Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2011
In 1900 W. Kroll came to the conclusion that Vettius Valens lived under the Antonines. Indeed one finds, scattered over the whole work, some forty references to specific dates as examples for the astrological methods under discussion, these dates ranging from Nero 1 (A.D. 54) to Antoninus 21 (A.D. 157).
1 Catal. Cod. Astrol. Graec. II, p. 86; cf. also the preface to Kroll's edition p. VI (1908). All references in the following mean Kroll's edition. [Vettius Valens is an author of so much importance not only for astrology proper but also for ‘mysticisme astral’ and religious feeling that it is extremely welcome to have a precise dating. A.D.N.]
2 In line 19 read: Ζεὺς [Ζυγῷ] ῎Αρης Παρθἑνω.