c.) the number was six down to the Ogulnian law, and the same is virtually affirmed by Cicero (de Rep.ii.9, 14) when he represents Romulus as instituting four, and Numa two, augural stalls.

On the number of the pontifices comp.

Staatsrecht, ii.

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It is only an unreflecting misconception that can discover in this usage a reminiscence of ancient human sacrifices.
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