The Assassination of Julius Caesar: Explained
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Romans Love to Have Bad Omens
The omens that are listed are completely different in every source, which i quite enjoy. The romans loved to have terrible omens procede infamous moments in their history. Suetonius is earliest one to have one of proper omens. He has one where some tombs were dug up in capua and a guy called capis' tomb was discovered. It had a bronze tablet in it, which basically says when this tomb is moved, a son of ilium will die, and italy will suffer. And then the other birds kill him on the statue of pompey, which is like aceco. A bird called the king bird flying into the theatre of pom
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