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Aristaeus
50

Arnobius
99
,
125

Ars Amatoria
29
,
40
,
47

Arval Brethren
65

Athene
28

Atrium Vestae
135
,
139

Attalus
116

augurs
4

Augustine
28
,
80
,
86
,
91

Augustus
5
,
69
,
76
,
144
,
159

Aulus Gellius
see
Gellius, Aulus Aurelia
29
,
41

Aventine
31
,
40
,
115

Bacchus
39

Balsdon, J.P.V.D.
1

Bauman, R.
1
,
161

Bayet, J.
31

Beard, M.
145
,
146
,
187
n.13

beating
see
violence Bibulus
75

Bona Dea
4
,
5
,
7
,
11
,
11
,
13
,
14
,
17
,

28
,
28
,
40
,
57
,
157
; antiquityof

31
,
35
,
37
,
44
; and Faunus
35
;

and Hercules
24
; status of
36
;

templeof
29
,
40
,
41
; and Venus

44
,
99
,
124
;
see also
myth: aetio- logical (Bona Dea)

Bona Dea, December festival of
11
,
13
,
13
,
29
,
38
,
39
,
46
,
48
,
90
,
97
;

exclusionofmyrtlefrom
44
,
46
,
99
,
101
,
124
; held in a private

house
5
,
41
; role of honey in
86
;

role of men in
5
,
14
,
50
,
108
; secret rites of
5
,
39
; use of milk in
48
; use of wine in,
44
,
50
,
50
,
86
,
99
;
see also
rites:
pro populo/pro saluti populi;
wine

boundary
11
,
27
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
35
,
44
,

48
,
50
,
69
,
105
,
115

Bremmer, J.
116
,
119

brides
28
,
78
,
84
,
88
,
144
,
148

Brouwer, H.H.J.
13
,
13

Bruhl, A.
157

211

Brutus, L.Iunius
81

Brutus, M.Iunius
1
,
64

Bryson, N.
80

Cacus
26
,
28
,
28
,
31
; cave of
18
,
21
; devious cunning of
20
; fire breathing of
20
,
21
,
26
;
see also
Hercules Invictus and Cacus

Caesar
5
,
13
,
29
,
41

Camilla
50

Camillus
114
,
152

Cannae, defeat at
58
,
89

capitis deminutio
140
,
151
,
189
n.35

Capitoline
120
,
123

Carmenta
14
,
82

Carmentalia
82

Carvilius, Ruga
see
Ruga, Sp. Carvilius

Cassius, Dio
see
Dio Cassius Castor
13

categories
see
categorization categorization: bydress
67
; ritual

11
,
11
,
30
,
35
,
55
,
57
,
61
,
66
,
83
;

88
,
97
,
99
,
101
,
102
,
105
,
108
,

110
,
111
,
116
,
117
,
151
,
157

Catiline
1
,
41

Cato, the Censor
47
,
58
,
69
,
75
,
158

Ceres
7
,
11
,
48
,
50
,
55
,
77
,
89
,
97
,

105
,
157
; and Flora
83
,
90
; in

marriage, function of
83
,
89
;

temple of
83
,
85
,
88
,
90
;
see also sacrum anniversarium Cereris

Cerialia
85
,
90
,
92

Cicero
5
,
6
,
11
,
13
,
29
,
34
,
36
,
38
,

39
,
40
,
41
,
42
,
64
,
91
,
143

Circus Maximus
90
,
112

Claudia Quinta
103
,
116
,
118
,
185
n.49

Claudius
119

Clodius, Publius
see
Pulcher, P.Clodius

Collatinus, Tarquinius
see
Tar- quinius Collatinus

Colline gate
see porta collina

concubine
30
,
138

Consualia
28
,
70

conubium
66
,
70
,
72
,
87
,
138
;
see also iustum matrimonium

Corbett, P.E.
87

Coriolanus
61
,
82

Cornelia, motherofthe Gracchi
1
,
84
Cornelia, Vestal Virgin
135
Cornell, T.
133

courtesans
29
,
64
,
65
;
see also
pros- titutes

Crassus
5
,
137

crimen incesti
104
;
see also
Vestal Virgins

Crook, J.A.
71
,
159

culture, Roman, as a system
3
,
16
Cumont
36

Cybele
see
Magna Mater

Damia
13
;
see also
Bona Dea daughter
30
,
35
,
75
,
103

death: as equivalent to the denial of fire and water
16
; as human sacri- fice
133
,
135
; as punishment for adultery
47
; as punishment for drinking wine
47
; as punishment for Vestal transgression
131
,
151

decemviri
6
,
132
deductio ad domum
84
Detienne, M.
39
,
50
,
86

Digest
16
,
149

Dio Cassius
104
,
135

Diodorus Siculus
113
,
119
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
32
divorce
69
,
74
,
75

Domitian
135

dowry
77

dress
see
categorization by dress Dum
é
zil, G.
13
,
46
,
50

Egnatius Maetennus
47
Egnatius Metellus
see
Egnatius

Maetennus

emancipatio
140
,
141

Evander
17
,
23
,
31
,
32

evocatio
114

family, agnatic
72
;
see also patria potestas

Fasti Antiatini Veteres
122

Fasti Caeretani
122

Fasti Praenestini
65
,
108
,
122

father
35
,
72
,
78
;
see also paterfa- milias

Fau, G.
1

Faunus
11
,
13
,
28
,
28
,
44
,
48
,
99
;

antiquity of
32
,
124
;
see also

myth: aetiological (Faunus) Faustulus
62
,
63

Favorinus
48

Festus
17
,
84
,
85
,
144
,
148
,
153

Finley, M.
160

fire
11
,
16
,
24
,
41
,
44
,
45
; as sym- bol of the male principle
16
,
45
; in the temple of Vesta
104
,
147
,
152
;
see also
fire and water, opposition of

fire and water, opposition of
14
,
24
,
24
,
26
,
148
;
see also
male and female, opposition of

flamen Dialis
4
,
77
,
144

flamen Quirinalis
65

flaminica Dialis
4
,
77
,
145

flammeum
145

Flora
7
,
11
,
55
,
97
,
105
,
157
; and

Ceres
83
,
90
; temple of
83
,
90

Floralia
55
,
90
,
92
,
97
force
see
violence Fordicidia
32
,
154

Fortuna Muliebris
4
,
82

Fortuna Virilis
106
,
108
see also

Venus Verticordia

Forum Boarium
31
,
133

freedwomen
29

Fundanius
58

funerals
16
,
17
,
148

Galli
115
,
117

Gellius, Aulus
14
,
48
,
57
,
64
,
65
,

66
,
69
,
100
,
140
,
141

Genucius
118
;
see also Galli Georgics
50

Geryon, cattle of
17
,
31
Good Goddess
see
Bona Dea Gordon, R.
36
,
39

Gracchi
1

Gurges, Q.Fabius Maximus
112
,
119
,
120

haruspices
6
,
132

Hercules
34
,
35
,
67
; and Acca Lar-

entia
64

Hercules Invictus
4
,
11
,
14
,
28
; anger of
21
; contrasted with Mithras
35
,
37
; physical strength

of
17
,
20
,
20
,
23
,
27
; thirst of
26
,
31
;
seealso Ara Maxima;
Her- cules Invictus and Cacus; myth: aetiological
(Ara Maxima)

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