Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and His Augustan Contemporaries

by Steven J. Green

In light of modern scepticism towards the practice, it is easy to overlook just how important a role astrology played in the career of Rome's first Emperor, Augustus. Augustus' enthusiasm for employing astrological predictions and symbols to cement his own position of power was matched by an equally forceful desire to restrict their use by his political rivals. Astrology in Rome was, then, to use Tacitus' neat formulation, both "forbidden and maintained"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199646805
• ISBN13: 9780199646807
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"