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    The Story of Civilization

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      Tertulla, wife of Crassus (1st century B.C.), 168

      Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus), Latin father of the Church (160?-230?), 307, 385, 465, 524, 558, 591, 597, 598, 603, 612-613, 617, 618, 647-649, 652, 665

      Tetrabiblios (Ptolemy), 503

      Tetricus, Caius Pesuvius, pretender in Gaul (274), 638

      Teutones, 118-119, 472

      textbooks, 159

      textiles, 77, 92, 473, 486, 510

      Thallus, secretary to Augustus, 229

      Thallus, pagan commentator on Christ (fl. 1st century), 555

      Thames (anc. Tamesis), 176, 179, 441, 477

      Thamugadi (Timgad), 466

      Thapsacus, 512

      Thapsus, battle in 46 B.C., 54, 189, 465, 466

      Theagenes, 636

      theater, 98-99, 133, 193, 219, 266-267, 274, 278, 296, 302, 316, 317, 319, 340, 352, 357, 360, 362, 363, 369, 371, 377-379, 381, 418-419, 421, 456, 458-459, 464, 466, 470, 473, 474, 480, 499, 508-509, 513, 515, 532, 548, 598, 612-613

      Thebaid, 445

      Thebaid (Statius), 316

      Thebes (anc. Thebae), 316, 483* 498, 499, 630

      Theocritus, Greek pastoral poet (fl. 3rd century B.C.), 235, 236, 637

      Theodora, wife of Constantine (4th century), 653

      Theodosius I the Great (Flavius Theodosius), Roman emperor (346?-395), 486

      Theodotians, 605

      Theodotion, Bible translator (fl. 2nd century), 614

      theology, 304, 308, 501-502, 522-525, 547-548, 553-554, 556, 562, 575, 582, 586-590, 594-595. 601, 603-615, 618, 626, 635, 656, 658-661

      Theophila, philosopher and friend of Martial, 370

      Theophrastus, Greek philosopher (?-287 B.C.), 310, 311, 490

      Theopompus, Greek historian (ca. 378-? B.C.), 7

      Therapeutae, 525

      thermae, see baths, public

      Thermus, Marcus Minucius, general (fl. 1st century B.C.), 167

      Theseus, 354

      Thessalonians, The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the, 587*

      Thessalonians, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the, 587*, 591

      Thessaionica (Salonika), 78, 324, 483, 546, 583, 585, 591, 602, 630, 637, 655

      Thessaly, 184, 185, 467, 483, 519

      Third Legion, 466

      Thirteenth Legion, 182

      Thisbe, 256

      Thoreau, Henry David, American philosopher and writer (1817-1862), 609

      Thrace, 203, 366, 482, 483, 516, 519, 595, 630, 632, 633, 639, 655

      Thrasea, Publius Paetus, Stoic philosopher and senator (?-66), 279, 282, 300, 426, 441

      Thrasymachus, Greek Sophist and rhetorician (fl. 5th century B.C.), 96

      Thucydides, Greek historian (471?-400? B.C.), 4

      Thugga (Dougga), 465

      Thurii (Terra Nuova), 37, 51, 138

      Thysdrus (El. Djem), 465

      Tiber, 5, 11, 17, 36, 62, 65, 78, 81, 94, 115, 117, 159, 179, 193, 253, 265, 270, 278, 280, 283, 285, 325, 326, 327, 339, 365, 366, 378, 410, 422, 439, 453, 625, 654

      Tiberias (Tabariah), 535, 644

      Tiberius (Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar), Roman emperor (42 B.C.-A.D. 37), 215, 217, 229, 230-231, 232, 234, 248, 259-265, 266, 268, 270, 275, 281, 290, 291, 292, 293, 323, 329, 331-332, 344, 347, 350, 358, 365*, 371, 373, 386, 434, 436, 478, 543, 558, 560

      Tibullus, Albius, poet (54-19 B.C.), 60, 155, 234, 235, 252-253, 370, 407

      Tibur (Tivoli), 35, 78, 121, 155, 252, 344, 421, 454, 638

      Ticino, 49

      Tigellinus, Sophonius, favorite of Nero (?-69), 279, 282

      Tigranes, King of Armenia (fl. end of 1st century B.C.), 217

      Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia (reigned 94-56 B.C.), 528

      Tigranocerta (Sert), 528

      Tigris, 546, 627, 641

      time, measurement of, 66-67

      Timocles the Stoic (in Lucian), 496

      Timomachus of Byzantium, Greek painter (fl. 1st century B.C.), 354

      Timothy, colleague of St. Paul (1st century), 583, 590

      Timothy, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to, 590

      Tingis, see Tangier

      Tinia, 7

      Tiridates, King of Armenia (fl. 1st century), 280

      Tiro, Marcus Tullius, writer and secretary to Cicero (fl. 1st century B.C.), 163

      Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus), Roman emperor (40-81), 287, 288-289, 290, 291, 345, 348-349, 351, 359, 361, 365, 375, 383, 404, 419, 533, 538, 544-545, 546, 577, 603

      Titus, Arch of, 348-349, 357, 412

      Titus, Baths of, 291, 345, 359, 375

      Titus, colleague who forsook St. Paul (1st tentury), 590

      Tiu (Tyr), 479

      toga, 70

      Toletum (Toledo), 470

      Tolosa (Toulouse), 473

      Tolstoy, Count Leo Nikolaevich, Russian novelist (1828-1910), 301, 537

      Tomb of the Lioness (at Corneto), 11

      tombs, in Etruria, 6, 7, 8, 339, 443;

      under Rome, 57, 69, 84, 226, 243, 284, 298, 334, 348, 389, 414, 443, 474;

      in Saba, 508;

      Christian, 601

      Tomi (Constanta), 232, 256-257, 301, 480

      Tom Jones (Fielding), 299

      Torah, 535-542, 547-549, 560, 567-568, 576-577, 579, 580, 581, 585-589, 591, 595, 605

      Torlonia, Villa, 454*

      Torquatus, Manlius (Caius Nonius Asprenas?), friend of Horace (fl. 1st century B.C.), 233

      Torquatus, Titus Manlius Imperiosus, dictator (fl. 363-340 B.C.), 37*

      Torso Belvedere (Apollonius of Athens), 349

      torture, 267, 270, 285, 292, 334, 395, 403, 424, 520, 534, 615, 643, 649, 651-652

      totemism, 60

      Toulouse (anc. Tolosa), 650

      town planning, 356

      trade, Etruscan, 6;

      Carthaginian, 40-41, 54, 105, 106, 107;

      under Rome, 38, 54, 77-81, 88, 90, 92, 107, 111, 116, 118, 139-140, 170, 190, 205, 211-212, 215, 218-219, 233, 321-322, 324-326, 328-331, 332-334, 336-337, 340-342, 362, 364-365, 399, 411, 432, 448, 454, 455, 456, 465, 466, 470-471, 473, 474, 476, 477, 480, 482-483, 486, 487, 499, 508, 510, 514, 520, 528-529, 532, 535, 579, 632-633, 642-644, 665, 668, 671

      trade routes, 413, 455, 508, 511-512, 529, 602, 632 632

      tragedy, 74-75, 98, 301-302, 378

      Traiana, Via, 410

      Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajanus), Roman emperor (52-117), 28, 97, 234, 275, 291, 299, 307, 322, 326, 330, 335, 341, 345, 349, 361, 368, 371, 375, 387, 395, 408-413, 414, 433, 434, 436, 439, 441, 442, 455, 456, 457, 470, 480, 499, 508, 510, 520, 521, 528, 554, 599, 628, 634, 648, 662

      Trajan, Arch of, 411

      Trajan, Baths of, 345, 375, 635

      Trajan, Column of, 411-412, 413, 442-443

      Trajan, Temple of, 411

      Tralles (Smyrna), 312, 329, 431, 504, 515, 546, 592, 603, 617, 648, 650

      Tranquillity of the Soul, On the (Seneca), 302

      Transjordania, 530

      transport, 77-78, 271, 323-6, 328, 339, 341, 411, 473, 477, 499, 668

      Transylvania, 410

      Trapezus (Trebizond), 418, 518, 520, 629

      Trasimene, Lake (anc. Trasimenus, It. Trasimeno or Perugia), battle in 217 B.C., 49

      travel, 323-326

      treaties, violation of, 90

      Trebia (battle, 218 B.C..), 91

      Trebonius, Caius, governor and conspirator (?-43 B.C.), 197

      Treves, see Augusta Trevirorum

      tribunes, 22-25, 27, 30, 85, 114, 126, 139, 191, 213, 216

      tribute, see taxation

      tributum capitis, 220

      tributum soli, 220

      triclinium, 343, 376

      Trimalchio, 297-298, 333, 380

      Trinity, 595, 660

      Trionn, Via dei, 662

      Tripoli (anc. Tripolis), 464, 465

      Tripoli, see Oea

      Tristia (Ovid), 257-258

      Tristram Shandy (Sterne), 299

      triumphs, 82-83, 86, 119, 121, 136, 138, 170, 171, 177, 190, 206, 208, 211, 219, 271, 272, 283, 288, 291, 348-349, 365, 3
    81, 413, 428, 432, 466, 545, 546, 669

      Triumvirate, First, 134, 171, 174, 175-176

      Triumvirate, Second, 201-208, 531

      Troad, the, 157

      Troas, see Alexandria Troas

      Troesmis (Iglitza), 480

      Trojan War, 663

      troubadours, 255, 638

      Troy (anc. Troia, now Hissarlik), 12, 61, 74, 190, 239-240, 278, 280, 516, 522, 663

      True Word (Celsus), 606-607

      tuberculosis, 313, 504, 506

      Tullia, daughter of Cicero (fl. 1st century B.C.), 163, 165

      Tullus, Desumius, millionaire (fl. 1st century), 461

      Tullus Hostilius, third King of Rome (fl. 7th century B.C.), 13-14

      Tunis, 39, 42

      Tunisia, 105, 465

      Turanians, 528

      Turbo, Marcius Livianus, general of Trajan (fl. 2nd century), 413

      Turin, 254, 654

      Turkestan, 528

      Turkey, 513

      Turnus, 240-241, 278

      Tuscan (Etruscan) style (architecture), 18, 81, 92, 357

      Tuscany, 5, 6, 11, 666

      Tusculan Disputations (Cicero), see Disputationes Tusculanae

      Tusculum, 11, 35, 132, 162, 454

      Tutumus, 60

      Twelfth Legion, 182

      Twelve Great Gods, 7

      Twelve Tables, 23, 31-33, 72, 75, 79, 83, 99, 393, 398, 400, 401, 403

      Tyndaris, 247

      Tyne, 417, 476

      typhus, 227

      Tyre, 39, 329, 331, 373, 469, 509, 510, 534

      Tyrrha (Tireh), 6*

      Tyrrhenian (Etruscan) Sea, 6, 453

      U

      Uffizi Gallery, 348*

      Ulpian (Domitius Ulpianus), jurist (?-228), 392, 398, 405, 510, 621, 626, 634

      Umbria, 99, 253, 455

      Umbrians, 5, 12, 35, 37, 51, 122

      unemployment, under Rome, 38, 116, 176, 180, 192, 205, 213, 288, 290, 323, 326, 336, 410, 641;

      in Athens, 418

      United States, 79, 218, 372, 546, 632

      unities, Horace on, 249

      Universal History (Eusebius), 662

      Universal History (Poseidonius), 514

      universities, 465, 474, 487-489, 500, 504, 510, 515, 661

      Urals, 218

      Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini), Pope (1568-1644), 420

      urbanization, under the Republic, 90, 111, 113, 118;

      under the Principate, 222, 237, 286, 319, 481, 498, 508-509, 510, 516;

      under the monarchy, 631, 633, 667

      urology, 313, 318

      Ursus, Flavius, friend of Statius (fl. 1st century), 335

      Ustica, 244

      usury, see moneylending

      Utica (Utique), 39, 40, 80, 106, 107, 186, 188, 189-190, 325, 418, 465

      Utrecht (anc. Trajectus), 324

      V

      Valentia (Valencia), 470

      Valentinian I (Flavius Valentinianus), Roman emperor in the West (321-375), 665

      Valentinus, Alexandrian heretic (fl. 160), 604

      Valerian (Caius Publius Licinius Valerianus), Roman emperor (?-260), 340, 629, 650

      Valerian Way, 78

      Valerii, Roman clan, 21, 364

      Valerius Maximus, historian (fl. 1st century), 352, 471-472

      Vandals, 358, 638, 639, 670

      Van Dyke, Sir Anthony, Flemish painter (1599-1641), 354

      Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890), 355

      Vardar (anc. Axius), 630

      Varro, Caius Terentius, consul and general (fl. 216 B.C.), 50

      Varro, Marcus Terentius, scholar and writer 116-26 B.C.), 60, 146, 159-160, 193, 238, 308, 379, 456, 509

      Varus, Publius Quintilius, governor (?-9 A.D.), 218, 543

      Varus, Quintilius, noble (?-42 B.C.), 203

      Vasari, Giorgio, Italian artist and biographei of artists (1511-1574), 349

      vases, see ceramics

      Vatican (hill), 12, 340, 578

      Vatican, the, 348*, 349, 350, 407

      vault, 339, 355-361, 529, 661, 671

      vehicles, 323, 341

      Veii (Isola Farnese), 6, 10, 17;

      war with (405-396 B.C.), 24, 36, 62, 344

      Velia, 455

      Velitrae (Veletri), 200

      venereal disease, 268, 313

      Veneti, 454-455

      Venetia, 454, 461

      Venice, 429, 455, 516

      Venus, 12, 61, 82, 148-149, 152, 167, 193, 204, 239, 241, 253, 254, 255, 256, 346, 468, 487, 510, 511, 548;

      Venus Genitrix, 349;

      Venus Pompeiana, 458

      Venus, Temple of, 196

      Venus and Mars, Temple of, see Pantheon

      Venus and Roma, Temple of, 421

      Venusia (Venosa), 78, 244, 455, 546

      Veratius, Lucius, slaveowner (2nd century), 404

      Verbanus, Lacus, see Maggiore, Lago

      Vercellae (Vercelli), battle in 101 B.C., 120

      Vercingetorix, Gallic chief of the Arverni (?-45 B.C.), 176-177

      Verona, 11, 78, 154, 155, 410, 429, 454, 628

      Verres, Caius Cornelius, governor (?-43 B.C.), 92, 141, 462, 464

      Versailles, 345

      versification, 74, 98, 99, 155, 295;

      of Lucretius, 148, 154;

      of Catullus, 155-158;

      of Virgil, 236, 238, 243;

      of Horace, 244-248;

      of Tibullus, 253;

      of Ovid, 254, 256-258;

      of Statius, 316;

      of Martial, 317, 318;

      of Juvenal, 439

      Verulamium (St. Albans), 476

      Verus, Lucius Aurelius (Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus), Roman emperor (127-169), 422, 426-428, 430

      Verus, Lucius, friend of Hadrian (?-138), 421, 422

      Vespasian (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus), Roman emperor (9-79), 234, 271, 284-288, 290, 301, 309, 311, 312, 313, 322, 336, 337, 341, 345, 348, 351, 358, 361, 365, 368, 378, 383, 396, 402, 407, 409, 461, 489, 516, 544, 546, 575

      Vespillo, Quintus Lucretius (fl. 1st century), 370

      Vesta, 12, 58, 61, 518;

      House of, see Aedes Vestae;

      Temple of, 4, 635

      Vestal Virgins, 61, 63, 94, 133, 142, 199, 202, 206, 290, 348, 351, 370, 388, 397, 622;

      Palace of, see Atrium Vestae

      Vesuvius, 137, 289, 346, 352, 456, 457

      veterinarians, 313

      Vettii, House of, 352-353

      Vetulonia, 17*

      viaducts, 326

      Victor I, Roman Pope (ca. 190-198), 617

      Victor, Sextus Aurelius, writer (fl. 4th century), 641

      Victory, 627;

      Temple of, 94

      Victory Hill, see Clivus Victoriae

      Vicus Lorarius, 342

      Vicus Margaritarius, 342

      Vicus Sandalarius, 342

      Vicus Vitrarius, 342

      Vienna (anc. Vindobona), 78, 324, 346, 432, 480, 633

      Vienne, 49, 649

      Villa Item, 354

      Villanova, 5;

      culture, 5, 9;

      migrants from, 11

      villas, see mansions

      Viminal, 12*, 340, 342

      Viminal Gate, 263

      Vinci, Leonardo da, Italian artist (1452-1519), 220, 232, 356

      Vindex, Caius Julius, legate of Gallia Lugdunensis (fl. 1st century), 283, 473

      Vindobona, see Vienna

      Vindonissa (Windisch), 480

      vineyards, 320, 344, 456, 464, 473, 535, 631, 639

      Vipsania Agrippina, daughter of Agrippa (fl. 1st century B.C.), 230, 259

      Virbius (“King of the Woods”), 62

      Virgil (Publius Vergilius [or Virgiliusl Maro), poet (70-19 B.C.), 3, 8, 60, 61, 74, 98, 102, 154, 155, 157, 158, 205, 215, 225, 233, 234, 235-244, 245, 248, 250, 251, 252, 258, 278, 283, 307, 348, 382, 438, 441, 454, 456, 625, 671

      Virgin, 236-237

      Virginia, daughter of Lucius Virginius (5th century B.C.), 23, 72

      Virginius, Lucius, plebeian (5th century B.C.), 23

      Virgo, 298

      Viriathus, Lusitanian leader (fl. 2nd century
    B.C.), 87

      Viroconium (Wroxeter), 477

      Virtue, 358;

      Temple of, 358

      Virtutibus, De (Cicero), 163*

      Visigoths, 670

      Vistula, 478

      vitalism, 507

      Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius Germanicus), Roman emperor (15-69), 268, 284-285, 287

      Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus, architect and engineer (1st century B.C.), 9, 343*, 356

      vivisection, 504-505, 506

      Voconia, lex, 224, 399

      Volga (anc. Rha), 669

      Volney, Comte de, Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, French skeptical author (1757-1820), 553

      Vologases III, King of Parthia (fl. 2nd century), 428

      Vologases IV, King of Parthia (?-209), 530

      Vologases V, King of Parthia (?-227?), 530

      Volscians, 15, 35, 36, 37, 326*

      Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de, French writer (1694-1778), 99, 131, 154, 225, 244, 304, 495, 497, 553

      vote buying, 128-129, 192

      vows, 64-65, 311, 606

      Vulcan, 59, 63

      Vulci, 9

      Vulso, Cnaeus Manlius, general (fl. 2nd century B.C.), 88

      W

      wages, 111, 112, 632, 642-643

      Walden Pond, 609

      Wales, 36, 73, 475, 477

      Wall Street, 340

      war, 24, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 90, 91, 96, 193, 198, 232, 233, 242, 253, 255, 261, 301, 310, 330, 336-337, 387, 424, 478, 602, 622, 632, 636, 641, 650, 665, 666, 667

      War of the Mercenaries, 46

      Wars of the Jews, The (Josephus), 546

      Washington, D. C, 356

      water clock, see clepsydra

      watering places, 133, 324, 377, 456, 477, 664

      water supply, of Rome, 220, 281, 326-328, 343;

      in Italian cities, 461;

      in Syria, 511, 512;

      in Smyrna, 515

      Watt, James, Scottish inventor (1736-1819), 504

      Watteau, Jean Antoine, French painter (1684-1721), 351

      wealth, 88-89, 90, 91, 95, 108, 118, 128, 130-134, 212, 221, 337, 339, 391, 399, 448, 483, 510-512, 514, 631-633, 657, 667

      weapons, 33, 77, 106-107, 322, 328*

      weddings, 223, 379

      weights, 78

      West, the, 154, 188, 203, 208, 234, 251, 283, 329, 331, 366, 389, 392, 406, 420, 463, 473, 475, 481, 512, 529, 603, 605, 612, 616-617, 629, 640, 644, 654, 657, 661, 665, 666, 669, 670, 671

      Westminster Hall, 635

      Wieland, Christopher Martin, German poet and novelist (1733-1813), 553

      Winchester (anc. Venta Belgarum), 477

      Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, German archeologist and art historian (1717-1768), 349

      Wisdom of Solomon, Book of the, 540, 541, 589

      Wissowa, George, German classical philologist (1859-1931), 504*

      witchcraft, 526, 559

     


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