426 



B.C. 



GHRONOLOG V. 



reeled by Sosigenei of Alexandria, and consisted 

 of 13 month*, and 445 daya. 

 ' 45. Battle of Munda. CatMr rebuild* Carthage and Co- 



rinth. 



4*. Creiar killed in the senate rioune, ct. 56. A comet 

 appeared in China, and at Rome-, where it waa 

 observed for sewn days after Czsar's death. Dio- 

 donit Siculus, the historian. 



A shower of iron ia aaid by Pliny to have fallen in 

 Lucania the year preceding the defeat of Crassus. 

 The iecond triumvirate bet ween Octaviu j, Antony, 

 and LrpiJus. Cicero put to death, Dec. 7th. 

 Cuaiui and Brutus defeated by Antony at Phi- 

 lippi. 



41. A great famine at Rome. An earthquake in Chi- 

 na. Trogus Porapeius, the historian. 



40. Antigonu* occupies Jerusalem. Herod receives Ju- 

 dza from the Romans. Didymus, the scholiast. 



39. Syria and Palestine recovered by the Romans. 



38. The senate makes 67 praetors. 



37. Pompey gained the empire of the sea. Sosius took 

 Jerusalem and Herod. Antigonus put to death. 



36. Sexlus Pompcius defeated in Sicily. Lepidus de- 

 graded from the triumvirate, and banished. Vir- 

 gilius Maro, ob. 19. zt. 51. 



34. Antony seizes Armenia. Marcus Manilius, the astro- 

 nomical poet. 



33. Dioscorides, physician to Antony and Cleopatra. 



32. A comet appeared in China. 



31. The battle of Actium, Sept. 2d. Antony and Cleo- 

 patra defeated. An earthquake in Judza. Asi- 

 nius Pollio, the orator and historian, ob. A. D. 4. 

 set. 80. 



30. Alexandria taken by Octavius. Antony and Cleo- 

 patra put themselves to death. Egypt reduced 

 to a Roman province. Strabo, the geographer, 

 ob. A. D. 25. In this and the following year a 

 comet appeared in Libra, and was seen for 29 

 days. 



29. Horatius Flaccus, ob. 8. zt. 57. Czsar triumphed 

 three days in Rome. Temple of Janus shut. 

 Rome contains 4,101,017 citizens. 



28. jEmilius Macer, of Verona, the poet, ob. 16. 



27. The title of Augustus and of Emperor for 10 years 

 conferred upon Octavius, by a decree of the 

 senate. The Pantheon at Rome built. A great 

 famine in Palestine. S. Aurelius Propertius, the 

 elegiac poet. A comet appeared. See Heveliut. 



25. The Egyptians adopt the Julian year, and fix their 

 Ttioth to begin always on Aug 29lh. Titus 

 Livius, ob. A. D. 17. set. 76. 



23. A large comet was seen this year. Antonius Musa, 

 the physician. 



22. A groat pestilence in Italy. 



21. Augustus rccals Agrippa, and gives him Julia in 

 marriage. TibuHus, the elegiac poet, ob. about 

 19 zt. 24. 



20. Tiberius recovers the Roman ensigns from the Par- 

 thians. Porus, king of India, solicits an alliance 

 with Augustus. Ovidius Naso banished to To- 

 mi, A. D. 9. ob. 17. zt. 59. 



19. Rome at the meridian of its glory. The temple of 

 Jerusalem rebuilt by Heroa. Agrippa construct- 

 ed the aqueducts at Rome. 



f8. Augustus reduces the senate to 300; and afterwards 

 limits them to 600. 



I T. The Secular games revived. Variu* and Tucca, cri- 

 tics and editors of the ./Eneid. 



B. C. 



1 1'. Agrippa goes to Syria, and thence to Judxa. 



15. The Rhztians defeated by Drusus. M. Vitruvius 

 Pollio, the architect. 



14. A great conflagration at Rome. 



13. The office of Pontifex Maximus assumed by Augus- 

 tus, who burns 2000 pontifical books, reserving 

 those of the Sibylline oracles. 



12. A comet was seen for several days near Rome. Ti- 



berius conquers the Pannonian*. Nicholas Da- 

 mascenes, the philosopher. Agrippa dies. 

 II. Drusus conquers several German nations. 

 10. The city of Cisarca built by Kcrod. 



9. Drusus's expedition into Germany, where he diet, 

 July 20th. C. Julius Hyginus, the grammarian 

 and poet. 



8. Augustus corrects the calendar. Rome contains 

 4,233,000 citizens. Vcrriua Flaccos, the gram- 

 marian, and tutor to Augustus's grandsons. 



6. Tiberius.jealous of the two Czsars, retires to Rhodes. 



5. Q. \ arus appointed governor of Syria. A comet 



appeared in Cu:na. Our SAVIOUR born, on Mon- 

 day, Dec. 25th, or Sept. four years before the 

 common zra. Cyrenius appointed governor of 

 Judza. Dionysius of Halicarnasm?, the historian. 



4. An eclipse of the moon observed at Jerusalem, 

 March 13tb, middle 2 hours 45' after midnight. 



2. Julia banished by Augustus. Dionysius the geogr. 



1. An interview between Caius Czsar and Tiberius. A 

 comet appeared. 



FJKST CENTURY. 



A. D. 



1. C. Czsar makes peace with the Parthians. 



2. Tiberius returns to Rome. L. Czsar dies. 



3. C. Czsar dies. Cinna's conspiracy detected. 



4. Leap year corrected. Phxdrus flourished. 



6. A great famine at Rome. 



7. Germanicus marches against the Pannonians. 



8. JESUS CHRIST disputes in the temple. Asinius Gal- 



lius, ob. 33. Germanicus, ob. 19. zi. 34. 



9. The Romans subdue Dalmatia. 



10. In this year, or in the year 12, a comet was seen ia 

 Aries for 32 days. The Romans defeated by 

 Arminius, a German general. 



13. A comet appeared in China. 



14. Rome contains 4,037,000 citizens. Augustus dies 



at Nola Aug. 19th, zt. 76. 



15. Valleius Paterculus, ob. 31. 



16. Mathematicians and magicians expelled from Rome. 



17. Cappadocia reduced to a province. An earthquake 



destroys 12 cities in Asia. Cornelius Celsus. 



18. Tiberius built by Herod. 



19. Jews banished from Rome. 



21. Theatre of Pompey consumed by fire. A comet 



appeared in China. 

 23. Valerius Maximus. 



26. Tiberius goes to the island Caprza. John the Bap- 



tist begins his ministry. 



27. A conflagration at Rome. Pilate made governor of 



Judza, kills himself, 39. JEJ.US baptised by 

 John. 



32. Columella flourished. 



33. Our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST crucified on Friday, 



April 3d, at 3 o'clock P. M. Resurrection on 

 Sunday, April 5th. Ascension, Thursday May 

 14th. 



36. St Paul converted. 



37. Tiberius dies after a reign of 23 years, art. 78. 



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