Description: Description: Astronomica (Manilius). The Astronomica is a Latin didactic poem about celestial phenomena written in hexameters and divided into five books. It was written c. AD 1020 by a Roman poet whose name was likely Marcus Manilius. The earliest work on astrology that is extensive comprehensible and mostly intact the poem focuses heavily on the zodiac. It espouses a Stoic deterministic understanding of a universe overseen by a god and governed by reason. It was rediscovered in the 15th centur
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Monday, June 17, 2019
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