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 Pannonia, the malcontents at, 166 Pannonians, the customs of the, 193 Pantheon, the, mentioned, 103 Parthians, the Empire of the, 167 Passum, as a drink, 183 Pater familias, the power of the, 172 Paul of Tarsus, a great and simple man, 131;
 * the persecution of, 134

Pax Romana, the, 4;
 * the extent of the, 210

Pearls, the importation of, 30, 220 Penetralia, the, of the home, 32 Pergamon, the city, 219 Pergamus, the kingdom of, 16, 187 Periplus of the Erytrian Sea, the, a manual, 199 Persia, the conquest of, 44 Philosophers, the many, 209 Philosophy, the ancient, of Rome, 233 Phylloxera, a new species of, 190 Piedmont, the peasants of, 187 Pinon, the imperialist, 251 Pisa, inscriptions at, 164 Piso, the conspiracy of, 135 Plutarch, description of, 39 Po, the valley of the, 192 Poetry, the, of Horace, 195 Poets, the position of, 9 B.C., 146 Political barrier, the, between Gaul and Rome, 84 Political events, the, of Rome, 33 Political personnel, the, of Rome, 217 Polybius, the period of, 183 Pompadour, the Marquise de, mentioned, 43 Pompeii, the ruins of, 92;
 * the city of, 218

Pompey, the conquests of, 19;
 * the theatre of, 55

Pontifex maximus, the title of, 232 Pontus, salted fish from the, 8 Poppæa Sabina, the skill of, 116;
 * death of, 137

Populus, the representatives of the, 246 Pozzuoli, the city of, 218 Prætor, the office of the, 157 Precious metals, the distribution of, 218 Prætorian guards, the, 117 Prætorians, the influence of the, 104 Princeps, the authority of the, 188 Proconsuls, the, of Rome, 182 Procurator, the origin of the office of, 212 Proprietors, the government of the, 211 Prosperity, the growing, 148 Protestant, the present position of the, 236 Provinces, the peace in the, 176