Editing Arval Brethren (section)

==Origin==
Roman legend held that the priestly college was originated by [[Romulus]], first king of Rome, who took the place of a dead son of his nurse [[Acca Laurentia]], and formed the priesthood with the remaining eleven sons. They were also connected originally with the [[Sabines|Sabine]] priesthood of ''Sodales [[Titii]]'' who were probably originally their counterpart among the Sabines. Thus, it can be inferred that they existed before the founding of the city.<ref>Aulus Gellius VII 7, 7; Pliny XVII 2, 6.</ref> There is further proof of the high antiquity of the college in the verbal forms of the song with which, down to late times, a part of the ceremonies was accompanied, and which is still preserved.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Arval Brothers|volume=2|page=711}}</ref> They persisted to the imperial period.