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The augural ceremony and function of the augur was central to any major undertaking in Roman society – public or private – including matters of war, commerce, and religion. Augurs sought the divine will regarding any proposed course of action which might affect Rome's pax, fortuna, and salus (peace, good fortune, and well-being). [2]
An augur with sacred chicken; he holds a lituus, the curved wand often used as a symbol of augury on Roman coins. Augury was a Greco-Roman religion 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".
Roman augurs by century (3 C) Augurs of the Roman Republic (3 C, 1 P) Augurs of the Roman Empire (33 P) Pages in category "Roman augurs" The following 2 pages are in ...
Pages in category "Augurs of the Roman Empire" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Since Roman augurs predominantly looked at birds for omens, they were also called auspex ("bird watcher", plural auspices), however they also interpreted thunder, lightning, the behavior of certain animals, and strange events. The phrase "under the auspices" is derived from this need for a favourable reading of the omens by the augurs. [10] [11]
1st-century BC Roman augurs (2 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Augurs of the Roman Republic" This category contains only the following page.
The auguraculum (pl.: auguracula) was a roofless temple oriented to the cardinal points, in which the priests of ancient Rome practiced augury and ornithomancy. [1] The priest observer was positioned at the center of the temple, in a tent or a hut, and watched portions of the sky from which came the birds, which were marked out by stones placed along the perimeter of the temple.
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