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An idea - I used to read a lot about religion in ancient Rome and sh!t like that and I came up with an idea - The Libri Sibillini ( eng. The Sibylline Books) . They were books that supposedly allowed the Rulers of Rome to predict what could happen in the future. The legend says the last King of Rome Lucius Tarquinius Superbus purchased them from Cumaean Sibyl who was a prophetess. There were 3 books that the King bought and the legends says and it's also mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid ( published 19 BC) that she wrote her prophecies on Oak leaves. The original books were kept in the Temple of Jupiter and were lost during a fire of that Temple in 83 BC and then replaced with some other non original transcripts.

Maybe the dead oak tree is a burned oak tree? That would be quite symbolic though And the prime numbers 3 , 19 and 83 have something to do with it.

The books were consulted numerous times during some of the most important events ( you can google that) . Just an idea I wanted to share. dr b

PS : You can find some versions of those books on the internet , they were written in Greek Hexameters afaik.