Pontifices
Social role / institution
Civil War 1.22 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… He pleads with him for his own safety, begs and beseeches that he will spare him, reminds him of their old-standing friendship, and sets forth the benefits that Caesar had conferred on him —and they were very great, for through his means he had been admitted to the College of the Pontifices, had held the province of Spain after his prae- torship, and had …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 1.22
Caesar
… He pleads with him for his own safety, begs and beseeches that he will spare him, reminds him of their old-standing friendship, and sets forth the benefits that Caesar had conferred on him —and they were very great, for through his means he had been admitted to the College of the Pontifices, had held the province of Spain after his prae- torship, and had been assisted in his candidature for the consulship. …