      Aquilius, Manius, general (?-88 B.C..), 121, 518

      Aquincum, 480, see also Budapest

      Aquinum, 437, 453

      Aquis Urbis Romae, De (Frontinus), 328

      Aquitania (Gallia Aquitanica), 472, 473

      Aquyrion, 664

      Arabia, 204, 217, 325, 329, 337, 346, 366, 419, 507-508, 546, 581, 602, 630

      Arabia Deserta, 508

      Arabia Felix (Yemen), 508

      Arabia Petrea, 413, 508

      Arabic, 504, 507

      Arabs, 464, 470, 500, 503, 504, 507, 508, 529, 634

      Aramaic, 508, 512, 529, 535, 556, 572

      Ara Pacis Augustae, 225, 229, 346, 348, 349

      Aratus of Soli, Greek didactic poet (315-245 B.C..), 238, 308, 584*

      Arausio (Orange), 118, 119, 474

      Arcadia, 101

      Arcadius, Roman emperor in the East (?-408), 412

      Arcesilaus, Greek sculptor in Rome (fl. 1st century B.C..), 342, 349

      arch, 92, 327, 339, 340, 348, 349, 355-361, 443, 454, 455, 466*, 470, 473, 474, 511, 529, 623, 635, 662, 671

      Archagathus the Peloponnesian (Carnifex), physician (fl. 219 B.C..), 75-76

      Archelaus, King of the Jews (reigned 4 B.C.-A.D. 6), 535, 542-543

      Archias, Aulus Licinius, Greek poet in Rome (ca. 120-? B.C..), 141, 163

      Archilochus, Greek lyric poet (714?-676 B.C..), 158, 244, 246, 247

      Archimedes, Greek mathematician and scientist (287?-212 B.C..), 72, 77, 503, 634

      Architectural (Second) Style (painting), 353

      architecture, Etruscan, 8-9, 18;

      Carthaginian, 40-41, 42;

      Byzantine, 421;

      Parthian, 529;

      under Rome, 18, 75, 81, 92-93, 133, 281, 287, 338-354 Passim, 355-362, 410, 411-413, 418-421, 442-443, (Pompeian) 458-459, 464, 465, 477, 511, 514, 515, 516, 532-533, 631, 633, 635, 661-662, 669, 671

      Architecture, On (Vitruvius), 356

      Archon, Peri (Origen), 614

      archon basileus, 13

      Ardashir I (or Artaxerxes), King of Persia (reigned 227-240), 530, 627

      Ardea, 10, 16, 35

      Arellius, painter (fl. end of 1st century B.C..), 352

      Areopagus (Hill of Mars), 487, 584

      Arescon, hermaphrodite mentioned by Pliny, 310

      Aretas IV, King of Saba (9 B.C..-A.D. 40), 508

      Arethusa, 256

      Areus, Greek philosopher in Rome (fl. reign of Augustus), 299

      Arezzo (anc. Arretium, q.v.), 9

      Argentoratum (Strasbourg), 480, 633

      Argiletum, The, 234

      Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes), 241

      Argos, 139, 310, 487, 630

      Ariadne, 157, 256, 352

      Aricia, 35, 61

      Aries, 298

      Ariminum (Rimini), 11, 78, 182, 455

      Ariovistus, German chief (fl. 1st century B.C..), 174-175

      Aristarchus of Samos, Greek astronomer (fl. 280-264 B.C..), 502

      Aristides, Greek writer of romance (fl. 2nd century B.C..), 636

      Aristides, Publius Aelius, surnamed Theodorus, Greek rhetorician (117-187), 328, 424, 515, 516

      Aristippus, Greek philosopher (435?-356? B.C..), 494

      Aristobulus II, King of Judea (reigned 67-63 B.C..), 530

      Aristobulus, grandson of Hyrcanus II (1st century B.C..), 532, 534

      Aristobulus, son of Herod the Great (?-6 B.C..), 534

      aristocracy, in Etruria, 6, 17;

      in Carthage, 40-43, 46;

      under Rome, 16-17, 21-31, 34, 64, 69, 70, 76, 77, 81, 82, 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 98, 103, 104, 111-208, 212, 215-216, 222, 234, 243, 251-252, 258, 260, 267, 270, 271, 279, 282, 286-287, 292, 296, 297, 313, 319, 332, 335, 348, 351, 363-364, 372, 373, 384, 409, 433, 434-435, 440, 441, 446, 449, 460, 622, 626, 628, 633, 641, 644, 670;

      Cicero on, 165

      Aristonicus, pretender to throne of Pergamum (?-129 B.C..), 516

      Aristophanes, Greek comic dramatist (448?-380? B.C..), 74, 99

      Aristotelian (Peripatetic) philosophy, 95, 432, 489-490

      Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C..), 4, 25, 42, 79, 123, 302, 308, 311, 421, 490, 497, 506, 507, 610, 611

      arithmetic, 72, 75

      Arithmetica (Diophantus of Alexandria), 634

      Arius, Greek priest of Alexandria, and founder of Arianism (280?-336), 658-660, 662, 663

      Ark of the Covenant, 533

      Arles (anc. Arelate or Arelas), 192, 474, 658

      Arles, Council of, 658

      Armageddon, 593

      Armenia, 132, 179, 206, 217, 231, 275, 280, 320, 366, 413, 414, 517, 528, 602, 629, 630;

      Lesser, 188

      Arminius, chief of German tribe of Cherusci (18 B.C..-A.D. 19), 218

      army, of Pyrrhus, 38;

      of Carthage, 43, 46, 48, 50-51, 53, 106;

      under the Republic, 33-34, 46, 49, 50-51, 53, 80, 87, 116, 118-120, 126, 178-179;

      under the Principate, 216-217, 220, 232, 260, 268, 269, 271, 284-285, 292, 293-294, 330, 336, 340, 417, 429, 620-621;

      under the monarchy, 621-622, 626, 628-629, 632, 633, 638-639, 641, 661, 669, 670

      Arnus (Arno), 454

      Arpinum (Arpino), 118, 141, 162, 453

      Arretium (Arezzo), 6, 77, 322, 328, 346, 454

      Arrian (Flavius Arrianus), Greek historian and philosopher (100?-170?), 418, 490, 520

      Arsaces, King of Parthia (fl. ca. 248 B.C..), 528

      Arsacids, 528-529, 622

      Ars Amatoria (Ovid), 255

      Arsinoë, 499

      art, Etruscan, 5, 8-11, 18, 149, 339, 350, 359, 443;

      Campanian, 37;

      Greek, 92-93, 95-96, 338-339, 349, 351-361;

      German, 479;

      Byzantine, 512, 529;

      Parthian, 529;

      Christian, 601;

      under the Republic, 18, 77, 92-93, 95, 102, 108, 123, 125, 132;

      under the Principate, 215, 225, 233-234, 269, 277-279, 280, 291, 310, 338-362, 376, 415, 421, 442-443, 456, 459-460, 461, 511-512;

      under the monarchy, 621, 629, 630, 632, 634-635, 661;

      of Rome, 671, 672

      Artabanus IV, King of Parthia (?-227), 529, 530

      Artaxata, 528

      Artemis, 63, 514, 515, 585

      Artemis, Festival of, 515

      Artemis, Temple of (Ephesus), 515, 518, 585, 630

      Artemis, Temple of (Magnesia), 514

      Artes Liberales, 342

      Artibus, De (Celsus), 313

      artisans, see craftsmen

      “Art of Poetry, The” (Horace), see Ad Pisones

      Art Poétique, L (Boileau), 249*

      Arval Brotherhood, 59, 66, 73, 388

      Ascalon, 508

      Ascanius (Iulus), 167, 240-241

      asceticism, 303, 426, 445, 490, 497, 502, 525-526, 527, 537-538, 560, 562, 577, 580, 605, 606, 607-609, 613, 615, 657, 658, 667

      Asclepiades of Prusa, Greek physician in Rome (fl. 1st century B.C..), 312, 507

      Asclepieum of Pergamum, 516, 518

      Asclepius, see Aesculapius

      Ascyltos, 297

      Ashoka, Indian ruler and religious teacher (reigned 273-232 B.C..), 559*

      Ashur (city), 529

      Asia, 40, 60, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 112, 117, 124, 134, 139, 140, 147, 157, 167, 171, 207, 211, 225, 226, 308, 324, 347, 355, 359, 366, 389, 392, 412, 423, 431, 433, 483, 508, 514, 516, 517, 518, 519, 524, 526, 540, 578, 590, 592, 606, 630, 640, 649*, 655, 659, 669

      Asia Minor, 5, 8, 116, 130, 187, 216, 262, 320, 329, 364, 381, 418, 429, 431, 483, 513-516, 518, 520, 522, 578, 583, 585, 588, 592, 602-603, 605, 617, 627, 629, 632, 633, 640

      “Asianic” style, 161, 169

      Asiatic style, 361


      Asiaticus, freedman of Vitellius (fl. 1st century), 285

      Asisium (Assisi), 455

      Aspasia of Miletus, consort of Pericles (470?-410 B.C..), 187, 487

      Aspendus, 513

      assassination as a political method, 260

      Assembly, Centurial, 23-30, 33, 34, 44, 50, 52, 85, 91-92, 107, 116-117, 119, 139-140, 200, 232, 260, 265, 269, 393

      Assembly, Curial, 25-26, 393, 395

      Assembly, Tribal, 24, 26-28, 30, 34, 47, 91, 113-115, 121-122, 123, 126, 145, 171, 173, 179, 180, 181, 188, 191, 201, 213, 223, 232, 260, 340, 393

      Assyria, 413, 414, 511

      Astarte, 41

      Astraea, 237*; see also Virgin

      astrology, 75, 147, 164, 231, 259, 278, 292, 308, 311, 388, 415, 425, 435, 503, 512, 514, 525, 559, 621

      astronomy, 75, 307-308, 309, 367-368, 472, 488, 502-503, 514

      Asturae (Astura), 162

      Atalanta, 256

      Atargatis (dea Syria), 390, 522

      Atella (Aversa), 237

      Athanasius, St., Greek father of the Church (296?-373), 660, 663

      atheism, in Lucretius, 147-154; 388, 485, 490, 497, 522

      Athenaeum, 415

      Athenaeus of Naucratis, Greek grammarian (fl. 3rd century), 325, 334, 635-636

      Athenagoras, Greek philosopher (fl. 168), 611

      Athene, see Pallas Athene

      Athenion, leader of slave rebellion (?-101 B.C..), 121

      Athenodorus Cananites of Tarsus, Greek Stoic philosopher (fl. ist century B.C..), 228

      Athens, 13, 40, 68, 79, 87, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 104, 123, 124, 131, 141, 186, 203, 205, 207, 228, 234, 239, 244, 254, 300, 325, 349, 368, 389, 418, 428, 431, 432, 462, 465, 466, 482, 483, 484, 486, 487-490, 495, 504, 514, 515, 519, 520, 534, 546, 579, 583-584, 585, 604*, 621, 630, 661

      athletics, in Etruria, 7;

      under Rome, 72, 223, 277-279, 314, 340, 351, 360, 375, 377, 382, 430, 438, 510, 532, 625

      Atlantic Ocean, 175, 217, 252, 307, 325, 326, 466, 470, 475, 514, 521

      Atlas Mountains, 464

      Atman, see soul

      atomic philosophy, of Lucretius, 150-154; 164

      Atreus, 293

      atrium, 343-344

      Atrium Vestae, 359, 635

      Attalids, 516

      Attalus, King of Perganum (reigned 241-197 B.C..), 94

      Attalus III Philometor, King of Pergamum (reigned 138-133 B.C..), 114, 516

      Attalus, Gallic Christian martyr (?-177), 649

      Attalus, Stoic philosopher (fl. 1st century), 301

      Attianus, Caelius, guardian of Hadrian (fl. end of 1st century), 414

      Attica, 4, 487

      Attic Nights (Aulus Gellius), 442

      Attic style (art), 348, 349, 361, 635

      “Attic” style (literature), 161

      Atticus, Titus Pomponius, scholar and philosopher (109-32 B.C..), 130, 131-132, 159, 163, 169, 189, 202

      Atticus Herodes, Tiberius Claudius, Greek rhetorician and millionaire (104?-180), 487, 515

      Attila, King of the Huns (4o6?-453), 670

      Attis, 94, 385, 523, 553, 588, 598

      “Atys” (Catullus), 157

      Aude (anc. Atax), 470

      Auditoria, 312

      Augsburg (anc. Augusta Vindelicorum), 324, 480

      augury, 63-64, 93, 388, 435, 651

      Augustales, 226

      Augustalia, 649

      Augustan Age, 188, 211-258, 271, 295, 297, 338, 361, 454, 533

      Augusta Rauricorum (Augst), 480

      Augusta Taurinorum, see Turin

      Augusta Trevirorum (Trèves), 474, 635, 640

      Augusta Vindelicorum, see Augsburg

      Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo and father of the Church (354-430), 42, 60, 307, 465, 493, 494, 603, 606, 611

      Augustonemetum (Clermont-Ferrand), 473

      Augustus (Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus), Roman emperor (63 B.C..-14 A.D.), iii, 121, 128, 154, 159, 199-258, 259, 260, 262, 265, 266, 269, 270, 273, 274, 285, 286, 288, 290, 294, 299, 308, 309, 312, 319, 323, 325, 326*, 331, 335, 338, 340, 341, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 350, 352, 356, 357, 358, 360, 363, 365*, 381, 383, 387, 388, 391, 394, 396, 397, 398, 407, 410, 411, 413, 414, 417, 419, 432, 434, 454, 455, 460, 464, 465, 469, 472, 473, 474, 478, 482, 487, 499, 508, 511, 514, 516, 528, 530, 531, 532, 543, 558, 640, 645, 663, 664

      Aulis, 149

      Aulularia (Plautus), 100

      aurea mediocritas, 245-246, 249

      Aurelia, mother of Caesar (2nd and 1st centuries B.C..), 167

      Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus), Roman emperor (212?-275), 606, 628, 632, 638-639, 640, 642, 654, 664, 665

      Aurelian Way, 78

      Aurelius, Marcus (Marcus Annius Aurelius Antoninus), Roman emperor and philosopher (121-180), 13, 28, 97, 108, 159, 299, 322, 329, 330, 331, 335, 346, 349, 396, 398, 412, 422, 423, 424, 425-432, 442, 443-446, 447, 448-449, 460, 465, 469, 478, 480, 489, 490, 492, 495, 505, 507, 606, 611, 622, 627, 631*, 633, 645, 649, 650, 662, 665, 666

      Aurelius, Severus, brother of Marcus Aurelius (fl. 2nd century), 426

      Aurelius, Column of, 412, 443

      Aurelius Imperator, 443

      aureus, 192

      Aurignacian man, 470-471

      Aurora, 241, 255

      Austria, 471

      Austria-Hungary, 480

      autobiography, Hadrian’s, 415

      Autun (anc. Augustodunum), 175, 474

      Auvergne, 176

      Avare, L’ (Molière), 100

      Avaricum (Bourses), 177, 471*, 473

      Aventine, 12*, 74, 81, 117, 339-340, 360

      Avernus, Lacus (Lake Averno), 220, 240, 456

      Avignon (anc. Avenio), 417, 474

      Aviola, Marcus Acilius, consul (fl. 1st century B.C..), 311

      Aziz, 390

      B

      Baal (Bel), 45, 390, 511, 606, 623-625, 639;

      Baal-Haman, 41, 42, 47;

      Baal-Moloch, 41

      Baalbek, see Heliopolis

      Babylonia or Babylon, 7, 9, 88, 133, 308, 322, 374, 538, 540, 546, 549, 588

      Babylon, whore of, 593

      Babylonian Captivity, 545

      Bacchae (Euripides), 178, 529

      Baachanalia, 94

      Bacchantes, 204

      Bacchus, 94, 164, 347, 354, 511; see also Dionysus

      bachelors, 68, 224, 237, 250, 363

      Bacon, Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, English philosopher and statesman (1561-1626), 304

      Baedeker, Karl, German publisher of guidebooks (1801-1859), 324

      Baetica (Andalusia), 216, 470

      Bagradas (Medjerda) River, 39, 464-465

      Baiae (Baja), 133, 135, 185, 266, 370, 377, 422, 456

      Balbinus (Decimus Caelius Balbinus), Roman emperor (?-238), 628

      Balbus, Lucius Cornelius, consul (fl. 1st century B.C..), 191, 192, 195, 333, 340, 360

      Balbus and Ollius, banking firm, 331

      Balearic Islands, 40, 42, 470

      Balkans, 431, 483, 519, 630, 638, 669

      ballet, 378-379, 487

      Baltic Sea, 478

      Balzac, Honoré de, French novelist (1799-1850), 412

      banking, 79-80, 88, 111, 130, 169, 323, 331-332, 336, 499, 514, 515, 536, 671

      bankruptcy, 58, 79, 111, 192, 331-332, 396

      baptism, 558, 560, 577, 598, 600, 618, 649, 658, 664

      barbarian invasions, 174-178, 188, 294, 406, 424, 428-429, 431, 448-449, 480-481, 507, 627-633, 638-639, 644, 650, 665-670

      Barcino (Barcelona), 470

      Bar Cocheba, Simeon, Jewish rebel leader (?-135), 542, 548, 549

      Bardesanes, Syrian heretic (fl. 200), 604

      Barnabas, Joses, apostle, 582-583, 590, 603

      Basilica Aemilia, 92

      Basilica Julia, 267

      Basilica Porcia, 92

      basilicas, 92-93, 130, 219, 340, 345, 355, 362, 465, 466, 476, 477, 480, 511, 601, 618-619, 661-662, 671

      Basilica Ulpia, 411

      Basilides, Alexandrian heretic (fl. 117), 604

      Bassa, 317

      Batanea, 535


      Bath, see Aquae Salis bathing, 81, 343, 344, 345, 374-375, 459, 477, 599, 624; see also watering places

      baths, public, Carthaginian, 40, 465;

      Roman, 81, 219, 220, 277, 289, 290-291, 317, 327, 343, 355, 356-357, 359-360, 362, 363, 374-376, 412, 418, 440, 459, 460-461, 465, 466, 473, 474, 476, 477, 480, 509, 511, 512, 515, 548, 623, 627, 635, 661

      Bathyllus of Alexandria, artist in pantomime (fl. end of 1st century B.C..), 378

      Baucalis, 658

      Baucis, 256

      Bauer, Bruno, German theologian (1809-1882), 554

      Baur, Ferdinand Christian, German Protestant theologian (1792-1860), 553-554

      beards, 415, 471, 529

      Beaumarchais, de (Pierre Auguste Caron), French dramatist (1732-1799), 101

      Beauvais (anc. Caesaromagus), 471*, 474

      Beersheba, 535

      Beethoven, Ludwig van, German composer (1770-1827), 381

      Behistun inscription, 528

      Belgae, 175

      Belgica, see Gaul, Belgic

      Belgium, 36, 329

      Belgrade (anc. Singidunum), 480

      Bellerophon, 10

      Bellona, 62, 447

      Bellovaci, 471*

      Beloch, Karl Julius, German historian in Italy (1854-1929), 333, 364

      Benacus, Lacus, see Garda, Lago di

      Benedicta, 426

      Benefits, On (Seneca), 302

      Beneventum (Benevento), 37, 38, 78, 410, 440, 455

      Ben-Giora, Simon, Jewish hero (fl. 1st century), 404

      Berenice, Jewish queen (28?-?), 288

      Berenice (Benghazi), 499

      Berkeley, George, Bishop of Cloyne, Irish philosopher (1685-1753), 310

      Berlin, 350

      Beroea (Aleppo), 512

      Beroea (Verria), 583, 585

      Berytus (Beirut), 510, 511, 534, 545

      Bethar, 548

      Bethlehem, 535, 558, 663

      Bethsaïda, 535

      betrothal, 68, 369, 374

      Bible, 539-542, 553, 555, 578, 598, 599, 606, 613*, 614, 615, 616, 618, 658

      bibliotheca, 343, 344

      Bibliotheca Ulpiana, 635

      Bibracte (near Autun), 175

      Bibulus, Marcus Calpurnius, politician (?-48 B.C..), 171-172, 196

      Bilbilis (Bámbola), 316, 318

      biography, 160, 269, 433-434, 442, 483-484, 635, 662-663

      birth control, 56, 88, 90, 132, 134, 158, 193, 211, 222-225, 232, 286, 363-364, 438, 483, 487, 505, 606, 666

      bisexuality, 132, (Caesar’s) 168, (Antony’s) 199, 246, 253, (Domitian’s) 290, (Martial’s) 317-318, (Horace’s) 369, (Commodus’) 447, (Meleager’s) 509, (Greek Anthology) 510

      Bithynia, 55, 120, 140, 155, 157, 167, 170, 216, 276, 366, 441, 516, 518-519, 521, 578, 630, 636, 653, 659;

      Bithynia-Pontus, 520

     


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