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Attus Navius

also: Attus, Atto, Navius

The legendary augur of the regal period who, to prove his art to Tarquinius Priscus, cut a whetstone in two with a razor; a stock exemplum of Roman augural authority.

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Mentioned in 5 works (5 total)

On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
On the Laws philosophy · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 10.8 letters · 1 mention
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 1 mention
On Divination philosophy · 1 mention

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