Regia

The Regia was in ancient Rome, a building on the east side of the Roman Forum near the temple of Vesta. It originally belonged to the possession of the kings, was ( was abolished by 509 BC, when the monarchy ) then the seat of the Rex Sacrorum ( who had taken over the cultic functions of Kings ) and in the wake of the Pontifex Maximus. This made her local office of the college, the pontiffs of the meeting. However, the priests did not live in this building, but it would have been too small.

The present-day remains date from a restoration from the year 36 BC At that time the Regia, as one suspects, a five -sided house. They burned down several times, but was always rebuilt the same.

Inside there was a sanctuary of Mars. The sanctuary was a kind of round altar in the twelve lances and shields were preserved. He led in honor of the priests quorum of the Salian ( salire = jump ) each year in March and October; So at the beginning and at the end of the war season a kind of war dance by. In addition, a sanctuary of Ops Consivia was in the Regia ( goddess of the harvest, abundance and fertility ) that was apparently so sacred that only the pontifex maximus and the Vestal Virgins, access was allowed. Your a harvest festival was held at the Capitol, every year on 23 August in honor.

Next here the annals ( yearbooks ) were stored the city, where the main events were held; but also prayers for general information and laws.