celebrated in the same way by those whom they have been taken from» [6] . The expression peregrina sacra (in its turn a subgroup of the sacra publica ) applies then to a precise category of foreign [...] on Verrius Flaccus, about a rite which takes place on the occasion of sieges, officiated by priests and addressed to the god under whose protection the city stands, god whom a cult is vowed to, more magnificent [...] because the Romans thought this was the only way to capture a city, otherwise because they considered a sacrilege to take prisoner the gods. In order to avoid suffering the same sort in their turn, the Romans