Divination and Portents in the Roman WorldRobin Lorsch Wildfang, Jacob Isager University Press of Southern Denmark, 2000 - Всего страниц: 79 The ancient Romans believed that the gods sent signs of future events to men through the flight of birds, meteorological disturbances and other natural phenomena. These signs influenced every sphere of ancient life, both public and private, from a state's decision to go to war or make peace, hold an election or meet a public crisis to an individual's business, mariage or travel plans. The book illustrates how the various Roman divinatory techniques were inter-woven into the structures of ancient society as well as how they were used in literary contexts. The intriguing question of the alleged doublethink among the Roman intellectuals in their attitude to Divination is another important theme taken up in Divination & Portents in the Roman World. |
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... Vitellius him- self ( praecipuum ipse Vitellius ostentum erat ) , devoid of military skills and entirely without a plan . " Tacitus ' main point is clear enough : in such a situation one hardly needed flocks of birds and reluctant bulls ...
... Vitellius him- self ( praecipuum ipse Vitellius ostentum erat ) , devoid of military skills and entirely without a plan . " Tacitus ' main point is clear enough : in such a situation one hardly needed flocks of birds and reluctant bulls ...
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... Vitellius ' incompetence . The point of the comment , in other words , is anchored , not in the past , but in the present : Vitellius cannot tell the very blackest day in all Roman history from any other , and his friends and associates ...
... Vitellius ' incompetence . The point of the comment , in other words , is anchored , not in the past , but in the present : Vitellius cannot tell the very blackest day in all Roman history from any other , and his friends and associates ...
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... Vitellius was frightened by the omen , but that he was the omen . Since Tacitus has by this time described Vitellius as omnis humani divinique iuris expers ( 2.91.1 ) , it would not make much sense to de- pict him now as frightened by ...
... Vitellius was frightened by the omen , but that he was the omen . Since Tacitus has by this time described Vitellius as omnis humani divinique iuris expers ( 2.91.1 ) , it would not make much sense to de- pict him now as frightened by ...
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