Numa Pompilius, legendary second king of Rome, –672 BC. Credited with the invention of the Roman calendar, Vestal Virgins, the cults of Mars, Jupiter and Romulus, and the office of pontifex maximus. Numa Rex. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his L’Academia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

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