Political judgments, moral standard of most men in, lower than in private judgments, i. 151

Political truth, or habit of “fair play,” the characteristic of free communities, i. 139.

Highly civilised form of society to which it belongs, 139.

Its growth retarded by the opposition of theologians, 140

Polybius, his praise of the devotion and purity of creed of the Romans, i. 167

Polycarp, St., martyrdom of, i. 441

Polygamy, long continuance of, among the kings of Gaul, ii. [343]

Pompeii, gladiatorial shows at, i. 276, note

Pompey, his destruction of the pirates, i. 234.

His multiplication of gladiatorial shows, 273