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The King of the Sacrificial Rites
In ancient rome, each of the most important gods with official state colts, had its own high priest called a flaman. There were different numbers of these depending on the time and history. All the flamens made up the pontifical college, the high priests of all the state cults who administered the state religion. Some historians believe that the king of the sacred rites was actually an old vestigal remnant of etruscan kingship from before Rome was a republic.
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