office
pontifex
pontiff
also: pontifices, pontiff
A member of the College of Pontiffs, the chief priestly body overseeing Rome's public religion. Cotta speaks as a pontiff himself when treating the public rites.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §1.61 I, a pontiff myself
Cotta was a member of the College of Pontiffs, the chief board overseeing Roman public worship. He insists that he upholds the state cult with the utmost reverence even while doubting the philosophers' proofs.
- On the Nature of the Gods §3.5 a Cotta and a pontiff
The speaker Cotta was himself a member of the college of pontiffs, the priests who oversaw Roman state cult. He insists that as a pontiff he will always defend the inherited religion, however the philosophical argument turns out.
Mentioned in 22 works (100 mentions)
On the Agrarian Law, Second Speech
Against Catiline, First Speech
Ad Atticum 1.13
Ad Atticum 4.1
Ad Atticum 4.2
On His House
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