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46. M. Antonio A. Postumio coss. AUC 655/99 BC

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bubone in urbe viso urbs lustrata. nimbis et procella plurima dissipata, fulmino pleraque tacta. Lanuvii in aede Iunonis Sospitae in cubiculo deae sanguinis guttae visae. Nursiae aedes sacra terrae motu disiecta. Lusitani rebellantes subacti. Sex. tius tribunus plebis de agris dividendis populo cum repugnantibus collegis pertinaciter legem ferret, corvi duo numero in alto volantes ita pugnaverunt supra contionem, ut rostris unguibusque lacerarentur. aruspices sacra Apollini litanda et de lege, quae ferebatur, supersedendum pronuntiarunt. fremitus ab inferno ad caelum ferri visus inopiam famemque portendit. populus stipem, matronae thesaurum et virgines dona Cereri et Proserpinae tulerunt. per virgines viginti septem cantitatum. signa cupressea duo Iunoni Reginae posita. in Lusitania prospere a Romanis pugnatum. When an owl was seen in the city, the city was lustrated. A storm cloud and a whirlwind demolished a large number of places, many places were struck by lightning. At Lanuvium in the temple of Juno Sospita in the chamber of the goddess drops of blood were seen. At Nursia a sacred shrine was destroyed by an earth tremor. The Lusitanians who were rebelling were subjugated. When Sex. tius, tribune of the people, stubbornly introduced a law about the division of land for the people in spite of his colleagues’ opposition, ravens, two in number, flying through the sky fought so viciously above the assembly that they tore each other with their beaks and talons. The haruspices pronounced that sacred rites ought to be offered to Apollo and about the law, which was being carried, that it should be refrained from OR passed.?? [CHK Richard] A roaring which seemed to rise from the underworld to the heavens portended want and famine. The people brought a donation, the married women a treasury and the unmarried women gifts to Ceres and Proserpina. There was singing by twenty seven maidens. Two cypress wood statues were deposited for Juno Regina. In Lusitania, the war was fought successfully by the Romans.