Bidental
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| Priesthoods of ancient Rome |
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 Flamen (250–260 AD) |
| Major colleges |
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Pontifices · Augures · Vestales Flamines · Septemviri epulonum Quindecimviri sacris faciundis |
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Other colleges or sodalities |
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Fetiales · Fratres Arvales · Salii Titii · Luperci · Sodales Augustales |
| Priests |
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Pontifex Maximus · Rex Sacrorum Flamen Dialis · Flamen Martialis Flamen Quirinalis Rex Nemorensis · Curio maximus |
| Priestesses |
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Virgo Vestalis Maxima Flaminica Dialis · Regina sacrorum |
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Religion in ancient Rome |
- For the phonetics terms, see Bidental consonant.
- For the mythological symbol, see Bident.
In ancient Roman religion, the bidentales were priests who performed rituals to mark out a place that had been struck by lightning as a sacred precinct (templum). Their primary role was to sacrifice a two-year-old sheep, in Latin bidens, meaning "having teeth (dentes) on each side." Such a place was thus called a bidental. It was not permitted to be walked over, and was enclosed with a wall, or palisade, with an altar erected over it. The Puteal Scribonianum was a bidental.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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