Lucius Taruntius Firmanus
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- For the mythological figure, see Tarutius.
Lucius Taruntius Firmanus (sometimes Lucius Tarrutius of Firmum) (unkn-fl. 86 BC) was a Roman philosopher, mathematician, and astrologer.
Firmanus was a close friend of both Marcus Terentius Varro and Cicero. At Varro's request, Firmanus took the horoscope of Romulus. After studying the circumstances of the life and death of the founder of Rome, Firmanus calculated that Romulus was born on September 23, in the second year of the second Olympiad (i.e. 771 BC). He also calculated that Rome was founded on April 9, between the second and third hour of the day (Plutarch, Rom., 12; Cicero, De Divin., ii. 47.).
Taruntius crater, on the Moon, is named after him. It was named in 1935 by the International Astronomical Union.
[edit] External links
- (English) Tarutius and the Foundation of Rome
- (English) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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