Numa Pompilius

(nü'mah pom-pil'e-us,) the second king of Rome, according to the old legends. He is said to have been a Sabine; and is renowned as a wise and peaceful sovereign, a lawgiver, and an institut or of the rites of religious worship. In all affairs he was instructed by the nymph Egeria. The temple of Janus, which he built, was closed during all his reign. [s. 654]