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47. Q. Metello T. Didio coss. AUC 656/98 BC

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bubone in Capitolio supra deorum simulacra viso cum piaretur, taurus victima exanimis concidit. fulmine pleraque decussa. hastae Martis in regia motae. ludis in theatro creta candida pluit: fruges et tempestates portendit bonas. sereno tonuit. apud aedem Apollinis decemviris immolantibus caput iocineris non fuit, sacrificantibus anguis ad aram inventus. item androgynus in mare deportatus. in circo inter pila militum ignis fusus. Hispani pluribus proeliis devicti. When an owl was seen on the Capitol above the statues of the gods it was atoned for, a bull intended as a sacrifice fell down dead. Many places were shattered by lightning. The spears of Mars in the Regia moved. At the games in the theatre it rained white chalk. It portended crops and good weather. It thundered on a tranquil day. At the temple of Apollo, when the decemvirs were making a sacrifice, the head of the liver was missing, ahd as they were sacrificing a snake was found at the altar. Also a hermaphrodite was carried down to the sea. In the Circus fire radiated among the javelins of the soldiers. The Spanish were defeated in several battles.