The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls

by Mary Macgregor

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].

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