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Chronicon (Jerome)

The Chronicle (or Chronicon or Temporum liber) was a universal chronicle, one of Jerome
Jerome

Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
's earliest attempts in the department of history. It was composed circa 380
380

Events...
in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon

Chronicon (Eusebius)

The Chronicon or Chronicle was a work in two books by Eusebius. It seems to have been compiled in the early 4th century. It contained a world chronicle from Abraham until the vicennalia of Constantine I in 325 AD....
of Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325
325

Events...
to 379
379

Events...
. In spite of numerous errors taken over from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced a valuable work of universal history
Universal history

Universal history is basic to the Western tradition of historiography, especially the Abrahamic religion wellspring of that tradition. Simply stated, universal history is the presentation of the history of mankind as a whole, as a coherent unit....
, if only for the impulse which it gave to such later chroniclers as Prosper
Prosper of Aquitaine

Saint Prosper of Aquitaine , a Christian writer and disciple of Saint Augustine of Hippo, was the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle....
, Cassiodorus
Cassiodorus

Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator , commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman Empire statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths....
, and Victor of Tunnuna
Victor of Tunnuna

Victor of Tunnuna was bishop of the Africa Province town of Tunnuna and a chronicler from Late Antiquity.What little information we have on his life is derived from entries in his own chronicle....
to continue his annals.

The Chronicle contains a chronology of the events of Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, based on the work of Hellenistic scholars such as Apollodorus, Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus , was a Roman Greece historian who flourished in the 1st century BC. According to Diodorus' own work, he was born at Agira in Sicily ....
, and Eusebius.

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The Chronicle (or Chronicon or Temporum liber) was a universal chronicle, one of Jerome
Jerome

Saint Jerome was a Christian priest and Christian apologetics best known for translating the Vulgate. He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a canonized saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism....
's earliest attempts in the department of history. It was composed circa 380
380

Events...
in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon
Chronicon (Eusebius)

The Chronicon or Chronicle was a work in two books by Eusebius. It seems to have been compiled in the early 4th century. It contained a world chronicle from Abraham until the vicennalia of Constantine I in 325 AD....
of Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325
325

Events...
to 379
379

Events...
. In spite of numerous errors taken over from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced a valuable work of universal history
Universal history

Universal history is basic to the Western tradition of historiography, especially the Abrahamic religion wellspring of that tradition. Simply stated, universal history is the presentation of the history of mankind as a whole, as a coherent unit....
, if only for the impulse which it gave to such later chroniclers as Prosper
Prosper of Aquitaine

Saint Prosper of Aquitaine , a Christian writer and disciple of Saint Augustine of Hippo, was the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle....
, Cassiodorus
Cassiodorus

Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator , commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman Empire statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths....
, and Victor of Tunnuna
Victor of Tunnuna

Victor of Tunnuna was bishop of the Africa Province town of Tunnuna and a chronicler from Late Antiquity.What little information we have on his life is derived from entries in his own chronicle....
to continue his annals.

The Chronicle contains a chronology of the events of Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, based on the work of Hellenistic scholars such as Apollodorus, Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus , was a Roman Greece historian who flourished in the 1st century BC. According to Diodorus' own work, he was born at Agira in Sicily ....
, and Eusebius. While the earlier parts are clearly unhistorical, there may be scattered remnants of historical events of late Mycenean Greece from entires of the 12th century BC (see Historicity of the Iliad
Historicity of the Iliad

The extent of the historical basis of the Iliad has been debated for some time. Educated Greeks of the fifth century continued to accept the truth of human events depicted in the Iliad, even as philosophical scepticism was undermining faith in divine intervention in human affairs....
; notably, Jerome's date for the capture of Troy
Troy

Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer....
of 1183 BC corresponds remarkably well with the destruction layer of Troy VII
Troy VII

Troy VII, in the mound at Hisarlik, is an archaeological layer of Troy representing late Hittite Empire to Neo-Hittite times . It was a walled city with towers reaching a height of nine meters; the foundations of one of its bastions measure 18 meters by 18 meters....
a, the main candidate for the historical inspiration of legendary Troy, dated to ca. 1190 BC). Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
himself is dated to 940 BC, while modern scholarship usually places him after 800 BC.

Timeline
From Adam until the 14th year of Valens, 5,579 years

From Abraham to the Fall of Troy (26 kings of the Assyrians), 835 years
Ninus
Ninus

Ninus, according to Greek historians writing in the Hellenistic period and later, was accepted as the eponymous founder of Nineveh , although he does not seem to represent any one personage known to modern history, and is more likely a conflation of several real and/or fictional figures of antiquity, as seen to the Greeks through the mists of...
, son of Belus
Belus

Belus in Latin or Belos in Greek language transliteration is one of...
reigned 52 years, Abraham
Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
, Zoroaster
Zoroaster

Zoroaster or Zarathushtra , also referred to as Zartosht , was an ancient Iranian peoples prophet and religious poet. The hymns attributed to him, the Gathas, are at the liturgical core of Zoroastrianism....
Semiramis
Semiramis

Semiramis was a legendary Assyrian queen, also known as Semiramide, Semiramida, or Shamiram in Aramaic.Many legends have accumulated around her personality....
, 42 years
Zameis, 38 years; covenant of Abraham with God (1942 BC)
Arius
Arius

Arius was a Berber people Christian priest from Alexandria, Egypt in the early fourth century whose teachings, now called Arianism, were deemed heretical by the Church....
reigned for 30 years; birth of Isaac
Isaac

According to the Hebrew Bible, Isaac The New Testament contains few references to Isaac. The Early Christianity views Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to Binding of Isaac as an example of faith and obedience....
(1912 BC)
Aralius, 40 years
Xerxes Balaneus , 30 years; Inachus
Inachus

In Greek mythology, Inachus personified the Inachus River, the modern Panitsa that drains the western margin of the Argolis. He was king of Argos ....
reigned for 50 years (1856 BC)
Armamitres, 38 years
Belocus, 35 years; birth of Joseph
Joseph (Hebrew Bible)

Joseph or Yosef , is a major figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible . He was Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first. He is also mentioned favourably in the Qur'an....
(1765 BC); Ogygian Flood (1757 BC)
Balaeus, 52 years; famine in Egypt (1727 BC)
Altadas, 32 years; Prometheus
Prometheus

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to human beings for their use....
Mamynthus, 30 years
Magchaleus, 30 years
Sphaerus
Sphaerus

Sphaerus , of Borysthenes or the Bosphorus, was a Stoicism philosopher, lived c. 285-c. 210 BC.He studied first under Zeno of Citium, and afterwards under Cleanthes....
, 20 years; birth of Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
(1592 BC)
Mamylus, 30 years
Sparetus, 40 years; Deucalian flood (1526 BC)
Ascatades, 40 years; Moses on Mount Sinai (1515 BC)
Amynthes, 45 years; birth of Minos
Minos

In Greek mythology, Minos was a mythical king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa . After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Greek Underworld....
, Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus

In Greek myths, Rhadamanthus was a wise king, the son of Zeus and Europa . Later accounts even make him out to be one of judges of the dead. His brothers were Sarpedon and Minos ....
, and Sarpedon
Sarpedon

In Greek mythology, Sarpedon referred to at least three different people....
(1445 BC)
Belochus, 25 years
Bellepares, 30 years; Perseus
Perseus

Perseus , the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Mycenae there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths in the cult of the Twelve Olympians....
Lamprides, 32 years; Tros
Tros

In Greek mythology, Tros was a ruler of Troy and the son of Erichthonius of Dardania or Ilus#Ilus , from whom he inherited the throne. Tros was the father of three sons: Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymede s....
(1365 BC)
Sosares, 20 years; Pegasus
Pegasus

In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa....
Lampares, 30 years; Europa
Europa (mythology)

Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story, as K?roly Ker?nyi points out; "most of the love-stories concerning Zeus originated from more ancient tales describing his ma...
, temple at Eleusis
Pannias, 45 years; Miletus
Miletus

Miletus was an ancient city on the western coast of Anatolia , near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria. Evidence of first settlement at the site has been made inaccessible by the rise of sea level and deposition of sediments from the Maeander....
; Argonauts
Argonauts

In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece....
; Oedipus
Oedipus

Oedipus was a Greek mythology monarch of Thebes, Greece. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family....
; Gideon
Gideon

Gideon may refer to:...
Sosarmus, 19 years; Hercules
Hercules

Hercules is the Ancient Rome name for the mythical Ancient Greece hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. Early Roman sources suggest that the imported Greek hero supplanted a mythic Italian shepherd called "Recaranus" or "Garanus", famous for his strength....
, Priam
Priam

In Greek mythology, Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon. Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priimuua, which means "exceptionally courageous"....
, Theseus
Theseus

For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra , and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night....
, Seven against Thebes
Seven Against Thebes

The Seven against Thebes is a mythic narrative whose classic statement is found in the play by Aeschylus concerning the battle between the Seven led by Polynices, traditional Theban enemies, and the army of Thebes, Greece headed by Eteocles and his supporters....
(1234 BC)
Mithraeus, 27 years; Olympic games
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
(1212 BC)
Tautanes, 32 years; Trojan War
Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
(1191-1182 BC)
From the Fall of Troy, until the first Olympiad, 405 years.
from Ninus to Sardanapalus
Sardanapalus

Sardanapalus was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of Assyria. Ctesias' Persica is lost, but we know of its contents by later compilations and from the work of Diodorus ....
: 36 Assyrian kings (1240 years)
from the first Olympiad, to the 14th year of Valens, 1,155 years
1st Olympiad
Olympiad

An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Ancient Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as Epoch ....
(776 BC)
65th Olympiad; Darius the Great (520 BC)
181st Olympiad; Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
(44 BC)
202nd Olympiad; preaching of Jesus Christ
289th Olympiad; Goths defeated by Huns (AD 377)

Literature

Richard W. Burgess, Studies in Eusebian and post-Eusebian Chronography, Stuttgart (1999).
Malcolm Drew Donalson, A Translation of Jerome's Chronicon With Historical Commentary, Mellen University Press (1996). ISBN 0-7734-2258-7.
J. K. Fotheringham, The Bodleian Manuscript of Jerome's Version of the Chronicle of Eusebius Reproduced in Collotype. Oxford: Clarendon (1905)
J. K. Fotheringham, Eusebii Pamphili Chronici canones. London: Humphrey Milford (1923). (Photocopy)
R. Helm, Eusebius Werke 7: Die Chronik des Hieronymus, Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Jahrhunderte 47 (1956).
Benoît Jeanjean & Bertrand Lançon, Saint-Jérôme, Chronique : Continuation de la Chronique d'Eusèbe, années 326-378, Brest, (2004), ISBN : 2753500185.
Josef KARST, Eusebius Werke, 5. Band : Die Chronik aus dem Armenischen übersetzt. Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Jahrhunderte 20 (1911).
Alden A. Mosshammer, The Chronicle of Eusebius and the Greek Chronographic Tradition, Lewisburg/London (1979), ISBN 0-8387-1939-2.
Alfred Schoene, Eusebi Chronicorum Libri. 2 vols. Berlin: Weidmann (1875).
Robert Graves
Robert Graves

Robert Ranke Graves was an England poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of the famous German historian Leopold von Ranke....
; The Greek Myths (1955) ISBN 0-14-017199-1
Alden A. Mosshammer; The Chronicle of Eusebius and Greek Chronographic Tradition, Bucknell University Press (1979) ISBN 0-8387-1939-2
J. C. Stobart
J. C. Stobart

John Clarke Stobart , commonly known as J.C. Stobart, wrote two famous and influential books, The Glory that was Greece and The Grandeur that was Rome....
; The Glory that was Greece (1911) ISBN 0-283-48455-1
Michael Wood; In Search of the Trojan War (1998) ISBN 0-520-21599-0

External links

(tertullian.org)

Abraham
Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
to Babylonian captivity
Babylonian captivity

The Babylonian captivity, or Babylonian exile, is the name typically given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 BCE....
Xerxes
Xerxes

Xerxes may refer to these Persian kings:*Xerxes I of Persia, reigned 485–465 BC, aka Xerxes the Great*Xerxes II of Persia, reigned 424 BC...
to AD 379
379

Events...
facsimile of Merton College ms.

compiled by Carlos Parada

See also

Timeline of Ancient Greece
Timeline of Ancient Greece

This is a timeline of ancient Greece.All dates are Before Common Era....
Classical authorities on Babylonia and Assyria