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  1. Auspicious

    wiktionary auspicious Auspicious is a Latin derived word originally pertaining to the taking of auspice s by the augur s of ancient Rome. It may refer to Auspicious number in numerology Auspicious number is a redirect to numerology Eight auspicious symbols see Ashtamangala Eight auspicious symbols is a redirect to Ashtamangala Auspicious wedding date In English discourse on aspects of Chinese culture, the word auspicious is a significant concept in Chinese New Year Numbers in Chinese culture Feng shui The Song to the Auspicious Cloud , an anthem of the Republic of China In Tibetan Buddhism Great Auspicious Beauty , one of the Seventeen Tantras of Menngagde In Thai culture The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems see Order of the Nine Gems The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn see Order of the Rajamitrabhorn The Auspicious Incident , an event in the history of the Ottoman Empire See also Faust Shiva disambig ...   more details



  1. Auspex (disambiguation)

    wiktionary auspex Auspex is a defunct computer company of the United States. Auspex band Auspex is a French metal band. Auspex may also refer to Auspice , a diviner who reads omens from the flight of birds. A Latin title, meaning augur used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire Empire see also Haruspex Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex 3rd century , governor of Britannia Superior A set of supernatural powers which enhance the user s perception, including ESP, in the game Vampire the Masquerade . Auspex may also refer to certain technologies and devices in the Warhammer 40k universe. The present day equivalent would be called non optically based remote sensing devices such as radar, sonar and geiger counters. disambig Category Surnames ...   more details



  1. Monte Sacro

    File RomaPonteNomentanoLatoValle.jpg thumb The Ponte Nomentano Expand Italian topic geo date January 2009 Monte Sacro Monte Sacro is a hill in Rome on the banks of the river Aniene , some kilometres to the north east of the Campidoglio . It popularly derives its name from being the site of rituals by augur s or haruspex haruspices and gives its name to the Monte Sacro quarter Monte Sacro quarter . History Plebeian revolt 494 BC empty section date December 2011 coord 41.940833333333 N 12.5325 E source dewiki region IT type landmark format dms display title Category Hills of Rome Lazio geo stub bg Mons Sacer ca Mont Sagrat de Mons Sacer es Monte Sacro fr Mont Sacr it Monte Sacro la Mons Sacer Roma ...   more details



  1. Graphiphora

    Taxobox image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Graphiphora genus authority Ochsenheimer, 1816 Graphiphora is a genus of moth s of the Noctuidae family. Species Graphiphora augur small Fabricius, 1775 small References http www.nhm.ac.uk jdsml research curation projects butmoth GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL &FAMILYqtype starts with&FAMILY noctuidae&SUBFAMILYqtype starts with&SUBFAMILY &TRIBEqtype starts with&TRIBE &SUBTRIBEqtype starts with&SUBTRIBE &GENUSqtype starts with&GENUS &AUTHORqtype starts with&AUTHOR &YEARqtype equals&YEAR &sort GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database http www.nic.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia noctuoidea noctuidae noctuinae graphiphora index.html Graphiphora at funet Category Noctuinae Noctuinae stub vi Graphiphora ...   more details



  1. Pullularius

    Multiple issues refimprove July 2009 notability July 2009 The pullularius was the keeper of chicken s used in alectryomancy , a form of public augur y in ancient Rome . It was the job of the pullularius to throw food for the chickens, and shake the basket they were in, if need be, to get them to emerge. ref Plutarch. Lives of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, c. 17. In Waterfield, Robin. Plutarch, Roman Lives, pp. 96, 453 note to p. 96 ISBN 978 0 19 282502 5 ref The cockerels were consulted by military leaders as a predictor of fortune. ref http books.google.com books?id dVtZrdAWOCUC&pg PT70&lpg PT70&dq chicken augury&source bl&ots XkRNzLC9a4&sig 4B6E5gXb5mC12AbEmr0xZPAG97c&hl en&ei hsdWSuKQLJHYsgOa1vm Dg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5 The Chicken Book By Page Smith, Charles Daniel ref References references Category Divination Category Ancient Roman religion ...   more details



  1. Cornificia

    reading small CORNIFICIA Q. F. CAMERI Q. CORNIFICIUS Q. F. FRATER PR. AUGUR small Cornificia, the daughter of Quintus, wife of Camerius, and her brother Quintus Cornificius, Praetor and Augur ...   more details



  1. Lucius Calpurnius Piso

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Four notables of ancient Rome were named Lucius Calpurnius Piso Lucius Calpurnius Piso consul 15 BC , pontifex Lucius Calpurnius Piso consul 1 BC , augur Lucius Calpurnius Piso consul 27 Lucius Calpurnius Piso consul 175 See also Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi consul 133 BC , one of the Annalists Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi , Roman usurper Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus , father in law of Julius Caesar Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus consul 112 BC Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus DEFAULTSORT Piso, Lucius Calpurnius Category Articles about multiple people in ancient Rome Category Calpurnii ca Luci Calpurni Pis de Lucius Calpurnius Piso fr Lucius Calpurnius Piso it Lucio Calpurnio Pisone fi Lucius Calpurnius Piso ...   more details



  1. Lex Ogulnia

    Lex Ogulnia 300 BC is one of the results of the long class struggle between Patrician ancient Rome patrician s and plebeian s. This law was named after tribune Quintus Ogulnius Gallus . With this law the priesthood s were open to plebeians. It also increased number of pontifices from five to nine including pontifex maximus . The first plebeian pontifex maximus Tiberius Coruncanius was appointed in 254 BC . Also it demanded five augur s to be plebeian. See also Other laws concerning the status of plebeians Lex Canuleia 445 BC Leges Liciniae Sextiae 367 BC Lex Hortensia 287 BC Roman Law List of Roman laws External links http web.upmf grenoble.fr Haiti Cours Ak The Roman Law Library, incl. Leges Category Roman law Ancient Rome stub ca Llei Og lnia de Lex Ogulnia it Lex Ogulnia pl Lex Ogulnia pt Lex Ogulnia uk Lex Ogulnia ...   more details



  1. Estonia national futsal team

    Mark Boskin nat fs g player no 12 pos GK age Bda 1985 11 10 caps 9 goals 0 clubnat EST club SK Augur ... age Bda 1987 03 17 caps 7 goals 2 clubnat EST club SK Augur name Mait Anton nat fs g player no 10 ... g player no 8 pos DF age Bda 1987 04 15 caps 4 goals 0 clubnat EST club SK Augur name Marko Arge nat fs g player no 19 pos DF age Bda 1984 01 03 caps 8 goals 1 clubnat EST club SK Augur name Antti Arst ... EST club SK Augur name Martin Taska nat fs g player no 7 pos DF age Bda 1991 04 02 caps 9 goals ... club SK Augur name Roman Minlibajev nat fs g player no 6 pos FW age Bda 1984 05 14 caps 3 goals 0 clubnat EST club SK Augur name Indrek Siska nat fs g player no 9 pos FW age Bda 1983 06 12 caps 5 goals ...   more details



  1. Auspice

    Rome ancient Roman religion , the auspices provided divine signs to be interpreted by an augur . An augur ... in Ancient Rome main augur In ancient Rome, the appointment and inauguration of any magistrate .... It was believed that if an augur committed an error in the interpretation of the signs or, vitia ... should occur. Cicero, an augur himself, accounts how the monopoly of the patricians created ..., s.v. Coelestia ref Whenever an augur reported that Jupiter had sent down thunder and lightning, no comitia ... be interpreted by an appointed augur as some form of will of the Gods. ref See e.g. Hor. Carm. iii ... performed by the augur during the reading of the auspice. ref name Potter153 The other category ... the magistrate was accompanied by an augur it was up to them to decide whether or not the offered sign was significant. ref name Potter153 See also Augur References Wiktionary reflist Sources 1728 ...   more details



  1. Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring

    AUGUR website is located at http augur.ecacnav.com augur app home http augur.ecacnav.com augur app home EUROCONTROL puts a disclaimer on its data stating that USCG data takes precedence , whereas the FAA certifies its website as meeting regulatory requirements. As of 1st July 2012 AUGUR ... AC90 100A GPS RAIM PREDICTION FAA RAIM prediction and flight planning. http augur.ecacnav.com augur app home AUGUR the Eurocontrol GPS RAIM prediction tool. https tools.dwint.com grps GRPS the DW International ...   more details



  1. Antti Arst

    Infobox football biography playername Antti Arst image caption fullname Antti Arst dateofbirth bda df yes 1983 01 03 cityofbirth countryofbirth Estonia height height m 1.76 precision 0 position Defender football defender , midfielder currentclub SK Augur clubnumber youthyears1 youthclubs1 years1 clubs1 caps1 goals1 totalcaps totalgoals nationalyears1 ? nationalteam1 Estonia national beach soccer team Estonia beach soccer nationalcaps1 10 nationalgoals1 4 nationalyears2 2008 nationalteam2 Estonia national futsal team Estonia futsal nationalcaps2 3 nationalgoals2 0 medaltemplates club update nationalteam update Antti Arst born 3 January 1983 is an Estonia n Association football football , beach soccer and futsal player, who plays for SK Augur . He plays the position of Defender football defender , but is also comfortable as a midfielder . He is 1.76 m tall and weights 80 kg. ref name Arst http augur.cma.ee index.php?lang est&main id 87 Player info on SK Augur s site ref Career Arst decided leave professional football and moved to the USA to pick up an higher education in University of Dayton . Before leaving Estonia , to study business in the USA , he was a member of Estonia n most successful club, FC Flora Tallinn . ref http www.rsssf.com tablese est03.html RSSSF ref In the USA he played college soccer for local Dayton Flyers . ref http www.daytonflyers.com sports m soccer mtt arst antti00.html College Soccer Profile ref ref http www.soccernet.ee antti arst sarab ka saalis Antti Arst s rab ka saalis et icon ref In 2007, after he achieved International Business diploma, he came back to Estonia to play for JK N mme Kalju . ref http www.ohtuleht.ee index.aspx?id 237929 USA diplomiga vutimees liitus N mme Kaljuga et icon ref Before the season, he played in 2006 Estonian Aastal puturniir indoor season ending tournament for FC Flora Tallinn . ref http www.fcflora.ee index.php?lang est&main id 7&id 75 Antti Arst m ngib Aastal puturniiril FC Flora eest et icon ref ref http w ...   more details



  1. Publius Cornelius Scipio (prosopography)

    Scipio Africanus augur . Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio consul 138 BC and Pontifex Maximus was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus augur and grandson maternally of Scipio Africanus ...   more details



  1. Quintus Mucius Scaevola (praetor)

    Unreferenced date December 2009 About a Roman praetor living during the Second Punic War other men with this name Quintus Mucius Scaevola disambiguation Quintus Mucius Scaevola flourished late 3rd century BC was a politician of the Roman Republic . He was made praetor in 215 BC , and became governor of Sardinia , a post that was extended twice, first for two years, and then for another year. Publius Mucius Scaevola consul 175 BC Publius Mucius Scaevola and Quintus Mucius Scaevola consul 174 BC Quintus Mucius Scaevola , consul in 174 BC , are believed to have been his sons, and the brothers Publius Mucius Scaevola and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus , both becoming Pontifex Maximus, were therefore his grandsons by Publius, while Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur was his grandson by Quintus. See also Mucia gens DEFAULTSORT Mucius Scaevola, Quintus Category Roman governors of Sardinia Category Roman Republican praetors Category 3rd century BC Romans Category Mucii Scaevola, Quintus Mucius, praetor 215 BC bg 215 . . . ca Quint Muci Escevola pretor 215 aC es Quinto Mucio Esc vola pretor 215 a. C. it Quinto Mucio Scevola pretore 215 a.C. ru ...   more details



  1. Auger (disambiguation)

    Auger can refer to Auger , a drill for making large holes, e.g. in wood or in the earth Auger conveyor , device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting Auger effect , an electron effect in physics Auger electron spectroscopy , an analytical technique Auger shell , a gray or brown shell commonly found at the beach The Auger weapon, a rifle in the game Resistance Fall of Man which drills through walls. People Arleen Auger , famous American soprano Brian Auger , a jazz and rock keyboardist Claudine Auger , a former Miss France and actress during the 1960s and onwards Edmond Auger , 16th century French Jesuit Pierre Michel Auger , Canadian politician Pierre Victor Auger , a French physicist who studied cosmic rays. He gives his name to The Pierre Auger Observatory , an international cosmic ray observatory See also Agar , a gelatinous substance Augur , a type of priest in Ancient Rome disambiguation surname Category French language surnames da Naver de Auger es Auger fr Auger nl Auger ja ...   more details



  1. Ornithomancy

    Merge Auspice date September 2009 Ornithomancy Greek language Gk. is an Ancient Greek practice of reading omen s from the actions of birds , equivalent to the Augur Augury employed by the ancient Romans. Although it was mainly the flights and songs of birds that were studied, any action could have been interpreted to either foretell the future or relate a message from the gods. These omens were considered with the utmost seriousness by Greeks and Romans alike. This form of divination became a branch of Religion in ancient Rome Roman national religion , which had its own priesthood and practice. One notable example occurs in the Odyssey , when thrice an eagle appears, flying to the right, with a dead dove in its talons this augury was interpreted as the coming of Odysseus, and the death of his wife s suitors. Ornithomancy is mentioned several times in the Septuagint version of the Bible, where it is expressly forbidden. ref cf. http www.ccel.org ccel brenton lxx Page 256.html Deut 18 10 , http www.ccel.org ccel brenton lxx Page 155.html Lev 19 26 LXX ref Sources Spence, Lewis, An Encyclopedia of Occultism , New York, Carl Publishing Group Edition, 1996. ISBN 0 8065 1401 9 Manelbaum, Allen, The Odyssey of Homer , New York, Bantam Classic Edition, 1991. ISBN 0 553 21399 7 Notes reflist 2 Divination Category Divination Category Prophecy Category Ancient Greek religion Category Ancient Roman religion occult stub ar es Ornitomancia fr Ornithomancie it Ornitomanzia ...   more details



  1. Archer's Buzzard

    Taxobox name Archer s Buzzard image image caption image width status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Falconiformes br or Accipitriformes , q.v. familia Accipitridae genus Buteo species B. archeri binomial Buteo archeri binomial authority William Lutley Sclater WL Sclater , 1918 The Archer s Buzzard Buteo archeri is a 50 55 cm long Africa n bird of prey . The taxonomy on this species is confusing, with some taxonomists considering this species, the Jackal Buzzard , and the Augur Buzzard to be the same superspecies . Many taxonomists consider them all to be distinct, having different calls, different home ranges and slight variations in plumage. This is a species of mountains, and adjacent savannah and grassland. It is resident and bird migration non migratory throughout its range. It is normally found in northern Somalia . The adult Archer s Buzzard is strikingly plumaged. It is dark brown above with a dark tail. It has chestnut underparts, and rufous feathers above. It has white throat with black streaking. Juvenile birds are pale rufous to white below with sparse streaking on the upper breast. The diet of the Archer s Buzzard is mainly small ground mammals, but snakes, lizards, small ground birds, and insects. Typically, the raptor drops on its prey from a perch or hover. References External links Buteoninae Category African raptors Category Buteo eo Ar era buteo sv Somalivr k ...   more details



  1. Almo (god)

    Almo was in ancient Roman mythology the eponym ous god of a river in the vicinity of Rome. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink Leonhard Schmitz title Almo editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 132 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http quod.lib.umich.edu cgi t text pageviewer idx?c moa cc moa idno acl3129.0001.001 q1 demosthenes size l frm frameset seq 147 ref Like Tiberinus god Tiberinus and others, he was prayed to by the augur s of Rome. In the water of Almo the statue of the mother of the gods, Cybele , used to be washed. ref Cicero , De Natura Deorum iii. 20 ref ref comp. Marcus Terentius Varro Varro De lingua latina v. 71, ed. M ller ref He had a naiad daughter named Larunda . ref cite book last Seyffert first Oskar authorlink Oskar Seyffert coauthors Henry Nettleship , ed. title A Dictionary of Classical Antiquity Mythology, Religion, Literature and Art publisher W. Glaisher date 1895 pages 373 url http www.google.com books?id pbcUAAAAYAAJ isbn ref References reflist Ancient Rome myth stub SmithDGRBM Category Roman gods Category Sea and river gods ...   more details



  1. Titus Albucius

    Titus Albucius , praetor c. 105 BC was a noted orator of the late Roman Republic . He finished his studies at Athens at the latter end of the 2nd century BC, and belonged to the Epicurean sect. He was well acquainted with Greek literature, or rather, says Cicero , was almost a Greek. ref name Cicero, Brut. 35 Cicero, Brut. 35. ref On account of his affecting on every occasion the Greek language and philosophy, he was satirized by Gaius Lucilius Lucilius , whose lines upon him are preserved by Cicero ref Cicero, de Fin. i. 3 ref and Cicero himself speaks of him as a light minded man. He accused, but unsuccessfully, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur Mucius Scaevola , the augur, of maladministration repetundae in his province. ref Cicero, Brut. 26, De Orat. ii. 70. ref In 105 BC Albucius was praetor in Sardinia , and in consequence of some insignificant success which he had gained over some robbers, he celebrated a Roman triumph triumph in the province. On his return to Rome , he applied to the Roman Senate Senate for the honour of a supplicatio , but this was refused, and he was accused in 103 BC of repetundae by Gaius Julius Caesar proconsul of Asia, 90s BC Gaius Julius Caesar the elder , and condemned. Pompeius Strabo had offered himself as the accuser, but he was not allowed to conduct the prosecution, because he had been the quaestor of Albucius. ref Cicero, De Prov. Cons. 7, in Pison. 38, Div. in Caecil. 19, de Off. ii. 14. ref After his condemnation, he went into exile at Athens and pursued the study of philosophy. ref Cicero, Tusculanae Quaestiones v. 37 Gordon P. Kelly, A History of Exile in the Roman Republic Cambridge University Press, 2006 , p. 175 http books.google.com books?id xVcg88VRu28C&pg PA175&dq 22Albucius was accused de repetundis 22&lr &as drrb is q&as minm is 0&as miny is &as maxm is 0&as maxy is &as brr 0&cd 1 v onepage&q 22Albucius 20was 20accused 20de 20repetundis 22&f false online. ref He left behind him some orations, which had been read by Cice ...   more details



  1. Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 15 BC)

    Cornelius Lentulus Augur years 15 BC s end References Dio Cassius , Bk. 54 Tacitus , Annals Tacitus ...   more details



  1. Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá

    Bah Shoghi Effendi , Guardian of the Bah Faith , designated nineteen Western Bah s as Disciples of Abdu l Bah and Heralds of the Covenant ref name Smith cite encyclopedia last Smith first Peter encyclopedia A concise encyclopedia of the Bah Faith title Disciples of Abdu l Bah year 2000 publisher Oneworld Publications location Oxford id ISBN 1 85168 184 1 pages p. 122 ref John Esslemont Dr. John E. Esslemont Thornton Chase Howard MacNutt Sarah Farmer Hippolyte Dreyfus Barney Lillian Kappes Robert Turner Albert Schwarz ref This is the name that appears in Bah World, Vol. IV. In Vol. III the name is Arthur Brauns ref Lua Getsinger Joseph Hannen Chester I. Thatcher Charles Greenleaf Mrs. J. D. Brittingham Mrs. Thornburgh Helen S. Goodall Arthur P. Dodge William H. Hoar Dr. J. G. Augur William Randall In volumes of the Bah World published in 1930 and 1933, a list of the Disciples, prepared by Shoghi Effendi, together with their photographs, has been published. No other statements about them has been found in Shoghi Effendi s writings. ref cite encyclopedia last Troxel first Duane K. encyclopedia Bah Encyclopedia Project title Augur, George Jacob 1853 1927 year 2009 publisher National Spiritual Assembly of the Bah s of the United States location Evanston, IL url http www.bahai encyclopedia project.org index.php?view article&catid 37 3Abiography&id 170 3Aaugur george jacob&option com content&Itemid 74 ref See also Letters of the Living Apostles of Bah u ll h Knights of Bah u ll h Hands of the Cause References references The Bah World, vol. 3 1928 30 . New York Bah Publishing Committee, 1930. pp. 84 85. The Bah World, vol. 4 . New York Bah Publishing Committee, 1933. pp. 118 19. cite encyclopedia last Stockman first Robert H. encyclopedia Bah Encyclopedia Project title Dodge, Arthur Pillsbury 1849 1915 year 2009 publisher National Spiritual Assembly of the Bah s of the United States location Evanston, IL url http www.bahai encyclop ...   more details



  1. Leptocoris

    Taxobox name Serinethinae regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hemiptera familia Rhopalidae subfamilia Serinethinae genus Leptocoris genus authority Carl Wilhelm Hahn Carl Hahn , 1833 Leptocoris is the largest genus of the serinethinae soapberry bug subfamily. The 41 species of this genus are distributed throughout Africa, South Asia, and Oceania and are thought to have originated in Africa, where the greatest diversity of Leptocoris species are found. ref G llner Scheiding, U. 1983 General Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae Heteroptera . Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 59, 37 189. ref ref G llner Scheiding, U. 1980 Revision der afrikanischen Arten sowie Bemerkungen zu weiteren Arten der Gattungen Leptocoris Hahn, 1833, und Boisea Kirkaldy, 1910. Dtsch. ent. Z., N.F. 27, 103 148. ref Members of this genus are large bodied and have short, wide pronota they are similar in appearance to the New World genus Jadera of which there is no range overlap . Leptocoris species can be easily distinguished from the small, slender Boisea of which there is substantial range overlap . The Australian Leptocoris tagalicus has been studied for its ability to rapidly adapt to invasive hosts e.g. Cardiospermum balloon vine and is seen as a possible means of biocontrol for environmental weeds. ref Carroll, S.P., Loye, J.E., Dingle, H, et al. 2005 Ecology of Leptocoris Hahn Hemiptera Rhopalidae soapberry bugs in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 44, 344. ref ref Carroll, S.P., Loye, J.E., Dingle, H., et al. 2005 And the beak shall inherit evolution in response to invasion. Ecology Letters, 8, 944 951. ref The southeast Asian species Leptocoris vicinus is common in urban settings, although it is frequently misidentified as Leptocoris augur . Species div style moz column count 4 column count 4 Leptocoris abdominalis Leptocoris aethiops Leptocoris affinis Leptocoris albisoleatus Leptocoris amictus Leptocoris augur Leptocoris bahram Leptocoris capitis Leptocoris chevreuxi L ...   more details



  1. Picus

    other uses In Roman mythology , Picus was the first king of Latium . He was known for his skill at augur y and horsemanship. The witch Circe turned him into a woodpecker for scorning her love. Picus wife was Canens mythology Canens , a nymph who killed herself after his transformation. They had one son, Faunus . According to grammarian Maurus Servius Honoratus Servius , Picus s love for Pomona was itself scorned. He is featured in one of the Metamorphoses of Ovid . Virgil says that he was the son of Saturn mythology Saturnus and the grandfather of Latinus , the king of the Laurentines whom Aeneas and his Troy Trojans fought upon reaching Italy. Italic people believed Picus was the son of the god of war Mars and attributed his avine transformation to his skills at interpreting bird omens. One of the function he performed was to lead the deduction of colonies made up of younger generation folk with his flight, which traditionally took place in spring and was performed according to a religious ritual known as ver sacrum . The people of the Piceni derived their name from the memory of this ritual. Sources Ovid Metamorphoses 14.320 434 Virgil Aeneid 7.45 49, 170 191 Maurus Servius Honoratus Servius on Aeneid 7.190 Diodorus Siculus 6, frag. 5 Category Roman mythology Category Characters in the Aeneid Category Fortune gods Category Roman gods Ancient Rome myth stub bg ca Picus de Picus Mythologie el es Pico mitolog a it Pico mitologia la Picus deus lt Pikas mitologija pl Pikus mitologia rzymska pt Pico mitologia ru fi Picus sv Picus mytologi ...   more details



  1. Inauguration

    unreferenced date August 2009 File Jfk inauguration.jpg thumb right Inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, January 20, 1961 An inauguration is a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a leader s term of office. An inaugural address is the speech given at this ceremony which informs the people of his her intentions as a leader. Political inaugurations often feature wiktionary lavish lavish ceremonies, in which the politician publicly takes his or her oath of office in front of a large crowd of spectators. The equivalent ceremony in another jurisdiction may be called a Oath of allegiance swearing in . A monarchical inauguration is similar to what in another jurisdiction may be called a coronation or enthronement . Other than personal inaugurations, the term can also refer to the official opening or beginning of an institution or structure, for example the inauguration of a new Canada United States border crossing . The historical source of the word inauguration stems from the Latin augur , which refers to the rituals of ancient Roman priests seeking to interpret if it was the will of the gods for a public official to be deemed worthy to assume office. See also wiktionary inauguration Coronation Philippine presidential inauguration Russian presidential inauguration Brazilian presidential inauguration United States presidential inauguration External links http www.history.ac.uk reviews paper fitzpatrickresp.html Gaelic Inauguration Category Ceremonies Category State ritual and ceremonies politics stub bg cs Inaugurace de Inauguration et Inauguratsioon fa lt Inauguracija nl Inauguratie ru simple Inauguration tl Pagpapasinaya tt uk ...   more details



  1. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus may refer to Marcus Aemilius Lepidus consul 232 BC , consul in 232 BC and 221 BC, and augur Marcus Aemilius Lepidus consul 187 BC , consul in 187 BC and 175 BC, Pontifex Maximus 180 152 BC, and censor Marcus Aemilius Lepidus consul 158 BC , consul in 158 BC Marcus Aemilius Lepidus 120 77 BC , consul in 78 BC Marcus Aemilius Lepidus triumvir , son of the previous, part of the Second Triumvirate, consul in 46 BC and 42 BC, Pontifex Maximus 44 12 BC Lepidus the Younger , only son of Lepidus the triumvir and Junia Secunda sister to Marcus Junius Brutus Marcus Aemilius Lepidus consul 6 , consul in 6, general during the Illyrian War Marcus Aemilius Lepidus executed 39 , nephew of the above and brother in law to Emperor Caligula See also Aemilia gens hndis Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius DEFAULTSORT Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius bg ca Marc Emili L pid cs Marcus Aemilius Lepidus da Marcus Aemilius Lepidus de Marcus Aemilius Lepidus es Marco Emilio L pido fr Aemilius Lepidus gl L pido hr Marko Emilije Lepid is Lepidus it Marco Emilio Lepido disambigua lt Marcus Aemilius Lepidus hu Marcus Aemilius Lepidus egy rtelm s t lap nl Marcus Aemilius Lepidus pl Marek Emiliusz Lepidus pt Marco Em lio L pido desambigua o ru sk Marcus Aemilius Lepidus sr sh Marko Emilije Lepid fi Marcus Aemilius Lepidus sv Marcus Aemilius Lepidus uk ...   more details




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