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A flamen (plural, flamines) was a specific type of priest ("sacerdos") in the ancient Roman religion and one of the oldest classes of the Roman priesthood

In ancient Roman religion, the flamen Dialis was the high priest of Jupiter. The term Dialis is related to Diespiter, an Old Latin form of the name Jupiter

In ancient Roman religion, the Flamen Martialis was the high priest of the official state cult of Mars, the god of war. He was one of the flamines maiores

In Roman Imperial cult, the flamen Divi Julii or flamen Divi Iulii, was the priest of the divinised Julius Caesar, and the fourth of the so-called flamines

decade earlier, according to Livy. He is named by Cicero as flamen Carmentalis, the flamen of Carmenta, in 359 BC. Livy VII, 12; Polybius (II, 18.1 - 20

of highest prestige, followed by the flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, Flamen Quirinalis) and the pontifex maximus. The rex sacrorum

the grain used was Triticum dicoccum (emmer), not Triticum spelta. The Flamen Dialis and pontifex maximus presided over the wedding, and ten witnesses

deities cultivated by the major flamens were: Jupiter Mars Quirinus The twelve deities attended by the minor flamens were: Carmentis Ceres Falacer Flora

Sacerdotum), behind the Rex Sacrorum and the flamines maiores (Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, Flamen Quirinalis). A distinctly religious office under the early

Albert Flamen (c. 1620 – after 1669) was a Flemish engraver, painter, and tapestry designer. He was active in Paris, where he worked mainly as an illustrator