-
usually to lead an army in the
field against a
particular enemy),
clavi figendi (an
important religious rite
involving the
driving of a nail into the wall...
- the comitia, or elections, when the
consuls were
unable to do so;
clavi figendi causa, to
create a
dictator for an
important religious rite
involving the...
-
early Republic it is ****ociated with the
appointment of a
dictator clavi figendi causa, "dictator for the
purpose of
driving the nail," one of whom was...
- instance,
during the Republic, the
dictator was
charged with the
ritual clavi figendi causa,
driving a nail into the wall of the
Capitoline temple. According...
-
Bendel links this with the
story that the
senate appointed a
Dictator clavi figendi causa in 363 BC
because that had
worked to stop a
pestilence a century...
- 354 and 351.
Gnaeus Quinctius T. f. T. n. Capitolinus,
dictator clavi figendi causa in 331 BC.
Titus Quinctius L. f. L. n. Crispinus,
praetor in 209...
-
Bellum Puni**** primum/secundum/tertium = First/Second/Third
Punic War
clavi figendi causa = to
drive a nail into the wall of the
temple of
Jupiter Optimus...
- plague, and in 313
Poetelius Libo
Visolus had been
appointed dictator clavi figendi causa, that is, the
dictator appointed to
drive a nail, a much-debated...
