Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Quintiles (Iulias) 2772 AUC ~ 11 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If there is any thunder, there will be unexpected cold in the summer, because of which the necessities of life will be spoiled.
adapted from the translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
