About: Monica Correa
Monica is a History teacher and freelance Journalist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She knows about Latin American history but likes to flirt Greek and Roman too. Her life motto: Credo quia absurdum
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The Eastern Roman Empire’s Legacy to Astronomy
By Monica Correa, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Decades ago, the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for corruption and decadence, however, the period between 395 and 1453 was also one of great scientific progress. Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople in honor of its founder, Constantine, was a land where Latin, Greek, Islamic and Jewish traditions
Written on August 21, 2018 at 1:20 am
Categories: Astronomy
Tags: Astronomic model, Byzantine, Claudius Ptolemy, geocentric, Gregory Chioniades, Nicephoros Gregoras, The Schemata of the Stars
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