–
41
,
44
,
47
Perseus,
172
Persia,
266
Petra,
182
Petronius, Gaius ‘Arbiter’,
284
,
301
Pharnaces, King of Pontus,
330
,
337
Pharos,
325
,
329
Pharsalus, Battle of,
320
,
322
–
3
,
330
,
338
,
346
Philippi, Battle of,
363
–
4
Picenum,
58
pirates,
168
–
76
,
179
–
80
,
364
–
5
plebeians,
17
,
19
,
22
,
23
,
26
,
29
; Clodius’ courting of,
233
–
4
,
237
–
40
,
251
,
253
Pliny the Elder,
295
plunder, attitude to,
40
Plutarch,
140
,
324
,
328
pomerium
,
72
,
106
Pompeia (Caesar’s wife),
197
,
211
,
212
–
13
Pompeii,
53
,
71
Pompeiopolis,
176
Pompeius, Gnaeus (Pompey’s son),
338
,
340
Pompeius, Sextus (Pompey’s son),
338
,
340
,
365
,
366
,
370
Pompeius Rufus,
67
,
71
,
75
Pompey ‘The Great’ (Gnaeus Pompeius): Alexander the Great as model for,
176
,
179
–
81
,
183
,
219
; alliance with Caesar,
282
,
287
–
8
,
297
,
299
–
300
; in Asia,
176
–
8
; and business interests,
181
–
2
; and Caesar’s alliance with Curio,
302
,
304
–
5
; character and appearance,
90
–
91
,
140
–
42
; and Cato,
209
–
10
,
222
–
5
,
282
,
289
,
291
,
293
; and Cicero,
213
–
14
,
223
,
230
,
249
,
254
,
260
,
294
,
315
; clashes with Caesar over resettlement of veterans,
226
–
8
; clemency,
175
–
6
; and Clodius,
249
,
250
–
51
,
252
,
257
,
261
; consequences of power of,
301
–
2
; and Crassus,
140
–
41
,
142
,
149
–
53
,
202
,
222
,
223
,
226
; and death of Mithridates,
182
–
3
; defeat of pirates,
173
–
6
; elected consul,
150
–
51
; escapes to Greece and prepares for war,
308
–
13
,
314
–
15
; family and wealth,
90
,
116
–
17
; and Judaea,
182
; grain supply – control of,
254
; loss of popularity,
230
,
250
–
51
,
252
–
3
,
256
,
257
,
286
–
7
; marriage to Julia,
230
,
250
,
251
,
263
,
287
; marries Cornelia,
292
–
3
,
324
; meets with Caesar and Appius,
260
; and the Metelli,
192
; and Milo,
253
,
255
; and Parthia,
267
; refuses dictatorship,
289
,
291
; restricted with Caesar’s support,
222
–
4
,
225
–
30
; returns to Rome,
183
,
209
–
10
,
213
–
14
; as sole consul,
291
; and Spain,
142
,
149
,
150
,
155
,
263
,
283
–
4
,
310
,
316
,
317
; statue of,
283
,
346
; and Sulla,
90
–
91
,
110
–
11
,
141
,
157
; and Syria,
180
–
81
; theatre,
221
–
2
,
283
–
6
,
388
; third triumph,
219
–
20
,
221
,
266
–
7
,
314
; war with Caesar,
317
,
319
–
24
; death,
324
,
326
,
327
Pomponius, Titus,
see
‘Atticus’
pontifex maximus
, office of,
199
,
211
Pontus,
45
,
60
,
82
,
159
,
165
,
168
,
183
,
186
,
330
;
see also
Mithridates
‘
populares
’,
28
,
121
,
198
Porcia (Cato’s daughter, Brutus’ wife),
339
,
363
portents,
see
omens
Posidonius,
79
,
81
,
130
,
175
,
180
,
379
; attitude to slavery,
171
; on Gaul,
245
–
6
; on subject peoples,
271
Pothinus,
327
,
330
poverty,
16
–
19
,
28
,
204
,
233
–
4
Praeneste,
91
,
98
,
103
,
138
praetorship,
5
,
93
,
104
,
105
,
106
,
123
; Caesar’s father and,
116
,
117
; Cato and,
263
; Cicero and,
135
; unconstitutional appointment of Lepidus,
316
privacy,
115
proconsulship,
154
–
5
,
368
prodigies,
see
omens
proletarii
,
93
property rights,
364
,
382
prophecy,
367
;
see also
Sibyl, prophecies of
provinces, exploitation of,
38
–
45
Ptolemies (dynasty),
328
–
9
,
376
,
381
–
2
Ptolemy
XIII
,
324
,
327
–
8
,
329
publicani
,
41
,
42
,
43
,
44
,
46
,
79
,
199
,
163
Publicola, Gellius,
77
,
145
Publius Crassus,