Lituus
Ennius (i)
Author details/dating: Poet Ob. 169 BCE
Instrument Cited: Lituus
Citation Reference: Enn. ap Paul ex Fest.
read moreHoratius Flaccus (i)
Author details/dating: Poet Ob 8 BCE
Instrument Cited: Lituus, Tuba
read moreJunius Juvenalis
Author details/dating: poet Ob. CE 130
Instrument Cited: Cornu, Lituus
read moreLucanus (i)
Author details/dating: M. Annaeus Lucanus, poet ob. CE 65
Instrument Cited: Lituus Tuba
read moreOvidius (i)
Author details/dating: Poet ob. 17 CE
Instrument Cited: Lituus
Citation Reference: P. Ovidius Naso Fasti 3, 216.
read moreSeneca (i)
Author details/dating: Philosopher and tragedian Ob CE65
Instrument Cited: Lituus, Cornu, aere
read moreVegetius (i)
Author details/dating: Writer. fl. 386 CE
Instrument Cited: Tuba, Cornu, Bucina
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Etruscan Tomb painting Cornu LituusEtruscan Cornu and Lituus fron the Tomb of the Shields
Find Spot: The Etruscan Necropolis of Monterozzi in Tarquinia.
Date of Illustration: 4th century BC
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Roman Lituus SpainIC671 Liticen on Roman Villa at Noheda
Find Spot: Noheda near Cuenca
Date of Illustration: Fourth century CE
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Etruscan LituusIconography: Etruscan Liticen hold Instrument
Find Spot: N/A
Date of Illustration: N/A
Description: A small statuette of a person holding a lituus. It is not ckear whether this is a sound-tool lituus or an augur’s (silent lituus.)
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Etruscan Cornu LituusLituus and Cornu on Wall Painting
Find Spot: Tomb of the Seven Chimneys Orvieto
Date of lllustration: 4th Century BCE
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Etruscan LituusPian di Civita Lituus
Dating of Item: c. 680 BCE
Current Location: National Museum, Tarquinia, Italy
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