La Table des rois: Contribution à l’histoire textuelle des ›Tables faciles‹ de Ptolémée by Olivier DefauxFrançais | EPUB | 330 Pages | ISBN : 3111303950 | 1.6 MB
How could ancient astronomers accurately calculate celestial phenomena on the scale of several centuries? The Table of Kings is a simple list of rulers with the duration of their reigns, which allowed Ptolemy, an Alexandrian astronomer, to have a count of the years that had passed since the Babylonian king Nabonassar (8th century BC). Initially used for astronomy, this table captivated historians and chronology specialists from Antiquity.