Octavian Augustus at Apollonia and the statement of his astrological sign

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna (1)

1 Polito - Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin

The article discusses a possible link between the astrological sign of the Capricorn, that Octavian Augustus chose as his symbol, and the constellation in which the sun was at the beginning of the calendar of Julius Caesar, that is the First January of 45 BC. Augustus may have chosen this constellation as the symbol of the birth of a new age, which Caesar, his adoptive father, had established with the reform of the calendar. The astrological sign was assigned to Octavian when he was in Apollonia, in the same year of the reform, 45 BC. The "magnus gubernator" of the world was born. Under the sign of Capricorn, Octavian Augustus ruled the empire.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Archéologie et Préhistoire; Histoire

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna. Octavian Augustus at Apollonia and the statement of his astrological sign. 2019. ⟨hal-02267867⟩