Events Tagged: "Sibylline"

Sibylline Books housed in Temple of Jupiter - consulted only in grave crises by special priests (quindecemviri), guide Rome through disasters

Sibylline Books consulted about Hannibal - prophecy says bring Magna Mater from Phrygia, black stone of Cybele brought to Rome

Rome consults Sibylline Books about Hannibal - prophecy states 'foreign enemy can be defeated if Mother of Mount Ida brought from Pessinus to Rome'

Sibylline Books destroyed in fire - Temple of Jupiter burns, books lost, Romans send envoys across Mediterranean to collect replacement prophecies

Augustus reviews Sibylline prophecies - burns 2000+ spurious prophetic books, keeps only authentic Sibylline verses, transfers to Temple of Apollo

Stilicho burns Sibylline Books - Christian general destroys last pagan prophecies, ending 900 years of consultation