- Quindecimviri sacris faciundis
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Priesthoods of
ancient Rome
Flamen (250-260 AD)Major collegesPontifices · Augures ·
Vestales · Flamines ·
Septemviri epulonum ·
Quindecimviri sacris faciundisOther colleges
or sodalitiesFetiales · Fratres Arvales ·
Salii · Titii · Luperci ·
Sodales AugustalesPriestsPontifex Maximus · Rex Sacrorum ·
Flamen Dialis · Flamen Martialis ·
Flamen Quirinalis ·
Rex Nemorensis · Curio maximusPriestessesVirgo Vestalis Maxima ·
Flaminica Dialis · Regina sacrorumRelated topicsReligion in ancient Rome
Imperial cult
Glossary of ancient Roman religion
Gallo-Roman religion
In ancient Rome, the quindecimviri sacris faciundis were the fifteen (quindecim) members of a college (collegium) with priestly duties. Most notably they guarded the Sibylline Books, scriptures which they consulted and interpreted at the request of the Senate. This collegium also oversaw the worship of any foreign gods which were introduced to Rome.Originally these duties had been performed by duumviri (or duoviri), two men of patrician status. Their number was increased to ten by a Licinio-Sextian law in 367 BCE, which also stipulated that half of these priests were to be plebeian. During the Middle Republic, members of the college were admitted through cooption. At some point in the 3rd century BC, several priesthoods, probably including the quindecimviri, began to be elected through the voting tribes.[1]
References
External links
- Decemviri Sacris Faciundis in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities at LacusCurtius
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