Rome and the Total Solar Eclipse of BC 188 July 17
Abstract
Using detailed knowledge of the Earth's variable rotation, we conclude that the eclipse of BC 188 July 17 was total at Rome, and that Livy's historical account of the darkness that befell the city in that year was due to this eclipse. This sets tight constraints on the value of ΔT at that epoch.
- Publication:
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Journal for the History of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- August 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0021828619863243
- Bibcode:
- 2019JHA....50..366M
- Keywords:
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- Eclipses;
- Earth's rotation;
- Livy