the oracle at Carmel,
447; the Moesian army declares him emperor, 448; also the legions in
Egypt and Judaea, ib.; seizes Alexandria, 449; consults Serapis, ib.;
performs miracles, 450, and note; returns to Rome, 451; his Jewish
triumph, ib.; reforms the army, 452; his public buildings, 453; his
just administration, 454; and clemency, 455; his love of money, 456;
encourages learning and art, 457; his person, 459; mode of life, ib.;
his wit, 460; is taken ill, 461; dies at Reate, ib.
Vestal Virgins, the, 52; mode of appointment, 95; and note; their
lewdness punished, 485.
Via Appia, 236, and note.
--- Flaminia, 94, and note, 146.
--- Nomentana, 376, note.
--- Sacra, a street in Rome, 31.
--- Salaria, description of 376 note; tomb there, 454.
Vienne, in Narbonne, 433, and note.
Vines forbidden to be planted, 484; edict revoked, 491; remarkable
produce of a, 524.
Vindex, Julius, revolts in Gaul, 370, 406; his death, 408.
Vintage, the, 99, note.
VITELLIUS, his origin, 427, 428; and birth, 429; his youth vicious,
430; in favour with Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, 430; his marriages,
431; sent to Germany, ib.; saluted emperor by the troops, 432; marches
to Rome, 433; governs despotically, 434; his gluttony, 435; and luxury,
ib.; his cruel executions, 436; the legions declare against him, 437;
agrees to abdicate, ib.; secretes himself, 438; is dragged out and
slain, 439.
Virgil, account of his life and works, 165-173.
Vologesus honours Nero's memory 381; offers reinforcements to Vespasian,
449; demands succours, 480.
Vorones, king of the Parthians, 222.
Wild beasts shown in the public spectacles by Julius, 8; by Augustus,
105, 106; criminals thrown to, 305, and note; numbers exhibited, 470,
note; exhibited by Domitian, 481.
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