grape that he offered to the gods. His story was immediately famous and he became the augur of the king (see above the episode with king Tarquinius narrated by Livy). Henceforth he was considered the patron of the augurs. See also Auguraculum De Divinatione Inauguration Omen Ornithomancy Notes Sources Beard, M., North, J., Price, S., Religions of Rome, Volume I, illustrated, reprint, Cambridge University Press, 1998. s.v. augures. Rosenstein, Nathan S. Imperatores Victi: Military Defeat and Aristocractic Competition in the Middle and Late Republic. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990 1990. (e-book, open access) External links article Augurium in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities Wissowa, Augures in Paulys Realencyclopaedie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaften vol. II (trans. into English) Roman augurs Divination