The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars (78 page)

and iconography of Helena and the True Cross, 271

and death of his mother, 272

last years of reign, and death, 277

burial in Constantinople, 312

brief references, 5, 250, 270, 274, 279, 280, 284, 302

Constantine II, 262, 277

Constantine III, 289, 291, 296

Constantine VI, 314

Constantinople, 263, 264–5, 271, 272, 276, 277, 278, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 289, 291, 292, 294, 296–7, 297–8, 299, 300, 301, 303–4, 305, 306–7, 309, 310, 311, 312, 314

Hagia Sophia, 291

St Lawrence, 306–7

Constantius Chlorus, 250–1, 252, 254, 255, 262, 277

Constantius II, 262, 269, 277–8, 279, 280

Constantius (Flavius Constantius)
see
Flavius Constantius

Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 154

Corbulo, 170

Corcyra, 86

Coriolanus, 20

Corneille, Pierre:
Tite et Bérénice
, 158

Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi), 18, 38, 48, 52, 58, 59–60, 76, 94, 97, 146, 172, 181, 207

Cornelia (Vestal Virgin), 177

Cornelius Cinna, 56

Cornelius Fronto
see
Fronto

Cornificia, 212, 237–8

Corsica, 138

Cossa, Pietro:
Messalina
, 135

Crepereius Gallus, 151

Crinagoras, 94

Crispus, 256, 265, 266, 267, 268

Ctesiphon, 195, 212, 227

Cybele, 93

Cyclops Polyphemus, 64

Cynewulf:
Elene
, 271

Cypros, 159, 160

Cyril of Alexandria, 305

Cyril of Jerusalem, 269

Cyrus, 304

Dacian Wars, 190, 196

Dalmatians, 74

damnatio memoriae
, 81, 118, 133–4, 176, 184, 265, 266

Damo, 204

Dante, 275

Divine Comedy
, 276

Danube, the, 83, 100, 166, 190, 195, 213, 238, 280, 285, 289

Davis, Lindsey, 169

De Medicamentis Liber
, 62–3

Deffand, Madame du, 229

Delphi, 54

Demeter, 143

Demosthenes, 181

Diana, 51, 214, 232

Didius Julianus
see
Julianus

Dido, Queen of Carthage, 140

Diocletian, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257

Diogenes, 174

Dionysia, 204

Dionysius (bailiff), 95

divorce, 67, 259–60

Dolabella, 13

Domitia Lepida, 126, 141

Domitia Lepida Minor, 126, 133

Domitia Longina, 3, 170–1, 175, 176–7, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185–6, 191, 196, 222, 308

Domitia Lucilla, 97, 206, 207–8, 210

Domitian, 168, 170–1, 176, 177–8, 181, 182, 183–4, 189, 190, 191, 192, 232

Domitilla, 183

Domitius Ahenobarbus, 120–1, 126

Domitius Marsus, 69, 79

Domna (Julia Domna)

political influence, 217, 218, 238

intellectual interests, 217, 229–30, 230–1

contemporary opinion of, 218

meets Septimius Severus, 219, 220

marries Severus, 220–1

birth of sons, 221

and Severus’s seizure of power, 223

portraits of, 223, 224, 226, 231–2

travels with her husband, 224, 226

titles, 224, 225, 233, 235, 236

relatives rise to prominent positions, 227

visits Egypt, 227

marital relationship, 227

and Plautianus, 227–8, 228–9, 233

‘circle’ of, 229

on tour of Africa, 231

and Saecular Games, 232

sponsors restoration of temple of Womanly Fortune, 232

in Britain, 234–5

and relationship between Caracalla and Geta, 235, 236

increase in honours and privileges, 236

and death of Geta, 237, 238

during reign of Caracalla, 238–9

relationship with Caracalla, 239

and Caracalla’s death, 240

death, 240

remains placed in mausoleum of Augustus, 240

deification, 240–1

brief references, 200, 216, 243, 253, 268, 298

Domus Aurea
(Golden House), Rome, 167

Domus Flavia, Rome, 178

Donations of Alexandria, 41

Donatus, 61

Dorcas, 52

Drepanum (later Helenopolis), 250, 251, 263, 268

Dresden, 134

dress, 14, 51–2, 70–1, 231–2, 282–3, 287

Drummond, Dr Robert, 116

Drusilla, 103, 116, 122, 123–4

Drusus (father of Germanicus), 27, 29, 51, 72, 75–6, 83, 87, 94, 106, 109, 117, 198

Drusus (son of Tiberius), 73, 98, 99, 100, 102, 110, 159

Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus), 110, 116

Dryden, John, 35

Dumas, Alexandre, 127

dyes:

for clothes, 70–1

for hair, 178–9

Eboracum, 234, 235, 255
see also
York

Echternach, 273

Eclectus, 222

education, 52–3, 230–1, 286

Egeria, 261, 268, 269

Egypt, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 82, 89, 95, 103–4, 115, 149, 166, 167, 172, 179–80, 187–8, 195, 202, 213, 227, 250

Elagabal, 220, 243

Elagabulus (formerly known as Avitus), 241–2, 243–4, 246, 247

Eleanor of Aquitaine, 4

Elgin, Lord, 1

Eliot, George:
Daniel Deronda
, 175

Elizabeth I, Queen, 294

Elpidia, 286–7

Emesa, 219–20, 227, 241, 250

Ephesus, 212

ecumenical council at, 304–5

Epicurean school of philosophy, Athens, 197–8, 230

Erasmus:
Senatulus
, 242

Eros (litter-bearer), 95

Esquiline hill, Rome, 77, 260

Eucherius, 287, 288, 289, 312

Eudocia (Aelia Eudocia; formerly Athenais), 268–9, 299–300, 302, 304, 305–6, 307–8

Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III), 269, 308, 313

Eudoxia, 286, 291, 301, 304, 314

Eugenius (estate manager), 310

Eugenius (usurper), 284

Eumachia, 77

Eunomius of Cyzicus, 281

Euphrates, River, 83

Europe, 185

Eusebia, 279, 280, 281, 282

Eusebius, 250, 251, 265, 266–7, 270, 272, 274

Eutactus, 50

Eutropia, 252, 267

Eutropius, 291

Eutychianus, 241

Fabius Rusticus, 146

Fadilla, 212

Fast, Howard

Agrippa’s Daughter
, 164

Spartacus
, 164

Fausta, 3, 256–7, 258, 262–3, 265, 266, 267, 268, 277, 279, 282, 314

Faustina, 1–2, 206, 208–9, 211, 212, 213–14, 221, 224, 225, 263, 282

Faustinopolis (formerly Halala), 214, 263

Favorinus, 18

Fayum, 172

Festus, 162

Feuchtwanger, Lion:
The Jew of Rome
, 164

Flacilla
see
Aelia Flacilla

Flavia Domitilla (wife of Vespasian), 168, 170

Flavia Domitilla (niece of Domitian), 183

Flavia Titiana, 222

Flavian dynasty, 158, 166–86, 188, 190, 191, 220

Flavius Aetius
see
Aetius

Flavius Clemens, 183

Flavius Constantius, 294, 295–6, 297, 300, 302, 309

Flavius Felix, 303

Flavius Sabinus, 182

Florus, Gessius, 162–3, 175

Fonthill Abbey, 116

Fordyce, James:
Sermons to Young Women
, 4

Fortuna Muliebris/Womanly Fortune, temple of, 76–7, 232

Forum Clodii, 93–4

Forum of Augustus, 79

France, 158

Franks, 277, 313

Frigidus, River, 284

Fronto (Cornelius Fronto), 74, 207–8, 209, 212, 214 Fucine Lake, 140

Fulvia, 19–20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 31, 35, 36, 37, 58, 81, 102, 139, 261

Fulvius Plautianus
see
Plautianus

Fundi, 13

fundus Laurentus
, 263–4, 272

Gabii, 185

Gaius, 66, 72–3, 74, 78, 82–3

Gaius Claudius Marcellus
see
Marcellus (Gaius Claudius Marcellus)

Gaius Octavianus, 17

Gaius Silius
see
Silius

Galatea, 64

Galba, 165–6, 167, 225

Galen, 113, 224–5, 229

Galeria Fundana, 168

Galerius, 252, 254–5, 257

Galilee, 160

Galla, 280, 284, 287

Galla Placidia
see
Placidia

Gallia Lugdunensis, 220

Gallus, 277–8, 279

Gallus (Cestius Gallus), 163

Gannys, 241

Gardens of Lucullus, Rome, 131

Gardens of Maecenas, Rome, 82

Gardens of Sallust, Rome, 167, 171

Gaul, 53, 73, 89, 100, 190, 220, 221, 223, 224, 254, 258, 283, 284, 289, 295, 303

Gauls, 172

Geiseric, 313

Gelasius of Caesarea, 270

Gemellus (Tiberius Gemellus), 121

Gemma Claudia, 137

Gentleman’s Magazine, The
, 117

Geoffrey of Monmouth:
Historia Regum Britanniae
, 273

George III, King, 116

German tribes, 239, 246, 249

Germanicus

son of Drusus and Antonia Minor, 75, 94

adopted by Tiberius, 83, 99

marries Agrippina Maior, 99, 100

consulship, 100

as military commander, 100, 101, 103

animosity and jealousy of Tiberius towards, 102–3, 103–4