- 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...
- religion, each ****igned to a
particular god. The
three major flamens (
flamines maiores) were the
flamen Dialis, the high
priest of Jupiter; the flamen...
- The apex (plural: apices) was a cap worn by
certain priests (the
flamines and Salii) in
ancient Rome. The
essential part of the apex, to
which alone the...
-
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...
- with
Jupiter on
significant matters of state.
Twelve "lesser flaminates" (
Flamines minores) were open to
plebeians or
reserved to them. They
included a Flamen...
- sacerdotum), the rex
sacrorum was of
highest prestige,
followed by the
flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis,
Flamen Martialis,
Flamen Quirinalis) and the pontifex...
-
highest Roman priests (Ordo Sacerdotum),
behind the Rex
Sacrorum and the
flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis,
Flamen Martialis,
Flamen Quirinalis). A distinctly...
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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...
- two
major flamines, the
Flamen Martialis and the
Flamen Quirinalis, were also
required to
marry by confarreatio. The
three major flamines were also required...
