The Prophet of Bologna: The Enigmatic Life of Bartolomeo della Rocca Cocles In the vibrant, intellectually charged atmosphere of late fifteenth-century Bologna, few figures captured the intersection of scientific observation and mystical foresight as profoundly as Bartolomeo della Rocca. Known to history by his evocative moniker, Cocles, this Italian scholar was far more than a mere practitioner of the occult; he was a meticulous chro…