Athens, [ii, 64], [86]; [iii, 55], [87]; the intellectual and artistic centre of the world; led Greece in the Persian wars (490-479); humbled by Sparta (404); the university city of the Roman world, [i, 1]; [iii, 6], [121].
Atilius; see [Regulus].
Atilius; Sextus Atilius Serranus, consul (136), [iii, 109].
[Atreus], son of Pelops and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, murderer of his half-brother Chrysippus and of his brother Thyestes's children; murdered by his nephew Aegisthus; a fruitful theme for tragedy, [i, 97]; [iii, 106].
Attic, belonging to Attica, the province in which Athens is situated; Attic comedy, the comedy of Aristophanes, Eupolis, Menander, etc., [i, 104].
[Avarice], the great temptation, [ii, 38], [77]; the root of evil, [iii, 73-75]; due to delusion as to expediency, [iii, 36]; avoided by the statesman, [ii, 76-77]; contrary to all law, [iii, 21-23]; see also [Covetousness].
Babylonia, the district around Babylon at the head of the Persian Gulf, [iii, 51].
Bardulis, king of Illyria, conquered a large part of Macedonia from Perdiccas, the brother and predecessor of Philip; defeated and slain by Philip (358); called a "brigand," because his career did not tend to promote civilization, [ii, 40].
Basilus, Lucius Minucius, otherwise unknown; perhaps Sulla's lieutenant, [iii, 73-74].