Grice e Numa

 The “original Romans” were the ones who did the choosing part. They didn’t select anyone from the Sabine senators but found a man in the Sabine city of Cures (the birthplace of the former king Titus Tatius) famous for his justice, wisdom, and piety. His name was Numa Pompilius. The people, happy with this choice, accepted their new king quickly.

 Only one small problem now occurred – the man who was chosen to rule after so much effort and such a lengthy and difficult process was not really keen on reigning at all. When a delegation from Rome approached him, he humbly refused. It required much much persuasion from his father and brothers with arguments about honour too great to refuse, but in the end, Numa finally agreed and became the king of Rome.