Armenian translation of Eusebius Chronicon

The ''Chronicon'' or ''Chronicle'' (

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: Παντοδαπὴ ἱστορία ''Pantodape historia'', "

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") was a work in two books by

Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea (30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima. ...

. It seems to have been compiled in the early 4th century. It contained a world chronicle from

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until the vicennalia of

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in A.D. 325. 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

text is lost, although substantial quotations exist in later chronographers. Both books are mostly preserved in an

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translation. Book 2 is entirely preserved in the

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translation by

Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...

. 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 (),(), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great () or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, was a patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199. He is best known today as th ...

. The ''Chronicle'' as preserved extends to the year 325, and was written before the "

Church History Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual side of t ...

The work was composed 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 A timeline is a list of events displayed in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representing t ...

, where each line is a year. It is the longest preserved list of Olympic victors, containing however mainly the

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winners from 776 B.C. to A.D. 217. These tables have been completely preserved in a Latin translation by Jerome and both parts are still extant in an Armenian translation. The work may be reconstructed from later chronographers of the

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, especially

George Syncellus George Syncellus (, ''Georgios Synkellos''; died after 810) was a Byzantine chronicler and ecclesiastical official. He lived many years in Palestine (probably in the Old Lavra of Saint Chariton or Souka, near Tekoa) as a monk, before coming to Cons ...

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Eusebii ... Chronicon bipartitum, ex Arm. textu in Lat. conversum, adnotationibus auctum, Gr. fragmentis exornatum, opera J.B. Aucher
- Only edition of the Armenian, with Latin translation.

- from the Armenian text of Aucher, b
Robert Bedrosian

- from the Armenian text, ''mirror if main site unavailable''.

- from the modern Latin translation of the ancient Armenian version.

- book 2 of Eusebius with Jerome's additions.

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