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    The Story of Civilization

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      Parliament, Houses of, 635

      Parma, 11, 455

      Parmenides of Elea, Greek* philosopher (fl. 6th century B.C.), 455

      Paros, 322, 411

      Parousia (Second Appearance), 591, 603-604

      Parseeism, see Zoroastrianism

      Parthenius, Roman freedman (fl. 1st century), 316

      Parthenon, 328, 348, 359

      Parthia, 131, 178-179, 181, 194, 197, 205-206, 217, 253, 275, 322, 329, 337, 350*, 366, 390, 412-413, 414, 428, 448, 508, 512, 513, 528-530, 531, 546, 622, 623, 641

      Pasiphaë, 284, 352, 385

      Pasiteles, Greek artist in Rome (fl. 60-30 B.C.), 349

      Passover, Feast of the, 542, 559, 570-571, 579, 588*

      pastoral poetry, 235, 236

      Patavium, see Padua

      paterfamilias, see father

      pater patriae, 221

      Patmos, 592

      Patrae (Patras), 125, 325, 486, 546

      patricians, see aristocracy

      patriotism, 67, 72, 74, 85, 242, 251-252, 300, 650, 668

      Patroclus, 381

      patronage, 233-234, 316-317, 333, 335, 339, 374, 415, 423, 621, 661

      patronus, 22

      Paul, St. (Saul), apostle to the Gentiles (10?-64?), 271, 282, 325, 404, 470, 492, 513, 515, 554-556, 559, 568*, 570*, 571, 573, 575, 576, 578, 579-592, 604, 605, 646

      Paul, Epistles of St., 553, 555, 579, 585, 587-591, 592, 605

      Paul of Samosata, Syrian heretic (fl. 2nd century), 605

      Paul the Hermit, Egyptian Christian monk (fl. 3rd and 4th centuries), 657

      Paul-Louis, 642

      Paul and Virginia (Saint-Pierre), 637

      Paulina, Pompeia, wife of Seneca (1st century), 301, 306-307, 371

      Paulinus, Caius Suetonius, governor and general (fl. 1st century), 271, 476

      Paulus, Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob, German Protestant theologian (1761-1851), 553

      Paulus, Julius, jurist (fl. 2nd and 3rd centuries), 392, 621, 634

      Paulus, Lucius Aemilius, consul and general (?-216 B.C.), 50, 86, 92

      Paulus Macedonicus, Lucius Aemilius, general (229-160 B.C.), 86, 92, 96, 101

      Pauly, August, German classical philologist (1796-1845), 504*

      Pausanias, Greek traveler and topographer (fl. 2nd century), 324

      Pausanias, Greek sophist (fl. 2nd century), 506

      Pavia (anc. Ticinum), 49

      Pax, 287, 348

      Pax Augusta, 232

      Pax Romana, 194, 217, 218, 232, 325, 424, 473, 631, 670

      Peace, Goddess of, see Pax

      Peace, Temple of, 358

      Pedanius Secundus, prefect (fl. 1st century), 366, 397

      pederasty, 158, 282, 369, 398, 408

      Pedius, Quintus, painter (fl. reign of Augustus), 352

      Pedum (Gallicano), 252

      Peel Sir Robert, English statesman (1788-1850), 324

      Peisistratus, Athenian tyrant (605-527 B.C..) 418

      Peleus, 157

      “Peleus and Thetis” (Catullus), 157

      Pelicitas, 342

      Pella, 483, 530, 577

      Peloponnesian War, 383

      Peloponnesus, 322, 454, 486, 497

      penalties, legal, 403-404

      penance, 600, 652

      Penates, 7, 58, 69

      Penelope, 256

      Pennsylvania Station (in New York), 360*

      Pentateuch, 535, 547

      Pentecost, 543, 579, 585

      Pentelicus, 487

      Pentheus, 178, 531

      Pera, Brutus, aristocrat (?-264 B.C.), 382

      Peraea, 535, 560

      Peregrinus, Greek Cynic philosopher (?-165), 489

      Perennis, Praetorian Prefect (?-185), 447

      perfumes, in Carthage, 41;

      under Rome, 132, 134, 144, 266, 286, 298, 328-329, 337, 342, 345, 376, 377, 438, 498

      Perga (Murtana), 582

      Pergamum (Bergama), 86, 94, 95, 114, 312, 334, 348, 418, 430, 504, 505, 515, 516, 518, 534, 592

      Pergamum, library of, 635

      Periclean Age, 258, 351, 370, 418, 522

      Pericles, Athenian statesman (495?-429 B.C.), 214, 428, 442

      Perinthus, 483

      Peripatetic, see Aristotelian

      Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, 326

      peristylium, 343, 345

      Perpenna (or Perperna) Vento, Marcus, general (?-72 B.C.), 137

      Perpetua, Carthaginian Christian martyr (?-203), 649

      Perpetual Edict, see Praetorian Perpetual Edict

      Persephone, 525;

      Temple of, 516

      Perseus, last King of Macedon (reigned 178-168 B.C.), 86, 88, 96

      Perseus (mythology), 256

      Perseus and Andromeda, 349

      Persia, 77, 92*, 212, 320, 323, 329, 500, 524, 526, 528-530, 540, 595, 605, 608, 623, 627, 628, 629, 638, 639, 641, 644, 650, 653

      Persian Gulf, 413

      Persiles y Sigismunda (Cervantes), 637

      Persius Flaccus, Aulus, satirical poet (34-62), 437

      Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax), Roman emperor (?-193), 333, 620, 633, 665, 668

      Peru, 409, 600*

      Perusia (Perugia), 6, 205, 454

      perversion, see abortion, birth control, bi-sexuality, homosexuality, incest, pederasty

      Pervigilium Veneris, 637-638

      Pessinus, 94, 513

      Peter, St., also called Simon or Simon Peter, apostle (?-64?), 404, 555, 557, 563, 569, 575-579, 581-582, 583, 587, 590, 591-592, 604, 617, 618, 646

      Peter, The First Epistle General of, 575, 577-578

      Petra* 508, 602

      Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca), Italian poet (1304-1374), 307

      Petronia, lex, 397

      Petronius Arbiter, Gaius, author (?-66), 60, 247*, 276, 282, 295, 296-299, 312, 317, 319, 333, 336, 347, 363, 368, 401, 435, 466, 636, 637

      Phaedo (Plato), 190

      Phaedra, 256

      Phaëthon, 256

      Phainomena (Aratus), 584*

      phallic worship, 60, 66, 458

      Phanuel, 542

      Phaon, freedman (fl. 1st century), 283

      Pharaohs, 5, 226, 266, 507

      Pharisees, 530, 532, 536-539, 545, 547, 562, 566, 567-570, 576, 579-580, 586

      Pharnaces, King of Pontus (?-47 B.C.), 188, 519

      Pharos, 188, 207

      Pharsalia (Lucan), 296

      Pharsalus (Pharsala), battle in 48 B.C., 185-186, 189, 208

      Pheidias, Greek sculptor (ca. 490-432 B.C.), 96, 338, 354, 412, 442, 459, 486, 522

      Philadelphia, 508, 535

      Phile, municipal officer of Priene (fl. 1st century B.C.), 514

      Philemon, Greek comic dramatist (361-263 B.C.), 99

      Philemon, The Epistle of Paul to, 587*

      Philemon (mythology), 256

      Philip II, King of Macedon (382-336 B.C..), 483

      Philip V, King of Macedon (220-179 B.C.), 51, 85, 86

      Philip, Asiarch (fl. 155), 648

      Philip, King of the Jews (fl. 1st century), 535

      Philip the Arab (Marcus Julius Philippus “Arabs”), Roman emperor (reigned 244-249), 628

      Philippi, battle in 42 B.C., 203, 221, 358, 546, 583, 585

      Philippians, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the, 587*, 591

      “Philippics,” Cicero’s, 201, 202

      Philippopolis, 483

      Philo Judaeus, Jewish Hellenistic philosopher (ca. 20 B.C..-ca. 54 A.D.), 424, 500, 546, 589, 594-595, 604, 611, 614, 658

      Philodemus of Gadara, Epicurean philosopher and poet (fl. 1st century .B.C.), 510

      Philosophus Platonicus, 467

      philosophy, 93, 95-97, 102, 104, 108, 113, 133, 135, 136, 141, 144, 146-154, 163-166, 168, 190, 196, 200, 203, 205, 231, 233, 244, 250, 251, 259, 267, 269, 274, 286, 292, 295-296, 297-298, 209-307, 308, 310, 314, 324, 356, 367-368, 370, 373, 376, 388-389, 392, 393, 406, 415, 417, 421, 424, 425-428, 431, 432, 435, 438, 441, 443, 449, 465, 467, 485-497, 500-502, 505-506, 509, 512, 513, 514, 515, 521-522, 584, 594-595, 604, 607-615, 620, 621, 629, 630, 633, 635-636, 661, 671;

      L
    ucretius’, 146-154;

      Cicero’s, 163-166;

      Horace’s, 248-250;

      Ovid’s, 256;

      Pliny’s, 310-311;

      Marcus Aurelius’, 425, 431, 443-446;

      Plutarch’s, 485-486;

      Epictetus’, 490-494;

      Sextus Empiricus’, 494-495;

      Lucian’s, 495-497;

      Plotinus’, 607-611

      Philostratus, Flavius, Greek rhetorician and biographer (fl. first half of 3rd century), 488, 504, 513, 515, 526, 621

      Phoceans, 7

      Phoebe, servant of Julia (1st century B.C.), 231

      Phoebus, see Apollo

      Phoenicia, 39, 41, 48, 105, 204, 240, 465, 468, 488, 500, 505, 510-511, 546, 621

      Phormio (Terence), 101

      Phrygia, 94, 133, 147, 366, 472, 490, 513, 523, 528, 583, 595, 605, 649

      Phyllis, 247

      Physeos, Peri, 148

      physical characteristics, of Etruscans, 6;

      of Romans, 69-70, 349-351, 372, 415

      Physicians, see medicine

      physics, 504

      Picenum, 182

      Pictones, 471*

      Pierson, Dutch biblical scholar, 554

      piety (pietas), 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 67, 148, 149, 162, 238-242, 250, 251, 265, 357, 366, 371, 390, 423, 425, 444, 447, 467, 484, 492-494, 497, 526, 530, 537, 599, 625, 663

      Pilate, Pontius, Procurator of Judea (fl. first half of 1st century), 281, 571-573

      Pillars of Hercules, 40

      pinacotheca, 343

      Pincian hill, 132, 340

      piracy, 43, 47, 78, 112, 139-140, 167-168, 170, 211, 219, 275, 325, 632

      Piraeus, 630

      Pisa (anc. Pisae), 78, 454

      Pisa, in the Peloponnesus, 454

      Pisidia, 513, 582

      Piso family, 249

      Piso, Caius Calpurnius, conspirator (?-65), 266, 282, 296, 306, 316, 371

      Piso, Cnaeus Calpurnius, governor (?-20 A.D.), 262

      Piso, Lucius Calpurnius, politician and governor (fl. 1st century B.C.), 161, 172, 174

      Pistoia (anc. Pistoria), 144

      Placentia (Piacenza), 47, 78, 454, 455

      Place Vendee, 412

      plague, 428-429, 432, 448, 638, 649, 666, 667

      Plancus, Lucius Munatius, governor (fl. 1st century B.C.), 233

      Plantianus, Praetorian Prefect (fl. 3rd century), 666

      plastic surgery, 313

      Plataea, 482, 483

      Plato, Greek philosopher (427-347 B.C.), 72, 96, 136, 164, 165, 180, 196, 208, 243, 304, 389, 421, 427, 485, 489, 494, 497, 501-502, 541, 607, 608, 610, 611, 634, 658

      Platonic (Academic) philosophy, 95, 432, 489, 540, 588, 608, 611, 614, 635, 658

      Platonopolis, 608

      Plautus, Titus Maccius, comic dramatist (ca. 254-184 B.C.), 7, 65, 70, 90, 93, 98, 99-101, 102, 234, 455

      Plebeian Games, 381

      plebeians, 21-31, 35, 37, 44, 80, 90, 93, 95, 98, 99, 102, 111-208, 216, 243, 252, 282, 286, 297, 332-333, 335, 339-340, 341-342, 351, 384, 438, 446

      Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus), naturalist and encyclopedist (23-79), 3, 10, 60, 269, 295, 308-311, 312, 313, 319, 320, 325, 327, 328, 337, 347, 373, 439, 453, 456, 457, 473, 507, 516

      Pliny the Younger (Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus), author and orator (61-114?), 252, 289, 295, 309, 311, 314, 315, 318, 320, 344, 368, 371, 387, 402, 409, 411, 433, 435, 437, 438, 439-441, 442, 454, 463, 520, 521, 554, 599, 648

      Plotina, Pompeia, wife of Trajan (fl. 1st and 2nd centuries), 409, 414, 442

      Plotinus, Egyptian Neoplatonist (203-270?), 497, 501, 514, 608-611, 614-615, 635, 658

      plumbing, 343

      Plutarch, Greek biographer (46?-120?), 41, 72, 85, 113, 119-120, 124, 126, 127, 137, 140, 185, 196, 197*, 304, 324, 367, 403, 424, 463, 483-486, 487, 497, 546

      Pluto, 63, 84

      Pneumatica (Hero), 504

      Po (anc. Padus), 4, 36, 37, 49, 120, 158, 235, 250, 320, 454, 455

      “Poem of Consolation to Flavius Ursus” (Statius), 335

      Poetelia, lex, 400

      poetry, 74-75, 82, 97-102, 135, 146-158, 159, 233-250, 252-258, 277-279, 289, 291, 295-296, 315-318, 354, 369, 370, 376, 379, 386, 388-389, 415, 422, 437-439, 440, 456, 486-487, 509-510, 621, 637-638;

      Horace on, 249; see also comedy, drama, epic poetry, lyric poetry, pastoral poetry, satire, tragedy

      Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco, Italian scholar (1380-1459), 154

      pogroms, 544, 546, 548

      Poitiers (anc. Limonum), 471*

      Pola, 455

      Poland, 406

      Polemo (Polemon), Antonius, Greek sophist and rhetorician (fl. 2nd century), 515-516

      police, 216, 220, 429, 668-669

      Politta, suicide in Nero’s reign (1st century), 371

      Pollentia (Pollensa, Spain), 470

      Pollentia (Pollenza, Italy), 322

      pollice verso, 386-387

      Pollio, Asinius, orator, poet, and historian (76 B.C.-A.D. 4), 159, 161, 236

      Pollio, Vedius, friend of Augustus (?-15 B.C.) 376

      Pollux, 35, 62

      Polybius, Greek historian (204?-122? B.C.), 3, 25, 34, 36, 41, 44, 46, 51, 71, 86, 90, 93, 96, 97, 160, 251, 514, 520, 521

      Polycarp, Saint, Bishop of Smyrna and martyr (69?-155), 588, 617, 648

      Polycleitus, Greek sculptor (fl. 452-412 B.C.), 96, 350, 355

      polygamy, in Parthia, 529;

      in Judea, 534

      Polygnotus, Greek painter (fl. 465 B.C.), 351 Pomona, 59

      Pompeia, third wife of Caesar (1st century B.C.), 168, 172

      Pompeii, 10, 35, 162, 289, 321-322, 338, 347, 352-354, 367, 370, 455, 456, 457-460, 546, 601, 634

      Pompey, Sextus (Sextus Pompeius Magnus), commander (?-35 B.C.), 189, 194, 205, 219, 237

      Pompey the Great (Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus), general and triumvir (106-48 B.C.), 125, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137-140, 163, 168, 170-186, 188-190, 194-195, 197, 199, 205, 211, 212, 214, 278, 293, 296, 340, 346, 347, 349, 350, 360, 365, 373, 391, 419, 448, 482, 508, 514, 517, 519, 524, 528, 530-531, 632

      Pomponii, Roman clan, 255

      Pontia (Ponza), 264

      pontifex maximus, 63, 388, 619, 672;

      Caesar as, 147, 170, 172, 191, 193;

      Augustus as, 225-227;

      Hadrian as, 415;

      Constantine as, 656

      pontiffs, 63, 66

      Pontine marshes, 193, 311*, 410, 666

      Pontus, 122, 124, 132, 140, 170, 188, 216, 320, 516-519, 520, 528, 578, 603, 629

      Pope, the, 11, 613, 617-619, 672

      Pope, Alexander, English poet (1688-1744), 249*, 671

      Popilia, Via, 78

      Popilius, see Laenas, Caius Popilius

      Poppaea, see Sabina, Poppaea

      population, of Rome, in 560 B.C., 15;

      of Carthage, 40;

      of Italy south of Rubicon, 81;

      of Rome, in 2nd and 1st centuries B.C., 81, 90, 126, 159, 193;

      under the Principate, 221-222, 363-366, 436;

      under the monarchy, 665-666;

      of Italy, 461;

      of Sicily, 464;

      of Germany, 218;

      of Egypt, 499-500;

      of Syria, 510, 512;

      in Asia Minor, 513, 515, 520;

      of Palestine, 535

      Populonia, 6

      populus Romanus, 21

      Porch, the, 75

      Porphyry, Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (233-304?), 608, 635, 636*

      Porsena, Lars, chief magistrate of Clusium (fl. 6th century B.C.), 17, 35

      Porta Capena, 340

      Porta Nigra, 474

      portents, see omens

      Portia, wife of Brutus (1st century B.C.), 196, 197

      Portia (in The Merchant of Venice), 303

      Portico of Octavia, 290

      Portland, third Duke of, Wm. Henry Caven-dish-Bentinck (1738-1809), 347*

      Portland, sixth Duke of, Wm. John Caven-dish-Bentinck (1857-1943), 347*

      Portland Vase, 347

      ports,
    see harbors

      Portugal, see Lusitania

      Portuguese (language), 73

      Portus Romanus, 270, 325, 453

      Poseidon, 63, 500

      Poseidonia, see Paestum

      Poseidonius, Greek Stoic philosopher (135?-51? B.C.), 141, 164, 308, 471, 472, 490, 503, 514, 521

      post, 271, 323-324

      Postumian Way, 78

      Postumius, Aulus, dictator (406 B.C.), 35

      Postumus, pretender in Gaul (reigned 258-267), 629, 638

      Postumus (in Horace), 250

      Postumus (in Juvenal), 438

      Pothinus, vizier of Ptolemy XII (fl. 1st century B.C.), 186, 187

      Pothinus, Bishop of Lyons (87-177), 649

      Poussin, Nicolas, French painter (1594-1665), 353

      praefectus urbi, 216

      Praeneste (Palestrina), 11, 121, 125, 454

      Praetorian Guard, 29*, 216, 263-264, 268, 269, 272-273, 275, 283-285, 286, 293, 340, 384, 407-408, 427, 620-621, 625, 628, 634, 639, 653, 669

      Praetorian Perpetual Edict, 392, 416

      praetors, 24, 28, 29, 32, 125, 191;

      piaetorian law, 57

      prandium, 70

      Praxiteles, Greek sculptor (385-ca. 320 B.C.), 96, 338, 355, 459

      prayer, 64, 67, 75, 311, 444, 495-496, 523, 525, 537, 547, 568, 598, 599, 650, 651, 667

      predestination, 592

      prefects, 216-217

      Priam, 12

      Priapeia, 369

      Priapus, 60, 254, 354, 625

      prices, 184, 331, 632, 642-643

      Priene, 514

      priests, 63-64, 94, 226, 268, 291-292, 348, 349, 388, 390, 425, 498-499, 522-526, 527, 531, 532, 533, 535-539, 545, 547, 567, 568, 570-571, 576, 581, 586, 588*, 596, 598, 600-601, 606, 615, 651, 656, 657, 660*, 669, 670

      Prima Porta, 350, 354

      princeps senatus, 214, 216, 260

      Principate, the, 34, 209-621

      printing, 346-347

      Priscilla, Montanist heretic (2nd century), 605

      Priscus, Helvidius, Stoic philosopher (fl. 1st century), 279, 282, 286, 371, 426, 441

      Priscus, Marius, governor in Africa (fl. 1st and 2nd centuries), 441

      Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus), Roman emperor (reigned 276-282), 638-639, 665

      proconsuls, see governors

      procurators, 216-217, 271, 281

      Prodicus, Greek philosopher (fl. 5th century B.C.), 486

      proletariat, 77, 90, 111, 113, 116-118, 119, 130, 142-145, 180, 189-192, 287, 333, 465, 596, 622, 633, 666

      Prometheus Unbound (Shelley), 635

      promiscuity, in Carthage, 41;

      under Rome, 54, 65, 94, 147, (Caesar’s) 168, (Julia’s) 230-231, 232, 254, 288, 290, 369, 590, 599

      Propertius, Sextus, poet (49-15 B.C.), 155, 234, 235, 252, 253, 455

      property, 57, 58, 68, 76-77, 113, 118, 125, 126, 130, 160, 172, 189, 205, 211, 212, 220-221, 257, 269, 370, 396, 397, 398, 399-400, 407, 479, 487, 650, 651, 654-655, 657, 658, 670

     


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