Quirinus


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Quirinus, a surname of Mars, allusive to potency in war.  The name is said to be derived from the spear, which the Sabines called Curis. - Quirinus was also the name given to Romulus (as the fabled son of Mars by Rhea Sylvia) after his death.  It was thence that the Romans took the name of Quirites, and it was under the appellation of the god Quirinus, that the first King if Rome had, in the city which he founded, many magnificent temples erected to his honour and worship, among others one on the Quirinal hill.

 


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