As Pulvillus was offering the prayer to the gods for the consecration of the temple, Publicola's friends announced that Pulvillus'son had died and, since his son remained unburied, Pulvillus was not fit to complete the ceremony.
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As Pulvillus was offering the prayer to the gods for the consecration of the temple, Publicola's friends announced that Pulvillus'son had died and, since his son remained unburied, Pulvillus was not fit to complete the ceremony.
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Publius Valerius Poplicola was appointed consul " suffectus " in the place of Collatinus, and the elderly Spurius Lucretius in place of Brutus; but he died soon after, and Marcus Horatius Pulvillus became consul in his place, the fifth and final consul of the first year of the Republic.
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B ) The " Tigillum Sororium " would be related to a gentilician cult of wood of the Horatii, as surmised by the episodes of the " pons sublicius " defended by Horatius Cocles and of the posts of the main entrance of the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, on which Marcus Horatius Pulvillus lay his hand during the dedication rite.
