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Numa Pompilius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Numa Pompilius (753-673 BC; king of Rome, 717-673 BC) was the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. Plutarch tells that Numa was the youngest of Pomponius' four sons, born on the day of Rome's fou...
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According to legend, Numa Pompilius was the second of the Kings of Rome, succeeding Romulus. Romans in the city, after Romulus died, elected a Sabine man to be king, so as to make him loyal to both tribes in Rome.
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Numa Pompilius , legendary king of Rome, successor to Romulus. ... One of these, Bonta notes, was the king Numa Pompilius. This king, Bonta writes, ...
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Numa Pompilius London, Oct 9 : Italian archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 2,700 year old sanctuary, which they say provides the first physical evidence of Rome at the time of Numa Pompilius, Rome’s legendary second king, in the 8th century ... Numa Pompilius, a member of the Sabine tribe, was elected at the age...
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He was the second king of Rome (r. 715-673 BC). Of Sabine origin, he was regarded by later Romans as the wisest and most pious of their seven traditional kings. ... To Numa were attributed the reformation of the calendar, the reorganization of the state religion, the regulation of religious rites and ceremonies,
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One of these, Bonta notes, was the king Numa Pompilius. ... He wrote that the Roman king Numa Pompilius strove "to inculcate fear of the gods as the most powerful influence that could act upon .
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