Octavia, 227, 232
Octavian (Gaius Octavius):
absent from battle of Philippi, 222
Actium victory of, 236
Antony’s battles over money with, 191
as Antony’s rival, 170, 187, 191–92, 226
Apollonian legions given to, 55
appearance of, 11
Augustus as name of, 232
Caesar’s adoption of, 45–46, 51, 79, 83, 169, 189
Caesar’s murder announced to, 185–87
Caesar’s supporters wooed by, 191
in Caesar’s will, 168–69
charm of, 45
Cicero’s alliance with, 191, 201, 210, 215, 225
consulship demanded by, 212–13
Decimus and, 125, 199, 204–5, 234
funeral games organized by, 191
in Hispania, 11–12
Julia’s funeral oration given by, 12
loyalty to Caesar of, 188
Macedonian legions in army of, 199
as Master of the Horse, 51
Nicolaus’s life of, 70
in Parthia, 84, 89
plotters’ fear of, 89
power of nobility as concern of, 236
restoration of Republic claimed by, 233–34, 236
in return to Rome (45 B.C.), 3, 4, 11–14, 46
in return to Rome (29 B.C.), 229
revisionist image of Brutus allowed by, 235
Roman Empire divided by, 226–27
Sextus Pompey’s destruction of fleet of, 226
in siege of Mutina, 203
three thousand veterans recruited by, 199
triple triumph held by, 230
in triumvirate, 213
Octavius, Gaius (father), 12
On the Nature of Things (Lucretius), 111
Oppius, Gaius, 39–40, 57, 69
Ovid, 232
Palace District, Alexandria, 37
Palatine Hill, 215, 233
Pansa, 201, 202–3, 204
Parricide Day, 231
Parthians, Antony’s battle with, 227
Parthian War, 49, 54–56, 60, 68, 73, 75–76, 84, 87, 89, 96, 105, 109, 119, 156, 178, 186, 192, 235
Paterculus, Velleius, 82
Patiscus, 147
Paula Valeria, 6, 85, 201
Pedius, Quintus, 12, 83, 168, 213
People’s Tribunes, 9, 47–48, 90, 129, 141, 177
Caesar vs., 59–61, 63
election of, 47
plebs’ resentment of Caesar’s attack on, 149
Perusia, 227
Pharsalus, Battle of, 9, 23–24, 74, 85, 101, 140
Philemon, 100
Philip II, King of Macedon, 104, 198, 221
Philippi, Battle of, 221–24, 228
Philippics (Cicero), 198, 199, 214, 215
Philippus, Lucius Marcius, 56
Pinarius, Lucius, 12, 83, 168
Piso, 107–8, 159, 167, 173–74
Pitholaus, 101
Plancus, Lucius Munatius, 159, 203, 206, 209
plebs, 61
urban, see urban plebs
Pliny the Elder, 128
Plutarch, 24, 70, 71, 79, 82, 96, 106, 114, 120, 122, 218, 223, 224, 225
on Artemidorus, 124
on assassination of Caesar, 134–35, 136, 139
on assassins’ departure from scene, 146
on Caesar’s fortune, 157
on Cassius’s lions, 76
on crowd’s reactions to speeches on assassination, 151, 152
Pollio, Asinius, 50, 69, 71
Antony’s plan to align with, 206
as governor of Further Hispania, 203
Pollux, 176
Pompey, Cnaeus (son of Pompey the Great), 74
Pompey, Sextus (Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius), 31, 200, 228
in alliance with assassins, 196
condemnation of, 213
death of, 226, 229
in exile, 180
made admiral of fleet, 211
Octavian’s fleet destroyed by, 226
Pompey praised by, 234
recalled from Spain, 150–51
as threat to Antony, 189
as threat to Caesar, 55
warships of, 156
Pompey the Great (Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus), 6–7, 30, 68, 156, 234
assassination of, 35, 140
Caesar’s offer of pardons to followers of, 40
Caesar’s showdown with, 7
Cassius influenced by, 72
Cassius’s support for, 74
Cicero’s support for, 18
in Civil War, 18, 23, 35, 47, 74, 88, 89–90, 94, 100, 125, 159, 163, 170, 211
confiscated assets of, 10
Crassus on foolishness of, 74–75
in exile, 193
Judea conquered by, 178
loans by, 91
in move to Egypt, 24
proposed dictatorship for, 77
rebuilding by, 41–42
revolt opposed by, 20
soldiers summoned to Rome by, 155
statue of, 62, 128, 132, 141
three triumphs celebrated by, 25
Pompey’s Senate House, see Senate House of Pompey
Pompey’s Works, 42
Pontus, 92
Populists, 17–18
as hawks in Parthian War, 54
in plot to kill Caesar, 97
Porcia, 26–27, 80–81, 85, 196, 211, 225
at meeting with Brutus and Cicero, 194
rumored death of, 120
Servilia’s dispute with, 27
Portico of Pompey, 42, 114, 115–16, 118, 120, 123, 124, 127, 129, 146
proscription, 213–14
Province, The (Provence), 178
Ptolemy I, King of Egypt, 36
Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt, 53
Ptolemy XIII, King of Egypt, 35
Ptolemy XV Caesar, 36–37, 45, 68
execution of, 230
Public Mansion, 101, 110, 157, 173
Public Meeting, 148
pugio (dagger; plural, pugiones), 130–32
Quinctius, 236
Quirinus, 52, 232
Rebilus, Gaius Caninius, 50
rent control, 10
rent rebates, 39
rhinoceros, 231
Rhodes, 218
rhomphaia, 117
Roman Forum, 30, 146, 147, 148, 152, 155, 214, 231, 232
Antony’s sending of troops into, 149, 157
Caesar’s funeral in, 171
Romulus, 38, 52, 61, 115, 232
Rostra, 61, 148–49
Rubicon, 34–35, 38, 61, 108, 144
Rubrius, 135
Sacred Boundary, 118
Salamis, Battle of, 210
Sallust, 31–32
Sardinia, 213
Sardis, 218
Scaptius, Marcus, 209, 212
Scipio, gladiators employed by, 116
Second Punic War, 139
Sempronia, 121, 206–7
Senate, Roman:
Antony named public enemy by, 203
Caesar’s expansion of seats in, 40
Caesar’s mockery of honors from, 58–59, 63, 104
Caesar’s poor laws opposed by, 33–34
Caesar’s struggle with, 30–31
in Civil War, 35, 37
colonists confirmed by, 161
Decimus’s rule of Gaul recognized by, 197–98, 199–200
dictatorship abolished by, 161
as exclusive club, 18
on morning of assassination, 120–21, 123–25
post-assassination session of, 158–61
as retaking control of Republic, 143–65
rules of procedure of, 128
Senate House, Capitol, as scene of murder in Julius Caesar, 113–14
Senate House of Pompey, 114, 145, 153, 158, 176
Caesar’s entrance into, 128, 129–30
design of, 127–29
stabbing in, 133–40, 143, 231–32
senators:
clothing of, 112
number of, 129
Seneca the Younger, 88, 93, 234
Sertorius, 104
Servilia, 14, 20–21, 22, 23–24, 26, 47, 76, 193, 194, 209, 212, 225, 236
assassination and, 137
Caesar’s gift to, 20–21
and Cassius’s appointment as grain commissioner, 195
and plot to kill Caesar, 81
Porcia’s dispute with, 27
Severus, Septimius, 39
Shakespeare, William, 67, 72, 78–79, 82, 113–14, 118, 136, 171, 225, 233
sica (dagger), 221
Sicily, 213
Smyrna, 201
soldiers:
rioting by, 39
in Rome, 118–19
see also veterans, Caesar’s
soothsayers, 124–25, 127
Spain, see Hispania
Spartacus, 72
Speaker’s Platform, 43, 59, 61–63, 149, 164, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 214, 231
Spinther, Publius Cornelius Lentulus, 146
Spurinna, 108–11
Statilius, 95
Statue of Victory, 128
Strabo, 69
Suetonius, 70–71, 82, 123, 124, 227
on Antony’s funeral oration, 174
on Caesar’s assassination, 133, 134, 136
on Caesar’s mourners, 177–78
on plans for Caesar’s body, 154
Sulla, Lucius Cornelius, 23, 48, 99, 151, 214
Brutus’s father’s opposition to, 163
Caesar compared to, 103
Caesar condemned to death by, 32
Cassius’s fight with his son, 72
in exile, 193
funeral of, 167, 168, 171–72, 173, 179
gladiators employed by, 116
Marius’s war with, 139
purge of, 213
retirement of, 50–51
statue of, 62
Sybilline Books, 113
Syria, 55–56, 73, 74, 75, 76, 105, 156
Tacitus, 50, 178
Temple (Jerusalem), 178
Temple of Concord, 114, 158
Temple of Jupiter, 114, 147, 158, 162
Temple of Liberty, 51
Temple of Quirinus, 52
Temple of Tellus, 158–59, 168
Temple of the Deified Julius, 230–31
Temple of Venus Genetrix, 41, 59, 173, 231
Temple of Venus the Victorious, 42, 43, 128
Teuta of Illyria, 210
Thanksgiving, 51
Theater of Marcellus, 42
Theater of Pompey, 42, 128, 145
Tiber Island, 48, 118–19, 155
Tiberius, Emperor, 159, 232, 236, 237
Tiber River, 43
Toga of Manhood, 112, 113
Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The (Shakespeare), 67, 72, 78–79, 82, 113–14, 118, 136, 171, 225, 233
Trebonius, Gaius, 50, 90–91, 96, 97, 100, 129, 195
attempted assassination of, 133
Dolabella’s killing of, 201
as governor of Roman Asia, 169, 196
military mind of, 104–5
Triarius, Valerius, 85
triumvirate, 213–14, 215, 227–28
purge by, 213–14
tunic, 112
Turullius, Decimus, 228
Twelve Tables, 148
urban plebs, 32, 39, 40, 63, 98, 192
assassin’s desire for support of, 146, 149
Utica, 25
Velia, 196
Velitrae, 12
Venus, 43, 111
Venus the Victorious, 42
Vercingetorix, 35
Vestal Virgins, 46
veterans, Caesar’s, 9, 10, 145, 148, 180–81, 186, 195
Antony and, 188, 192
bonuses to, 39
at Caesar’s funeral, 170, 173–74, 176, 177
and Caesar’s statue, 191
Cinna stoned by, 158, 168
column to Caesar erected to, 190
gladiators vs., 117, 119, 148
land granted to, 17, 40, 157, 160, 161, 162–63, 164, 188
in march on Rome, 170–71, 181
Octavian’s army raised from, 189
Via Domitia, 3
Via Egnatia, 54
Via Flaminia, 112
Via Sacra, 99
Vicus Iugarius, 155
Virgil, 232
Viriathus the Lusitanian, 104
Volumnius, Publius, 224
women, at funerals, 174
Xanthus, 218
Xenophon, 106
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