Etruscan votive head of a youth 3rd C. BCE

"Next, the other Roman kings employed augurs; and, again, after the expulsion of the kings, no public business was ever transacted at home or abroad without first taking the auspices. Furthermore, since our forefathers believed that the soothsayers' art had great efficacy in seeking for omens and advice, as well as in cases where prodigies were to be interpreted and their effects averted, they gradually introduced that art in its entirety from Etruria, lest it should appear that any kind of divination had been disregarded by them."

-Cicero, On Divination: Book 1.2

Etruscan votive head of a youth 3rd C. BCE, terracotta.11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high.

Source:

From an auction site.

 

Quote:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Divinatione/1*.html#R2