Flamen

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §20 flamen Dialis

  The priest of Jupiter; the chief of the flamens Numa instituted.

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §32 flamen of Quirinus

  One of the three major flamines, the priest dedicated to the deified Romulus as Quirinus.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §54 flamens

  Priests each dedicated to the cult of one deity, the senior being the flamines of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §39 the flamen

  A priest dedicated to the cult of a single god; the flamen of Quirinus, with the Vestals, bore the sacred things to safety.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §8 flamen of Quirinus

  A priest devoted to the cult of a single god; the flamen of Quirinus, bound to his rites, could not leave Rome for a province.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §8 flamen Dialis

  The flamen Dialis, the special priest of Jupiter, hedged about with many ritual taboos.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §11 flamen of Mars

  The flamen Martialis, the priest dedicated to Mars, one of the three major flamens.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §40 flamen of Jupiter

  The flamen Dialis, the priest of Jupiter, bound by ancient ritual prohibitions, here unable to swear an oath.