Acrobats, the great number of, 218 Acte, the beautiful, 114 Actium, the mistakes of Antony at, 60; the peace after, 216 _Ægean_ Islands, the vineyards of the, 200 Agriculture in Gaul, the extent of, 84 Agrippa, the builder of the Pantheon, 103; the successor of, 165 Agrippina, the power of, 103; the love of the Republic of, 114; miraculous escape of, 120; death of, 122 Alaric, the destruction caused by, 258 Alcohol, the distillers of, 26 Alesia, the city of, 91, 94; the battle at, 197 Alexander the Great, mentioned, 48 Alexandria, the position of, 15 Allier, the valley of the, 92 Alps, the peoples beyond the, 20; the fear of crossing the, 73 _Ambitio_ of the ancients, the, 14 America, the discovery of, _Amor_, the kingdom of, 25 _Amores_, the, by Ovid, 151 _Amours_, the, of Antony, 41 _Amphore_, the wine of the, 39 Ancient Rome, corruption in, 3 _ff_ Anglo-Saxons, traits of the, 197 Anicetus, the diabolical plan of, 119 Antony, the history of, 37 _ff_; the love of, 40; meets Cleopatra, 44; the bewilderment of, 57 Antifeminist reaction, the, 111 Antioch, the departure for, 45; the marriage at, 51 Antium, the return to, 119 Antonines, the power of the, 246 Aquileia, son of Julia born at, 155; the trade in, 192 Arabia, part of, annexed, 49 Archæological discoveries, the effect of, 259 Archæologists, the discoveries of, 43 Archelaus, the revolt against, 166 Architectural effort at Rome, 134 Argentine Republic, the mention of, 86 Arles, a large market for wines, 192 Armenia, the revolt in, 161 Arras, the district of, 90 Arrianus, the work of, 199 _Ars Armandi_, the, by Ovid, 163 Artists, the numerous, of the East, 55 Asia Minor, the addition to the Empire of, 49 Asiatic civilisation, 17 Athens, the influence of, 202 Atrides, the legend of, 138 Attalus, King, 16; the bequest of, 187 Augustus, the age of, 25 Augustus Cæsar, lectures on, 3; the wise laws of, 158; troubles of, 176; the death of, 209 _Avaritia_, the complaint of the, 14 B Bacchante, a miserable, 155 Bacchus, the plant of, 182 Bætica, civilisation in, 72 Baiæ, the Court at, 119 Banquets, the, of ancient Rome, 7 Barbarian, the struggle against the, 34 Barbarism, the primitive, 254 Belgæ, the victory over the, 77 Beverages, in Roman history, 181 _ff_; the growing use of, 186 _Birrus_ of Laodicea, the, 88 Bismarck, mentioned, 64; compared to Cæsar, 247 Biturigi, the, a tribe of Gaul, 86 Black Sea, the country around, 182 Borebiste, a Gætic warrior, 191 _Boulanger_, a Roman, 41 Brennus, the conspirator, 130 Britannicus, the exclusion of, 103; the death of, 115 Brutus, the cult of, 243 Buddhist, the position of the, 236 Burrhus, the political work of, 104 C