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Roman Questions
16
,
122
;
see also

Plutarch

Romanness, ideology of,
66
,
67
,
82
,

141

Romulus
28
,
31
,
47
,
61
,
70
,
78
,
79
,

148
,
155
;
see also
Law: Romulean Ruga, Sp. Carvilius,
77

sacrumanniversarium Cereris
55
,
90
,
91
,
97
;
see also
Ceres

St Augustine
see
Augustine

Salii
5
,
117
,
149
;
see also ancile

satire
3
,
42
,
57
,
58

Scheid, J.
4
,
6

Schilling, R.
109

Seltman, C.
1

semen
48
,
50
,
86
,
148

Sempronia
1

senate
6
,
38
,
89
Seneca, the Younger
91
Servilia
1

Servius Tullius
79
,
148

sex crines
144

Sextus Tarquinius
79
,
81

Sibyllinebooks
6
,
102
,
112
,
113
,

116
,
119

slaves
4
,
13
,
29
,
30
,
42

Soranus
50

status
36
,
41
,
68

stola
68
,
145

Strabo
120

Sulla
5

Sulpicia
102

Sulpicius Gallus
69

Tacitus
78
,
119

Tarentum
13

Tarquinius Collatinus
79

Tarquinius Priscus
136

Tarutilus
64
,
65

Terentia
41
,
159

Tertullian
91

Tiberius
119

Tibullus
45
,
46
,
50

Tiresias
28
,

Titus Tatius
74

toga:
worn by children
88
; worn by

men
67
,
69
,
87
; worn by prosti-

tutes
69

togata see toga:
worn by prostitutes
togatus see toga:
worn by men torches: at the Floralia,
92
; at wed-

dings,
83
,
89

Treggiari, S.
76

Turnus
121

tunic: worn by men,
67
,
69
; worn by women,
68
;
see also stola; tunica recta

tunica recta
88
,
145

tutor
141
,
159

univira
78

uxor see matronae

Valerius
58
,
60
,
61
,
159

Valerius Maximus
47
,
69
,
103
,
118
Van Gennep, A.
145

Varro
16
,
65
,
120
,
122
,
148
,
154

Veii
152
;
see also
Juno Regina Venus
7
,
11
,
16
,
97
,
99
,
114
,
119
,

120

Venus Erycina
97
,
102
,
113
,
119
;

temple of,
120

Venus Obsequens
97
,
102
,
112

Venus Verticordia
4
,
97
,
101
;
see also
Fortuna Virilis

Vermaseren
118

Verrius Flaccus
108
,
110

Versnel, H.S.
11
,
42

Vesta
7
,
11
,
105

Vestal Virgins
3
,
5
,
13
,
38
,
40
,
41
,

44
,
45
,
62
,
78
,
103
,
116
; isola-

tion of
139
,
141
,
151
; legal status

of
140
,
144
; live interment of

129
,
131
,
136
; miraculous pow- ers of
147
; natural relationships of
143
; and the palladium
151
; personal appearance of
144
; and the political stability of Rome
134
;and the
pontifex maximus
136
,
141
,
147
; punishment of the loversof
136
;qualificationsof
129
,
137
; ritual duties of
147
,

149
,
153
; ritual status of
141
,

146
; social life of
135
,
144
,
160
;

unchaste, trial of
135
;
see also crimen incesti; lictor;
Rhea Silvia

Vinalia Priora
121

Vinalia Rustica
112

violence
11
,
27
,
28
,
80
,
89
,
99

Virgil
17
,
17
,
18
,
20
,
20
,
21
,
26
,
27
,

32
,
50
,
83

virgins
28
,
57
,
61
,
77
,
103
,
110
,
116

vis see
violence Vulcan
17
,
20

Wardman, A.
7

water
11
,
16
,
24
,
27
,
28
; as repre- sentation of the female principle
16
,
17
,
148
;
see also
fire and water, opposition of

Watson, A.
77

weddings, rituals connected with
28
,
84
,
88
,
148
; torchofwhite

pine used at
83
,
89

Wilson, L.M.
68
,
69

wine
11
,
17
,
32
,
44
,
44
,
45
,
46
,
89
,

92
,
99
,
120
; as representing

maleness,
47
,
50
,
86
,
99
,
125
; and women,
47
;
see also
Liber

Wissowa, G.
132

wives
77
;
see also matronae

wolf
62
,
63

women: in antiquity, scholarship on
1
; elite
29
; goddess of
30
(
see also
Bona Dea); old
see anus;
Roman, absence of constitu- tional role of
1
,
2
,
6
,
7
,
55
,
158
; Roman, emancipation of
1
; Roman, independence of
see
emancipationof; Roman, politi- cal incapacity of
see
absence of constitutional role of; Roman, political influence of
1
,
2
,
163
n.4; Roman, public collective action of
55
,
59
; Roman, ritual

role of
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
; Roman, taxa-

tionof
2
; Sabine,
28
,
55
,
61
,
66
,

75
,
78
,
85
,
105
(
see also
myth: of the Sabine women);
see also
freedwomen;
matronae;
prosti- tutes;
puellae;
slaves

woodpecker
73
,
174
n.18;
see also

wolf

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