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Septimius Severus and horoscopes (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Horoscopes 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories 05.01.10 Astronomical and astrological texts 05.01.10.11 Horoscopes Marriage 03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices 03.04 Secular rituals 03.04.01 Marriage	Keywords astrology omens Rome
Period 3rd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Historia Augusta, Severus 3.9:
He had lost his wife, and now, wishing to take another, he made inquiries about the horoscopes of marriageable women, being himself no mean astrologer; and when he learned that there was a woman in Syria whose horoscope predicted that she would wed a king, he sought her for his wife, and through the mediation of his friends secured her.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Historia Augusta, Severus 3.9

Bibliography

Magie 1960, I 376-377

Magie, David. Scriptores Historiae Augustae. 3 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

Amar Annus

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