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  • He was made one of the priests, whom the Romans call Augurs, in the room of Crassus the younger, dead in Parthia.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • He was made one of the priests, whom the Romans call Augurs, in the room of Crassus the younger, dead in Parthia.

    Cicero Plutarch 1909

  • In the classical period, members of the Roman College of Augurs were able to predict the future only because the events were foretold them by the voices of crows.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • CELER, QUINTUS CAECILIUS METELLUS brother-in-law of Pompey who married his sister, husband of Clodia, brother of Nepos; member of the College of Augurs; praetor; head of the most extensive and powerful family in Rome; a war hero with a powerful military reputation

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • I found out later he had no more faith in divination than Cicero had, and was a member of the College of Augurs only out of political expediency.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • More Heard: Siemens Tie-Up Augurs Well for Atos Atos said the deal will allow it to expand from its traditional market in western Europe into the faster-growing economies of eastern and northern Europe.

    Atos's Shares Surge on Siemens Deal Ruth Bender 2010

  • That discussion is being organized by the People's Organization for Progress and will feature Linward Augurs Cathcart, lifelong Plainfield resident -- a community activist from that point to this.

    Plainfield 1967: Remembering, Discussing Dan 2007

  • Guest speakers include longtime local activist Augurs Linward Cathcart and Zayid Muhammad, national minister of culture for the New Black Panther Party.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007

  • Guest speakers include longtime local activist Augurs Linward Cathcart and Zayid Muhammad, national minister of culture for the New Black Panther Party.

    People's Organization for Progress will mark Plainfield riot Dan 2007

  • Obama's Inaugural Speech Augurs Badly for Change yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama\'s Inaugural Speech Augurs Badly for Change'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Listening to Obama\'s inaugural speech impressed solely by its obvious continuity of the process that Bush and Cheney helped along it\'s way.

    Obama's Inaugural Speech Augurs Badly for Change 2009

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