09-18-2014, 06:40 AM
Justin wrote:
Do you have the source for this handy? I'll take your word for it, I'm just trying to track it down.
Censorinus “The Birthday Book” translated by Holt N. Parker. Published by the University of Chicago Press. Chapter 17 Ages and Centuries. The Roman Secular Games: “Varro heard him say that if it happened as the Roman historians have recorded, that Romulus saw twelve vultures as an augury when he founded the city, then since the Roman people had passed 120 years unharmed, they would make it to 1200 years.”
You cannot calculate the 1200 years from Rome’s traditional founding date of 753 BC. The 1200 years is calculated on when Rome was conceived for which the Romans had a date. The actual time for when the 1200 years ends is around the time when Stilicho destroys the Sibylline books. I believe Stilicho did it to stop the decline in morale brought about by this prophecy of impending doom. St Augustine in the City of God mentions the end of the Roman gods. The whole Pythagorean system is about monotheisms, and this explains why the early Christian writers had a fascination with Pythagorean doctrine. As Scully keeps telling us, the truth is out there.
Do you have the source for this handy? I'll take your word for it, I'm just trying to track it down.
Censorinus “The Birthday Book” translated by Holt N. Parker. Published by the University of Chicago Press. Chapter 17 Ages and Centuries. The Roman Secular Games: “Varro heard him say that if it happened as the Roman historians have recorded, that Romulus saw twelve vultures as an augury when he founded the city, then since the Roman people had passed 120 years unharmed, they would make it to 1200 years.”
You cannot calculate the 1200 years from Rome’s traditional founding date of 753 BC. The 1200 years is calculated on when Rome was conceived for which the Romans had a date. The actual time for when the 1200 years ends is around the time when Stilicho destroys the Sibylline books. I believe Stilicho did it to stop the decline in morale brought about by this prophecy of impending doom. St Augustine in the City of God mentions the end of the Roman gods. The whole Pythagorean system is about monotheisms, and this explains why the early Christian writers had a fascination with Pythagorean doctrine. As Scully keeps telling us, the truth is out there.
