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  Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius - LoveToKnow 1911
AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS MACROBIUS, Roman grammarian and philosopher, flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395-423).
But the tenure of high office at that date was limited to Christians, and there is no evidence in the writings of Macrobius that he was a Christian.
It is possible, but by no means certain, that he was the Theodosius to whom Avianus dedicates his fables.
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  Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Roman grammarian[?] and philosopher, flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395-423).
He may be identical with a Macrobius who is mentioned in the Codex Theodosianus[?] as a praetorian praefect[?] in Spain in 399-400, proconsul of Africa in 410, and lord chamberlain in 422.
Macrobius is also the author of a commentary in two books on the Somnium Scipionis narrated by Cicero at the end of his De re publica.
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 Macrobius - Encyclopedia.com
Barker-Benfield, `The manuscripts of Macrobius' Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis...
He was not totally unknown, however, thanks to scholars like Firmicus Maternus, Saint Augustine, Macrobius, and to those parts of the works of Proclus translated in the thirteenth century by William of Moerbeke.
(Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Commentarii in somnium scipionis, ed...
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 Macrobius
Macrobius claims "the purpose of the dream is to teach us that the souls of those who serve the state well are returned to the heavens after death and enjoy everlasting blessedness".
Macrobius thought this to be useful in divination as it consists of strange figures impossible to understand without the intervention of an interpreter of dreams.
Macrobius considered this to be useful in divination as it consisted of a revered person such as an ancestor or folk hero revealing information about the future and offering advice to the dreamer.
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 Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius : Macrobius
He may be identical with a Macrobius who is mentioned in the Codex Theodosianus[?] as a praetorian praefect[?] in Spain in 399-400, proconsul of Africa in 410, and lord chamberlain in 422.
It is also possible that he was the Theodosius to whom Avianus dedicates his fables.
Macrobius is also the author of a commentary in two books on the Somnium Scipionis narrated by Cicero at the end of his De re publica.
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 Macrobius
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, grammairien latin durant les règnes de Honorius et d'Arcadius (395-423).
The outer wall of Macrobius has a multiply-terraced inner surface, with some slumping along the top of the rim.
The small satellite crater 'Macrobius C' lies across the western rim, but the wall is otherwise relatively free of significant wear.
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 Macrobius - Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius was a Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher who flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395–423).
He may be identical with a Macrobius who is mentioned in the Codex Theodosianus as a praetorian prefect of Spain in 399-400, proconsul of Africa in 410, and lord chamberlain in 422, although he has also been identified with a Theodosius who served as praetorian prefect of Italy in 430.
Macrobius is also the author of a commentary in two books on the Dream of Scipio narrated by Cicero at the; end of his Republic.
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 Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher, flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395–423).
The form of the Saturnalia is copied from Plato's Symposium and Gellius's Noctes atticae; the chief authorities (whose names, however, are not quoted) are Gellius, Seneca the philosopher, Plutarch (Quaestiones conviviales), Athenaeus and the commentaries of Servius (excluded by some) and others on Virgil.
Macrobius: The Saturnalia, the Latin text of the critical edition edited by Ludwig von Jan (Gottfried Bass; Quedlinburg and Leipzig, 1852), web edition by Bill Thayer.
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 Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius Biography (5th-c) Online Encyclopedia Article About Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He wrote a commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, and Saturnaliorum conviviorum libri septem, a series of historical, mythological, and critical dialogues.
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Macrobius was a late Roman neoplatonic grammarian and philosopher who wrote several eclectic works that were much read in the Middle Ages.
Macrobius' 5th century commentary carries further the statement of Cicero concerning the habitable character of this southern zone, specifically known as the Antichthon.
Macrobius affirms that it is reason alone that permits us to assume its habitable character, for the intervening torrid zone prevents us from ever knowing what the truth of that matter may be.
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Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, Roman grammarian and philosopher, flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius.
The form of the Saturnalia is copied from Plato's Symposium and Gellius's Noctes atticae; the chief authorities (whose names, however, are not quoted) are Gellius, Seneca the philosopher, Plutarch (Quaestiones conviviales), Athenaeus and the commentaries of Servius (excluded by some) and others on Virgil.
Macrobius: The Saturnalia, the Latin text of the critical edition edited by Ludwig von Jan (Gottfried Bass; Quedlinburg and Leipzig, 1852), web edition by Bill Thayer.
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 Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In his commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio, Macrobius described the Earth as a globe of insignificant size in comparison to the remainder of the cosmos.
Many early medieval manuscripts of Macrobius include maps of the Earth, including the antipodes, zonal maps showing the Ptolemaic climates derived from the concept of a spherical Earth and a diagram showing the Earth (labeled as globus terrae, the sphere of the Earth) at the center of the hierarchically ordered planetary spheres.
Images from a 12th century manuscript of Macrobius' Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis (Parchment, 50 ff.; 23.9 × 14 cm; Southern France).
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 395 - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half.
The eastern half is centered in Constantinople under Arcadius, son of Theodosius I, and the western half in Rome under Flavius Augustus Honorius his brother.
Alaric the Visigoth, general of the foederati, renounces Roman fealty and is declared King, waging war against both parts of the Roman Empire.
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 Gens Ambrosia :: History of the Ambrosii
Ambrosius was a wealthy Alexandrian who supported the Christian theologian Origen (c185-c251).
Ambrosius was succeeded by his brother Uther, and Uther was succeeded by his son Artorius, the famous King Arthur.
Gildas might have meant meaning that Ambrosius' father was a Roman emperor, a British king, a member of the senatorial class, or perhaps even a magistrate.
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 Macrobius Biography / Profile
It is unclear to which late, imperial Macrobius (ma-KROH-bee-uhs) the three literary works surviving under this name should be attributed.
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius’s only complete work to survive, Comentarii in Somnium Scipionis (n.d.; Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, 1952), is a commentary on Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis (“Dream of Scipio”), part of De Republica (n.d.; English translation, 1948), which is an important source for the history of Neoplatonic thought.
Macrobius was not widely read during the Middle Ages, received much greater attention during the Renaissance, and in modern times attracts attention mainly for his preservation of fragments from earlier authors.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 395   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half.
The eastern half is centered in Byzantium under Arcadius, son of Theodosius I, and the western half in Rome under Flavius Augustus Honorius his brother.
Alaric the Visigoth, general of the foederati, renounces Roman fealty and is declared King, waging war against both parts of the Roman Empire.
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 Theodosius - Research the news about Theodosius - from HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Theodosius II Who's Who in the Classical World; 2000; SIMON HORNBLOWER and TONY SPAWFORTH; 819 Words Theodosius II, son of Arcadius, born in AD 401, was proclaimed...
Theodosius' armies repelled Persian invasions, and the fortifications of Constantinople were strengthened.
Theodosius II The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church; 2000; E. LIVINGSTONE; 33 Words Theodosius II (401–50), E. Roman Emperor from 408.
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 Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism | Macrobius | INTRODUCTION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He was thought to be the Macrobius who was a vicar of Spain in 399, or possibly the Macrobius who was the proconsul of Africa of 410, or maybe the Macrobius who was imperial grand chamberlain of 422; historians could not be certain if these positions reflected two or three persons of that name.
Cameron argued that Macrobius was known in his time by his last name, Theodosius, and the only Theodosius he could find from the relevant period was the praetorian prefect of Italy in 430.
Macrobius was also a grammarian, but only fragments exist of his sole surviving work.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Macrobius
with Theodosius, praetorian prefect of Italy in AD 430 (Cameron), rather than with Macrobius, proconsul of Africa in 410 (Flamant); father of Flavius Macrobius Plotinus Eustathius, city prefect c.
The second work of Macrobius is a Neoplatonist commentary, also dedicated...
His eloquence was referred to by Macrobius as pingue et floridum, ‘rich and florid’.
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Ambrosius Macrobius was a Roman philosopher and writer of the fifth century who is best...
Macrobius was among the first to hold the...
The author argues that Macrobius was influential in establishing a model in which stories that admit interpretation only...
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Little is known about his life: he may have been a praetorian prefect in Spain (399), proconsul in Africa (410), and grand chamberlain (422).
The Saturnalia, which is dedicated to Macrobius' son Eustachius, purports to give an account of discussions in private houses on the day before the Saturnalia and on three days of that festival.
Macrobius also wrote a commentary on Cicero's "Somnium Scipionis" ("The Dream of Scipio") from the De Republica.
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 Massacre of the Innocents - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The earliest extrabiblical reference to the Massacre of the Innocents is by Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, a Roman philosopher of the 4th century.
Unlike Matthew, Macrobius places the massacre in a Syrian province and combines it with the separate killing of one of Herod's sons.
Because of Macrobius’ conflation of two different accounts and the fact that he shows no other signs of dependence on Matthew, New Testament scholar Paul Barnett has posited that Macrobius was relying on an independent source.
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 Biologie - Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius war ein römischer Grammatiker und Philosoph während der Regierungszeiten der Kaiser Honorius und Arcadius (395-423).
Er könnte identisch sei mit dem Macrobius, der im Codex Theodosianus als Prätorianerpräfekt in Spanien 399/400 erwähnt wird, Proconsul von Africa 410 und Kämmerer 422.
Es ist auch möglich, dass er der Theodosius ist, dem Avianus seine Fabeln widmete.
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 MACROBIUS Articles Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius was
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius was a Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher who flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395–423).
He may be identical with a Macrobius who is mentioned in the Codex Theodosianus as a praetorian prefect of Spain in 399-400, proconsul of Africa in 410, and lord chamberlain in 422, although he has also been identified with a Theodosius who served as praetorian prefect of Italy in 430.
Since the tenure of high office at that date was limited to Christians, and there is no evidence in the writings of Macrobius that he was a Christian, early writers questioned both Macrobius's Christianity and his holding of high civil office.
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