The Sacred Chickens that Shaped Roman Decision-Making - History Collection
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Some might say Julius Caesar was the most influential figure in Roman history. Others might nominate Brutus, the man who drove out the last of Rome's kings, or Augustus, who 700 years later essentially went on to became one. But although this figure's admittedly less known, there's another strong contender…

The pullarius was responsible for keeping sacred chickens and using them to make divinations or “predictions.” These holy birds, which had been sourced from the island of Negreponte (now Euboea, near Athens), were kept unfed in their cages for a predetermined amount of time before being released and presented with some grain. If they ate the grain, the venture upon which the Romans were consulting them was deemed favorable. If they didn’t touch it, however, the venture lacked the god’s backing and was therefore to be abandoned.

chicken-bop

  • LaughingLion [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    that strangers with candy bit where jerri joined the cult and principle blackman and mr noblet are trying to find her and noblet’s suggestion was dismissed as “no we can’t resort to any magic mumbo jumbo… lets consult the bones” and they throw chicken bones on the table and it spells “mall”