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Augury

Augury was the Roman religious practice of observing the behavior of birds to receive omens. When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices". "Auspex” (plural, “auspices”) (Latin: auspicium) means "one who divines by looking at birds". Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be…

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History

EtruscansCiceroDe DivinationeStoicsPhilistines
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Types of auspices

OscinesAlitesOssifragaImmussulusImmusculus
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Overview

RomanReligiousBirdsOmensAugur
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Position of the augur

OctavianConsulshipJupiter'sAugursPatricians
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Clothing and equipment of the augur

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Types of auspices

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Augury

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Edges71
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
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Augury

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related to history · 23
Augury → According, Auspices, BCE, Chaldeans, Cicero, De Divinatione, Etruscan, Etruscans, Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, Jewish Encyclopedia, Latins, Roman, Romans, Rome, Rome's, Stoics, The, The Odyssey, The Philistines
related to Sources · 12
Augury → Arts, Auspices, Auspicy, Chambers, Cyclopædia, Divination, Ephraim, James, John Knapton, Sciences, This, Universal Dictionary
related to Location of the augury · 10
Augury → Auguraculum, Auspices, Capitoline Hill, If, In, It, On, Roman, The, Within Rome
related to Clothing and equipment of the augur · 4
Augury → However, The, These, They

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Auguryrelated to Clothing and equipment of the augurThe0.60section
Auguryrelated to Clothing and equipment of the augurHowever0.60section
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Auguryrelated to historyRome0.60section
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Auguryrelated to historyLatins0.60section
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Auguryrelated to historyAuspices0.60section

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