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Nicolaus of Damascus' life of Augustus

Note 114 — TRANSLATION

Clayton Morris Hall translation

24.[114] According to the Greek mode of orientation to the east, which Nicolaus has in mind, the back of one sacrificing would be kept toward the west. The Romans followed the Etruscan rule of facing south, in which case the west, being on the right, would not be an unfavorable quarter.

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