band ed ▁or ▁la ps ed ▁following ▁Ca esar ' s ▁assass ination , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁re - est ab lished ▁in ▁the ▁re forms ▁of ▁his ▁successor , ▁August us . ▁In ▁the ▁Imperial ▁era , ▁membership ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁traditional ▁colleg ia ▁was ▁opened ▁to ▁i u ven es ▁of ▁e quest rian ▁status . ▁ ▁Sac rifice ▁At ▁the ▁Lu per cal ▁alt ar , ▁a ▁male ▁go at ▁( or ▁go ats ) ▁and ▁a ▁dog ▁were ▁sacrific ed ▁by ▁one ▁or ▁another ▁of ▁the ▁Lu per ci , ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁the ▁Fl amen ▁d ial is , ▁Jup iter ' s ▁chief ▁priest . ▁An ▁offering ▁was ▁also ▁made ▁of ▁salt ed ▁me al c akes , ▁prepared ▁by ▁the ▁V est al ▁Vir g ins . ▁After ▁the ▁blood ▁sacrifice , ▁two ▁Lu per ci ▁approached ▁the ▁alt ar . ▁Their ▁fore head s ▁were ▁an oint ed ▁with ▁blood ▁from ▁the ▁sacrific ial ▁kn ife , ▁then ▁w ip ed ▁clean ▁with ▁w ool ▁so aked ▁in ▁milk , ▁after ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁smile ▁and / or ▁laugh . ▁ ▁The ▁sacrific ial ▁fe ast ▁followed , ▁after ▁which ▁the ▁Lu per ci ▁cut ▁th ongs ▁( known ▁as ▁) ▁from ▁the ▁fl ay ed ▁skin ▁of ▁the ▁animal , ▁and ▁ran ▁with ▁these , ▁n aked ▁or ▁near - nak ed , ▁along ▁the ▁old ▁Pal at ine ▁boundary , ▁in ▁an ▁ant ic lock wise ▁direction ▁around ▁the