"Quirinus" is a debated epithet. According to some scholars, mostly Francophone, it looks to be strictly related to the ideas of the passage of the Roman people from war back to peace, from the condition of "miles", soldier, to that of "quiris", citizen occupied in peaceful business, as the rites of the "Porta Belli" imply. This is in fact the usual sense of the word "quirites" in Latin. Other scholars, mainly Germanophone, think it is related on the contrary to the martial character of the god Quirinus, an interpretation supported by numerous ancient sources: Lydus, Cedrenus, Macrobius, Ovid, Plutarch and Paul the Daecon.