The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars

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Caesar, 11, 12–13, 22, 23, 26, 28, 34, 42, 45, 66, 79, 127
Julius Constantius, 274
Jung, Carl: Memories, Dreams, Reflections , 275
Junia Claudilla, 123
Junia Silana, 132, 148, 149
Juno, 93, 209, 232
Jupiter
Capitolinus, 202
temple, Rome, 265
Justa Grata Honoria see Honoria
Justin II, 314
Justina, 278, 279–80, 281, 282, 284
Justinian, 313
Justus, 162
Juvenal, 127, 128, 134, 172, 173, 179, 183
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 93
Lactantius, 257
Laeta, 286
Laetus, 222
Laocoön, 1
laurel, 32–3, 47
Leake, Colonel William, 263
leges Iuliae (Julian laws), 67–8, 76, 168, 177
Leo I, emperor, 313
Leo I, Pope, 309–10
Leontius, 299
Lepcis Magna, 98, 99, 115, 134, 219, 231, 232, 237
Lepidus (Marcus Lepidus; triumvir), 11–12, 19, 23, 34, 37
Lepidus (Marcus Lepidus; Drusilla’s ex-husband), 124
Lesbos, 66, 104, 203
Lex Voconia , 89, 177
Liarus, 95
Libanius, 296
Libya, 245
Licinia Eudoxia, 300, 302, 305, 306, 308, 313
Licinius, 257, 258, 262, 265
Lincoln, Mary, 8
Lipari, 233, 238
Livia
contrasting views about, 6
life prior to her marriage to Octavian (later Augustus), 11, 12–13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18–19, 22, 23, 25
marries Octavian, 26–8
and social events, 30, 31
house at Prima Porta, 31–3
and laurel, 32–3, 47
public image as wife of Augustus, 37–9, 40, 48–9, 50
honours granted to, 38–9
portraits, 40, 73, 92–3
Cleopatra seeks goodwill of, 44
receives no official title when Augustus comes to power, 45–6
and house on the Palatine, 47–8
lifestyle, 48–9, 50
staff, 49–50, 65
accompanies Augustus on tour of empire, 53–5
role, 54–6, 57–8, 74
marital relationship, 56–7
marriage with Augustus remains childless, 58
and death of Marcellus, 61–2
medical recipes, 62–3
relationship with Octavia, 63
and success of her sons, 75
and death of Drusus, 75–6
statues in recognition of her contribution as mother, 76
and public building projects in Rome, 76–8
and decision of Tiberius to withdraw to Rhodes, 78
and Tiberius’s return to Rome, 82
accompanies Augustus on his last journey, 83
and death of Augustus, 84–5
and will of Augustus, 88–9
role and prominence in reign of Tiberius, 88–94, 108
supervision of children’s upbringing, 95–6
letter from Augustus concerning Claudius, 96–7
and Claudius, 97, 98
relationship with Agrippina Maior, 104
friendship with Salome, 104–5
friendship with Urgulania, 105
and Plancina, 106, 107, 108, 117
and funeral of Germanicus, 109
deteriorating relationship with Tiberius, 88, 110–12
death and funeral, 113–14
deification vetoed by Tiberius, 114
continuing importance of, 114–15
fate of Agrippina after death of, 115–16
Tiberius’s reign worsens after death of, 117
deification, 115, 125
Claudius grants honours to, 125
brief references, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 35, 41, 60, 70, 80, 81, 87, 99, 127, 137, 138, 142, 144, 146, 165, 166, 170, 173, 176, 178, 189, 191, 193, 196, 198, 214, 218, 225, 232, 236, 238, 245, 249, 253, 268, 277, 279, 282, 286, 298, 308, 314
Livia Orestilla, 123
Livian family, 13, 28
Livilla, 75, 83, 94, 97, 100, 104, 109–10, 117–18, 120, 159, 311
Lochias, 50
Locusta, 142, 147
Lollia Paulina, 123, 131, 136, 141, 173
Lollia Saturnina, 131
London, 315
National Gallery, 271
Louis XIV, King, 158
Lucilla, 211, 212, 213, 215
Lucius (brother of Mark Antony), 19, 22, 36
Lucius (son of Julia), 66, 72–3, 74, 78, 82, 83
Lucius Aelius Lamia, 170
Lucius Aelius Sejanus see Sejanus
Lucius Calpurnius Piso, 105
Lucius Verus (Lucius Ceionius Commodus, later Lucius Aurelius Commodus), 204, 206, 210–11, 212, 213, 214
Lucretia, 20, 21, 22, 40, 46, 240, 259
Lucrine Lake, 31
Macarius, Bishop of Jerusalem, 269
Macaulay, Catherine, 29
Macellum Liviae, 77
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 188
Macrinus (Opellius Macrinus), 239–40, 241, 242, 246
Macro, 160
Macrobius: Saturnalia , 69, 70, 79
Maecenas, 57, 64, 69
Maesa (Julia Maesa), 217, 220, 227, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 280
Magnentius (Magnus Magnentius), 277, 278, 279
Magnus Maximus, 283–4
Mai, Angelo, 207
Malalas, John,

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