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This list includes all of the Pontifices Maximi mentioned by historians and other ancient writers, down to the end of the Roman Republic. The list prior to the time of the First Punic War is presumably incomplete, as fewer than a dozen holders of the office are known from the first two-and-a-half centuries of the Republic.
The number of Pontifices, elected by co-optatio (i.e. the remaining members nominate their new colleague) for life, was originally five, including the pontifex maximus. [24] [9] The pontifices, moreover, could only come from the old nobility. In effect, this was only members of the patrician class.
Pages in category "Pontifices maximi of the Roman Republic" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
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Marcus Fabius Ambustus was Pontifex Maximus of the Roman Republic in the year that Rome was taken by the Gauls of Brennus, 390 BC. [1] His three sons-- Caeso , Numerius , and Quintus —were sent as ambassadors to the Gauls , when the latter were besieging Clusium , and participated in an attack against the besieging Gauls.
Pontifices maximi of the Roman Republic (1 C, 22 P) V. Vestal Virgins (19 P) Pages in category "Pontifices" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.