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Chaldean theory of dangerous periods (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore


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time
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2nd century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.10.9:
Of the periods dangerous to the lives and fortunes of all men, which the Chaldeans call “climacterics”, all the gravest are combinations of the number seven.

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Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.10.9

Bibliography

Rolfe 1961, I 270-271Rolfe, John C. The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius. 3 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1961.

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Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (2)
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Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (5)
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Cf. Chaldean theory of planets (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (2)

Amar Annus


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