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Caesar

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by Adrian Goldsworthy


  Julius Caesar, Caius (Caesar's grandfather)

  Junia Tertia (daughter of Servilia, sister of Brutus)

  Jupiter (god)

  Jupiter, priests of (Flamen Dialis)

  Jupiter Optimus Maximus (deity)

  Jura Mountains

  juries

  Kabul

  Laberius, Decimus

  Labienus, Titus

  uncle

  perduelliol trial

  first campaigns in Gaul

  British and German expeditions

  and the rebellion

  and Great Revolt

  deserts Caesar

  and Macedonia

  in Africa

  in Spain

  land, public (ager publicus)

  land bill, Rullan

  land bill/law

  backlash against

  land colonisation programme

  land granted to war veterans

  Latin status

  laurel wreaths

  law code, Twelve Tables

  laws, Roman

  Gabinian (lex Gabinia)

  Julian (lex Julia)

  Manilian (lex Manilia)

  Vatinian (lex Vatinia)

  Lee, General Robert E.

  legates

  legionaries

  armour

  in battle

  diet

  helmets

  shields

  weapons

  Lentuli, the

  Lentulus Marcellinus, Cnaeus Cornelius (cos. 56)

  Lentulus Crus, Lucius Cornelius (cos. 49)

  Lentulus Spinther, Publius Cornelius (cos. 57)

  Lentulus Sura, Publius Cornelius (cos. 71)

  Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius (cos. 78)

  supporters

  Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius (cos. 42)

  Lepidus Livianus, Mamercus Aemilius (cos. 77) 59

  Leptis

  Lérida (Ilerda) see also Ilerda campaign

  Liberalia festival

  Libo, Lucius Scribonius (cos. 34)

  libraries

  Licinia (wife of cato the Elder)

  Licinia (Vestal Virgin)

  Ligarius, Quintus

  Lilybaeum

  Lingones tribe

  chieftains

  Liscus

  Lissus

  Litaviccus

  literature

  literature, Latin

  Livy

  Loire, River

  London, central

  Luca, conference of

  Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus)

  Pharsalia

  Lucceius, Lucius

  luck, Roman belief in

  Lucterius

  Lucullus, Lucius Licinius (cos. 74)

  Lucullus, Marcus Licinius (cos. 73)

  Lupercalia, festival of

  Luscius, Lucius

  Lusitania, North Western

  Lusitanians

  Lutetia (Paris)

  Macedonia

  becomes Roman province

  in Civil War

  Macedonian War, Third (172–167 BC)

  Macedonians

  Macnaghton, Sir William

  magistrates

  competence and honesty, lack of

  conduct business in the Forum

  election of

  junior (aediles)

  symbol of power, fasces as

  Mamurra

  Mancinus, Caius Hostilius (cos. 137)

  Mandubii tribe

  Mandubracius

  Manhood/coming of age ceremony

  Manilius, Caius

  Manlii, the

  Manlius, Caius

  Marcelli, the

  Marcellus, Caius Claudius (cos. 50)

  Marcellus, Caius Claudius (cos. 49)

  Marcellus, Marcus Claudius (cos. 51)

  Marcia (Caesar's grandmother)

  Marcii Reges, the

  Marcius, Ancus (fourth king of Rome)

  Marius, Caius (cos. 104 – 86)

  consulship of

  as a ‘new man’ (novus homo)

  campaigns for consulship and given command in Numidia

  marries Caesar's aunt Julia

  in Social War

  and Sulpicius

  joins Cinna

  massacres senators

  and war against Mithridates VI

  inspired by oracles

  purchases house on the Palatine Hill

  awards corona civica to soldier

  remains great hero to Romans

  popularity

  trophies

  recruiting

  against the Teutones

  in Africa

  death

  Marius, Caius, the Younger (cos. 82)

  marriage, fidelity in

  Mars, priests of (Flamen Martialis)

  Marseilles

  Marsi tribe

  Marullus, Caius Epidius

  Massie, Alan: Caesar (novel)

  Massilia

  Master of Horse (Magister Equitum)

  Maubeuge

  Mauretanians

  McCollough, Colleen: Masters of Rome (series of novels)

  Mediolanum (Milan)

  Mediterranean, eastern, victories in

  Memmius, Caius

  Menapii tribe

  merchants (negotiatores)

  Merula, Lucius Cornelius (cos. 87)

  Metelli, the

  Metellus, Lucius Caecilius

  Metellus Celer, Quintus Caecilius (cos. 60)

  Metellus Nepos, Quintus Caecilius (cos. 57)

  Metellus Pius, Quintus Caecilius (cos. 80)

  Meto, Valerius

  Metrobius

  Mettius, Caius

  Meuse, River

  Milan (Mediolanum)

  Miletus

  Milo, Titus Annius

  mistresses

  Mithridates VI, King of Pontus

  son

  Mithridates of Pergamum

  Mithridatic Wars

  Molo, Apollonius

  Mont Auxois see Alesia, siege of

  Mont Beuvray see Bibracte, battle of

  Morini tribe

  mother, role of

  Mount Amanus

  Mucia (Pompey's wife)

  Munda, battle of (45 BC)

  Murena, Lucius Licinius (cos. 62)

  Mytilene, siege of

  names in Roman society

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Napoleon III

  Narbo (Narbonne)

  navy, Roman

  Nero, Emperor

  Nero, Tiberius Claudius

  Nervii tribe

  rebellion

  Nicomedes, King of Bithynia

  Nile, River

  Noricum

  Normandy

  Normandy, upper

  North Africa see also Africa; African campaign

  law granted passing land to war veterans in

  Noviodunum

  Novum Comum

  Numantia/Numantines

  Numidia, Kingdom of

  Numidian archers

  Numidian army

  Numidian client

  Numidian troops

  Numidians

  Nysa

  oaths, swearing of

  Octavia (Caesar's great niece)

  Octavian (Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus – Caesar's adopted son) see also Augustus, Emperor

  Octavius, Cnaeus (cos. 87)

  Octogesa

  Ofella, Quintus Lucretius

  Opimius

  servant

  Oppius, Caius

  Orange, southern France

  Orgetorix

  son and daughter

  Oricum

  Orléans (Cenabum)

  Ostia

  Osuna (Urso)

  Paeleste

  Palestine

  Paris (Lutetia)

  Parisii tribe

  Parthia

  Parthian cavalry

  Parthians

  Pas de Calais

  Pas de l'Ecluse

  Paterculus, Velle
ius

  patrician clans

  patronage

  Patton, General George

  Paullus, Lucius Aemilius (cos. 50)

  Pedius, Quintus (cos. 43)

  Pelusium

  Pergamum

  Persians

  Petra (hill)

  Petreius, Marcus

  Petronius, Marcus (centurion)

  Phagites, Cornelius

  Pharmacussa

  Pharnaces, King pf Bosporus

  Pharsalus (48 BC)

  physical training

  Piacenza (Placentia)

  Picenum

  pietas (piety), quality of

  pila

  pirates

  Pisaurum

  Piso (Aquitanian aristocrat)

  Piso, Caius Calpurnius (cos. 67)

  Piso, Calpurnius Lucius (cos., Caesar's father-in-law)

  grandfather

  Piso, Cnaeus Calpurnius

  Piso, Marcus Pupius (cos. 61)

  Placentia (Piacenza)

  Plato: Phaedo

  Plautius (Plotius)

  plebian families

  plebs, ‘patrician’ tribune of

  Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus)

  Plotius (Plautius)

  Plutarch

  biography of Caesar

  and Caesar as natural horseman

  and Caius Marius

  and Sulla's dictatorship

  and proscribed people

  and Caesar standing for election to priesthood

  description of Caesar

  and Caesar's capture by pirates

  and Caesar's generosity

  and rumour that Brutus was Caesar's son

  description of Pompey's wife Cornelia

  and Caesar's wife's funeral

  and Caesar's visit to Gades

  and Caesar's debts

  and Crassus

  and Marcius Porcius Cato

  and Caesar's election as Pontifex Maximus

  and ‘Good Goddess’ festival

  and Caesar's journey to Spain

  and First Triumvirate

  and death of Vettius

  and Caesar's relationship with army

  and men seeking favours from Caesar

  and conference of Luca

  and Pompey's fidelity

  and siege of Alesia

  Gauls killed in Caesar's campaigns

  and Caesar crossing the Rubicon

  and the Civil War

  and Pompey

  and Cleopatra

  Cato unwilling to be under obligation to Caesar

  and battle of Thapsus

  and Ligarius

  and battle of Munda

  and Corinth canal

  and Brutus

  Po, River

  Po Valley

  politics, Roman

  politics and increasing frequency of bloodshed

  Pollio, Caius Asinius (cos. 40)

  Polybius

  Universal History

  Pompeia (Caesar's wife)

  Pompeian fleet

  Pompeians

  in Africa

  in Civil War

  in Macedonia

  in Spain

  Pompeius Strabo, Cnaeus (cos. Pompey's father)

  Pompeius, Cnaeus (Pompey's son)

  Pompeius, Quintus (cos. 88) 101

  Pompeius, Sextus (Pompey's son)

  Pompeius Trogus

  Pompey (Pompeius), Cnaeus, ‘the Great’ (Magnus)

  family

  in Social War

  told to divorce wife by Sulla

  in love with Flora

  rise of

  cruelty of

  hailed by Sulla as Pompey ‘the Great’ (Magnus)

  seeks and attains consulship

  manoeuvres for new command

  and pirates

  replaces Lucullus in Asia

  Spanish soldiers loyal to

  and war with Mithridates

  as lieutenant of Sulla

  wealth and auctoritas

  and Cicero

  and land bill/law

  honours granted

  imminent return

  celebrates third triumph

  leading his legions

  captures Jerusalem

  asks Senate to postpone elections

  as consul

  divorces wife Mucia

  aims to secure ratification of Eastern Settlement

  army veterans

  thwarted by noble families in Senate

  triumphs

  house's garden

  and First Triumvirate

  and Eastern Settlement

  and eastern Mediterranean

  bribed by Ptolemy XII

  marries Caesar's daughter Julia

  supports Caesar

  accused of planning to establish tyrannical rule

  plot to murder

  uses fortified barriers

  eastern campaigns

  heroic style of leadership

  unhappy at success of Caesar

  fear of assassination

  wealth, fame and auctoritas

  restores full powers to tribunes of the plebs

  given command to sort out grain import problem

  claims Crassus plotting to murder him

  conference of Luca

  re-elected to second consulship

  and wife Julia

  granted five-year command of provinces

  loans legion to Caesar

  appointed to third consulship, initially without a colleague

  commemorates victories with theatre

  called on by Senate to protect the State

  introduces law to reduce bribery

  marries Cornelia

  dedicates temple to Victory

  passes law preventing consulship candidates standing in absentia

  waits outside Rome

  disapproves of Caesar standing for second consulship

  falls ill

  called upon to protect

  Republic

  and Mark Antony

  and Civil War

  in Civil War

  at Dyrrachium

  takes Syria under Roman rule

  house

  killed in Alexandria

  Pomptine marshes

  Pomptinus

  ponds, saltwater

  Pontic raiders

  Pontifex Maximus (senior priest) see priesthoods: Pontifex Maximus

  pontiffs

  Pontus, Eastern

  Popular Assemblies (Concilium Plebis or Comitia Tributa)

  Porcia (daughter of Cato, married to Bibulus and then Brutus)

  Portus Itius (Boulogne?)

  Poseidonius

  Pothinus

  Praecia (courtesan)

  Praeneste

  praetors

  priesthoods

  augurs

  college of pontiffs

  Flamen Dialis

  Flamen Quirinalis

  Flamen Martialis

  Pontifex Maximus

  Priests of Lupercal

  Procillus, Caius Valerius

  prosecutors

  prostitutes

  Provence see also Gaul, Transalpine

  provinces, business in

  Ptolemaic dynasty

  Ptolemy I

  Ptolemy II

  Ptolemy IX

  Ptolemy X

  Ptolemy XI

  Ptolemy XII (‘Auletes’)

  Ptolemy XIII

  Ptolemy XIV

  public speaking

  private companies for state contracts (publicani)

  Punic War, First (264 – 241 BC)

  Punic War, Second (218 – 201 BC)

  Punic War, Third (149 – 146 BC)

  Puteoli

  Pyrenees

  Pyrrhus, King of Epirus

  quaestorship

  Quinctilis, month of

  Quirinus, priests of (Flamen Quirinalis)

  Rabirius, Caius

  Ravenna

&
nbsp; Reims (Durocortorum)

  Remi tribe

  Remus

  res publica

  Rex (king), origin of name

  Rex, Quintus Marcius

  Rhine, River

  bridges across

  Rhineland, rebellion in

  Rhodes

  Rhône, River

  line of defences

  Rhône Valley

  Ribemont-sur – Ancre

  Rimini (Ariminum)

  roads, Roman

  Rocquepertuse

  Roman Empire, profits and price of

  Roman Empire in the first century BC

  Roman Republic

  constitution of

  nature of

  nearing its end

  political system

  revenue

  war-making

  Roman status

  Romans’ fear of northern barbarians

  Rome

  Alban Hill

  army marches against for first time

  Aventine Hill

  Basilica Fulvia et Aemilia

  Basilica Julia

  Caesar improves living conditions

  Caesar's building projects

  Caesar's regulation in

  Campus Martius

  saepta (‘sheep-pens’)

  Capitol

  Capitoline Hill

  captured by Marian and Cinnan forces

  celebrations on Caesar's return

  Circus Flaminius

  in Civil War

  Colline Gate

  fire brigade

  as focus of all aspects of political life

  Forum

  Caesar's extension

  complex

  during the games

  Rostra see Rome: Rostra trials in

  founded (753 BC) and early days

  infant mortality in

  Janiculum Hill

  Jewish population

  Library

  Palatine Hill

  pomerium (sacred boundary)

  Pompey's theatre

  poor citizens move to

  rebuilt in more spectacular form

  Regia

  Rostra (Speakers Platform)

  and funerals

  severed heads decorating

  running of, administrative role of aediles

  sacked by Gauls

  Sacra Via

  Senate House (Curia) see also Senate

  shrine to goddess of liberty (libertas)

  strength in 100 BC

  Subura district

  taken by Sulla (82 BC)

  Temple of Bellona

  Temple of Castor and Pollux

  Temple of Concord

  Temple of Diana

  Temple of Jupiter

  Temple of Quirinus

  Temple of Saturn

  Temple of Venus Genetrix

  Temple of Vesta

  Tullianum

  violence of the eighties BC

  voting assemblies

  Romney Marshes, Kent

  Romulus

  Roscius (famous actor)

  Roscius, Lucius (Caesar's legate)

  Roucillus

  Rubicon, River

  Rufio

  Rullus, Publius Servilius

  Ruspina

  Sabine women

  Sabinus, Quintus Titurius (Caesar's legate)

  St Bernard Pass, Great

  St Helena

  Sallust (Caius Sallustius Crispus)

 

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