Roman History, 37.18.1

Cassius Dio  translated by Earnest Cary

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18The custom, however, of referring the days to the seven stars called planets was instituted by the Egyptians, but is now found among all mankind, though its adoption has been comparatively recent; at any rate the ancient Greeks never understood it, so far as I am aware.

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