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Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio

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Great Year Cycle

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Edition record for Macrobius's late-antique commentary and Great Year reception; use an identified translation, book, chapter, and page for numerical claims.

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Classical, late-antique, astrological, and modern writers used Great Year language with changing definitions and values.

The Great Year is best understood as a family of cycle concepts. It includes philosophical, astronomical, astrological, and esoteric meanings. Modern use often identifies it with precession, but older sources should not be forced into that meaning without evidence.
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The Great Year was not one worldwide ancient doctrine equal to a 26,000-year precessional cycle and capable of predicting world ages.

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