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This volume looks at the complex employment and treatment of astrology during the period of Octavian/Augustus by both the emperor himself, and by Roman writers of the time.

Offers the first book-length study in English or any other language on this neglected Augustan poet and his work~Provides the Latin text of Cynegetica and a new English translation, making the extant poem accessible to a wide audience~Collects a wide range of interpretive essays from an international team of scholars arranged thematically to orient the reader effectively

A collection of essays on the Astronomica of the first-century Stoic author Manilius, a poem which purports to teach the reader the art of astrology and the means by which an accurate horoscope may be cast. An international team of scholars analyse this dynamic poem from a variety of perspectives.