Armenian translation of Eusebius Chronicon

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

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: Παντοδαπὴ ἱστορία ''Pantodape historia'', "

Universal history A universal history is a work aiming at the presentation of a history of all of mankind as a whole, coherent unit. A universal chronicle or world chronicle typically traces history from the beginning of written information about the past up to t ...

") 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

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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 (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is co ...

. Portions also exist in quotation in later Syriac writers such as the fragments by

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

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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

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, where each line is a year. It is the longest preserved list of

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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 chronographists of the

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, especially

George Syncellus George Syncellus ( el, Γεώργιος Σύγκελλος, ''Georgios Synkellos''; died after 810) was a Byzantine chronicler and ecclesiastic. He had lived many years in Palestine (probably in the Old Lavra of Saint Chariton or Souka, near Tekoa ...

External links

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.

{{Authority control 4th-century history books Greek chronicles Patristic historical writings 4th-century Christian texts Works by Eusebius of Caesarea Ancient Olympic Games

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