Catullus, Carmen 64 (continued)
269n105; Medea in, 124; Minos in, 125,
126; nostalgia in, 126, 132; opposites
in, 123, 124; originary moments in,
125; Parcae in, 126; Peleus and Thetis
in, 123, 124, 125 – 26, 267nn88 – 89;
Prometheus in, 269n102; temporal
demarcations in, 125 – 27; Theseus in,
124 – 25, 126; transitions in, 267n91;
Trojan War in, 126
Censorinus: on civil time, 202; epochal
demarcations of, 81 – 82; on foundation
of Rome, 225n77; on natural time, 202;
on saecula, 145 – 46, 147; textual cor-
ruption in, 246n81; time divisions of,
77 – 78, 79; use of Varro, 276n55
Censors: in Fasti Antiates, 176 – 77; in
Fasti Capitolini, 172, 176, 289n42; in
Hercules Musarum temple, 287n24;
lustrations by, 176 – 77
Centauromachy (Parthenon), 71
Centuries: commemoration of, 276n50;
modern orientation toward, 9
Cereal grains, grinding of, 111
Cerealia festival, 207
Chaeronea, battle of, 40; synchronism
with Italian wars, 47
Champlin, E., 135, 136
Charts, spatio-temporal, 1
The Chauci, Seneca on, 260n7
Christ, calculation of birth, 7, 8
Chronography, Christian, 78, 80; B.C./
A.D.in, 7 – 9, 12; Bede ’s, 7; Eusebius’s,
5, 29; Jerome ’s, 5, 29 – 32, 225n77;
synchronism in, 28 – 32
Chronography, Greek: Apollodorus’s,
58, 80; Athenocentric, 20; of Castor
of Rhodes, 80; Cicero’s use of, 21;
of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 93,
251n139; Plutarch’s, 10; Roman use
of, 5; Thucydides’, 17 – 18, 221n26,
222nn42,45, 223n46, 293n101;
Timaeus’s, 18 – 19, 223n51
Chronography, Hellenistic: on founda-
tion of Rome, 249n114; Panhellenic,
4 – 5, 18, 223n45
Chronography, Roman: appearance of,
225n68; Cato’s, 99 – 100, 142, 246n83;
Cicero’s, 14 – 16, 21, 26 – 28; Polybius
on, 47; regal period, 90; Velleius
Paterculus’s, 22, 225n73
Chronology: Asian, 10, 13; Christian, 11;
in demarcation of history, 244n47;
universal, 11. See also Synchronism
Chronology, Roman: constitutional
changes in, 249n120; of Republic,
150–51
Cicero, 227n97; on birthday commemo-
rations, 189; birthday of, 150, 157;
chronography of, 14 – 16, 21, 26 – 28;
cultural parallels of, 25, 26 – 28,
227n97; on Dicaearchus, 262n23;
on Greek calendar, 196; intellectual
career of, 25; on intercalation,
296n148; on Julian calendar, 196 – 97;
on natural time, 297n154; on oratori-
cal history, 227nn99 – 100; reckoning
by eras, 140; return from exile, 148;
on rivals of Rome, 234n45; on Roman
literature, 35; synchronism of, 25 – 28;
on Ten Commissioners, 222n37;
on Timaeus, 233n39; use of Aratus,
261n23; use of Greek chronography,
21; use of language of power, 292n95
—Academica, 14
—Brutus, 16, 26, 27; Atticus in, 221n31,
227n94; Ennius in, 240n131; Solon in,
222n40
—De Oratore, 26, 227n97
—De Re Publica, 26, 227n95, 248n107;
Rome ’s limits in, 285n166; Romulus
in, 87
Cincius Alimentus, 254n168
Circadian rhythms, 4
Cities, ancient: calendars of, 9 – 10; eras
of, 139; rebuilding of, 145- General Index