Antony and Cleopatra (60 page)

tours Egypt with Caesar

first pregnancy

gives birth to Caesarion

brings Caesarion to Rome

Roman army support her rule

Senate recognises as co-ruler of Egypt

relationship with Caesar

and the assassination of Caesar

learns of Caesar's death

return to Egypt

rumour of death in 44 BC

Roman agents left to protect her interests in Rome

and the death of Ptolemy XIV

rivals for the throne

need for Roman support

and Cassius

appoints Caesarion co-ruler

rule

temple building

the female Horus

identification with Isis

pragmatism

summoned to Tarsus

arrival at Tarsus

meeting with Mark Antony in Tarsus

extravagance

and Mark Antony become lovers

and Mark Antony in Alexandria

birth of Mark Antony's twins

and Herod

third pregnancy

visits Mark Antony

relationship with Mark Antony

realm

and Judaea

titles

revenue

influence

weakness of position

decline of royal army

with Mark Antony at Leuce Come

birth of Ptolemy Philadelphus

receives Artavasdes of Armenia

and the Donations of Alexandria

described as impertinent royal tart by Pliny

grand wagers

pearl in vinegar incident

handwriting

accused of using magic to bewitch Antony

Octavians' rumours about

preparations for war with Octavian

marriage to Mark Antony

and Geminius

Octavian declares war on

and Octavian's advance

at Actium

flight from Actium

return to Alexandria after Actium

replenishes war chest

and Mark Antony's birthday

celebrations

plan to escape from Red Sea

mood swings

interest in poisons

negotiations with Octavian

wealth

mausoleum

and Octavian's attack on Egypt

naval forces defect

seals self in mausoleum

and Mark Antony's death

final days

meeting with Octavian

suicide

interment

attitudes to

concerns

imperial ambitions

political skill

fascination of

Cleopatra Berenice

Cleopatra I

Cleopatra II

Cleopatra III

Cleopatra IV

Cleopatra V Tryphaena

Cleopatra Selene (sister of Ptolemy IX)

Cleopatra Selene (daughter of Antony and Cleopatra)

Clodius Pulcher, Publius no

coinage showing Antony and Cleopatra

Commagene

Commius

Coponius

Corcyra

Corfinium

Corinth

Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi)

Cornelia (wife of Pompey)

Corsica

Cos

courtesans

Crassus, Marcus Licinius

attempts to annex Egypt

and the first triumvirate

Ptolemy XII ‘ s visit to Rome

military background

becomes governor of Syria

Parthian campaign

reputation as miser

Crassus, Publius Licinius

Crete

Curio, Caius Scribonius

Cyprus

Cyrenaica

Cyrene

Cytheris (Volumnia)

Cyzicus

Dacians

Darius, King of Persia

Deiotarus of Galatia

Dellius, Quintus

Demetrius II

Demosthenes

disease

Dolabella, Publius Cornelius

Donations of Alexandria, the

Dyrrachium, battle of

eastern provinces

Egypt

fascination of

Roman domination

Herodotus' account of

pyramids

pharaons

population

the two lands

threats facing

balance of power

culture

the New Kingdom

Ptolemy take control

Greek population

Ptolemy's soldiers settle

law codes

bureaucracy

religion

first contact with Rome

and the Punic Wars

Ptomelaic rule and society

religious cults

royal sibling marriages

rebellions

Seleucid invasion

decline of Ptolemaic kingdom

priesthood

resentment of Greek rule

wealth

royal excess

physicians

succession

bequeathed to Rome

corruption

Crassus attempts to annex

Gabinius' campaign

Jewish community

the Gabinians

Buchis bull ceremony

food shortages

Cleopatra's invasion of

Pompey flees to

Pompey's arrival and murder

Caesar's arrival in

Caesar tours

Roman garrison

Cleopatra's rule

irrigation system

trade

royal army

Ephesus

Epirus

Fadia (Antony's first wife)

Fayum, the

first triumvirate, the

fishing story from Plutarch

Forum Gallorum, engagement at

Fulvia (Antony's third wife)

funeral games celebrated by Curio for his

father

Gabinians, the

Gabinius, Aulus

Galba, Servius Sulpicius

Gallic wars

Gallus, Caius Cornelius

Gallus, Flavius

Ganymede (tutor to Arsinoe)

Gaza

Geminius,
probably
Caius

Glaphyra

Gracchus, Caius

Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius

Graves, Robert

Greece, Classical

Greek culture

Greek language

Greek law in Egypt

Hannibal

Hellenistic Age, the

Herculaneum

Hercules

Hermonthis

Herod

Herodotus

Hipparchus

Hirtius, Aulus

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus the poet)

horse archers

Horus

hunting

Hybreas

Hyksos, the

Hyrbreas

I, Claudius
(Graves)

Illyria

Illyricum

India

infant mortality in the ancient world

Inimitable Livers, the club of the

Insteius, Marcus

Iras

Isis

Jerusalem

Josephus

Juba 11 of Mauretania

Juba of Numidia

Judaea

Julia (Caeser's daughter)

Julia (Marius's wife)

Julia (Mark Antony's mother)

Jupiter Optimus Maximus

Khufu, Pharaoh

Labienus, Quintus

Laenas, Caius Popillius

Lake Moeris

Laodicia, siege of

legions

Second

Third

Fourth

V Alaudae

Sixth

Seventh

Eighth

Ninth

Tenth

Twelfth

Thirteenth

Thirty-Fifth

Twenty-Seventh

the
Martia

Lentulus Spinther, Publius

Lentulus Sura, Publius Cornelius

Leontopolis

Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius, the triumvir

Lepidus Paullus, Lucius Aemilius

Leucas

Leuce Come

Life of Mark Antony
(Plutarch)

Lissus

Livia Drusilla

Longinus, Quintus Cassius

Lower Egypt

Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, the poet)

Lucullus

Lycia

Lysimachus

Maat

Macabees, the

Macedonia, Kingdom of

Machaerus, siege of

Maecenas, Caius

Magnesia, Battle of

Malchus

Manius

Marcellus, Caius Claudius (cos. 50)

Marcellus, Caius Claudius (cos. 49)

Marcellus, Marcus Claudius (cos. 51)

Mariamme

Marius

Media

Media Atropene

Memphis

Menches

Meroe, Kingdom of

Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius

Methone

Milo, Titus Annius

Misenum, Peace of

Mithridates VI of Pontus

Monaeses

Munatius Plancus, Lucius

Mutina

Nabataean Arabs

naval forces

dependency on land bases

Mark Antony

Octavian

marines

warships

transports

Nero, Emperor

Nerva, Lucius Cocceius

Nile floods

Octavia

Octavian/Augustus

power

political skill

character

rise of

family background

arrival in Rome

accepts Caesar's legacy

and Caesar

private army

awarded propraetorian
imperium

defeat of Mark Antony in 43 BC

elected to first consulship

and the formation of the Triumvirate

and Caesarion

and the proscriptions

legions

motivation

Philippi campaign

health

distribution of land to troops

marriage to Scribonia

and the Treaty of Brundisium

coins of

campaign against Sextus Pompey

Brundisium conference with Mark

Antony

marriage to Livia

stories of extravagance

assumption of name Augustus

ovation

has Octavia take gifts to Mark Antony

and the death of Sextus Pompey

Balkan campaigns

building projects

and the Donations of Alexandria

consulships

visits to Rome

honours

successes

rivalry with Mark Antony

influence

spreads rumours about Cleopatra

marginalizes Mark Antony

support for

declares war on Cleopatra

military forces

naval forces

Mark Antony challenges to single

combat

third consulship

campaign against Mark Antony

blockade of Actium

battle of Actium

Herod presents self to

return to Italy after Actium

secures Greece

negotiations with

attack on Egypt

enters Alexandria

meeting with Cleopatra

visits Alexander's tomb

trophies

fourth consulship

triumphs

as emperor

military performance

Octavius, Marcus

Olympus (the doctor)

oracles

Orodes II

Osiris

Pacoras

Palestine

Palmyra

Pansa, Caius Vibius

Paraetonium

Parthia

Crassus' campaign against

Orodes II's campaigns

Parthian invasion of Judaea

Ventidius' campaign against

Mark Antony campaign preparations

Parthian campaign

background

forces

preparations

logistics

the attack

casualties

retreat

Parthian's mobility

effect on Mark Antony's prestige

assessment

Paterculus, Velleius

Patrae

pearls, dissolved in vinegar

Pedius, Quintas

Pelusium

Perdiccas

Pergamum, Library

Perseus

Persians, the

Perusine War

Pharos lighthouse

Pharsalus, battle of

Philip II of Macedón

Philip V of Macedón

Philippi campaign

Philippics
(Cicero)

Philippus, Lucius Marcius

Philotas

Phraata, siege of

Phraatres IV

Pinarius Scarpus, Lucius

pirates and piracy

Piso, Lucius Calpurnius

Pliny

Plutarch

Polemo of Pontus

political invective

Pollio, Caius Asinius

Polybius

Pompey the Great (Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus)

support for Sulla

early career

and Crassus

political career

eastern expeditions

popularity

eastern settlement proposals

and the first triumvirate

and Ptolemy XII

Ptolemy XII's visit

in Jerusalem

prosecution

marriage to Scipio's daughter in

puts down election violence

as augur

marriage to Caesar's daughter

break with Caesar

retreat from Rome

seeks allies

Spanish campaign

and the Macedonian campaign

at Pharsalus

flees to Egypt

arrival in Egypt

murder

Pompey, Cnaeus

Pompey, Sextus

Postumus, Caius Rabirius

Pothinus

Principate, the

prisoners of war

Proculeius, Caius

Propertius, Sextus, the poet

proscriptions

Ptolemaieia festival

Ptolemy Ceraunos

Ptolemy I

Ptolemy II

Ptolemy III

Ptolemy IV

Ptolemy V

Ptolemy VI

Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator

Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon

Ptolemy IX Soter ‘Saviour' II

Ptolemy X Alexander I

Ptolemy XI

Ptolemy XII

pays Rome for recognition as king

and Pompey

marriage to Cleopatra V Tryphaena

daughters

visit to Rome

visit to Cato in Cyprus

restoration

and the Gabinians

debts

revenue

court

as the New Dionysus

patronage of religious cults

will

succession

death of

unpopularity

Ptolemy XIII

Ptolemy XIV

Ptolemy Philadelphus

Publicóla, Gellius

Punic Wars

Pyrrhus of Epirus

Pythodorus of Trailes

Rabirius Postumus, Caius

Raphia, battle of

Ravenna

Red Sea

Rhodes