Greek and Roman Antiquities

• Valetudinarium an infirmary. A detached building or room was commonly found in large houses for the recep
• Vallum a term applied either to the whole or a portion of the fortifications of a Roman camp. It
• Vannus a winnowing fan, i. e. a broad basket, into which the corn mixed with chaff was received a
• Vas covers in its extended sense (a) vessels of all materials; (b) utensils of every sort; and
• Vectigalia a term used either (i.) in a narrow sense, = dues levied on ager publicus; see below: or (
• Vectigalia templorum templorum the revenues of temples. Greek Ancient temples, like modern churches, often cont
• Venatio 1. (θήρα, κυνηγεσία.) That hunting was practised as early as the Homeric age, not only for
• Veneficium the crime of poisoning, is frequently mentioned in Roman history. Women were most addicted
• Ver sacrum sacrum (ἔτος ἱερόν). It was a custom among the early Italian nations especially of the Umb
• Vestales the virgin priestesses of Vesta, who ministered in her temple and watched the eternal fire
• Vestis The history of Greek and Roman dress has been only told in part by the articles which desc
• Viae In legal Latin the word via signifies (1) a rural servitude, (2) a regularly made street o
• Viaticum is, properly speaking, everything necessary for a person setting out on a journey, and thu
• Viator was a servant who attended upon and executed the commands of certain Roman magistrates, to
• Vicesima a tax of 5 per cent. (1) Vicesima libertatis (C. I. L. 10.3875). When a slave was manumitt
• Victoriatus was the name of a Roman coin of considerable importance in the time of the Roman Republic,
• Vicus a term used in different applications. 1. In the earliest times the various Italian nation
• Viginti sex viri sex viri under the Republic, or VIGINTIVIRI under the Empire, a name given to a group of m
• Villa a farm or country-house. The Roman writers mention two kinds of villa,--the villa rustica
• Villicus VILICUS (ἐπίτροπος in Greek writers, Plut. Crass. 4), a slave who had the superintendence
• Vinalia There were two festivals of this name celebrated by the Romans: the Vinalia urbana or prio
• Vindicatio Actions were divided by the Roman jurists into two classes: real (in rem) and personal (in
• Vindicta This word is used by Gaius (4.16) in describing the proceedings of a vindicatio for the ro
• Vinea According to the description of vineae given by A. Muller in Baumeister's Denkmädler, i. p
• Vinum . The general termn for the fermented juice of the grape. It appears pretty well establish
• Vis Laws were passed at Rome for the purpose of making various acts of violence criminal. The
• Vis et vis armata et vis armata There was an interdict uncle vi or de vi which could be maintained by a man
• Vitrum glass. A singular amount of ignorance and scepticism long prevailed with regard to the kno
• Vitta or plural VITTAE, a ribbon or fillet, is to be considered (1) as an ordinary portion of fe
• Voconia lex lex This law was passed on the motion of Q. Voconius Saxa, trib. pleb., with the strong su
• Volcanalia a festival celebrated at Rome in honour of Vulcan, on the 23rd of August (x. Kal. Sept.),
• Volsellae a pair of tweezers (Plaut. Curc. 4.4, 21; Mart. 9.28, 5). The extent to which the practice
• Vota publica publica These rested on the same principle as the vows and votive offerings made at critic