TARRANTIUS (Lucius)

, surnamed Firmanus, because he was a native of Firmum, a town in Italy, flourished at the same time with Cicero, and was one of his friends. He was a mathematical philosopher, and therefore was thought to have great skill in judicial astrology. He was particularly famous by two horoscopes which he drew, the one the horoscope of Romulus, and the other of Rome. Plutarch says, “Varro, who was the most learned of the Romans in history, had a particular friend named Tarrantius, who, out of curiosity, applied himself to draw horoscopes, by means of astronomical tables, and was esteemed the most eminent in his time.” Historians controvert some particular circumstances of his calculations; but all agree in conferring on him the honorary title Prince of astrologers.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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* TARRANTIUS (Lucius)
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TAURUS
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