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tour of Africa, 231

revives adultery laws, 232

and Plautianus, 232–3

in Britain, 234

does not punish Caracalla, 235

death, 235

brief references, 216, 236, 261

Severus Alexander
see
Alexander

Sextilia, 168

Sextus Pompeius, 22, 25, 26, 30, 37

Sextus Tarquinius, 20, 22

Shakespeare, William:
Anthony and Cleopatra
, 24, 35, 45

Sicily, 22, 33, 37, 195, 221

Sidon, 306

Silana (Junia Silana), 132, 148, 149

Silius (Gaius Silius), 132, 133, 135, 148

Silvanus (Plautius Silvanus), 105

Sirmium, 213, 253

Soaemias (Julia Soaemias), 217, 241, 242, 243–4, 245, 246

Socrates Scholasticus, 272

Sophia, 314

Soranus, 17, 18

Sorrento, 266

Sozomen, 293

Spain, 53, 73, 107, 190, 196, 206, 213, 258, 296

Sparta, 11, 12, 22, 54, 91

Split, 257

Statilia Messalina, 165, 167

Statilius Taurus, 141

statuary portraits, 38–40, 53, 92–3, 98–9, 104, 134, 139, 154, 178–9, 180, 194–5, 201–2

Stavelot Triptych, 271

Stephen, St

shrine of, Jerusalem, 306, 308

relics of, 306–7

Stilicho, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 294, 312

Story, William Wetmore:
The Tragedy of Nero
, 156–7

Subura, 77

Suessa Aurunca, 200

Suetonius, 3, 26–7, 42, 47, 58, 98, 170, 174, 182, 189, 201

Suillius (Publius Suillius), 130, 131

Sulpicia, 203

Syllaeus, 104

Sylvester, Pope, 268

Syria, 87, 105–6, 109, 120, 139, 159, 160, 163, 166, 196, 202, 212, 213, 218, 219, 220, 226, 238, 271

Tabula Siarensis
, 107, 109

Tacitus, 3, 6, 23, 26, 86, 99–100, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 115, 116, 117, 119, 131, 133, 136, 146, 147, 150, 155, 156, 164, 166, 189

Tarentum, 33, 34, 36

Tarpeia, 290

Tarquinius (Sextus Tarquinius), 20, 22

Tarquinius Supurbus, King, 20

Tarracina, 87

Tarsus, 34, 36

Taylor, Elizabeth, 35

Telesphoris, 179

Terentia, 13, 29, 31

Tertius, 95

Teutoburg Forest, battle of, 83

Teutonic tribes, 219

Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, 63, 109, 111

Thebes, 103, 187

Theodora (wife of Constantius Chlorus), 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 262, 277

Theodora (wife of Justinian), 313

Theodosian dynasty, 279, 281–312

Theodosius I, 269, 278–9, 280, 281, 283–4, 285, 289, 302

Theodosius II, 268, 291, 292–3, 296–7, 298–9, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311

Theodosius (son of Athaulf and Galla Placidia), 295, 302, 310, 312

Theogisus, 272–3

Thermantia, 286, 288, 289–90, 312

Thesmopolis, 198

Thessalonica, 253, 284, 300, 305

Thompson, Edith, 4

Thrace, 96

Tiber, River, 20, 205, 212, 244, 257

Tiberius

birth, 16, 17

infancy and childhood, 18–19, 22, 28, 29, 51

as candidate for succession, 58, 60

adopts Germanicus, 99

and rumours about death of Marcellus, 61

marries Julia and divorces Vipsania, 72–3

banquet in honour of military successes, 74

breakdown in marital relations, 74–5, 78

and death of Drusus, 75

withdraws to Rhodes, 78

and death of Julia, 82

returns to Rome, 82

travels with Augustus, 83

proclaimed as new emperor after death of Augustus, 84

animosity and jealousy towards Germanicus, 102–3, 103–4

appoints Piso as aide to Germanicus, 105

and death of Germanicus, 87, 88, 106, 107, 109

and Plancina’s acquittal, 108

characteristics of his reign, 87–8, 117

deteriorating relationship with his mother Livia, 88, 110–12

and Livia’s role and prominence, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 108

antipathy between Agrippina Maior and, 110, 112

reaction to Livia’s death, 113

rejects proposal to deify Livia, 114

denounces Agrippina, 115

conspiracy against, 117

final years, 121

death, 121, 122

brief references, 2, 4, 81, 98, 100, 119, 120, 139, 144, 146, 160, 168, 183, 228, 236, 244

Tiberius Claudius Nero, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 25–6, 27, 28, 29, 54, 58, 75, 80, 170

Tiberius Gemellus, 121

Tibullus, 203

Ticinum, 75

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista, 35

Titus, 4, 158, 159, 161, 163–4, 166, 168, 170, 171, 174–5, 175–6, 181, 182, 205

Tivoli, 204, 250

Tor Pignattara, Rome, 272

Trajan, 6, 115, 155, 188, 189, 190, 191–2, 193–4, 195–6, 199, 214, 219, 227

Trajan’s Column, Rome, 195, 199

Trier, 253, 254, 255–6, 263, 265, 272, 278, 283, 307

Cathedral, 255–6, 273

True Cross, 264, 269–71, 273, 274, 291

Tullia, 13, 29

Turkey, 134, 195, 202

Turner, William, 116

tutela
, 38

Ulpia Marciana
see
Marciana

Ummidia Quadratilla, 177

Urgulania (Plautia Urgulania), 105, 126

Ursus, 182

Valballathus, 249–50

Valens, 278, 288

Valentinian I, 278, 279–80, 302

Valentinian II, 278, 280, 282, 283, 284

Valentinian III, 296, 297, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310–11, 313

Valeria, 252, 253, 257

Valerius Asiaticus
see
Asiaticus

Valley of the Kings, 203

Vallia, 295

Vandals, 313

Vatican, 1, 134, 205, 272

library, 207

Museums, 129, 210

Vedius Pollio, 77

Velleia, 201

Velletri bust, 39–40

Venice, 272

San Marco, 254

Ventotene (formerly Pandateria)
see
Pandateria

Venus Genetrix, 79

temple of, 124

Venus Victrix, 246

Verona, 134

Veronese, Paolo:
Vision of St Helena
, 271

Verus, 206

Vespasian

and Jewish rebellion, 163

seizes power, 166

stamps his mark on Rome, 167

reign of, 167, 168, 169, 170

relationship with Caenis, 168, 169, 170

death, 174

brief references, 1, 4, 144, 159, 161, 162, 171, 173, 183, 185, 190, 225, 251

Vesta, 194, 209

Vestal Virgins, 13–14, 38, 43, 68, 90, 111, 122, 125, 177, 259, 290

Vesuvius, Mount, 64, 175

Veturia, 20, 21, 33, 46, 77

Via Flaminia, 31

Via Latina, 184

Vibia Perpetua, 261

Vibia Sabina
see
Sabina

Vibius Sabinus, L., 200

Vicetia, 200

Victory, 283, 298, 301

Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 93

Villa Boscotrecase, 64–6

Vipsania, 73

Vipsania Polla, 76, 77

Virgil, 53, 61, 93

Aeneid
, 61, 140

Virgin Mary, 259, 298, 304

Vistilia, 68

Vitellia, 168

Vitellius (agent of Messalina), 131, 136

Vitellius (governor of Germania), 165, 166, 168

Vitruvius:
On Architecture
, 60, 230

Vologaeses IV, King of Parthia, 211. 212

Voltaire, 158

Volumnia, 20, 21, 33, 46, 77

Washington, Martha, 8

Waugh, Evelyn:
Helena
, 248, 274

wedding ceremony, 14–16

West, Benjamin:
Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
, 116

West Wing, The
, 1

wet-nurses, 17, 18

White House, 8, 196

Wilde, Oscar, 275

Wilson, Edith, 8, 196

Wilson, Woodrow, 8, 196

Wilton House Antonia, 98

wool-working, 49, 286

Xenophon, 142

Year of Four Emperors, 165–6

York, 274
see also
Eboracum

Yourcenar, Marguerite:
Memoirs of Hadrian
, 187

Zeno, 308

Zenobia, 249–50

Zosimus, 284, 290

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