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General Index Items marked with an asterisk (*) are defined in the Glossary. Well-known figures, including emperors and prominent members of their families, and celebrated writers are listed under the name most familiar to English readers, other Roman citizens by *nomen. Aelius Aristides (Greek orator), 208, 461–462 of Constantine, 489–490 Agricola (Cn. Julius Agricola, senator, governor of Titus, 113–116, 123, 157, 158, 281, of Britain), 23, 72, 73, 95, 98–99, 104, 292, 344, 475, 489, 495, 503–505, 168–169, 219, 220, 237, 255, 260, 509–512 262–263, 265–271, 281, 287–288, various celebrating Domitian’s victories, 33, 314–315, 318–319, 463, 566 112, 344 Agrippa II (M. Julius, also called Herod Arrecinus Clemens, M. (praetorian prefect, Agrippa; pro-Roman Jewish client king, urban prefect), 69, 77, 85, 95–96, 103 brother of Berenice), 10, 49, 53, 66, Arruntius Stella, L. (lost Flavian poet and 79, 83, 84, 91, 236, 247 literary patron), 414, 426–427, *amicitia, 43, 66, 303, 305–307, 381, 384, 476–477 388, 420 Arulenus Rusticus, Q. Junius (senator Antonia Caenis see ‘Caenis’ executed by Domitian), 95, 104, 183, Antonius Julianus, M. (procurator of Judea, 305, 307, 308, 363, 457, 475, 482 writer), 245, 475 Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, Antonius Primus, M. (Flavian civil war first Julio-Claudian emperor, r. 27 general), 57, 64, 92, 171, 214, 216 BCE–14 CE), 12, 21, 43, 67, 73, 74, Antonius Saturninus, L. (governor, rebellion 82, 103, 130, 148, 157, 160–161, leader), 96, 98, 102, 201, 214 209–210, 225, 257, 279, 301, 362, Apollonius of Tyana (Greek philosopher), 365, 380 452–453, 458COPYRIGHTEDas Flavian MATERIAL imperial model, 7, 26–27, Aquilius Regulus, M. (notorious delator 30–32, 34, 67–68, 72, 109–112, and ‘legacy hunter’), 12, 103, 183, 117–118, 121, 124, 131, 153, 304–305 160–161, 174, 177–178, 197, 201, arch, triumphal, 154, 440 344, 362, 364, 369 specifically moral legislation revived, 12, 103, of Claudius, 260, 271 182, 296 A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome, First Edition. Edited by Andrew Zissos. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 0002652170.indd 594 12/18/2015 6:06:04 PM General Index 595 ‘barbarism’, notions of, 277–278, 283–284, Christianity, 10, 100, 106, 244–245, 249, 288–290, 293, 321 291, 528, 530 specific ‘barbarians’ later Christian views on the Flavian Age, Egyptians, 365 478, 490–493, 501, 507–508, 513, non-Greek speakers, 283–284 528, 531, 537, 541, 543–544, North Africans, 404 549–550, 555 Northern Europeans, 235, 356–357 possible persecution under Domitian, Romans from Greek perspective, 290 101, 108 Romans from Jewish perspective, 502 Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), 8–9, 293, Thracians, 288–289 302, 313, 315–317, 323, 364, 443, Batavian Revolt, 1, 63, 65, 66, 211–213, 450, 554, 556 218–219, 264, 284–285 see also citizenship, Roman, 46, 292 ‘Julius Civilis’ acquired by non-Romans, 10, 21, 44, 198, bath complexes, 162, 163, 301, 417 258, 284, 320, 323, 502 Baths of Titus, 33, 87, 113, 123, 154, expansion of citizen body under Flavians, 155, 200, 489, 505 72–73, 198, 226, 292 Baths of Trajan, 149 Claudius (Ti. Claudius Nero Germanicus, at Pompeii, 315, 329, 505 fourth Julio-Claudian emperor, r. in private dwellings, 414, 418–420 41–54 CE) 21, 27, 31, 34, 47–50, 57, Berenice (Julia Berenice, Jewish princess, 68, 73, 77, 103, 104, 110, 143, 157, brother of Agrippa II), 10, 76, 83–86, 160, 162, 174–176, 180, 197, 91, 247, 284–285, 495–502 211–213, 257–261, 269, 271, 404, Britannicus (Tiberius Claudius Caesar 482, 570–571 Britannicus, son of the emperor Claudius Etruscus (wealthy Flavian-era Claudius), 49, 77, 89, 482 equestrian), 232, 381, 414, 420, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (British novelist), 427–429 327, 525–530 Claudius Gothicus (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Claudius Augustus, Roman emperor, Caecina Alienus, A. (Roman senator, r. 268–70), 488–489 anti-Flavian conspirator), 53, 86 Clodius Eprius Marcellus, Tib. (Neronian Caenis (Antonia Caenis, freedwomen mistress *delator, later anti-Flavian conspirator), of Vespasian), 49, 297, 503–504 86, 170, 172, 376 Calgacus (British chieftain), 23, 99, 237 Colosseum see ‘Flavian Amphitheater’ Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus *consecratio (consecration) see ‘deification, Germanicus, third Julio-Claudian postmortem’ emperor, r. 37–41 CE), 26, 31, 67, Constantine the Great (Roman emperor, r. 125, 182, 488 306–37 CE), ‘Flavian’ affiliations of, Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licianus, L. (Roman 488–490, 510, 513 nobleman, adoptee of Galba), 52–53, founds new imperial capital, 9, 237 55, 64, 67, 304, 400 Cornelius Fuscus (praetorian prefect), 57, 95, Cancellaria Reliefs, 116, 120, 133–134, 98, 215 146–147, 344 corruption *Capitolia (Capitoline Games) see under ‘Games’ i) individual caused by supreme power, Cassius Dio (Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Greek 60, 399 historian), 24, 86, 88, 89, 91, 95–96, of provincial officials, 261 284, 488, 532 see also Index of punishment of, 362 Passages s.v. ii) of society, perceived, 20, 237, 405, *census, 196, 565 407, 413 of 73 CE, conducted by Vespasian and Titus, of Pompeii, perceived, 525–528 197–198, 438 of contemporary rhetoric, census qualifications, 45, 302, 555 perceived, 474 0002652170.indd 595 12/18/2015 6:06:04 PM 596 General Index cosmopolitanism, at Rome, 154, 279, *Domus Aurea (“Golden House”, a lavish 282–283, 388, 426, 566 construction of the emperor Nero), 8, notion of world citizenship, 502–503 33, 52, 113, 115, 118, 123, 149, 152, Cybele (goddess, often identified with Magna 154–155, 161–162, 197, 279, 344, Mater) 291, 300, 328, 401, 423 362, 364, 506 *Domus Flavia (Flavian palace) 20, 33, 34, *damnatio memoriae, 362 111, 161, 162, 179, 233, 344, specifically 346–347, 356, 505 of Domitian, 11, 104, 111, 133, 136, 364, 487–488, 540 Earinus (Titus Flavius Earinus, eunuch, of Nero, 132, 362 Domitian’s lover), 232–234, 414 Dante Alighieri (Italian poet) reception of Epictetus (Stoic philosopher), 104, 161, Statius, 478, 541, 543–544 452, 458 depiction of Titus, 492 epigraphic culture (or ‘habit’), 24, 72, decadence, 83, 322 298–300 associated with literature/rhetoric, Eprius Marcellus see ‘Clodius Eprius 395, 474 Marcellus’ associated with Nero, 7, 160, 170 Equus Domitiani (equestrian statue of associated with Pompeii, 327, 524–528 Domitian) 19, 115–116, 128, 135, associated with the East, 181 139, 158, 163, 346 Decebalus (Dacian king) 98 eunuchs, 83, 232–233, 414, 423 deification, postmortem, 119, 157, 175, 488 specifically of Fabius Quintilianus, M. see under ‘Quintilian’ Vespasian and Titus, 110, 116, 119, 130, Feuchtwanger, Lion (German-Jewish novelist), 140–141, 157, 481, 505 501–504, 512, 513 other family members, 119, 130, 134–137, *fiscus (fiscus Caesaris), 196–200, 315 140–141, 144, 147 *fiscus Alexandrinus, 198 *delatores (informers), 49, 67, 168–170 *fiscus Iudaicus, 9, 100–101, 103, 106, 152, Domitianic informers punished by 198, 201, 248 Trajan, 362 Flavia Domitilla (1) (wife of Vespasian, shunned, punished by Titus, 12, 87, 362 d. ante 69), 32, 46, 49, 77–78, 119, utilized by Domitian, 12, 23, 103, 183 130, 134–137, 139–141, 147, 297, de Staël, Germaine (French writer), 508, 511, 328, 503 524–525, 529 Flavia Domitilla (2) (daughter of Vespasian, Dio Cassius see ‘Cassius Dio’ second wife of Petillius Cerealis, d. ante Dio Chrysostom (Δίων Χρυσόστομος, also 69), 32, 46, 135, 264, 328 known as Dio of Prusa and later Dio Flavia Domitilla (3) (granddaughter of Cocceianus Vespasian, wife of Flavius Clemens), Greek writer and orator, c. 40–c. 120 CE), 101, 104 104, 314, 323–325, 452–454, Flavian Amphitheater (“Colosseum”), 8, 33, 459–460 85, 113, 123–124, 149, 154–155, 160, Domitia Longina (wife of Domitian), 32, 57, 197, 279, 292, 332, 344, 357, 58, 90, 96, 103–105, 140–145, 147, 361–368, 417–418 183, 296, 473, 498 inaugural games for, 20, 87, 120, 123, 200, Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus, third 277–280, 346 Flavian emperor, r. 81–96 CE) chapter 5 in later ages, 504, 506–509 and passim Flavian Palace see under ‘Domus Flavia’ Domitius Corbulo, Cn. (Roman general, c. Flavius Clemens, T. (senator executed by 7–67 CE), 44, 49–52, 55–56, 70, 82, Domitian), 95, 101, 104, 106, 315, 89, 211, 216–217, 269 434, 491 0002652170.indd 596 12/18/2015 6:06:04 PM General Index 597 Flavius Josephus (orig. Yosef ben Mattityahu, Capitoline (*Capitolia), 18–19, 99, Jewish aristocrat, author, 37–c. 100 CE), 156–157, 361, 364, 377–378, 473, 10, 21–22, 81–82, 91, 111, 118, 226, 478–479 236, 241–242, 244–248, 252, 254, Quinquatria, 100, 361, 377 283–285, 292–293, 296, 368–370, Secular (Ludi saeculares), 103, 160, 361, 362 376, 389, 463–465, 475, 491, 494, Gell, William (British archeologist), 526–528 501–503, 512, 513, 532, 535 see also geography, 223–237 see also ‘maps’ Index of Passages s.v. ‘Josephus’ advances in geographical knowledge, 218 Flavius Petro, T. (paternal grandfather of geographical identities, 223–226 Vespasian), 44–45 geographical writing, 235–236, 242, 278, Flavius Sabinus, T. (1) (brother of Vespasian), 288, 355, 387, 549 see also ‘Pliny the 45–48, 53–54, 62, 66, 74, 79, 92, 150 Elder’ and ‘Strabo’ Flavius Sabinus, T. (2) (cousin of Domitian), ‘mental’ geography, 278–280 95, 142, 455 mythical geography, 289 Forum (Romanum), 19, 115–116, 119, 135, ‘Romanocentric’ geographies, 139, 157, 158, 160, 161, 281, 300, 228–229, 237 368, 417, 431, 505, 509 Golden Age as a mythical time of human other fora blessedness, 404 of Augustus, 161 as an imperial political metaphor, 18, 22 of Caesar, 115–116 as designating literary periods, 536, 537 of Nerva (“Forum Transitorium”), 103, Golden House see under ‘Domus Aurea’ 128, 149, 160, 308 of Peace see ‘Temple of Peace’ Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus, of Trajan, 149 Roman emperor, r.
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    A\. U. C. t A. <h. JC. DEPT. THE LffiRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/educationaltlieorOOwestiala THE EDUCATIONAL THEORY OF PLUTARCH PQR REVIEW THE EDUCATIONAL THEORY OF PLUTARCH K. M. WESTAWAY, D.Lit. (Lond.) STAFF LECTURER IN CLASSICS, ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE FORMERLY CLASSICAL SCHOLAR, AND LATER MARION KENNEDY STUDENT, OF NEWNHAM COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE LONDON UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PRESS, LTD. 17 WARWICK SQUARE, E.C.4 1922 U. C. L. A. EDUC. DEPT. U. C. L A. EDLC. DEPT. Education library LB ovroi KOt KoivQ ^vcX^dvT€? airap^v T^ <to^hxk aviOtfTov Tw 'AttoAAwvi cts rof vcwv tov iv ^€\<t}OLS, ypd.\j/avT€9 ravra, a 5^ ttoitcs v/avowii', yvwdi crauTov Kai firfiev ayav, Plato, ProtagoraSy 343 B. opa §€ KOt Tttin"! Ttt irpoypd/xfJuiTa, to 'yvto^i cravTov' Kai to ^/ir)8eva.yav.' oaa^^rjTtj(T€i^ kckcVi/kc <fiiko<r6^ovs Koi o<rov Xoywv jrXrjOo'i &<f> cxaoTOV Kadairtp otto (rirepfxaTO^ avair€<f>VKev. Plutarch, Z)^ E apud Delpbos, 385 D. 827732 PREFACE The popularity of Plutarch as the author of the Parallel Lives has never really waned. It is thus surprising that the other half of his extant work, the essays generally called by the collective title of the Moralia, should for long periods together be almost unread and unremembered. I have found in these essays an interest even greater than I had been led to expect from my love of the " Lives." In the Moralia Plutarch, the philosopher, the priest, the citizen, the father, reveals himself with an intimacy rare among the ancient Greeks.
  • The Imperial Cult During the Reign of Domitian

    The Imperial Cult During the Reign of Domitian

    MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA Filosofická fakulta Katedra archeologie a muzeologie Klasická archeologie Bc. Barbora Chabrečková Cisársky kult v období vlády Domitiána Magisterská diplomová práca Vedúca práce: Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, Ph.D. Brno 2017 MASARYK UNIVERSITY Faculty of Arts Department of Archaeology and Museology Classical Archaeology Bc. Barbora Chabrečková The Imperial Cult During the Reign of Domitian Master's Diploma Thesis Supervisor: Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, Ph.D. Brno 2017 2 I hereby declare that this thesis is my own work, created with use of primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. ……………………………… Bc. Barbora Chabrečková In Brno, June 2017 3 Acknowledgement I would like to thank to my supervisor, Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, Ph.D., for her guidance and encouragement that she granted me throughout the entire creative process of this thesis, to my consulting advisor, Mgr. Ing. Monika Koróniová, who showed me the possibilities this topic has to offer, and to my friends and parents, for their care and support. 4 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 7 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 8 I) Definition, Origin, and Pre-Imperial History of the Imperial Cult ................................... 10 1.) Origin in the Private Cult & the Term Genius ........................................................... 10