B

  Bacchante, a miserable, 155
  Bacchus, the plant of, 182
  Baetica, civilisation in, 72
  Baiae, the Court at, 119
  Banquets, the, of ancient Rome, 7
  Barbarian, the struggle against the, 34
  Barbarism, the primitive, 254
  Belgae, the victory over the, 77
  Beverages, in Roman history, 181 ff;
    the growing use of, 186
  Birrus of Laodicea, the, 88
  Bismarck, mentioned, 64; compared to Caesar, 247
  Biturigi, the, a tribe of Gaul, 86
  Black Sea, the country around, 182
  Borebiste, a Gaetic warrior, 191
  Boulanger, a Roman, 41
  Brennus, the conspirator, 130
  Britannicus, the exclusion of, 103; the death of, 115
  Brutus, the cult of, 243
  Buddhist, the position of the, 236
  Burrhus, the political work of, 104

  C

  Cadurci, a tribe of Gaul, 86
  Caesar, Caius, adopted by Augustus, 158;
    the political position of, 160
  Caesar, Julius, the wisdom of, 72; mistakes of, 75
  Caesar, Lucius, adopted by Augustus, 158,
    the popularity of, 164
  Caesars, the palaces of the, 7
  Caleti, the, a tribe of Gaul, 86
  California, grape-culture in, 187
  Caligula, the death of, 115
  Calumnies, the, about Julia, 174
  Campania, the cities of, 218
  Canals, the construction of, 213
  Capri, the monster of, 155
  Carmen Seculare, the, by Horace, 151
  Carthusian, the patience of the, 91
  Castles, the Roman, on the Rhine, 192
  Catiline, the conspiracies of, 130
  Cato, the love of tradition of, 105;
    as a wine drinker, 184
  Celt, the genius of the, 88
  Cereals, the growth of, in Gaul, 85
  Cervisia, the supplications of, 196
  Champagne, the reputation of, 206
  Chian, a cask of, for a banquet, 199
  Christianity, the work and spreading of, 231 ff
  Christians, the, in the time of Nero, 131
  “Christofle,” the making of, in Gaul, 91
  Church, the position of the, 232
  Cicero, the letters of, 74;
    the influence of, 172
  Civil wars, the impression of the, 148
  Civis, the Roman, 264
  Classic renaissance, the, 235
  Claudii, the haughty line of the, 159
  Claudius, Emperor, the death of, 103
  Cleopatra, the legend of, 37 ff;
    described, 40;
    policy, of, 58
  Clodia, the famous, 74
  College de France, the, 3, 260
  Columbus, mentioned, 71
  Comitia, the election of the, 58
  Commentaries, the, of Caesar, 191
  Conflagration, the, of Rome, 129
  Corday, Charlotte, 63
  Corruption of customs, the, 3
  Costumes of Rome, the, 181
  Cradle of Jesus, the, 166
  Crassus, the demagogy of, 249
  Cultivation, in Rome, 181
  Cultus, a Gallic term, 91
  Cydnus, the river, 39

  D