Titii

 ( Ancient Roman Religious Titles ) 

The Titii (or Titii sodales, later Titienses, Sacerdotes Titiales Flaviales) was a college ( sodalitas) of Roman priests.

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Origins There are two versions of how the college was established. One credits Titus Tatius with creating the college to superintend and preserve the Titienses, one of the three original tribes (tribus) in the Regal period,Tacitus, Annals I. 54 which may have represented the Italic tribe of Sabines.

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Robert Turcan (2013). 9781136058585, Routledge. . ISBN 9781136058585

The other says that Romulus created it in honour of king Tatius, who after his death was worshipped as a god.Tacit. Hist. II. 95

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History During the Roman Republic the Titii are no longer mentioned,

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as the cults of all Italic tribes became gradually united into Roman religion.Ambrosch, Studien u. Andeut., p. 192 The Titii were restored under the Roman Empire,

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but their functions were changed to conduct the worship of an Roman Emperor, like those of Sodales Augustales. Augustus may have been a member of the Titii.

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J. B. Bury (2018). 9781531281748, Ozymandias Press. . ISBN 9781531281748

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