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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]
The men who interpreted these signs, revealing the will of the gods were called augurs. Similar to records of court precedents, augurs kept books containing records of past signs, the necessary rituals, prayers, and other resources to help other augurs, especially members of the ruling aristocracy, to understand the fundamentals of augury. [13]
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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (died 216 BC) was the Roman consul for 232 BC, [1] and according to Livy served again as suffect consul, possibly in 221. [2] He also served at one time as augur. According to Livy, in 218 BC, at the onset of the Second Punic War, he was in Sicily serving as propraetor. [3] Lepidus died in 216 BC. [4]
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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.