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fetial (/ˈfiːʃəl/; Latin: fētiālis [feːt̪iˈaːlɪs], pl. fētiālēs) was a type of
priest in
ancient Rome. They
formed a
collegium devoted to
Jupiter as...
- and whom the
chief fetial (pater patratus)
invokes in the rite
concluding a treaty. If a
declaration of war ensues, the
fetial calls upon
Jupiter and...
- to the
later Republic.
Tullus Hostilius and
Ancus Marcius instituted the
fetial priests. The
first "outsider"
Etruscan king,
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus,...
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which should only be
undertaken with a
ritualized declaration of war by the
fetial priests.
Foreign amb****adors were
protected by the ius gentium, and it was...
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brought out to play a
prominent part in the
ceremony of treaty-making. The
fetial, who on that
occasion represented the
Roman people, at the
solemn moment...
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probably ****isted by "the use of
recuperatores to
mediate disputes and
fetial priests to
control the
declaration of war". The
effect to make it more difficult...
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would be
bound by the
outcome of the fight.
Marcus Valerius was
appointed Fetial, and
Spurius Fusius Pater Patratus, for the
purposes of
binding Rome by...
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brought out to play a
prominent part in the
ceremony of treaty-making. The
fetial, who on that
occasion represented the
Roman people, at the
solemn moment...
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appear in Cicero: "As for war,
humane laws
touching it are
drawn up in the
fetial code of the
Roman People." Specifically, "no war is just,
unless it is entered...
- "just war" (bellum iustum) thus
required a
ritualized declaration by the
fetial priests. More broadly,
conventions of war and treaty-making were part of...
