- A
flamen (plural
flamines) was a
priest of the
ancient Roman religion who was ****igned to one of
fifteen deities with
official cults during the
Roman Republic...
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Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15
March 44 BC) was a
Roman general and statesman. A
member of the
First Triumvirate,
Caesar led the
Roman armies...
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There were 15
flamines, of whom
three were
flamines maiores,
serving the
three gods of the
Archaic Triad.
According to
tradition the
flamines were forbidden...
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imperial cult
mystery religions Priesthoods Pontifices Augures Vestales Flamines Fetiales Epulones Fratres Arvales Deities Dii
Consentes Capitoline Triad...
- religion, each ****igned to a
particular god. The
three major flamens (
flamines maiores) were the
flamen Dialis, the high
priest of Jupiter; the flamen...
- with
Jupiter on
significant matters of state.
Twelve "lesser flaminates" (
Flamines minores) were open to
plebeians or
reserved to them. They
included a Flamen...
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ancient Gr****s,
inspired community festivals,
rituals and
sacrifices led by
flamines (priests, pontifs), but
priestesses (Vestal Virgins) were also held in...
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traditional Roman religion who had
their own flamen, the Floralis, one of the
flamines minores. Her ****ociation with
spring gave her
particular importance at...
- of the
official state cult of Mars, the god of war. He was one of the
flamines maiores, the
three high
priests who were the most
important of the fifteen...
- to
cover the
priesthoods he had
established or developed,
including the
flamines, pontifices, Salii, and
fetiales and
their rituals. The
other books dealt...
