NAVIVS


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NAVIVS. - The Augur Naevius, with head veiled, and holding the lituus in his left hand, kneels before Tarquinius Priscus, who stands clothed in the toga, and sees with astonishment the miracle performed cutting a whetstone in two with a razor.

This insctiprion and type on a brass medallion of Antoninus Pius, assist in handing down, from the mass of Roman traditions that notable prodigy performed by Accius Navius for the timely and effectual removal of all doubts in the King's minf as to the veritable powers of augury!

See Augur.


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