25:
238:
99:
To prevent the realization of this prediction (and therefore the validation of
Ascletario's powers), Domitian ordered him to be put to death immediately, and to be buried. When his body lay on the funeral pile, a stiff wind arose, which carried the body from the pile, and some dogs, which had been
95:
relates an anecdote in which
Ascletario was brought before the emperor for the offense of having predicted the emperor's downfall. Domitian tried to put the knowledge of the astrologer to the test, and asked him what kind of death Ascletario was to die, whereupon he answered, "I know that I shall
100:
near, immediately began devouring the half-roasted body. Domitian, on being informed of this, is said to have been more moved and perplexed than he had ever been before. He was assassinated shortly thereafter, in 96 CE.
260:
282:
277:
223:
192:
165:
255:
215:
112:
35:
140:
219:
188:
161:
247:
108:
251:
116:
271:
242:
81:
209:
182:
155:
54:
77:
135:
104:
92:
44:
24:
85:
241: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
184:
The
Secrets of the Vaulted Sky: Astrology and the Art of Prediction
211:
What Did the Romans Know?: An
Inquiry Into Science and Worldmaking
18:
160:. Translated by Leinbach, S.J. Routledge. pp. 47–48.
49:
39:
261:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
119:give very different accounts of the same story.
8:
84:who lived in the time of the Roman emperor
16:Ancient Greek astrologer and mathematician
128:
96:soon be torn to pieces by the dogs."
7:
14:
236:
23:
88:(that is, the 1st century CE).
1:
187:. Harcourt. pp. 71–74.
264:. Vol. 1. p. 383.
216:University of Chicago Press
299:
283:1st-century mathematicians
278:Ancient Roman astrologers
181:Berlinski, David (2003).
157:Emperors don't die in bed
38:, as no other articles
208:Lehoux, Daryn (2012).
154:Meijer, Fik (2004).
113:Constantine Manasses
141:The Twelve Caesars
57:for suggestions.
47:to this page from
248:Schmitz, Leonhard
71:
70:
290:
265:
240:
239:
230:
229:
205:
199:
198:
178:
172:
171:
151:
145:
133:
66:
63:
52:
50:related articles
27:
19:
298:
297:
293:
292:
291:
289:
288:
287:
268:
267:
246:
237:
234:
233:
226:
218:. p. 158.
207:
206:
202:
195:
180:
179:
175:
168:
153:
152:
148:
144:, "Domitian" 15
134:
130:
125:
109:George Kedrenos
67:
61:
58:
48:
45:introduce links
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
296:
294:
286:
285:
280:
270:
269:
256:Smith, William
232:
231:
224:
200:
193:
173:
166:
146:
127:
126:
124:
121:
117:Michael Glykas
91:The historian
69:
68:
55:Find link tool
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
295:
284:
281:
279:
276:
275:
273:
266:
263:
262:
257:
253:
249:
244:
243:public domain
227:
225:9780226471143
221:
217:
213:
212:
204:
201:
196:
194:9780151005277
190:
186:
185:
177:
174:
169:
167:9780415312011
163:
159:
158:
150:
147:
143:
142:
137:
132:
129:
122:
120:
118:
114:
110:
106:
101:
97:
94:
89:
87:
83:
82:mathematician
79:
75:
65:
56:
51:
46:
42:
41:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
259:
252:"Ascletario"
235:
210:
203:
183:
176:
156:
149:
139:
131:
102:
98:
90:
73:
72:
59:
33:
107:historians
62:August 2024
272:Categories
123:References
78:astrologer
74:Ascletario
53:; try the
40:link to it
136:Suetonius
105:Byzantine
93:Suetonius
43:. Please
250:(1870).
86:Domitian
258:(ed.).
245::
76:was an
222:
191:
164:
115:, and
36:orphan
34:is an
254:. In
220:ISBN
189:ISBN
162:ISBN
103:The
80:and
274::
214:.
138:,
111:,
228:.
197:.
170:.
64:)
60:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
