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Priests (Sacerdotes)

A pontifex was a senior priest, a flamen served one god, and the Vestal Virgins kept Vesta's fire. The chief priest was the pontifex maximus.

Grades 6–8. Daily life.

How it connects

Augurs read the signs of birds before a public act.

Latin words that go with this card: deus, lex.

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