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The Chronicon or Chronicle (Greek, Pantodape historia, "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....
") was a work in two books by Eusebius of Caesarea. It seems to have been compiled in the early 4th century. It contained a world chronicle from 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....
 until the vicennalia of Constantine I
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
 in 325
325

Events...
 AD. Book 1 contained sets of extracts from earlier writers; book 2 contained a technically innovative list of dates and events in tabular format.

The original Greek
Koine Greek

Koine Greek is the popular form of Greek which emerged in post-Classical antiquity . Other names are Alexandrian, Hellenistic, Common, or New Testament Greek....
 text is lost, although substantial quotations exist in later chronographers.






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The Chronicon or Chronicle (Greek, Pantodape historia, "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....
") was a work in two books by Eusebius of Caesarea. It seems to have been compiled in the early 4th century. It contained a world chronicle from 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....
 until the vicennalia of Constantine I
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
 in 325
325

Events...
 AD. Book 1 contained sets of extracts from earlier writers; book 2 contained a technically innovative list of dates and events in tabular format.

The original Greek
Koine Greek

Koine Greek is the popular form of Greek which emerged in post-Classical antiquity . Other names are Alexandrian, Hellenistic, Common, or New Testament Greek....
 text is lost, although substantial quotations exist in later chronographers. Both books are mostly preserved in an Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
 translation. Book 2 is entirely preserved in the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 translation by 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....
. Portions also exist in quotation in later Syriac writers such as the fragments by James of Edessa and, following him, Michael the Syrian
Michael the Syrian

Michael the Syrian was a List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166-1199. He is best known today as the author of the largest medieval Chronicle, which he composed in Syriac language....
.

Contents


The work was composed in divided into two parts. The first part (Greek, Chronographia, "Annals") gives a summary of universal history from the sources, arranged according to nations. The second part (Greek, Chronikoi kanones, "Chronological Canons") furnishes a synchronism of the historical material in parallel columns, the equivalent of a parallel timeline
Alternate history (fiction)

Alternate history or alternative history is a Genre of speculative fiction and historical fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world....
, where each line is a year.

The work as a whole has been lost in the original, but it may be reconstructed from later chronographists of the Byzantine school who made excerpts from the work with untiring diligence, especially George Syncellus
George Syncellus

George Syncellus was a Byzantine Empire chronicler and ecclesiastic. He had lived many years in Palestine as a monk, before coming to Constantinople, where he was appointed syncellus to Patriarch Tarasius, patriarch of Constantinople....
.

The tables of the second part have been completely preserved in a Latin translation by Jerome
Chronicon (Jerome)

The Chronicle was a universal chronicle, one of Jerome's earliest attempts in the department of history. It was composed circa 380 in Constantinople; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon of Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325 to 379....
, and both parts are still extant in an Armenian translation. The loss of the Greek originals has given an Armenian translation a special importance; thus, the second part of Eusebius' "Chronicle", of which only a few fragments exist in the Greek, has been preserved entirely in Armenian
Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
. Fragments also exist in Syriac, notably in the "Chronicle" of Michael the Syrian
Michael the Syrian

Michael the Syrian was a List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166-1199. He is best known today as the author of the largest medieval Chronicle, which he composed in Syriac language....
.

The "Chronicle" as preserved extends to the year 325. It was written before the "Church History."

See also

  • Universal chronicle
  • Chronicon (Jerome)
    Chronicon (Jerome)

    The Chronicle was a universal chronicle, one of Jerome's earliest attempts in the department of history. It was composed circa 380 in Constantinople; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon of Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325 to 379....
  • Classical authorities on Babylonia and Assyria


External links

  • - Only edition of the Armenian, with Latin translation.
  • - from the Armenian text of Aucher, by .
  • - from the modern Latin translation of the ancient Armenian version.
  • - book 2 of Eusebius with Jerome's additions.