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Favourable omens to kings (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources Liver omens (Bārūtu) 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.03 Mantic 05.03.01 Extispicy 05.03.01.02 Liver omens (Bārūtu)	Keywords Nineveh
Period 4th century CE Roman Empire	Channel Roman philosophers and scholars

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Ammianus Marcellinus 18.7.1:
After the (Sasanian Persian) kings had passed by Nineveh, a great city of Adiabene, and after sacrificing victims in the middle of the bridge over the Anzaba and finding the omens favourable crossed with great confidence.

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Ammianus Marcellinus 18.7.1

Bibliography

Dalley and Reyes 1998, 119	Dalley, S. and A. T. Reyes. “Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 85-124.
Rolfe 1963, I 448-449	Rolfe, John C. Ammianus Marcellinus. 3 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1963.

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