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Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius, according to legend, was the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. A legend ( Latin, legenda, "things to be read" is a Narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to The King of Rome ( Latin: rex regis) was the Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom. Romulus (c 771 BC– c 717 BC and Remus (c 771 BC–c 753 BC are the traditional founders of Rome, appearing in Roman mythology After Romulus died, Romans in the city elected a Sabine man to be king, so as to make him loyal to both tribes in Rome. The Sabines ( Latin Sabini, Singular Sabinus) were an Italic tribe that lived in ancient Italy, inhabiting

Plutarch tells that Numa was the youngest of Pomponius's four sons, born on the day of Rome's founding. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c He lived a severe life of discipline and banished all luxury from his home. Titus Tatius, King of the Sabines and a colleague of Romulus, married his only daughter, Tatia, to Numa. The traditions of Ancient Rome held that Titus Tatius (d 748 BC) was the Sabine king of Cures, who after the rape of the Sabine women After thirteen years of marriage, Tatia died, precipitating Numa's retirement to the country. Plutarch reports that some authors credited him with only a single daughter, Pompilia, others also gave him four sons, Pomponius, Pinus, Calpus, Mamercus and N, from whom the noble families of Pomponii, Pinarii, Calpurnii, Aemilii and Pompilii respectively traced their descent. Other writers believed that this was merely a flattery invented to curry favor. Pompilia, whose mother is variously named as Numa's first wife Tatia and his second wife Lucretia, supposedly married Marcius II and had the future King Ancus Marcius. Ancus Marcius (r 640 BC &ndash 616 BC fourth of the Kings of Rome, and possibly legendary

Numa was around forty when he was offered the kingship. He was residing "at a famous city of the Sabines called Cures, whence the Romans and Sabines gave themselves the joint name of Quirites" (Plutarch). Though he first refused, his father and Marcius I (Marcius II's father) persuaded him to accept.

Numa was later celebrated for his natural wisdom and piety; legend says the nymph Egeria taught him to be a wise legislator. Egeria was a water Nymph in Roman mythology. She was most famously the second wife and counselor of the second king of Rome Numa Pompilius. Wishing to show his favour, the god Jupiter caused a shield to fall from the sky on the Palatine Hill, which had letters of prophecy written on it, and in which the fate of Rome as a city was tied up. In Roman mythology, Jupiter was the king of the gods and the god of Sky and Thunder. The Palatine Hill ( Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Recognizing the importance of this sacred shield, King Numa had eleven matching shields made. These shields were the ancilia, the sacred shields of Jupiter, which were carried each year in a procession by the Salii priests. The Salii were the "leaping priests" of Mars in Ancient Rome: twelve aristocratic young men dressed in ancient outfits worn by ancient warriors outlandish

By tradition, Numa promulgated a calendar reform that adjusted the solar and lunar years, and he established the original constitution of the priests, called Pontifices. The College of Pontiffs or Collegium Pontificum ( Collegium in Latin means a board or committee rather than an educational institution was a body of the In other Roman institutions established by Numa, Plutarch thought he detected a Laconian influence, attributing the connection to the Sabine culture of Numa, for "Numa was descended of the Sabines, who declare themselves to be a colony of the Lacedaemonians. For the Laconian dialect see Doric Greek For the Ancient Kingdom see Sparta For the laconic expression see Laconic For the Laconian dialect see Doric Greek For the Ancient Kingdom see Sparta For the laconic expression see Laconic "

Numa was credited with dividing the immediate territory of Rome into pagi and establishing the traditional occupational guilds of Rome:

"So, distinguishing the whole people by the several arts and trades, he formed the companies of musicians, goldsmiths, carpenters, dyers, shoemakers, skinners, braziers, and potters; and all other handicraftsmen he composed and reduced into a single company, appointing every one their proper courts, councils, and religious observances. " (Plutarch)

Numa also instituted the Vestal Virgins. In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins ( sacerdos Vestalis) were the virgin Holy female Priests of Vesta, the Goddess of the

Plutarch, in like manner, tells of the early religion of the Romans, that it was imageless and spiritual. He says Numa “forbade the Romans to represent the deity in the form either of man or of beast. Nor was there among them formerly any image or statue of the Divine Being; during the first one hundred and seventy years they built temples, indeed, and other sacred domes, but placed in them no figure of any kind; persuaded that it is impious to represent things Divine by what is perishable, and that we can have no conception of God but by the understanding. Julia Jacqueline Pompilius is now related to Numa. "

Numa Pompilius died in 673 BC of old age. Events and trends 677 BC — Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes advances as far as the Brook of Egypt He was succeeded by Tullus Hostilius. Tullus Hostilius (r 673 BC &ndash 641 BC was the third of the legendary Kings of Rome.

His history is considered legend because of a number of inconsistencies in the data historically recorded about him. The most famous was that he was a friend of Pythagoras, who is traditionally thought to have died around 500 B. "Pythagoras of Samos" redirects here For the Samian statuary of the same name see Pythagoras (sculptor. C. [1]

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  1. ^ Mommsen, T. The History of Rome

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Preceded by
Romulus		 King of Rome
717–673		 Succeeded by
Tullus Hostilius


Romulus (c 771 BC– c 717 BC and Remus (c 771 BC–c 753 BC are the traditional founders of Rome, appearing in Roman mythology The King of Rome ( Latin: rex regis) was the Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom. Events and trends Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria. Events and trends 677 BC — Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes advances as far as the Brook of Egypt Tullus Hostilius (r 673 BC &ndash 641 BC was the third of the legendary Kings of Rome.
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