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Numa Pompilius

Numa

Second king of Rome, traditionally 715-673 BC; the Sabine king, founder of Roman religion and of the priestly colleges.

Reading notes

On the Nature of the Gods §3.43 these little sacrificial bowls that Numa left us
The simple earthenware offering-bowls (capedunculae) attributed to King Numa, founder of Rome's religious institutions, praised in a famous little speech of Laelius. Cotta says they taught him more about worship than all the reasonings of the Stoics.
Stoic Paradoxes §11 earthenware bowls and little clay urns
The plain ritual vessels of Numa's early religion (capudines and fictiles urnulae), set against the rich chased dishes of the Salii, to argue that the gods valued piety, not luxury.
Tusculan Disputations §4.3 King Numa
Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome, credited with founding Roman religious institutions. Later Romans wrongly supposed he had studied with Pythagoras, ignorant that the dates made this impossible.

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On the Laws phil · 4 mentions

Stoic Paradoxes phil · 1 mention

On the Nature of the Gods phil · 2 mentions