The Comet Of 44 B.C. and Caesar's Funeral Games Paperback / softback
by John T. (Department of Classics, Department of Classics) Ramsey, A. Lewis (Department of Physics, Department of Physics, both at the University of Illinois, C Licht
Part of the Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
This unique collaboration between a classicist and physicist at the University of Illinois at Chicago is the first work to combine the evidence from both China and Rome for the spectacular daylight comet of 44 BC, perhaps the most famous comet in antiquity.
This investigation, which also examines allusions to this comet in astrological literature from later antiquity, sheds new light on the significance of the comet as a powerful symbol in the political propaganda that launched Augustus' career.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, illus
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:01/05/1997
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- ISBN:9780788502743
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, illus
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:01/05/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780788502743
