Naples, the beautiful Greek city of Campania, I, 33.
Nasica;
_see_ Scipio.
Neptune, god of the sea, I, 32;
III, 94.
New Academy;
_see_ Academy.
Nicocles, tyrant of Sicyon, II, 81.
Nola, a city in Campania, loyal to Rome, I, 33.
Norbanus, Gaius, tribune (95), impeached (94) for treason, II, 49;
consul (83).
Numantia, the capital of Celtiberia, razed to the ground after a long
siege by the younger Scipio, I, 35, 76;
treacherously treated by Rome, III, 109.
Numicius, Tiberius, colleague of Quintus Maelius (_q.v._), III, 109.
Oath, significance of, I, 39, 40; III, 102 fg.;
fidelity to, I, 39, 40; III, 99-112;
violation of, III, 113 fg.;
_see_ Perjury.
Octavius, Gnaeus, as praetor commanded the fleet against Perseus (168)
and gained a triumph;
consul (165), I, 138.
Octavius, Marcus, tribune (120);
had the corn law of Gaius Gracchus repealed and secured the passage of
a new and more conservative one, II, 72.
Old Age, duties peculiar to, I, 123;
worst vices of, I, 123.
Old Comedy, that of Aristophanes, Cratinus, Eupolis, etc., the comedy of
personal abuse, I, 104.
Orata, Gaius Sergius Silus, praetor (97), III, 67.
Oratory, a division of speech, I, 132;
divisions of, II, 49;
a means for winning favour, II, 48;
a means for service, II, 65-71;
a power to save, II, 51.
Orderliness, defined, I, 142;
of action, I, 142-145.
Orestes;
Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes Aurelianus, consul (71), II, 58.
Palamedes, the inventor;
exposed Ulysses's trick, III, 98;
treacherously done to death in revenge.
Palatine, the hill above the forum on the south;
east of the capital, I, 138.
Panaetius, of Rhodes (180-111 _ca._), Stoic philosopher, disciple of
Diogenes and Antipater (_q.v._) at Athens, close friend of Laelius
(_q.v._) and Scipio, I, 90; II, 76;
popularized philosophy, II, 35;
wrote a book on moral duty, III, 7;
failed to define duty, I, 7;
classification of duty, I, 9;
omits third division, I, 152, 161; II, 88;
reasons for omission, III, 7-18, 34;
how it would have been met, III, 33;
other omissions, II, 86;
on co-operation, II, 16;
defends lawyer's efforts in a bad case, II, 51;
on expensive public buildings, II, 60;
Cicero's model, II, 60; III, 7;
Hecaton's teacher, III, 63.
Papius, Gaius, as tribune (65), revived the law of Pennus (_q.v._),
III, 47.
Patriotism, I, 83;
duty to country, I, 160; III, 90, 95;
to die for country, I, 57;
sacrifice for, I, 84; III, 100;
right to do wrong for one's country, I, 159; III, 93, 95.
Paulus, Lucius Aemilius, consul (216), defeated and slain at Cannae,
I, 114.
Paulus;
Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, son of the preceding;
in his second consulship he conquered Perseus of Macedon at Pydna
(168) and enriched Rome with spoils, II, 76;
the father of the younger Africanus, I, 116, 121.
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