Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology
Subtitle: Manilius and His Augustan Contemporaries
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780199646807
Subjects: Augustus, emperor of rome, 63 b.c.-14 a.d.; Astronomy, ancient
Description: This volume looks at the complex employment and treatment of astrology during the period of Octavian/Augustus by both the emperor himself, and by Roman writers of the time.