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Saturn and kingship (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery




 		Keywords
astrology
omens
Rome
Period
4th century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Firmicus Maternus, De Errore 8.21.9:
Whoever has that star (= Saturn) on his Ascendant and the Moon well-located, with Mars and Saturn in favourable aspect, will be a great king, glorious, just, pious and long-lived. As life goes on, the greatest possible powers are conferred on him.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Firmicus Maternus, De Errore 8.21.9

Bibliography

Barton 1994, 80Barton, 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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