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NAVIUS, ATTUS , in Roman legendary history, a famous augur during the reign of Tarquinius Priscus. When the latter desired to double
powers
razor . Navius's statue with veiled head was afterwards shown in the comitium; the whet-stone
razor were buried in the same place , and a puteal placed over them. Hard by was a sacred fig-tree, called after him the Navian fig-tree. It was reported that Navius was subsequently put to death by Tarquinius. According to Schwegler, the puteal originally indicated that the place had been struck by lightning, and the story is a reminiscence of the early struggle between the state and ecclesiasticism.See Livy i. 36; Dion
Victor ,' De viris illustribus, 6; Schwegler, Romische Geschichte, bk. xv. 16.End of Article: NAVIUS, ATTUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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