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Astronomicon

by Marcus Manilius

AstrologyPoetryEarly works to 1800Ancient AstronomyAstronomyLatin Didactic poetryTranslations into ItalianTranslations into English

In Astronomica (first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations.

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