Prodigies confirmed as genuine were referred to the pontiffs and augurs for ritual expiation. After 300 BC, plebeians could become augurs. Here, he stated that people who consulted augurs were entering ""quasi pacts"" (covenants) with demons. Henceforth he was considered the patron of the augurs. These formal "divine consultations" by augurs are known as "taking the auspices". Assemblies and councils operated according to established procedures overseen by the augurs. Orchestral introduction&colon; Easter Vespers and Augurs of Spring. Hence the name, Tomb of the Augurs. Subsequently, Anu's pregnancy augurs the start of a new phase in their lives. The "augures publici" (public augurs) concerned themselves only with matters related to the state. He was also a member of the College of Augurs. The church is also thought to have replaced the "auguraculum", the seat of the augurs.