Editing Rex Sacrorum (section)

==Decline and later use==
The office of ''rex sacrorum'' was not a highly coveted position among the patricians, for although the ''rex sacrorum'' was technically superior to the pontiffs, the rank conferred no real political gain. Because of this there would be some years without a ''rex sacrorum'' at all. By the time of [[Final War of the Roman Republic|Antony's civil war]] the office was entirely in disuse, but seems to have been revived later by [[Augustus]] as there was mention of it during the empire until it was probably abolished by [[Theodosius I]].<ref name="Billy">William Smith, Charles Anthon ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'' 1870 p. 837</ref>