Jesus

[A_Nony_Mouse]

Read Livy.

There is a formula to his writing. Every year begins with elections and then the auguries are taken and then you get into some horseshit like this.

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I delete all those words simply to prevent confusion.

And BTW, this is from the Year When Gnaeus Servilius Geminus and Gaius Flaminius were consuls...otherwise known as 217 BC to us. They must have fucked up the sacrifices though. Both got their asses kicked by Hannibal. Additionally, there is the commanded performance of the lectisternium which can be read about here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectisternium

Superstitious pap? Of course. But what religion isn't?

Because I took your comment to mean what I was talking about, the gods giving a damn about human behavior in general. The specific subject was the primitive ritual/taboo regulating most every aspect of life type of religion that is Judaism. If I missed something in what you posted could you post it again and highlight exactly those parts? Much appreciated.