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Becoming the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis Becoming the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis
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Serving the Gods Together Serving the Gods Together
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Ritual Prohibitions Ritual Prohibitions
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Regulations Governing the Marriage of the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis Regulations Governing the Marriage of the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis
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Regulations Governing the Ritual Purity of the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis Regulations Governing the Ritual Purity of the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis
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Regulations Against “Binding” the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis Regulations Against “Binding” the Flamen and Flaminica Dialis
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Dressing the Part Dressing the Part
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A Complete Priesthood A Complete Priesthood
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Serving the Household Gods Together Serving the Household Gods Together
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Serving as Exempla Serving as Exempla
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Conclusion Conclusion
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One The Flamen and Flaminica Dialis
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Published:November 2016
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Abstract
This chapter shows that the flamen and flaminica Dialis served the gods together as priest and priestess of Jupiter. Until fairly recently, however, modern scholars have either denied or heavily qualified the official priestly status of the flaminica Dialis, describing her instead as the Roman equivalent of the pastor's wife. This analogy is inappropriate in light of the ancient evidence for her status and religious activities. The chapter then reconstructs the flaminica's ritual activities and establishes a new framework for understanding them. The ancient evidence, though often intractable, demonstrates that the flaminica Dialis was a religious official in her own right with her own role, both in separate rituals that she was responsible for independently and in rituals that she shared with her husband, the flamen.
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