[806]. Op. cit. p. 14.
[807]. Maspero, Hist. Ancienne des Peuples de l’Orient Classique, Paris, 1899, t. III. p. 674; Rawlinson, History of Herodotus, 1862, vol. II. p. 458.
[808]. Herodotus, Bk I. c. 140; VII. c. 113.
[809]. Op. cit. Bk I. c. 131.
[810]. Plutarch, de Is. et Os. c. XLVI.
[811]. As in the book called “The Illumination of Bel” found in Assurbanipal’s Library at Kuyunjik. See Sayce, “Astronomy and Astrology of the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians,” T.S.B.A. vol. III. pp. 146 sqq. Cf. Chapter III, vol. I. p. 114 supra for examples.
[812]. That tables were actually used for this purpose, was shown in the Pall Mall Magazine for August, 1896 and with more detail in Star-Lore for April, 1897.
[813]. Dill, Nero to Marcus Aurelius, pp. 449, 450, for authorities.
[814]. Circa 270 A.D. See Cumont, T. et M. I. p. 26.
[815]. See Chap. III, Vol. I. p. 103, n. 4, supra.