Roman worship was divided into the public and ... The king of sacred things The rex sacrorum, meaning “king of sacred things” was a patrician appointed for life and was barred from holding ...

After the kings were expelled from Rome and before the Julio-Claudians established the first imperial dynasty, the consuls ...

Patrician families made up the ruling class ... They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to be property. They did a wide variety of work, from looking after the home ...