s0221l-PTOLEMY born Claudius Ptolemaeus 90 AD-168 AD and lived in Roman Egypt, was an astronomer
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Unsure where he was born, Hellenistic mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer, author of several scientific treatises, wrote; Almagest an ancient treatise on astronomy, Geography on geography of the Greco-Roman world and Roman Empire, Tetrabiblos on horoscopic astrology and was popular astrological work of antiquity , Harmonics on music theory, Optics on properties of light, including reflection, refraction and colour, discussed Music of the Spheres, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy