...auspices without the latter, though the magistrates on the contrary could dispense with their assistance, as must frequently have happened in the appointment...decision was liable to severe punishment. (Cic. de Isy. ii. 8.) They thus possessed in reality a veto upon every important public transaction. It was...

...auspices without the latter, though the magistrates on the contrary could dispense with their assistance, as must frequently have happened in the appointment...they were present or not at the time of taking them j and whoever questioned their decision was liahlo to severe punishment. (Cic. de Leg. ii. 8.) They...

...latter, though the magistrates on the contrary could dispense with their assistance. At the same time it must be borne in mind, that as the augurs were the...declaring whether the auspices were valid or invalid. They thus possessed in reality a veto upon every important public transaction ; and they fre quently...

...auspices without the latter, though the magistrates on the contrary could dispense with their assistance, as must frequently have happened in the appointment...liable to severe punishment. (Cic. de Leg. ii. 8.) They thus possessed in reality a veto upon every important public transaction. It was this power which...

...opposition. 5. Auepiciis ementiendis.] 'By fabricating omens.' The augurs, as interpreters of their science, possessed the right of declaring whether the auspices were valid or invalid, and whoever questioned their decision was liable to severe punishment. They thus possessed in reality a...

...pretension was not very mysterious. When a city was founded in old times, it was usually the work of a ' military expeditions at a distance from the city....liable to severe punishment (Cic. de Leg. ii. 8). ' They thus possessed in reality a veto upon every important public 'transaction.' — Article Augur...

...opposition. n. Auspiciis ementicndis.] 'By fabricating omens.' The nugun, as interpreters of their science, possessed the right of declaring whether the auspices were valid or invalid, and whoever questioned their decision was liable to severe punishment. They thus possessed in reality a...

...the magistrates could dispense with their assistance. The augurs, as the interpreters of the science, possessed the right of declaring whether the auspices were valid or invalid (Cic. Legg. ii. 8, 21). They thus possessed in reality a veto upon every important public transaction,...

...must be borne in mind, ' that as the augurs were the interpreters of the science, they pos' sessed the right of declaring whether the auspices were valid...taking them ; and whoever questioned their decision was the Augur being only called in to give his opinion on the interpretation of an augury, as a doctor...