Stars, Myths and Rituals in Etruscan Rome

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 BC), was based. This knowledge, of Mesopotamian origins, related mainly to the planetary movements and to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Magini, Leonardo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Space and Society,
Subjects:
Astronomy-Observations.
Physics-Philosophy.
Astronomy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • From the Contents: The Beginning of Astronomical Time and the Feriae Martis
  • The Numan Year, the Romulean Year and the Feriale antiquissimum
  • The Names of Etruscan and Roman Months
  • The Numan Cycle
  • The Numan Year and Cycle, and the Motion of the Moon
  • The Numan Cycle and the Movements of the Sun, the Moon and Venus
  • The Solar New Year on March 8 or 9
  • The Movements of the Moon and Venus and the Language of Myth.

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