Once, Rufus observed the sky while he is walking in the Forum, and saw three birds on the right part.
“It is a Sign!” he said. “Fortune was a friend to my business!”
It turned out thus: the business went well; and so Rufus always believed the birds to bring good fortune to his business.
Most Romans were always on the lookout for signs and omens – in the sky, on earth, in the fires. They were believing the gods themselves to come to oppressed men for sleep and warn them.
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