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  1. Numa Pompilius

    Numa Pompilius (Latin pronunciation: [ˈnʊma pɔmˈpɪlijʊs]; c. 753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions are attributed to him, such as the Roman calendar, Vestal Virgins, the cult of Mars, the cult of Jupiter, the cult of Romulus, and the office of pontifex maximus.

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  1. Numa Pompilius

    Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions are attributed to him.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Numa Pompilius

    the second king of Rome and the successor of Romulus, its founder, born at Cures, in the Sabine country, and devoted himself to the establishment of religion and laws among his subjects and the training of them in the arts of peace, in which, according to the legend, he was assisted by a nymph Egeria (q. v.), who lived close by in a grotto, and to whom he had ever and anon recourse for consultation; he was long revered in the Roman memory as the organiser of the State and its civil and sacred institutions, and his reign was long and peaceful.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of numa pompilius in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of numa pompilius in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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