Ara Maxima: _see_ Circus Maximus. Argei: _see also_ Sacella Argeorum, 150, 151; explanations of custom, 114, 116-20; mourning of Flaminica Dialis, 112, 115, 119, 151; origin of name, 112-3; 118-9; puppets thrown into Tiber, 52, 57, 100, 111-20; substitution for human victims, 112, 115, 116-7, 119. Armilustrium, 45, 58, 249, 250-1. Army: importance of curiae, 303, 305; mustering, 133. Artemis, 200. Asylum, 122, 183 (n. 3), 327; connexion with Vediovis, 122. Attalus, King of Pergamus, 69. August: character, 189-90; festivals, 189-214. Augustus, revival of religion, 19, 181-2, 190, 280, 342, 343-4, 349. Aventine: plebeian quarter, 75-6, 199; temples, 59, 74-6, 101-5, 158, 198-200, 201, 206, 232, 267, 339. Beans: harvest, 130, 255; use as food, 132-3; use in ritual, 83, 109-10, 131; religious character, 91, 110, 130-1. Beating bounds, _see_ Lustrations; productive of fertility, 104, 178-9, 262, 302, 311, 315, 318-21. Bellona, 134-5. Birds: used in augury, 139-40. Bona Dea, 95; connexion with Damia, 105-6; with Maia, 99, 100, 123, 210; earth goddess, 71, 103, 104, 106; functions, 104-5, 106; men excluded from worship, 102-3, 142, 256; myrtle not allowed in temple, 103-4; temple, 101-5; women’s sacrifice, 255-6; worship, 102-6, 150. Bouphonia, 176, 329. Brutus, M. Junius, 130. Caesar (Julius): birthday, 174; calendar, 4, 5-6, 11, 14-5. Cakes: _see also_ Salt-cake; heads of animals decked with, 148, 242, 244; sacrifices, 53-5, 155, 161, 295, 304. Calendar: _see also_ Year, 248-50; authorities on, 13-4, 16-9; divergences, 36, 45, 241, 265-6; Julian: _see_ Caesar; marks of days, 8-10; republican, 14-20; secrecy, 8-9, 11; surviving, 5-6, 11-4. Campus Martius, 247-8; festivals, 50-1; races, 44-5, 208, 242, 249, 330; sacrifice of October-horse, 241-3, 247-9. Capitolium, 129-30, 327; connexion with Saturnus, 269-70; temples, 43, 85, 129-30, 145, 157-8, 214, 216-7, 229, 291, 293, 326-7. Caprotinae, Nonae: _see_ Nones. Cardea: confusion with Carna, 131-2. Caristia, 308-9. Carmenta, 167, 291-3; festival, 277, 290-3; temple, 291, 293. Carmentalia, 15, 277, 290-3. Carmentes: _see_ Carmenta. Carna, 130; confusion with Cardea, 131-2; festival, 130-3. Castor and Pollux: _see_ Dioscuri. Cerealia, 15, 72-3, 77-9, 92; foxes loosed in Circus Maximus, 77-9, 94; plebeian character, 70, 77, 92. Ceres, 73-4, 295, 338; connexion with Demeter, 73, 74, 181; with plebeians, 74-7, 92; festival, 72-3, 77-9, 92, 294-6; goddess of crops, 67, 71, 73, 126; Greek influence on, 73, 75-6, 105; sacrifices, 103, 105, 295; temple, 74-6, 92. Cernunnos: identification with Janus, 286. Character of Romans, 65; influence of religion on, 344-9. Charlton-on-Otmoor: lustration of fields, 128, 246.
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