Marcus Manilius demeure une figure énigmatique, dont même la certitude de son prénom est sujette à débat. Notre compréhension de lui provient uniquement de son unique œuvre connue, le poème didactique latin 'Astronomica'. Cette exploration en cinq livres se penche sur l'astrologie et le stoïcisme, les présentant comme des aspects intrinsèquement liés d'une vision du monde unifiée. Bien que dépourvu de détails biographiques directs, le poème révèle un esprit intelligent, profondément connaisseur de son sujet et dévoué à ces disciplines entrelacées. Sa composition s'étend probablement de la fin de la période augustéenne au début de la période tibérienne, suggérant des liens possibles avec des cercles impériaux intéressés par la philosophie et les étoiles.
In Astronomica (first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations.
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Accedit index et diagrammata astrologica