—— soldiers, celebration of the Saturnalia by, ix. 308 sq.

—— writers on curses at sowing, i. 281

—— women washed their heads on Diana's day, iii. 253

—— year, the old, began in March, ix. 229

Romans, sacrificed pregnant victims to ensure fertility, i. 141;

their punishment of parricide, ii. 110 n. 2;

their fire-customs compared to those of the Herero, ii. 227 sqq.;

their superstition as to egg-shells, iii. 129;

the soul to be in the blood, iii. 241;

vows of the, iii. 262 n. 2;