299
Mamaea (Julia Mamaea), 217, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 249, 280
Mancini, Marie, 158
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 35
Marcellus (Octavia’s son), 51, 58, 60–2, 63, 73, 84, 94, 97, 109
Marcellus (senator), 174
Marcellus (Gaius Claudius Marcellus), 24, 58
Marcia, 215, 222
Marcia Furnilla, 171
Marcian, 308–9, 311
Marciana (Ulpia Marciana), 192–3, 194, 195
Marcomanni, 213
Marcus Aurelius
birth and childhood, 206
adopted by Antoninus Pius, 204, 206
Faustina betrothed to, 206
takes up residence on the Palatine, 207
correspondence with Fronto, 207, 208, 209, 212, 214
relationship with his mother Domitia Lucilla, 207
marries Faustina, 208
birth of children, 208–9, 212
honours adoptive parents, 210
becomes co-emperor with Lucius Verus, 210–11
reign of, 211–12, 213
and Lucilla’s marriages, 212, 213
and Faustina’s death, 214, 263
death, 214
Meditatations , 208, 210
Septimius Severus strives to link himself with, 224–5
brief references, 2, 97, 113, 188, 189, 219, 222
Marcus Julius Alexander, 160, 161
Marcus Lepidus see Lepidus
Marcus Livius Drusus, 13
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, 13
Marcus Salvius Otho see Otho
Marcus Verrius Flaccus, 52–3
Marcus Vinicius, 129
Maria, 286, 287–8, 312
Marie Antoinette, 4, 133, 155
Marina, 291
Marina Severa, 278, 279
Mark Antony see Antony, Mark
marriage, 13–16, 259, 260
legislation, 67–8, 259–60
Mars the Avenger, temple of, Rome, 79
Marseilles, 83
Mary, Virgin, 259, 298, 304
Mary Queen of Scots, 4
Matidia Minor, 193, 200, 212, 288
mausoleum of Augustus (Julio-Claudian family mausoleum), Rome, 59, 61, 73, 81, 84, 114, 122, 165, 240
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, 275–6
mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome, 205, 240
Maxentius, 255, 257
Maximian, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257
Maximinus Daia, 255, 257, 258
Maximinus Thrax, 246
Maximus (Magnus Maximus), 283–4
Medea, 62, 212
medicines, 62–3
Melania the Elder, 268
Melania the Younger, 268, 292, 305–6
Menophilus, 50
Mesopotamia, 190, 195
Messalina, 2, 126–8, 129, 130, 131, 132–5, 137, 141, 148, 151–2, 154, 170, 184, 218, 314
Metellus (Caecilius Metellus), 59, 60
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 64
Milan, 253, 258, 275, 279, 283, 284, 285
Ambrosian library, 207
Milonia Caesonia see Caesonia
Milvian Bridge, battle of, 257
Minerva, 150, 153, 177, 194
Minervina, 256, 265
Mnester, 131
Monte Citorio, 210
Monteverdi, Claudio: L’incoronazione di Poppea , 154
Monumentum Liviae , 49–50, 91, 95, 113, 173
Monza, cathedral of, 287
Mount of Olives, 267, 306
Mucia Tertia, 55
Mucianus, 166
Munatia Plancina see Plancina
Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, 205
Museo Nazionale, Naples, 64
Museo Nazionale, Rome, 32, 39–40
Mutilia Prisca, 110
Mytilene, 139
Naissus, 251
Naples, 11, 22, 152
Bay of, 119
Museo Nazionale, 64
Napoleon III, 48
Narbonne, 294
Narcissus, 130, 132, 136, 140–1, 147
National Gallery, London, 271
National Museums, Berlin, 223
Naulochus, battle of, 30, 37
Nelson, Admiral, 116
Nemausus, 190
Neptune, 34
Nero
birth, 121, 156
reunited with his mother Agrippina Minor, 126
at Saecular Games, 130, 136
Seneca is placed in charge of education of, 138
adopted by Claudius, 138
marries Claudia Octavia, 138
row between Britannicus and, 140
Agrippina resents influence of Domitia Lepida over, 141
becomes emperor, 142, 143
role of Agrippina during early days of reign, 144, 145
relationship with Agrippina, 146–8
and death of Britannicus, 147
and accusations against Agrippina, 148–9
begins affair with Poppaea, 149
and assassination of Agrippina, 150–1
behaviour after Agrippina’s death, 152–3
unsuccessful conspiracy against, 154
and Jewish rebellion, 163
crises in reign of, 164–5
and death of Poppaea, 165
marries Statilia Messalina, 165
death, 164, 165
palace, 167
brief references, 1, 6, 63, 76, 133, 135, 162, 169, 182, 202, 217, 239, 243, 251, 309
Nero Caesar, 110, 116
Nerva, 188, 189, 190
Nestorius, 304–5, 307
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 64
Pierpoint Morgan Library, 271
Nicaea, Council of, 280
Nicene Creed,
Brenda Rothert
Kenneth Oppel
Khloe Wren
Rebekkah Ford
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Steve Stroble
Andrew Shaffer
D. R. Macdonald
Stella Duffy
David Foster Wallace