Book dossier

Astronomicon

by Marcus Manilius

In Astronomica (first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations.

No online reader is advertised for this title

AstrologyPoetryEarly works to 1800Ancient AstronomyAstronomyLatin Didactic poetryTranslations into ItalianTranslations into EnglishTranslations into FrenchLatin language materials

Keep the story going

Readers also explored

Mathematical recreations and problems of past and present times

W. W. Rouse Ball

Angelus Britannicus

John Tanner

Merlinus liberatus