Augur, priest and official of ancient Rome. Performing an ex tripudiis ritual with Mars' sacred chickens. In crimson mantle over a toga, holding a lituus or curved wand in front of a sacrificial altar. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L’antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.

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