Lectisternia, Roman banquets to the gods, slaves released at, II, 130 indecencies of, II, 218 Lémann, extract from work of, on Sanhedrin, II, 291 Lepidus, Marcus, Roman patrician, magnificence of, II, 246 Livy, on scourging, I, 57 account of Bacchanalian orgies, II, 270-283 Longinus, legendary name of soldier who pierced Christ, II, 379 Lucullus, Roman patrician, luxury of, II, 244 Luke, St., occupation of, I, 19 Luke, St., Gospel of, style of, I, 19 Lupercals, Roman priests, II, 204 Luxury of the Romans, II, 244 Lycurgus, code of, II, 241 M Macarius, identification of "true cross" by, II, 63 Macaulay, Lord, speech of, on Jewish disabilities, II, 184 Mahomet, character of, I, 14 Malchus, ear of, cut off by Peter, I, 36, 226 Magath, Julius, extract from work of, II, 291 Maimonides, on Hebrew Capital Crimes, I, 91 on the prohibition of nocturnal trials, I, 255, 256 Manlius, Marcus, trial of, before the Comitia Centuriata, II, 40 Marius, Caius, assassin cowed by, I, 62 Mark, St., Jesus arrested at home of, I, 220 Marriage, among the Romans, II, 236 among the Greeks, II, 240-243 Marcius, Quintus, Roman consul, motion of, on the suppression of the Bacchanalian orgies, II, 282 Mars, Roman deity, II, 208 Messiah, the, prophecies regarding, and their fulfillment in Jesus, I, 322-328 varying expectations of Jews regarding, I, 319-322; II, 110 conception of Pharisees of, II, 324 conception of Sadducees of, II, 325 Matthew, St., occupation of, I, 19 Matthias, son of Annas, Jewish high priest, biographical note on, II, 296 Mendelssohn, on the Talmud, I, 75 Messalina, Roman empress, lewdness of, II, 244 Messalinus, Cotta, prosecuted for treason, II, 70 Metrodorus on the Greek gods, II, 226 Mezeray, de, on the bloody sweat of Charles IX, I, 60 Minerva, Roman deity, II, 208 Miracles, probability of, I, 40-51 Spinoza on, I, 40-43 Renan on, I, 44 of Christ, I, 351-354 Mishna, the, E. Deutsch on, I, 80 subdivisions of, I, 80 relation of Talmud to, I, 83 traditional view of, I, 84 on capital and pecuniary cases, I, 155, 156. See also Gemara and Talmud. Mommsen, Theodor, on the jurisdiction of native courts of Roman subject peoples, II, 15 on Roman marital looseness, II, 243 on Roman extravagance, II, 247 Montefiore, Sir Moses, anecdote of, II, 180 Mosaic Code, the, a basis of Hebrew Criminal Law, I, 73, 84, 85 Müller, Johannes, explodes legend of Pilate and Lake Lucerne, II, 95 N Nachum Halbalar, Jewish scribe, biographical note on, II, 314 Nævius, Marcus, accusation of Scipio Africanus by, II, 41 Napoleon I, fickleness of populace toward, I, 63, 64 tribute of, to Jesus, II, 189 religious faith of, II, 190, 191 Nasi, prince of the Sanhedrin, I, 112 Nathan, Jewish rabbi, note on, II, 315, note