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92 Why do they give a chaplet of oak leaves to the man who has saved the life of a citizen in time of war? Cf. Life of Coriolanus, chap. iii. (214 e-f); Pliny, Natural History, xvi. 4 (11-14); Polybius, vi. 39. 6; Aulus Gellius, v. 6.

92 Is it because it is easy to find an abundance of oak leaves everywhere on a campaign?

92 Or is it because the chaplet is sacred to Jupiter and Juno, whom they regard as guardians of the city?

92 Or is the custom an ancient inheritance from the Arcadians, who have a certain kinship with the oak? For they are thought to have been the first men sprung from the earth, even as the oak was the first plant.

93 Why do they make most use of vultures in augury?

93 Is it because twelve vultures appeared to Romulus at the time of the founding of Rome? Or is it because this is the least frequent and familiar of birds? For it is not easy to find a vulture’s nest, but these birds suddenly swoop down from afar; wherefore the sight of them is portentous.

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