of a Bible among the astrological writers of a thousand years or more".(p xii) It was first translated from Arabic into Latin by Plato of Tivoli (Tiburtinus)...

A map of North Africa as it was known to Europeans in 1482, created by German cartographer Lienhart Holl and based on Ptolemey's fourth map of Africa...

Believing that Marcus Caelius’ debts to Pompey, who wishes to keep Ptolemey XII in power, motivated him to murder the philosopher, Clodia hires Gordianus...