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eligio (proper religious observance) and superstitio<br />

(improper, excessive or illicit observance); see Vol. 1,<br />

215-27.<br />

rostra speakers' platform in Forum.<br />

Salii Roman priests who performed a ritual song and dance in<br />

March and October; in charge of ancilia.<br />

septemviri epulonum Roman priests; 'seven men in charge of feasts for the gods'<br />

(epulum Iovis); originally 3, 7 under Sulla, 10 by the end of<br />

the Republic, though the title remained 'seven'.<br />

sestertius, pi. sestertii Roman alloy (orichalchum) coin; Augustus made the<br />

financial qualification of senatorial status 1, 000, 000<br />

sestertii; in the second century A.D. a legionary soldier<br />

earned 1, 200 per year.<br />

sevir (Augustalis), pi. seviri (one of a) board of'six men'; regularly ex-slaves,<br />

found in towns of Italy and western provinces, with<br />

general public duties and honours (inc. lictores), and<br />

sometimes an official role in local imperial cult. They were<br />

not restricted to small groups. In some towns, Augustales<br />

(not seviri) might number several hundred; see Vol. 1,<br />

257-8.<br />

simpuvium (or simpulum) earthenware ladle, used in religious rituals.<br />

solitaurilia multiple sacrifice, perhaps identical with suovetaurilia.<br />

suovetaurilia sacrifice of pig, ram and bull.<br />

superstitio see religio.<br />

supplicatio, pi. supplicationes offering of incense and wine to deity;<br />

thanksgivings after victory.<br />

taurobolium sacrifice of bull in cult of Magna Mater.<br />

templum, pi. templa an area of sky within which divine signs were observed; a<br />

place on earth from which signs in heavens might be<br />

observed; a piece of ground formally marked out by the<br />

augures.<br />

toga, pi. togae official dress of Roman citizens; with a purple border<br />

(praetexta) worn by some magistrates, and by boys, before<br />

taking the plain toga (virilis) on reaching maturity.<br />

victimarius, pi. victimarii assistant(s) at sacrifice, handling the victim.<br />

virgines Vestales virgin Roman priestesses; charged with tending sacred<br />

hearth of city in Forum; 6 in number appointed by<br />

pontifex maximus for 30 years; subject to death penalty for<br />

breaking vow of chastity.<br />

votum, pi. vota vow(s) made to a deity.

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