Initially there were three epulones, but later their number was increased to seven by Sulla; hence they were also known as the septemviri epulonum, "seven men...
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Triumvirate (ancient Rome) (section Tresviri epulones)
dined on the Capitol. Their number was later increased to seven (septemviri epulones). Three-man commissions were also appointed for purposes such as...
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purposes. One of the most significant religious groups in Rome was the septemviri Epulones, a college of priests who prepared the feasts in honour of the gods...
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next set of figures consists of priests from the college of the Septemviri epulones, so identified by an incense box they carry with special symbols...
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suffect consul in 36 BC. In 31 BC, Asprenas was elected as one of the Septemviri epulones. He had at least one son, Lucius Nonius Asprenas, who was the father...
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Publius Galerius Trachalus (category Epulones of the Roman Empire)
Milan), now lost, attests that Trachalus had been co-opted into the Septemviri epulones, one of the four most prestigious ancient Roman priesthoods. Trachalus'...
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followed. This inscription also attests that he became one of the septemviri epulones after his consulship. We also know he was proconsular governor of...
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[voting tribe], member of the College of Epulones, praetor, tribune of the plebs, septemvir of the Epulones Below the inscription only on the southeastern...
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extravagant they were largely disbelieved. In 31, he was one of the septemviri epulones and held the office of curio maximus, whose duty was to collect religious...
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f. M. n. Lupus Murena, son of the preceding. He was one of the septemviri epulones, tribune of the seventh legion, prefect of the fourth legion, and...
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