pontifex maximus

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
Intangible high_priest Q212943
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pontifex maximus

Summary

pontifex maximus is a high priest[1]. It draws 777 Wikipedia views per month (high_priest category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • pontifex maximus's field of work was ancient Roman religion[3].
  • pontifex maximus is in the country of Ancient Rome[4].
  • pontifex maximus's instance of is recorded as high priest[5].
  • pontifex maximus's instance of is recorded as position[6].
  • pontifex maximus's GND ID is recorded as 4229302-9[7].
  • pontifex maximus's subclass of is recorded as ancient Roman priest[8].
  • pontifex maximus's Commons category is recorded as Pontifex maximus[9].
  • pontifex maximus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l085[10].
  • pontifex maximus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pontifices maximi of the Roman Republic[11].
  • pontifex maximus's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Ancient Rome[12].
  • pontifex maximus's depicted by is recorded as Reliefs from the destroyed Arch of Marcus Aurelius[13].
  • pontifex maximus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[14].
  • pontifex maximus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • pontifex maximus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/pontifex-maximus[16].
  • pontifex maximus's topic has template is recorded as Template:Pontifices Maximi[17].
  • pontifex maximus's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'pontifex maximus'}[18].
  • pontifex maximus's time period is recorded as classical antiquity[19].
  • pontifex maximus's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as College of Pontiffs[20].
  • pontifex maximus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3158269[21].
  • pontifex maximus's NE.se ID is recorded as pontifex-maximus[22].
  • pontifex maximus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as pontifex_maximus[23].
  • pontifex maximus's Krugosvet article is recorded as kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/PONTIFEKS_MAKSIMUS.html[24].
  • pontifex maximus's ToposText person ID is recorded as 12031[25].
  • pontifex maximus's Lex ID is recorded as pontifex_maximus[26].

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Career and Affiliations

pontifex maximus's field of work was ancient Roman religion[3].

Why It Matters

pontifex maximus draws 777 Wikipedia views per month (high_priest category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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