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    The Story of Civilization

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      Clementia, De (Seneca), 275

      Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt (69-30 B.C..), 70, 168, 187-190, 195, 204-208, 228, 237, 247, 329, 344, 347, 512, 531, 630

      clepsydra (water clock), 66, 308, 356

      clientes, 22

      climate, 455, 476

      Clitias, Greek potter, 9

      Clivus Victoriae, 341

      Cloaca Maxima, 81

      Clodia, wife of Caius Caecilius Metellus Celef (fl. 1st century B.C..), 135, 155-157, 172, 235

      Clodius Pulcher, Publius, politician (?-52 B.C..), 132, 135, 171-174, 180, 202, 219

      Clorinda, 637

      clothing, in Etruria, 6, 18;

      in Carthage, 40, 41;

      in Rome, 18, 70, 76, 89, 108, 132, 134, 215, 223, 321-322, 328-329, 372-373, 624;

      in Spain, 468;

      in Gaul, 471;

      in Egypt, 499;

      in Parthia, Clusium (Chiusi), 17, 36

      Clyde, 476;

      Firth of, 476

      Clytie, 351

      Cnidus, 513

      Code (Justinian), 394, 406

      Codex Gregorianus, 634

      Coele-Syria, 204

      coinage, Etruscan, 6, 17;

      Carthaginian, 40;

      Roman, 17, 78-79, 87, 192-193, 195, 275, 291, 329, 330-331, 346, 358, 372, 627, 632, 639, 641, 656;

      British, before Caesar, 476;

      Pontic, 517

      coitus interruptus, see birth control

      Colchis, 413

      Collatinus, Lucius Tarquinius, friend of Sextus Tarquín (fl. 6th century B.C..), 16

      collegia, of priests, 63, 225;

      of workers, 80, 128, 173, 192, 335, 371, 427, 627, 644;

      of physicians, 312

      Colline Gate, battle of (82 B.C..), 125

      Cologne (anc. Oppidum Ubiorum; later Colonia Agrippinensis), 175*, 176, 324, 408, 479-480

      coloni, see tenant farmers colonization, Etruscan, 11;

      Latin, 12, 38;

      Greek, 35;

      Roman, 24, 38, 47, 116-117, 120, 192, 194, 218, 410, 419, 457, 465

      Colonna, Piazza, 443

      Colosseum, 287, 289, 345, 351, 356, 361, 383-387, 455, 627

      Colossians, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the, 587*, 588

      Colossus of Rhodes, 514

      Columbus, Christopher, Genoese discoverer of America (1446?-1506), 308, 325, 329, 503

      Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus, writer on agriculture (fl. 1st century), 319, 320, 473

      column, 355-361, 411-413, 420, 427*, 443, 453, 465, 466, 474, 499, 500, 508, 509, 511, 512, 515, 516, 533, 661-662

      Columna Lactaria, 364*

      Comana Pontica, 517

      comedy, 73-74, 93, 95, 98, 99-102, 232, 269, 378

      Comedy of Errors, 100

      comites, 479

      comitia centuriata, see Centurial Assembly

      comitia curiata, see Curial Assembly

      comitia populi tribuna, see Tribal Assembly

      Commagene, 322, 495, 513

      Commentaries (Caesar), 146, 169, 178

      Commentarii (Sulla), 126

      commerce, see trade Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus), Roman emperor (161-192), 214, 221, 323, 330, 390, 396, 430, 432, 446-448, 505, 620, 622, 632, 649

      communication, 271, 323-324

      communion, 525, 598, 599-600, 613

      communism, in Saturnia Regna, 61; 526, 537-538, 565, 576, 597, 604*, 605, 646

      Como (anc. Comum), 322, 368, 411, 439, 440, 454

      Como, Lake (Lacus Larius), 4, 344, 454

      Compitalia (Feast of the Crossroads), 59

      Composite order (architecture), 338, 357

      Comum, see Como

      concilium principis, 215

      Concord, 358;

      Temple of, 24, 358

      concubinage, 134, 204, 222, 272, 288, 290, 300-301, 396, 423, 516, 529, 653

      confession, 525, 600

      confirmation, 600

      Confucius, Chinese philosopher (551-479 B.C..), 567

      conquistadores, 600*

      conscription, 34, 51, 87, 90, 111, 114, 118, 178, 179, 182, 222, 429, 482, 621, 631*, 647, 650, 667, 668

      Conservatori, Museo de’, 443*

      Conservatori, Palazzo dei, 662

      consolatio, 301

      Consolatio ad Helviam (Seneca), 301

      Consolatio ad Polybium (Seneca), 301

      Consolatione, De (Cicero), 163*

      Constancy of the Sage, On the (Seneca), 302

      Constantia, sister of Constantine I (2nd and 3rd centuries), 663

      Constantine I the Great (Flavius Valerius Constantinus), Roman emperor (272-337), 331, 349, 375, 426, 483, 607, 639, 643, 644, 645, 653-664, 665, 666, 668

      Constantine, Arch of, 443*

      Constantine, Basilica of, 661-662

      Constantine, Baths of, 375

      Constantine, Life of (Eusebius), 663

      Constantine, anc. Cirta, q.v.

      Constantinople (Byzantium, Istanbul), 95, 332, 354, 406, 410, 412, 482, 483, 509*, 518, 529, 622, 633, 640, 656, 657, 661, 663, 670

      Constantinople, Council of, 615

      Constantius I (Flavius Valerius Constantius Chlorus), Roman emperor (reigned 305-306), 635, 640-641, 644, 651, 653, 655

      constitution of Rome, 670;

      under the Republic, 25-35, 51, 114, 123, 125, 126, 139, 174;

      under the Principate, 212-217, 285, 292, 391

      consulship, 23-25, 27, 29-31, 34, 126, 180-181, 191, 213, 216

      Contra Celsum (Origen), see Against Celsus

      contraception, see birth control

      contracts, in the early Republic, 57

      Copenhagen, 350

      Copernicus, Nikolaus, Polish astronomer (1473-1543), 502, 503

      Coponius, Caius, senator (fl. 1st century B.C..), 202

      Corbulo, Cnaeus Domitius, general (fl. 1st century), 271, 275

      Corcyra (Corfu), 383

      Corduba (Cordova), 296, 425, 470

      Cordus, Aulus Cremutius, historian (?-25), 301

      Corfinium, 78, 122, 182, 184

      Corinna, 254-255

      Corinth, 87, 107, 192, 193, 194, 283, 332, 374, 383, 487, 546, 584-585, 602, 617, 630;

      Isthmus of, 283, 487

      Corinthian order (architecture), 338, 345, 355, 357, 420, 427*, 465, 474, 511, 533, 661

      Corinthians, The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the, 554, 580, 587*, 589, 591

      Corinthians, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the, 554, 587*

      Coriolanus, Caius (or Cneius) Marcius, hero (banished 491 B.C..), 35

      Corioli, 35

      corn, see grain

      Corneille, Pierre, French dramatist (1606-1684), 302, 412

      Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi (fl. 2nd century B.C..), 113, 115, 117

      Cornelia, lex, 312

      Cornelia, sister of the Gracchi and wife of Scipio Aemilianus (fl. 2nd century B.C..), 113, 115

      Cornelia, second wife of Caesar (?-68 B.C..), 167, 168

      Cornelian Laws, 126

      Cornelii, Roman clan, 21, 91, 364

      Cornelius, Roman Pope (?-253), 618

      Corneto (anc. Tarquinii, q.v.), 11

      corporations, 78-80, 88, 340

      Corsica, 38, 40, 43, 46, 52, 301, 302, 463-464

      Coruncanius, Tiberius, consul (fl. 280 B.C..), 32

      Corvini, Roman family, 255

      Corvus, Marcus Valerius, consul and dictator (fl. 350, B.C..), 71

      Cos, 312, 329, 504, 514

      cosmetics, 89, 187, 255, 329, 372-373, 465, 596, 599, 624, 657

      Cossutia, first wife of Caesar (1st century B.C..), 167

      Costoboii, 431

      Cotta, Aurelius, political leader (fl. 241 B.C..), 78

      Cotta, Lucius, friend of Caesar (fl. 1st century B.C..), 197

      Cottian Alps, 454

      Country Life, On (Varro), 159

      courtesans, in Etruria, 7;

      under Rome, 62, 68, 132, 138, 199, 204, 244, 254, 255, 366, 369, 636

      court life, 235, 303, 640-641, 643, 655, 661, 662, 668

      courts, 1
    29, 160, 180, 216, 220, 231, 261, 270, 275, 340, 397-398, 401-403, 448

      crafts, 80, 111, 243, 321-323, 333, 335, 338, 365, 373, 479, 510, 513, 528, 536, 642-644, 671

      Crassus, Lucius Licinius, orator (fl. 1st century B.C..), 160

      Crassus Dives, Marcus Licinius, general and triumvir (112-53 B.C..), 126, 130-131, 137-139, 168-169, 170-179, 192, 194, 217, 312, 529, 531, 623

      Crates of Mallus, Stoic philosopher (fl. 2nd century B.C.), 95

      cremation, 84, 232, 443, 472

      Cremona, 47, 87, 236, 285, 454, 461

      Crescens, colleague who forsook St. Paul (1st century), 590

      Crete or Candia (anc. Creta), 17*, 55, 200, 216, 505

      Crimea, 517, 519

      criminals, in labor, 78, 322;

      in games, 383-387;

      law and, 398;

      in the army, 665

      Crispus, son of Constantine I (?-326), 663-664

      Crispus, Caius, husband of Agrippina the Younger (fl. 1st century), 273

      Critolaus, Greek philosopher (fl. 2nd century B.C..), 95-96

      Croesus, King of Lydia (fl. 560 B.C..), 516 Cronus, 62-63, 588*

      Crotona, (Cotrone), 35, 37, 51, 363

      Crucifixion, 555, 559, 572-574

      crucifixion, 112, 138, 168, 281, 385, 397, 404, 469, 543, 544, 545, 572-573, 578, 591, 606, 652

      Ctesiphon, 413, 428, 528, 529, 531, 602, 605, 622

      Cuba, 59

      cults, see religion

      culture, Italian, 3-5;

      Villanovan, 5;

      Etruscan, 5-11, 17-18, 36;

      Celtic, 36;

      Latin, 38;

      Carthaginian, 40-42;

      Greek, 95, 96;

      German, 479;

      under the Republic, 75, 177;

      under the Principate, 234-235, 287, 311, 379, 419-420, 449, 455, 459, 461, 474, 478, 481, 625;

      under the monarchy, 661, 666-667;

      of Rome, 670-672

      Cumae, 17, 35, 37, 64, 73, 113, 121, 126, 240, 346, 347, 456

      cuneiform, 529

      Cupid, 255, 352-353, 468

      Curio, Caius Scribonius, orator and consul (?-53 B.C..), 168

      Curio, Caius Scribonius, general (?-49 B.C..), 133, 168, 181, 183, 361

      Curius, Marcus Dentatus, hero and consul (fl. 275 B.C..), 71

      currency, see mediums of exchange

      cursus honorum, 28-29, 636

      cursus publicus, see post

      Curtius, Marcus, legendary hero, 64

      Cutilia, Lake (Pozzo di Ratignano), 288

      Cybele, 94, 157, 276, 358, 513, 523, 524-525, 526, 527, 606; see also Magna Mater

      Cybele, Temple of, 358

      Cyclades, 519

      Cydnus, 204

      Cynicism, 136, 286, 292, 300, 489-490, 493, 509, 537, 657

      Cynoscephalae (battle, 197 B.C..), 85

      Cynthia, 253

      Cyprian, St. (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus), Latin father of the Church and Bishop of Carthage (200?-258), 603, 613, 617, 618, 650, 657, 665

      Cyprus, 173, 174, 196, 204, 206, 216, 310, 322, 505, 513, 548, 582, 583, 630

      Cyrenaica, 40, 328, 364

      Cyrene, 200, 216, 413, 548, 559*

      Cyropaideia (Xenophon), 636

      Cyzicus, 418, 516;

      Temple of, 418

      D

      Dacia (Rumania), 291, 322, 330, 366, 410, 412, 414, 424, 429, 434*, 480, 632, 638

      Daedalus, 256, 352

      Daily Doings, see Acta Diurna

      Dalmatia, 217, 366, 455, 480, 629, 639, 653

      damage suits, 58, 396

      Damascus, 78, 320, 508, 511, 530, 534, 544, 577, 581, 602

      Damis the Epicurean (in Lucian), 496

      dancing, in Etruria, 7, 11;

      under Rome, 83, 135, 204, 266, 314, 354, 367, 377-379, 430, 437, 470, 500

      Dancing Faun, 459

      dancing girls (puellae Gaditanae), 470

      Daniel, Book of, 539, 540, 541, 559, 564, 569, 593

      Dante, see Alighieri

      Danube (anc. Danubius or Ister), 112, 194, 217, 257, 291, 329, 410, 411, 412, 414, 417, 429, 431, 432, 441, 446, 448, 475, 478, 480, 523, 606, 620, 627, 628, 630, 631*, 638, 639, 640, 669

      Daphne, park in Antioch, 512

      Daphnis, grammarian of slave class (fl. 1st century B.C..), 334

      Daphnis and Chloë (Longus), 637

      Dardanelles, see Hellespont

      Dares, 382

      Darius I Hystaspis, King of Persia (558?-486? B.C..), 528

      Dark Ages, 470

      David, King of the Jews (reigned 1010-974 B.C..), 534, 541, 557, 558*, 559, 569

      Dawn, 241, 340

      Day of Atonement, 533

      Dead Sea (anc. Lacus Asphaltites), 537

      death masks, 350

      debts, 184, 192, 213, 331, 399-400, 514, 536, 644

      Decapolis, 535

      Decebalus, King of the Dacians (?-106), 291, 410, 412

      Decemvirs, 23, 31, 399, 670

      decimal system, 75

      Decius (Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius), Roman emperor (200?-251), 615, 628-629, 635, 650, 657

      Decius Mus, Publius, consul (?-340 B.C..), 37*, 64

      Decius Mus, Publius, son of preceding, consul (?-295 B.C..), 64

      deforestation, 77, 270, 487, 665

      Deianeira, 354

      deification, 226-227, 256, 260, 266, 268, 269, 274, 280, 291-292, 309, 316, 388, 430, 432, 523, 623, 640-641, 646

      Deipnosophists (Athenaeus of Naucratis), 635-636

      delatores, 262, 264, 269, 279, 289, 290, 292, 302-303, 438, 447

      Delia, 253

      Delos, 80, 86, 92*, 112, 139, 330, 519, 546

      Delphi (Kastri), 64, 124, 472, 517

      Delphic oracle, 64, 484

      Demas, colleague who forsook St. Paul (1st century), 590

      Demeter, 62, 511;

      Feast of, 525

      Demetrius, Cynic philosopher (fl. 1st century), 300

      Demetrius, Bishop of Alexandria (fl. 3rd century), 615

      Demetrius, Greek image-maker (at time of Saint Paul), 515, 585

      demigods, 241

      democracy, in Carthage, 54;

      Cicero on, 165;

      under Rome, 34, 54, 91, 116, 122, 128, 136, 160, 179-180, 208, 212, 251, 260, 335, 340, 395, 406, 449, 460, 641, 670

      Democritus, Greek philosopher (460?-362? B.C..), 150, 153, 164, 497 Demonax, Greek Cynic philosopher (50-150), 487, 490

      Demosthenes, Athenian orator and statesman (384?-322 B.C..), 95, 161

      dentistry, Etruscan, 6;

      Roman, 75, 313

      Derbe, 513, 582

      Deuteronomy, 536

      Dialogue on Orators (Tacitus), 433

      Dialogues of the Dead (Lucian), 496-497

      Dialogues of the Hetairai (Lucian), 495-496

      Diana, 61, 62, 63, 81, 389, 459

      Diatribai (Epictetus), see Discourses

      dice, in Etruria, 7;

      in Rome, 269, 375, 403

      dictatorship, in Rome, 30-31, 34, 119, 124, 126, 128, 136, (Cicero on), 165, 179-184, 189-197, 208, 213, 214, 645

      Didius, general (fl. 1st century B.C..), 136

      Didius Julian (Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus Severus), Roman emperor (133?-193), 620-621

      Dido (Elissa), daughter of King Belus of Tyre, 39, 42, 240-241, 256

      Didyma, 514

      Diels, Hermann, German classical philologist (1848-1922), 504*

      Digest (Justinian), 393, 406, 409, 634

      Digesta (Salvius Julianus), 392

      di indigetes, 61; di novensiles, 62

      Dio Cassius, see Dion Cassius Cocceianus

      Dio Chrysostom, see Dion Chrysostomus

      Diocletian (Caius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius), Roman emperor (245-313), 359, 367, 375, 426, 474, 480, 520, 606, 622, 634, 635, 639-645, 651, 653, 657, 664, 668

      Diocletian, Baths of, 359, 375, 635

      Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian (1st century B.C..), 42, 234

      Diogenes of Seleucia (the Babylonian), Stoic philosopher (fl. 2nd century B.C..), 95-96, 4
    91

      Diogenes Laertius, Greek historian of philosophy (2nd century), 635

      Diognetus, Stoic philosopher (fl. 2nd century), 425

      Dion Cassius Cocceianus (Dio Cassius), Bi-thynian historian of Rome (155-240?), 14, 24, 207, 212, 219, 225, 262, 267, 268, 272, 280*, 290, 302, 414, 442, 516, 545, 548, 620, 622, 636

      Dion Chrysostomus, Greek rhetorician (fl. reign of Trajan), 408-409, 483, 486, 487, 488, 500, 521-522

      Dionysian Artists, 80

      Dionysian cult, 94, 354, 458

      Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria (fl. 3rd century), 650, 651, 666

      Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Greek historian 54?-7 B.C..), 234, 513

      Dionysus, 62, 94, 204, 352, 353, 523, 525, 553, 588, 595, 598, 605; see also Bacchus

      Dionysus, Theater of, 487

      Diophantus of Alexandria, Greek algebraist (fl. 250), 633-634

      Dioptra (Hero), 504

      Dioscorides of Cilicia, Greek writer on medicine (40-90 A.D.), 505

      Dioscurides, gem cutter (fl. reign of Augustus), 346

      Discourses (Epictetus), 490-494

      Dispersion, the (Diaspora), 545-549, 577, 579

      Disputationes Tusculanae (Cicero), 163*, 454

      dissection, 313, 504, 506

      Divinae Institutiones (Lactantius), 662

      divination, see soothsaying

      Divinatione, De (Cicero), 163*

      Divine Antiquities (Varro), 159

      divorce, 69, 89, 134-136, 167, 223-224, 229, 230, 254, 266, 272, 279, 370, 438, 479, 529, 539, 560, 568, 590, 598

      Docetists, 605

      Dolabella, Cnaeus Cornelius, governor (fl. 1st century B.C..), 169

      Dolabella, Publius Cornelius, consul and governor (?-43 B.C..), 188-189, 191, 200

      dole, see grain

      Doliche (Kakava), 390

      dome, 355-361, 420, 421, 635, 662, 671

      Domitia, wife of Domitian (1st century), 292

      Domitia, Via, 473

      Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus), Roman emperor (51-96), 234, 287, 289-293, 311, 316, 317, 320, 336, 340, 344, 345, 348, 351, 365*, 372, 390, 398, 399, 407, 412, 415, 433, 434, 437, 440, 476, 490, 521, 526, 547, 575, 592, 647;

      Domitii, Roman clan, 284

      Domitilla, St. (?-100), 601

      Domitius, Lucius, politician (fl. 1st century B.C..), 174, 176, 184

      Domna, Julia, wife of Septimius Severus (?-217), 621-623, 635

      Domus Aurea, see Golden House

      Domus Flavia, 290, 316, 345

      Domus Gaiana, 344

      Domus Tiberiana, 344

      Domus Transitoria, 280

      Donar (Tor), 479

      Donatists, 658

      Donatus, Bishop of Carthage and founder of the Donatists (fl. 4th century), 657-658

      Dorchester (anc. Durnovaria)

      Doric order (architecture), 338, 355, 357, 411

      Doryphoros (Polycleitus), 350

     


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