INFLUENCE OF DIVINATION AND AUGURY ON THE ROMAN STATE; PONTIFICES, AUGURES, SIBYLLINE BOOK AND
DIVINATION


LECTISTERNIUM
¢Roman propitaitory ceremony
¢Couch (lectus) and statue
¢Pairs of gods – Apollo and Latona, Hercules and Diana, Mercury and Neptune

SIBYLLINE BOOKS
¢Libri Sibyllini
¢Tarquinius Superbus
¢Twelve Sibyls
¢Oracula Sibyllina – Sibylline Oracles

AUGURES
¢Interprets of god´s will by studying the flight of birds
¢Role in the public life
¢Auguria
¢Example – the inaguration of Numa Pompilius
¢Attus Navius