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Chaldean astrologers in Rome (1)

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 		Keywords
astrology
Mesopotamia
omens
Rome
Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Valerius Maximus 1.3.3:
Cn. Cornelius Hispalus, praetor with responsibility for foreigners in the consulship of M. Popilius Laenas and L. Calpurnius, by an edict ordered astrologers (Chaldaei) to leave Rome and Italy within ten days because by means of a fallacious interpretation of the stars they threw unstable and shallow minds into a darkness profitable to them through their lies. The same praetor forced the Jews, who had tried to infect Roman customs by the worship of Jupiter Sabazius, to return to their own homes.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Valerius Maximus 1.3.3

Bibliography

Wardle 1998, 39Wardle, D. Valerius Maximus. Memorable Deeds and Sayings. Book I. Translated with Introduction and Commentary. Clarendon Ancient History Series. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1998.

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Cf. Chaldean astrologers in Rome (2)

Amar Annus


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