Germanicus celebrates military triumph in, 103
reactions to death of Germanicus in, 106
ashes of Germanicus brought to, 87
arch for Germanicus erected in, 109
Agrippina’s ashes brought to, 122
Claudius’s triumphal procession in, 127
demonstration during reign of Claudius, 140
fire during reign of Nero, 164
triumphal procession to celebrate victory in Judaea, 166, 171
Vespasian commisions buildings in, 167
fire and plague during reign of Titus, 175–6
Trajan arrives in, 191–2
Trajan’s ashes brought to, 195
Hadrian launches public relations offensive in, 197
Marcus Aurelius deals with problems in, 212
joint triumph of Marcus and Lucius in, 212
Septimius Severus accepted as emperor in, 223
anniversary celebrations for Severus, 228
Saecular Games during reign of Severus, 232
remains of Severus brought back to, 236
Domna’s remains brought back to, 240
bodies of Elagabalus and Soaemias dragged around streets of, 244
sidelined as political headquarters, 253
Maxentius establishes himself in, 257
Helena’s links with, 263–4, 272–3
Constantine visits, 264–5
sacked by Goths, 205–6, 289
Serena found guilty of betraying to barbarians, 289, 290
investiture of Valentinian III in, 301
reburial of Placidia’s son Theodosius in, 310
bodies of Placidia and Theodosius found in, 311–12
sacked by Vandals, 313
buildings, monuments and locations:
Ara Pacis, 73–4, 75
Arch of the Argentarii, 216–17, 232, 233, 237
Arch of Titus, 166
Caelian hill, 144, 206, 263
Campus Martius, 84, 199
Capitol, 232
Capitoline hill, 74, 168, 273
Capitoline Museum, 154, 263
Castel Sant’Angelo, 205
Circus Maximus, 226
Colosseum, 167, 176
Column of Antoninus Pius, 210
Domus Flavia, 178
Esquiline hill, 77, 260
Forum of Augustus, 79
fundus Laurentus, 263–4, 272
Gardens of Lucullus, 131
Gardens of Maecenas, 82
Gardens of Sallust, 167, 171
Golden House (Domus Aurea), 167
Macellum Liviae, 77
mausoleum of Augustus (Julio-Claudian family mausoleum), 59, 61, 73, 81, 84, 114, 122, 165, 240
mausoleum of Hadrian, 205, 240
Monumentum Liviae, 49–50, 91, 95, 113, 173
Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori, 205
Museo Nazionale, 32, 39–40
Palatine, 16, 29, 47, 48, 51, 53, 58, 65, 85, 94, 95, 96, 98, 105, 120, 148, 171, 173, 178, 182, 191, 193, 207, 226, 253, 255, 257, 290
Pantheon, 197
Porta Pia, 169
Portico of Octavia, 59–60, 109
Porticus Liviae (Portico of Livia), 77, 78
Quirinal hill, 184, 242
Sacred Way, 224
Saints Marcellinus and Peter, 264, 272
St Paul-outside-the-Walls, 310
St Peter’s, 312
St Petronilla, chapel of, 311–12
Salerian Gate, 289
San Giorgio in Velabro, 216
San Lorenzo in Miranda, 209
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 264, 271, 303
Santa Maria in Aracoeli, 273
Sessorian Palace, 264
shrines to Pudicitia Plebeia and Pudicitia Patricia, 77
Subura, 77
temple of Bona Dea, 76, 94
temple of Fortuna Muliebris/Womanly Fortune, 76–7, 232
temple of Jupiter, 265
temple of Mars the Avenger, 79
Theatre of Marcellus, 63, 109, 111
Tor Pignattara, 272
Trajan’s Column, 195, 199
Rome (TV series), 3
Romulus, 16
Romulus Augustulus, 313
Rosa, Pietro, 48
Rossi, Girolamo, 302
Rubellius Plautus, 148
Rufinianae, 304
Rupilia Faustina, 206
Sabina (Vibia Sabina), 187, 188, 193, 196, 200–2, 203, 204, 205, 209, 227, 268
Sabine hills, 31
Sabine women, 20–1, 33, 105, 236
Sackler Museum, Harvard, 98
Sacred Way, Rome, 224
sacrosanctitas, 38
Sade, Marquis de, 127
Saecular Games, 130, 136, 232
Sahara, 83
St Helens, 274
St John, Basilica of, Ravenna, 301–2
St Lawrence, church of, Constantinople, 306–7
Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Rome, 264, 272
St Paul-outside-the-Walls, Rome, 310
St Peter’s, Rome, 312
St Petronilla, chapel of, Rome, 311–12
Salarian Gate, Rome, 289
Sallustia Orbiana, 245
Sallustius, 245
Salome, Queen of Judaea, 54, 89, 104–5, 115
Salona, 300
Salonia Matidia, 193, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200
Salvius Otho see Otho
Samaria, 161
Samos, 54–5, 198
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, 180
San Giorgio in Velabro, Rome, 216
San Lorenzo in Miranda, Rome, 209
San Marco, Venice, 254
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, 264, 271, 303
Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, 273
Sappho, 204
Sardinia, 149, 169
Sassanid dynasty, 246
Saturnalia festival, 87
Saturninus, 307
Scipio, 80–1
Scotland, 234
Scribonia, 26–7, 28–9, 30, 51, 80, 87
Scribonius Largus, 62
Scudéry, Madeleine de, 229
Les femmes illustres, 86
Segeric, 295
Sejanus (Lucius Aelius Sejanus), 110, 113, 117, 126, 159, 168, 228
Sempronia, 203
Sempronius Gracchus, 69, 80–1
Senate, 25, 43, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 85, 88, 89–90, 91, 93, 101–2, 107, 108, 109–10, 111, 114, 117, 122, 124, 125, 127, 131, 133, 134, 136, 142, 144, 145, 152–3, 165, 166, 176, 183, 195, 197, 206, 210, 223, 235, 236, 242, 244–5, 253, 289, 290
‘Senate of Women’, 242
Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone patre, 107–8, 109
Seneca, 6, 28–9, 63, 73, 76, 80, 81, 97, 109, 129, 138, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 154, 165, 230
Septicius Clarus, 201
Septimius Severus see Severus (Septimius Severus)
Serdica, 253
Serena, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289–90, 305–6, 312
Sessorian Palace, Rome, 264
Severan dynasty, 216–46
Severus, 255, 257
Severus (Aulus Caecina Severus), 101–2
Severus (Septimius Severus)
early career, 219
marries Paccia Marciana, 219
in Syria, 219, 220
meets Julia Domna, 219, 220
marries Julia Domna, 221
birth of sons, 221
as consul, 221
becomes emperor, 217, 222–3
and changing political landscape, 218–19
depicted in ‘Berlin tondo’, 223
early years of reign, 224
strives to link himself with Marcus Aurelius, 224–5
seeks to establish legitimacy of his dynasty, 225–6
refurbishment of the palace, 226
deals with Parthian threat, 226, 227
bestows titles on his sons, 227
tour of Egypt, 188, 227
marital relationship, 227
tour of Africa, 231
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and Plautianus, 232–3
in Britain, 234
does not punish Caracalla, 235
death, 235
brief references, 216, 236, 261
Severus Alexander see Alexander
Sextilia, 168
Sextus Pompeius, 22, 25, 26, 30, 37
Sextus Tarquinius, 20, 22
Shakespeare, William: Anthony and Cleopatra, 24, 35, 45
Sicily, 22, 33, 37, 195, 221
Sidon, 306
Silana (Junia Silana), 132, 148, 149
Silius (Gaius Silius), 132, 133, 135, 148
Silvanus (Plautius Silvanus), 105
Sirmium, 213, 253
Soaemias (Julia Soaemias), 217, 241, 242, 243–4, 245, 246
Socrates Scholasticus, 272
Sophia, 314
Soranus, 17, 18
Sorrento, 266
Sozomen, 293
Spain, 53, 73, 107, 190, 196, 206, 213, 258, 296
Sparta, 11, 12, 22, 54, 91
Split, 257
Statilia Messalina, 165, 167
Statilius Taurus, 141
statuary portraits, 38–40, 53, 92–3, 98–9, 104, 134, 139, 154, 178–9, 180, 194–5, 201–2
Stavelot Triptych, 271
Stephen, St
shrine of, Jerusalem, 306, 308
relics of, 306–7
Stilicho, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 294, 312
Story, William Wetmore: The Tragedy of Nero, 156–7
Subura, 77
Suessa Aurunca, 200
Suetonius, 3, 26–7, 42, 47, 58, 98, 170, 174, 182, 189, 201
Suillius (Publius Suillius), 130, 131
Sulpicia, 203
Syllaeus, 104
Sylvester, Pope, 268
Syria, 87, 105–6, 109, 120, 139, 159, 160, 163, 166, 196, 202, 212, 213, 218, 219, 220, 226, 238, 271
Tabula Siarensis, 107, 109
Tacitus, 3, 6, 23, 26, 86, 99–100, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 115, 116, 117, 119, 131, 133, 136, 146, 147, 150, 155, 156, 164, 166, 189
Tarentum, 33, 34, 36
Tarpeia, 290
Tarquinius (Sextus Tarquinius), 20, 22
Tarquinius Supurbus, King, 20
Tarracina, 87
Tarsus, 34, 36
Taylor, Elizabeth, 35
Telesphoris, 179
Terentia, 13, 29, 31
Tertius, 95
Teutoburg Forest, battle of, 83
Teutonic tribes, 219
Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, 63, 109, 111
Thebes, 103, 187
Theodora (wife of Constantius Chlorus), 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 262, 277
Theodora (wife of Justinian), 313
Theodosian dynasty, 279, 281–312
Theodosius I, 269, 278–9, 280, 281, 283–4, 285, 289, 302
Theodosius II, 268, 291, 292–3, 296–7, 298–9, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311
Theodosius (son of Athaulf and Galla Placidia), 295, 302, 310, 312
Theogisus, 272–3
Thermantia, 286, 288, 289–90, 312
Thesmopolis, 198
Thessalonica, 253, 284, 300, 305
Thompson, Edith, 4
Thrace, 96
Tiber, River, 20, 205, 212, 244, 257
Tiberius
birth, 16, 17
infancy and childhood, 18–19, 22, 28, 29, 51
as candidate for succession, 58, 60
adopts Germanicus, 99
and rumours about death of Marcellus, 61
marries Julia and divorces Vipsania, 72–3
banquet in honour of military successes, 74
breakdown in marital relations, 74–5, 78
and death of Drusus, 75
withdraws to Rhodes, 78
and death of Julia, 82
returns to Rome, 82
travels with Augustus, 83
proclaimed as new emperor after death of Augustus, 84
animosity and jealousy towards Germanicus, 102–3, 103–4
appoints Piso as aide to Germanicus, 105
and death of Germanicus, 87, 88, 106, 107, 109
and Plancina’s acquittal, 108
characteristics of his reign, 87–8, 117
deteriorating relationship with his mother Livia, 88, 110–12
and Livia’s role and prominence, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 108
antipathy between Agrippina Maior and, 110, 112
reaction to Livia’s death, 113
rejects proposal to deify Livia, 114
denounces Agrippina, 115
conspiracy against, 117
final years, 121
death, 121, 122
brief references, 2, 4, 81, 98, 100, 119, 120, 139, 144, 146, 160, 168, 183, 228, 236, 244
Tiberius Claudius Nero, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 25–6, 27, 28, 29, 54, 58, 75, 80, 170
Tiberius Gemellus, 121
Tibullus, 203
Ticinum, 75
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista, 35
Titus, 4, 158, 159, 161, 163–4, 166, 168, 170, 171, 174–5, 175–6, 181, 182, 205
Tivoli, 204, 250
Tor Pignattara, Rome, 272
Trajan, 6, 115, 155, 188, 189, 190, 191–2, 193–4, 195–6, 199, 214, 219, 227
Trajan’s Column, Rome, 195, 199
Trier, 253, 254, 255–6, 263, 265, 272, 278, 283, 307
Cathedral, 255–6, 273
True Cross, 264, 269–71, 273, 274, 291
Tullia, 13, 29
Turkey, 134, 195, 202
Turner, William, 116
tutela, 38
Ulpia Marciana see Marciana
Ummidia Quadratilla, 177
Urgulania (Plautia Urgulania), 105, 126
Ursus, 182
Valballathus, 249–50
Valens, 278, 288
Valentinian I, 278, 279–80, 302
Valentinian II, 278, 280, 282, 283, 284
Valentinian III, 296, 297, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310–11, 313
Valeria, 252, 253, 257
Valerius Asiaticus see Asiaticus
Valley of the Kings, 203
Vallia, 295
Vandals, 313
Vatican, 1, 134, 205, 272
library, 207
Museums, 129, 210
Vedius Pollio, 77
Velleia, 201
Velletri bust, 39–40
Venice, 272
San Marco, 254
Ventotene (formerly Pandateria) see Pandateria
Venus Genetrix, 79
temple of, 124
Venus Victrix, 246
Verona, 134
Veronese, Paolo: Vision of St Helena, 271
Verus, 206
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