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        1. Tamsyn Barton is a SOAS alumna, having taken an MA in Social Anthropology.
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        3. An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and.
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          Power and Knowledge

          Astrology, Physiognomics, and Medicine under the Roman Empire

          ByTamsyn Barton

          DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.13320

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          Offers insight into the relationship between knowledge and power in ancient times--and science and politics in our own

          Power and Knowledge charts a history of three ancient scientiae in the Roman Empire--astrology, medical prognosis, and physiognomy (the art of discerning character or destiny from a person's physique).

          Drawing on contemporary approaches in social theory and the philosophy of science, Tamsyn Barton argues that the ancient sciences are best understood in terms of rhetoric, as their practitioners are involved in sociopolitical struggles and their disciplines are rooted in Greco-Roman cultural norms and practices.

          "By systematically tracing the by now familiar methods of establishing experti