| LC control no. | n 82111816 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Firmicus Maternus, Julius |
| Variant(s) | Maternus, Firmicus Maternus, Julius Firmicus Julius Firmicus Maternus |
| Beginning date | 03 |
| Associated country | Rome |
| Place of birth | Syracuse (Italy) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Astronomers Astrologers |
| Found in | Oxford classical dictionary (Firmicus Maternus, Julius; of Syracuse; he wrote circa 334-337 A.D.) English Wikipedia, viewed January 5, 2024 (Julius Firmicus Maternus; Roman Latin writer and astrologer who received a pagan classical education that made him conversant with Greek; he lived in the reign of Constantine I (306 to 337 AD) and his successors. His triple career made him a public advocate, an astrologer and finally a Christian apologist) New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003: volume 5, pages 739-740 (Firmicus Maternus, Julius; Junior V(ir) C(larissimus); 4th-century apologist and polemicist; born in Syracuse, date unknown; died after 350. An aristocrat of senatorial rank, he was reared in paganism and went through three successive careers: advocate, astrologer, and Christian polemicist; author of Matheseos libri VIII, the longest systematic account of astrology in the Latin language) <https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119028058> Bibliothèque nationale de France online catalog, viewed January 5, 2024 (authorized access point: Firmicus Maternus, Julius; other data in authority record: writer and astronomer; died after 360; the tractate Questions d'un païen à un chrétien (Consultationes Zacchaei et Apollonii) has been wrongly attributed to him) |
| Associated language | lat |
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