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  2. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    pax Dei: peace of God: Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10th-century France Pax Deorum: Peace of the gods: Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of Pax Deorum (The Peace of the gods) instead of Ira Deorum (The Wrath of the gods ...

  3. Pax Deorum - Wikipedia

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    Pax Deorum may refer to: "Pax Deorum", a song from The Memory of Trees, an album by Enya "Pax Deorum", a cover of the aforementioned song from the album Maiden of Mysteries: The Music of Enya, by the Taliesin Orchestra; Pax deorum, a Latin phrase meaning "peace of the gods"

  4. Glossary of ancient Roman religion - Wikipedia

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    Pax, though usually translated into English as "peace," was a compact, bargain, or agreement. [382] In religious usage, the harmony or accord between the divine and human was the pax deorum or pax divom ("the peace of the gods" or "divine peace"). [383] Pax deorum was only given in return for correct religious practice.

  5. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    ira deorum: wrath of the gods: Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the ancient Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of pax deorum (peace of the gods) instead of ira deorum (wrath of the gods): earthquakes, floods, famine, etc. ira furor brevis est: wrath (anger) is but a brief madness ...

  6. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    A Latin translation of René Goscinny's phrase in French ils sont fous, ces romains! or Italian Sono pazzi questi Romani. Cf. SPQR, which Obelix frequently used in the Asterix comics. Deo ac veritati: for God and for truth: Motto of Colgate University. Deo confidimus: In God we trust: Motto of Somerset College. Deo domuique: For God and for home

  7. Pontifex maximus - Wikipedia

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    The main duty of the Pontifices was to maintain the pax deorum or "peace of the gods." [32] The immense authority of the sacred college of pontiffs was centered on the pontifex maximus, the other pontifices forming his consilium or advising body. His functions were partly sacrificial or ritualistic, but these were the least important.

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  9. Augur - Wikipedia

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    In the Stoic cosmology the pax deorum is the expression of natural order in human affairs. [11] When his colleague Lepidus died, Augustus assumed his office as pontifex maximus, took priestly control over the State oracles (including the Sibylline books), and used his powers as censor to suppress the circulation of "unapproved" oracles. [12]