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5th-century Roman author and historian
Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. c. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during
Macrobius
Ancient Roman festival in December
work of that name by Macrobius, a Latin writer from late antiquity who is the major source for information about the holiday. Macrobius describes the reign
Saturnalia
Latin work by Macrobius
Florence. Macrobius. The Saturnalia. Translated by Percival Vaughan Davies. Columbia University Press, 1969. Loeb Classical Library (LCL) Macrobius. Saturnalia
Saturnalia_(Macrobius)
Macrobius Cove (Bulgarian: залив Макробий, ‘Zaliv Macrobius’ \'za-liv ma-'kro-biy\) is the 2.8 km wide cove indenting for 3.4 km the west coast of Barison
Macrobius_Cove
Calendar used in Ancient Rome
Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 12, §3. Kaster (2011), p. 137. Mommsen & al. (1864), p. 217. Censorinus, Macrobius, and Solinus, cited in Key (1875) Macrobius
Roman_calendar
12th-century Irish priest
Macrobius was an Irish priest in the twelfth century. He was Archdeacon of Dublin, then Bishop of Glendalough. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession
Macrobius_(bishop)
Daughter of Augustus (39 BC – AD 14)
admissos gregatim adulteros, De Beneficiis 6.32 Macrobius, Saturnalia, Book II, 5:2, translations from Macrobius: Saturnalia, Volume I: Books 1–2. Edited and
Julia_the_Elder
Roman god
Macrobius Saturnalia I 9, 2. Ovid Fasti I 173-4. Macrobius defines him Consivium, i.e. propagator of the mankind. Saturnalia, I, 9, 16. Macrobius Sat
Janus
Solar calendar
meaning that Macrobius was simply stating that Caesar published an edict giving the revised calendar – see e.g., p.99 in the translation of Macrobius by P. Davies
Julian_calendar
Crater on the Moon
closest to Macrobius. The following craters have been renamed by the IAU. Macrobius A — See Carmichael. Macrobius B — See Hill. Macrobius D — See Fredholm
Macrobius_(crater)
Rest days in the ancient Roman calendar
p. 395. Macrobius, Book I, Ch. xvi, §32. Tuditanus, cited by Macrobius. Macrobius, Book I, Ch. xvi, §33. Cassius Hemina, cited by Macrobius. Varro, Book
Nundinae
Ancient Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth
Cedrenus' s. Macrobius above, quotes Varro Antiquitates Rerum Divinarum V, as saying that Janus had twelve altars, one for each month. Macrobius Sat. I 9
Juno_(mythology)
Latin phrase meaning "vein of love"
most likely referring to a work by the fourth century Roman writer Macrobius. Macrobius, in Saturnalia VII, refers to the connection between the ring finger
Vena_amoris
Chief deity of Roman state religion
8–10. Macrobius Saturnalia III 6. Ovid Fasti I, 587–588. Varro De Lingua Latina VI 16. Sacrifices to Jupiter are also broached in Macrobius Saturnalia
Jupiter_(god)
Philosophical treatise of Macrobius
style is quite uneven, since Macrobius copies or translates his sources without unifying the style. De re publica Macrobius Cicero Neoplatonism Plotinus
Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis
Commentarii_in_Somnium_Scipionis
Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles
and the lion skin was depicted in a less abstract manner. According to Macrobius, a 5th-century CE Roman historian, the earlier author Varro—who lived
Hercules
Sixth book of Cicero's "De re publica"
writer Macrobius wrote a Neoplatonic commentary on the work, in which he excerpted large portions of Cicero. Additionally, many copies of Macrobius's work
Somnium_Scipionis
God in ancient Roman mythology
relief from civilized constraint. The Greek equivalent was the Kronia. Macrobius (5th century CE) presents an interpretation of the Saturnalia as a festival
Saturn_(mythology)
Ancient Greco-Roman astrology
Retrieved 2009-06-26. Roberts (1906) p.488. Macrobius Commentary on Scipio's Dream, book 1, ch. 21; Macrobius presents it as 'Egyptian' lore. Campion (2008)
Hellenistic_astrology
Gallo Roman goddess
21. Varro. De Lingua Latina, VI 23 Macrobius. Saturnalia, I 10, 7. Solinus. De Mirabilibus Mundi, I 6; Macrobius I, 10; Pliny, Natural History III, 9;
Angerona
Roman deity, personification of pleasure
the Elder, Naturalis Historia, III. 5 Varro, De lingua Latina, V. 164 Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. 10 Robert E. A. Palmer, The Archaic Community of the Romans
Voluptas
Syncretic deity from the ancient city of Heliopolis
40km north of Damascus | 515 Discussion of Macrobius' the origin of the cult, the exactness of Macrobius' description save for the thunderbolt, | 516
Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus
Jupiter_Optimus_Maximus_Heliopolitanus
Latin prose writer of late antiquity
philosophy pioneered by Plotinus and his followers. Like his near-contemporary Macrobius, who also produced a major work on classical Roman religion, Martianus
Martianus_Capella
Ancient Roman gift
the Monster (Princeton University Press, 1993), p. 166. Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11.1. Macrobius Saturnalia 1.11.47 Scholiast to Juvenal 6.154; Lawrence
Sigillaria_(ancient_Rome)
Roman polymath and author (116–27 BC)
Cicero, Pliny the Elder, Virgil in the Georgics, Columella, Aulus Gellius, Macrobius, Augustine, and Vitruvius, who credits him (VII.Intr.14) with a book on
Marcus_Terentius_Varro
Ancient Roman goddess of fertility and the earth
Ops directly with opus: "work," specifically the working of the earth. Macrobius, writing in the 5th century, similarly identified her with the work required
Ops
Ancient Greek poet
subsequently visited Neapolis, where he taught Greek to Virgil, according to Macrobius. Parthenius is said to have lived until the accession of Tiberius in 14
Parthenius_of_Nicaea
Son of Herod the Great
Aristobulus, it would be recounted in the compendium Saturnalia (compiled by Macrobius) that Augustus remarked "It is better to be Herod's pig than his son."
Antipater (son of Herod the Great)
Antipater_(son_of_Herod_the_Great)
Ancient Greek sculpture by Phidias
Life of Aemilius Paulus XXVIII Or. 12.51 Strabo, 8.3.30. Compare with Macrobius, Saturnalia 5.23. Homer, Iliad 1.528–530. John Grimes Younger, Sex in
Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia
genitals and in some cases a beard, called Aphroditos, was worshipped. Macrobius (c. 400s AD) wrote in his Saturnalia, at 3.8.2: There's also a statue
Homoerotic themes in Greek and Roman mythology
Homoerotic_themes_in_Greek_and_Roman_mythology
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Byzantine_Empire
Crater on the Moon
previously designated Macrobius B. It lies just to the north-northeast of Carmichael, another renamed satellite crater of Macrobius. This is a circular
Hill_(crater)
Masculine form of Aphrodite
Andromache/Andromachus. According to Macrobius, who mentions the goddess in his Saturnalia, Philochorus, in his Atthis (referred to by Macrobius), identifies this god
Aphroditus
Roman god of the Sun
century BCE. His works have not survived, but writing five centuries later, Macrobius reports that Nigidius argued that Sol was to be identified with Janus
Sol_(Roman_mythology)
Egyptian war and sky deity
4th-century Roman author Macrobius mentions another annual Egyptian festival dedicated to Horus in his Chronicon. Macrobius specifies this festival as
Horus
1788 painting by Angelica Kauffman
who kept it in the Lazienki Palace, in Warsaw. It depicts a legend in Macrobius that Octavia the Younger fainted whilst Virgil was reading to her and
Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia
Virgil_Reading_the_Aeneid_to_Augustus_and_Octavia
First century biography, by Quintus Curtius Rufus
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Histories of Alexander the Great
Histories_of_Alexander_the_Great
Ancient Roman family
col. 1825 (Octavius 34). CIL XI, 6167. Masurius Sabinus, Memorial ii. Macrobius, iii. 6. Servius, viii. 363. Suetonius, De Illustribus Grammaticis, 2
Octavia_gens
Pytheas Seleucus Timocharis Agrippa Andronicus Cleomedes Geminus Hephaestio Macrobius Martianus Capella Menelaus Porphyry Posidonius Proclus Ptolemy Sosigenes
List of ancient Greek astronomers
List_of_ancient_Greek_astronomers
Late 4th/early 5th century Roman grammarian
printed at Florence, by Bernardo Cennini, in 1471. In the Saturnalia of Macrobius, Servius appears as one of the interlocutors; allusions in that work and
Servius_the_Grammarian
Ancient Roman office
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Promagistrate
Greek historian
(Χρόνοι), and another on islands (Περὶ νήσων). The 5th-century AD writer Macrobius also refers to the third book of the history of Xenagoras. This Xenagoras
Xenagoras_(historian)
Medieval European maps of the world
Eastern Hemisphere. As most surviving zonal maps are found illustrating Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio (an excerpt of Cicero's De Re
Mappa_mundi
Manuscript
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Laterculus_Veronensis
Scheduled celebration in ancient Rome
January 5; in the later Empire, they were regularly held January 3–5, but Macrobius (5th century AD) still categorized them as conceptivae. Sementivae, a
Roman_festivals
Early 3rd century Roman noblewoman and Augusta
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Annia_Faustina
Roman sacred stones
November 8. Fruits of the harvest were offered to the dead at this time. Macrobius, quoting Varro, says of these days that: Mundus cum patet, deorum tristium
Lapis_manalis
Spiritual and philosophical texts used by Neoplatonist philosophers
Olympiodorus the Younger Asclepius of Tralles Pseudo-Dionysius Martianus Capella Macrobius Boethius Maximus the Confessor Al-Kindi Johannes Scotus Eriugena Related
Chaldean_Oracles
18, 11, defends his neologisms against the critic Caesellius Vindex. Macrobius, Saturnalia, 6, 1, quotes several lines of Furius's Annales which would
Aulus_Furius_Antias
Ancient Roman goddess of the hinge
Latin cardo/cardinis) points to the extent that the terrain permitted. Macrobius (5th century) says that the name Carna was derived from caro, carnis,
Cardea
Spanish Renaissance writer, humanist, and historian
Gellius, the Banquet of the Sophists by Athenaeus, the Saturnalia of Macrobius, the Memorable deeds and sayings of Valerius Maximus, the De inventoribus
Pedro_Mexía
Roman goddess; either the wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus
omni usui animantium favet: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12.21–22, Loeb Classical Library translation, Robert A. Kaster, Macrobius. Saturnalia Books 1–2 (Harvard
Fauna_(deity)
1st-century-BC Roman poet
selected at random and interpreted to answer questions. In a similar vein, Macrobius in the Saturnalia credits the work of Virgil as the embodiment of human
Virgil
Ancient Roman festival
assumed if annual to be one of the feriae conceptivae, a moveable feast. Macrobius, an antiquarian writer of late antiquity, says that the semi-legendary
Amburbium
Tarquitius. Macrobius quotes Tarquitius twice, and these quotations are the only direct examples of his writings. In one instance, Macrobius elucidates
Tarquitius_Priscus
2nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopher
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Apuleius
Philosophical discourse surrounding "The One"
Olympiodorus the Younger Asclepius of Tralles Pseudo-Dionysius Martianus Capella Macrobius Boethius Maximus the Confessor Al-Kindi Johannes Scotus Eriugena Related
Henology
Nymph, daughter of Hephaestus
"Thalia Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster". Smith, s.v. Palici. Macrobius, Saturnalia 5.19.18 (pp. 440, 441). Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek
Thalia_(nymph)
Ancient Roman family
expelled from the army by Augustus on account of his profligate habits. Macrobius relates two anecdotes concerning their conversations. Marcus Herennius
Herennia_gens
Roman goddess of the future
deities Skuld Ovid, Fasti, I. 633; Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights, XVI. 16; Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. 7 Ovid, Fasti, I. 633. Bettini 2008, p. 369. Varro, cited
Antevorta
Form of Latin used in the Middle Ages
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Medieval_Latin
Ancient Roman title
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Augustus_(title)
Ancient Roman god of fire, volcanoes, and metalworking
a goddess related to growth by connecting her name with IE root *MAG. Macrobius relates Cincius' opinion that Vulcan's female companion is Maia. Cincius
Vulcan_(mythology)
Roman deity
of Greek "Demeter". In the late Imperial era, the neoplatonist author Macrobius identifies her as a universal earth-goddess, an epithet of Maia, Terra
Bona_Dea
Currency of ancient Rome
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Roman_currency
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
1st-century_Roman_domes
Midpoint day in the Roman month of March
Time in Roman Religion, p. 88. Forsythe, Time in Roman Religion, p. 88. Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.21.10; Forsythe, Time in Roman Religion, p. 88; Salzman
Ides_of_March
5th-century building in Constantinople
Whilst he is reported to have lost his position as imperial chamberlain to Macrobius only two years after promotion, he may have regained the title ten years
Palace_of_Lausus
Study of classical antiquity
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Classics
Ancient Roman family
thought it must have referred to a blotchy, reddish complexion, while Macrobius derives it from Sibylla, an etymology that is rejected by Quintilian.
Cornelia_gens
1st-century Latin poet from Hispania
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Martial
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
History of the Constitution of the Roman Empire
History_of_the_Constitution_of_the_Roman_Empire
Work of Varro
c.), Censorinus (3rd c.), Servius (4th/5th c.), Nonius (4th/5th c.), Macrobius (5th c.) and Priscian (5th/6th c.). The work was divided into 41 books
Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum
Antiquitates_rerum_humanarum_et_divinarum
3rd-century Hellenistic author and historian
mentioned in the Etymologicum Magnum (c. 1150), and by two of its sources, Macrobius (fl. c. 400) and Stephen of Byzantium (6th century). Vossius includes
Xenion
Philosophical work by Boethius
written by a Platonist who is also a Christian." Boethius repeats the Macrobius model of the Earth in the center of a spherical cosmos. The philosophical
On the Consolation of Philosophy
On_the_Consolation_of_Philosophy
Iberian deity associated with Mars
mainly by the Iberians and Celtiberians. He was probably a god of war. Macrobius in his Saturnalia, calls Neto both a sun god and equivalent in Hispania
Neto_(deity)
Aspect of ancient Roman society
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Prostitution_in_ancient_Rome
Crater on the Moon
philosopher Proclus. It lies to the south of the prominent, terraced crater Macrobius, and west-northwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes. The rim of Proclus is
Proclus_(crater)
Roman earth goddess and mother of Mercury
was sacrificed to the goddess by one of Vulcan's flamens, a sacrifice Macrobius claimed was suitable for an earth goddess. The month was also sacred to
Maia_(Roman_goddess)
Archaeological site in Jordan, former city of the ancient Decapolis
accessed 3 June 2020. Cicero, Academica, i. 2, 8; Aulus Gellius, ii. 18; Macrobius, Sat. i. 11 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Menippus" . Encyclopædia Britannica
Gadara
German physician
German translations of various classical and medieval authors (Trotula, Macrobius, Gilbertinus, Muscio). onomancy (18 mss., Heidelberger Schicksalsbuch
Johannes_Hartlieb
Ancient Roman festival honoring the deities of the crossroads
that the slaves on this occasion had full liberty to do as they pleased. Macrobius, a 5th-century author, says that the celebration of the Compitalia was
Compitalia
Cattle in religion
scene were originally associated with Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Macrobius lists the bull as an animal sacred to the god Neto/Neito, possibly being
Sacred_bull
1st-century BCE king of Judea
major Israeli archeologists. Accordingly, the plan was later abandoned. Macrobius (c. 400 CE), one of the last pagan writers in Rome, in his book Saturnalia
Herod_the_Great
Name list
German humanist and translator Macrobius (fl. 5th century), Roman grammarian and philosopher (Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius in later manuscripts) Ambrosius
Ambrosius
Exercise of power by Rome's plebeian citizens
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Secessio_plebis
Roman goddess of the Moon
Neptune, and deified mortals such as Hercules. She was one of the deities Macrobius proposed as the secret tutelary of Rome. In Imperial cult, Sol and Luna
Luna_(goddess)
Coinage of the Social War
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Coinage of the Social War (91–88 BC)
Coinage_of_the_Social_War_(91–88_BC)
himself to philology. Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (consul 446), to whom Macrobius dedicated his De differentiis vel societatibus graeci latinique verbi
Aurelii_Symmachi
Ancient city in modern Libya
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Leptis_Magna
Amulet worn by Ancient Roman infants
London, England, 2007, pp. 229-230, 375-376, note 29; citing see also Macrobius, 3. 6. 9. ISBN 978-0-674-02613-1 Sebesta, J.L.; Bonfante, L. (2001). The
Bulla_(amulet)
American historian
New York University and Brooklyn College, known for his translation of Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio and his 1962 book Roman Science. Stahl
William_Harris_Stahl
Roman dramatist
quotidian, alliterative, punning, and farcical language was remarked on by Macrobius in his Saturnalia, as well as by Seneca and Marcus Velleius Paterculus
Lucius_Pomponius
Areas of influence by ancient Greece and Rome
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Greco-Roman_world
Series of Greek and Latin texts with English translations
The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb; /loʊb/, German: [løːp]) is a monographic series of books originally published by Heinemann and
Loeb_Classical_Library
Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus
Roman_naming_conventions
Roman goddess of flowers and spring
doi:10.1017/S0068673500001619. ISSN 2053-5899. Ovid, Fasti V.193-212 Macrobius, Saturnalia I.10.11-14 Lactantius, Divinae institutiones I.20.6-10 The
Flora_(mythology)
Dialogue on Roman politics by Cicero
copy of the Somnium to a copy of Macrobius's Commentary, but this copy appears to be inferior to the one Macrobius was reading. This text became so popular
De_re_publica
Roman family
imprisoned, and executed. Egnatius, a poet who wrote before Vergil. Macrobius quotes some lines from his poem, De Rerum Natura. Publius Egnatius Celer
Egnatia_gens
Bishopric in Ireland
did not take effect. 1401 1403 Mac Raith Ó hEidirsgeóil Also known as Macrobius or Matthaeus. Papal provision before 4 August 1401, but annulled on 25
Bishop_of_Ross_(Ireland)
MACROBIUS
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Boy/Male
English
Son of a farmer; from the barley farm.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Read; Garden in Heaven
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Solace quail, comfort
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
One-pointed; With One Attention
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : from a double diminutive of Codd.English (Yorkshire) : from Old French ceur de lion ‘lion heart’, applied as a nickname for a brave man, or ironically for an exceptionally timorous one.
Female
Hebrew
(× Ö¶×˜Ö·×¢) Hebrew unisex name NETA means meaning "plant, shrub."
Female
Swedish
Old Swedish form of Greek Barbara, BAREBRA means "foreign; strange."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Slave of the one who is light, Servant of the light
Boy/Male
Muslim
Successful
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Engrossed
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