Via Sacra
Varro in explaining the meaning of the name of the "Via Sacra", states that the augurs, advancing along this street after leaving the arx used to inaugurate. While advancing along the "Via Sacra" they should avoid meeting a "iuges auspicium". As the "Via Sacra" begins on the Capitol and stretches along the whole Forum, in the descent from the hill to the Forum the first crossing they met, i.e. the first place where the incident in question could happen, was named "Vicus Iugarius": Dumézil thinks its name should be understood according to the prescription on issue. In fact the Comitium, where the "cippus" was found, is very close to the left side of this crossing. This fact would make it natural that the "cippus" were placed exactly there, as a warning to passers by of the possible occurrence of the order of the "calatores".