You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 2017Classical Corner: A Comet Gives Birth to an Empire Donald K. Yeomans, Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth, and Folklore (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, 1991), p. 11. (See Pliny, Naturalis Historia 2.23โ24.) Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.