The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars

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renamed in honour of, 263
and Rome, 263–4
and scandal concerning Constantine, 265, 266
visits the Holy Land, 266–8, 269–71
religious faith of, 267–8
discovery of the True Cross, 269–71
death, 271–2
remains, 272–3
and Britain, 273–4
fame and reputation, 248–9
canonisation, 5, 248
Waugh’s novel about, 248, 274
as example and role model, 274, 276, 282, 291, 292, 303, 306, 308
brief references, 254, 277, 314
Helena (daughter of Constantine), 262, 279
Helena (wife of Licinius), 265
Helenopolis (formerly Drepanum) see Drepanum
Helvia, 76
Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans, 158
Henry VIII, King, 273–4
Henry of Huntingdon: Historia Anglorum , 274
Heras, 174
Herbert, Thomas, eighth Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, 98
Herculaneum, 175
Herculanus Bassus, 310, 311
Herod, King (husband of Salome), 54
Herod (brother of Salome), 104
Herod (husband and uncle of Berenice), 161
Herod Antipas, 160
Herodian, 222, 236, 239, 240, 241
Hersek, 263
Historia Augusta , 189, 201, 205, 214, 227, 238–9, 241, 243
Holy Land, 266–7, 268–70, 271, 274, 306, 308
Homer, 208, 299–300
Homeric Centos, 299–300
Honoria (Justa Grata Honoria), 296, 297, 301, 303, 305, 310–11
Honorius, 284, 285, 287, 288, 289, 291, 294, 295,
296, 297, 300, 302, 312
Horace, 53
Hortensia, 23, 29, 52
Hortensius (Quintus Hortensius), 23, 29, 52, 119
Hôtel de Bourgogne, Paris, 158
Hoxne, 262
Huneric, 308, 313
Hungarian plain, 213
Huns, 288, 300, 303, 309
Hyacinthus, 310
I, Claudius (TV series), 2–3, 47
Iazyges, 213
Illyricum, 289
Ingenuus, 294
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique: Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Livia, Octavia and Augustus , 61, 62
Innocentius II, Pope, 273
Irene, 314
Isola Sacra, 17
Italy, 19, 31, 89, 149, 160, 169, 200, 204, 258, 284, 300
see also names of places
Iturius, 148, 149
Iullus Antonius, 80–1
Jacob of Voragine: Legenda Aurea , 271
Jamnia, 89
Jerome, 260, 261, 268, 286
Jerusalem, 162, 163, 166, 202, 264, 268, 269, 292, 306, 307–8
Church of the Ascension, 267, 306
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 269
Hasmonean Palace, 163
Mount of Olives, 267, 306
Temple, 161, 162, 166
Jesus Christ, 266, 267, 280
jewellery, 172–3, 282, 287
Jews, 160–1, 162–3, 166, 195, 202, 204, 219–20, 271
John (usurper), 300, 301, 302, 303, 304
John Chrysostom, 286, 291, 292, 304
John of Nikiu, 293
John the Evangelist, St, 297, 301
Johnson, Andrew, 8
Josephine Bonaparte, 4
Josephus, 161, 162
Jovian, 278
Judaea, 159, 160, 161, 167, 171, 175, 202, 204, 271
Judaism, 267–8
Judas Cyriacus, 271
Julia
birth, 26
childhood, 28, 51, 52–3
marries Marcellus, 60
widowed, 61, 63
marries Agrippa, 64
home of (Villa Boscotrecase), 64–5
birth of children, 66
wit, 69
sexual infidelities, 69
popularity, 69–70
meets with disapproval of Augustus, 70, 71
widowed again, 72
marries Tiberius, 72–3
public status, 74
breakdown of marital relations, 74–5, 78
Augustus exasperated by behaviour of, 78–9
disowned by Augustus, 79–80
and allegations of sexual improprieties, 79
exiled, 80
and political plot against Augustus, 80–1
permitted to live in Regium, 81
never reconciled with Augustus, 81
disinherited, and not permitted to be buried in family mausoleum, 81
portraits, 81–2
death, 87
brief references, 3, 9, 46, 49, 58, 67, 94, 99, 104, 119, 181, 182, 286, 314
Julia Balbilla see Balbilla
Julia Domna see Domna
Julia Drusilla, 124
Julia Flavia, 170, 171, 177, 178, 179, 181–3, 184, 185–6, 191
Julia Livilla, 104, 116, 122, 124, 125–6, 129, 138
Julia Maesa see Maesa
Julia Mamaea see Mamaea
Julia Minor, 66, 81, 99
Julia Soaemias see Soaemias
Julian the Apostate, 266, 274, 278, 279
Julian laws ( leges Iuliae ), 67–8, 76, 168, 177
Julianus (Didius Julianus), 222, 223
Julio-Claudian dynasty, 12, 45–157, 166–7, 180, 186, 189, 191, 193
mausoleum (mausoleum of Augustus), 59, 61, 73, 81, 84, 114, 122, 165, 240
Julius Agrippa (father of Berenice), 96, 159–60, 161
Julius Agrippa (senator), 221
Julius Alexander, 222
Julius Avitus Alexianus, 227, 234
Julius Bassianus, 220
Julius

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