The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars

The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars by Annelise Freisenbruch

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damnatio memoriae , 81, 118, 133–4, 176, 184, 265, 266
Damo, 204
Dante, 275
Divine Comedy , 276
Danube, the, 83, 100, 166, 190, 195, 213, 238, 280, 285, 289
Davis, Lindsey, 169
De Medicamentis Liber , 62–3
Deffand, Madame du, 229
Delphi, 54
Demeter, 143
Demosthenes, 181
Diana, 51, 214, 232
Didius Julianus see Julianus
Dido, Queen of Carthage, 140
Diocletian, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257
Diogenes, 174
Dionysia, 204
Dionysius (bailiff), 95
divorce, 67, 259–60
Dolabella, 13
Domitia Lepida, 126, 141
Domitia Lepida Minor, 126, 133
Domitia Longina, 3, 170–1, 175, 176–7, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185–6, 191, 196, 222, 308
Domitia Lucilla, 97, 206, 207–8, 210
Domitian, 168, 170–1, 176, 177–8, 181, 182, 183–4, 189, 190, 191, 192, 232
Domitilla, 183
Domitius Ahenobarbus, 120–1, 126
Domitius Marsus, 69, 79
Domna (Julia Domna)
political influence, 217, 218, 238
intellectual interests, 217, 229–30, 230–1
contemporary opinion of, 218
meets Septimius Severus, 219, 220
marries Severus, 220–1
birth of sons, 221
and Severus’s seizure of power, 223
portraits of, 223, 224, 226, 231–2
travels with her husband, 224, 226
titles, 224, 225, 233, 235, 236
relatives rise to prominent positions, 227
visits Egypt, 227
marital relationship, 227
and Plautianus, 227–8, 228–9, 233
‘circle’ of, 229
on tour of Africa, 231
and Saecular Games, 232
sponsors restoration of temple of Womanly Fortune, 232
in Britain, 234–5
and relationship between Caracalla and Geta, 235, 236
increase in honours and privileges, 236
and death of Geta, 237, 238
during reign of Caracalla, 238–9
relationship with Caracalla, 239
and Caracalla’s death, 240
death, 240
remains placed in mausoleum of Augustus, 240
deification, 240–1
brief references, 200, 216, 243, 253, 268, 298
Domus Aurea (Golden House), Rome, 167
Domus Flavia, Rome, 178
Donations of Alexandria, 41
Donatus, 61
Dorcas, 52
Drepanum (later Helenopolis), 250, 251, 263, 268
Dresden, 134
dress, 14, 51–2, 70–1, 231–2, 282–3, 287
Drummond, Dr Robert, 116
Drusilla, 103, 116, 122, 123–4
Drusus (father of Germanicus), 27, 29, 51, 72, 75–6, 83, 87, 94, 106, 109, 117, 198
Drusus (son of Tiberius), 73, 98, 99, 100, 102, 110, 159
Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus), 110, 116
Dryden, John, 35
Dumas, Alexandre, 127
dyes:
for clothes, 70–1
for hair, 178–9
Eboracum, 234, 235, 255 see also York
Echternach, 273
Eclectus, 222
education, 52–3, 230–1, 286
Egeria, 261, 268, 269
Egypt, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 82, 89, 95, 103–4, 115, 149, 166, 167, 172, 179–80, 187–8, 195, 202, 213, 227, 250
Elagabal, 220, 243
Elagabulus (formerly known as Avitus), 241–2, 243–4, 246, 247
Eleanor of Aquitaine, 4
Elgin, Lord, 1
Eliot, George: Daniel Deronda , 175
Elizabeth I, Queen, 294
Elpidia, 286–7
Emesa, 219–20, 227, 241, 250
Ephesus, 212
ecumenical council at, 304–5
Epicurean school of philosophy, Athens, 197–8, 230
Erasmus: Senatulus , 242
Eros (litter-bearer), 95
Esquiline hill, Rome, 77, 260
Eucherius, 287, 288, 289, 312
Eudocia (Aelia Eudocia; formerly Athenais), 268–9, 299–300, 302, 304, 305–6, 307–8
Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III), 269, 308, 313
Eudoxia, 286, 291, 301, 304, 314
Eugenius (estate manager), 310
Eugenius (usurper), 284
Eumachia, 77
Eunomius of Cyzicus, 281
Euphrates, River, 83
Europe, 185
Eusebia, 279, 280, 281, 282
Eusebius, 250, 251, 265, 266–7, 270, 272, 274
Eutactus, 50
Eutropia, 252, 267
Eutropius, 291
Eutychianus, 241
Fabius Rusticus, 146
Fadilla, 212
Fast, Howard
Agrippa’s Daughter , 164
Spartacus , 164
Fausta, 3, 256–7, 258, 262–3, 265, 266, 267, 268, 277, 279, 282, 314
Faustina, 1–2, 206, 208–9, 211, 212, 213–14, 221, 224, 225, 263, 282
Faustinopolis (formerly Halala), 214, 263
Favorinus, 18
Fayum, 172
Festus, 162
Feuchtwanger, Lion: The Jew of Rome , 164
Flacilla see Aelia Flacilla
Flavia Domitilla (wife of Vespasian), 168, 170
Flavia Domitilla (niece of Domitian), 183
Flavia Titiana, 222
Flavian dynasty, 158, 166–86, 188,

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