public improvements in his time, 176;
his mausoleum destroyed, 179;
other members of the imperial family buried here, 182.

Banqueting-halls, 42.

Basilica, origin of its plan in that of the private house, 114 (cut);
its form derived from the schola, 118.

---- of Constantine, 162;
Julia, 163;
of Junius Bassus, 28;
of Nereus, Achilleus and Petronilla, 338 (cut).

Bassus, Junius, basilica of, 28.

Bassus, Pomponius, 192.

Baths, in connection with Christian churches, 37;
of Diocletian, 38, 48, 74.

Bayazid, his gift of the holy lance, 243.

Beatrix, martyr, 333;
the name corrupted from Viatrix, 334 (cut).

Belloni, Paolo, 151.

Benedict VII., Pope, tomb, 234.

Benedict XII., Pope, 138.

Benedict XIV., Pope, 37.

Bernini, influence of his school, 250.

Bidentalia, 106.

Biga, in the Vatican, 27.

Bologna, monumental crosses, 35.

Boniface I., Pope, 319.

Bonifatius, origin of the name, 344.

Bosio, Ant., investigator of the Catacombs, 329.

Bovillae, altar to Vedjovis, 68.

Bridge of Caligula, 101.

Brattius Praesens, 10.

Burial, rights of, accorded the Christians, 119;
more common than cremation in prehistoric times, 253;
early burial in the trunks of trees, 254;
clay coffins in the same form, 254;
difficulties encountered by the Christians, 308;
within the city walls, 325.

Burial companies, 258.

Byzantine princes, their images in Rome, 162.

Caecilia, S., her tomb discovered by Pope Paschal I., 326.

Caepio, Aulus Crispinius, his tomb, 267.

Caesar, Caius, beloved by Augustus, 184.

Caesar, Julius, his offerings in the temple of Concord, 54.

Caffarella, Valle della, 286.

Calda, 357.

Caligarii, 274.

Caligula, his bridge, so-called, 101;
places his mother's ashes in the mausoleum, 184.

Callixtus, death, 220.

----, Catacombs of. See _Catacombs_.

Calpurnii, their tomb, 276;
their history, 277.

Cambyses, conquest of Egypt, 94.

Camillus, capture of Veii, 64.

Campagna, 286 (plate).

Campo dell' Augusta, 179.

Campus Esquilinus, 256.

Campus Martius, 74;
early excavations in, 98.

Candelabrum, in church of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, 26 (cut);
in Church of S. Paolo, 239 (cut).

Canevari, Ant., 159.

Canova, his tomb of Clement XIII., 250.

Capitoline games, 281.

Capitoline Hill, 85;
the western summit, 86 (plate).

Capitoline museum, 15, 42, 59, 70, 93, 106, 190, 255, 290 n.
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