Mediterranean, piracy not quelled in, 54 Merivale on policy of Augustus, 221 Messala, Marcus Valerius, hails Augustus as “Father of his country,” 245 Metaurus, battle of the, 86 Mithridates defies Senate, 13 Mommsen on “ablest of Roman Emperors,” 84 Munda, Pompeius’ sons defeated at, 94, 101 Murena, conspiracy of, 246 Mutina, Decimus Brutus besieged at, 97 Mutinies in Pannonia and on Rhine, 270 _seqq._ N Napoleon, army of spies, 124 Nauportus, news of mutiny reaches, 276 Negro slavery in America, 60, 77 Nero: Courts popular favour, 403 Extravagancies only felt in Rome, 384, 415 Line of Cæsars ended in, 292 Recalled from banishment, 425 Nicopolis, Germanicus and Drusus meet at, 339 O Octavia, wife of Antonius, 124, 150, 169 Octavian: A great civilian, 109, 122, 124 Adopts Tiberius, 210, 251 Amnesty to S. Pompeius, 102, 115 Asserts legal rights, 97 “Augustus,” significance of, 129 Character, 113, 127, 128, 135, 139 Conduct after Cæsar’s death, 94, 110 Connexions, 126, 128 Conspiracies against, 246 Death, 1, 4, 79 _seqq._, 252 Dislike to army, 124, 125, 222 Empire of, 118 Exceptional man, 255 Funeral ceremonies, 81 Household, 103, 150, 152, 168, 172, 249 Hostile forces in, 175, 191 In Gaul, 224, 226 Invites Horace to be his private secretary, 127, 159 Julian laws of, 358 Lands at Brundisium, 94, 96 Last years, 245 Letters, fragments of, 211 Marriage, 102, 104, 114 Orator, 153 Overtures to Cicero, 112, 113, 114 Palace, 145 Panegyrics on, 80 Patronage, 246 Personal appearance, 141 Policy, 58, 142, 171, 221, 242, 290 Policy towards Senate, 50, 262 Popularity, 110 Princeps Senatus, 165 Progress to East, 154 Relations with Tiberius, 211, 214 Remodels army, 115 Scheme of representative government, 382 Successor, 83 Tiberius Nero associated with, 88 Vision of hereditary succession, 165 Worship of, 134, 226, 299, 306 Octavian family, 3 Orbilius, teacher of Horace, 71, 72 Ovid: _Fasti_, 387 On barbarians at Tomi, 221 Withdraws from Rome, 246 P Pallas, a freedman of Claudius, 70 Pandateria Isle: Agrippina banished to, 409 Julia banished to, 190 Pannonia: Army, how reinforced, 270 Mutiny in, 270 _seqq._, 392 Tiberius’ campaigns in, 226 Pannonians, 219 Pantheon, dome of, 116 Papaloi of Hayti, knowledge of poisons, 375 Parthians: Antonius’ victory over, 121 Expeditions against, 155 Show signs of restlessness, 336 Paterculus, C. Velleius: Associated with Tiberius Nero, 88, 100 Commits suicide, 100, 104