Augur (Nova Roma)

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−	[[Category: Religio Romana (Nova Roma)]]	+	Nine [[Augur (Nova Roma)|''augures'']] are high priests assisting magistrates in taking the [[auspicium|auspices]] and advising the [[Senate (Nova Roma)|Senate]] and the [[:Category:Magistrates (Nova Roma)|magistrates]] on various aspects of divination, not the least of which is the proper handling of prodigies and portents. The ''augures'' are empowered to create [[templum|''templa'']], or sacred spaces. The ''augures'' form the '''[[Collegium augurum (Nova Roma)|Collegium Augurum]]''', presided by the '''''magister collegii''''', the chief augur. The college of the ''augures'' is the second highest ranking of the four major priestly colleges of the [[Nova Roman Republic]].
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−	An '''augur''' of Antiquity was one who served the Republic in an advisory role, assisting magistrates in taking the auspices, and advising the Senate and the magistrates on various aspects of divination, not the least of which was the proper handling of prodigies and portents.	+	==Powers and duties of individual ''augures''==
−	In Nova Roma, the augur has taken on these roles, as well as the duty, at present, of taking the auspices himself before the holding of the Comitia Centuriata or the Comitia Populi Tributa.	+	The Constitution of Nova Roma states:
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		+	:::'''b'''. Individual augurs shall have the following honors, powers, and responsibilities:
		+	::::'''1'''. To define ''templum'' (sacred space) and celebrate ''auguria'' (the rites of augury);
		+	::::'''2'''. To declare ''obnuntiatio'' (a declaration that unfavorable and unsolicited omens have been observed that justify a delay of a meeting of one of the ''comitia'' or the Senate).
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		+	===''Active augures''===
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		+	{{Table Augures}}
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		+	''(9 positions; 0 filled; 9 open (7 plebeian, 2 patrician))''
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		+	===''Augures emeriti''===
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		+	* [[Gaius Claudius Quadratus (Nova Roma)| C. Claudius Quadratus]]
		+	* [[Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus (Nova Roma)| C. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus]]
		+	* [[Flavius Vedius Germanicus (Nova Roma)|Fl. Vedius Germanicus]]
		+	* [[Marcus Lucretius Agricola (Nova Roma)|M. Lucretius Agricola]]
		+	* [[Caeso Fabius Buteo Modianus (Nova Roma)|K. Fabius Buteo Modianus]]
		+	* [[Marcus Moravius Piscinus Horatianus (Nova Roma)|M. Moravius Piscinus Horatianus]]
		+	* [[Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus (Nova Roma)|L. Equitius Cincinnatus]]
		+	* [[Gaius Aelius Ericius (Nova Roma)|C. Aelius Ericius]]
		+	* [[Marcus Gladius Saevus (Nova Roma)|M. Gladius Saevus]]
		+	* [[Damianus Lucianus Dexippus (Nova Roma)|Damianus Lucianus Dexippus]]</onlyinclude>
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		+	[[Category:Priests and priesthoods (Nova Roma)]]

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Nine augures are high priests assisting magistrates in taking the auspices and advising the Senate and the magistrates on various aspects of divination, not the least of which is the proper handling of prodigies and portents. The augures are empowered to create templa, or sacred spaces. The augures form the Collegium Augurum, presided by the magister collegii, the chief augur. The college of the augures is the second highest ranking of the four major priestly colleges of the Nova Roman Republic.

Powers and duties of individual augures

The Constitution of Nova Roma states:

Active augures

Gaius Claudius Quadratus Augur Magister Collegii

Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus Augur

Flavius Vedius Germanicus Augur

(9 positions; 0 filled; 9 open (7 plebeian, 2 patrician))

Augures emeriti

• C. Claudius Quadratus
• C. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
• Fl. Vedius Germanicus
• M. Lucretius Agricola
• K. Fabius Buteo Modianus
• M. Moravius Piscinus Horatianus
• L. Equitius Cincinnatus
• C. Aelius Ericius
• M. Gladius Saevus
• Damianus Lucianus Dexippus