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29 September 2022
Roman mosaic showing a mouse eating a nut
Probably in 222 BCE, when Marcus Minucius Rufus assumed the office of Roman dictator , and Gaius Flaminius magister equitum (deputy dictator in political and military functions), a disturbing event occurred.
During the appointment of officials, a disturbing screech of mice was heard. This event was perceived by superstitious Romans as a bad omen. According to Plutarch, the people refused to choose these men. Valerius Maximus, in turn, claims that they both resigned on their own initiative.
Sources Plutarch, Marcellus , 5.3-6 Valerius Maximus, Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri novem , 1.1.5
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