A flamen (plural flamines) was a priest of the ancient Roman religion who was assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic...
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In ancient Roman religion, the flamen Dialis was the high priest of Jupiter. The term Dialis is related to Diespiter, an Old Latin form of the name Jupiter...
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In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Martialis was the high priest of the official state cult of Mars, the god of war. He was one of the flamines maiores...
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In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Quirinalis was the flamen or high priest of the god Quirinus. He was one of the three flamines maiores, third in...
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deities cultivated by the major flamens were: Jupiter Mars Quirinus The twelve deities attended by the minor flamens were: Carmentis Ceres Falacer Flora...
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Albert Flamen (c. 1620 – after 1669) was a Flemish engraver, painter, and tapestry designer. He was active in Paris, where he worked mainly as an illustrator...
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Jupiter (god) (section Flamen and Flaminica Dialis)
the high priest of Jupiter (Flamen Dialis) remained the preserve of patricians. Jupiter was served by the patrician Flamen Dialis, the highest-ranking...
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In Roman Imperial cult, the flamen Divi Julii or flamen Divi Iulii, was the priest of the divinised Julius Caesar, and the fourth of the so-called flamines...
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Marcus Popillius Laenas (consul 359 BC) (redirect from Marcus Popillius Laenas (flamen Carmentalis))
decade earlier, according to Livy. He is named by Cicero as flamen Carmentalis, the flamen of Carmenta, in 359 BC. Livy VII, 12; Polybius (II, 18.1 - 20...
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Cornelius Sulla, who would become the dictator of Rome. His father was flamen Dialis between c. 270 and c. 250 BC, and his grandfather was Publius Cornelius...
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of highest prestige, followed by the flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, Flamen Quirinalis) and the pontifex maximus. The rex sacrorum...
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Of Sextus' descendants, we know that he had an eponymous son, who was Flamen Quirinalis in 57 BC; the Sextus Julius Caesar who served in the Civil War...
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February 17. The priest of Quirinus, the Flamen Quirinalis, was one of the three patrician flamines maiores ("major flamens") who had precedence over the Pontifex...
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an inscription found in the Tomb of the Scipios, which tells that he was flamen Dialis, the prestigious priest of Jupiter. In the second century BC, the...
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the grain used was Triticum dicoccum (Emmer), not Triticum speltum.) The Flamen Dialis and pontifex maximus presided over the wedding, and ten witnesses...
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Popillia attended the inauguration of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Niger as Flamen Martialis in 69. Licinia, Crassus' relative, was also present. Junia Torquata...
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pontifex maximus and the other pontifices, the rex sacrorum, the fifteen flamens, and the Vestals. The College of Pontiffs was one of the four major priestly...
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consisted of a master (magister), a vice-master (promagister), a priest (flamen), and a praetor, with eight ordinary members, attended by various servants...
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place in March, during the Spring equinox. If a Salius was elected consul, flamen, pontifex, or augur, they would resign from their position in the Salii...
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Glossary of ancient Roman religion (section flamen)
positioned next to the gods, followed by the Flamen Dialis, then the Flamen Martialis, then the Flamen Quirinalis and lastly, the Pontifex Maximus. The...
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may have been the god of all rivers. He had his own minor flamen, a high priest, the Flamen Volturnalis. His festival, Volturnalia, was held on August...
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sacerdotum), behind the rex sacrorum and the flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, Flamen Quirinalis). A distinctly religious office under the early...
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Palatua was a Roman goddess who was provided an official priest or flamen, the Flamen Palatualis.[citation needed] She was the guardian deity of the southern...
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Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis Flamen Quirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo...
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Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis Flamen Quirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo...
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Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis Flamen Quirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo...
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the hierarchy of dignity of Roman priests: Rex Sacrorum, Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, Flamen Quirinalis and Pontifex Maximus in order of decreasing...
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derived from flamen, and also gave rise to the gens Flaminia. This cognomen was likely adopted by the descendants of Lucius Quinctius, who was Flamen Dialis...
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Sodales Augustales Priests Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis Flamen Martialis Flamen Quirinalis Rex Nemorensis Curio maximus Priestesses Virgo...
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the same Indo-European root meaning ford, wading point. Portunus' flamen, the flamen Portunalis, was one of the flamines minores and performed the ritual...
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