1;
as a means of understanding the spirit of the Roman religion, 254;
a poem of religion and morals, 409-425

Aesculapius, 260

_Ager paganus_: lustration, 80, 213
_Romanus_: lustration, 78, 100

Agriculture, the economic basis of Roman life, 99;
festivals, _see_ Festivals

Agrippa, 442, 443

Alba Longa, 109, 128

Alban Mount: Latin festival, 172;
temple of Jupiter Latiaris, 237, 238, 245

Alexander, Archibald, on faith, 472

Ambarvalia, procession of the, 214, 218, 442

Amburbium, 214, 218, 332

Amulets, 42, 59, 60, 74, 84

Ancilia, 97;
lustration, 96, 217;
moving, 36

Angerona, 117

Animism, 65, 122, 148, 164, 287

Anna Perenna: festival, 65, 105, 346;
Ovid's account of, 473

Antoninus Pius, 429

Apollo, 257, 449;
cult of, 268;
associated with Diana, 443, 446;
with Latona, 262;
the Pythian, 323;
temple, 443-445;
institution of Apolline games, 326

Appius Claudius, 300

Aquaelicium, ceremony of the, 50, 52

_Ara_, meaning of, 146

Ara Maxima in the Forum Boarium 29, 230

Ara Pacis of Augustus, 177, 437, 448

Argei: festival, 36, 65;
puppets thrown into the Tiber, 54, 105, 321, 322;
chapels called, 321, 322

Armilustrium, 97

Army: lustration of, 96, 100, 215, 217

Arnobius, 51, 52, 459, 461, 465

Artemis, 235, 443

Arval Brethren: _see_ Fratres Arvales

Asclepios, 260

Astrology, 396-398, 401

Ateius Capito, 441

Athene Polias, 234

Attalus, king of Pergamus, 330

Atticus, Cicero's letters to, 385

Attus Navius, soothsayer, 297

_Augurium canarium_, 310

Augurs, 174-176, 193, 271, 276;
and the art of divination, 292-309;
in relation to the Rex, 301;
art strictly secret, 301;
compared with pontifices, 303
lore preserved in books, 303;
political importance, 305

Augustus, 35, 133, 213, 344;
revival of religion, 428-447;
his connection with Virgil, 428;
pontifex maximus, 433;
restoration of temples, 433-434;
revival of ancient ritual, 434-436;
restorer of the _pax deorum_, 438

Aurelius, Marcus, 456

_Auspicia_, 175, 214;
in life of family, 299;
in State operations, 300;
indissolubly connected with _imperuim_, 301

Aust, on religion of the family, 68;
on Roman deities, 157;
on prayer, 198;
on reaction against the _ius divinum_, 349

Aventine: plebeian quarter, 255;
temples, 95, 147, 233, 234, 237, 244, 484

Axtell, Harold L., on Fortuna, 245

Bacchic rites, introductio