Menecrates the lyre player, 5.1, 6.1
Messalina, Valeria, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 6.1
Augusta title withheld from, 1.1, 1.2, nts.1
Gaius Silius married by, 1.1, nts.1
Milichus
Minerva, gold statue of
Misenum naval force, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2
moneylending, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, nts.1, nts.2
Montanus, Julius
Narcissus, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, nts.1
Agrippina opposed by, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, nts.1
Agrippina’s assassination of, 3.1, 6.1, nts.1
Agrippina’s humbling of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
arrest and imprisonment of, 2.1, 3.1
Britannicus backed by, 2.1, 2.2
suicide of, 3.1, 6.1
wealth of, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, nts.1
Natalis, Antonius, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Natural Questions (Seneca), 6.1, 6.2, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3, nts.4
apocalyptic cycle in
comets in
earthquakes in
Neapolis (Naples), 4.1, 6.1, nts.1
Nero, Emperor of Rome
abdication threatened by, 3.1, nts.1
abolishing taxes proposed by, 4.1, nts.1
accession of, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1, 3.1
Acte and, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, epi.1, nts.1
Agrippa Lake fete of
Agrippina challenged by, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, nts.1
Agrippina honored by
Agrippina’s murder ordered by, 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, nts.1, nts.2
all possible successors eliminated by, epi.1, epi.2
Antonia murdered by
in Aphrodisias statuary, 3.1, 3.2
artistic jealousy felt by, 6.1, 7.1, nts.1
assassination plotted against, see Pisonian conspiracy
Augustiani cheering corps of, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1
Augustus’ bloodline shared by, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1
banquets enjoyed by
birth of, 1.1, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3
Britannicus murdered by, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1, nts.2
Burrus mistrusted by, 4.1, nts.1
Burrus poisoned by, 5.1, 7.1, nts.1, nts.2
Burrus-Seneca alliance and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3, nts.4, nts.5
chin beard of
Claudius’ adoption of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, nts.1, nts.2
Claudius deified by
on coinage, 2.1, 2.2
coinage of, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
court favorites enriched by
courtiers of, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, nts.1
in De Clementia, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, nts.1
decline of
as divi filius
Domitius as original name of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1
Domus Aurea built by
estates inherited by, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1
father of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, epi.1
fatness of
Faustus Sulla murdered by, 5.1, 5.2, nts.1
first child of, 6.1, 6.2
first shave of
funeral eulogy delivered by
governance neglected by
graffitists ignored by
great fire blamed on, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, nts.1
hasty Britannicus interment justified by
inaugural speech to Senate by, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 7.1, nts.1
interment of
last words of, epi.1, nts.1
letters to Senate on Agrippina’s death sent by, 5.1, 6.1
Lucan’s praise of, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1
military rebellion against
month of April named for
Neronia festival introduced by, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, epi.1, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3
nocturnal escapades of, 4.1, 4.2
Octavia betrothed to, 2.1, 2.2, nts.1
Octavia divorced by, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, nts.1, nts.2
Octavia married to, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, nts.1
Octavia murdered by, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2
Pallas poisoned by
Parthian crisis and
as performing artiste, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3, nts.1
personality of, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2
Plautus murdered by, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, nts.1
poetic pretensions of, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1
poetry as treason charged by
political maturity stages of, 2.1, 2.2
Poppaea killed by
portrait sculptures of, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 6.1
potential rivals of, 4.1, 5.1, epi.1, epi.2
Praetorian acclamation of, 2.1, 2.2
Praetorian support of, 5.1, 5.2, epi.1
preemptive suicide of
private festivities of
prodigality of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, epi.1
promises of reform made by, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1
public spectacles and games staged by, 5.1, 5.2, epi.1
renaming of, 2.1, 2.2, nts.1
Rome rebuilt by
self-image of
Senate approval of
Senate consulship reserved for
senators targeted by
Seneca as speechwriter for, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, nts.1
Seneca enriched by
Seneca’s relationship with, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, epi.1
Seneca’s suicide ordered by, 7.1, 7.2
Seneca’s wealth offered to, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, nts.1
sex life of, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1, nts.1
shipwreck arranged by, 4.1, 5.1
stepson murdered by
Stoics as enemies of, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
in succession rivalry, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 4.1, nts.1, nts.2
Sulla murdered by, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, nts.1
voice training of, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
youth of, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, nts.1
Nerva, Cocceius, nts.1
Novatus, Lucius Annaeus (older brother of Seneca), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, nts.1
Novatus, as Gallio, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, nts.1, nts.2
on Claudius’ deification
consulship of, 4.1, nts.1
death of
Nero’s performance introduced by
as proconsul of Achaea, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, nts.1
Obaritus
Octavia, Claudia (daughter of Claudius), 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, nts.1, nts.2
adultery charge against
Agrippina and, 2.1, 4.1
betrothal of, 2.1, 2.2, nts.1
Britannicus’ death and, 3.1, 3.2
divorce of, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, nts.1, nts.2
exile and murder of, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2
marriage of, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, nts.1
personality of
popular support of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Silanus’ engagement to, 1.1, nts.1, nts.2
Octavia (sister of Augustus), 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 5.1, nts.1
Octavia (Anon.), itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, ack.1, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3
“Seneca” character in, 1.1, 7.1, epi.1, nts.1
Odyssey (Homer)
Oedipus (Seneca), nts.1
ornamenta consularia
Otho, Marcus, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3
otium (political nonparticipation), 6.1, 6.2
Ovid, 1.1, 1.2, nts.1
Paetus
Pallas, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
brother of, 2.1, 2.2
elevation of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, nts.1
Nero’s poisoning of
Nero’s succession supported by
Pandateria, 5.1, nts.1
Paneros the moneylender
pantomime dancing, 4.1, 5.1
&nbs
p; Paris
Parthians, 3.1, epi.1
Pastor, story of, 1.1, 5.1, nts.1
Paul, apostle, 2.1, 6.1, nts.1
Seneca’s correspondence with
Paulina, Lollia, 2.1, nts.1
Paulina, Pompeia, 2.1, 4.1, 7.1, nts.1
Seneca’s suicide and, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Paulinus, Pompeius, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, nts.1
Paulinus, Suetonius
Pelagon the eunuch
Pergamon, coinage of, 2.1, 2.2
Persians, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 6.1
Pertinax, Emperor of Rome, nts.1
Peter, apostle, 2.1, 6.1
Petronius, Gaius
suicide of
Phaedo (Plato)
Phaedra (Euripides)
Phaedra (Seneca), 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, nts.1
Phaon
Philip of Macedon
Piso, Gaius Calpurnius, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, nts.1, nts.2
personality of, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1
Pisonian conspiracy, itr.1, itr.2, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1, nts.2
betrayal of
great purge instigated by, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1, epi.2
sacred dagger procured by, 7.1, epi.1
Seneca and, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, nts.1, nts.2
Plato, 1.1, 4.1, 6.1, 7.1
Plautus, Rubellius
Nero’s murder of, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, nts.1
Pliny the Elder, itr.1, epi.1, nts.1, nts.2, nts.3, nts.4
Plutarch, itr.1, nts.1
poetry, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1, nts.2
of Ovid, 1.1, nts.1
philosophy vs.
as treason, 6.1, 7.1
of Vergil, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, epi.1, nts.1
see also Lucan
Polybius
Pompeii
earthquake in, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, nts.1
graffiti in
volcanic eruption at, 6.1, 6.2, epi.1, epi.2
Pompey’s Theater, 7.1, epi.1, nts.1
Pontine Islands, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, epi.1
Poppaea Sabina, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1, nts.1
Claudia born to
death of
pregnancies of, 5.1, 6.1, epi.1, nts.1
son of
praefectus annonae, post of, 2.1, 4.1
praemediatio malorum (mental rehearsal for misfortunes)
Praetorian Guard, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1
Agrippina supported by, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, nts.1
Caligula murdered by, 1.1, nts.1
leaders of, see Burrus, Afranius; Rufus, Faenius; Tigellinus, Ofonius
Nero condemned by
Nero’s gifts to, 5.1, 7.1, nts.1
in Pisonian conspiracy, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, nts.1
princeps acclaimed by, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, nts.1
spectatorship as duty of, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
Prexaspes
princeps, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1
adlection by
annual oath of loyalty sworn to
eloquence needed by
literary analogies to
monarchs vs., 1.1, 1.2, 4.1
as philosopher king, 7.1, epi.1
Praetorian acclamation of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, nts.1
sexual privileges of
succession of, 1.1, 1.2
tragic dramas and
Probus, nts.1
Proculus, 7.1, 7.2
Pseudo-Seneca (portrait bust), itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 7.1, nts.1
Puteoli, 6.1, 6.2
Pythagoreanism, 1.1, nts.1
Quinquatria celebration, 4.1, 5.1
Quintilian, epi.1, epi.2, nts.1
Renaissance, 2.1, nts.1
Republic (Plato)
rhetoric, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1
Roman Empire, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 6.1, nts.1
Parthian challenge to
seafaring expansion of, 2.1, nts.1
treasury of, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, nts.1
see also Britain
Roman History (Dio)
Rome
adoption laws of, 2.1, nts.1
apostle Paul in, 2.1, nts.1
childrearing among elite of, 3.1, 3.2, nts.1
Circus Maximus, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1
civil wars of, 5.1, 7.1, epi.1
delicacies of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, nts.1
dining customs in
Domus Aurea, 6.1, 7.1
Domus Transitoria, 6.1, 6.2
great fire of, itr.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, nts.1
Middle Stoa of, nts.1
monarchy rejected by, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 7.1
philosophers in
political maturity stages of
political murders in
praefectus annonae post of, 2.1, 4.1
pranks and graffiti in, 5.1, nts.1
rebuilding of
sophistication of
Stoic movement in
Tarpeian Rock execution site of
vigiles of, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
xenophobia in
Rudich, Vasily, nts.1
Rufus, Faenius 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, nts.1
in Pisonian conspiracy, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Rufus, Musonius 5.1, 7.1, epi.1, epi.2
Rusticus, Arulenus, 7.1, epi.1, epi.2, nts.1
Rusticus, Fabius, nts.4
Scaevinus, Flavius, 7.1, 7.2
Scapula, Ostorius
Scipio, Cornelius
seafaring, progress of
Secundus, Carrinas, 6.1, nts.1
Seianiani, 1.1, nts.1
Sejanus conspiracy, 1.1, nts.1
self-exposure, practice of
Senate, senators, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, epi.1, nts.1, nts.2
adlection to
Agrippina’s presence at
Antistius’ death sentence rescinded by, 6.1, 6.2
Caligula’s persecution of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1
Claudius deified by
honors voted to Nero by, 5.1, nts.1
Nero approved by
Nero’s accession speech to, 2.1, nts.1
Nero’s adoption approved by, 2.1, nts.1
Nero’s inaugural speech to, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 6.1, 7.1, nts.1
Nero’s letter on Agrippina’s death sent to, 5.1, 6.1
Nero’s promises of reform made to, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1
Octavia banished by
Pallas honored by, 2.1, nts.1
under republic, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1
Seneca in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, nts.1
servile conformity of, 2.1, 6.1
Thrasea condemned by
Thrasea’s withdrawal from, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
trial of Cordus in
trial of Seneca in
wealth of, nts.2
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus the Elder (father), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 5.1, nts.1
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus the Younger
ancient accounts of, itr.1, itr.2, nts.1
anger-restraint exercise of, 3.1, 3.2, nts.1
asceticism of, 1.1, 4.1, 6.1
Baiae disdained by
consulship of, 4.1, nts.1
Corsican exile of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, nts.1, nts.2
cursus honorum (political path) of, 1.1, 3.1, nts.1
death as preoccupation of, 1.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
death sentence of, 7.1, 7.2
debated character of, itr.1, 1.1
delicacies avoided by, 1.1, nts.1
derivation of name, 1.1, 1.2, nts.1
dilemmas faced by
dream of
enemies of, 4.1, 5.1
family of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, nts.1
in graffiti
hemlock prepared by, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
humane principles of
illness feigned by, 5.1, 7.1, nts.1
imago shaped by
infant son lost by, 1.1, 2.1
&
nbsp; last work of, 7.1, nts.1
later years of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
letter to Senate on Agrippina’s death written by, 5.1, nts.1
literary style of, 1.1, epi.1
marriage of
military metaphors of, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, nts.1, nts.2
as moralist, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
natural phenomena studied by, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Nero’s intended poisoning of, 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
Nomentum vineyard of, 4.1, nts.1
opportunism of, 1.1, nts.1
otium as theme of, 6.1, 6.2
portrait busts of, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, nts.1
posthumous literary tributes to
as potential princeps, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1, nts.1
preemptive suicide contemplated by, 6.1, 7.1, epi.1
as princeps eruditorum
as presumed Christian, 2.1, nts.1
recall to Rome sought by, 1.1, 1.2, nts.1
on regicide
retirement sought by, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1, nts.2
rhetorical skills of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1
Stoicism of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
succession rivalry and, 2.1, nts.1
suicide of, itr.1, itr.2, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1
tragic dramas of, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, epi.1, nts.1, nts.2
as tyrannodidaskalos (tyrant teacher), 4.1, epi.1
vegetarian diet tried by
verbal style of, 1.1, 1.2, epi.1
wealth of, itr.1, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, epi.1, nts.1, nts.2
will of, 7.1, 7.2
young Roman admirers of
Senecio, Claudius, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1
Senecio, Cornelius, nts.6
Serenus, Annaeus, 3.1, nts.1, nts.2
Sextius, Quintus, 1.1, nts.1, nts.2
Shakespeare, William, 2.1, 5.1
Sicarii, 2.1, 2.2
Silanus, Appius Junius
Silanus, Lucius Junius (nephew), 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, nts.1
Silanus, Lucius Junius (uncle), 1.1, nts.1
suicide of, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, nts.1
Silanus, Marcus Junius, poisoned by Agrippina, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, nts.1
Silius, Gaius, 1.1, nts.1
Silvanus, Gavius, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
snow, luxurious use of, 2.1, 3.1, 6.1, nts.1
Socrates, itr.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1
death of, 1.1, 6.1
hemlock swallowed by, 7.1, 7.2
Soranus, Barea
Sosibius
Sosthenes, rabbi of Corinth, 2.1, nts.1
Spiculus the gladiator, 5.1, 6.1, epi.1
Sporus, epi.1, epi.2
state commendations, proposed banning of
Statilia Messalina
Statius, 7.1, nts.1
Stoicism, Stoics, itr.1, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, epi.1, nts.1