Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-23

answers uuN nor loUNaultt themselves
in successive consultations. and hold
the respect of the citizens AS they seem
.o have done Cor many years.
40 Rome tla auspices were taken on
iha summit oi tha clpiiJIiue bill. where
piarc was so.gmnly set apart. upon
which The auguf stood. Tie marked OIL
Che portion OF the heavens To- which his
observations were 20 be made wish a
wand. and divided 10 into right and len
sccuons. and the omcns appeared pro.
pIt.ous or uuuropifiuus according as
they appeared boo one of these divisions.
This place BOO which he stood and the
CORRESPONDING portion of the heavens
was called % teup.um, hence came con.
tampari and our English word coutcm.
plate How important the political in-
Iucncc OF tl, augus must have been.
may be- seen from the fact that hardly
anything could take place without their
sanction. They consulted the will OF
the gods DO n1uuua. affairs az thctcqucst
of the magi stratUs. aud revealed 10 when
directed 10 DO sl ly the senate. The
election of every important ruler, cou-
sol, ptUior. dictator. every civil officer.
every rc.igiou mug,i11ary, was invalid
u the auslig were unavor8blc. 30
general could lawfully engage 10 battle,
mo- public land could De allotted. no
marriage OF adoption, certainly among
the pairiciaus, vas valid unless the
auspices were hr5t taken, and the
Comitia Ccnturiau could be dissolved
at q moments uoucc,il q member oi the
college Of augur put 10 DIS veto.
There were several other minorpnc3t.
hoods, the more important OF which
were the IimUu., priests, OF Jupiter.
Mars, aud Duiuuus, and The vCstai
virgins, puustgss.s of Ngsta, the god.
dess Of ihc hearth. whose sacred hrr
must De kept burning pcpciually All
of these were selected by the college Of
pontls
There were the Fclialcs also. "a
college Of priests, twenty in number,
elected for die from the most noble
families, who bad TO perform the sacred
rites accompanying declarations of war
aud treaties Gi peace or alliance.
Usually four Feuall8 accompanied by o.
speaker called patcr patratus were
sent by The senate Co foreign nations TO
demand satisfaction for injuries received.
They were clad iu pncstly robes and 10
front ol them were carried holy herbs
.,aEmiua,) which the consul or pfactor
delivered 90 Them in the Capitol, after
having touched with them the forehead
40 the paiuT pIiratus. Thus equipped
they entered the territory OF the foreign
nation; and Co thg first inhallilul they
met the herald repeated the i1lluWingi
"llglr me. IupIicl Hear me, god ui
boundaries Aud thou sacred oracle of
right hear ] am the messenger OF the
Roman people, / come be- 40 Justice and
my words deserve al tfuat' 'Ii It iH
Igaiu5, right aud my conscience that ]
demand these persons and these things
Go DE delivered up 10 me, the messenger
OF the Roman people, may Jupiter
never permit mg 10 return into my
country The same proclamation was
made 20 those iuui met at Che yates of
the principal city, aud finally 90 the
| Forum before tHg magistrates, 10 uu
| satisfaction was given within thfty.thfcg
! days they declared. "llelTkcn Jupiter,
and thou Janus Ouiuuus, and 40 yu
| gods Of heaven, earth and the lower
regions, take YOU 10 witness that thi
nation Is unjust and violates right How
shall We aycnge outraged nEh} Ouf
old men will decide, and departed.
The result was reported to the scultc
and within q few days the pater patrltus
| returned 90 the frontier bearing q ilyeliH
/ with @ burnt end stained with blood
and caStit into the cnemy's territory
| This was the declaration OF hustiIue.
and threatened fire and blood, burning
aud slaughter. Ia later times when the
Roman territory had been widely ex.
| tended, this last ceremony was per.
/ formed iu Rome ITSELF A small portion
! #HH H"HHFHfH#|
WAR was set aside for the purpose and
! called the Terra h1stilis the cnemiC5
/ country AZ least two OF the lct3lcs,
the pater pliratus and the herald who
/ bore .ihc herbs, bad to be present 10 the
/ formation OF treaties Of alliance,
Thus we see how closely both tht
national and international laws OF Rome
| were linked with i,s religion, The latter
was tine foundation ut the iomc.
Rome really had no constitution unit
! ,Ag election Of the DegymyiB and th,
/ grating of the twelve tables, $50 %. e
Before that time the regulation OF Gus
| ioms-,le Iaws-wcre practically 10 Oh,
hands Of the priests The gods, o
rather their representatives, turned o.,
! wheels OF state, aud woe be 20 tha
citizen or official who sought TO clos
them. Cicero says, 'Our ancestors wgT,
never wiser or better inspired by III,
gods than when they settled that thD
same persons should preside over rc
| lEiln aud the government Of the re
public by this means magistrates anI
pOnuii unite 10 save the state" Thu
results OF this system were excellen
and sllulory as long as VIRUS et picta
Virtue and piety) went hand la hluC
and were the chief characteristics OF tht
men and women Of Rome but whei
oriental customs and the spells OF con
quest began 70 sap the life and moral
OF the city thepriesls became Pharisees
and lhe social and political structur,
began 10 totter and lead an ignominiou
existence, Beautiful temples were bull
90 he various gods and gOddcsses. thl
most celebrated OF which was probably
that OF Jupiter Capitolinus, on IN,
| ClpioIIuc hin. To the Roman Of earl
times, the gods did not have a tendenc
20 take upon themselves human form
as did the gods Of Greece. The Romal
| gods were manifestations OF physica
phenomena whose power he felt AM
igargli but as civilization advanced am
| Greek influence became more and NOR
ialt, the italian gods assumed more def
mite forms, and initiated their Grecia
brothers and sisters; while many ne,
dgilg5 were constantly imported iron
| Greece, until Rome was filled with Oh
temples and worship Of according I
NaUoD 10000 gods. A general returnin
from % ugCgss lul campaign, a proconst
returning laden with the riches OF
. ] TH#.|n#. 90 ma ufVtktffgur. .4tttHaw F..ti