Pannonia, the malcontents at, 166
Pannonians, the customs of the, 193
Pantheon, the, mentioned, 103
Parthians, the Empire of the, 167
Passum, as a drink, 183
Pater familias, the power of the, 172
Paul of Tarsus, a great and simple man, 131;
- the persecution of, 134
Pax Romana, the, 4;
- the extent of the, 210
Pearls, the importation of, 30, 220
Penetralia, the, of the home, 32
Pergamon, the city, 219
Pergamus, the kingdom of, 16, 187
Periplus of the Erytrian Sea, the, a manual, 199
Persia, the conquest of, 44
Philosophers, the many, 209
Philosophy, the ancient, of Rome, 233
Phylloxera, a new species of, 190
Piedmont, the peasants of, 187
Pinon, the imperialist, 251
Pisa, inscriptions at, 164
Piso, the conspiracy of, 135
Plutarch, description of, 39
Po, the valley of the, 192
Poetry, the, of Horace, 195
Poets, the position of, 9 B.C., 146
Political barrier, the, between Gaul and Rome, 84
Political events, the, of Rome, 33
Political personnel, the, of Rome, 217
Polybius, the period of, 183
Pompadour, the Marquise de, mentioned, 43
Pompeii, the ruins of, 92;
- the city of, 218
Pompey, the conquests of, 19;
- the theatre of, 55
Pontifex maximus, the title of, 232
Pontus, salted fish from the, 8
Poppæa Sabina, the skill of, 116;
- death of, 137
Populus, the representatives of the, 246
Pozzuoli, the city of, 218
Prætor, the office of the, 157
Precious metals, the distribution of, 218
Prætorian guards, the, 117
Prætorians, the influence of the, 104
Princeps, the authority of the, 188
Proconsuls, the, of Rome, 182
Procurator, the origin of the office of, 212
Proprietors, the government of the, 211
Prosperity, the growing, 148
Protestant, the present position of the, 236
Provinces, the peace in the, 176
