institution
Salii
the Salii
The twelve 'leaping' priests of Mars who bore the sacred shields (ancilia) and danced through the city singing.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 1 §20 Salii
The twelve leaping priests of Mars who bore the sacred shields.
- The History of Rome, Book 4 §54 the salii
The 'leaping priests' of Mars, patrician sodalities who bore the sacred shields in procession.
- The History of Rome, Book 37 §23 Salian
A member of the Salii, the priestly college of Mars whose ritual seasons forbade Scipio to march.