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LIBER II · CAPUT 30

OF UNUSUALLY LONG ECLIPSES OF THE SUN

OF UNUSUALLY LONG ECLIPSES OF THE SUN. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
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OF UNUSUALLY LONG ECLIPSES OF THE SUN. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Fiunt prodigiosi et longiores solis defectus, qualis occiso dictatore Caesare et Antoniano bello totius paene anni pallore continuo.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

There was a little circle of a red colour in the consulship of L. Julius and P. Rutilius.

Eclipses of the sun also take place which are portentous and unusually long, such as occurred when Cæsar the Dictator was slain, and in the war against Antony, the sun remained dim for almost a whole year.