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    uncertain, but it was probably Marcus Manilius; in the earlier books the author is anonymous, the later give Manilius, Manlius, Mallius. The poem itself...
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    Manilius is a lunar impact crater on the northeast edge of Mare Vaporum. Its diameter is 38 km. Manilius has a well-defined rim with a sloping inner surface...
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    written c. AD 30–40 by a Roman poet whose name was likely Marcus Manilius; little is known of Manilius, and although there is evidence that the Astronomica...
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    with Manius Manilius obtaining the consulship in 149 BC; but the family itself remained small and relatively unimportant. The nomen Manilius seems to be...
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    ". Earthsky Communications Inc. Retrieved 2021-04-22. Manilius, Astronomica, I.333ff. Manilius, Astronomica, V.389ff. Franz Cumont and Franz Boll, Catalogus...
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  • information gathering skills and physical dexterity. The 1st-century poet Marcus Manilius described Mercury as an inconstant, vivacious and curious planet. In...
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  • rulerships for the twelve astrological signs of the zodiac (according to Marcus Manilius) are summarised as follows: Fire — 1 – Aries; 5 – Leo; 9 – Sagittarius...
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  • works from approximately the early 1st century AD: Astronomica by Marcus Manilius De astronomica by Gaius Julius Hyginus Astronomica (album), a 1999...
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    Claudian's poem "The Phoenix", According to Pliny the Elder, a senator Manilius (Marcus Manilius?) had written that the phoenix appeared at the end of each Great...
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  • rulerships for the twelve astrological signs of the zodiac (according to Marcus Manilius) are summarized as follows: Fire — Aries, Leo, Sagittarius - hot, dry...
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    that functions as a metaphor for nocturnal danger. Roman poets like Marcus Manilius and Aratus worked late into the night and incorporated darkness and...
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     10–15. ISBN 978-1-4655-1731-9. Henderson, Jeffrey. "The Astronomica of Marcus Manilius: Book 4". Loeb Classical Library. pp. 280–281. Retrieved 2023-10-13...
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    myth, has never been recovered. The didactic Latin poem Astronomica (Marcus Manilius, c. AD 30–40) contains a lacuna in its fifth book; some believe that...
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  • astrology is the poem Astronomica, written in the first century CE by Marcus Manilius. Hellenistic astrology was practiced from the 2nd century BCE until...
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  • Medicamina Faciei Femineae, by Ovid (between 1 BC and AD 8) Astronomica by Marcus Manilius (c. AD 14) Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, by Seneca the Younger, (c...
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  • ISBN 9783110115727 – via Google Books. Manilius, Marcus; Sherburne, Sir Edward (1 January 1675). "The Sphere of Marcus Manilius Made an English Poem: With Annotations...
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    not all ancient observers saw Sirius as red. The 1st-century poet Marcus Manilius described it as "sea-blue", as did the 4th-century Avienius. Furthermore...
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  • William Lilly Guido von List Ramon Llull Magi Giovanni Antonio Magini Marcus Manilius A. T. Mann Mantreswara Gregory Paul Martin Mashallah ibn Athari Julius...
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    considered modern medicine too narrow. Medical astrology was mentioned by Marcus Manilius (1st century AD) in his epic poem (8000 verses) Astronomica.[citation...
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  • other purposes of prediction.[citation needed] Nicholas Campion names Marcus Manilius (1st century) and Claudius Ptolemaeus (2nd century) to be the first...
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    Ovid), poet Marcus Manilius (1st century BC and AD), astrologer, poet Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – AD 17), librarian, poet, mythographer Marcus Verrius Flaccus...
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  • approach, and conducted few military operations. In 63 he was replaced by Marcus Trebellius Maximus, and was appointed curator aquarum (superintendent of...
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    Demeter is assigned the zodiac constellation Virgo, the Virgin, by Marcus Manilius in his 1st-century Roman work Astronomicon. In art, the constellation...
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  • Hostilius Mancinus - consul Gaius Manilius - tribune Manius Manilius - consul, jurist Marcus Manilius - writer Marcus Manlius Capitolinus - saved the Capitol...
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    The Seal of the USNO with a quote from the Astronomica by Marcus Manilius, Adde gubernandi studium: Pervenit in astra, et pontum caelo conjunxit [Increase...
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    Astronomica, attributed to the 1st-century AD Roman poet and astrologer Marcus Manilius, and the late 4th-century early 5th-century Greek poet Nonnus, also...
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    Ovid), poet Marcus Manilius (1st century BC & AD), astrologer, poet Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – 17 AD), librarian, poet, mythographer Marcus Verrius Flaccus...
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  • which many have called wandering, and which the Greeks call Planeta." Marcus Manilius, a Latin writer who lived during the time of Caesar Augustus and whose...
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    242; Apollodorus, Library 2.4.3; Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.663–5.235; Marcus Manilius, Astronomica, 5.538–618 (pp. 344–51). Hard 2004, p. 242; Apollodorus...
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  • depicting juggling, several Roman writers mention jugglers. For example, Marcus Manilius described jugglers in an astrological calendar, writing that a juggler's...
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