From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68 (74 page)

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Maecenas, C.
134
,
138
,
200
–1,
203
–4

magistracy
70
,
125
,
189
–92

Maiden Castle
254

Mallius, Cn.
44
,
46

Mamilius, C.
40
–1

Mancinus, Hostilius
21

Manilius, C.
83

Manlius, L.
93

manumission laws
196

Marcellus, C.
104

Marcomanni
214
,
217
–18,
235
,
278

Marius
38
,
74
,
82
,
98
,
167
,
171
;

and Africa
39

43
,
47
;

appraisal
51
;

background
38
–9;

and Cinna
60
–1;

in Gaul
45
–9;

and Mithridates
62
;

and Saturninus
47
;

sixth consulship
49

51
;

Social War
56
–7;

and Sulla’s capture of Rome
58

60

Maroboduus
217
–18,
229

marriage laws
195
–6

Marsi
55
–6,
228

Marullus
127

Massilia
34
,
45
,
116

Massiva of Numidia
40

Mauretania
41
,
43
,
121
,
212
–13,
240
–2,
249
–51,
264

Media
142
–3

Memmius, C.
40
,
50
,
66
,
165
–6

memoirs
167
–9,
202

Menapii
110
,
112

merchants
40
,
42
,
63
,
280
–1

Mesopotamia
106
,
124

Messalina
244
,
255

Messalla Corvinus, M. Valerius
203

Messalla, Valerius
137
,
221

metal industry
275
,
280

Metelli pre-eminence
38
–9,
47

Metellus Caprarius, C.
38
,
47

Metellus Celer
96
–7,
165

Metellus Delmaticus, L.
37
–8

Metellus Macedonicus, Q.
26

Metellus Nepos, Q.
95

Metellus Pius
65
,
69
,
74
–6,
80

Metellus, Q. Caecilius
35
,
41
–2,
84
,
150

Metellus Scipio
103
–4

middle classes
286

see also
businessmen;

merchants

military conduct
12

13

military dictatorship
176
,
179

military officers
48
,
206

military reforms
47
–8,
187
–8,
205
–8

Milo
102
–3,
119
,
194

mime
164
–5

mining industry
280
,
283

Mithridates, king of Armenia
235

Mithridates, king of Pontus
47
,
57
–8,
61
–3,
76
–8,
82
–4,
87
,
119
,
148
,
157

Mithridates of Pergamum
118
–19

Mithridatic Wars
59
,
63
–5,
77
–8,
83
–8

Moesia
216
,
219
,
235

monarchy question
127
–8

morality
150
,
196
–7,
201
,
203
,
273

Morini
110
–11

municipal privileges
222
–3,
251

Murena, L. Licinius
65
,
93
,
107

music
259
,
288

mutinies
61
,
116
,
228
,
255

Nabataeans
88
,
211
,
281

Naevius
9
,
163

Narbonensis
33
–4,
49
,
75
,
123
,
134
,
138
,
188
,
213
,
222

Narcissus
247
,
255
–7

navy/naval engagements
84
,
139
,
143
–5,
207
–8

Neopythagoreanism
174
,
293
,
303
,
305

Neoterici
165

Nero
255
–6,
282
,
284
,
286
,
288
–9;

and Agrippina
256
–8;

appraisal
269
–71;

and the arts
259
–60;

conspiracies
262
–3,
268
–9;

fire/rebuilding of Rome
260
–1;

provinces under
263
–8;

Seneca/Burrus administration
258
–9

Nero, son of Germanicus
233
–4

Nervii
108
,
110
,
112

new men
39
,
42
,
44
,
77
,
92
,
95
,
284

Nicolaus of Damascus
204

Nicomedes II
62
–3,
65

Nicomedes III
85

Norbanus, C.
46
,
61
,
65

Noricum
214
–15,
219
,
250

northeast frontier
107
,
124
,
140
,
211

northern frontier
41
,
77
,
214
–19,
228
–9,
235
,
250
,
255
,
269

Novius
164

Numidia
39

43
,
47
,
115
,
119
–20

Numidicus, Metellus
39
,
44
,
47
,
50
–1

Nymphidius Sabinus
269

Octavia, daughter of Claudius
255

Octavia, wife of Antony
138
–41,
145
,
193

Octavia, wife of Nero
257
,
260

Octavian
140
,
153

see also
Augustan principate;

Augustus;

Battle of Actium
144
–5;

Battle of Philippi
134
–7;

consolidation of the West
137
–40;

establishment of principate
176
–8;

rise of
132
–4

Octavius, Cn.
58
,
60

Octavius, M.
23
,
25
,
28
,
38

Odes (Carmina)
(Horace)
201
–2

Opimius, L.
31
,
36
–7,
40
–1,
94

Opimius, Q.
77
–8

Optimates/Optimate cause
6
,
47
,
58
,
60
,
68
,
73
,
77
,
83
,
90
–1,
95
–6,
99
,
102
,
104
,
125
,
171

oratory
169
–70

Orodes II
105
–6,
141

Ostia
46
,
60
,
122
,
248
,
259
,
261
,
280
–2,
293

Ostorius Scapula, P.
254
–5,
263

Otho
258
,
269
,
271

Ovid (P. Ovidius Naso)
203
–4,
289

Pacorus
141

Paetus, L. Caesennius
265
–6

Paetus, Thrasea
262

painting
161

palace intrigues
256

Palestine
87
,
211
,
235
,
242
,
266
–8,
306
–7

Pallas
247
,
255
–7,
267

Pamphylia
83
,
208

Panaetius of Rhodes
10
,
173

Pannonia
183
,
215
–17,
219
,
227
–8,
232
,
236

Paphlagonia
62
,
88

Papius Mutilus
56
–7

Parisii
112
,
214

Parthia
62
,
86
–8,
103
–6,
124
,
138
–43,
157
,
208
–10,
229
,
235
,
241
,
251
,
265
–6,
279

past, respect for
140
,
178
–80,
195
,
197
–8,
201
–2,
244
,
248
–9

patronage
128
,
151
–2,
162
,
199

200
,
285

St Paul
261
,
267
,
280

Pennus, Iunius
27

People
7

8
,
39

41
,
45
–6,
53
,
59

60
,
67
,
69
,
71
,
83
,
98
,
186
,
192
,
231

see also
Populares;

Senate/People relations

Periochae
(Livy)
202
–3

Perperna, M.
33
,
66
,
75
–6

Perusia, siege of
137

St Peter
261

Petreius, M.
116
,
120

Petronius, C.
212
,
262

Petronius, P.
242
,
281

Pharisees
266
,
268
,
307
,
309

Pharnaces
87
–8,
118

Pharsalus
119
,
129

Philip, king of Macedonia
198
–9

Philip of Ituraea
211
,
241

Philippi, Battle of
134
–7

Philippus, L. Marcius
54
,
73
–4

Philo
242

philosophy
9

10
,
173

see also
Epicurianism;

Neopythagoreanism;

Stoicism

Phraates
86
–7,
209
–10

Phrygia
9
,
33
,
85
,
174
,
293
,
306

Picenum
54
–5

piety
197

Pilate, Pontius
235
–6

piracy
47
,
52
,
65
,
76
–8,
82
–4,
100
,
140
,
148
,
250

Pisidia
208
–9

Piso, C. Calpurnius
93
,
262

Piso, Cn. Calpurnius
229
–30

Piso, L. Calpurnius
11

13
,
99
,
166
,
180
,
216

Plautius, Aulus
250
,
253
–4

Plautus
163
–4

Pliny
153
,
273

Pliny the elder
238
,
301
–2

Plutarch
17
,
167
–8,
204

poetry
163
–6,
199

204
,
259

Polemo
142
,
209
,
266

political division of labour
185
–9

political reforms
69

70
,
77
–8,
81
,
99
,
103
,
124
–5,
183
,
231
,
245
–6

Pollio, Asinius
97
,
134
,
138
,
141
,
200
,
202
,
204

Polybius
4
,
7
,
10

11
,
13
,
167

Pompeii
57
,
148
,
154
,
259
,
272
,
274
–6,
289
,
293
–5,
305

Pompeius Rufus, Q.
58
,
60

Pompeius, Sextus
132
,
135
,
138
–9

Pompeius Trogus
204

Pompey Magnus
65
–7,
71
,
82
,
91
,
111
,
149
–50,
155
–6,
167
;

and Caesar
97
–9,
102
–4,
114
–17;

and Cicero
95
–6;

and Clodius
100
–2;

commands of
82
–3;

and Crassus
80
–1;

and Lepidus
73
–4;

and Lucullus
84
–6;

Mithridatic Wars
84
–8;

pirates
83
–4;

senatorial administration
77
–9;

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