lake Asphaltitis, 235.

[Greek: Asplenon], 20.

Assafoetida grown in Cyrene, 237.

Astansoba (river), 231.

Astoboa (river), 231.

Astragals, 90.

Astrology, 269 _ff._

Athens, 26, 40, 53, 78, 124, 199, 200, 234;
colonnades at, 154;
temple of Minerva at, 198;
length of shadow of gnomon at, 257, 270.

Athos, Mt., 35.

[Greek: Atlantes], 188.

Atlantides, 189.

Atlas, 188, 231.

Atrium, 185, 210;
proportions of, 176 _f._

Attalus, 53, 103, 195.

Attic doorways, 120.

Aurelius, Marcus, 3.

Aventine, 216.

Babylon, 24, 235.

Bacchus, proper site for temple of, 31;
Ionic order appropriate to, 15;
temple of, at Teos, 82, 109, 198.

Baiae, 46, 47.

Bakeries, 184.

Balance (constellation), 266.

Balconies in forum, 131.

Balearic Isles, 214, 240.

Ballistae, rules for making, 305 _ff._

Bankers' offices, 131.

Barns, 184.

[Greek: Baroulkos], 283.

Bases, Ionic, 90 _ff._

Basilica, 132 _ff._;
of Vitruvius at Fano, 134 _ff._

Bathrooms, 180;
of farmhouse, 183.

Baths, 157 _ff._

Beast (constellation), 268.

Bedrooms, 181.

Beech, 60.

Berosus, 262, 269, 273.

Bilbery, used to make purple, 220.

Bird (constellation), 266.

Black, 217 _f._

Block (_rechamus_), 285 _ff._

Blue, 218 _f._

Body, proportions of, 72.

Boedas of Byzantium, 70.

Boeotia, 237.

Bolsena, lake of, 50.

Boscoreale, villa rustica at, 183.

Bowl (constellation), 268.

Breakwaters, 162 _ff._

Brick, 42 _ff._;
test of, 57.

Bright (Pephrasmenos), inventor of battering ram, 309.

Bryaxis, 199.

Bucket-pump, 294.

Bug (river), 231.

Bull (constellation), 266.

Burnt-ochre, 218 _f._

Buttresses, 190 _f._

Byzantium, 310.

Cadiz, 309.

Caecuban (wine), 236.

Caesar, Julius, 62 _f._, 240.

Callaeschrus, 199.

Callias of Aradus, 315.

Callimachus ([Greek: katatexitechnos]), 104.

Callippus, 269.

Campania, 48, 64, 236, 238.

Campus Cornetus, 238.

Canon of water organ, 299.

Canopus (star), 268.

Capitals, Ionic, 92 _ff._;
Corinthian, 102, 104 _f._;
Doric, 110;
of triglyphs, 112.

Capitol, hut of Romulus on, 40;
temple on, 80.

Cappadocia, 235.

Carpion, 198.

Carthage, 235.

Caryae, 6 _f._

Caryatides, 6 f_f._

Casius (town in Egypt), 235.

Cassiopea (constellation), 266.

Castor, temple of, 124.

Catacecaumenites (wine), 236.

Catapults, 303 _ff._;
stringing and tuning of, 308 _f._

Cataract of Nile,