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Roma (goddess), 208, 289, 359
Roman army, 108, 248–51, 255, 349, 437–8, 454
auxiliary units, 248–9, 344, 348–9, 438
ban on soldiers marrying, 450–1
camps and forts, 255, 365–6
cavalry alae, 248–9
recruitment, 33, 249, 437–8, 454
reform of funding, 436–7
reforms under Augustus, 247–52, 348–9, 366, 450
see also centurions; legions
Roman provinces
change in calendar, 394
cities named after Augustus, 294–5
client rulers and their children, 293–4
and cult of Augustus, 394
and gladiatorial fights, 292, 296
grants of citizenship, 298
local elites in, 291–2
taxation system, 488, 490
and tribute paid to Rome, 293
under Augustus, 286–301
Rome
administrative reorganisation, 385–6
building projects, 11, 71–2, 179–80, 223–6, 259–60, 402, 478
crossroad shrines, 385–6
employment in, 224, 259–60
enlargement of pomerium, 381
epidemics, 273, 275, 354
fires, 34, 385, 439
flooding, 350, 459
food shortages, 156–8, 165–6, 264–5, 276–7, 284, 438, 443
foundation of, 21, 235, 311
population, 19, 275
street protests, 158–9
vici, 385, 432
Romulus, 21, 222, 227, 235, 311, 404–5, 410
his hut, 271
Romulus and Remus, 336, 359, 404
Rubicon, River, 62, 123, 413
Rufus, Marcus Egnatius, 301, 317
Rufus, Publius or Plautius, 439
Rufus, Salvidienus, 155
saepta, 42, 71
Saepta Julia, 101, 124, 223, 259, 385, 387, 406, 473
Sallust (Caius Sallustius Crispus), 78, 397
Salvidienus Rufus, Quintus, 84
Samaritans, 294, 296
Samos, 299–300, 306
Sardinia, 127, 156, 159, 165
Saturninus, Caius Sentius, 301, 434, 489
Sava, River, 175
Scipio Nasica, Quintus Cornelius Metellus Pius, 59
Scodra, 155
Scribonia, 156, 162, 336, 400, 429
Scribonius, 160
Sebasteni, 294–5
Secular Games (ludi saeculares), 329–32
Segesta (Sisak), 175
Segestes, 448, 451
Segimer, 446
Sejanus, Lucius Aelius, 472, 475–6
Sempronia, 69, 78
Senate, 44–5, 107, 124, 220–2, 319–21, 352–3, 382–3, 432, 438
Augustus’ attendance at, 323–4, 443
and Augustus’ funeral, 468
and offer of dictatorship, 276–7
Senate House, 59, 71, 179, 218 see also Curia Julia
senatorial career (cursus honorum), 482–6
senators, 28–30, 38, 43–4, 220–2, 248, 319–21, 325, 352–3, 382–3, 419, 432
numbers of, 27, 33, 71, 220–1, 320
property qualifications, 33, 320, 432
senatus consultum ultimum, 30, 39, 62, 112, 301
September (the month), 21, 382
Servilia (mother of Brutus), 52, 73
Sestius, Lucius, 267, 269
Severus, Cassius, 460–1
Shakespeare, William, 2, 4, 6, 129
Sicily, 45, 68, 96, 127, 153, 156–7, 159–61, 165–8, 170–1, 174
Augustus visits, 284–6, 299
grant of Latin status, 285–6
Virgil and, 314
Silanus, Caius, 330
Silanus, Decimus Junius, 444
Sisenna, Cornelius, 352
slaves, 6, 133, 144, 167, 174, 177, 220, 258, 264, 327, 384, 392–3, 432–3, 437, 438
Social War, 161, 198, 348
Sosius, Caius, 179, 186, 225–6
Spain
campaign against Cnaeus
Pompeius, 69–70
conquest and occupation of, 241–4, 250–1, 254–6, 301, 322, 346–8
Sparta, 161–2, 300
Spartacus’ slave rebellion, 36, 45, 111, 174, 197
speculatores, 421
Sphaerus, 48
spies and informers, network of, 281
spolia opima, 227–8, 252, 373, 405, 413
Strabo, 243, 290, 300
Straits of Messana (Messina), 165
Suebi, 219, 367, 369, 433
Suebian knot, 433
Suetonius, 13–14
and Augustus’ attitude to games, 406
and Augustus’ cruelty, 146
and Augustus’ death, 465–6
and Augustus’ defeats, 334
and Augustus’ illness, 262
and Augustus’ letters, 363–4, 457–8
and Augustus’ lifestyle, 418–21
and Augustus’ military caution, 251
and Augustus’ wearing of a sword, 221
and Battle of Forum Gallorum, 119
and demands for consulship for Augustus, 123
and discontent in Rome, 439
and Drusus’ death, 377
and Gallus’ disgrace, 253
and interruptions to Augustus’ speeches, 320
and Italian outlaws, 45
and Julia’s disgrace, 444
and the name ‘Romulus’, 236
and omens, 21–2, 24, 67, 462–3
and proscriptions, 131
and ‘restoring the commonwealth’, 229–30
and scurrilous stories, 33
and succession to Augustus, 360, 426–7
and Tiberius, 372, 474
Sugambri, 334, 367, 369
arrest and suicide of, 380–1
Sulla, Lucius the dictator, 27, 32, 34, 35–6, 43, 44, 49, 63–4, 70, 72, 74, 111, 189, 198, 217, 221, 236, 291
celebrated in Forum Augustum, 405, 409
and maiestas law, 278
and proscriptions, 129, 133
Surrentum (Sorrento), 440
Sybilline Books, 330
Syme, Sir Ronald, 8–10
Syracuse, 286, 423
Tacitus, 14, 198, 222, 270, 360, 367, 400, 411, 441, 472, 474
Tarentum (Taranto), 45, 166, 218
Tarragona, 241–2, 244, 254, 256, 300
Tauromenium, 168
Taurus, Titus Statilius, 178, 218–19, 241, 253, 258, 301, 337, 352
taxation, introduction of, 437–9, 462
Tellus, 359
Temple of Apollo, 21, 225, 271, 409, 418
Temple of Apollo Sosianus, 179, 225
Temple of Bellona, 188
Temple of Castor and Pollux, 104, 383–4, 439
Temple of Concord, 30, 388, 458
Temple of Fortuna Redux, 318
Temple of Janus Geminus, 199–200, 239, 255, 260, 357, 372
Temple of Jupiter, 67
Temple of Jupiter Feretrius, 204, 227
Temple of Mars Ultor, 304, 402, 404–6, 410, 427, 440
Temple of Palatine Apollo, 260
Temple of Quirinus, 336
Temple of the Divine Julius, 134, 217–18, 305, 373, 467
Temple of Venus Genetrix, 99, 179, 404
Temple of Vesta, 187, 210, 350
Tencteri, 334
Terentia, 278, 281, 335
Thapsus, Battle of, 65
Theatre of Marcellus, 179, 275, 383
Theatre of Pompey, 71, 79, 331
theatres, Greek, 291–2
Thetis, 88
thunder and lightning, 91, 111, 423
Thurii, 45
Tiber, River, 129, 264, 330–1, 350, 408, 431
Tiberius, Emperor, 13–14, 162, 212, 238, 256, 263–4, 281, 302–3, 336–7, 340–1, 356, 358, 362–3, 367, 371–2, 379, 380–1, 383–4, 386–7, 430, 433–5, 441–2, 445, 454–5, 457–8
adoption by Augustus, 427–31
and Augustus’ death, 465
and Augustus’ funeral, 467–8
Augustus’ letters to, 363–4, 413, 457–8
and Augustus’ will, 463, 469
character, 364, 379
and cult of Dioscuri, 383–4
divorce from Julia, 415
honours Drusus, 383–4, 439, 458
and Julia’s disgrace, 444
letters to his brother, 372
and maiestas law, 461, 475
marriage with Julia, 361–2, 371, 378–80, 384, 390–1
marriage with Vipsania, 203, 256–7, 321, 379
and Postumus’ disgrace
and murder, 441, 472
and Sejanus, 475–6
and succession to Augustus, 360–1, 374, 427–32, 461–3, 471, 473–6
use of obscure language, 422
withdrawal to Capri, 473, 475
withdrawal to Rhodes, 388, 390–1, 396, 399, 415–16, 425, 429, 489
Tigranes, King of Armenia, 302
Tiridates, 302–3
Titius (tribune), 127
Titius, Marcus, 186
Tomi, 444
Toranius, Caius, 36–7, 47, 130
Torone (‘ladle’), 189
Trajan, Emperor, 297
Treaty of Misenum, 159, 162
Trebonius, Caius, 78–9, 93, 96, 115
tria nomina, 23
trials
advocacy in, 279–80
conduct of, 43–4
Trinovantes, 240
triumvirate, 126–36, 222
Trojan Games, 351, 358, 406
Tullia, 97
tumultus (state of emergency), 114
Twelve Tables, 56
Ubii, 448
Usipetes, 334
Valencia, 242
Valley of the Inn, 340
Varius, Lucius, 312
Varro, Marcus Terentius, 203
Varus, Publius Quinctilius, 350, 447–53, 455, 457, 459, 489
Veii, 227
Velitrae, 32–3
Velleius Paterculus, Caius, 13, 408, 428, 433–4, 448
Ventidius Bassus, Publius, 127, 161
Venus, 71, 91, 99, 218, 313–4, 332, 404, 410
Vesta, 388, 418
Vestal Virgins, 187, 199, 210, 350
Via Aemilia, 117
Via Egnatia, 83–4, 136
Via Flaminia, 262
Via Sacra, 159, 197, 212, 238
Victory (goddess), 218, 305
vigiles, 439
Vindelici, 341
Vinicius, Marcus, 391
Vipsania, 203, 256, 263, 321, 361–2, 379
Virgil, 11, 156, 196, 307–17, 332, 359, 409
his death, 312
and Marcellus, 275–6, 307
Vitellius, Quintus, 219
Volsci, 32
Vulcan, 316
Waal, River, 365
Waldgirmes, 433
weights and denominations, Roman, 287
Weser, River, 446
wine trade, 342–3, 348
Xanthus, 136
* The precise wording varied, and he might still be referred to as Caesar or Augustus. The order was sometimes Augustus Caesar or Caesar Augustus.
Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus
