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share in the divinities whose will was sought, but in the year 300,
enlarged by the admission of five plebeians. The augurs were elected
quite familiar, for they had been educated, we are told, at Gabii, the
was known to the teachers.
Following this advice, the brothers took up positions at a given time
Romulus being known as the Quintilii, and those of Remus as the Fabii.
birds which was to settle the question between them. We can imagine
and probably the two groups were about half a mile apart. On one side
snatched when infants, and around them rose.html">rose the other elevations over
From morning to evening they patiently watched, but in vain. Through
second day rose over the Coelian Hill, Remus beheld with exultation six.html">six.html">six
fortune had decided in his favor. The vulture was a bird seldom seen,
its appearance was looked upon as a good augury. The passage of the six
would, for Romulus, when he heard that Remus had seen six, asserted
determined that the city.html">city should be begun on the Palatine Hill. It is
name from the town of Pallantium, in Arcadia, from which Evander came
was chosen as the one on which the new city should be begun (753 B.C.).
country people to purify themselves by fire and smoke, by sprinkling
drinking milk mixed with grape-juice. During the day they offered
the god of the shepherds. Three times, with faces turned to the. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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