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Stars, Myths and Rituals in Etruscan Rome
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Leonardo Magini

This book offers a detailed and fascinating picture of the astonishing astronomical knowledge on which the Roman calendar, traditionally attributed to the king Numa Pompilius (reign 715-673 B.C.), was based. This knowledge, of Mesopotamian origins, related mainly to the planetary movements and to the occurrence of eclipses in the solar system. The author explains the Numan year and cycle and il…

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Stars, Myths and Rituals in Etruscan Rome
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Leonardo Magini

Etrusco-Roman Astronomy is a brilliant summation of Leonardo Magini’s prior works. Since his earliest endeavours (Le Feste di Venere, 1996, Astronomy and Calendar in Ancient Rome, 2001), not to mention his works on the Etruscan language (La Parola degli Etruschi, 1987 and L’Etrusco, lingua dall’Oriente Indoeuropeo, 2007), all of his research has amply demonstrated the author’s inte…

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