Quotation from article the "Dictionary of antiquity." "Music accompanied Romans also during competitions, sports exercises, daily work and feasts. Despite of partial relationship of tools archaic greece and etrusk, at the last wind intstruments obviously prevail, namely: three updatings pipes - the direct tuba, differing the extended case, lituus and a spiral horn (cornu); double avlos with expansion in the form of a bell and without a mouthpiece tubular siringa (greece syrinx, an latin fistula), put lips under slanting corner. " Quotation from article the "The illustrated dictionary of the numismatist." "Lituus - (latin lituus) the staff rounded off from above which Roman avgur's used, defining borders of the districts at a sacred guessing. On the Roman coins lituus meets as avgur a sign and, besides in a hand of emperor, and this priestly post sometimes Claudi or Vespasian found reflection in a title, for example. During subsequent times often there is a full set of sacred subjects of the priests, accompanied by an inscription "PIETAS AVG"."