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Marcus Manilius

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Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st century AD) originally hailing from Syria, was a Roman poet, astrologer, and author of a poem in five books called Astronomica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcus Manilius is the 1,070th most popular writer (up from 1,189th in 2019). (up from 577th in 2019)

Marcus Manilius was a Roman astrologer who wrote a poem called Astronomica in the 1st century AD. The poem is a description of the heavens as seen from Earth, and a guide to interpreting the night sky.

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Among writers, Marcus Manilius ranks 1,070 out of 7,302Before him are Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, P. L. Travers, William Gibson, Nikolay Nekrasov, W. G. Sebald, and Paul Bourget. After him are Meša Selimović, Ilia Chavchavadze, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Pynchon, Bolesław Prus, and Michel Tournier.

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Among people born in 50 BC, Marcus Manilius ranks 5Before him are Propertius, Nicodemus, Tibullus, and Wang Zhaojun. After him are Philip II Philoromaeus, Valerius Gratus, Shammai, Tiridates III of Parthia, Lucius Cassius Longinus, Namhae of Silla, and Liu Xin. Among people deceased in 50, Marcus Manilius ranks 5Before him are Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Phaedrus, Abgar V, and Thaddeus of Edessa. After him is Papirius Fabianus.

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