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    The Augur
    The Augur
    The Augur
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    The Augur

    By AM Kirkby

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    Nothing in Rome can be done without an augury. A magistrate is elected, a law is made, a marriage is arranged; the augur reads the signs in the heavens - the flight of birds, or the roar of thunder. It is, in many ways, a formality; but sometimes the gods seem to speak more directly, and a man's sanity could easily be threatened.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAM Kirkby
    Release dateJan 2, 2015
    ISBN9781311469731
    The Augur
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    A M Kirkby writes a wide range of fiction, including fantasy, SF and historical novels and short stories.

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      The Augur - AM Kirkby

      The Augur

      by A.M.Kirkby

      Published by A.M.Kirkby at Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 A.M.Kirkby

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      It's difficult to get respect these days, at least if you're an Etruscan.

      I could pass for Roman, to look at. I wear the toga, I pay my respects to the Roman gods, I'm what you might call assimilated, I am a citizen despite my Etruscan roots, I even have a place in one of the priestly colleges; but as soon as they find out my name, they know what I am. The Spurinna spring from a line of princes, but who cares about that? And the Cilnii, or the Kfelne as they used to be; rulers and priests, but the two I know are a horse-tamer and a goldsmith. We used to rule Italy, now we're curiosities in our masters' peepshow, playing the flute, the fool, the prophet - the roles we're allowed.

      Cneve told me it's different in the north, where the Romans are the minority. But here in Rome, we have our parts to play, just like the white-clad Phrygian eunuch who wails for the Great Mother (no one ever asks him about the wife and children he deserted when the goddess called him, or his thoughts on the Latin Rights) and the leopards imported from Africa to be ripped apart at the better class of games.

      Cneve - Cnaeus, the Romans call him, but we use our true names among

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