TERMINUS  , in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the 'See also:

• GOD

god of boundaries, the See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector of the limits both of private See also:

• PROPERTY

property and of the public territory of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . He was represented by a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or See also:

• POST

post, set up in the ground with the following religious ceremonies . A See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench was dug, in which a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire was lighted; a victim was sacrificed, and its See also:

• BLOOD

blood poured into the trench; the See also:

• BODY

body, upon which See also:

• INCENSE

incense and fruits, See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine were thrown, was then See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast into the fire . When it was entirely consumed, the boundary stone, which had been previously anointed and crowned with garlands, was placed upon the hot ashes and fixed in the ground . Any one who removed a boundary stone was accursed (sacer) and might be slain with impunity; a See also:

• FINE

fine was afterwards substituted for the See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty . On the 23rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February (the end of the old Roman See also:

• YEAR

year) the festival called Terminalia, according to Wissowa a festival not of the god but of the boundary stones (termini), was held . The owners of adjacent lands assembled at the See also:

• COMMON

common boundary stone, and crowned their own See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of .the stone with garlands; an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar was set up and offerings of cakes, See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, honey and wine were made (later, a See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

lamb or a sucking See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig was sacrificed) . The proceedings closed with songs to the god and a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general merry-making, in which all the members of the See also:

• FAMILY

family and the servants took See also:

• PART

part . A similar festival was also held at the old boundary of the Roman territory between the fifth and See also:

• SIXTH

sixth milestones on the road to Laurentum . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of fixing the boundaries of property and the institution of the yearly festival were both ascribed to Numa . Another See also:

• SABINE, SIR EDWARD (1788-1883)

Sabine See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, See also:

• TITUS
• TITUS, FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS
• TITUS, THE EPISTLE TO

Titus Tatius, had dedicated a stone to Terminus on the Capitoline See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill . When Tarquinius Superbus desired to build a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple to See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter, the auguries forbade its removal, and it was enclosed within the walls of the new See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary, an indication of the immovability of such stones and of the permanence of the Roman territory .

Terminus was probably in its origin only an epithet of Jupiter . The fact of the inclusion of his statue in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; the hole cut in the temple roof so that he might be worshipped in the open See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air as being, like Jupiter, a god of 1 See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles was a native of Thermae . the See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky; and the later See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption of a Jupiter Terminus or Terminalis (cf. the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus i pws) support this view . See See also:

• DION

Dion . Halic. ii . 74; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Numa, 16, Quaest . Rom., 15; See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy i . 55; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, Epodes, ii . 59; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, See also:

• FASTI

Fasti, ii . 637, 6.77; Siculus See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus in See also:

• GROMATICI (from groma or gruma, a surveyor's pole)

Gromatici veteres, ed . See also:

• LACHMANN, KARL KONRAD FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1793-1851)

Lachmann (1848); G . Wissowa, See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion and Kultus der Romer (1902) ; W .

W . See also:

• FOWLER, CHARLES (1792-1867)
• FOWLER, EDWARD (1632-1714)
• FOWLER, JOHN (1826-1864)
• FOWLER, SIR JOHN (1817-1898)
• FOWLER, WILLIAM (c. 156o-1614)

Fowler, The Roman Festivals (1899) ; G . Jourde, Le Culte du dieu Terme (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1886) .