478;
on laughing in ritual of the Lupercalia, 111-112

Marcellus, 315, 328

Marcius, Latin oracles supposed to be written by, 326

Marcius Rex, praetor, 339

Marcus Aurelius, 369, 429

Marett, Mr., on taboo, 42, 45;
on _sacrificium_, 192;
on divination, 310

Marquardt, on Roman religion, 13, 16;
on naming of children, 42

Marriage: a religious ceremony, 83, 177, 274, 279;
Tellus an object of worship at, 121;
among deities, 148-152, 166, 350, 481-485

Mars, 124, 129, 147, 204, 208, 215, 246, 319;
various forms of his name, 131;
as a married god, 150-152, 166;
invocations to, 186, 212;
connection with Bellona, 166;
with Nerio, 150-151, 166;
with Quirinus, 134, 150;
pater, 212;
Silvanus, 29, 132, 142;
cult of, 132-134;
festival, 96-97;
temple, 133

Martianus Capella, 308

Masson, Dr., 357, 395;
on Roman fear of future torments, 391

Mastarna, Etruscan name of Servius Tullus, 237, 246

Masurius Sabinus, 90

Matutinus, cult-title of Janus, 126

Meals, sacrificial, 172, 173, 193, 436;
epulum Iovis: _see under_ Jupiter

Megalesia, 330

Mens, 285

Mercurius (Hermes), 260, 262, 268, 484

Messor, 161

Mildew, spirit of the: _see_ Robigus

Minerva, one of the Etruscan trias, 94, 237;
name Italian, not Etruscan, 234, 245;
associated with trade gilds, 233, 234, 236;
Capta, 284;
temples, 172, 233, 234, 244

Minium, faces painted with, 82, 115, 336

Minucius Felix, 461

Mithras, religion of, 455, 456, 464

Moirae (Parcae), 442, 446

_Mola salsa_: _see_ Salt-cake

Moles, 150, 154, 158

Mommsen, cited, 200, 440;
and the religion of the Romans, 2;
on the _Fasti anni Romani_, 95, 96, 111;
on _Carmen saeculare_, 444

Mucius Scaevola: _see_ Scaevola

_Murus_, 94

Mysticism, 380-398, 404;
in the form of astrology, 396, 401;
not native to the Roman, 454

Neo-Pythagoreanism: _see_ Mysticism

Neptunalia, 474

Neptunus, 117;
identified with Poseidon, 118, 260;
connection with Salacia, 150, 483;
with Mercurius, 262

Nerio: connection with Mars, 150-151, 166;
meaning of Nerio Martis, 150, 154

Nettleship, Professor, on the phrase _macte esto_, 197;
on the character of Aeneas, 410, 427;
on _sanctus_, 470

Nigidius Figulus, 299, 384, 397

Nones, 39, 95, 251;
Nonae Caprotinae, 143

Numa Pompilius, priest-king: Livy's account of his _inauguratio_,
174-175;
legends, 108, 115, 170, 180, 233, 322;
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