2500 Encyclopedia Ichnographica
2501 Adam, Robert and James
aedes : a building for habitation : a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple, a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more dieties; but after the Augustan period aedes was used for temple
2502 Aedes Aesculapij
2503 Aedes Apollin.
2504 Aedes Fauni
2505 Aedes Fortuna Equestris
2506 Aedes Herculis Musarum
2507 Aedes Jani
2508 Aedes Jovis
2509 Aedes Jovis Licaonij
2511 Aedes Jun. Sospitae
2512 Aedes Junonis
2513 Aedes Minervae
2514 Aedes Neptuni
2515 Aedes Spei
2516 Aedes Spei
2517 Aedes Veneris
2518 Aedes Vulcani (Equiria)
2519 Aedes Vulcani (Circus Flaminius)
aedicula : a small building intended for a dwelling for gods, a chapel, a small temple
2521 Aedicula Capraria
2522 Aedicula Intercourse
2522 Aedicula Intercourse
2523 Aedicula Isidis
Aenobarbus : a family name of the Domitian gens
2524 aerial perspectives
Aesculapius : according to fable, the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis, diefied after his death on account of his knowledge of medicine. He had a temple in Rome on the island in the Tiber. The principle seat of his worship in Greece was Epidaurus. In his temple there was a magnificent statue of ivory and gold, the work of Thrasymedes, in which he was represented as a noble figure, resembling that of Zeus. He was seated on a throne, holding in one hand a staff, and with the other resting on the head of a dragon (serpent), and by his side lay a dog. Serpents, probably as symbols of prudence and renovation, where everywhere connected with his worship.
Agonalia : a festival in honor of Janus celebrated in Rome on the 9th of January and the 21st of May
Agrippa : a Roman family name, Vipsanius Agrippa, the son-in-law of Augustus, husband of Julia, and father of Agrippina
Agrippina : the name of several Roman women. The wife of the emperor Tiberius, granddaughter of Atticus. A daughter of Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus, and mother of the emperor Caligula. Daughter of the perceeding and Germanicus, wife of Cn. Domitius Aenobarbus, and mother of the emperor Nero.
2525 Aitken, James
2526 Alexander Severus : a Roman emperor, AD 222-235
2527 Allen, Stanley
alveus : a hallow, a bathing-tub
ambulationes : a walk, a place for walking, a promenade
2528 ambulationes inter platanos
2529 Ambulationes Neronianae
amnis : any broad and deep flowing, rapid water; a stream, torrent, river
amphitheatrum : an amphitheater, a circular or oval building in which each successive seat, raised above the last, furnished an unobstructed view. From its shape, it was sometimes called circus. In Rome it was used for public spectacles: for combats of wild beasts and of ships. but most frequently for gladitorial shows. It was at first built of wood, but afterwards of stone, and with great splendor. The largest one, designed by Augustus, but began by Vespasian and finished by Titus, was called the Amphitheatrum Florium, or, since the time of Bede, the Colosseum or Colisoeum, perhaps from the Colossus of Nero, which stood close by. This is said to have held eighty seven thousand spectators.
2531 Amphitheatrum Statilii Tauri
Anteros : an avenger of slighted love
Antoninus : Antonine, the name of several Roman emperors; among whom the most distinguished were Antoninus Pius and M. Aurelius Antoninus Philosophus
Antoninus Caracalla : the emperor Antoninus Caracalla
Antonius : name of a Roman gens. M. Antonius, Marc Antony, a distinguished triumver, conquered by Octavianus at Actium, a mortal enemy of Cicero
Antonius Musa : a physician in ordinary of Augustus
Anubis : an Egyptian diety which was represented with the head of a dog, tutelary diety of the chase
Apollinaris : belonging or sacred to Apollo, of Apollo. Ludi Apollonares, the games celebrated in honor of Apollo, annually on the 5th of July
2532 Apollinis Templ. (Circus Flaminius)
apparatorium : a place for preparation
2533 Aquae Alexandrina
2534 Aquae Alsietinae
2535 Aquae Appia
2536 Aquć Claudić
2537 Aquae Marcia
2538 Aquae Virgineus
2539 Ara Bacchi
2540 Ara Martis
2541 Ara Neptuni
2542 Arae duodecim Jano dicatae
2543 archćology
2543 archćology
2544 architecture, Roman
arcus : a bow or arch in building, a vault, arch, triumphal arch
2545 Arcus Antonini Pii
2546 Arcus Divi Claudii
2547 Arcus Gordiani
2548 Arcus Gratiani, Valentiniani et Theodosii
2549 Arcus M. Aurelij
2551 Arcus Novus
2552 Arcus Pomp. Magn.
2553 Arcus Tiberij
2554 Arcus Trajani
2555 Arcus Veri et Marci
area : a piece of level ground, a vacant place; a vacant space around or in a house, a court; an open space for games, an open play-ground
2556 Area Apollinis
2557 Area Martis
2558 Area Septimiana
2559 argentaria
ascensus : a place by which one ascends, an approach, an ascent
2560 Ascensus a Capmo ad Quirinadem
2561 Athenaeum
atriolum : a small hall, an antechamber
atrium : (the atrium of the Romans was always covered) the fore-court, hall, entrance-room, entry; that part of the Roman house into which one first came after passing the entrance. In earlier times the atrium was used as a dining-room. Here stood opposite the door, the lectus genialis; here sat the housewife with here maidens spinning; here clients were in attendance; and here hung the family portraits, and other paintings. In temples and other public buildings there was often an atrium, a hall, court
2562 Augustus
augur : an augur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightening, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrances
aula : a palace, the castle of a noble, the royal court
2563 Aula Regia
2564
2565 axes
2566 axis of death
2566 axis of death
2567 axis of life
2567 axis of life
2568 axis of love
2569 axis of war
Bacchus : son of Jupiter and a Theban woman, Semele (since, as Semele died before his birth, he was carried about by Jupiter in his hip until the time of his maturity); the god of wine as intoxicating and inspiring, he is god of poets, especially of the highly inspired
Balbus, Balbi : a Roman cognomen
ballista : a large military engine, resembling a bow, stretched with cords and thongs, by which masses of stone and other missles were thrown to a great distance; a machine for projectiles, the ballista
2571 ballistarium : the place where the ballista is worked
2572 Balineae Venales
balneum : a bath, a place for bathing
2573 Balnea Neronis
2574 Balnea Stephani
2575 Balnea Veneris
basilica : a public building in the forum with double colonnades, which was used for both judicial tribunals and as an exchange; a basilica, potico (in the year of Rome 542 there were no such porticos there, Liv. 26,27,3, the first known was built by Cato in the year 568, and called Basilica Porcia; the most considerable basilicae in the Augustan age were the Porcia, Opimia, Julia; the latter built by Julius Caesar in the third year of his dictatorship, was the chief seat of judicial proceedings); the porticus Caii et Lucii is mentioned in Suetonius' Augustus 31.
257a Basilica (via Flaminia)
2576 Basilica Antoniniani
2577 Basilica Caij et Lucij
2578 Basilica Marcianae
2579 Basilica Matidiae
2581 Basilica Neptuni
2582 beginning and end
Bellona : the goddess of war, sister of Mars, whose temple, built by Appius Claudius Caesus in the ninth district of the city, was situated not far from the Circus Maximus [probably should be Circus Flaminius] -- a place of assemblage for the Senate for proceedings with persons who were not allowed entrance into the city. Her priests, Bellonarii, and priestesse were accustomed, in their mystic festivals,especially on the 20th of March, (hence dies sanguines), to gash their arms and shoulders with knives, and thus to offer their blood.
2583 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
2584 bibliography
2585 bibliotheca
2586 Bloomer, Jennifer
2587
bustum : the place where the bodies of the dead were burned and buried; the place of burning and buring; the funeral-pyre after the burning of the body
2588 Bustum Caesaris Augusti
2589 Bustum Hadriani
2590 buxetum
Caesar : a cognomen of the gens Julia. Of these the most celebrated, C. Julius Caesar, distinguished as general, orator, statesman, and author, was assasinated by Brutus and Cassius, B.C. 44. After him all the emperors bore the name Caesar, with the title Augustus, until, under Hadrian, this difference arose: Augustus designated the ruling emperor; Caesar, the heir to the throne, the crown-prince, etc.
campus : of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field
2591 Campus Agrippae
2592 Campus Jovis
2593 Campus Martius
2594 Campus Sceleratus
capitolium : the Capitol, i. e., the splendid temple of Jupiter on the mons Saturnius or Tarpeius, opposite the Arx, built by the Tarquinii; afterward, the whole hill with its temple and citadel, now Campidoglio
2595 Capitolium Vetus
2596 Carcer Ct. X. Vir.
2597 Carcer Nobil. Damnator
2598 cardo
2599 Castra Gentiana
Castor : the son of the Spartan king Tyndarus and Leda, brother of Helena and Pollux, with whom as twin star Gemini he served as a guide to mariners
castrum, castra: any fortified place, a castle, fort, fortress
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