XIII-THE KINGS OF ROME AND ALBA. PART 1. NUMA AND EGERIA. Egeria a nymph of water and the oak, perhaps a form of Diana, Marriage of Numa and Egeria a reminiscence of the marriage of the King of Rome to a goddess of water and vegetation. PART 2. THE KING AS JUPITER. The Roman king personated Jupiter and wore his costume, The oak crown as a symbol of divinity, Personation of the dead by masked men among the Romans, The kings of Alba as personifications of Jupiter, Legends of the deaths of Roman kings point to their connexion with the thunder-god, Local Jupiters in Latium, The oak-groves of ancient Rome, Latian Jupiter on the Alban Mount, Woods of Latium in antiquity, Latin worship of Jupiter like the Druidical worship of the oak, Sacred marriage of Jupiter and Juno, Janus and Cama, The Flamen Dialis and Flaminica as representatives of Jupiter and Juno, Marriage of the Roman king to the oak-goddess.
