6 [7] results [emphasis and English
translations added]
[Abstract:
The 7th of these
7 instances is clearly in reference to the fixed
stars in the constellation of the Bear. The 6th
instance is presumably in reference to stars similar to those seen upon modern
military uniforms and thus is not likely to be associated with a comet. The 2nd of the 7 instances
is in reference to a decorative star on a statue of Caesar Julius. This one
would be interesting to see in real life, wouldn't it? However, none of these
three (3) instances is using the word 'crinita' in
conjunction with the word 'stell*' whereas each of
the four (4) remaining instances do.
Only one (#5) of
these four instances of ‘stell*’ is associated with
the Latin word 'cometes.' This one corresponds to the documented Chinese comet
in 30 CE recorded by Ho Han shu (Gary
W. Kronk) and is described also by each of the ancient Roman historians
Suetonius, Pliny the Elder, Seneca, and Dio. The
Latin words “exortus[1]crinitae[2]stellae[3], quam[4]cometen[5]uocant[6]” clearly means
[For during the first games which Augustus, his heir,
consecrated to his memory, a comet blazed for seven days together, rising always about eleven
o'clock;
and it was supposed to be the soul of Caesar, now received into heaven: for which reason,
likewise, he is represented on his statue with a
star on his brow. (C. Suetonius
Tranquillus, The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson))]
[For when, among other prodigies, the mausoleum of the Caesars suddenly flew open, and a blazing star appeared in
the heavens; one of the prodigies, he said, concerned JuliaCalvina, who was of
the family of Augustus,1 and the other, the king of the Parthians, who wore his hair long. And when
his distemper first seized him, "I suppose." he said, "I shall
soon be a god." 2 (C. Suetonius Tranquillus,
The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson))]
[XXV. On his return from Greece, arriving at Naples, because he had commenced his career as a
public performer in that city, he made his entrance in a chariot drawn by white
horses through a breach in the city-wall, according to the practice of those
who were victorious in the sacred Grecian games. In the same manner he entered Antium, Alba, and Rome. He made his entry into the city riding in the
same chariot in which Augustus had triumphed, in a purple tunic, and a cloak embroidered with golden stars, having
on his head the crown won at Olympia, and in his right hand that which was given
him at the Parthian games: the rest being carried in a procession before him,
with inscriptions denoting the places where they had been won, from whom, and
in what plays or musical performances; whilst a train followed him with loud
acclamations, crying out, that " they were the emperor's attendants, and
the soldiers of his triumph." (C. Suetonius Tranquillus,
The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson))]
[LXXVIII. He is said to have been born with
many spots upon his breast and belly, answering to the figure, order, and
number of the stars in the constellation of the Bear. He had besides
several callosities resembling scars, occasioned by an itching in his body, and
the constant and violent use of the strigil1 in being rubbed. (C. Suetonius
Tranquillus, The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson))]
