lladius, and others, which serve to show the
decline of that pursuit among the Romans. Geography, mathematics, and
architecture were also cultivated; but of most of these scientific
authors only the name is preserved.

[Illustration: Juvenal.]

INDEX.

A.

_Accensi_, 123.

Accius, L., 275.

Achaean League, 107;
in alliance with Philip V., 108.

Achaean War, 138.

AEdiles, 117.

Adolphus, brother of Alaric, 341.

AElius Saturninus, 297.

AElius Sejanus, 297;
his death, 299.

AEmilianus, 324.

AEmilius Lepidus, M., military road made by, 114.

AEmilius Paullus, L., ends the war in Illyria, 79;
slain in the battle of Cannae, 88.

AEmilius Paullus, L. (son), defeats Perseus, 135.

AEneas, legend of, 8.

AEquians, 58.

AEtolian League, 107;
forms alliance with Rome, 108;
but is obliged to make peace with Philip V., 108;
chief town Ambracia taken by the Romans, 111;
compelled to sue for peace, and the League crushed, 111.

Afranius, L., Consul, 224.

Afranius, L. (poet), 274.

Africa, invaded by the Romans, 72;
under Augustus, 287.

Agrarian Law of Sp. Cassius, 31;
law introduced by Ti. Gracchus, 150, 151;
extended by C. Gracchus, 157;
law introduced by Caesar, 225.

Agricola, Julius, legate to Britain, 303;
his forced retirement, 305.

Agrigentum besieged and taken, 70.

Agrippa, M., Octavian's general, drives L. Antonius and Fulvia out of
Rome, 263;
defeats them at Perusia, 263;
constructs the Julius Portus, 265;
defeats fleet of Sextus Pompey, 266.

Agrippa, M. Vipsanius, 286.

Agrippa, Postumus, 293;
assassination of, 295.

Agrippina, 298;
put to death by Tiberius, 299.

Alaric ravages Greece, 339;
besieges Rome, 340;
sacks the city, 341.

Alba Longa, foundation of, 8;
destruction of, 14.

Alban Lake, legend of the, 43.

Alesia surrenders to Caesar, 234.

Alexander Severus, Emperor, 322.

Alexandria, 288;
trade between, and the Indies, 288.

Allemanni threaten Rome, 324;
defeated by Aurelian, 325.

Allobroges, embassadors of the, 220.

Alps, Hannibal's passage of, note on, 90.

_Ambitus_, 128.

Ancus Marcius, succeeds Tullus Hostilius, 14;
conquers several Latin cities, and removes inhabitants to Rome, 14;
institutes the Fetiales, 15;
founds a colony at Ostia, 15;
fortifies the Janiculum, 15;
constructs the Pons Sublicius, 15;
his reign and death, 15.

Andriscus, 137.

Antiochus,