Proculus Julius

[1][2] In the Augustan-era historian Livy's From the Founding of the City, Romulus is attending a public review of the army at Palus Caprae when a sudden, violent storm envelops him in mist.

He tells the people that at dawn, a vision of Romulus descended from the sky and told him that Rome would become the ruler of the world.

Livy notes the readiness of the Roman people in accepting Julius's testimony as being "mirum" (extraordinary).

Before testifying to the Forum, he swore a sacred oath and then told the assembled that Romulus had descended from the sky in front of him.

Because of his character and the oath, and, Plutarch adds, a divine force that came over the people, they abandoned their suspicion and anger.