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 * Acrobats, the great number of, 218
 * Acte, the beautiful, 114
 * Actium, the mistakes of Antony at, 60; the peace after, 216
 * Ægean Islands, the vineyards of the, 200
 * Agriculture in Gaul, the extent of, 84
 * Agrippa, the builder of the Pantheon, 103; the successor of, 165
 * Agrippina, the power of, 103; the love of the Republic of, 114; miraculous escape of, 120; death of, 122
 * Alaric, the destruction caused by, 258
 * Alcohol, the distillers of, 26
 * Alesia, the city of, 91, 94; the battle at, 197
 * Alexander the Great, mentioned, 48
 * Alexandria, the position of, 15
 * Allier, the valley of the, 92
 * Alps, the peoples beyond the, 20; :the fear of crossing the, 73
 * Ambitio of the ancients, the, 14
 * America, the discovery of, 71
 * Amor, the kingdom of, 25
 * Amores, the, by Ovid, 151
 * Amours, the, of Antony, 41
 * Amphore, the wine of the, 39
 * Ancient Rome, corruption in, 3 ff
 * Anglo-Saxons, traits of the, 197
 * Anicetus, the diabolical plan of, 119
 * Antony, the history of, 37 ff; the love of, 40; meets Cleopatra, 44; the bewilderment of, 57
 * Antifeminist reaction, the, 111
 * Antioch, the departure for, 45; the marriage at, 51
 * Antium, the return to, 119
 * Antonines, the power of the, 246
 * Aquileia, son of Julia born at, 155; the trade in, 192
 * Arabia, part of, annexed, 49
 * Archæological discoveries, the effect of, 259
 * Archæologists, the discoveries of, 43
 * Archelaus, the revolt against, 166
 * Architectural effort at Rome, 134
 * Argentine Republic, the mention of, 86