Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius is the legendary second king of Rome, traditionally credited with organizing Roman priesthoods, religious rites, and the calendar.

Roman Kingdom: The traditional early period of Roman history, ruled by kings before the establishment of the Republic. Numa is said to have succeeded Romulus during this earliest phase of Roman government.
Roman religion: The practices, institutions, and beliefs through which ancient Romans related to gods and sacred obligations. Numa’s traditional achievements are chiefly religious institutions and observances.
Flamen Dialis: The priest of Jupiter in ancient Rome, bound by numerous ritual restrictions. Roman tradition assigns Numa the creation of this prominent priesthood.
Ancient Roman kingship: The traditional institution of monarchy that governed Rome before the Republic. Numa’s legend presents one model of kingship within Rome’s sequence of rulers.
Romulus: The legendary founder and first king of Rome in Roman tradition. Roman accounts place Numa immediately after Romulus in the succession of kings.
Pontifex maximus: The chief priest of Roman state religion, responsible for overseeing public rites and religious law. Roman tradition traces the establishment of this priesthood to Numa.
Salii: Colleges of Roman priests who performed armed dances and guarded sacred shields associated with Mars. Their foundation is among the priestly institutions attributed to Numa.
Roman Republic: The period of Roman government traditionally beginning after the monarchy and ending with Augustus’s rise to power. The Republic’s civic institutions replaced the kingship that Numa’s story idealizes.
Titus Tatius: A legendary Sabine king who, according to Roman tradition, ruled jointly with Romulus. His story situates Numa within Rome’s traditions about Sabine and Roman origins.
Vestals: Priestesses of Vesta who tended Rome’s sacred fire and observed strict religious obligations. Numa is credited with organizing the Vestal order in Roman accounts.

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