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LIBER II · CAPUT 29

OF SUDDEN CIRCLES

OF SUDDEN CIRCLES. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
OF SUDDEN CIRCLES · EDITORIAL PLATE II.29 · modern editorial plate
OF SUDDEN CIRCLES. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

existunt eaedem coronae circa lunam et circa nobilia astra caeloque inhaerentia. circa solem arcus adparuit L. Opimio Q. Fabio cos., orbis C. Porcio M'. Acilio, circulus rubri coloris L. Iulio P. Rutilio cos.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

The same coronæ occur about the moon and also about the principal stars, which are stationary in the heavens.

A bow appeared round the sun in the consulship of L. Opimius and L. Fabius, and a circle in that of C. Porcius and M. Acilius.