The flamen Dialis, or priest of Jupiter, had a life burdened with etiquette. |
Quintus Claudius, the son of the flamen, has insulted me mortally. |
In any case the flamen was not in any special sense priest of Iup. |
Now, as long as this formality was not accomplished, he was only the flamen designate. |
Flamen P, Dierickx L, Everaert H, Reychler R, Bruyland M, Franken PR, et al. |
After the third century, the flamen held the rank in the city which was later that of the bishop in the diocese. |