by Michael Foss
Cleopatra Selene (elder) 46–7
Clino 81
Clodius 51
Coele-Syria (Palestine) 22, 60, 127, 137
see also Palestine Coptos 49
Corinth 67, 156, 163
Crassus, Marcus Licinius 52, 68, 74, 98, 123
Cyprus 22–3, 45, 52, 66, 91, 109, 122, 127, 137
Cyrene 22, 52, 65, 67, 163–4
Cytheris 113
Damascus 131
Dante Alighieri 76
Darius 11
Dellius, Quintus 116, 147, 157
Delta quarter, Alexandria 40, 102
Demetrius (in Rome) 61
Demetrius (philosopher) 46
Denderah 29, 49, 105, 106, 107
Didyme 81
Dinocrates 35
Dio 53
Dio Cassius 78, 180
Dio Chrysostom 66
Dio of Prusa 57
Diodorus Siculus 41, 61, 63
Diomedes 171
Dionysus 114, 118, 126, 129, 135, 137, 149, 151, 165, 169
cult of 40–1, 45–6, 95, 146, 151
Dionysus Petosarapis 41
Dioscurides Phacas 101–2
Dolabella 109
Donations of Alexandria 137–8, 143
Drusilla (sister of Caligula) 184
Eastern Mediterranean (1ST century BC) (map) 59
De ebrietate sua (Mark Antony) 146, 151
Ecbatana 132
Edfu 29, 49
Egypt
agriculture 14–18, 102–3, 152, 181
crocodile coin 181
foreign and military policy 21–3
naval power 23
plague and famine 100–2
religion 23–7, 30–1, 45–6, 71, 104–7
Eleusis 60
Ephesus 53, 83, no, 114, 122, 144, 145, 153
Epirus 57, 156
Erasistratus 39
Eratosthenes 39
Eros (Antony’s servant) 171
Ethiopia 25, 81
Euclid 39
Eumenes 149
Eunoe 92
Euphranor 89
Euphrates, river 130, 131
Euripides 89
Eutychos 160
Fabius, Quintus Cunctator 64
Fasti 172
Fayum 15, 24, 28, 64, 105
Field of Mars, Rome 148
First Cataract 16, 17
Forum Julium, Rome 93
Forum Romanum, Rome 93, 113
Fulvia 118, 121–2, 123, 124, 136, 166, 177
Gabinians 72–3, 74–5, 76, 84
Gabinius, Aulus 53, 54–5, 72, 115
Galen 175
galleys, Roman 155–6, 155, 160–2
Ganymedes 84, 85, 86
Gaul 68, 72, 74, 83, 92, 109, 111, 130, 146, 148
Germany 72
Glaphyra 115
Glaucus 147
gods 45–6, 91, 175–6, 179–80, 182
in forms of animals 23–4
Greek identified with Egyptian 26–7
Greek identified with Roman 56
kings as 24–6, 41, 93, 104–5, 135, 137, 179–81
see also Egypt, religion
Greece 154
Greeks
in Egypt 13, 14, 23, 25, 27–31, 50
and Rome 56–69
Hannibal 10, 58
Harmachis 43
Haroeris 55
Hathor 24, 106
Heptastadion, Alexandria 36, 186
Heracleopolis 102
Heracles 112, 129, 149
Hermonthis 71, 91, 104–5, 106
Hero 39
Herod the Great, King 128, 130, 131, 144
Herodas 30
Herodotus 14
Hipparchus 168
Hippias 113
Homer 89
Homonoia 183
Horace 150–1, 177, 187
Horus 12, 24, 105, 106
Horus the Elder 33
Horus-Eros 91
Iasos 183
incest 12–14
India 176, 181
Iras 148, 175
Irene (concubine of Ptolemy VIII) 34
Isis 24, 26, 46, 91, 104, 105, 129, 137, 138, 140, 175–6
temple in Alexandria 168
Isis-Aphrodite 91, 165
Israelites 23
Janiculum hill, Rome 94
Jericho 131
Jews 34, 40, 87, 102, 151
John of Nikiu, Bishop 196
Josephus 34, 103, 131, 144
Juba II of Mauretania 177
Judaea 123, 127, 128, 130, 144
Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar) 80
Julia (daughter of Octavian) 143
Jupiter 53
Karnak 28, 29, 49
kingship 18–21, 24–5, 27, 41, 93
Kom el-Hisn 50
Kom Ombo 29, 55, 49
Kybiosaktes 53–4
Labienus 126
Laodicea 109
Lebanon 152
Lepidus 109, 111, 124, 134
Liber Chronicarum 39
Library, Alexandria 38, 49, 85, 89, 94
Libya 137, 162
Livia, wife of Augustus 142
Livy 85
Louis XIV, King of France 18
Lower Egypt 28, 93
Lucan 100, 140–1
Lucius (brother of Mark Antony) 123
Ludi Victoriae Caesaris 108
Lupercalia 97
Lysanias 128
Macedonia 11, 13, 58–60, 62, 67, 68, 157, 162
Macedonians 81
Maecenas 134, 148, 150, 165
Malchus, King 131
Malchus of Nabataea 164
Mardian 147
Mareotis, Lake 35, 85, 87
Mark Antony see Antonius, Marcus
Mars 126
Matapan, Cape 162
Mauretania 177
Medes 132, 138
Media 138
Memmius, Lucius 64
Memphis 11, 26–7, 32, 45, 60
Methe 151
Mithridates 47, 87, 89
Mnevis 20
Moeris, Lake 15
Museum, Alexandria 38, 49–50, 89, 94
Mut 105
Mutina, battle of 109
Nero 177, 184
Nicomedes of Bithynia 65
Nile, river 12, 14–18, 22, 35, 57, 73, 100–1, 186
North Africa 92, 111, 124, 134, 146, 148, 154, 164
Nubia 25, 81
Octavia 125–6, 125, 129, 135–6, 140, 143, 146, 177
Octavian (later Augustus) (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) 68, 99, 107–10, 123, 124, 126–7, 134. 135, 136, 137, 140, 142, 146, 147–8, 151, 152
and Antony 108–9, 124–7, 134, 135, 142–3, 147–8, 164–9, 172, 178
as Augustus 178–86
and battle of Actium 156–63, 177
and Cleopatra no, 123, 140, 142–3, 167–8, 173–7, 183
coin 180
entry into Alexandria 168–9, 172–3
Ogulnius, Quintus 57–8
Olympus (physician) 174
Orodes, King of Parthia 130
Osiris 24, 26–7, 45–6, 106
Palestine 22, 23, 47, 54, 128
Palestrina 57
Pan 23
Paphos 52, 54
Paraetonium 163
Parthia 68, 73, 97–8, 111, 114, 123–4, 126–34, 136, 138
Pascal, Blaise 150
Patras 149, 154, 156
Paul (apostle) 177
Pelusium 22, 75, 83, 87, 127–8, 166, 168
Perdiccas 110–12
Pergamon, library of 145
pharaohs 104, 183–4
Pharnaces of Pontus 91
Pharos 35, 36, 85, 164
lighthouse 35, 36, 63, 92, 186
Pharsalus, battle of 75–7
Phila 183
Philae 28, 46, 49
Philip V, King of Macedon 58
Philippi, battle of 110, 112–13, 118, 124, 143
Philippics (Cicero) 108
Philo 15
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Philostratus 95
Phoenicia 127, 138
Phraaspa 132
Phraates IV, King of Parthia 130
Physkon see Ptolemy VIII
Euergetes II Pisaurum 149
Plato 89, 120
Plutarch 50, 78, 82, 113, 114–15, 117–23, 127, 128, 132–3, 139–40, 144–5, 147, 151, 156–60, 166, 172, 173, 178
Pollio, Gaius Asinius 126, 153, 177–8
Polybius 40, 60, 62
Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) 17, 47, 52, 53, 68, 74, 74–7, 83, 92, 97, 111
Pontus 47, 67, 83, 91, 92
Popilius Laenas 60 Pothinus 71, 75, 78, 83, 85, 92, 103, 140–1, 147
Priene 183
Proculeius 171, 172
Propertius, Sextus 141
Ptah 45
Ptolemaeia (festival) 25, 41
Ptolemais 28
Ptolemy I Soter 10–12, 15, 18, 25, 30, 43, 182
Ptolemy II Philadelphus 14, 18, 19, 25, 30, 31, 35, 40–1, 43, 44, 57–8, 70, 81, 128, 137
Ptolemy III Euergetes 14, 26, 43
Ptolemy VI Philometor 32–3, 41, 44, 49, 60, 61, 63
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator 33
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physkon) 32–4, 33, 42, 43–4, 50, 60, 65
Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyrus) 45, 49
Ptolemy XI Alexander II 41, 44, 45
Ptolemy XII Neus Dionysus (Auletes) 45–55, 65–6, 68, 77
Ptolemy XIII (brother of Cleopatra VII) 55, 70, 71–2, 73–7, 84, 86–7, 88, 90, 103, 122
Ptolemy XIV 88, 90, 92, 103
Ptolemy Apion 65
Ptolemy Caesar see Caesarion
Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra VII) 130, 138, 177
Punic War, second 58
Pydna, battle of 60
Quirinus, temple of, Rome 93
Rabirius Postumus 52, 53, 54–5, 78
Red Sea 22, 127
Rhakotis 35, 45
Rhodes 52, 62
Rome, Romans 44, 46–7, 52–5, 56–69, 72, 104, 107, 121, 139, 142–4, 153–4, l80–7
Romulus 93
Rostovtzeff 21
Rufinus 90, 91
Samos 145–6
Sardinia in Schedel, H 39
science 38–9
Scipio Aemilianus 44, 62–3
Scipio Africanus 58
Seleucids 20, 32, 40, 46–7, 58–60
Sema, Alexandria 11, 36, 38
Seneca 150, 151
Septimius 76
Serapeum, Alexandria 38
Serapeum, Memphis 26–7, 28
Serapion 122
Servilia 89
Seschat 30
Sextus Pompeius 111, 124, 126, 134, 143, 155
Shakespeare, William 187
Sibylline Books 97
Sicily 47, 124
Sicyon 124
Sidon 131, 133
Siwah 10, 11
Smyrna no
Sosigenes 94
Sosius 143
Sostratus 35
Sotades 44–5
Spain 68, 83, 97, 111, 130, 148
Strabo 35–6
Suetonius 90, 142
Syria 20, 47, 67, 68, 84, 87, 89, 109, 123, 124, 127, 128, 131, 138, 166, 167
Tacitus 185
Taenarum 162
Tarentum 146
treaty of 126, 136
Tarsus 116, 122
Thales 89
Thapsus, battle of 92, 108
Thebaid see Upper Egypt
Thebes 31, 49, 71, 91, 101
Theocritus 25, 38, 40, 89
Theodotus 71, 76–7
Thera 183
Thoth 24, 30
Thrace 157, 158
Thyrsus 167–8
Tiberius Gracchus 67
Tigellius Hermogenes 95
Tigranes 47
Timon 164
Timoneum 166
Toryne 156
Tryphon 49
Tyre 131
Upper Egypt (Thebaid) 22, 28, 31, 43, 75, 91, 186
Varro, Marcus Terentius 94
Velleius 163
Ventidius 126
Venus Genetrix 93
Vestal Virgins 55, 97, 145
Virgil 177–8, 179, 182
Zeugma 132
Zeus 29