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Marcus Manilius

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Marcus Manilius

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Also known as Manilius, Marcus, M. Manilii, Maniliĭ, Mark

1st century Roman writer

Person · Open Library

Born
1st. cent. B.C.
Works
37

Top works

  • Astronomicon liber primus[-quintus]
  • Marci Manilii Astronomicon
  • M. ManilI Astronomic[o]n libri qvinqve
  • Astronomicon liber primvs [-quintvs]
  • Stace, Martial, Manilius, Lucilius Junior, Rutilius, Gratius Faliscus, Nemesianus et Calpurnius ...

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Quotes

  • Per varios usus artem experientia fecit,Exemplo monstrante viam.
  • Semper enim ex aliis alias proseminat usus.
  • Certis legibus omnia parent.
  • Quis credat tantas operum sine numine molesEx minimis, caecoque creatum foedere mundum?
  • Quot post excidium Troiae sunt eruta regna?Quot capti populi? quoties Fortuna per orbemServitium imperiumque tulit, varieque revertit?
  • Omnia mortali mutantur lege creata,Nec se cognoscunt terræ vertentibus annis,Et mutant variam faciem per sæcula gentes,At manet incolumis mundus suaque omnia servat.

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Works in European collections

24 objects attributed to Marcus Manilius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Manilius. The sphere.; artwork by Wenceslaus Hollar

Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman poet, astrologer, and author of a poem in five books called Astronomica.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marcus Manilius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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