ANGĂRĪA (ἀγγαρεία, Hdt. ἀγγαρήϊον), a word borrowed from the Persians, signifying a system of posting by relays of horses, which was used among that people, and which, according to Xenophon, was established by Cyrus. The term was adopted by the Romans under the empire to signify compulsory service in forwarding the messages of the state. The Roman _angaria_, also called _angariarum exhibitio_ or _praestatio_, included the maintenance and supply, not only of horses, but of ships and messengers, in forwarding both letters and burdens; it is defined as a _personale munus_; and there was no ground of exemption from it allowed, except by the favour of the emperor. ANGĬPORTUS, or ANGĬPORTUM, a narrow lane between two rows of houses, which might either be what the French call a _cul-de-sac_, or it might terminate at both ends in some public street. ANGUSTICLĀVĬI. [CLAVUS.] ANNĀLES MAXĬMI. [PONTIFEX.] ANNŌNA (from _annus_, like _pomona_ from _pomum_).--(1) The produce of the year in corn, fruit, wine, &c., and hence,--(2) provisions in general, especially the corn, which, in the later years of the republic, was collected in the storehouses of the state, and sold to the poor at a cheap rate in times of scarcity; and which, under the emperors, was distributed to the people gratuitously, or given as pay and rewards;--(3) the price of provisions;--(4) a soldier’s allowance of provisions for a certain time. The word is used also in the plural for yearly or monthly distributions of pay in corn, &c.