The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls by Mary Macgregor - HTML preview

 

INDEX

Actium, battle of, 418.

Æmilius, 200.

—— Gauls defeated by, 169, 170.

Æneas, story of, 1, 2.

Æquians, the, 73, 86.

Albans, the, war with Rome, 28, 31.

Allia, battle of, 97.

Ambrones, the, 197, 299.

Amulius, King, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10.

Ancus Marcius, 32, 33.

Anio, battle of the, 111.

Antiochus, King of Syria, 238.

Appian Way, the, 130.

Appius Claudius, 78, 130, 149.

Ariovistus, 364, 366, 367.

Aristion, the orator, 325.

Ascanius, 1, 3.

Augustus, Emperor, 425. See also Octavius Cæsar.

Aulus Postumius, invocation of Castor and Pollux, 63.

Bocchus, King, 284, 287, 290, 291.

Books of the Sibyl, story of, 46.

Brennus, King of the Gauls, 97, 103, 104.

Brutus, and the Delphian oracle, 48, 49.

—— avenger of Lucretia’s wrong, 50.

—— treachery of his sons, 52.

Brutus, Decimus, 394.

—— assassination of Cæsar, 399.

—— death at Philippi, 408, 411.

—— Second Triumvirate allied against, 406.

Camillus, at battle of the Anio, 111.

—— capture of Veii by, 88.

—— destruction of Volscians’ camp by, 109.

—— recalled to Rome, 101.

—— war with Falerians, 94.

—— war with the Gauls, 97, 112–115.

Cannæ, battle of, 200.

Capitol, founding of the, 36.

Carthage, siege of, 246–257.

Carthaginian wars, 155–231.

Cassius, death of, 410.

—— plot against Julius Cæsar, 394.

Castor and Pollux, invoked by Aulus, 63.

Catilinarian conspiracy, the, 350–355.

Cato, 243, 251.

—— death of, 387.

Catulus, campaign against the Cimbri, 303.

—— death of, 323.

Caudine Forks, disgrace of Romans at, 124.

Celeres, the, 22, 25.

Censors, the, 341.

Cicero, 350, 358, 362, 406.

Cimbri, conquest of the, 303.

Cincinnatus, defeat of Æquians by, 74, 86.

Cinna, war with Octavius, 320.

Claudius Nero, defeat of Hasdrubal by, 208, 213.

Cleopatra, 386.

—— and Mark Antony, 413 et seq.

—— at battle of Actium, 418.

—— death of, 421.

Clœlia, story of, 60.

Clœlius, Æquian chief, 73.

Collatinus, 49, 52.

Consuls, the, 52, 84.

Coriolanus, story of, 68.

Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, 258, 260, 270, 271, 277.

Crassus, 332, 341.

—— defeat of the gladiators by, 338.

—— member of First Triumvirate, 361.

—— Pompey’s rivalry with, 350.

Curiatii, feud with Horatii, 29.

Curtian Lake, the, legend of, 116.

Cynoscephalæ, battle of, 233.

Decemvirs, the, 77, 85.

Decius Mus, 121–123.

Dentatus, 139.

Drusus, colonial policy of, 272.

Ecnomus, battle of, 159.

Epirots, the, war with Romans, 141.

Etruscan wars, the, 31.

Fabius, the delayer, and Minucius, 197–199.

—— campaign against Hannibal, 192.

—— defeat of the Samnites, 131–134.

—— his son, defeat of, 130.

Falerians, war with, 94.

Faustulus, 6.

Flaminius, war with Philip of Macedon, 233.

Fleet, the Roman, 155.

Forum, the, 37, 45.

Gabii, siege of, 43.

Gaius Gracchus, 264, 268, 269, 270–277.

—— Mucius, story of, 60.

Gauls, the, conquest of, 168.

—— sack of Rome by, 97, 99, 113, 117.

Geese, the Sacred, 99.

Gladiators’ revolt, the, 337.

Glaucia, land reforms of, 307.

Gnæus, 388, 390.

Gracchi, the, 258.

Hamilcar, 158, 159.

—— Barca, 172.

Hannibal, story of, 172–242.

—— death of, 238.

—— departure from Italy, 226.

—— invasion of Italy by, 176.

Hasdrubal, 207, 208, 224, 225.

Heraclea, battle of, 145.

Horatii, the, feud with the Curiatii, 29.

Horatius, story of, 57.

Jugurtha, King of Numidia, story of, 278.

Julius Cæsar, 343, 354.

—— appointed ruler of Gaul, 361, 369.

—— assassination of, 396.

—— captured by pirates, 356.

—— conquest of Helvetians and Ligurini, 263.

—— conquest of the Nervii, 367.

—— crossing of the Rubicon, 374.

—— honoured in Rome, 389.

—— in Egypt, 385, 386.

—— invasion of Britain, 370.

—— member of First Triumvirate, 361.

—— nobles’ plot against, 392.

—— rivalry with Pompey, 350, 375 et seq.

—— Tenth Legion of, 363.

Juno, the statue of, 92.

Lars Porsenna, siege of Rome by, 56, 60.

Latins, the, 2, 33.

Lavinium, 2, 3.

Licinian laws, the, 107.

Lictors, the, 52.

Livius, defeat of Hasdrubal by, 208, 213.

Lucius Furius, 111.

Lucretia, the Roman matron, 50.

Lucumo and the eagle, 35.

Macedonian Wars, the, 233.

Mælius, friend of the people, 85.

Manipulares, the, 9.

Manlius, Father of the Commons, 102, 106.

Marius, Gaius, 280, 281.

—— alliance with Cinna against Octavius, 320.

—— and the Cimbrian ambassadors, 303.

—— conquest of Teutones by, 297.

—— defeat of King Jugurtha by, 283–296.

—— flight of, 315.

—— jealousy of Sulla, 311.

—— return to Rome, 320.

—— rivalry with Metellus, 307.

Mark Antony, 376, 379, 381, 393, 399.

—— his Acta, 416.

—— and Cleopatra, 413 et seq.

—— claim to Cisalpine Gaul, 405.

—— death of, 421.

—— funeral oration for Cæsar, 402.

—— member of Second Triumvirate, 406.

—— war against Brutus, 408.

Masinissa, 219, 223, 224, 225.

—— in Carthage, 244.

Metellus, 307.

Mettius, 29, 31.

Minucius, 73, 75, 85, 192, 194, 197, 198, 203.

Mithridates, King, 312, 325.

—— defeated by Sulla, 329.

—— Pompey’s war against, 345.

Mucius, Gaius, 60.

Nervii, the, conquest by Julius Cæsar, 367.

Numa Pompilius, 24.

Numitor, King, 4, 7, 8, 9.

Octavius, and his friend, Tiberius, 261 et seq.

Octavius Cæsar, 394.

—— Emperor of Rome, 425.

—— measures for welfare of Rome, 416.

—— member of Second Triumvirate, 406.

—— war against Antony and Cleopatra, 405, 418.

Octavius, war with Brutus, 408.

—— war with Cinna, 320.

Optimates, the, 264.

Papirius Cursor, 129.

Patricians, the, 66, 77.

—— Licinian laws relating to, 106, 107.

Philippi, battle of, 408.

Pirates, the, 341.

Plebeians, the, 66, 77–79, 83.

—— Licinian laws relating to, 107–108.

Pompey, 331, 336, 340.

—— expedition to Palestine, 348.

—— his flight, 381.

—— member of First Triumvirate, 361.

—— Pirates defeated by, 341–344.

—— rivalry with Cæsar, 375.

—— war against Mithridates, 345.

Pontius, Gaius, Samnite leader, 124, 126, 128, 129.

Prætors, the, 108.

Proculus, vision of, 23.

Proscriptions of Sulla, the, 334.

Punic War, the First, 155 et seq.

—— The Second, 172 et seq.

Pyrrhus, King of the Epirots, 141.

—— at battle of Asculum, 151.

—— at battle of Heraclea, 145–148.

—— defeat of, 153.

—— his elephants, 147, 150, 154.

Quirinalia, the, 23.

Regulus, story of, 158, 161, 165–167.

Regulus (son of above), war with Gauls, 169, 170.

Remus, story of, 5, 7.

—— death of, 13.

Roma, story of, 2.

Rome, founding of, 1, 12.

—— Republic founded, 52.

Romulus, story of, 5–7.

—— founding of Rome by, 11, 12.

—— his end, 22.

—— war with the Sabines, 14–21.

Sabine War, the, 14–21.

Samnite wars, the, 119 et seq.

Samnites, the, defeated by Sulla, 331.

Saturninus, land reforms of, 307.

Scipio, Cornelius, or Africanus, 203.

—— death of, 270.

—— campaigns against Hannibal, 178, 183, 220.

—— and Gaius Marius, 281, 295.

—— New Carthage captured by, 215.

—— triumph of, 231.

Scipio (grandson of above), 251.

—— destruction of Carthage by, 253.

—— Publius, 215.

Schoolmaster of Falerii, the treacherous, 94.

Sentinum, battle of, 135.

Servius Tullius, story of, 38–42.

Sextus, expedition against Rome, 63, 65.

—— Gabii taken by treachery of, 43–45.

—— and Lucretia, the Roman matron, 49.

Silvia, story of, 4, 5, 9.

Social War, the, 312.

Spartacus, the Gladiator, 338.

Sulla, 356.

—— campaign against King Jugurtha, 290.

—— Cinna’s fear of, 323.

—— death of, 336.

—— enters Rome, 311.

—— Mithridates defeated by, 329.

—— Proscriptions of, 334.

—— rivalry with Marius, 311.

—— Samnites defeated by, 331.

—— Siege of Athens by, 328.

Sulpician laws, the, 313.

Sutrium, siege of, 110.

Syphax, King, 219, 224.

Tanaquil, 35, 38, 39.

Tarentines, the, war with Romans, 141, 143, 144, 152.

Tarpeian Rock, story of, 17.

Tarquin the Proud, alliance with Lars Porsenna, 56, 61.

—— attempt to enter Rome, 56.

—— death of, 65.

—— downfall of, 48–51, 52–54.

—— Gabii taken by, 43–45.

—— revolt against Servius, 41, 42.

Tarquinius Lucius, 34, 35.

Teutones, conquered by Marius, 297.

Tiberius Gracchus, and Octavius, 261.

—— death of, 266.

—— reforms of, 259–268.

Torquatus, 120.

Trasimenus, Lake, battle of, 187.

Trebio, battle of, 183.

Tribunes, the, 66.

Triumvirate, The First, 350, 361, 369.

—— The Second, 405.

Tullia, 41, 42, 51.

Tullius Hostilius, 28.

—— war with the Albans, 28.

—— war with the Etruscans, 31.

Valerius, 50, 54, 63.

Valerius, or Corvus, fight with the Gaul, 118.

Varro, 200, 203, 205.

Veii, siege of, 88.

Vercellæ, battle of, 304.

Vercingetorix, 372.

Verginia, death of, 80.

Veturia, mother of Coriolanus, 68.

Volscians, the, 109.

Xanthippus, 163, 164.

Zama, battle of, 229.