Una breve storia delle nazioni e dei loro progressi nella civiltà . lui. Questi wereoriginally semplicemente i cavalieri nel Romanarmy, ma divenne infine una classe distinta o ordine. Tempo peri il dittatore aveva absokite autorità. La religione.-capo della famiglia, il Paterfamilias,regolare offerto sacrifici per la sua famiglia, ma per quanto riguarda persone thewhole, il culto è stata sotto la direzione del priestsand Pontifex Maximus. Il Pontiffswere non tanto i sacerdoti come custodi andinterpreters della legge divina. Essi avevano thecontrol del calendario. L'auspicio con-sulted la volontà degli dèi come d

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A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . him. These wereoriginally simply the horsemen in the Romanarmy, but became eventually a distinct class or order. Forthe time the dictator had absokite authority. Religion.—The head of the household, the Paterfamilias, offered regular sacrifices for his family, but as regards thewhole people, worship was under the direction of the priestsand the Pontifex Maximus. The Pontiffswere not so much priests as guardians andinterpreters of divine law. They had thecontrol of the Calendar. The Augurs con-sulted the will of the gods as disclosed inomens. The Petiales performed the ritesattending the declaration of war or theconclusion of peace. The Soothsayerslearned divine will by examining the en-trails of slaughtered victims. The Pla-niens were the priests in charge of theworship of particular divinities, while theVestals were virgins who ministered in the temple of Vestaand kept the sacred fire burning. The Salii were priests con-nected of old with the worship of Mars, and having in charge. Roman Domestic At.tab 124 ROME the twelve shields, one of which was believed to have droppedfrom the sky in the time of ISTuma. The chief gods worshiped were Jnpiter, the god ofthe sky; his wife, Juno, the goddess of maternity;Minerva, the goddess ofwisdom; Apollo, the godof augury and the arts;Diana, the goddess of thechase and archery; Mars, the god of war; and Mer-cury, the god of trade.The Lares and Penateswere household divinities, guardians of the family.Of all the divinities Jupi-ter was the best and mosthigh. His principal tem-ple was on the Capitol.Thence he surveyed thecity of which he was thepowerful guardian. Con-suls when they entered upon their office, generals at the endof a campaign, conquerors who enjoyed the honors of a tri-umph, offered to him solemn worship. All stood in awe of thedeity who could hurl thunderbolts from above.

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