Page numbers in italics indicate figures.
A
Aeg. 777 (Dresden shroud), 37
Afterlife beliefs of Roman Egypt, 34–8
Agricola, 148
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, 126, 139
Agrippa Postumus, 121, 128
Alexander-motif, 133–44
Alexander the Great, 137–8, 140–2
Alexandria, 32, 33, 170, 172, 173–4, 175
ÄM 11659 (Berlin shroud), 29–38, 31, 32, 35
Ambition (philotimia) , 138, 141–2
Antoninus Pius, 172
Aphrodisias, 173, 176
Apollonius Rhodius
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Argonautica, 107
Appian, 133
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Bella civilia, 147, 151
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Σαυνιτική, 17
Aratus
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Phaenomena, 109–10, 111–12
Arrays, battle, 43–4, 48, 58–62, 160
Ataxia , 55–6
Athenians in battle, 60, 61–2, 160–1
Athens, Roman, 169, 170, 177–8, 180
Augustus, 115–31, 138–40, 173
Avidius Cassius, 172
B
Bark of Osiris, 34, 36, 36–7
Battle description, 40–64, 145–67
Battle in the Great Harbour at Syracuse, 59, 149, 159–62
Battle of Arginusae, 60
Battle of Chaeronea, 61, 62
Battle of Chios, 156–7
Battle of Cynoscephalae, 54, 64
Battle of Delium, 60, 146
Battle of Mantinea, 60, 63
Battle of Mons Graupius, 52–3, 148
Battle of Pharsalus, 149, 151
Battle of Plataea, 58, 59–60, 62, 63, 155
Battle of Zama, 10–11
Battle speeches, 10–11, 44–5, 48, 145–54
Beirut, 103–5, 110–11, 112–13
Beroë myth, 103–14
Brundisium, 25
C
Caligula, 170–1, 172, 173
Calpurnius Piso, L. (historian), 16
Caracalla, 134–6, 169
Carthage, 2, 16, 17, 18, 24
Cassius Dio, 119, 123–4, 125–6, 129, 132–44, 162, 180
Casualty numbers, 48, 155, 156
Catalogues, Homeric, 58–9, 61
Causation in Polybius, 11–12
Census, 126
Chronology in battle description, 53
Chuvin, Pierre, 106
Cicero, 126
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Epistulae ad Atticum, 119
Cinema, battle description as, 42–3, 45, 47, 48, 50–1, 63, 158, 159, 160
Claudius, 129, 170, 173, 174, 175
Coinage, Augustan, 120, 124
Colonies, Roman, 15, 17, 19, 26
Commodus, 170
Consilium , 127, 131
Cult, imperial, 169–181
D
Delegations to emperors, 171–4, 178–9, 180–1
Delphi, 171, 174, 175
Dike (Justice), 110–12
Dio Cassius, 119, 123–4, 125–6, 129, 132–44, 162, 180
Dio Chrysostom
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Kingship Orations, 142
Diodorus Siculus, 61, 62, 142
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 154, 155
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Antiquitates Romanae, 25, 162
Diplomacy in Roman Greece, 168–81
Disorder (ataxia) , 55–6
Duumviri navales , 16, 19, 25
E
Eck, Werner, 172
Egyptian religious beliefs, 27–38
Embassies to emperors, 171–4, 178–9, 180–1
Empedocles
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On Nature, 113–14
Emperors, elderly, 115–17, 125–31
Enargeia , 46, 161
Epitaphs, 154, 155
Etruscan campaigns (311–308bc), 19–20
Etruscan pirates, 17, 21
F
Fortuna, 34–5, 37
Fortune (τyχη) in Polybius, 3, 5–6, 7
Forum Romanum , 122–4
Funerary cloths, Egyptian, 27–38
G
Gaius Caesar, 115, 119–22
Gellius, Aulus
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Noctes Atticae, 115
Generalship, 54, 55, 56, 61–2, 152–4, 159
Germanicus, 127–8, 142, 147
Golden race, 109–10, 112–14
H
Hadrian, 171, 174, 175, 176–80
Hegemony, Roman, 1–13
Herodian, 134
Herodotus, 49, 50, 58, 59–60, 62, 63, 145–6, 154–5
Heroism, individual, 45, 50–1, 57–8, 62–3, 152–3, 154–5, 159
Hesiod
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Theogony, 106, 108, 111, 114
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Works and Days, 112
Historiography, military, 40–64, 145–67
Homer
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Iliad, 49–54, 58–9, 61–3, 108, 145–6, 152, 154
Horace
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Ars poetica, 118
I
Iconography of Roman Egypt, 30–2, 34–7
Ilium (Troy), 135–6
Imagery of Augustus, 130
Imperial honours and diplomacy, 169–81
Imperial virtues, 141–3
Imperialism, Roman, 1–13, 141
Isis navigans , 30–8, 33, 35
J
Julius Caesar, 121, 138, 141–2, 143, 151
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Bellum Civile, 149, 162
Justice in the golden age, 110–12
K
Kingship, qualities of, 141–3
Koinon of the Achaeans, 170–1, 173
Koloniai statues, 178
L
Language of diplomacy, 172–6, 180–1
Law, primordial, 109–11
Leisure (otium) , 116
Lex Papia Poppaea , 128
Life expectancy in the Roman Empire, 117–18
Livia, 123, 125, 126, 128
Livy, 16, 19, 23, 47, 55, 63, 146
Loyalty, political, 173–4, 181
Lucan, 143, 151
Luceria, 19
Lucian
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Verae historiae, 39–40, 60–1, 157–8
Lucius Caesar, 116, 119–22
Lydus, Joannes
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De magistratibus, 25
M
Maiden constellation (Virgo), 109–10
Marcus Aurelius, 170, 172, 174
Memphite area, 28–9
Menestheus, 61–2
Mesopotamia, annexation of, 132, 141
Military leadership, 54, 55, 56, 61–2, 137–8, 141–2, 152–4, 159
Military training, 55
Miller, Fergus, 172
Modern battle descriptions, 42–3, 46, 48, 160
Morale, military, 12, 56, 153
N
Naval power, early Roman, 14–26
Naval warfare, descriptions of, 157–63
Navigation and Isis-worship, 32–3
Neapolis, 19, 20, 23
Nephthys, 34, 35, 36, 37
Nero, 175
Nerva, 129
Nicias, 149, 160
Nonnus
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Dionysiaca, 103–14
O
Oakley, Stephen, 15–16
Old age, 118–19, 125, 126, 128, 130
Omina imperii , 138–9
Onasander
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The General, 153
Onlookers in battle descriptions, 161–2
Osiris, bark of, 34, 36, 36–7
Ostia, 17
Otium , 116
P
Panhellenion League, 176–80
Paterfamilias role, 120–1, 126
Pescennius Niger, 137
Petitions to emperors, 173–6, 178 Φατις, 107–8
Philotimia (ambition), 138, 141–2
Pindar
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Olympian Odes, 107
Piracy, 17, 21–2
Piso, L. Calpurnius (historian), 16
Pliny the Elder
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Naturalis historia, 16
Plutarch
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Moralia, 125, 150
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On the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander, 142
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[Parallela minora], 139
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Polybius, 1–13, 15–16, 18, 20–1, 45–6, 56, 63–4, 156–7, 162
Pompey, 138, 141–2, 151
Pontiae, 19, 26
Portraits, funerary, 35
Procopius, 147, 155
Ptolemy, Claudius, 118–19
Punic Wars, 9–11, 14
Pyrrhic War, 24
Q
Quaestores classici , 25
R
Ratification of petitions, 175–6, 179–80
Religion, Romano-Egyptian, 27–38
Rhodes, 20–2
Roman hegemony, 1–13
S
Sallust
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Bellum Catilinae, 148
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Bellum Iugurthinum, 162
Samos, 173
Saqqarah necropolis, 28–9
Satire, 39–40, 157–8
Schmitt, Hatto, 20, 22
Scipio Africanus, 5, 10–11
Sea battles, descriptions of, 157–63
Senate, imperial, 127–8, 131, 175–6, 180
Seneca
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De brevitate vitae, 116
Septimius Severus, 132–3, 136, 141, 172
Shipbuilding, Roman, 16, 17–18, 25, 26
Shrouds, decorated, 27–38
Sila Forest, 24–5
Socii navales , 16, 19, 20, 23–4
Speeches, generals', 10–11, 44–5, 48, 145–54
Successors to Alexander, battles of, 61, 62, 140
Suetonius
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Augustus, 127, 129
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Tiberius, 124, 128
Swimming, 120–1
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Tacitus, 133
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Agricola, 52–3, 148, 151
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Annales, 51, 128, 142, 147–8, 176
Tactics, military, 54–8, 159
Tarentum, 17, 23
Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome, 123–4
Temple of Concordia, Rome, 122–3
Temple of Zeus Olympios, Athens, 177–8
Thasos, 174
Thiel, Johannes Hendrik, 15, 17, 23–4
Thucydides, 56, 59, 60, 145, 146–7, 149, 154, 155–7, 159–62
Tiberius, 121–4, 125–6, 128, 129, 131, 138, 169, 173, 175
Topography of battle, 46
Training, military, 55
Trajan, 129, 141, 142, 173–4
Troy (Ilium), 135–6
Τyχη in Polybius, 3, 5–6, 7
V
Valle, Pietro della, 29
Varro, 118
Verus, Lucius, 174
Vespasian, 130
Virgo (Maiden), constellation of, 109–10
Virtues, imperial, 141–3
W
Wars of the Diodochi, 61, 62, 140
X
Xenophon
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Cyropaedia, 153
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Hellenica, 60
Xiphilinus, John, 132–3, 136
Z
Zeugma (town), 140–1
Zielinski's Law, 53
Zonaras, Joannes, 25