The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars (82 page)

Quintus Crispinus, 80–1

Quintus Dellius, 35

Quintus Hortensius
see
Hortensius

Quintus Hortensius Hortalis, 29

Quirinal hill, Rome, 184, 242

Rabirius, 178

Racine, Jean, 174

Bérénice
, 158

Raphaneae, 241

Ravenna, 275, 285, 289, 290, 294, 296, 297, 300, 303, 305, 310, 313

Biblioteca Classense, 297

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 275–6

St John, Basilica of, 301–2

Reagan, Nancy, 8, 85

Regium, 81

Remus, 16

Rhine, the, 83, 100, 101, 103, 109, 165, 201, 246, 285, 289

Rhodes, 78, 82

Rhône, River, 223

Rimini, 303

Robespierre, Maximilien, 155

Roma, 99

Roman Catholic Church, 183

Rome

Cleopatra’s image carried in triumphal procession in, 45

building projects during reign of Augustus, 58–60, 76–7

Tiberius returns to, 82

Germanicus celebrates military triumph in, 103

reactions to death of Germanicus in, 106

ashes of Germanicus brought to, 87

arch for Germanicus erected in, 109

Agrippina’s ashes brought to, 122

Claudius’s triumphal procession in, 127

demonstration during reign of Claudius, 140

fire during reign of Nero, 164

triumphal procession to celebrate victory in Judaea, 166, 171

Vespasian commisions buildings in, 167

fire and plague during reign of Titus, 175–6

Trajan arrives in, 191–2

Trajan’s ashes brought to, 195

Hadrian launches public relations offensive in, 197

Marcus Aurelius deals with problems in, 212

joint triumph of Marcus and Lucius in, 212

Septimius Severus accepted as emperor in, 223

anniversary celebrations for Severus, 228

Saecular Games during reign of Severus, 232

remains of Severus brought back to, 236

Domna’s remains brought back to, 240

bodies of Elagabalus and Soaemias dragged around streets of, 244

sidelined as political headquarters, 253

Maxentius establishes himself in, 257

Helena’s links with, 263–4, 272–3

Constantine visits, 264–5

sacked by Goths, 205–6, 289

Serena found guilty of betraying to barbarians, 289, 290

investiture of Valentinian III in, 301

reburial of Placidia’s son Theodosius in, 310

bodies of Placidia and Theodosius found in, 311–12

sacked by Vandals, 313

buildings, monuments and locations:

Ara Pacis, 73–4, 75

Arch of the Argentarii, 216–17, 232, 233, 237

Arch of Titus, 166

Caelian hill, 144, 206, 263

Campus Martius, 84, 199

Capitol, 232

Capitoline hill, 74, 168, 273

Capitoline Museum, 154, 263

Castel Sant’Angelo, 205

Circus Maximus, 226

Colosseum, 167, 176

Column of Antoninus Pius, 210

Domus Flavia, 178

Esquiline hill, 77, 260

Forum of Augustus, 79

fundus Laurentus
, 263–4, 272

Gardens of Lucullus, 131

Gardens of Maecenas, 82

Gardens of Sallust, 167, 171

Golden House (
Domus Aurea
), 167

Macellum Liviae, 77

mausoleum of Augustus (Julio-Claudian family mausoleum), 59, 61, 73, 81, 84, 114, 122, 165, 240

mausoleum of Hadrian, 205, 240

Monumentum Liviae
, 49–50, 91, 95, 113, 173

Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori, 205

Museo Nazionale, 32, 39–40

Palatine, 16, 29, 47, 48, 51, 53, 58, 65, 85, 94, 95, 96, 98, 105, 120, 148, 171, 173, 178, 182, 191, 193, 207, 226, 253, 255, 257, 290

Pantheon, 197

Porta Pia, 169

Portico of Octavia, 59–60, 109

Porticus Liviae (Portico of Livia), 77, 78

Quirinal hill, 184, 242

Sacred Way, 224

Saints Marcellinus and Peter, 264, 272

St Paul-outside-the-Walls, 310

St Peter’s, 312

St Petronilla, chapel of, 311–12

Salerian Gate, 289

San Giorgio in Velabro, 216

San Lorenzo in Miranda, 209

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 264, 271, 303

Santa Maria in Aracoeli, 273

Sessorian Palace, 264

shrines to Pudicitia Plebeia and Pudicitia Patricia, 77

Subura, 77

temple of Bona Dea, 76, 94

temple of Fortuna Muliebris/Womanly Fortune, 76–7, 232

temple of Jupiter, 265

temple of Mars the Avenger, 79

Theatre of Marcellus, 63, 109, 111

Tor Pignattara, 272

Trajan’s Column, 195, 199

Rome
(TV series), 3

Romulus, 16

Romulus Augustulus, 313

Rosa, Pietro, 48

Rossi, Girolamo, 302

Rubellius Plautus, 148

Rufinianae, 304

Rupilia Faustina, 206

Sabina (Vibia Sabina), 187, 188, 193, 196, 200–2, 203, 204, 205, 209, 227, 268

Sabine hills, 31

Sabine women, 20–1, 33, 105, 236

Sackler Museum, Harvard, 98

Sacred Way, Rome, 224

sacrosanctitas
, 38

Sade, Marquis de, 127

Saecular Games, 130, 136, 232

Sahara, 83

St Helens, 274

St John, Basilica of, Ravenna, 301–2

St Lawrence, church of, Constantinople, 306–7

Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Rome, 264, 272

St Paul-outside-the-Walls, Rome, 310

St Peter’s, Rome, 312

St Petronilla, chapel of, Rome, 311–12

Salarian Gate, Rome, 289

Sallustia Orbiana, 245

Sallustius, 245

Salome, Queen of Judaea, 54, 89, 104–5, 115

Salona, 300

Salonia Matidia, 193, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200

Salvius Otho
see
Otho

Samaria, 161

Samos, 54–5, 198

San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, 180

San Giorgio in Velabro, Rome, 216

San Lorenzo in Miranda, Rome, 209

San Marco, Venice, 254

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, 264, 271, 303

Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, 273

Sappho, 204

Sardinia, 149, 169

Sassanid dynasty, 246

Saturnalia festival, 87

Saturninus, 307

Scipio, 80–1

Scotland, 234

Scribonia, 26–7, 28–9, 30, 51, 80, 87

Scribonius Largus, 62

Scudéry, Madeleine de, 229

Les femmes illustres
, 86

Segeric, 295

Sejanus (Lucius Aelius Sejanus), 110, 113, 117, 126, 159, 168, 228

Sempronia, 203

Sempronius Gracchus, 69, 80–1

Senate, 25, 43, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 85, 88, 89–90, 91, 93, 101–2, 107, 108, 109–10, 111, 114, 117, 122, 124, 125, 127, 131, 133, 134, 136, 142, 144, 145, 152–3, 165, 166, 176, 183, 195, 197, 206, 210, 223, 235, 236, 242, 244–5, 253, 289, 290

‘Senate of Women’, 242

Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone patre
, 107–8, 109

Seneca, 6, 28–9, 63, 73, 76, 80, 81, 97, 109, 129, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 154, 165, 230

Septicius Clarus, 201

Septimius Severus
see
Severus (Septimius Severus)

Serdica, 253

Serena, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289–90, 305–6, 312

Sessorian Palace, Rome, 264

Severan dynasty, 216–46

Severus, 255, 257

Severus (Aulus Caecina Severus), 101–2

Severus (Septimius Severus)

early career, 219

marries Paccia Marciana, 219

in Syria, 219, 220

meets Julia Domna, 219, 220

marries Julia Domna, 221

birth of sons, 221

as consul, 221

becomes emperor, 217, 222–3

and changing political landscape, 218–19

depicted in ‘Berlin tondo’, 223

early years of reign, 224

strives to link himself with Marcus Aurelius, 224–5

seeks to establish legitimacy of his dynasty, 225–6

refurbishment of the palace, 226

deals with Parthian threat, 226, 227

bestows titles on his sons, 227

tour of Egypt, 188, 227

marital relationship, 227