by Virg. 162.

Plautus, T. Maccius,
name, 7;
date and pl. of birth, 8;
varied employments, 8, 9;
intimacy with the Scipios, death, 9;
Plautine canon, 10;
extant plays, 10-18;
argumenta, 18;
prologues, 18;
acts, diverbium, canticum, characters, 19;
language, 20;
references to Greek and Roman life, 20;
prosody, 22;
views on Plautus, 25;
reference to Naevius, 5.

Plinius Secundus, C. (the elder), 281;
education, 282;
military and procuratorial career, 282-3;
death, 283;
lost works, 284;
_Naturae Historiae_, their contents and character, 285;
views, 286;
foll. by Tac. 346.

Plinius Secundus, C. (the younger),
name and birthpl. 326;
date of birth, education, 327;
adoption by his uncle, 328;
at the bar, civil career, 328;
_Panegyricus_, 330;
governor of Pontus et Bithynia, correspondence with Trajan,
municipal relations, 331-333;
as orator and writer, 333;
the Epistles, 334;
relations with other writers, character, 335;
love of nature, 336;
friend of Silius, 289;
of Mart. 298;
of Frontinus, 310;
of Tac. 340;
of Sueton. 348.

Polla Argentaria,
wife of Lucan, 267;
patroness of Mart. 297.

Pollio, Asinius, 112;
criticises Caesar, 105;
connexion with Corpus Caes. 107 _sqq._;
criticises Livy, 219;
friend of Virg. 149, 154 _sqq._

Pollio, _see_ Vitruvius.

Polybius,
foll. by Nep. 117;
by Livy, 220.

Polybius, favourite of Claudius, 250.

Pompeius Macer, poet, 203.

Pompeius Magnus,
Livy a supporter of, 219;
Lucan's view of, 268-9.

Pompeius, _see_ Trogus.

Pompilius, 65.

Pomponius, _see_ Mela, Atticus.

Pomponius Bononiensis, 67.

Pomponius Secundus, 282, 284.

Ponticus, 196, 206.

Popillius Laenas, 42, 52.

Porcius, _see_ Cato, Latro.

Porcius Licinus, 65.

Porphyrio, 355.

Posidippus, 14.

Posidonius, 70, 82.

Praetexta fabula, 7, 30, 36, 57, 341.

Probus, M. Valerius, 147;
his life of Persius, 260.

Probus, Aemilius, falsely credited with Nepos' works, 118.

Prologues, 18, 49.

Propertius, Sex.,
name, 191;
birth, 192;
youth and education, 193;
relations with Lycinna and Cynthia, 193-4;
later life, 194-5;
relations with Maecenas, Augustus, and contemporary poets, 195-6;
elegies, 19