concept
the auspices
auspices
also: auspicia
The signs taken from birds and sky by which the gods' assent to public acts was sought; a magistrate faultily inaugurated, or thunder on his entry, vitiated his office.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §31 the augurs being summoned pronounced
The signs taken from birds and sky by which the gods' assent to public acts was sought; a magistrate faultily inaugurated, or thunder on his entry, vitiated his office.