Editing Lictor (section)

==''Lictor curiatus''==
[[File:Junia31.jpg|thumb|Head of [[Libertas]] on a ''[[denarius]]'' issued by [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]], one of the [[assassination of Julius Caesar|assassins]] of [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]], and on the reverse a consul flanked by two lictors]]

The ''lictor curiatus'' ({{plural form}}: ''lictores curiati'') was a special kind of lictor who did not carry rods or ''fasces'' and whose main tasks were religious. There were approximately thirty of them, serving at the command of the ''[[pontifex maximus]]'', the high priest of Rome. They were present at sacrifices where they carried or guided sacrificial animals to the altars. [[Vestal Virgin]]s, ''[[Flamen|flamines]]'' ({{literally|priests}}), and other high-ranking priests were entitled to be escorted and protected by ''lictores curiati''. In the Empire, women of the imperial family were usually followed by two of this kind of lictor. The ''lictores curiati'' were also responsible to summon the ''[[Curiate Assembly|Comitia Curiata]]'' ({{literally|Public Assembly}}) and to maintain order during its procedures.