INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Cicero, Marcus Tullius and Miller, Walter
Lentulus; Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, the splendour of his aedileship (63), ii, 57; as consul (57) he was largely instrumental in securing Cicero's recall from banishment.
Leuctra, a town of Boeotia, where the Spartans under Cleombrotus were disastrously defeated by Epaminondas and the Thebans (371), i, 61; ii, 26.
Love, how won, ii, 32; vs. fear, ii, 23-26.
Lucullus, Lucius Licinius (110-56), surnamed Ponticus for his victories over Mithradates (84-66); famed for his wealth and magnificence, i, 140; for the splendour of his aedileship with his brother Marcus (79), ii, 57; with him prosecuted Servilius to avenge their father whom he had accused of bribery and corruption, ii, 50; patron of letters, especially of the poet Archias.
Lucullus, Marcus Licinius, associated with his brother Lucius (q.v.), ii, 50, 57; soldier and orator.
Lusitania, western Spain, practically modern Portugal, ii, 40.
Lutatius; see Catulus.
Luxury, a vice, i, 92, 106, 123.
Lycurgus (9th century), the famous lawgiver of Sparta, author (?) of the Spartan constitution, i, 76.
Lydia, the central country of western Asia Minor, iii, 38.
Lysander, the Spartan admiral who defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami (405), received the capitulation of Athens (404), established the Thirty Tyrants (403), and gave Sparta her leadership, i, 76, 109.
Lysander, the ephor (241), a descendant of the admiral, a friend of King Agis (q.v.), sought to bring about agrarian reforms based upon the constitution of Lycurgus; for this he was banished, ii, 80.
Lysis, of Tarentum, a Pythagorean; expelled from Italy, he came to Thebes and taught Epaminondas, i, 155.
Macedonia, until the time of Philip a small country north of Thessaly, i, 37.
Macedonians, the people of Macedon, i, 90; ii, 53; deserted to Pyrrhus, ii, 26; Paulus and their wealth, ii, 76.
Maelius, Quintus, tribune (321), more probably tribune-elect, as tribunes could not leave the city, iii, 109.
Magnificence, in the home, i, 140.
Mamercus; Aemilius Lepidus Mamercus Livianus, a kinsman of Caesar; though defeated once, ii, 58, he was later (77) consul.
Mancia, Quintus Mucius, unknown, i, 109.
Mancinus, Gaius Hostilius; in his consulship (137) he was defeated by the Numantines; his delivery to the enemy, iii, 109.
Manlius; Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, father of Lucius (q.v.), iii, 112.
Manlius; Lucius Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus; named dictator to mark the year (363), he used his office to engage in a war; that he transgressed but a "few days" was due to the intervention of the tribunes, iii, 112.
Manlius; Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, his son, a famous hero of Roman story; as consul at the time of the battle on the Veseris he executed his own son for disobeying orders, though the disobedience won the spolia opima, iii, 112.
Marathon, a plain about twenty miles north of Athens where (490) Miltiades and his ten thousand defeated the hosts of Darius, i, 61.
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, campaigned against Hannibal in Italy, took Syracuse (212), five times consul, a brave but cruel soldier, over-praised by the Romans, i, 61.
Marcus; see Cicero—Marcus Tullius, the son.
Marcius; see Philippus.
Marius, Gaius (157-87), seven times consul; gained his first consulship dishonourably, iii, 79, 81; conquered Jugurtha (107); saved Rome from the invading Cimbri (102) and Teutons (101); a military genius, i, 76; cruel and selfish, he flooded the streets of Rome with her best blood in the civil war with Sulla.
Marius; Marcus Marius Gratidianus, the son (or grandson) of Marcus Gratidius whose sister married Cicero's grandfather; adopted by a kinsman of the great Marius; hence his name; twice praetor; murdered by Catiline during Sulla's proscriptions, iii, 67; his unbounded popularity in his first praetorship (86), iii, 80-81.
Mars, the god of war, iii, 34.
Marseilles (Massilia), a Greek city on the southern coast of Gaul, independent of the province; it sided with Pompey; Caesar captured the city after a protracted siege and exacted cruel vengeance, ii, 28.
Maximus; Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator, consul four times; in his second dictatorship (217) he won his surname by harassing Hannibal, watching his plans and working on the defensive, i, 84, 108.
Medes, the people of Media, a great kingdom in central Asia Minor added to Persia by Cyrus, ii, 41.
Medus, a son of Medea and Aegeus; wandering in search of his mother he came to Colchis, where Medea saved his life; the subject of a tragedy of Pacuvius, i, 114.
Melanippa, mother of Boeotus and Aeolus by Posidon (Neptune); blinded and imprisoned by her father, she was at last rescued by her sons and her sight was restored by Posidon; subject of a tragedy of Ennius, i, 114.
Metellus; Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, won his surname by his victories over Andriscus (148); a political rival and yet a good friend of the younger Scipio, i, 87.
Metellus; Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, nephew of the preceding, statesman and soldier; as consul (109), carried on the war with Jugurtha with distinguished success, iii, 79.
Metrodorus, of Lampsacus (330-277), the most distinguished of the disciples of Epicurus; his Epicureanism was of the grossly sensual sort; his conception of happiness misunderstood by Cicero, iii, 117.
Milo, Titus Annius, an unscrupulous and turbulent fellow; as tribune (57) he did much for Cicero's recall and made a sworn enemy of Clodius (q.v.); hired gladiators to force his own election, ii, 58; defended without success by Cicero for killing Clodius.
Minerva, goddess of thought, temperament, wit, i, 97.