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The chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome, open only to patricians until 254 BCE, when a plebeian first occupied this post; gradually became politicized until, beginning with Augustus, it was subsumed into the Imperial office.

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          The Druids had a pontifex maximus to whom they yielded entire obedience.
          Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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          Caesar's struggle for the office of pontifex maximus.
          History of Julius Caesar
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          And he was appointed pontifex maximus, in spite of the fact that many others, Catulus most of all, were his rivals for the honor.
          Dio's Rome, Volume 2 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
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          Its founder was the - pontifex maximus- Quintus Mucius Scaevola (consul in 659, d. 672),(40) in whose family jurisprudence was, like the supreme priesthood, hereditary.
          The History of Rome, Book IV / The Revolution
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          At thirty-seven he was elected Pontifex Maximus-thehead of the State Religion.
          Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
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          Finally, he was made Pontifex Maximus, the head of the Roman religion.
          Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
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          Caesar was Pontifex Maximus, and Napoleon had himself crowned by the Pope.
          The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingri...
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          The Vestal virgins received especial honor, and were appointed by the Pontifex Maximus.
          Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations
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          I know it is the official house of the Pontifex Maximus.
          The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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          He was having a tryst right in the Pontifex Maximus's precinct.
          The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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          Consider, you had won the prætorship, the office of Pontifex Maximus-
          A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
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          I plan a world priesthood, governed by the Roman Pontifex Maximus.
          Julian
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          He had the powers of consul, tribune, censor, and Pontifex Maximus.
          General History for Colleges and High Schools
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          Eternity, Divinity, and Pontifex Maximus, as they had been given to his predecessors.
          A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
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          The Pontifex Maximus inherited the priestly power of the kings.
          The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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          He would be a flamen, a tribune, perhaps Pontifex Maximus.
          Roma eterna
          Translations for pontifex maximus
          португальский
          pontifex maximuspontífice máximo
          каталонский
          pontifex maximuspontífex màxim