Numa Pompilius
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The role of Pontifex Maximus and the College of Pontiffs were, legendarily, founded by the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius.
From Forbes • Feb. 11, 2013
Heartened by this recognition, scholarly Dr. Numa Pompilius Garfield Adams, dean of Howard's medical school, promptly called a meeting of 50 black and white tuberculosis experts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government of Numa Pompilius was evidently theocratical.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Other short tales and comedies followed, and in 1786 appeared Numa Pompilius, an undisguised imitation of F�nelon’s T�l�maque.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Here Numa Pompilius fixed his residence, hoping to conciliate both the Latins of the Palatine and the Sabines of the Capitoline by occupying a neutral ground between them.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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