Ἄγνωστος Ἀστρονομικὸς Συγγραφεύς (Astronomical Work Anonymous I)

Life This anonymous author is known solely from a single, fragmentary astronomical treatise, with no biographical details preserved. The work is conventionally dated to between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE, placing it within the Roman Imperial period and the continuing Greco-Roman tradition of mathematical astronomy [1].

Works The author’s sole known work is an untitled Astronomical Treatise, surviving in fragments. Its content is technical, dealing with subjects characteristic of the field’s literature from this era [1].

Significance The author’s significance lies in representing the broader, ongoing activity in technical astronomy during the Roman era. The fragments contribute to the corpus of scientific works that systematized celestial knowledge, building upon predecessors like Hipparchus and forming part of the body of knowledge later transmitted through Byzantine, Islamic, and medieval scholarly traditions [1].

Sources 1. ToposText: https://topostext.org/work/741#A.741.1