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Authors: H. H. Scullard
Petelia,
197
Petilii (trib. pleb., 187),
303
Peucetians,
16
Phalanna,
251
Pharnaces of Pontus,
255
Pharsalus,
251
Pherae,
229
Philhellenism,
225
,
231
,
233
–
4
,
246
,
301
–
2
,
304
,
326
,
450 n.10
,
460, n.16
Philip V of Macedon, ascends throne,
174
–
5
; enmity to Rome,
175
,
189
,
444 n.15
,
450 n.11
; fights First Macedonian War,
193
–
4
; supposed help to Hannibal at Zama,
450 n.11
; alliance with Syria,
221
; conquests in the Aegean,
221
–
2
; receives Roman embassies,
222
; intrigues with Carthage,
450 n.11
; fights Second Macedonian War,
226
–
30
; negotiates with Flamininus,
229
; makes peace with Rome,
230
–
1
; rejects overtures of Aetolia,
236
; supports Rome against Antiochus,
238
,
241
; recovers power,
239
–
40
,
248
; receives Roman embassy,
248
–
9
; death,
249
Philosophers, expelled from Rome,
365
Phintias,
157
Phoenice, Peace of,
194
‘Phoenician Trenches’,
142
,
213
–
14
,
277
Phoenicians,
19
–
20
,
141
–
2
,
399nn.19
&
20
Pianello,
10
Picentes,
15
–
16
,
124
,
132
,
134
,
168
Pinnes of Illyria,
175
Pirates, Etruscan,
170
; Illyrian,
172
–
4
; in Crete,
258
; suppressed by Rome,
313
; by Rhodes,
220
,
258
Piso,
see
Calpurnius
Pistoia,
186
Pithecusae,
see
Ischia
Placentia,
172
,
183
,
184
,
185
,
206
,
264
Plautus,
see
Maccius
Plebeians, origin of,
57
–
8
,
410 n.28
; claims of,
74
; secessions of,
74
,
76
–
7
,
80
,
112
,
419 n.14
,
428nn.6
&
7
; victories of,
81
–
3
,
107
–
9
,
420 n.20
Plebiscita
,
77
,
81
,
109
,
112
,
420 n.20
,
428 n.7
Pleminius,
210
Plestia,
443 n.8
Poetelius, C. (trib. pleb., 358),
113
Pola,
267
Polada,
8
Polybius, and treaties with Carthage,
144
,
433 n.3
; account of Mamertine alliance,
149
–
50
; on First Punic War,
436 n.11
; on Truceless War,
166
; censures Roman seizure of Sardinia,
167
; pro-Scipionic,
439 n.8
; on Second Punic War,
440 n.15
; visit to New Carthage,
445 n.1
; deported to Rome,
254
; at fall of Numantia,
275
; and outbreak of Third Punic War,
280
; at siege of Carthage,
282
; on Roman constitution,
297
; member of Scipionic circle,
326
; historian,
372
,
467
Polyxenidas, Antiochus’ admiral,
240
–
1
Pomponius Matho, M. (praetor,
204
),
273
–
4
Pons, Aemilius,
331
; Sublicius,
48
,
54
,
331
Pontia,
122
Pontifex, Pontifex Maximus,
51
,
59
,
72
,
111
,
209
,
332
,
337
,
354
,
367
Popillius Laenas, C. (cos.
172
),
258
,
265
Popillius Laenas, M. (cos.
139
),
273
Popular leaders,
149
–
50
,
171
,
185
,
188
,
297
,
431 n.15
Population, of Italy and Hellenistic world,
138
; of Rome,
413 n.44
,
432 n.27
Porcius Cato, L.,
291
Porcius Cato, M. (cos.
195
),
460 n.18
;
novus homo
,
300
,
302
; character,
302
; in Sardinia,
267
; in Spain,
267
–
9
; in Greece,
238
,
239
; attacks the Scipios,
276
,
301
,
303
; censorship of,
288
,
304
,
328
; advocates destruction of Carthage,
277
–
8
,
304
; anti-Hellenic attitude,
246
,
301
,
326
,
329
; opposed to foreign conquest,
258
,
265
,
294
,
302
; praises Aemilianus,
282
; as prosecutor,
272
,
303
; and slavery,
323
,
325
; and Ennius,
343
; Lex Porcia,
291
; on agriculture,
309
–
10
,
317
; writings of,
309
–
10
,
325
,
340
,
346
–
7
,
370
,
466
Porcius Laeca, P. (praetor,
195
),
291
Porcius Licinus, C. (praetor,
207
),
207
Porsenna,
67
–
8
,
407 n.12
,
414 n.47
Portaes Pass,
251
Portugal,
269
Portunus,
462 n.18
Postumius Albinus, A. (cos.
180
),
270
Postumius Albinus, A. (cos.
151
), annalist,
346
,
369
Postumius Albinus, L. (cos.
234
),
173
,
197
Postumius Albinus, L. (cos.
173
),
291
Postumius Albinus, Sp. (cos.
334
),
121
,
427 n.28
Postumius Megellus, L. (cos.
305
),
125
Postumius Tubertus, A. (dict. 431),
88
Pottery, Neolithic,
7
; Bronze Age,
9
–
10
; Villanovan,
12
–
13
; Etruscan and Greek,
21
,
23
,
27
,
54
,
314
,
409 n.22
,
418 n.8
Praefecti, iure dicundo
,
163
; at Capua,
200
; at Gades,
268
Praeneste,
20
,
33
,
36
–
7
,
87
,
96
,
97
,
100
,
103
,
143
,
291
,
313
,
314
–
17
,
357
,
403nn.43
–
5
Praetorship, established,
72
,
107
–
8
,
415
; held by plebeian,
108
; function of,
113
–
15
; number raised to four,
163
,
293
; provincial,
163
–
4
; raised to six,
268
,
293
,
299
; judicial functions,
337
–
8
,
369
Praetuttii,
125
Prione,
166
Privernum,
97
,
119
,
122
,
335
,
427 n.30
Prorogatio imperii
,
108
,
114
,
294
,
299
Protectorate system,
294
–
6
; in Illyria,
174
–
5
; in Greece,
226
,
232
,
246
,
292
,
294
Proto-Italici,
see
Terramara
Provinces,
293
–
6
,
438 n.1
,
459 n.10
; Sicily,
161
–
5
; Sardinia and Corsica,
167
–
8
; Spain,
268
–
9
; Macedonia,
260
–
2
,
295
; Africa,
283
,
295
Provincial administration,
161
–
5
,
167
,
268
,
287
,
290
–
6
; and local government,
164
–
5
,
268
,
293
–
4
Provocatio, see
Appeal
Prusias I of Bithynia,
221
,
249
,
250
,
254
Ptolemy IV, Philopator,
221
Ptolemy V, Epiphanes Eucharistos,
230
Ptolemy VI, Philometor,
258
,
260
Ptolemy VII, Euergetes Physcon,
258
–
9
Publilius Philo, Q. (cos.
339
),
102
,
108
,
109
,
120
,
420 n.20
,
427 n.28
Punic War, First, causes of,
147
–
50
,
435 n.9
; course of,
150
–
9
; reasons of Rome’s victory,
160
; estimated cost of,
320
Punic War, Second, causes of,
178
–
81
; course of,
182
–
201
,
202
–
14
; reasons of Rome’s victory,
214
–
15
; importance of,
214
; estimated cost of,
320
–
1
Punic War, Third, causes of,
278
–
80
,
458 n.18
; course of,
280
–
6
Pylos,
175
Pyrgi,
29
,
54
,
402 n.32
,
418 n.5
,
426 n.25
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus,
126
–
31
,
148
,
431 n.16
Pythion-Petra Pass,
251
Quaestio de repetundis
,
268
,
296
Quaestores classici
,
163
Quaestorship, origin of,
63
–
4
,
72
,
82
; numbers raised to four,
82
,
115
; to eight,
115
; provincial,
163
;
Quattuorviri
,
114
Quieto, river,
267
Quinctius Cincinnatus, L. (cos.
460
),
88
,
307
Quinctius Crispinus, T. (cos.
208
),
206
Quinctius Flamininus, L. (cos.
192
),
264
,
302
Quinctius Flamininus, T. (cos.
198
), character of,
229
; in Second Macedonian War,
228
–
30
,
452 n.17
; settles Greece,
230
–
2
; negotiates with Antiochus,
234
–
5
; in war with Antiochus,
236
–
8
; in Aetolia,
239
; philhellenic policy,
302
; funeral of,
329