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Tacitus, The Histories, Volumes I and II

Note 185 — BOOK I (continued 2)

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation

He would lead the victim, before sacrificing it, round the ancient boundary of the city, and thus avert the disasters threatened by the alarming omens detailed in the last chapter.

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