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CENSORINIYS , Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer, flourished during the 3rd century A.D. He was the author of a lost work
gift . The contents are of a varied character: the natural history of man, the influence of the stars and genii, music, religious rites, astronomy, the doctrines of the Greek philosophers. The second part deals with chronological and mathematical questions, and has been of great service in deter-mining the principal epochs of ancient history. The whole is full of curious and interesting information. The style is clear and concise, although somewhat rhetorical, and the Latinity, for the period, good. The chief
work
original
The only good edition with commentary is still that of H. Lindenbrog (1614) ; the most recent
critical editions are by O. Jahn (1845), F. Hultsch (1867), and J. Cholodniak (1889). There is an English translation of the De Die Natali (the first eleven chapters being omitted) with notes by W. Maude (New York
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