When the grapes were ripe, a sheep was sacrificed to Jupiter and the " flamen Dialis " cut the first of the grape harvest.
12.
Marriage was a requirement for the Flamen Dialis, the high priest of nundinae ", the eight-day Roman cycle comparable to a week.
13.
The three major flamines were also required to marry virgins; further, if the wife of the Flamen Dialis died, he was immediately required to resign.
14.
:For you who wore the distinctive cap of a Flamen Dialis, death cut everything short honour, fame and virtue, glory and intellectual ability.
15.
His solidarity with the king is reflected in that of his earthly counterpart, the " rex ", with the " Flamen Dialis ".
16.
The fifteen Republican flamens were part of the pontifex could serve as a temporary replacement, although only the Pontifex Maximus is known to have substituted for the Flamen Dialis.
17.
Scipio Africanus presumably married his wife Aemilia Tertia by " confarreatio ", because their elder son was Flamen Dialis; yet Scipio's mother Pomponia was a plebeian.
18.
It is also just possible that the son succeeded the father to the post ( as did the father and son Lentulus Maluginensis to the post of " Flamen Dialis ".
19.
During the Conflict of the Orders, Rome's magistracies and most priesthoods, but the high priest of Jupiter " ( Flamen Dialis ) " remained the preserve of patricians.
20.
The " februae " ( " lanas " : woolen threads ) that were an essential part of the Vestal costume were supplied by the rex sacrorum and flamen dialis.
