Flaminica

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Ancient Roman female priesthood; mythically going back to the time of Numa. In the republic, the major 3 flaminates were filled by a flaminica married by confarreatio to a flamen; if the flaminica died, the flamen dialis, quirinalis and Martialis had to resign and the same if the flamen died.
 
Ancient Roman female priesthood; mythically going back to the time of Numa. In the republic, the major 3 flaminates were filled by a flaminica married by confarreatio to a flamen; if the flaminica died, the flamen dialis, quirinalis and Martialis had to resign and the same if the flamen died.
  
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During the Imperial era new flaminates were created to the imperial family and provincial civic ones.
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During the Imperial era new flaminates were created. There were ''flaminicae'' to the imperial family and in the provinces civic ones as well. There is ample epigraphy witnessing the provincial flaminicae.
  
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The flaminica Dialis' dress:
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Her dress consisted of a dyed purple robe (venenato operitur); her hair was plaited in a high topnot, the tutulus and bound with a purple fillets, vittae, the rica covered the hair, then a garland of (Fest. s.v. Tutulum, Rica; Varro, De Ling. Lat. VII.44).  
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Schultz, "Women's Religious Activity During the Republic"
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Over the robe and rica was worn a veil, the purple venetatum and over this another veil, the  fire-coloured flammeum, to indicate fecundity and her pepetual state as a nova nupta. The flaminica dialis was nova nupta, matrona and materfamilias.
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Takaks, "Sibyls.."
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Hemelrijk,"

Revision as of 03:43, 5 October 2008

Ancient Roman female priesthood; mythically going back to the time of Numa. In the republic, the major 3 flaminates were filled by a flaminica married by confarreatio to a flamen; if the flaminica died, the flamen dialis, quirinalis and Martialis had to resign and the same if the flamen died.

During the Imperial era new flaminates were created. There were flaminicae to the imperial family and in the provinces civic ones as well. There is ample epigraphy witnessing the provincial flaminicae.

References

Schultz, "Women's Religious Activity During the Republic" Takaks, "Sibyls.." Hemelrijk,"

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