[256] Paribus auspiciis: to be his colleague in the kingdom: see on 4. 102. It may be observed that the idea of two kings would be represented to a Roman mind both by the joint reign of Romulus and Tatius, and by the image of a divided monarchy in the two consuls. Possibly here, though not in 4. 102, the reference may be to magistrates created by equal auspices, so that ‘auspiciis’ may go with ‘vocari.’ But to connect it with ‘regna’ seems better. ‘Vocari,’ by fate: see on 3. 185, where it is joined with “portendere,” and comp. 5. 656, “fatisque vocantia regna.”
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