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| | Flamen Summary |
 | | The flamen Martialis supposedly partook of the holiday of the October Horse, and the flamen Quirinalis in several rituals—Quirinalia, Robigalia, Consualia, and Larentalia. |
 | | For the flamen Dialis—as for the virgins consecrated to Vesta—every day was holy (cotidie feriatus) because he symbolized the "stability" of the city itself. |
 | | The wife of the flamen Dialis (flaminica Dialis) formed with him a sacred union that was an example to all Romans; it was unbreakable except by death, and she was under the same restrictions as her husband, according to Aulus Gellius (10.15.26), since she was the symbol for the fertility of Rome. |
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