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Divination and Roman Religion (Divination (A bloody and red liver…
Divination and Roman Religion
Religion
The religion was pagan before AD 400 when Constantine made it Christian
Emperors were seen as gods
Each god had a different purpose
The Roman gods had defeated the titans
They had multiple gods
The main Roman god was Zeus
The religion was pagan
Divination
A bloody and red liver indicated a good future
There weren't many haruspices in the Roman empire
A grey liver indicated a bad future
Haruspices were paid a lot
Haruspices could see the future through livers of sacrificed animals
There was a famous soothsayer called Lucius Marcius Memor
An attempt to gain an insight into a question
Reading events, signs or omens
Soothsayers generally predicted the future
Hieras inspected the blood movement for the future
Oracle has direct contact with the gods
Seers interpreted signs from the gods to see the future
