{"product_id":"divination-in-antiquity-frank-h-wallis-9798869875310","title":"Divination in Antiquity: Volume 4 of 4: Etruscan and Roman","description":"\u003cp\u003eDivination seeks to know the future in a supernatural way. There were many forms of this ancient science. Most of us know of astrology, or perhaps necromancy, i.e., revelation by the souls of the dead. The author reveals a complex subject which has parts, in equal portion, of philosophy, history, and archaeology. This volume begins the elucidation of the men and women who formed the active and human corps of divination, the priesthoods, oracles, and Sibyls of ancient Greece. Volume I was theory, Volume II is the history of practice, and Volume III continues a survey of practice. Volume IV relates the theory and practice of divination in ancient Etruria, Italy, and Rome. We see Augural and Fulgural Arts, Extispicy and Haruspicy, Summoning Prodigies, Vaticination, \u003ci\u003eOmina\u003c\/i\u003e, Spells, Auspices, Augural Rituals, College of Augurs, History of the College and the Sibylline Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first and only complete translation into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrevious Frank H. Wallis translations include: \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Roman Emperors.\u003c\/i\u003e 6 vols. From Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, \u003ci\u003eHistoire des empereurs et des autres princes ...\u003c\/i\u003e(1690-1732). \u003ci\u003eInstitutions of Ancient Rome.\u003c\/i\u003e From Auguste Bouché-Leclercq (1842-1923), \u003ci\u003eManuel des Institutions Romaines\u003c\/i\u003e (Paris, 1886). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuguste Bouché-Leclercq (1842-1923) was chair of ancient history at the Sorbonne from 1878 to 1918. Bouché-Leclercq became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1898, and Légion d'honneur 1903.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank H. Wallis, Auguste Bouché-LeClercq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8869875318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798869875310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Frank H. Wallis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199228891391,"sku":"9798869875310","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72e9de3c-6eae-4836-962c-a50257f5ba6a.jpg?v=1727925435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/divination-in-antiquity-frank-h-wallis-9798869875310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}