Sosigenes

Sosigenes in Wikipedia

There were several historical figures called Sosigenes: Sosigenes of Alexandria Sosigenes of Alexandria was named by Pliny the Elder as the astronomer consulted by Julius Caesar for the design of the Julian calendar.[1] It appears that little or nothing is known about him apart from two references in Pliny's Natural History. Some web sources say t...

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Sosigĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

(Σωσιγένης). The Peripatetic philosopher, was the astronomer employed by Iulius Caesar to superintend the correction of the calendar (B.C. 46). See Calendarium....

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