1 Earliest Rome

12.3a; magical 11.6; Mithraic 12.5a,
12.5d,12.5f
Isis, cult of: aretalogy 12.4a; conversion 12.4b;
and death 9.6c; festivals and rituals 5.6c & d,
12.4b, 12.4e; initiations 8.8, 12.4a & b;
membership 12.4c & d, 12.4f; priests 12.4b &
c, 12.4e, 8.8
Isis (goddess) 12.4; identification with other
deities 12.4b
Janus: in prayer and sacrifice 6.2, 6.6a; Quirinus
I. 3, 1.4a; satirized 9.2c; two-faced 2.Id, 13.8
Jesus 11.11a, 12.7a(i), 12.7b(l), 12.7c(iii),
12.7d, 12.7e(iv) & (v), 12.7f(ii)
Jews 11.8, 12.6; in Alexandria 12.6f; burial
II. 8a, 12.6d; circumcision 11.2a; god-fearers
11.8b, 12.6e; Greek relations with 12.6c(i),
12.6f; and imperial cult 10.6b; and Roman
festivals 12.6g; Roman relations with 12.6c,
12.6f
Judaism 11.8, 12.6; as charge of superstitio 11.10;
and Christianity 12.6b; conversion 12.6d(ii),
12.6e; god 11.8a, 12.6a; compared with Greek
philosophy 12.6b; knowledge of 1.1a, 12.6a;
pagan critique of 11.8; Sibylline tradition in
7.5b; symbolism 12.6d(iv); synagogues 4.14,
12.6c(ii), 12.6d(ii);Torah4.l4, 12.6g
Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus) 6. Id;
identified with Athena 10.5c
Julius Caesar, .(w Caesar
Juno: Capitoline 1.9b, 9.5d; ox-eyed 2.Id; in
prayer, sacrifice and offerings, 3.5, 5.7b, 7.3a;
Regina (of Veii) 2.6a, 5.7b, 7.3a; Sospita 2.4b,
7.3a; varieties of 2.4b
Jupiter: in archaic triad 1.3; death of 2.8d;
Dolichenus 12.3; Feretrius 1.3, 2,ld; Gallic
god identified with 2.9a; Grabovius 1.4b;
Hammon (Ammon) 2.Id, 2.4b; as Jewish god
12.6a; Latiaris 1.6a (intro), 2.Id, 12.7a(ii); in
cult of Mithtaism 12.5a & b; Optimus
Maximus (Capitolinus) 1.9, 2.1d, 2.4b, 5.2b,
5.7, 5.8, 7.9a, 9.5d, 10.1c, 11.5c; in oaths,
offerings, prayers, etc. 2.1b, 3.4, 5.7b, 6.2, 6.5,
7.3a, 7.4a, 10.1c, 11.5c, 13.7; origins of2.8d;
satirized 9.2c; and Scipio Africanus 9.1a; on
stage 2. lc; and Vinalia 3.3b; see abo Zeus
Kronos, in cult of Mithras 12.5f; see abo Saturn
General index
Lares 2.2a, 4.12, 6.2, 13.3, 13.8; Lararium 4.12;
Lares Augusti 8.6a
Latins: in fetial formula 1.4a; Latin League 1.5,
10.1
Latinus (founder of the Latins) 1.6a (intro), 4.11
Latona 7.5c
Lavinium 1.5 (intro), 1.5b
Lawrence (St), martyrdom 3.6, 13.8
lectisternium 1.1'a, 5.5b & c, 7.3a
Lupercalia (February 15) 5.2
ludi (games) 5.7, 13.3; Apollinares 7.5c; at Arval
rituals 4.5; Megalesian {Megalenses) 2.7a, 3.3b,
3.3d, 7.4a; Roman {ludi Romani) 5.7a;
Saecular {Saeculares) 5.7b
Lupercus {Luperci) 5.2, 13.8; derivation of title
8.1a
magi 12.5d
magic: and divination 7.7; fraudulence of, 11.3,
13.5a; laws against 11.2; love magic 11.4,
11.5a & b; andMithraism 11.6; origin and
spread 11.3
Magna Mater 2.7, 7.6a, 12.7e(iv), 13.7; in
Bithynia 10.4d(i) & (ii); at Cumae 10.4b;
festivals of 5.6a & b; see abo Cybele, gallus, and
taurobolium
Manichees 11.12; see abo Christianity
Marcion (heretical Christian teacher) 12.7a(i)
Marcus Aurelius (emperor, A.D. 161-180):
persecution of Christians 12.7f(i) &C (ii);
regulation of clubs 11.9a; regulation of
divination 11.7a; sacrifices for his well-being
13.6; see abo Index of Sources
Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius, triumvirafter
43 B.C.), at Lupercalia 5.2b
Mars: in archaic triad 1.3; and British gods 2.9b;
in dedications, offerings and sacrifice 1.6b, 3.4,
3.5, 6.2, 6.3a, 6.6a; Gallic god identified with
2.9a; in cult of Mithras 12.5a, 12.5h(xv); moles
of 3.4; priests of 1.2; statue of 7.3a; Mars
Ultor, temple 4.2; see abo Ares
martyrs 6.8b, 7.9b, 12.7f, 13.8; calendar of 3.6;
see abo persecution
Mater Matuta 1.6b, 1.7a (intro)
Men (Phrygian god) 6.3c
menorah 4.14, 12.6d(iv)
Mercury 2.1c, 2.Id; at lectisternium 5.5b; in cult
of Mithras 12.5a; see abo Hermes
Minerva: Capitoline 1.9b, 9.5d; cat-eyed 2.Id; in
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