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  • As the individual farmer purified his own fields for the aversion of evil, so a solemn lustration of the boundaries of the state was performed by special priests, known as the Arval brethren

    The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

  • Other bidders could include Arval, a unit of BNP Paribas SA, and Athlon Car Lease, which is owned by Rabobank.

    ING Shops Car-Leasing Unit Maarten van Tartwijk 2011

  • Other bidders could include Arval, a unit of BNP Paribas SA, and Athlon Car Lease, which is owned by Rabobank.

    ING Shops Car-Leasing Unit Maarten van Tartwijk 2011

  • Other bidders could include Arval, a unit of BNP Paribas SA, and Athlon Car Lease, which is owned by Rabobank.

    ING Shops Car-Leasing Unit Maarten van Tartwijk 2011

  • PHH FirstFleet is a newly combined organization that includes PHH subsidiary PHH Arval, a leading fleet management company, and FirstFleet, a provider of asset management, financial services and high-tech support for the trucking and transportation industry.

    New Highway Crunch Time 2006

  • Sibylline books, except the rude hymn known as the Litany of the Arval

    Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

  • In the Arval hymn the name of the god is reiterated—it is a spell.

    Introduction 1912

  • But as the Roman territory grew and such a ceremony in the old fashion became impossible and was carried out merely symbolically by sacrifices at various boundary points, the Arval brothers lost all their importance, so that even in these symbolic sacrifices their place was taken by the pontiffs.

    The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome Jesse Benedict Carter 1894

  • It was not long after the battle of Actium that he restored another very ancient priesthood, that of the Arval brothers.

    The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome Jesse Benedict Carter 1894

  • In the same primitive metre as these dedications is the Song of the Arval

    The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892

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