CHRONOLOGY. 



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41. 

 43. 

 44. 



45. 

 47. 



48. 

 50. 

 51. 



52. 

 54. 



55. 



56. 



57. 



59. 

 60. 



61. 



62. 



63. 

 64. 



65. 



66. 



67. 



68. 

 69. 



70. 



71. 

 72. 



73. 



74. 



75. 

 76. 



A conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. St 

 Matthew, according to Blair, writes his gospel. 

 Philo Judzus flourished. 



The name of Christians given at Antioch. Pe- 

 tronius appointed governor of Syria. A comet 

 appeared in Gemini. 



Caligula assassinated by Chereas. 



Claudius's expedition into Britain. 



Peter imprisoned. James put to death. St Mark, 

 according to Blair, wrote his gospel. 



Vespasian's successful war in Britain. Pomponius 

 Mela, the geographer. 



A new island appeared in the JEgean Sea. The se- 

 cular games celebrated at Rome. Caractacus the 

 British king. 



A comet appeared. See Lubiniezki. 



London built by the Romans about this time. 



Caractacus carried in chains to Rome. A comet ap- 

 peared. 



The council of the apostles at Jerusalem. Astrolo- 

 gers expelled Italy. Paul preaches at Athens. 



In 54 or 56, a comet appeared in Cancer. It was 

 visible during 4 months, and moved from the north 

 to the east. Claudius dies. Nero succeeds. 



Caesar landed in Britain. Aug. 26, a comet appear- 

 ed in China. Paul preached at Ephesus. 



Rotterdam built about this time. 



A comet appeared in 57 or 58. Persiui, ob. 62, 

 zt. 30. 



Nero causcdhis mother Agrippina to be put to death. 

 Paul's defence before Felix. 



A comet appeared at Rome, and in China. It was 

 seen for 6 months in great brilliancy. The Chris- 

 tian religion published in Britain. Paul's defence 

 before Festus. 



Boadicea defeats the Romans, but soon after is con- 

 quered by Suetonius. A comet appeared. Pe- 

 tronius Arbiter, ob. about 66. 



St Paul sent in bonds to Rome. In 62 or 64 a co- 

 met appeared. 



A great earthquake in Asia. 



A conflagration in Rome. The first persecution of 

 the Christians. Qmntus Curtius. 



Prodigies seen at Jerusalem. Seneca, Lucan, and 

 others put to deatli. 



Nero goes into Greece. The Jewish war begins in 

 May. A comet appeared. Pliny the historian, 

 ob. 79. 



St Peter and St Paul put to death about June 29th. 

 Vespasian defeats the Jews, and takes Josephus 

 prisoner. 



A comet appeared. Nero dies. 



Galba put to death. Otho kills himself. A comet 

 appeared in Jerusalem. 



Titus destroys Jerusalem, Saturday, Sept. 8. The 

 lands of Judza sold by the Romans. A comet 

 appeared in Gemini. 



Josephus, ob. 93, zt. 56. 



A comet appeared in Libra, and was seen for 40 



days. 

 The philosophers expelled from Rome by Vespasian. 



A comet appeared. Frontinus flourished. 

 The states of Achaia, Lycia, Samos, Thrace, &c. 

 formed into separate provinces. Silius Italicus, 

 ob. set. 75. 



Vespasian dedicated a temple to Peace. A comet 

 appeared in China. 



A comet appeared. Asconius Pedianus, ob. zt. 85. 



A. D. 



77. A comet appeared in China. A great plague at Chronolo- 

 Rome. The Parthians revolt. t _-^J'-i_ j 



79. Vespasian dies. Herculaneum and Pompeii are bu- "i"" 



ried by an eruption of mount Vesuvius, Nov. 1. 

 In 78 or 79 a comet appeared for 6 months. 



80. The Capitol, Pantheon, &c. of Rome consumed by 



fire. Titus builds the hot baths and amphitheatre. 



81. A comet appears. Titus dies. Martial, ob. 104, 



zt. 75. 



82. Agricola reduces South Britain to a Roman pro- 



vince. Domitian banishes all the philosophers 

 from Rome. Apollonius Tyanzus, ob. 97. 



84. Valerius Flaccus flourished. 



85. Britain discovered to be an island. 



86. Domitian instituted the Capitoline games. Solinus. 



88. The secular games celebrated, The Dacian war be- 

 gins. Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher, ob. about 

 161. 



89- Quintilian, ob. about 95. 



90. Agrippa of Bithynia, the mathematician. 



91. Statius of Naples, the poet, ob. 96. St Clement I. 



92. A vestal buried alive for prostitution. Agrippa ob- 



serves in Bithynia a conjunction of the moon with 

 the Pleiades, Nov. 29, 5 h before midnight. St 

 Ignatius, ob. 108. 



93. The empire of the Huns, in Tartary, destroyed by 



the Chinese. Tacitus the historian, ob. after 99. 

 John banished to the island of Patmos. 



95. The 2d persecution of the Christians under Domi- 



tian. Juvenal, ob. 128. 



96. Domitiau put to death. 



97. The evangelist John returns from exile ; ob. 99, zt. 



92. 



98. Nerva dies. Menelaus, the mathematician, observed 



at Rome a transit of the moon over Spica Virginis 

 Jan. 11, 5 h after midnight. 



99. Julius Severuj, governor of Britain. 



SECOND CENTURY. 



102. Pliny, pro-consul in Bithynia, sends Trajan his ac- 



count of the Christians. 



103. Dacia reduced to a Roman province. Pliny junior. 



105. A great earthquak? in Asia and Greece. Dion 



Pruszus flourished. 



106. Trajan marches against the Parthians, &c. Philo 



Byblius, ob. 133, zt. 80. 



107. The 3d persecution of the Christians under Trajan. 

 109. A comet appeared in China. Plutarch, ob. 119. 

 111. Suetonius, the historian, ob. after 117. 



114. Trajan erects his column at Rome. A great earth- 

 ' quake in China. jlian, ob. abt,ut 140, zt. 40. 



115. Trajan subdues Assyria. An earthquake at An- 



tioch. 



116. The Jews make an irruption into Egypt. L. An- 



nzu Floats. 



117. Adrian marches into Britain. Trajan dies. Theon, 



senior, the astronomer of Smyrna. 



118. The 4th persecution of the Christians, under Adrian. 



120. Nicomedia and other cities destroyed by an earth- 



quake. 



121. Adrian builds a wall between Carlisle and New- 



castle. 



126. Adrian goes into Asia and Egypt for 7 years. 



127. Aristides flourished. 



128. In 128 or 130 a comet appeared in Aquarius and 



Capricorn, and was seen 39 days. Czsarea and 

 Nicopolis destroyed by an earthquake. 

 130. Adrian rebuilds Jerusalem, and erects a temple te 

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