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  • Some say that the name Quirinus, which Romulus received, means

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • Wissowa holds to the opinion that the most probable derivation of the name Quirinus is from Quirium, possibly the name of the settlement on the Quirinal; and compares _Q. pater_ (_e. g.

    The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

  • Senate he spoke with him after his death, and was assured by him he dwelt in heaven, and was there called Quirinus, and would be propitious to the state of their new city: and thereupon the Senate gave public testimony of his sanctity.

    Leviathan 2007

  • The first that ever was canonized at Rome was Romulus, and that upon the narration of Julius Proculus, that swore before the Senate he spoke with him after his death, and was assured by him he dwelt in heaven, and was there called Quirinus, and would be propitious to the state of their new city: and thereupon the Senate gave public testimony of his sanctity.

    Kingdom of Darkness 2005

  • The first that ever was canonized at Rome was Romulus, and that upon the narration of Julius Proculus, that swore before the Senate he spoke with him after his death, and was assured by him he dwelt in heaven, and was there called Quirinus, and would be propitious to the state of their new city: and thereupon the Senate gave public testimony of his sanctity.

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

  • Quirinus, which is Doric, and the temple of Diana at Ephesus, planned by

    The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

  • Two other priests he made, one of Mars, and the other of Quirinus, that is to say, of Romulus the god.

    Stories From Livy Alfred John Church 1870

  • The first that ever was canonized at Rome was Romulus, and that upon the narration of Julius Proculus, that swore before the Senate he spoke with him after his death, and was assured by him he dwelt in heaven, and was there called Quirinus, and would be propitious to the state of their new city: and thereupon the Senate gave public testimony of his sanctity.

    Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651

  • Romulus’s surname Quirinus, some say, is equivalent to

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • "Stefan Müller (also known as Quirinus) will help us with the Pre-Production.

    Metal Underground.com 2010

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