Because they knew the dates of ecli es , they had great power . people believed that the sky was important . they believed that an ecli e could kill a man 由于這些天文學(xué)家能預(yù)知日食和月食的日期,他們便有著相當(dāng)大的權(quán)力。當(dāng)時(shí)人們相信天空是重要的,他們還相信一次日食或月食能奪去一個(gè)人的生命。