of Jupiter (Bloch, 142). Tages then told the Kings of the twelve tribes rules to interpret omens from the gods, and then either disappeared or died as some thought (Bloch, 143). Some thought that part of this revelation was because of a nymph who was supposed to teach ritual laws and the principles of mensuration, and the method of fixing the boundaries of the fields to man (Bloch, 143). "The body of this revelation was handed down in sacred books" (Bloch, 143). These books were divided into three series: "the libri haruspicini, which set forth the art of examining entrails of the dead and obtaining from them valuable foresight into the future; the libri fulgurales, dealing with lightening, its origin, meaning and import
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