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    The Story of Civilization

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      in Rome, 51, 64, 65, 94, 149;

      in Gaul, 472;

      in Germany, 479;

      in Antioch, 512

      Hume, David, Scottish philosopher and historian (1711-1776), 494, 609

      humiliores, 332, 644

      Hungary, 406

      Huns, 480, 669, 670

      hunting, 96, 321, 408, 414, 415, 423, 425, 428, 430, 446-447, 478, 529, 531, 622, 630

      hydrotherapy, 312-313

      Hymettus, 322

      hymns, 73, 82, 226, 588, 601, 638

      Hypsus, Peri (Longinus), see Sublime, On the Hymn to Zeus (Cleanthes), 584*

      Hyrcanus II, King of Judea (?-30 B.C..), 530-531, 534

      I

      Iamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonic philosopher in Alexandria (?-333?), 635, 636

      Iazyges, 429, 431

      Iberia, in Asia, 413

      Iberians, 468, 472, 475

      Icarus, 256, 385

      Iconium (Konia), 513, 582

      Ides of March, 197

      Idumea, 530, 535

      ientaculum, 70

      Ignatius, Saint, called Theophorus, Bishop of Antioch (?-107?), 588, 611, 648

      Iliad, 240, 241, 516

      Ilium, see Troy

      illuminated manuscripts, 662

      Illyria, 47, 51, 52, 200, 217, 454, 628, 638

      Illyricum, 639

      Imagines (Varro), 159

      immigration into Rome, under the Republic, 81, 94, 95, 121, 126, 179;

      under the Principate, 221, 364-366

      immortality, 527;

      Cicero on, 165;

      Caesar on, 170;

      Virgil on, 242;

      Horace and, 250;

      Seneca on, 305;

      in religion, 429;

      Tacitus on, 435-436;

      Marcus Aurelius on, 446;

      Plutarch on, 485;

      Jews on, 536, 575;

      Christian, 592, 595, 599, 602, 603, 656, 657;

      Plotinus on, 610

      imperator, 191, 213, 268, 350

      imperialism, Roman, 54, 85, 90, 105, 107, 175, 242, 252, 261, 409-410, 414

      impressionism (art), 339, 353, 355

      Inacha, 247

      incest, 172, 266, 274, 290, 495, 623

      Incitatus, 267

      Incrustation (First) Style (painting), 353

      indeterminacy, principle of, 151*

      India, 134, 325, 326, 329, 337, 338, 346, 413, 499, 500, 508, 512, 514, 521, 526

      Indian Ocean, 325, 413, 499

      Indians, 600* Indica (Arrian), 520

      Indies, 503

      Indo-European languages, 73

      Indo-Europeans, 36, 60, 528

      Indus, 413

      Industrial Revolution, 477

      industry, Etruscan, 6;

      Carthaginian, 40;

      under Rome, 77-81, 88, 190, 310, 321-323, 328, 330, 332-334, 336-337, 342, 370, 448, 455, 456, 457, 463, 473, 477, 482, 498-499, 510, 529, 631-633, 641-642, 644, 668, 671

      infanticide, in Greece, 42;

      in Rome, 56, 222, 363-364, 396, 434, 666;

      forbidden among Jews and Christians, 546, 598

      Inferno (Dante), 8

      inflation, 211, 330-331, 632-633

      informers, see Delatores

      Ingenuus, ruler of eastern provinces (fl. 258), 629

      inheritance, 57, (taxes) 58, 222-224, 245, 267, 301, 363, 396, 397, 399, 438, 479, (tax), 622, 657

      initiation, 524-525, 606

      Innocenza, 351

      In Pisonem (Cicero), 161

      “In Praise of Nero” (Lucan), 296

      Inquisition, 649

      insanity, 312

      inscriptions, Etruscan, 5;

      Roman, 73, 271, 293;

      Pompeian, 458;

      Italian, 461

      Institutes (Justinian), 406

      Institutiones (Gaius), 392

      Institutio Oratoria (Quintilian), 314-315

      insulae, 341-342

      interest, 79, 88, 129-130, 131, 169, 170, 184, 192, 211, 212, 219, 302, 310, 331-332, 336, 627, 657

      intermarriage, of Phoenicians with natives, 39;

      in Rome, 221-224, 395

      international law, 48

      interregnum, 30

      Intricate (Fourth) Style (painting), 353

      invention, 287-288, 323, 328*, 503-504

      Ionia, 86, 125, 132, 133, 158, 204, 513, 514, 523, 594, 629, 630, 636

      Ionian Sea, 206

      Ionic order (architecture), 338, 355, 357

      Iphigenia, 149, 353

      Iranians, 471, 516, 529

      Ireland, 36, 73, 471, 472

      Irenaeus, St., Greek Bishop of Lyons (130?-202?), 556, 611-612, 616, 617

      Iris, Egyptian handmaiden of Cleopatra (?-30 B.C..), 208

      Iron, Age of, 236

      irrigation, Etruscan, 6;

      Roman, 320, 464, 631, 665

      Isaeus, Greek rhetorician in Rome (end of 1st century), 368

      Isaiah, 540, 541, 560-561, 567, 574

      Isiac cult, see Isis Isis, 193, 266, 358, 390, 447, 467-468, 523-524, 525, 526, 527, 596, 606, 635

      Isis, Temple of, 291, 358, 369, 390

      Islam, 606

      Isocrates, Athenian orator and rhetorician (436-338 B.C..), 103, 166

      Israel, see Jews

      Isthmian games, 85, 283, 486-487

      Istria, 73, 455

      Istrus, 480

      Italian, 73, 295

      Italica (Sevilla la Vieja), 414, 470

      Italus, King of the Sicels, 4

      Italy, 3-5;

      city-states, 6;

      art, 10;

      Roman conquest, 34-38;

      Second Punic War, 49-52, 54;

      soil, 76-77;

      trade, 78;

      population, 81;

      music, 82;

      northern boundary, 87;

      farming, 104, 111;

      Celtic attack, 119, 472;

      Social War, 122;

      slave revolt, 137-138;

      troops in, 172;

      saved by Caesar, 177-178;

      supports Caesar, 182;

      chaotic state in 45 B.C.., 190;

      citizenship, 193;

      Augustus in, 205-206;

      exhaustion, 211-212;

      agriculture, 237, 319-321;

      industry, 323;

      trade, 328-330;

      lack of grain, 336;

      water of, 356;

      law, 404-406;

      plague in, 429;

      in the 2nd century, 448-449;

      under the Principate, 453-461;

      religion, 522-523, 542;

      barbarian invasions, 629, 638;

      economic and political condition under the monarchy, 632, 666-669

      Ithaca, 241

      Iucundus, Lucius Caecilius, Pompeian auctioneer, 459-460

      lulus, see Ascanius

      ius civile, 393-404, 405

      ius gentium, 393, 404-406

      Ixion, 352

      J

      Jairas, father of girl awakened by Christ (1st century), 563

      James, Christ’s brother, 558

      James, son of Alphaeus, called the Just, apostle (?-62), 555, 577, 583, 597

      James, son of Zebedee, apostle (?-41?), 563, 577, 592

      James, The General Epistle of, 600, 616

      James I, King of England (1566-1625), 555

      Jamnia, 535, 547-548

      Janiculum, 12, 340

      Janus, 58-59, 61, 67, 82, 358

      Janus, Temple of, 211, 285, 358

      Japan, 295, 374, 421

      javelin, 308

      Jeremiah, Hebrew prophet, 567

      Jericho, 535

      Jerome, Saint (Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius), Latin father of the Church (340?-420), 154, 392, 578, 596, 612, 614

      Jerusalem, 288, 349, 358, 365, 404, 419, 508, 530, 531, 532, 535, 537, 538, 542-549, 558, 559, 562, 569-571, 574, 576, 577, 579, 581-583, 585, 586, 587, 602, 603, 616, 650, 663

      Jerusalem, Temple of, 268, 349, 365, 530-531, 533, 536, 537, 538, 539, 542-545, 548, 560, 568, 570-571, 574, 575, 577, 583, 586, 599, 603

    &n
    bsp; Jerusalem Delivered (Tasso), 637

      Jesus, see Christ

      Jesus, Life of (Renan), 554

      Jesus, Life of (Strauss), 553

      jewelry, in Etruria, 6;

      in Carthage, 41, 42;

      under Rome, 70, 89, 132, 134, 193, 215, 223, 273, 328-329, 345, 346, 373, 429, 465, 471, 489, 529, 578, 596, 624-625, 640

      Jewish Commonwealth, Second, 530

      Jews, 41, 65, 66, 192, 193, 199, 225, 288, 292, 365-366, 390, 394, 407, 413, 419, 421, 423, 438, 487, 500-502, 507, 512, 525, 529-549, 554, 556, 559, 563-595, 598, 601, 614, 626, 646

      Job, 540

      Jocasta, 623

      Johanan ben Zakkai, Jewish rabbi (fl. 1st century), 547

      John, St., apostle and evangelist, 555, 556, 559, 561-562, 563, 571-572, 575*, 577, 592-595, 611, 648

      John, The Epistles of, 557, 575*, 592;

      First, 575

      John, The Gospel of St., 502, 553, 559, 561-562, 565, 570, 571-572, 575*, 592-595, 603

      John the Baptist, 558, 560-561, 562, 563, 564, 568, 569, 570

      John the Elder, early Christian, 555

      joint-stock companies, 79-80, 323

      Joppe or Joppa (Jaffa), 508, 535, 577

      Jordan, 535, 560, 577

      Joseph, Christ’s brother, 558

      Joseph, husband of Mary, mother of Christ, 559

      Josephus, Flavius, Jewish historian (37-95?), 325, 498, 500, 531, 536, 537, 538, 543, 544-545, 546, 554, 558, 560

      Joshua, son of Sirach, 539

      Jotopata, 544

      Jove, see Jupiter Juba I, King of Numidia (?-46 B.C..), 189, 466

      Juba II, King of Numidia and historian (?-ca. 19 A.D.), 42, 466

      Judah, Jewish Patriarch (fl. ca. 200), 547

      Judaism, 63, 366, 501-502, 529, 549, 575-595, 597-599, 601, 602, 604-605, 606, 614, 625, 626

      Judas, Christ’s brother, 558

      Judas the Gaulonite, Jewish rebel leader (fl. beginning of 1st century), 543

      Judas Iscariot (of Kerioth) apostle, 563-564, 571

      Judea, 140, 203, 204, 268, 281, 283, 285, 390, 508, 530-549, 557, 558, 560, 569, 570, 577, 618

      Judgment, Last, 243, 542, 553, 559, 560, 563, 567, 593-594, 595, 597, 599, 603, 607, 612

      Jugurtha, King of Numidia (?-104 B.C..), 118-119, 404

      Jugurthine War, 118-119

      Jugurthine War (Sallust), 160

      Julia, sister of Caesar (1st century B.C..), 200

      Julia, daughter of Caesar and fourth wife of Pompey (?-54 B.C..), 134, 171, 179

      Julia, daughter of Augustus (?-14 A.D.), 220, 229-232, 235, 257, 259, 262, 263*, 265

      Julia, granddaughter of Augustus (1st century A.D.), 232, 235

      Julia, daughter of Germanicus (1st century), 301

      Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus), called the Apostate, Roman emperor (331-363), 18, 474, 635

      Julian Aqueduct, 220

      Julian Laws, of Caesar, 171-173;

      of Augustus, 223-224, 230, 235, 255, 256, 290

      Julianus, see Didius Julian

      Julianus, Salvius, jurist (fl. 2nd century), 392, 394, 416

      Julii, Roman clan, 21, 167

      Julio-Claudian dynasty, 211-285, 286, 289, 293, 349

      Jullian, Camille, French historian (1850-1933), 475

      Juno, 61, 67, 81, 82, 83, 349, 358;

      of Veil, 62

      Juno Moneta, Temple of, 358

      Jupiter (Jove), 61, 63, 67, 81, 82, 83, 93, 100, 144, 151, 167, 242, 256, 268, 284, 306, 317, 349, 350, 357-358, 388, 389, 419, 458, 496, 548, 625, 626, 640;

      Jupiter Optimus Maximus, 358;

      Jupiter Pluvius, 61;

      Jupiter Stator, 358;

      Jupiter Tonans, 61, 357;

      planet, 309

      Jupiter, Temple of, 92, 341

      Jupiter, Temple of (Pompeii), 459

      Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Temple of, 511

      Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, Temple of, 81, 83, 287, 289, 290, 358

      Jupiter Stator, Temple of, 358

      Jupiter Tonans, Temple of, 61, 357

      juries, 114, 116-117, 121, 126, 178, 192, 403

      jurisprudence, see law

      Justice, see Astraea

      Justin, Christian martyr (?-108), 611

      Justin Martyr (Justinus Flavius), Church father in Palestine (100?-166), 592, 611

      Justinian I the Great (Flavius Anicius Jus-tinianus), Byzantine emperor (483-565), 392, 393, 394, 399, 406, 409, 416, 605, 634

      Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis), satirical poet (ca. 60-ca. 140), 67, 73, 234, 272, 295, 312, 314, 319, 325, 332, 334, 341, 343, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372-373, 376, 381, 387, 388, 389, 402, 433, 436, 437-439, 440, 453, 466, 546, 612, 671

      Karlsburg, 633

      Keats, John, English poet (1795-1821), 147, 157

      Kent, 476

      Kerasous, or Cerasus (Kerasun), 320

      Kerch, see Panticapaeum

      Kerch, Strait of, 517

      Kingdom of Heaven, 538, 540-542, 557, 559, 560, 562, 564-570, 575, 582, 593, 594-595, 596, 597, 602, 603-604, 605, 617

      Klausner, Joseph, Jewish scholar (b. 1874), 557*

      “knucklebones,” 354

      Krishna, 553

      Kuban River, 517

      L

      labarum, 654

      Labeo, Antistius, jurist (?-42 B.C. .), 203, 391-392

      Labienius, Quintus, general (?-39 B.C..), 205

      Labienus, Titus, politician and soldier (?-45 B.C..), 182, 186, 189, 205

      Lactantius Firmianus, Lucius Caelius, father of the Latin church, in Africa (260?-325?), 578, 643, 651, 654, 662

      Lady of Elche, The, 469

      Laelius Sapiens, Caius (ca. 186-? B.C..), 96-97, 101, 102, 107, 114

      Laenas, Caius Popilius, consul and ambassador (fl. 172-168 B.C..), 107

      Laetus, Praetorian prefect (fl. reign of Commodus), 448

      Lais (Greek Anthology), 510

      Lake Garda, see Garda, Lago di

      Lake Regillus, Battle of (496 B.C..), ...

      Lalage, 247

      Lambaesis (Lambèse), 466

      Lamia, Lucius Aelius, consul and patron (fl. 1st century B.C.. and 1st century A.D.), 233

      Lampridius, Aelius, Latin historian (fl. early 4th century), 624, 634

      land distribution, in Greece, 86;

      in Rome, 47, 87, 113-117, 119, 120, 121, 126, 128, 136, 171, 174, 184, 192-193, 213, 218, 287, 319, 336, 407, 465, 627, 631*

      landownership, 57, 76-77, 90, 111-118, 192, 213, 219, 319-320, 333, 336, 483, 631, 644, 657

      landscape, see painting

      language, Etruscan, 5, 17;

      Celtic, 36;

      Carthaginian, 41;

      Latin, 17, 38, 72-73

      Lanuvium (Civita Lavinia), 35, 371, 423

      Laocoon, 345

      Laodicea (Latakia), 512, 513, 516

      lararium, 343

      Lares, 7, 58, 69, 226

      lares compitales, 81

      Larissa, 186

      Larius, Lacus, see

      Lake Como Lasa (or Mean), Etruscan goddess, 7

      Last Supper, 555

      La Tène iron culture, 471, 472

      Lateran Museum, 350

      latifundia, 77, 104, 105, 107, 111-114, 118, 130, 190, 297, 319, 336, 411, 464, 465, 473, 498, 631, 668

      Latin, 72-74, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103-104, 156, 158-162, 164, 166, 167, 177, 233, 258, 259, 295, 304, 312, 313, 319, 365, 393, 410, 415, 441, 442, 443, 455, 469, 474, 476, 477, 507, 514, 517, 572, 612, 619, 630, 661, 671

      Latina, Via, 77

      Latin Language, On the (Varro), 159

      Latin League, 35, 37, 38

      Latins, 5, 11, 21, 35, 36, 39, 241

      Latinus, 240-241

      Latium, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21, 35, 37, 43, 51, 61, 200, 240-241, 344, 437, 453, 666

      laurel, 83, 191

      Laurentum, 344, 440

      Laureolus, robber, crucified (1st century), 385

      Lavinia, 12, 241

      Law, see Torah

      law, under the Republic, 22-33, 57, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 83, 89, 99, 104-105, 1
    13-118, 126, 133, 138, 139-140, 144, 171-173, 174, 176, 179, 182, 189, 191-194, 198;

      Cicero on, 165-166;

      under the Principate, 213-217, 219, 221-225, 230-231, 250, 261, 262, 264, 269, 270-271, 293, 312, 323, 324, 331-332, 335, 338, 340, 341, 364, 369, 391-406, 416, 418, 420, 424, 427-428, 443, 448, 465, 473, 474, 477, 481, 488, 510, 619, 646;

      under the monarchy, 633-634, 642-652, 656-657, 661;

      of Rome, 670

      law, practice of, 141, 160, 316, 317, 466, (Ovid’s) 254, (Seneca’s) 301, 401-403, (Juvenal’s) 437, (Pliny’s) 439-441, (Apuleius’) 467-468, (Lucian’s) 495, (Tertullian’s) 612, (L. Septimius Severus’) 621

      Law of the Nations, see ius gentium

      Laws (Cicero), see Legibus, De

      lays, 73

      Lebanon (Libanus), 329

      Lebanon (anc. Libanus) Mountains, 511

      lectures, 135, 443, 465, 483-485, 488-490, 495, 505, 511, 514, 521-522, 635

      legates, 216

      legend, in Livy, 251, 256, 308

      Legibus, De (Cicero), 141, 163*

      Leicester (anc. Ratae Coritanorum), 477

      Leiden (anc. Lugdunum Batavorum), 324

      leisure, 235

      Lemures, 59-60;

      Feast of, 65

      Lentuli, Roman family, 76

      Lentulus, Gnaeus, senator (fl. 1st century), 332

      Lentulus Batiates, trainer of gladiators (fl. 1st century B.C..), 137

      Lentulus Crus, Lucius Cornelius, consul (?-48 B.C..), 181, 183, 185

      Lentulus Sura, Publius Cornelius, conspirator (?-63 B.C..), 129, 143-144, 202

      Leochares, Athenian sculptor (fl. 4th century B.C..), 349

      Leonardo, see Vinci, Leonardo da

      Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius, consul (?-216 B.C..), 382

      Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius, triumvir (?-13 B.C..), 201, 203, 225

      Leptis Magna (Lebda), 39, 105, 465

      Leptis Minor, 40, 465

      Lesbia, 135, 155-157

      Lesbos, 253

      Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, German critic and dramatist (1729-1781), 100, 553

      letters, Cornelia’s, 113;

      Cicero’s, 162-163, 165, 195;

      Marcus Aurelius’, 425, 430;

      Pliny the Younger’s, 440-441;

      Fronto’s, 442

      Leucas (It. Santa Maura), 139

      Leuce Come, 508

      Leviticus, 539, 567

      lex talionis, 32, 398

      Liber, 62, 65-66

      Libera, 65-66

      Liberalia, 66

      Libra, 298

      libraries, in Carthage, 42;

      in Athens, 418;

      under Rome, 96, 131, 132, 159, 219, 234, 343, 459, 635, 662

      libraries, public, 159, 193, 219, 234, 257, 291, 358, 360, 376, 411, 421, 440, 461, 466, 515, 627

      Libya, 43, 46, 48, 413, 500

      Licinian laws, 24, 114

      Licinianus, son of Licinius and nephew of Constantine I (?-326), 663-664

      Licinius (Caius Flavius Valerius Licinianus Licinius), Roman emperor (?-325), 653-655, 656, 659, 663

     


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