Note 477 — Chapter II · THE GROWTH OF THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION
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Liv. iii. 32 “augur (mortuus est) C. Horatius Pulvillus; in cujus locum C. Veturium eo cupidius, quia damnatus a plebe erat, augures legere.” The pontifex maximus was early an exception to this rule; see the comitia sacerdotum in the section dealing with the people.