Piso, abuse of, i., 151; Consul when Cicero was banished, 312; Cicero appeals to him, 320; robs Cicero, 324; Cicero's speech against, ii., 41; of high family, _ibid._; becomes Censor, 42; speaks for Antony in the Senate, 220. Piso, Calpurnius, Cicero defended, i., 191. Plancius, very kind to Cicero, i., 325; Cicero pleads for, ii., 49. Plancus, Lucius, letters from, ii., 140; Cicero writes to him, 211; may have been true, 228, 230, 234. Plancus, Munatius, Cicero's joy at his condemnation, ii., 74. Pliny, the elder, as to Cicero, i., 204. Plato, Cicero describes himself as a lover of, ii., 288. Plutarch, is to Cicero, i., 16; accuses him of running from Sulla's wrath, 57. Poetry, Cicero as a poet, i., 47. Poetus, gave some books to Cicero, i., 13; Cicero's correspondence with, ii., 172; Cicero took his books, 328. Political opinions, Cicero's, i., 54, 55; definition made by Cicero, ii., 28. Pollio, may have been true, ii., 228, 234. Pompeia, Caesar's wife divorced, i., 255. Pompeius, Strabo, father of Pompey the Great, i., 49. Pompey, the rising man, i., 55; devoid of scruple, 77; appointed to put down the pirates, 172; his character, 173; how regarded by Caesar, 216; his intercourse with Caesar, 243; Cicero's letters to, 244; chosen by him as his leader, 246; called home to act against Catiline, 247; returns from the East, 257; his jealousy, 259; Mommsen's opinion, _ibid._; one of the Triumvirate, 267; his marriage with Julia, 282; his ingratitude to Cicero, 287; his nick-names, 289, 291; promises to help Cicero against Clodius, 294; the story of Cicero kneeling to him, 321; Cicero forgives him, 327; offended by Cicero's praise of himself, ii., 15; commissioned to feed Rome, 19; Cicero to be his lieutenant, _ibid._; his games, Cicero's description of, 44, 45; sole Consul, 59; Dictator, 63; would be unwilling to bring back Clodius, 73; claims money from Ariobarzanes, 101; begins to attack Caesar, 105; borrowed Cicero's money, 111; Cicero clings to, 119; was murdered at the mouth of the Nile, 126. Pomponia, her treatment of her husband Quintius, ii., 79. Pontius Glaucus, a poem, i., 44. Popilius Laenas, killed Cicero, ii., 243, 244. Populace of Rome, condition of, ii., 11. Praetor, Cicero elected, i., 171, 176. Praetura Urbana, De, first speech in the second action In Verrem, i., 141. Proconsul, his desire for provincial robbery, i., 99, 100. Property, redistribution of, i., 196. Provinces, the struggle for, ii., 206. Pseudo Asconius, commentaries on the Verrine orations, i., 180. Publicani, their duties, i., 280. Publilia, married to Cicero, ii., 155. Publius Quintius, speech on his behalf, i., 80. Punic wars, the, i., 76. Puteoli, at, the story he tells of himself, i., 120. Q.