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Domitian and astrology (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) 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	Keywords astrology omens Rome
Period 3rd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Cassius Dio 67.15.6:
Domitian, of course, had not failed to take careful note of the days and hours when the foremost men had been born, and in consequence was destroying in advance not a few of these who were not even hoping for the attainment of power.

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Cassius Dio 67.15.6

Bibliography

Barton 1994, 55

Barton, Tamsyn. Power and Knowledge, Astrology, Physiognomics, and Medicine under the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1994.

Amar Annus

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