office
Rex Sacrorum
King of the Sacrifices
also: King of the Sacrifices, king of the sacrifices
Priest created at the founding of the Republic to perform the public rites the kings had conducted, made subordinate to the pontifex so no kingly title should rival the consuls.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 2 §2 King of the Sacrifices
The rex sacrorum, a priest created to perform the kings' old public rites, made subordinate to the pontifex so no kingly title should rival the consuls.
- The History of Rome, Book 9 §34 king of the sacrifices
The priest who took over the kings' sacral duties, invoked by Sempronius as an office still bound by law.
- The History of Rome, Book 27 §7 rex sacrorum
The 'king of the sacred rites,' a patrician priest inheriting the religious duties of the kings.