Note 135 — Chapter I · THE EARLIEST CONSTITUTION OF ROME
Reading edition
Cic. de Div. i. 16, 28 “Nihil fere quondam majoris rei, nisi auspicato, ne privatim quidem, gerebatur: quod etiam nunc nuptiarum auspices declarant, qui, re omissa, nomen tantum tenent.” In i. 17, 31 we have the story of Attus Navius taking auspices by aves in a private matter. Cf. Liv. vi. 41.