Numa Pompilius

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King of Rome legendary Roman king mythological figure

Numa Pompilius was the legendary second king of Rome, renowned for his wisdom, piety, and for establishing many of Rome’s early religious and legal institutions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Numa Pompilius canonical	8
Roman lawgiver Numa Pompilius	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Rome ⓘ legendary Roman king ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
associatedWith	Egeria ⓘ Roman religious law ⓘ Sabines ⓘ
birthPlace	Cures Sabini ⓘ surface form: Cures Sabine territory ⓘ
burialPlace	Janiculum Hill ⓘ surface form: Janiculum Hill (traditional)
child	Pomponius ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Kingdom ⓘ
country	Roman Kingdom ⓘ
creditedWith	building the Temple of Janus ⓘ creating many Roman religious rituals ⓘ establishing the College of Augurs ⓘ establishing the College of Pontiffs ⓘ establishing the Salii (leaping priests of Mars) ⓘ establishing the Vestal Virgins in Rome ⓘ founding the office of Pontifex Maximus ⓘ instituting various Roman festivals ⓘ introducing months January and February ⓘ regulating the Roman calendar ⓘ
describedBySource	Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ Livy ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sabines ⓘ
father	Pomponius ⓘ
knownFor	establishing priestly colleges ⓘ legal institutions in early Rome ⓘ organizing Roman religion ⓘ peaceful rule ⓘ piety ⓘ religious reforms ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
legendaryStatus	historic authenticity uncertain ⓘ
literaryWork	Life of Numa Pompilius ⓘ surface form: Life of Numa (Plutarch)
mother	Hersilia ⓘ surface form: Pompilia
policy	discouraged military campaigns ⓘ promoted peace over war ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Rome ⓘ
predecessor	Romulus ⓘ
regnalNumber	second king of Rome ⓘ
reignEnd	circa 673 BC ⓘ
reignStart	circa 715 BC ⓘ
religion	Roman religion ⓘ
spouse	Egeria ⓘ Tatia ⓘ
successor	Tullus Hostilius ⓘ
timePeriod	7th century BC ⓘ 8th century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Kingdom → hasKing → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita → portraysFigure → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

subject surface form: Ab Urbe Condita

Tullus Hostilius → predecessor → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

Ancus Marcius → grandfather → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

Ancus Marcius → relative → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

gens Aemilia → claimedAncestor → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) → containsMyth → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

subject surface form: Ovid’s Fasti

Life of Lycurgus → comparesWith → Numa Pompilius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman lawgiver Numa Pompilius

Life of Numa Pompilius → mainSubject → Numa Pompilius ⓘ