Codice albumGBB-F-006903

Codice inventarioGBB-F-006903-0000

1818, ITALY: The King NUMA POMPILIO (Numa Pompilius) receive the Laws for religious and political institutions from the NINFA EGERIA. Print by celebrated painter and illustrator Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781 1835), illustration from french book" Histoire romaine depuis la fondation de Rome jusqua la bataille dActium" by Charles Rollin (1661 1741). Egeria was a nymph attributed a legendary role in the early history of Rome as a divine consort and counselor of Numa Pompilius, the legendary second Sabine King of Rome succeeding Romulus, to whom she imparted laws and rituals pertaining to ancient Roman religion. Her name is used as an eponym for a female advisor or counselor.-Numa Pompilius-riceve le leggi dalla Ninfa Egeria

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