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en-wikipedia-org-8037		Augur - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3287	434	64	Although ancient authors believed that the term "augur" contained the words avis and gero – Latin for "directing the birds"[2][citation needed] – historical-linguistic evidence points instead to the root aug-: "to increase, to prosper". Magistracies included senior military and civil ranks, which were therefore religious offices in their own right, and magistrates were directly responsible for the pax, fortuna, and salus of Rome and everything that was Roman. Augurs, auguria, and auspices[edit] In ancient Rome the auguria (augural rites) were considered to be in equilibrium with the sacra ("sacred things" or "rites") and were not the only way by which the gods made their will known. The role of the augur was that of consulting and interpreting the will of gods about some course of action such as accession of kings to the throne, of magistrates and major sacerdotes to their functions (inauguration) and all public enterprises. Categories: Roman augurs	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8037.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8037.txt