Mamurius: expulsion of Mamurius Veturius, 40-1, 46-9; festival, 44-50; smith, 39, 45-6; variant for Mars, 39, 41, 45. Manes, 108, 300, 308. March, 2, 3; beginning of year, 5, 33, 38; connexion with Mars, 33-5, 48, 64-5, 99; festivals, 5, 35-65; New Year’s Day, 5, 35-43, 278; origin of name, 33, 99. Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, 11. Market days, 8. Marriages, 293; customs, 142; ill-omened in March and May, 60, 67, 100, 109, 293; prohibited, 146, 308. Mars, 53, 60, 313; birthday, 5, 36-8, 60; comparison with Apollo, 39-40; connexion with Hercules, 194-5, 196; with Juno, 37-8, 133-4; with March, 33-5, 48, 64-5, 99; with Minerva, 53, 59-60, 62; with Nerio, 60-2, 186; with Quirinus, 322-3; with Robigus, 89, 324; with Romulus, 33, 37 (n. 3); with Silvanus, 55, 194; festivals, 44-6, 57-63, 123, 241-50, 290, 313, 330-1; functions, 34-5, 41, 43, 64-5, 89, 248-9, 250, 262; god of powers of vegetation and reproduction, 34-5; 41, 48-9, 64, 126-7, 196; Greek influence, 35, 37; laurel sacred to, 35-6; origin, 34-5, 64; priests: _see_ Salii; Sacrarium Martis, 39, 44, 324, 335; shields: _see_ Ancilia; temples, 133-4, 232; war-god, 126, 207, 248, 249. Mater Larum, 240. Mater Matuta, 154-6, 165. Matralia, 154-6, 165. Matronalia, 38. May, 2, 3; character, 6, 33, 100; festivals, 33, 98-128; origin of name, 6, 33, 98-100. Meals: _see also_ Epulum Jovis; sacrificial, 81, 96-7, 194, 218-20, 308, 309. Meditrinalia, 236, 239-40. Megalesia, 69-71. Men: exclusion from cults, 102-3, 142, 256; oaths of, 138-9, 142. Mens, 145. Mercurius: connexion with Hermes, 121, 186; with Jupiter, 120; with Maia, 98-9, 120; coupled with Neptunus, 181, 186; god of trade, 121; temples, 121, 339. Mildew: _see_ Rust. Minerva: connexion with Mars, 53, 59-60, 62; with Nerio, 59-62; festivals, 59, 62, 158; goddess of trumpet players, 62, 158; nail driven into cella of, 234-5; one of Etruscan trias, 218, 220, 229, 235, 339; temples, 59, 157-8, 215, 216-7, 326-7, 339. Mola salsa: _see_ Salt-cake. Montes, 266-7; festivals of, 16, 265-7, 335. Months, 5-7, 33-4; divisions, 7-8; lunar, 7; names, 5-7, 33-4, 99-100; number of days, 2-3; solar, 1. Mundus, 211-2; open, 211-2, 239, 252. Myrtle, 68; excluded from temple of Bona Dea, 103-4. Nails driven into temples, 172, 217, 234-5. Nemesis, 170. Neptunalia, 173, 185-7. Neptunus, 185-7; connexion with Poseidon, 185, 186, 187; with Salacia, 186; coupled with Mercurius, 181, 186; functions, 185, 187. Nerio, 134-5; connexion with Mars, 60-2, 186; with Minerva, 59-62. Nerthus, 117. New Year: _see_ March. Nones, 7, 8; Nonae Caprotinae, 174, 175, 178-9. Nortia, 235; connexion with Fortuna, 171-2. November: character, 252; festivals, 252-4.