During the reign of Mithradates II the first contacts with Rome, under Lucius Cornelius Sulla, were made, and portents of future struggles were evident in the lack of any agreement between the two powers.
Mirrors can provide portents of future events, can hold malevolent spells and can even be a portal to other worlds.
Coming from the bully on the Security Council, this should be read as a threat – and a portent of future events in Syria.
The deposition, through deception, of King Wamba (672 680), a capable ruler who tried to reform the military organization, was a portent of future problems.
It could also be read as a rebuke to the dreary rags-to-riches plod of the biopic, in which the only smiles are those through tears, no portent of future greatness left undelivered, no demon unconfronted.
Australia whitewashed India 3 0, and Harbhajan struggled in his only first-class outing against Tasmania, taking 0/141, a portent of future unsuccessful tours to Australia.
An article in The Canberra Times from early September 1942 labelled the victory a "tonic surprise", and while highlighting the example as a portent of future battlefield success by Australian forces in the region, also pointed out the task that lay ahead of the Australians in New Guinea remained a "major problem".
But perhaps the most telling portents of his future career came from his grandmother.
Both the title and the accompaniment of that ballet were portents of his future development, for he was drawn to serious themes and contemporary scores.
