| EDICT
OF THE CONSULS ON MAGISTERIAL AUSPICES ( After 449 BC ) |
| ( Johnson, Coleman-Norton & Bourne, Ancient Roman Statutes, Austin, 1961, p. 18, n. 8a ). |
| In
the consular edict, by which the consuls appointed the day for the Centuriate
Assembly to convene, an old established formula forbade minor magistrates
to observe the skies for omens. |
ENGLISH TRANSLATION. |
| No
minor magistrate shall watch the sky. |