CLA371H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Lapis Niger, Roman Mythology
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Different festivals rural setting: city setting. Books and records at rome: various inscriptions (dedicatory, etc. ) We don"t have documents dating back to that very earlier period but we do have references to records kept from the collegia (priestly groups: records from priestly colleges. Pontifices kept records preserving a number of different events. Augurs = connected with prophecy and divination based on communication from the gods (particularly in the form of lights and birds; watching the skies: books passed down in elite clans. Families kept records as well; histories accompanied by oral traditions. May have been small groups eventually but quickly evolve into large clans that can have heavy influence on political state. If the records are being kept can influence the history of the state (may change events, pay more attention to others, discrepancies, etc : consular lists, historians (first: q. fabius pictor, 3rd cent.
