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Herm of Pythagoras

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Herm of Pythagoras, 1st century A.D.
Rome, Musei Capitolini, inv. M.C. 594

Pythagoras' vision of the cosmos had an enormous influence on astronomers of later ages. Perfectly spherical and geocentric, the Pythagoreans' cosmos was governed by precise numerical ratios which were the very fundament of the order of the universe.