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Chaldeans and the Roman kings (1)

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Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Astrological reports
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
05.01.10 Astronomical and astrological texts
05.01.10.05 Astrological reports
Horoscopes
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
05.01.10 Astronomical and astrological texts
05.01.10.11 Horoscopes
Prophecy
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.06 Prophecy

Keywords
Chaldeans
prophecies

Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire

Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Cicero, De Divinatione 2.99:
I recall a multitude of prophecies which the Chaldeans made to Pompey, to Crassus and even to Caesar himself (now lately deceased), to the effect that no one of them would die except in old age, at home and in great glory.

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Cicero, De Divinatione 2.99

Bibliography

Falconer 1964, 480-481

Falconer, W. A. Cicero, De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1964.

Amar Annus

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