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...ion to Christmas Eve, 307 BC, and also synchronises his reign to that of [[Ptolemy III Euergetes]] (246-222 BC). The chronology of Keating's ''Foras Feasa ar

...oman Empire|Romans]] would later provide a high level of information for [[Ptolemy]] to construct detailed [[atlas|atlases]]. He extended the work of [[Hippar ...90–c.168) - compiled Greek and Roman knowledge into the book [[Geographia (Ptolemy)|Geographia]]

...he Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'' revolutionized the worldview of [[Ptolemy]]'s picture of the cosmos as earth-centered, with the [[planet]]s and the [

...[Provinces of Ireland]].''</ref> of Ireland in prehistory, and appear in [[Ptolemy]]'s 2nd century ''Geography'' as the ''Uolunti'', probably a corruption of

...is based on its roots in ancient astronomy. (See [[Tycho Brahe]], and [[ Ptolemy]].) But astrology has more relationship to religion,[http://en.citizendium.

...in this case a paradigm shift. '''Copernicus''', like Aristotle and unlike Ptolemy, did not make his own observations. However, he did incorporate the work of ...tric model as well. His work was also to influence '''Hipparchus''' and '''Ptolemy'''.

...of his contemporaries, who still adhered to the [[geocentric]] system of [[Ptolemy]].

...year [[Copernicus]] published his revolutionary astronomy book. [[Ptolemy|Ptolemy]] and [[Galen|Galen]] bite the dust. He also did small edits to [[User:Der

...e administration of the country in the hands of Kleomenes of Naukratis and Ptolemy, one of his generals.

...se was posited by quite a number of people over the centuries, even before Ptolemy. but it was not seriously rejected until Galileo.<ref>[http://www-groups.dc ...e, a period of approximately 476 to 1453 A.D. In this period the work of [[Ptolemy]] held sway, the universe was [[geocentrism|geocentric]], it moved about t

...es and monuments, and of course the pyramids. After Alexander, the Greek [[Ptolemy dynasty]], descended from one of Alexander's generals, ruled until 30 BC, w

...cism has been described as ranging "from the dismissive to...damning".<ref>Ptolemy Tompkins, "New Age Supersage", ''Time'', November 14, 2008, http://www.time

...as The Museum or the University of Alexandria, founded during the reign of Ptolemy I, who had been one of Alexander's commanders. It was essentially a 'rese

...as the basis of the catalog of 48 constellations by the Greek astronomer [[Ptolemy]]:

...light themselves, contradicting contemporary beliefs, including those of [[Ptolemy]] and [[Euclid]]. The way in which Alhazen combined observations and ration

...s. These can be derived geometrically, using arguments which go back to [[Ptolemy]]; one can also produce them algebraically using Euler's formula.

...he sophisticates in ''Deipnosophistae'' were at a banquet in Rome.</ref> [[Ptolemy Philadelphus|Ptolemæus, surnamed Philadelphus]], bought them all, and tran

...shift in European society in general - see [[Copernicus]]'s rejection of [[Ptolemy]]'s theories on astronomy). People like [[Vesalius]] led the way in improvi

...one dominant theory was replaced by another, such as the replacement of [[Ptolemy]]'s geocentric model of the Universe with the [[Copernicus| Copernican]] he ...entific Revolutions'' dates back to the mathematical astronomer Claudius [[Ptolemy]], who lived in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The improvements in astronomic

..., if it indeed existed, might have been the "hill-fort bay" mentioned by [[Ptolemy]] (c.90-168 AD), the Greco-Roman [[geography|geographer]] (p.13).</ref> Amo