Valerius Maximus, his mode of moral teaching, i. 174

Vandals, their conquest of Africa, ii. [150]

Varro, his conception of the Deity, [pg 405] i. 163.

On popular religious beliefs, 167

Venus, effect of the Greek worship of, on the condition of women, ii. [291], note

Vespasian, his dying jest, i. 259.

Effect of his frugality on the habits of the Romans, 292.

Miracle attributed to him, 347.

His treatment of philosophers, 448, note

Vice, Mandeville's theory of the origin of, i. 7.