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Marcus Manilius
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1st century Roman writer
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Marcus Manilius was a person who lived from 100 to 50. He is identified as an author with a total of 37 works listed in the Open Library, while other sources cite varying counts of 5 and 24 works. His top works include *Astronomicon liber primus[-quintus]*, *Marci Manilii Astronomicon*, and *M. ManilI Astronomic[o]n libri qvinqve*. Other titles associated with him are *Astronomicon liber primvs [-quintvs]*, *Stace*, *Martial*, *Lucilius Junior*, *Rutilius*, *Gratius Faliscus*, and *Nemesianus et Calpurnius ...*.
Manilius is referenced by 384 other encyclopedia articles. Several of his quotes are preserved, including "Per varios usus artem experientia fecit, Exemplo monstrante viam." and "Semper enim ex aliis alias proseminat usus." Additional lines include "Certis legibus omnia parent." and "Quis credat tantas operum sine numine moles Ex minimis, caecoque creatum foedere mundum?"
Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1st. cent. B.C.
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Astronomicon liber primus[-quintus]
- Marci Manilii Astronomicon
- M. ManilI Astronomic[o]n libri qvinqve
- Astronomicon liber primvs [-quintvs]
- Stace, Martial, Manilius, Lucilius Junior, Rutilius, Gratius Faliscus, Nemesianus et Calpurnius ...
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- cryoSPARC: algorithms for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM structure determination
· 2017 · cited 10,785x
- Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II
· 1993 · cited 10,582x
- A default mode of brain function
· 2001 · cited 10,443x
- Avogadro: an advanced semantic chemical editor, visualization, and analysis platform
· 2012 · cited 9,210x
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Quotes
- “Per varios usus artem experientia fecit,Exemplo monstrante viam.”
- “Semper enim ex aliis alias proseminat usus.”
- “Certis legibus omnia parent.”
- “Quis credat tantas operum sine numine molesEx minimis, caecoque creatum foedere mundum?”
- “Quot post excidium Troiae sunt eruta regna?Quot capti populi? quoties Fortuna per orbemServitium imperiumque tulit, varieque revertit?”
- “Omnia mortali mutantur lege creata,Nec se cognoscunt terræ vertentibus annis,Et mutant variam faciem per sæcula gentes,At manet incolumis mundus suaque omnia servat.”
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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.