Altar in the sky at Hadria

Livy (24.10) records for 214 BC that at Hadria (Atri) an altar was seen in the sky, with figures of men in white standing around it.

214 BCE · 42.58, 13.98 · status: legend

The sceptical view

Like most entries of the Second Punic War years, the report survives only as a line in a list of omens.

Sources

1. Livy 24.10 (Latin Library)
2. Wikipedia: Atri, Abruzzo