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LIBER II · CAPUT 28

OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ

OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ · EDITORIAL PLATE II.28 · modern editorial plate
OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Cernuntur et stellae cum sole totis diebus, plerumque et circa solis orbem ceu spiceae coronae et versicolores circuli, qualiter Augusto Caesare in prima iuventa urbem intrante post obitum patris ad nomen ingens capessendum.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

Stars are occasionally seen along with the sun, for whole days together, and generally round its orb, like wreaths made of the ears of corn, or circles of various colours; such as occurred when Augustus, while a very young man, was entering the city, after the death of his father, in order to take upon himself the great name which he assumed.