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Rex Sacrorum
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Religion_in_ancient_Rome/QrNwmgPM">ancient Roman religion</a>, the <i>rex sacrorum</i> ("king of the sacred things", also sometimes <i>rex sacrificulus</i>) was a <a href="/facts/Roman_senate/NXK83zU9">senatorial</a> <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion/GTKkzEdB">priesthood</a> reserved for <a href="/facts/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)/pDGGCYwj">patricians</a>. Although in the historical era, the <i><a href="/facts/Pontifex_maximus/hGJnFXlg">pontifex maximus</a></i> was the head of <a href="/facts/Imperial_cult_(ancient_Rome)/JKzrGV8X">Roman state religion</a>, <a href="/facts/Sextus_Pompeius_Festus/bISGg3jH">Festus</a> says that in the <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion/GTKkzEdB">ranking of the highest Roman priests</a> (<i>ordo sacerdotum</i>), the <i>rex sacrorum</i> was of highest prestige, followed by the <i><a href="/facts/Flamen/0pSeEIfx">flamines maiores</a></i> (<i><a href="/facts/Flamen_Dialis/W43Szots">Flamen Dialis</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Flamen_Martialis/0KFBJh9x">Flamen Martialis</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Flamen_Quirinalis/0d2E5rdk">Flamen Quirinalis</a></i>) and the <i>pontifex maximus</i>. The <i>rex sacrorum</i> was based in the <a href="/facts/Regia/Qh13rAnb">Regia</a>. </p>