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Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire Josiah Osgood Index More Information Cambridge University Press 0521671779 - Caesar’s Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire Josiah Osgood Index More information Index Note: Caesar’s Legacy refers to many individuals and places. This index is intended to guide readers only to the most important of these, or to help distinguish individuals with similar names. It may also be used to trace the careers of major historical figures and the histories of particular regions. To this end, some entries are arranged chronologically, as well as thematically. The index also makes clear a number of themes that emerge only gradually in the main text. Aba, queen of Olba 106, 387 Antigonus, ruler of Judea 186 Achaea 88, 240–41, 340–41, 370–71, 385–86 Antistius Vetus, C. (cos. suff. 30 BC) 321 Actium Antonia, daughter of Antony and Octavia battle fought there 2 September 31 BC 374–75 1, 320 games held at 378 Antonius, C. (pr. 44 BC), brother of Antony 88 preliminaries of war there 372–74 Antonius, M. (cos. 44 BC), triumvir significance of war there 7, 347, 351, 375–84, after Caesar’s assassination 13–14, 20 387 at Caesar’s funeral 12–13 site of 372 policy of conciliation 15–16, 30 Aelius Tubero, Q., scholar 294 allegedly tampers with Caesar’s memoranda Aemilius Lepidus, Paullus (cos. suff. 34 BC) 330 and embezzles 30, 34, 148 Aemilius Lepidus, M. (cos. 78 BC), father of reassigns provinces in 44 BC 33–34, 38, 40, 48 triumvir 163–64 recruits among Caesar’s veterans 36–37 Aemilius Lepidus, M. (cos. 46 BC), triumvir relations with Octavian 40–41, 49 supports Antony after Ides 13 clashes with Cicero 41–42 negotiates peace with Sextus Pompey 32, 202 loss of Macedonian legions 48–49 assures Senate of his loyalty 57 during war at Mutina 50, 51–53, 56 joins Antony in Gaul 57–58, 104, 147 after Mutina 56–57, 58 joins triumvirate 59–60, 62–63 joins triumvirate 59–60, 62–63 controls Italy during war at Philippi 71–72 role in the proscriptions 64, 73, 79, 224, 265, 311 during war at Perusia 187 during war at Philippi 95–96, 100, 101, 103 governs Africa 188, 243, 299 in the east after Philippi 105–06, 184–85, his influence fades 230, 243 187, 341 in war against Sextus 299–300 attitude to war at Perusia 162 is forced into retirement 300, 325 meets Cleopatra on the Cydnus 182–83 Africa 110, 149–51, 188, 245, 329, 332, 358 winters in Alexandria and fathers Cleopatra’s Agrippa, see Vipsanius Agrippa, M. twins 184–85 Albius Tibullus, poet 4 returns to Syria 185 Alexander Helios (“Sun”), son of Antony and returns to Italy 187–88 Cleopatra 244, 338, 354, 385, 388 negotiates peace at Brundisium 188–89 Alexandria 183, 184, 295, 335, 336–39, 354, 384, 388 marries Octavia 188–89, 196 Alfenus Varus, P. (cos. suff. 39 BC) 133, 134, 259 negotiates pact with Sextus at Misenum Amyntas, king of Galatia 244, 373, 380, 387 205–06 Anaxenor, citharode from Magnesia 106 attempts to meet Octavian at Brundisium in Annaeus Seneca, L., writer on declamation 78 38 BC 232, 242 429 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521671779 - Caesar’s Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire Josiah Osgood Index More information 430 Index Antonius, M. (cos. 44 BC), triumvir (cont.) on Octavian’s campaign in Illyricum 325 in Syria 242 general character of his Civil Wars 2, 9, 188, returns to Italy and renews triumvirate 242–43, 203, 237 248 Appuleii, family from Rome 269–72, 273 returns east and prepares for Parthia 243–45, Aquileia 325 303 Arausio 145, 324 with Cleopatra and fathers another son Archelaus, king of Cappadocia 244, 387 243–45 architecture, in the triumviral period 5, 400 fails in Parthian campaign 303–05, 325, 335 See also Rome, city of, its monuments. campaign against Armenia 336 Armenia 303–04, 336, 338 and “Donations of Alexandria” 338–39 armies in 33 BC 339, 352 composition of 46 prepares for war 353, 370–71 depiction in literature 44, 120–21, 131–32, stripped of consulship by Senate in Rome 371 136–37, 154, 162, 216, 308 on eve of Actium 372–74 funerary monuments of 48, 128, 280, 391 at battle of Actium 374–75 pay of 45, 48–49, 50, 56, 59, 140, 369, 391 attempts to join troops in Cyrene 385 question of their loyalty 42, 49, 57–58, 162, 188, last days 387–88 369, 387, 390–91 arrangements in the east 244, 340–44, 387 recruitment of 43–47 as Dionysus 240–41, 338, 341 rewards besides land and money 50, 118, 129, letter written to Octavian in 33 BC 345 359, 369 letters written after Philippi 21, 23, 105 size of 3, 46, 58, 94, 95, 162, 370, 371 neglect of Rome and Italy 328, 345–47, 349 See also veteran settlement. On his own Drunkenness 345 Arrianus, proscript 74 his propaganda 105, 232, 238, 240–41, 345 Arruntius, L. (cos. 22 BC) 208 his will 353–54 Artavasdes, king of Armenia 303, 336, 338 Antonius (Pietas), L. (cos. 41 BC), brother of Asia 89, 105, 225–31, 341, 386–87, 389 Antony Asinius Pollio, C. (cos. 40 BC) after the Ides of March 36, 55 in Spain after Ides 54–55, 130 quarrels with Octavian and rallies dispossessed comments on war at Mutina 54–55 154, 159–63, 344 joins Antony 58 during the war at Perusia 166, 172 during proscriptions 87 Antonius Theophilus, M., agent of Antony fundraising in Cisalpine Gaul 171 273, 340 possibly helps Horace 214 Antony, see Antonius, M. during war at Perusia 162, 166 Aphrodisias 7, 228–31, 274–76, 377 negotiates peace of Brundisium 188–89, 194, Apollonia 31, 47, 49 195, 248 Appian, historian 9, 92, 200, 337 triumphs over the Parthini 251, 279 on the aftermath of the Ides 12, 27 rebuilds Hall of Liberty 252–53, 294, 296, attitude to Cicero 59, 78 329, 335 attitude to Antony 49 withdrawal from political scene 254–55, on war at Mutina 53–54, 55, 164 296–97 on the Liberators 89, 91, 92 takes up writing of history 55, 254, 296 on proscriptions 63–64, 65–66, 72, 79, 171 on the eve of Actium 255, 296 on Hortensia’s protest 85–86 his background 281 on war at Philippi 95, 104 in Eclogues 109, 194, 197 on land confiscations 108–09, 110, 115, 121, desire for peace 55, 194, 296 131, 133 desire for liberty 55, 194, 296 on war at Perusia 160–61, 162, 172 Histories 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 30, 58, 161 on aftermath of peace of Brundisium 200 speech for Lamia 78, 87 attitude to Sextus Pompey 202 speeches against Munatius Plancus 77, 278 on Misenum pact 206 Asisium 135, 152, 156, 163 on Tarentum pact 242 Ateste 174, 391–93 on final campaign against Sextus Pompey 299, Athanadoros, sculptor from Rhodes 92 302, 335, 347 Athenodoros, philosopher from Tarsus 106, 189 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521671779 - Caesar’s Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire Josiah Osgood Index More information Index 431 Athens 28, 35, 36, 88, 105, 212, 222, 336, 370, 385 on the proscriptions 65, 66, 79 Atia, mother of Octavian 31 on the war at Philippi 95 Atticus, see Pomponius Atticus, T. on land confiscations 109, 117 Augustales 150–51 on war at Perusia 160, 172 Autobiography of Augustus, 9, 161 on Parthian invasion of Syria 185 on his first years in public life 21, 31, 40, attitude to Sextus Pompey 204 58, 365 on Misenum pact 206 on the war at Philippi 96 on Tarentum pact 242 on the war at Perusia 160 on final campaign against Sextus Pompey on Sextus Pompey and war against him 203, 299, 302 300, 302 on Antony’s Parthian campaign 305 on Tarentum pact 243 on Octavian’s campaign in Illyricum 325 on the Illyrian campaign 325 on dismissal of Octavia 336 on Antony’s final years 338, 355 on Antony’s triumph and “Donations at on the war at Actium 373 Alexandria” 338 Avernus, Agrippa’s harbor at 298–99, 331, on Cleopatra and Egypt 355–56 366, 367 on war at Actium 373, 375 Avianius Evander, C., Antony’s sculptor 389 on cult established for Octavian 389 general character of his work 9–10, 192, banditry 169, 323–24 259, 369 Beneventum 108, 130, 135, 165, 278 Cassius Longinus, C. (pr. 44 BC) 86, 161 Bibulus, see Calpurnius Bibulus, L. after the Ides of March 13–14, 30, 40, 41 Billienus, M., veteran of Actium 391 leaves Italy 41 Blattius Vetus, L., veteran of Actium 391 in the east 58, 66, 82, 88–92, 105, 106, 182, Boethus, poet from Tarsus 106 184, 225 Bononia 359, 369 during war at Philippi 94–96, 101 Brundisium, 188, 247 letters of 41, 88 peace settled there in 40 BC, 154, 188–89, 206, Cato, see Porcius Cato, M. 229, 248 Chaeronea 370–71 Bruttedius Niger, historian 78 Cicero, see Tullius Cicero, M. Brutus, see Junius Brutus, M. Cincius, M., military tribune 273 Buthrotum 147–48 Cinna, see Helvius Cinna, C. civil war Caecilia Attica, Atticus’ daughter 231, 330 ending 65–66, 191, 199, 233, 298, 300–01, 314, Caelius Phileros, M., resourceful freedman 326, 347, 394, 401 149–51 political consequences of 155, 174–75, 241–42, Caesar, see Julius Caesar, C. 321 Caesarion (Ptolemy XV), son of Cleopatra 15, 29, for provincials 6–7, 92, 106, 144, 146–47, 148, 183, 338, 353, 370, 388 225–31, 274, 387, 403 Calidus, see Julius Calidus, L.
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