Manilius’s Astronomy

original: "Manlii Astronomicum". Marcus Manilius was a Roman author who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius. His work, the Astronomica, is a didactic poem|A genre of poetry designed to instruct the reader; here, Manilius explains the complexities of the celestial spheres and fate. and is considered one of the most important surviving texts on ancient astrology and mathematical astronomy.