Note 137 — Chapter I · THE EARLIEST CONSTITUTION OF ROME

Liv. iv. 2 “Quas quantasque res C. Canuleium adgressum? Conluvionem gentium, perturbationem auspiciorum publicorum privatorumque adferre.” Yet this passage has only an indirect reference to the matrimonial auspicia. The argument is that intermarriage would cause the pure Patriciate to disappear, and with it the general right of taking auspicia impetrativa.