Numa Marcius
Numa Marcius, son of Marcus, was the first Pontifex Maximus of Ancient Rome.
He was appointed by the King Numa Pompilius who assigned to him the entire system of religious rites, which system was written out for him and sealed and included the manner and timing of sacrifices, the supervision of religious funds, authority over all public and private religious institutions, instruction of the populace in the celestial and funerary rites including appeasing the dead, and expiation of prodigies.[1]
Family
He had a son also named Numa Marcius, who served as praefectus urbi under Tullus Hostilius. The younger Marcius married Pompilia, daughter of Numa Pompilius, and was the father of Ancus Marcius.[2][3][4]
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- 715 BC: Numa Marcius
- 509 BC: C. Papirius
- 449 BC: Q. Furius
- 431 BC: A. Cornelius Cossus
- 420 BC: S. Minucius
- 390 BC: M. Fabius Ambustus
- 332 BC: P. Cornelius Calussa
- 304 BC: P. Cornelius Scipio Barbatus
- 254 BC: Ti. Coruncanius
- 243 BC: L. Caecilius Metellus
- 221 BC: L. Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus
- 213 BC: M. Cornelius Cethegus
- 212 BC: P. Licinius Crassus Dives
- 180 BC: M. Aemilius Lepidus
- 150 BC: P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
- 141 BC: P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio
- 132 BC: P. Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus
- 130 BC: P. Mucius Scaevola
- 114 BC: L. Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus
- 103 BC: Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus
- 89 BC: Q. Mucius Scaevola
- 81 BC: Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius
- 63 BC: C. Julius Caesar
- 44 BC: M. Aemilius Lepidus
- 12 BC: Imp. Caesar Augustus
- 12 BC – AD 375: Held by the emperors.
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