Macrobius (crater)

Macrobius is a prominent lunar impact crater located to the northwest of the Mare Crisium. It lies on the southeast edge of the Lacus Bonitatis, a small lunar mare. The somewhat smaller crater Tisserand lies just to the east.

The outer wall of Macrobius has a multiply terraced inner surface, with some slumping along the top of the rim. The small satellite crater Macrobius C lies across the western rim, but the wall is otherwise relatively free of significant wear. In the center of the floor is a central mountain complex. There is a low ridge in the western interior, but the remainder of the floor is relatively level.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Macrobius.

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

  • Macrobius A See Carmichael.
  • Macrobius B See Hill.
  • Macrobius D See Fredholm.
  • Macrobius L See Esclangon.
  • References

    External links

  • LTO-43C2 Macrobius L&PI topographic map
  • Macrobius

    Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, commonly referred to as Macrobius, was a Roman who flourished during the early fifth century. He is primarily known for his writings, which include the Saturnalia, a compendium of ancient Roman religious and antiquarian lore, the Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis ("Commentary on the Dream of Scipio"), which was an important source for Platonism in the Latin West during the Middle Ages, and De differentiis et societatibus graeci latinique verbi ("On the Differences and Similarities of the Greek and Latin Verb") which is now lost.

    Name

    The correct order of his names is "Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius", which is how it appears in the earliest manuscripts of the Saturnalia, and how he is addressed in the excerpts from his lost De differentiis. Only in later manuscripts were his names reversed as "Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius", which James Willis then adopted for his edition of the Commentary. Alan Cameron notes that Cassiodorus and Boethius both refer to him as "Macrobius Theodosius", while he was known during his lifetime as "Theodosius": the dedication to the De differentiis is addressed Theodosius Symmacho suo ("Theodosius to his Symmachus"), and by the dedicatory epistle to Avianus's Fables, where he is addressed as Theodosi optime.

    Macrobius (priest)

    Macrobius was an Irish priest in the twelfth century: he was Archbishop of Dublin then Bishop of Glendalough.

    References

  • "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p127 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  • "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p215 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  • See also

    Bishop of Glendalough



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