Janus in Roman Life And Cult a Study in Roman Religions
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1, 20. 62 Paulus-Fest. 126. JANUS IN ROMAN LIFE AND CULT 55 not be complete. Therefore Numa, whose name doubtless stands for a long line of rulers who established these customs gradually, is said to have reserved for himself some important ceremonies. These would be such as were inseparable from, or preliminary to, some secular affairs which he could not afford to let slip from his hands; or they would be those which, because of their nature, required a king for their perfor- mance. Now, when t...he king expected to be away, at war, for instance, or was for any reason unwilling to burden himself with even the duties which he had reserved for his own supervision, he could, without in any way losing his control over these rites, appoint a substitute to perform them in his stead. That . This was customary is shown by the Acta Arvalium, where there is given an instance of a person officiating at the regular sacrifice in the place of the usual priest. 63 From an old formula of Cato's it is clear that such substitutes often performed rites even for private individuals.
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