Sulcus Primigenius
The (Latin language, Latin for "initial furrow") was the ancient Romans, ancient Roman ancient Roman religion, ritual of plowing the boundary of a new cityparticularly Colonia (Roman), formal coloniesprior to distributing its lots or erecting Ancient Roman defensive walls, its walls. The Romans considered the ritual extremely ancient, believing founding of Rome, their own founder Romulus had introduced it from the Etruscans, who had also Etruscan fortification, fortified most of Etruscan cities, their cities. The ritual had the function of rendering the course of the city wall sacrosanct but, owing to the necessity of some profane traffic such as the removal of corpses to graveyards, the city gates were left exempted from the ritual. Ritual According to surviving classical sources, the needed to occur on an fas (Roman), auspicious day of the Roman calendar,#CITEREFVarro, VarroBook V §143. further confirmed by augury or similar consultation of omens.#CITEREFDionysius, Dionysi ...
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