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    The College of Pontiffs (Latin: Collegium Pontificum; see collegium) was a body of the ancient Roman state whose members were the highest-ranking priests...
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  • the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs. The term pontiff was later applied to any high or chief priest and, in Roman...
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    The pontifex maximus (Latin for "supreme pontiff") was the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum) in ancient Rome. This was...
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    Pope (redirect from Roman Pontiff)
    abbreviated as "Pont. Max" or "P.M." The office of Pontifex Maximus, or head of the College of Pontiffs, was held by Julius Caesar and thereafter, by the...
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  • Maximus (disambiguation) Pontifex maximus, the highest priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 280–203...
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    ancient Roman religion, the indigitamenta were lists of deities kept by the College of Pontiffs to assure that the correct divine names were invoked for...
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  • personality in ancient Rome College of Pontiffs, the highest-ranking collection of priests of the state religion a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek term...
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    decrees and official proceedings of the College of Pontiffs. Priestly literature was one of the earliest written forms of Latin prose, and included rosters...
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    and the full moon respectively. To a late date, the College of Pontiffs formally proclaimed each of these days on the Capitoline Hill and Roman dating...
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    Elagabalus (category People of Arab descent)
    Elagabalus was inducted into the colleges of all the Roman priesthoods, including the College of Pontiffs, of which he was named pontifex maximus. Elagabalus...
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