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Marcus Manilius
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1st century Roman writer
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Notable work
- Astronomica
- Image
- Manilius.jpg
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- date of death
- 0050-00-00
- date of birth
- 0100-00-00
- birth name
- Marcus Manilius
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- writing language
- Latin
- Commons category
- Marcus Manilius
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- 0100-00-00
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Works in European collections
24 objects attributed to Marcus Manilius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Ivlii Firmici Materni Ivnioris Sicvli V.C. ad Mavortivm Lollianum Astronomic [o] n lib. VIII /](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__5_B_000006__4CRND2D-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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Encyclopedic overview
Manilius. The sphere.; artwork by Wenceslaus Hollar
Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman poet, astrologer, and author of a poem in five books called Astronomica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marcus Manilius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.