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the Chaldaeans
also: Chaldaei, Chaldaeorum, Chaldaeis, the Chaldeans, Chaldean astrologers
The Babylonian astrologers, proverbial for casting horoscopes and predicting destinies from the day of birth. Cicero devotes a long stretch of book 2 to refuting their natal astrology.
Reading notes
- On Divination §2.70 the matter of the Chaldeans
The Chaldeans were Babylonian astrologers, famous for casting horoscopes from the day of birth. Cicero devotes sections 2.87-2.99 to refuting their natal astrology.
- Tusculan Disputations §1.95 before we have laid hold of the Chaldeans' promises
The Chaldaeans, Babylonian astrologers famed for casting horoscopes and predicting long life or fortune. Cicero mocks the soft hope placed in such predictions, which death may cut off.