INDEX
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- Acrobats, the great number of, 218
- Acte, the beautiful, 114
- Actium, the mistakes of Antony at, 60; the peace after, 216
- Ægean Islands, the vineyards of the, 200
- Agriculture in Gaul, the extent of, 84
- Agrippa, the builder of the Pantheon, 103; the successor of, 165
- Agrippina, the power of, 103; the love of the Republic of, 114; miraculous escape of, 120; death of, 122
- Alaric, the destruction caused by, 258
- Alcohol, the distillers of, 26
- Alesia, the city of, 91, 94; the battle at, 197
- Alexander the Great, mentioned, 48
- Alexandria, the position of, 15
- Allier, the valley of the, 92
- Alps, the peoples beyond the, 20; :the fear of crossing the, 73
- Ambitio of the ancients, the, 14
- America, the discovery of, 71
- Amor, the kingdom of, 25
- Amores, the, by Ovid, 151
- Amours, the, of Antony, 41
- Amphore, the wine of the, 39
- Ancient Rome, corruption in, 3 ff
- Anglo-Saxons, traits of the, 197
- Anicetus, the diabolical plan of, 119
- Antony, the history of, 37 ff; the love of, 40; meets Cleopatra, 44; the bewilderment of, 57
- Antifeminist reaction, the, 111
- Antioch, the departure for, 45; the marriage at, 51
- Antium, the return to, 119
- Antonines, the power of the, 246
- Aquileia, son of Julia born at, 155; the trade in, 192
- Arabia, part of, annexed, 49
- Archæological discoveries, the effect of, 259
- Archæologists, the discoveries of, 43
- Archelaus, the revolt against, 166
- Architectural effort at Rome, 134
- Argentine Republic, the mention of, 86
