INDEX.
For the names of individual arches, basilicas, catacombs, churches, forums, palaces, piazzas, statues, streets, temples, tombs, and villas, see the headings, Arch, Basilica, Catacombs, Churches, etc.
- Academy of Pomponio, [359]
- Achilleus, martyr, bas-relief representing his execution, [339] (cut)
- Acilii Glabriones. See Glabriones
- Ærarium Saturni, [163]
- Agapæ, [42], [336]
- Ager Fonteianus, [270]
- Agrippa, M., [79], [82], [99]
- edifices due to, [176]
- Agrippa, fate of her pedestal once in the ustrinum, [183], [184] (cut)
- her death, [183]
- Aius Locutius, [72]
- Albanum, amphitheatre of, [6]
- Alexamenos, [12]
- Alexander VII., Pope, [36]
- Altars, ancient, [33]
- their usual form, [67]
- See also Aræ
- ---- of Aius Locutius, [71], [72] (cut)
- Amasis, King, sphinx of, [94] (cut)
- Ambrose, S., [43]
- Amphitheatre at Albanum, [6]
- Ampliatus, his tomb, [342]
- possibly the friend of S. Paul, [343]
- Anagni, basilica of, [25]
- Anastasius IV., Pope, his sarcophagus, [197]
- Ancyra, Augusteum at, [173]
- Anisson, Charles d', [36]
- Annius, a maker of lamps, in Ostia, [17]
- Annona, [27]
- Antinous, statue of, [240], 241 (cut)
- Apollo, in Christian art, [25]
- Appian Way. See Via Appia
- Aqueduct of Damasus, [121]
- Aquila and Prisca, [110]
- Aræ compitales, [33]. See Altars
- Arch of Claudius, [99]
- Arco di S. Lazaro, [181]
- Argeorum sacraria, [33]
- Artemisium Nemorense, [59]
- Arx, [85]
- Athens, Acropolis, probable origin of the gold found here by Herodes Atticus, [289]
- Atrium sutorium, [275]
- Atticus, Herodes, bibliography, [288] n.
- Atticus, Pomponius, house of, [191]
- Atys, [27]
- Augustea, [173]
- Augustine, S., his pupil Licentius, [14]
- Augustus, Emperor, strenæ calendariæ offered to, [34]
- offerings in the temple of Concord, [54]
- his house, [71] n.
- celebrates the Secular games, [79]
- dedicates an altar to Peace on the Campus Martius, [82]
- death and funeral, [168]
- resolutions in the senate, [169]
- mausoleum, [172]
- his Res gestæ, [172]
- his army, [174]
- his liberalities, [175]
- public improvements in his time, [176]
- his mausoleum destroyed, [179]
- other members of the imperial family buried here, [182]
- Banqueting-halls, [42]
- Basilica, origin of its plan in that of the private house, [114] (cut)
- its form derived from the schola, [118]
- ---- of Constantine, [162]
- Bassus, Junius, basilica of, [28]
- Bassus, Pomponius, [192]
- Baths, in connection with Christian churches, [37]
- Bayazid, his gift of the holy lance, [243]
- Beatrindex, martyr, [333]
- the name corrupted from Viatrindex, [334] (cut)
- Belloni, Paolo, [151]
- Benedict VII., Pope, tomb, [234]
- Benedict XII., Pope, [138]
- Benedict XIV., Pope, [37]
- Bernini, influence of his school, [250]
- Bidentalia, [106]
- Biga, in the Vatican, [27]
- Bologna, monumental crosses, [35]
- Boniface I., Pope, [319]
- Bonifatius, origin of the name, [344]
- Bosio, Ant., investigator of the Catacombs, [329]
- Bovillæ, altar to Vedjovis, [68]
- Bridge of Caligula, [101]
- Brattius Præsens, [10]
- Burial, rights of, accorded the Christians, [119]
- Burial companies, [258]
- Byzantine princes, their images in Rome, [162]
- Cæcilia, S., her tomb discovered by Pope Paschal I., [326]
- Cæpio, Aulus Crispinius, his tomb, [267]
- Cæsar, Caius, beloved by Augustus, [184]
- Cæsar, Julius, his offerings in the temple of Concord, [54]
- Caffarella, Valle della, [286]
- Calda, [357]
- Caligarii, [274]
- Caligula, his bridge, so-called, [101]
- places his mother's ashes in the mausoleum, [184]
- Callindextus, death, [220]
- ----, Catacombs of. See Catacombs
- Calpurnii, their tomb, [276]
- their history, [277]
- Cambyses, conquest of Egypt, [94]
- Camillus, capture of Veii, [64]
- Campagna, [286] (plate)
- Campo dell' Augusta, [179]
- Campus Esquilinus, [256]
- Campus Martius, [74]
- early excavations in, [98]
- Candelabrum, in church of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, [26] (cut)
- in Church of S. Paolo, [239] (cut)
- Canevari, Ant., [159]
- Canova, his tomb of Clement XIII., [250]
- Capitoline games, [281]
- Capitoline Hill, [85]
- the western summit, [86] (plate)
- Capitoline museum, [15], [42], [59], [70], [93], [106], [190], [255], [290] n.
- See, also, dei Conservatori, under Palaces
- Capitolium. See Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
- Caracalla, [12]
- Carrhæ, [355]
- Carthage, excitement against the Christians in, [318]
- Castel S. Angelo, [234]
- Catacombs.
- Crypt of the Acilii Glabriones, [4]
- its devastation in the 17th cent., [8]
- burial of Christian martyrs, [119]
- injury occasioned by the building of churches over the tombs of martyrs, [122]
- preferred by the early Christians to open-air cemeteries, [308]
- their development in the 2d century, [317]
- the names given them, [317]
- their secret entrances, [318]
- not habitable, [319]
- their extent, [319]
- compared to the tombs of the kings at Thebes, [321]
- their use declined in the 4th century, [321]
- pillaged by the Goths, [324]
- restored by Pope Vigilius, [325]
- unmentioned by later Church annals, [327]
- discovered in 1578, [328]
- their wholesale pillage, [329]
- the treasures found in them, [331]
- the number of the Catacombs, [332]
- ---- of Callindextus, [50], [117], [216], [219], [339]
- ---- ad Catacumbas or of S. Sebastiano, [345]
- the bodies of SS. Peter and Paul concealed here, [346]
- ---- of Cyriaca, [350]
- ---- of Domitilla, [335]
- the Flavian crypt, 316 (cut), [330], [336]
- the basilica of Nereus and Achilleus, [338]
- the tomb of Ampliatus, [342]
- ---- ad Duas Lauros, or of SS. Peter and Marcellinus, [354]
- a fresco of the Saviour with SS. Paul and Peter, [356]
- relics of Renaissance humanists, [358]
- ---- of Generosa, [332]
- ---- of Pontianus, [221]
- ---- of Prætextatus, the cubiculum of S. Januarius, [322] (cut)
- ---- of Priscilla (map), [7], [23], [42], [111], [221]
- ---- of the Via Salaria, [285].
- Catacumba, derivation of the word, [345]
- Caves for burial on the Viminal and Esquiline, [255]
- Ceadwalla, King, baptism and death, [231]
- tomb, [232]
- Celibacy discouraged, [80]
- Cellæ, [42]
- Cellini, Benvenuto, the cause of his imprisonment, [247]
- Cemeteries, pagan, [253]-[305]
- prehistoric cemeteries of the Viminal and the Esquiline, [254], [255]
- extensive cemeteries along the high roads, [260]
- on the Via Aurelia, [262]
- on the Via Triumphalis, [270]
- on the Via Salaria, [275]
- buried under twenty-five feet of earth, [284]
- on the Via Appia, [286]
- Christian cemeteries, [306]-[361]
- under the authority of the pontiffs, [307]
- underground cemeteries preferred by the early Christians, [308]
- their use revives after Constantine, [321], [323]
- at Concordia Sagittaria, [323], [324] (plate)
- suburban cemeteries abandoned on account of insecurity, [325]
- See also, Catacombs Columbaria Tombs Ustrinum
- Chartres, cathedral, labyrinth, [31]
- Christ, type of the early representations of, [347], [348] (cut and plate)
- early traditions of his appearance, [349]
- Christian archæology, dates from the discovery of the Catacombs, [329]
- Christian art, adoption of pagan symbolism, [23]
- Christianity, early patrician converts in Rome, [2]
- attitude of the government toward, [11]
- evidence of the graffiti on, [12]
- difficulties and inconstancy of Christian converts, [14]
- mindexed marriages, [15]
- friendly relations between pagans and Christians, [16]
- military service under the Empire, [18]
- the gradual change under Constantine, [20]
- spread of Christianity under Gregory the Great, [228]
- the persecutions under Nero and later emperors, [312]
- See also Church Churches Martyrs
- Christians, at first identified with the Jews by the Romans, [310]
- Church, adoption of pagan rites and customs, [23]
- Churches, objects of pagan art preserved in, [23], [26]
- pagan decorations not destroyed, [28]
- private contributions to the decoration of churches, [30]
- labyrinths in the pavements, [31]
- bathing accommodations, [37]
- sets of weights and measures in, [39], [41]
- the great number and variety of churches, [108]
- the names of churches, [109]
- private oratories, [109]
- the steps of the transition from private halls to regular churches, [114]
- the schola as a predecessor of the Christian church, [116]
- churches built over the tombs of martyrs and confessors, [119]
- frequently sunk in the ground, [120]
- those connected with the houses of confessors and martyrs, [158]
- those formed from pagan monuments, [160]
- Churches.
- S. Adriano, [48]
- S. Andrea, decorations, [28] (cut)
- S. Andrea del Noviziato, [83]
- S. Andrea al Quirinale, [84]
- S. Antonio, [30]
- S. Antonio all' Esquilino, [36]
- SS. Apostoli, [38]
- Aracœli, [85], [360]
- S. Biviana, [333]
- S. Cæcilia, kantharos in its court, [38], [39] (cut)
- bodies of martyrs transferred to it, [326]
- S. Cesareo, [36]
- S. Cesareus de Palatio, [162]
- Chapel of the Crucifindexion, [127]
- S. Clemente, fresco, [32] (plate)
- S. Cosimato in Trastevere, [38]
- SS. Cosma e Damiano, 28 (cut), [162]
- S. Croce in Gerusalemme, [234]
- S. Croce a Monte Mario, [166]
- Demetrias, [116]
- S. Felicitas, [221]
- S. Francesca Romana, discovery of the body of a girl, [299]
- S. Francesco a Ripa, [36]
- S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini, [81]
- S. Giovanni in Laterano, [109], [236]
- the cloisters as now restored, [238] (plate)
- SS. Giovanni e Paolo, [158]
- S. Hermes, [120]
- Lateran basilica, [109],
- S. Lorenzo in Lucina, [164]
- S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura, [32], [36], [121], 135 (cut), [221]
- S. Marcello, [180]
- S. Maria Antiqua, [3]
- S. Maria in Cosmedin, [32]
- S. Maria de Foro, [163]
- S. Maria Liberatrice, [92], [102]
- S. Maria Maggiore, [32], [36], [136]
- S. Maria Nova, [161]
- discovery of the body of a girl, [295]
- S. Maria della Pace, [25], [89]
- S. Maria del Popolo, [189]
- S. Maria de Porticù, [32]
- S. Maria in Trastevere, [27], [31], [330]
- ponderaria, [41]
- S. Martina, bas-relief, [30] (plate), [48]
- S. Martino, [38]
- S. Menna, [156]
- S. Michele in Borgo, [27]
- SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, [36]
- candelabrum, [26] (cut)
- S. Nicola in Carcere, [5]
- Oratorium Sanctæ Crucis, [163]
- a new chapel built in 1470, [166]
- S. Pancrazio, [36], [37]
- S. Paolo fuori le Mura, [27], [38]
- the plans of the original and later structures compared, [150] (plate)
- its size and plan limited by its position, [151]
- its destruction in 1823, [152] (cut)
- its exposed situation, [153]
- fortified by John VIII., [154]
- the quadri-portico, [155]
- the grave of S. Paul, [157]
- the portraits of the Popes, [210]
- a candelabrum, [239] (cut)
- the large number of tombs about it, [323]
- S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane, [156]
- mosaics, [25] (cut)
- S. Peter's, [25], [84], [103], [271]
- its early system of drainage, [121]
- the abundant literature of the subject, [122]
- plan of the old church, [128] (plate)
- Constantine's basilica, [132]
- plan of the graves of Peter and others, [132] (plate)
- the Colonna Santa, [133]
- the nave in 1588, [134] (cut), [146] (plate)
- the doors of the atrium, [134]
- the fountain in the atrium, [135], [136] (cut)
- the tomb of Otho II., [136]
- the doors of the church, [137]
- the interior and roof, [138]
- the triumphal arch, [139]
- the baptistery, [139]
- the chair of S. Peter, [140] (cut)
- the bronze statue of Peter, [141], [142] (cut)
- the destruction of the old church and its rebuilding, [143]
- Grimaldi's account of its progress, [145]
- the building of the dome, [146] (plate)
- statistics and measurements, [147]
- the illumination, [148]
- the body of S. Peter probably still here, [148]
- Constantine's cross seen in 1594, [149]
- the imperial mausoleum on its site, [200] (cut), [202] (plate)
- excavations in, in 15th and 16th centuries, [202], [203]
- atrium of the old church, [222] (cut)
- the tomb of Ceadwalla, [231]
- the Porticus Pontificum, [233]
- the tomb of Innocent VIII., [242]
- of Paul III., [245]
- panel from the bronze door, [272] (cut)
- S. Pietro in Montorio, [128]
- S. Prassede, bodies of martyrs transferred to it, [326]
- S. Prisca, [111]
- S. Pudentiana, [109], [112]
- restored in 1588, [113]
- SS. Quattro Coronati, [27]
- S. Saba, [32]
- S. Salvatore in Ærario, [163]
- Sancta Sanctorum chapel, portrait head of Jesus, [348] (cut)
- S. Sebastiano, [36]
- S. Sebastiano, in Pallara, [32]
- Sistine Chapel, [25]
- S. Stefano, [41], [178]
- S. Stefano del Cacco, [97]
- S. Stefano del Trullo, [99]
- S. Sylvester, [38]
- SS. Syxtus and Cæcilia, [118]
- S. Teodoro, altar, [27]
- S. Tommaso a' Cenci, [180]
- S. Urbano alla Caffarella, [32], [292], [294] (cut)
- S. Valentine, [164], [327]
- the tombs in its cemetery, [323]
- Ciborio della santa lancia, [243]
- Cippus of Agrippina the Elder, [184] (cut)
- Circus of Nero and Caligula, [127]
- Clemens, Flavius, martyr, [3], [6], [7]
- Clement VIII., [150]
- Clement index., [37]
- Clement XI., [48]
- Clement XIII., [48]
- Clivus Rutarius, [270]
- Cocumelle, [172]
- Coliseum, Christian churches on the site of, [161]
- Colonnas, banished from Rome, [179]
- Columbaria, [256]
- Columbus, Christopher, birthplace of, [245] n.
- Column of Antoninus, bas-reliefs, [170], [171] (cuts)
- Commodus, [313]
- Concordia Sagittaria, its cemetery, [323]
- Constantia, S., her mausoleum, [199]
- Constantine, Emperor, [50]
- date of his profession of Christianity, [21]
- relation to his pagan subjects, [22]
- builds a basilica over the tomb of Peter, [132]
- his cross on S. Peter's tomb seen in 1594, [149]
- the memorial chapel of his victory over Maxentius, [163]
- the battle (front.)
- statue of, [164] (cut)
- discovery of his sarcophagus in 1458, [202]
- the edict of Milan, [314]
- Consul suffectus, [10] n.
- Convent of the Visitation, [71] n.
- Cornelii, their family vaults, [218]
- Cornelius, Pope, his tomb, [215] (cut), [218] (plate)
- portrait, [219] (cut)
- Cortile di S. Damaso, [121]
- Crassus Frugi, M. Licinius, [277]
- Cremation, introduced in the 5th century of Rome, [255]
- the ustrinum on the Appian Way, [256]
- Crescentius de Theodora, [234]
- Crispina, Bruttia, Empress, [10]
- Cross of Henry IV. of France, [36]
- Crosses, monumental, [35]
- Crows, a platform dedicated to, [268]
- Cups, [43]
- Cybele, [27]
- Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, [217]
- Cyril, S., fresco showing the translation of his remains, [32] (plate)
- Damasus, Pope, [139], [217], [219]
- Decursiones, [171]
- Demetrius, [116]
- Dentists, inscriptions from the tombs of, [353] (cuts)
- Destruction of Roman monuments in the Middle Ages, [8], [53], [66], [87], [90], [98], [103], [113], [136], [137], [143], [155], [156], [177], [182], [185], [195], [202], [233], [237], [256], [269], [286], [301], [320], [324], [329]
- Diocletian, persecution of the Christians, [314]
- Diplomata, [91]
- Discoveries. See Excavations and discoveries
- Doll, found in the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphæna, [305]
- Domitian, [5], [6], [281]
- Domitilla Flavia, [10]
- Domitillæ, [3]
- Donatists, [21]
- Donnus I., Pope, [271]
- Drinking cups, [43]
- Egeria, grotto of, [293]
- Egyptian art, specimens found near the Iseum, [92]
- its influence in Rome, [239]
- Elagabalus, included Christ among the other gods, [13]
- his extravagances, [131]
- Episcopus, a municipal officer, [12]
- Epitaphs, [261], [262]
- Eugenius IV., Pope, [92], [138]
- Eupor, Fabius, [310]
- Excavations and discoveries, in the Campus Martius, [98]
- in 1374, obelisk of the Piazza della Rotonda, [92]
- in 1435, Egyptian lions, [92]
- in 1440, figure of a river-god, [93]
- in 1458, sarcophagus of Constantine, [202]
- cir. 1480, temple of Hercules, 69:
- in 1485, the long-buried body of a woman near the Casale Rotondo, [295], [298] (cut)
- in 1519, in S. Peter's, [202]
- in 1527, the mausoleum of Augustus, [182]
- in 1544, the tomb of Maria in S. Peter's, [203]
- in 1546, the Baths of Caracalla, [249]
- in 1549, the temple of Augustus, [103]
- in 1554, the Ara Pacis Augustæ, [82]
- in 1556, statue of Oceanus, [93]
- in 1555, house of Pomponius Atticus, [191]
- in 1578, in the Catacombs, [328]
- in 1588, fragments of a Laocoön under S. Pudentiana, [113]
- in 1594, the grave of S. Peter, [150]
- in 1599, on the Via Latina, [258]
- in 1614-16, in S. Peter's, [129]
- in 1660, on the site of the Villa Pamfili-Doria, [269]
- in 1695-1741, in the Naro vineyard, [276]
- in 1713-17, in the Catacombs, [330]
- in 1719, an Isiac altar, [93]
- Egyptian antiquities, [96]
- in 1776, near church of S. Prisca, [111]
- in 1777, the ustrinum under the Corso, [182]
- in 1780, remains of the temple of Jupiter Maximus, [89]
- in 1793, in the Via di S. Lucia in Selci, [206]
- in 1810, silver near Civita Castellana, [207]
- in 1817, the temple of Concord, [53]
- in 1817-22, remains of the villa Amaranthiana, by the Duchess of Chablais, [335]
- in 1820, altar of Aius Locutius, [71]
- in 1821, at Parma, [207]
- in 1849-52, near the Appian Way, [215]
- in 1851, the fresco of the Saviour in the Catacomb ad Duas Lauros, [356]
- in 1858, Egyptian sculptures, [93]
- in 1859, the Ara Pacis Augustæ, [82]
- five capitals in the Via di S. Ignazio, [93]
- in 1862, sarcophagus of Licentius, [14]
- temple of Hercules, [59]
- in 1864, a schola of the citizens of Serræ, [41]
- in 1867, foundations of a memorial chapel to S. Paul, [156]
- in 1869, the altar of Roma Quadrata, [71]
- in 1871, inventory of gifts in the temple of Diana Nemorensis, [54]
- in 1875, temple of Jupiter Maximus, [85]
- coins of Nero, under the abbey of the Tre Fontane, [157]
- in 1876, favissæ of the temple of Hercules, [59]
- in 1877, coins at Belinzago, [208]
- in 1878, remains of the temple of Neptune, [99]
- in 1879, fragments of a bedstead (?) on the Esquiline, [208]
- in 1880-82, in the Catacombs ad Duas Lauros, [354]
- in 1881, shrine of Semo Sancus, [105]
- in the catacombs of Domitilla, [342]
- in 1883, mensæ ponderariæ, at Tivoli, [40]
- Egyptian remains from the temple of Isis, [92], [94]
- in 1884, house of Vegetus, [192]
- in the Via di Porta Salaria, [276]
- in 1885, temple of Diana Nemorensis, by Lord Savile, [59]
- in the Villa Bertone, [283]
- in 1886, a stonecutter's house, under the Palazzo della Banca Naz., [240]
- in 1886-87, altar of Dis and Proserpina, [75]
- in 1887, on the Corso d' Italia, [276]
- in 1888, crypt of the Acilii Glabriones, [4], [8]
- in 1889, ex-votos at Veii, by the Empress of Brazil, [65]
- under the new Halls of Justice, [301]
- in 1890, inscriptions describing the Secular games, [73]
- Exedræ, [42]
- Ex-votos, found on the sites of temples, [58]
- Faliscan Museum, [354]
- Farnesina gardens, house discovered in, [263], [264] (plate)
- Favissæ, [58]
- Flavians, the members of the family who became Christians, [337]
- Flowers, feasts of, in ancient times, [49]
- Fortunatus, S., [360]
- Forum Julium, [54]
- Foundation of a city, ceremonies of, [70]
- Fountain, in the atrium of S. Peter's, [135], [136] (cut)
- in front of S. Paolo, [155]
- Frescos. See Paintings
- Funeral ceremonies and memorial feasts, [117], [171].
- See also Burial
- Funerary banquets, [42]
- Funeraticia collegia, [116]
- Furnilla, Marcia, wife of Titus, [207]
- statue (plate)
- Gauls, their invasion foretold by a mysterious voice, [72]
- Genesius, S., [360]
- Germano, Padre, [158]
- Geta, remains of his mausoleum, [196] (cut)
- Giardino delle Tre Pile, [101]
- Glabrio, Manius Acilius, consul a. d 91, [5]
- his martyrdom, [6]
- Glabriones, Acilii, discovery of their burial place, [4]
- history of the family, [5]
- Gods, the name and sex of those little known, seldom mentioned, [72]
- Goths, their pillage of the Catacombs, [324]
- Græcina, Pomponia, a Christian convert, [9]
- Graffiti, evidence on the position of the church, [12]
- Granaries, [44]
- Great litany, [165]
- Greek language used by the church, [216]
- Gregorian chant, [229]
- Gregorovius, Ferdinand, [213]
- Gregory I. (the Great), [47]
- Gregory XIII., Pope, [48]
- Grimaldi, [122]