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== Lesser Flamens == | == Lesser Flamens == | ||
The lesser flamens, known as ''flamines minores'', concern twelve additional deities | The lesser flamens, known as ''flamines minores'', concern twelve additional deities of varying providence. While several of the gods, such as Ceres, Vulcan, and Neptune, are well attested and understood in the Roman world, many of the gods are of such antiquity that their precise origins and functions were unclear even to the ancients. | ||
=== Flamen Falacer === | === Flamen Falacer === | ||
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=== Flamen Fontinalis === | === Flamen Fontinalis === | ||
The ''Flamen Fontinalis | The ''Flamen Fontinalis'' oversees the rites of the Fons, also called Fontus, god of fountains, natural springs, and clean water. | ||
=== Flamen Neptunalis === | === Flamen Neptunalis === | ||
The ''Flamen Neptunalis'' | The ''Flamen Neptunalis''tends the rites of Neptune, god of the seas, earthquakes, and horses. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||