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bindex.qxd 08/23/05 9:30 AM Page 277 INDEX : Achillas, 45–47, 67, 73, 127, 132, 134 Antipater, 131–135, 137, 139, 150, 152, 237 Alexandria campaign, 75–82, 87–89, 90 Nile Delta battle and, 143 execution of, 89, 107, 182 Antonius, Primus, 245–246 rivalry with Arsinoe, 87, 89 Antony, Gaius, 19, 38, 48–49 Acilius, Lucius, 12, 217, 240 Antony, Mark, 2, 13, 16, 19, 21, 26, 41, 56, Acta Diurnia (newspaper), 13, 148 79, 168, 169, 225, 228, 230, 243 Actium, Battle of, 238, 239 Caesar and, xiii, 59, 171, 194, 204, 230 Acts of the Apostles, 257 Caesar’s assassination and, 211–213, Aemilius, Marcus, 27 215–221, 224 Afranius, Lucius, xv, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 33, Caesar’s assassination aftermath and, 92, 173 215–221, 224 African campaign, 171–173, 208 Caesar’s funeral oration by, 216, 217 African Triumph, 174, 185–186, 195 on Caesar’s generosity, 187 Agrippa, Marcus, 224, 236, 238 Cleopatra’s children with, 185, 236 Alaexander Helios, 239 Cleopatra’s relationship with, 51, 146, Albinus, Decimus Brutus, 200, 206–207, 185, 233–234, 236, 237 212–213, 215, 220, 224, 226 Cleopatra’s son with Caesar and, 153 Alesia, Siege of, 177 military abilities of, 236–237 Alexander the Great, 40, 62, 119 mutinous troops and, xv, 4, 37–38, 48, Alexandria, 3–7, 58–60, 73–85, 113–125, 226 138, 164, 167, 170, 181, 209, 211, 233 Parthian campaign of, 236–237, 246 Antony’s pseudo-Triumph in, 237 Pharsalus battle and, 26–27, 33 Caesar’s negotiations and, 65–69, 71–73, physical appearance of, 26 126–127 pseudo-Triumph of, 237 Caesar’s prolonged conflict in, 2, 3–4, as ruler of Rome, 48–49, 50–51, 67, 125–126 150–151, 170–171 Caesar’s siege of, 81–83, 85, 87–93, in Second Triumvirate, 227–238 100–101, 107–109, 112, 128, 133, 136 self-indulgence of, 49–50 causeway fightingCOPYRIGHTED and, 122–125 suicideMATERIAL of, 238 Cleopatra’s arrival in, 70 Apollodorus, 70–72 description of, 61–64 Apollonius, 57–58, 68, 141 Jewish residents of, 63–64, 119–120 Appian, xv, xvi, 27, 33, 52, 68, 105, 106, street fighting and fire in, 78–83, 138, 139 124, 145, 147, 166, 176, 186–187, 191, surrender to Caesar of, 145–146 225, 231, 234, 257 water supply of, 90–92, 109, 113 on Caesar’s assassination, 201, 204, 205, Alexandrian Triumph, 174, 175, 182, 184, 206, 209–210 238, 246 on Caesar’s Triumphs, 177, 181, 182, 185, Alexandrian War, The (Hirtius), 56, 96, 184 186 Antigonus, 152 on Pharnaces campaign and escape, 159, Antiochus, 226, 247 160, 165 277 bindex.qxd 08/23/05 9:30 AM Page 278 278 index Appius Claudius (surname Pulcher), 14, 15, as Urban Praetor, 198, 201, 220 19, 42 wife Porcia and, 207, 208, 221, 230 Aquila, Pontius, 186, 214 Brutus, Marcus Junius, Sr., 28, 29 Archimedes, 63 Bush, George H. W., 1 Aretas, 132 Ariarathes, 154 Caesar, Julius, 12, 22, 46, 51, 62, 97, 128, Ariobarzanes, 98, 154 130, 167–68, 197, 219, 227, 229, 234 Aristobulus, 152 African campaign of, 171–173, 208 Arles colony, 192–194, 195, 215, 216, 226, Alexandrian prolonged conflict and. 227, 229, 232, 246 See Alexandria Armenian campaigns, 243, 244 Arsinoe and, 73, 81–82, 87, 146 Arrian, xvi assassination of, 198–214, 217, 219, 231 Arsinoe, 66, 73, 90, 126 Batavian bodyguard of, 5–6, 139–140 Achillas and, 87, 89, 107 battle formation of, 101 Alexandrian Triumph and, 182, 184, 238 betrayals of trust of, 126 Cleopatra’s ordered execution of, 146 Brutus and, 29–32, 50, 126 escape from Caesar of, 81–82 calendar of, xvi, 147–148, 188–89 exile of, 146, 182 clemency of, 59, 146, 154, 155, 180, 198, kidnapping of, 2, 6, 75 201, 202, 203, 206, 235 Nile campaign and, 137 Cleopatra’s relationship with, xiii, 2, 43, Ptolemy and, 128 65, 70–71, 77, 93, 127, 146–148, 150, Asander, 156–157, 162, 165–166, 168 159, 177, 183, 205 Attia (niece of Caesar), 224 Cleopatra’s son with. See Caesarion Atticus, Titus, 15, 220 Commentaries of. See Caesar’s Augustus. See Octavian Commentaries as consul, 13, 48, 64, 73, 148 Balbus, Lucius Cornelius, xiv, 27, 56–57, 216 corruption charges against, 13 Balbus, Titus Ampius, 53, 203 Deiotarus and, 155–157, 168 Barzapharnes, 234 Dictator title of, 48, 176, 202–204 Basilus, Munucius, 214 on Egyptian army’s spirit, 86 Bassus, Lucillus, 161 Egyptian fleet burning by, 79–80, 82, 107 Batavian bodyguard, 5–6, 139–140 Egyptian royal family and, 73, 146–147 “Battered Helmet, The” (Schwarzkopf), 1 funeral of, 216, 217–218 Beneventum region, 232–233, 239–240, 246, good luck of, 89 247 homosexuality rumor about, 177–178 Berenice, 41, 87, 146 honors of, 194, 202 Bibulus (son of Porcia), 208, 217, 221 “I came, I saw, I conquered” dispatch of, Bibulus, Marcus Calpurnius, 13, 207 xiii, 185 Boudicca, xiii, 243, 250 Inner Harbor battle and, 115–119 Briganticus, 249 Jews and, 152–153 British Revolt, 243–244 memoirs of. See Caesar’s Commentaries Brutus, Decimus, 17 money and, 65–66, 69, 149, 166, 186–187 Brutus, Junius, 28, 203 mutinous troops and, xiv–xv, 30, 32, 34, Brutus, Marcus Junius, 33, 44, 145, 173, 190 66, 92, 151, 171 Caesar and, 29–32, 50, 126 naval operations and, 110–111, 128–29 Caesar assassination and, 198, 200–201, night operations of, 74, 161 203, 205–211, 213–215, 225, 226 Nile campaign and, 136–143, 211 Caesar’s assassination aftermath and, 216, oratorical skills of, 4, 6–7, 115 217, 218–221, 223, 228–229, 233 Parthian plans of, 199, 203, 204, 209, 222, Cassius and, 31, 197, 218, 230–231 224, 225 death of, 230 Pharnaces and, 96, 106, 149, 153–160, family background of, 28 166 Philippi battles and, 193, 230, 234 Pharos Island fighting and, 120–121 bindex.qxd 08/23/05 9:30 AM Page 279 index 279 Pompey and, 14, 15-16, 46, 49, 52–56, Carrhae, Battle of, 14, 19, 31, 52, 57, 196, 58–59, 96, 198 (see also civil war; 230, 237 Pharsalus, Battle of) revenge for loss of, 199 Pompey’s assassination and, 45, 65 Casca, Gaius, 200 Pompey’s property and, 170–171, 235 Casca, Publius Servilius, 200, 209–210 Pontic Triumph of, 174, 184–185 Cassius, Gaius, 52, 190, 196, 201 as primary source, 257–258 as Brutus’s brother-in-law, 31, 197, 218, prostitution policy of, 122 230–231 Ptolemies and, 40–41, 72–73, 126–127, 149 Caesar’s assassination and, 198, 200–202, reinforcements and, 109–112, 125, 128, 204–211, 213–214, 225, 226, 230 131–132 Caesar’s assassination aftermath and, Roman imperial succession and, 248 216–221, 223, 228, 233 Roman political problems and, 150–151, Eastern campaign of, 228–229, 234 170 Philippi battles and, 230, 234 Roman Senate and, 202, 203, 205, 206, son’s coming-of-age party and, 197–198, 212, 214 200, 206 Roman traffic regulations of, 148 suicide of, 230 Rubicon crossing by, 1, 16, 19, 38, 50, 57 Cassius, Lucius, 52–53, 54, 145, 193 6th Ferrata Legion and, xv, xvii, 2, 12–13, reinforcements for Caesar and, 66–67, 77, 16–17, 33–37, 94, 150, 169, 170, 186, 96–97, 100, 109 217 Cassius Dio, xvi, 65–66, 76, 88, 95, 114, Spanish campaign of, xv, 187, 189–192, 124, 134, 136, 156, 159, 165, 167, 173, 195, 236 176, 178, 186, 259 Triumphs of, 173–186, 189, 195, 222, 236, on Alexandrian negotiations, 72–73 238, 246 on Caesar’s assassination, 204, 214 two new legions of, 38 on Caesar’s Triumphs, 177–178, 182 wives and affairs of, 28–29, 183, 184, 200, Castor, Tarcondarius, 155 218 (see also subhead Cleopatra’s Cato the Younger (Marcus Cato), 21, 22, 28, relationship with above) 33, 57, 76, 190 Zela battle and, 161–163, 250 as Brutus’s father-in-law, 207 Caesar, Sextus, 150, 151, 153 Caesar’s African campaign and, 173 Caesar Augustus. See Octavian on greed of senators, 40 Caesarion (son of Caesar and Cleopatra), suicide of, 173, 186 153, 182, 204, 205, 212, 233 cavalry troops, 5 as king of Egypt, 237, 239 Cerialis, Petilius, 249 Caesar’s Commentaries, xvi, 15, 56–57, 96, Cicero, Marcus Tullius, xvi, 6, 14, 15, 16, 22, 216 190, 202 on Dyrrhachium battle, 37 advice to Cassius and Brutus of, 218–220 on Egyptian campaign, 73–74, 76 Caesar and, 17, 50, 57, 203 gaps in, xiv–xv Cilician Triumph of, 174 Hirtius and, 133–134 daughter Tullia and, 55–56, 224 on Pharsalus battle, 33 execution of, 228 Caesius, Marcus, 26 opposition to Antony of, 224, 227 Caienus, Lucius, 12, 84, 85, 240 as primary source, 258–259 Calenus, Quintus Fufius, 38 as provincial governor, 20, 55, 57, 97 Caligula, Emperor, 56, 176 Cilician Gates, Battle of the, 236 Calpurnia (wife of J. Caesar), 183, 184 Cilician Legions, 97 Calvinus, Gnaeus Domitius. See Domitius Cilician Triumph, 174 camp followers, 121–122 Cimber, Lucius Tillius, 198–200, 214 Cantabrian War, 248 Cinna, Gaius Helvius, 205 Canuleius, Gaius, 27 Cinna, Lucius Cornelius, 200, 214 Capys, 216 Civilis, Julius, 249 Carfulenus, 142–143 Civilis Revolt, 249 bindex.qxd 08/23/05 9:30 AM Page 280 280 index civil war (49–45 b.c.), xvi, 8, 15–29, 42, 43, Cremona, Battle of, 246 46, 49, 66, 68, 126, 187, 219, 235 Curio, Gaius, 49–50 Caesar’s generosity and, 146 African defeat of, 57, 76, 128, 169, 185 Dyrrhachium battle and, xv, xvi, 22, 37, Cypros, 131 94, 128 ending of, 169, 173, 187, 191–192, Darius, 103, 168 195–196, 196, 235 Deiotaran Legions, 97–98, 104–105, 156, Gallic Triumph and, 182 166, 225–226 in modern context, 1–2 Cassius’s trapping of, 228 6th Legion and, 16, 22, 169–170 Zela battle and, 163 Spanish campaign of, xv, 187, 189–192 Deiotarus, 94, 96–99, 101, 155–157, 168 troop discontent and, 148–149 Dinocrates, 62 See also Pharsalus, Battle of Dioscorides, 75–76, 127–128, 134–138 Claudianus, Marcus Livius Drusus, 56 Dolabella, Lucius, 150 Claudius, Emperor, 56, 180, 207 Dolabella, Publius, 22, 55–56, 202, 224–226 Cleopatra VII, 32, 41, 50, 87, 136, 149, 228, death of, 228 233 Domitian, Emperor, 35 Alexandrian fighting and, 74–76 Domitius, 38, 54, 66, 94–101 Alexandrian Triumph and, 184 Nicopolis battle and, 101, 103–106, 151, Alexandria negotiations and, 67–69, 153 71–73, 126–127 Pharnaces’s campaign against, 100–101, Antony’s children with, 185, 236 157, 158 Antony’s relationship with, 51, 146, 185, reinforcements for Caesar and, 96–100, 233–234, 236, 237 109, 125, 131 Arsinoe and, 146, 184 Drusus, 56, 243, 250 Caesar’s assassination and, 211–212 Durrës (Dyrrhachium), xv, 168 Caesar’s child with.
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    CAESAR’S LEGION : THE EPIC SAGA OF JULIUS CAESAR’S ELITE TENTH LEGION AND THE ARMIES OF ROME STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS John Wiley & Sons, Inc. flast.qxd 12/5/01 4:49 PM Page xiv ffirs.qxd 12/5/01 4:47 PM Page i CAESAR’S LEGION : THE EPIC SAGA OF JULIUS CAESAR’S ELITE TENTH LEGION AND THE ARMIES OF ROME STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2002 by Stephen Dando-Collins. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authoriza- tion through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, (212) 850-6011, fax (212) 850-6008, email: [email protected]. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. This title is also available in print as ISBN 0-471-09570-2.
  • The Contest for Macedon

    The Contest for Macedon

    The Contest for Macedon: A Study on the Conflict Between Cassander and Polyperchon (319 – 308 B.C.). Evan Pitt B.A. (Hons. I). Grad. Dip. This dissertation is submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Humanities University of Tasmania October 2016 Declaration of Originality This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for a degree or diploma by the University or any other institution, except by way of background information and duly acknowledged in the thesis, and to the best of my knowledge and belief no material previously published or written by another person except where due acknowledgement is made in the text of the thesis, nor does this thesis contain any material that infringes copyright. Evan Pitt 27/10/2016 Authority of Access This thesis may be made available for loan and limited copying in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. Evan Pitt 27/10/2016 ii Acknowledgements A doctoral dissertation is never completed alone, and I am forever grateful to my supervisor, mentor and friend, Dr Graeme Miles, who has unfailingly encouraged and supported me over the many years. I am also thankful to all members of staff at the University of Tasmania; especially to the members of the Classics Department, Dr Jonathan Wallis for putting up with my constant stream of questions with kindness and good grace and Dr Jayne Knight for her encouragement and support during the final stages of my candidature. The concept of this thesis was from my honours project in 2011. Dr Lara O’Sullivan from the University of Western Australia identified the potential for further academic investigation in this area; I sincerely thank her for the helpful comments and hope this work goes some way to fulfil the potential she saw.