280
Nicomedia, 253, 254, 255, 277
Niger (Pescennius Niger), 222, 223, 224
Nile, River, 103, 187, 203, 227
Nola, 84
North Africa see Africa/North Africa
Nugent, Thomas, 275
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 154
Obama, Michelle, 8
Octavia
marries Antony, 23–4
reputation, 24
as maternal paragon, 24, 58
appears on coinage, 24–5, 33–4, 39
role as peacemaker, 33, 36
left behind by Antony, 34
travels to Athens, but is forbidden to join Antony, 37
public image promoted by Octavian (later Augustus), 37–40, 46, 58
honours and privileges granted to, 38
statuary portraits of, 39–40
divorced by Antony, 43
Cleopatra seeks goodwill of, 44
Portico of Octavia named for, 59
role in sponsorship of public buildings, 60
and death of her son Marcellus, 61, 63
relationship with Livia, 63
and Julia’s marriage to Tiberius, 73
death and funeral, 73
brief references, 6, 35, 49, 50, 55, 62, 66, 77, 81, 83, 84, 86, 94, 97, 101, 109, 114, 126, 163, 230, 236
Octavia (tragedy), 135, 153–4, 155
Octavian see Augustus
Odenathus, 249
Odoacer, 313
Olybrius, 313
Olympias, 292
Olympiodorus, 294, 295
Opellius Macrinus see Macrinus
Oppian Law, 172
Orbiana (Sallustia Orbiana), 245
Origen, 245
Orléans, Henrietta, Duchess of, 158
Orontes, River, 219, 220
Ostia, 78, 132
Otho (Marcus Salvius Otho), 149, 165–6, 167–8, 225
Ovid, 6, 30, 68–9, 70–1, 77, 91, 179
Oxyrhyncus, 82
Paccia Marciana, 219, 220, 231
Padusia, 303
Palais-Royal, Paris, 158
Palatine, Rome, 16, 29, 47, 48, 51, 53, 58, 65, 85, 94, 95, 96, 98, 105, 120, 148, 171, 173, 178, 182, 191, 193, 207, 226, 253, 255, 257, 290
Palestine, 160, 195
Pallas (servant of Antonia Minor), 117
Pallas (treasurer in reign of Claudius), 130, 136, 141, 147
Pamphilia, 95
Pandateria (now Ventotene), 80, 99, 116, 122, 124, 181, 183
Pannonia, 74, 75, 222
Pantheon, Rome, 197
Paris, 134
Hôtel de Bourgogne, 158
Palais-Royal, 158
Paris (actor), 181
Parmeno, 50
Parthenon, 1
Parthia/Parthian Empire, 33, 34, 36, 96, 190, 195, 211–12, 219, 224, 226, 227, 239, 245
Passienus Crispus, 126, 130, 136
Patterson, Martha Johnson, 8
Paul, St, 162
Paula, 268, 286, 288
Paulinus (biographer of Ambrose), 280
Paulinus ( magister officiorum ), 304, 307
Peraea, 160
Perennis, 222
Perseus, 64
Persians, 249, 298
Pertinax (Publius Helvidius Pertinax), 222
Perugia, 20
Perusia, 19, 23, 36, 139
Pescennius Niger see Niger
Phaesalis, 89
Philippi, battle of, 12, 13, 19, 29
Philiscus of Thessaly, 229, 230
Philostratus, 217, 229, 230
Apollonius of Tyana , 229
Phoebe, 80
Phyllis, 171, 184
Piacenza Pilgrim, 308
Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York, 271
Pilia, 31
Piso (Calpurnius Piso), 105–6, 107, 110, 139
Pius VI, Pope, 274
Placidia, 313
Placidia (Galla Placidia)
birth, 284
early life, 284, 285, 286–7
remains unmarried throughout teenage years, 288
and death sentence on Serena, 290
taken hostage by Goths, 290
marries Athaulf, 294–5
birth and death of her son Theodosius, 295
widowed, 295
returns to Rome, 295
marries Flavius Constantius, 296
birth of children, 296
receives title of Augusta , 296
exposed position after death of Flavius Constantius, 297
withdraws to Constantinople, 297–8, 300
and declaration of her son as heir to throne, 300
witnesses investiture of Valentinian III, 301
image on coins, 301
commissions basilica dedicated to St John in Ravenna, 301–2
role during reign of Valentinian III, 302–3, 305
and church refurbishment and repair, 303, 310
and Christianity, 309–10
in Rome for reburial of her infant son Theodosius, 310
and Honoria’s marriage, 311
death, 311
remains are discovered, 311–12
Mausoleum of, 275–6
brief references, 9, 277, 280, 313
Plancina (Munatia Plancina), 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 117, 139
Plautia Urgulania, 105, 126
Plautia Urgulanilla, 126
Plautianus (Fulvius Plautianus), 218, 223, 226, 227–8, 229, 231, 232–3, 234
Plautilla, 228, 231, 232, 233, 238, 239
Plautius Silvanus, 105
Pliny the Elder, 42, 58, 59, 60, 80, 101, 140, 156
Pliny the Younger, 192, 193, 194, 214
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