Astrology, which was the aristocratic form of divination, and involved in many a dark intrigue of the early Empire, was a Greek as well as a chaldaean art.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
It is thus that the East and West, Orphic mysteries and chaldaean astrology, combined to satisfy the craving for a moral faith and the vision of another world.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The chaldaean priests, the earliest astronomers, would have allowed him to take his observations from the summit of the great temple of Bel, their own observatory, but he refused this offer decidedly, and persisted in his haughty reserve.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers