Hodie est a.d. III Id. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 26 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a good time for trade and prosperity. Also, whoever controls the government with a heavy hand will not be strong for very much longer.
… adapted from the text and 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)
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