The dissemination of divination in roman republican times

List of Tables
Table. 1.1. Cicero’s typology of divination........................................................... 24
Table 1.2. The relation of modern typologies of divination to Cicero’s................28
Table 3.1. Typology of divination components..................................................... 49
Table 3.2. Examples of impetrative divination...................................................... 50
Table 3.3. Examples of oblative divination........................................................... 52
Table 4.1. Layers of homeostatic regulations........................................................ 54
Table 4.2. Reasons for consultation of diviner among the Sisala.......................... 60
Table 4.3. Reasons for consultation of diviner among the Azande....................... 61
Table 4.5. Paired t-test for Intentional vs. Ritual conditions................................. 74
Table 4.6. Effect size of difference between intentional and ritual conditions......74
Table 4.7 Utility characteristics of divination practices.........................................94
Table 4.9. Overview of studies on prestige and credibility..................................101
Table 7.1. Crisis index......................................................................................... 132
Table 9.1. Utility of Roman divination practices.................................................179
Tabel 9.2. Summary of factors for Roman impetrative divination...................... 181
Table 10.1. Distribution of types of concepts in the prodigy reports from 218-44
BCE......................................................................................................................207
Table 10.2. Distribution of counterintuitive compared to bizarre concepts in the
prodigy reports from 218-44 BCE....................................................................... 208
Table 10.3 Amount of counterintuitive and bizarre prodigies per reporting year.
..............................................................................................................................209
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