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This chapter o ers a brief history of the rise of astrology in Rome from the 3rd century BC up until, and with considerable emphasis on, the appearance of Caesar's comet in 44 BC, an event which appears to have marked a turning point in astrology's (imperial) credibility.Astrologers and astrological activity in Rome can be traced back to the late 3rd century BC. The evidence is inevitably sporadic and haphazard, but tends to suggest that astrology gained popularity with the lower classes. Ennius appears to testify to the early presence of charlatan astrologers roaming the Circus at Rome, and popular awareness of the role of the stars over mortal life may be further demonstrated by the presence and sentiments of the constellation Arcturus in the prologue to Plautus' Rudens (c. 211 BC). Reactions to astrology among the elite at this time are, by contrast, discernibly mixed. General expressions of contempt (cf. Enn. Iphigenia fr. 95 Jocelyn) may not have been universal, if astrological curiosity in uenced Marcus Claudius Marcellus' act of bringing from Syracuse to Rome two of the celestial globes of Archimedes (212 BC), one of which was housed in the temple of Honour and Virtue.

Author

Steven J. Green

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN