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Roman Divination Robertson, Paul

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Augury refers narrowly to officially-sanctioned divination via the flights of birds. More broadly, it can refer to divination of a variety of natural sorts, ranging from weather phenomena, to different animals, to other signs. Such divination was not predictive of future events, but rather evaluative about the gods' will. Augurs were official, elite positions in the Roman world. However, there is evidence for non-official, nonelite (but still specialized) augurs long before Roman times (Egypt, Etruscan, Greek) as well as during the height of the Empire.

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Title
Roman Divination
Creator
Robertson, Paul
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2018-01-18
Description
Augury refers narrowly to officially-sanctioned divination via the flights of birds. More broadly, it can refer to divination of a variety of natural sorts, ranging from weather phenomena, to different animals, to other signs. Such divination was not predictive of future events, but rather evaluative about the gods' will. Augurs were official, elite positions in the Roman world. However, there is evidence for non-official, nonelite (but still specialized) augurs long before Roman times (Egypt, Etruscan, Greek) as well as during the height of the Empire.
Subject
Religion; Hellenistic religions; Greek religions; Roman religious traditions; Roman state religions; Greek religions in rome; Italic religions
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-02-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0376508
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68393
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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