was clinging to the soil of the kingdom which he had possessed, to come forth, like a serpent concealed in the earth, (let me speak without offence to his majesty,) by the salutary charms of his counsels! How honourably, yet how far from negligently, does he keep watch over him! How formidable a war, excited by the Gallic chief Sacrovir and Julius Florus, did he suppress, and with such amazing expedition and energy, that the Roman people learned that they were conquerors, before they knew that they were at war, and the news of victory outstripped the news of the danger! The African war too, perilous as it was, and daily increasing in strength, was quickly terminated under his auspices and direction.
CXXX. What structures has he erected in his own name, and those of his family! With what dutiful munificence, even exceeding belief, is he building a temple to his father! With how laudable a generosity of disposition is he repairing even the buildings of Cnæus Pompey, that were consumed by fire! Whatever has been at any time conspicuously great, he regards as his own, and under his protection. With what liberality has he at all times, and particularly at the recent fire on the Cælian Mount, repaired the losses of people of all conditions out of his own property! With what perfect ease to the public does he manage the raising of troops, a business of constant and extreme apprehension, without the consternation attendant on a levy! If either nature allows us, or the humility of man may take upon itself, to make a modest complaint of such things to the gods, what has he deserved that, in the first place, Drusus Libo should form his execrable plots; and, in the next, that Silius and Piso should follow his example, one of whom he raised to dignity, the other he promoted? That I may pass to greater matters, (though he accounted even these very great,) what has he deserved, that he should lose his sons in their youth, or his grandson by Drusus? But we have only spoken of causes for sorrow, we must now come to occasions of shame. With what violent griefs, Marcus Vinicius, has he felt his mind tortured in the last three years! How long has his heart been consumed with affliction, and, what is most unhappy, such as he was obliged to conceal, while he was compelled to grieve, and to feel indignation and shame, at the conduct of his daughter
in-law and his grandson?! And the sorrows of this period have been aggravated by the loss of his most excellent mother, a woman who resembled the gods more than human beings; and whose power no man ever felt but in the relief of distress or the conferring of honour.
CXXXI. Let our book be concluded with a prayer. O Jupiter Capitolinus, O Jupiter Stator! O Mars Gradivus, author of the Roman name! O Vesta, guardian of the eternal fire! O all ye deities who have exalted the present magnitude of the Roman empire to a position of supremacy over the world, guard, preserve, and protect, I entreat and conjure you, in the name of the Commonwealth, our present state, our present peace, [our present princes!] And when he shall have completed a long course on earth, grant him successors to the remotest ages, and such as shall have abilities to support the empire of the world as powerfully as we have seen him support it! All the just designs of our country
■ CXXX. Daughter-in-law] Agrippina, the wife of Germanicus.
2 Grandson] Nero, the son of Germanicus. Velleius merely echoes the calumnies of Tiberius on both these characters.
3. CXXXI. [Our present prince!] The words hunc principem, which the text requires, are supplied from a conjecture of Lipsius. The conclusion of the prayer 's imperfect.
ABBREVIATIONS.-C., Conspiracy of Catiline; J., Jugurthine War; Fr., Frag ments of Sallust's History; Ep. i., ii., Pseudo-Sallust's Epistles to Cæsar; FI., Florus; V., Velleius Paterculus.
ABORIGINES of Italy, C., 6
Acerrans made Roman citizens, V., i. 14 Achæan war, Fl., ii. 16
Achæans driven out of Laconia, V., i. 3. Defeated by Metellus, V., i. 11. Sub- dued by Mummius, V., ii. 38 Achaia, Greece so called by the Romans,
Fl., ii. 7. Joins Antiochus, Fl., ii. 8 Acilius Glabrio, Fl., ii. 8
Actium, battle of, Fl, iv. 11; V., ii. 84 Adherbal, son of Micipsa, J., 5. At- tacked by Jugurtha, and flees to Rome, J., 13. His speech to the senate, J., 14. Is assigned the less valuable half of Numidia, J., 16. Is attacked by Jugurtha; his pusillani- mity, J., 20. Is defeated, and flees to Cirta, J.. 21. His letter to the senate, J., 24. Surrenders to Jugurtha, who puts him to death, J., 26. See Fl., iii. 1
Adrumetum, J., 19 Eetes, Fl., iii. 5 Ægisthus, V., i. 1
Emilius. See Paulus
Etolian war, Fl., ii. 9; V., ii. 38
Albania reduced, V., ii. 40 Albinus, Lucius, Fl., i. 13 Albinus, Spurius, consul, his eagerness for war, J., 35. Has the province of Numidia, J., 35. Goes to war with Jugurtha, J., 36. His activity and subsequent tardiness, ib. Quits Nu- midia to hold the comitia at Rome, ib. Returns to the army after the defeat of his brother, J., 39 Alcmæon, archon at Athens, V., i. 8 Alesia, Fl., iii. 10; V., ii 17 Aletes builds Corinth, V., i., 3 Alexander the Great, V., i. 6. Compared with Cæsar, V., ii. 41 Alexandria built, V., i. 14 Allia, river, Fl., i. 13
Allies of Rome, war with, Fl., iii. 18 Allobroges, deputies from, C., 40. State of their country, ib. Their hesita- tion, and resolution, C., 41. Procure a written oath from certain of the con- spirators, C., 44. Are arrested at the Milvian Bridge, C., 45. Receive re- wards for their information from the senate, C., 50. See Fl., iv. 1. War of the Romans with the Allobroges, Fl., iii. 2. See V., ii. 10
Altars of the Philæni, J., 19 Ambiorix, Fl., iii. 10
Afranius and Petreius in Spain, Fl., iv. Amulius, Fl., i. 1
2. Afranius's death, ib.
Afranius, comic writer, V., i. 17
Amyntas, king, joins Augustus, V., ii. 84 Ancus Marcius, his reign, Fl., i. 4, 8
Africa, description of it, J., 17. Made a Annius, Caius, governor of Leptis, J.,
province, V., ii. 38
African war against Cæsar, V., ii. 54 Agamemnon, V., i. 1
Agrippa, Octavius's admiral, V., ii. 89. Marries Julia, V., ii. 93. Dies, V., ii. 96 Agrippa, his son, adopted by Augustus, V., ii. 104, 112
Alba, built by Ascanius, Fl., i. 1. War of the Albans and Romans, Fl., i. 3. Their faithlessness, Fl., i. 3 The city demolished, ib. See V., i. 14
Annius, Lucius, tribune, J, 37 Annius, Quintus, C., 17 Antiochus, Fr., B. iv. (Letter of Mithri- dates). War of the Romans with him, Fl., ii. 8
Antiochus Epiphanes, V., i. 10 Antonius, Caius, has a view to the con- sulship, C., 21. His private circum- stances, ib. Sent in pursuit of Cati- liu, C., 36. Approaches Catiline's
army, C., 56. Not present in the battle with Catiline, C., 59 Antony, Lucius, V., ii. 74 Antony, Mark, offers a crown to Cæsar, Fl., iv. 2; V., ii. 56. A public disturber, Fl., iv. 3, 5, 6, 9. Proscribes his uncle, iv. 6. Conquered at Mutina, Fl., iv. 4. Goes against Brutus and Cassius, Fl., iv. 7. Defeated by the Parthians, Fl, iv. 10. By Augustus, Fl., iv. 11; V., ii. 84. Kills himself, Fl., iv. 11; V., ii. 87. See also V., ii. 60, 63, 65, 82 Antony, M., orator, V., ii. 9. Killed by Marius, V., ii. 22
Appius Claudius Cæcus, his verses, Ep. ii. 1
Appius Claudius the Decemvir, Fl., i. 24 Appius Pulcher, Fl., ii. 10
Apuleius, sedition of, Fl., iii. 16 Aquæ Sextiæ, Fl., iii. 3
Aquilius poisons springs in Pergamus, Fl., ii. 20
Archelaus, general of the Pontic army, Fr., B.iv. (Letter of Mithridates); FI., iii. 5
Archilochus, poet, V., i. 5 Archons at Athens, V., i. 2, 8 Ardea, Fl, i. 7
Ariobarzanes, Fl., iii. 5; iv. 2 Ariovistus, Fl., iii. 10
Aristonicus, son of Attalus, Fr., B. iv. (Letter of Mithridates) Aristonicus in Pergamus, Fl., ii. 20; V., ii. 4
Aristophanes, poet, V., i. 16 Aristotle, ib.
Armenians, J., 18. Subdued by Pompey, and under Augustus, Fl., iv. 12; V.,
Arminius cuts off Varus, V., ii. 118 Arretium, C., 36
V., i. 17. Faithful to Rome, V., ii. 23. Famous decree at, V., ii. 58 Atreus, V., i. 7
Attalus, king of Pergamus, his will, Fr., B. iv. (Letter of Mithridates); Fl., ii. 20; V., ii. 4
Attius Nævius, the augur, Fl., i. 5 Attius, writer of tragedy, V., i. 17; ii. 9 Augustus Cæsar, adopted by Julius Cæsar, V., ii. 59. Resolves to avenge the death of Cæsar, Fl., iv. 3. Regu lates the affairs of the empire, ib. Defeats Antony at Mutina, Fl., iv. 4. At Perusia, Fl., iv. 5; V., ii. 76. At Actium, Fl., iv. 11; V., ii. 85. Sub- dues the Cantabrians, Fl., iv. 12. Goes against Cassius and Brutus, Fl., iv. 7; V., ii. 70. Contemns a triumph, Fl., iv. 12. Shuts the temple of Janus, ib. His wars with foreign nations, ib. See V., ii. 60, 61, 65, 77, 79, 80, 89, 100. Adopts Caius and Lucius, V., ii. 96. Adopts Tiberius and Agrippa, V., ii.
Aulus, brother of Albinus, left in com- mand by him, J., 36, 37. Foolishly at- tacks Suthul, J., 37. Deluded and overcome by Jugurtha, J., 38. His troops obliged to pass under the yoke, ib.
Aurelia Orestilla, C., 15, 35 Autronius, Publius, C., 17, 18 Avaricum, Fl., iii. 10
Aventine Mount, secessions to, J., 31
Bæbius, Caius, a tribune of the people, bribed by Jugurtha, J., 33. audacity, J., 34
Balearic isles subdued, Fl., iii. 8 Bathinus, river, V., ii. 114 Belgæ, Fl., iii. 10
Arsaces, letter of Mithridates to, Fr., B. Bellienus, prætor at Utica, J., 104 iv.
Artabazes, Fl., iii. 5
Artavasdes, king of Armenia, V., ii. 82 Aruns, Fl., i. 10 Arverni, Fl., iii. 10
Asia, by some included in Europe, J., 17. A Roman province, V., ii. 4, 38, 126 Asinius Pollio, Fl., iv. 12; V., ii. 36, 73, 76, 86
Aspar, an instrument of Jugurtha, J., 108, 112
Assyrians, universal empire of, V., i. 6 Asturians subdued, Fl., iv. 12 Athenians, C., 2. Their exploits not so great as they are represented, C., 8. Conquered by the Lacedæmonians, C., 51
Athenio, leader of the slaves in Sicily, Fl., iii. 19
Athens occupied by Mithridates, Fl., iii. 5. Reduced by Sylla, ib. Archons of, V., i. 2. Colonies. V., i. 4. Genius,
Bestia, Lucius, C., 17. Appointed to make a charge against Cicero, C., 43 Bestia, Lucius Calpurnius, consul, J., 72. Able, but avaricious, J., 28. Has the conduct of the war against Ju- gurtha, J., 28. Bribed by him, J., 29. Escapes condemnation, J., 34. See Fl., iii. 1
Bibulus, Ep. i. 9; V., ii. 44
Bithynia bequeathed to the Romans, V., ii. 4. Recovered from Nicomedes Fl., iii. 5
Bituitus, a Gallic king, Fl., iii. 1 Bocchus, king of Mauretania, J., 19. Father-in-law of Jugurtha, J., 80. Joins him, ib. His instability, J., 97. Treats secretly with Marius, J., 102. His irresolution, ib. Sends ambas- sadors to Marius and to Rome, J., 103. Reply that he receives from the senate, J., 104. His duplicity, J., 108, 109. His address to Sylla, J., 110.
Determines to betray Jugurtha, J., Canna, battle of, Fl., ii. 6
11. See Fl., iii. 1 Boiohemum, V., ii. 109 Bojorix, Fl., iii. 3
Bomilcar, an adherent of Jugurtha, procures the death of Massiva, J., 35. Escapes by Jugurtha's means, ib. Commands in Jugurtha's army, J., 49, 52. Wrought upon by Metellus, J., 61. Induces Jugurtha to think of surrendering, J., 62. Plots against Jugurtha's life, J., 70. Discovered, and put to death, J., 71, 72 Britain invaded by Cæsar, Fl., iii. 10; V., ii. 47
Britomarus, Fl., ii. 4
Bructerians subdued, V., ii 105 Brundusium, V., i. 14; ii. 24, 76 Brutus and Collatinus, Fl, i. 9. Brutus puts his sons to death, Fl., i. 9. His death, Fl., i. 10 Brutus, Ep. ii. 4 Brutus, Decimus, C., 40
Conspirator against Cæsar, V., ii. 56. Killed, 64 Brutus, Marcus Junius, kills Cæsar, Fl., iv. 2; V., ii. 56 His war with Octavius and Antony, Fl., iv. 7 ; V., ii. 70. His death, ib. Compared with Cassius, V., ii. 72.
Byzantium, V., ii. 15
Cæcilian family, remarkable, V., ii. 11 Cæcilius, writer of comedy, V., i. 17 Cælius, his sedition, V., ii. 68 Caninenses, Fl, i. 1
Cæpio, Quintus, J., 114
Cæpio, Servilius, Fl., iii. 17; V., ii. 10,
Cæsar, Augustus. See Augustus Cæsar, Caius Strabo. orator, V., ii 9 Cæsar, Julius, greatly in debt, C., 49 Odium excited against him by Catulus and Piso, ib. His speech to the senate concerning the conspirators, C., 51. His character, contrasted with that of Cato, C., 54. His wars in Gaul, Fl., iii. 10; V., ii. 43-48. Invades Britain, ib. Civil war with Pompey, Fl., iv. 2. His war in Egypt, ib. With Phar- naces, ib. His triumphs, ib. His dic- tatorship and death, ib. See V., ii. 41, 49, 52, 55, 56, 59 Cæsar, Lucius, C., 17
Cæsar, Tiberius. See Tiberius Cæsars, Caius and Lucius, grandsons of Augustus, Fl., iv. 12; V., ii. 96. Their deaths, ib.; V., 101, 102 Calpurnia kills herself, V., ii 26 Calpurnia, wife of Cæsar, V., ii. 57 Calpurnius Flamma, Fl., ii. 2 Camillus, Fl., i. 13, 22
Campania described, Fl., i. 16. Cam- panians made citizens, V., i. 14. See V., ii. 81
Cantabrians subdued by Augustus, Fl.
Caprea, lake of, Fl., i. 1
Capsa, besieged by Marius, J., 89. Taken, J., 91; Fl., iii. 1 Caralis in Sardinia, Fl., ii. 6 Carbo, Ep. ii. 4
Carbo, consul, V., ii. 12, 24 Carræ, Fl., i. 11; iii. 11 Carthage destroyed, Fl., ii. 15; V., ii. 12. First colony out of Italy, V., i. 15. More powerful than Tyre, V., ii. 15. When founded, V., i. 6 Carthaginians, how treated by the Romans, C., 51. Carthaginians and Cyrenians, J., 79
Cassius, Lucius C. Longinus, C., 17. Sets out for Gaul, C., 44
Cassius, Lucius, prætor, despatched to bring Jugurtha to Rome, J., 32 Cassius kills Cæsar, Fl, iv. 2; V., ii. 56. His war with Octavius and Antony, and death, Fl., iv. 7; V., ii. 70. war in Parthia, V., ii. 46 Castor and Pollux, Fl., i. 11; ii. 12 Catabathmos, J., 17, 19 Catiline, his birth, character, and mode of life, C., 5. Wishes to make himself tyrant of his country, ib. His asso- ciates, C., 14. His crimes, C., 15. Con- ceives the plan of the conspiracy, C., 16. His first plot, and its failure, C., 18. His speech to the con- spirators, C, 20. Atrocity said to have followed it, C., 22. Has a view to the consulship, C., 26. Lays plots for Cicero, ib. Resolves on war, ib. His exertions, C., 27. His audacity in entering the senate, and threats, C., 31. Leaves Rome for the camp, C., 32. Sends letters to different persons, C., 34. His letter to Catulus, C., 35. De- clared a public enemy, C., 36. Con- sequences that would have resulted from his success, C, 39. Prepares his forces, C., 56. Deserted by many of his followers, and endeavours to reach Gaul, C., 57. Resolves on giving battle to Antonius; his speech to his troops, C., 57, 58. His conduct in the battle, C, 60. His death, C., 61. See Fl., iv. 1; V., ii. 34, 36
Cato, C., condemned for extortion, V.,
Cato, Marcus Porcius, (the Censor,) his style, Fr., B. i. Urges the destruction of Carthage, Fl., ii. 15 See V., i. 7, 13, 17
Cato, Marcus Porcius, his speech to the senate, recommending that the con- spirators be put to death, C., 52. His opinion is followed, C., 53. His cha- racter, as compared with that of Cæsar, C., 54, See also Ep i. 9. Sent
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