fertility, 5;
early inhabitants, 5;
struggles in Central Italy, 59;
under Augustus, 286, 287.

Iulus, or Ascanius, 8.

J.

Janiculum fortified, 15.

Janus, temple of, 13;
closed for the 2d time, 78;
for the 3d time, 270.

Jerusalem besieged and taken by Pompey, 212.

Jesus Christ, birth of, 293.

Jugurtha, under Scipio in Spain, 146;
early life, 162;
bribes the Senators, 163;
defeats Adherbal, and puts him to death, 163;
war declared against him, but comes to Rome under safe-conduct, 164;
murders Massiva, and is ordered to quit Italy, 164;
defeated by Metellus, 166;
and by Marius, 167;
who takes him prisoner, and conveys him to Rome, where he is starved
in prison, 167-8.

Julia, aunt of Caesar, married to Marius, 214;
her death, 215.

Julia, daughter of Caesar, married to Pompey, 225.

Julia, daughter of Augustus, 292.

Julia, Lex, 179-80.

Julian, Emperor, 337.

_Jus Imaginum_, 128 (note).

Justin Martyr, 315.

Juvenalis, Decimus Junius, 345.

K.

Kings of Rome, 9-28.

L.

Labeo, Q. Antistius, 350.

Labienus (Tribune), 219.

Laberius, Dec., 275.

Latin War, 54;
battle at the foot of Vesuvius, 55;
self-sacrifice of P. Decius Mus, 55;
defeat of the Latins, 55.

Latins, 5.

Latium, 3;
incorporated with the Republic of Rome, 56.

Legends of early Roman history, 8.

_Leges_ and _Plebiscita_, 121.

_Legiones_, 19, 122.

Lentulus Sura, P. Cornelius, 219, 220, 231.

Lepidus, 290.

Lepidus, M., Consul, opposes the public funeral of Sulla, 195-6;
proposes the repeal of Sulla's laws, 199;
collects an army and marches upon Rome, 199;
is defeated near the Mulvian Bridge, retires to Sardinia, and
dies, 199, 200.

Lepidus, M., Master of the Horse, 249;
forms Triumvirate with Octavian and Antony, 255;
in Africa, 264.

Licinian Rogations and Laws, 49, 150.

Licinius colleague with Constantine, 331.

Lictors (note), 25.

Liguria, 2;
Ligurians, 113.

Lilybaeum, sieges of, 64, 74, 75.

Livius Andronicus, M., 272.

Livius, Titus, 284.

Lucan, 301;
his poetry, 344.

Lucania and Lucanians, 4.

Lucanians, 6.

_Luceres_, 12.

Lucilius, C., 276.

Lucretius Carus, T. (poet), 276.

Lucullus, L. Licinius, opposes and defeats Mithridates in Bithynia and
Pontus, 206-7;
sends Appius Claudius to Tigranes, 207;
his reforms in Asia, 207-8;
defeats Tigranes at Tigranocerta and at Artaxata, 208;