Cll HO NO LOGY. 



1S8. 



A.D. A. n. 



Jupiter. At Alexandria, Ptolemy obserted Mara 181. 

 in opposition, Dec. 1 I, 3* 1'. M. 



131. The Jews commence second war. St Polycarp, 182. 



ob. 167. 183. 



132. Ptolemy observed the autumnal equinox, Sept. 25, 186. 



P 188. 



133. An eclipse of the moon observed by Ptolrmy at 



Alexandria, on Tuesday, May <J, 11" 1J' P.' M. 189. 

 He observed Jupiter in 13 15' , May 17, II' 1 191. 

 !. tad Saturn in 9 40' / , June 4, 4" P. M. 192. 

 Ptolemy, the nwtnctr.atichn, ob. 161. 



134. Urbicu's wall w.-s built between Edinburgh and 193. 



the Firth of Clyde. Marcion, the heretic. Pto- 



lemy observed Venus in 11 5' vj , Feb. Ifi, morn- 194. 



ing ; and Mercury in 20 12' nj, Oct. 3, morning. 195. 



135. The Jewish war ends, and almost all the Jews ba- 198. 



nishcd from Judza. I'X). 



136. The second great canicular year of the Egyptians 



begin*, July 20. Arrian, the historian and phi- 

 losopher. 



Adrian dies at Baiz. Ptolemy observed Regulus 

 in 2 SO' of this sign, and 32 W from the sum- 

 mer solstice. 201 . 



139. Jutr.n Martyr writes his first Apology for the 202. 



Christian", ob. 1' 



140. Ptolemy observed Venus in 18 30' n.and 47 15', 



from the rnean place of the sun, July 18. Ob- 201. 



served the vernal equinox st Alexandria, March 



22, about 1 o'clock afterncon. 205. 



141. A comet appeared in China. 206. 

 1 It. Appian, the historian. 



145. Antoninus defeats tlie Moors, Germans, and Da- S.'07. 



ciann. In 145 or 146 a comet was sten 6 days 



in Aquarius. Polyatnm. 209. 



1 \f>. The worship of Serapis introduced at Rome by the 210. 



emperor, and his mysteries celebrated May 6. 211. 



Artemidoros. 212. 



147. Apuleius flourished. 



148. Justin, the historian. 



1 W. A comet appeared in China. Aulus Gellius, the 213. 

 grammarian. 216. 



151. Maximus Tyrius, ob. about 180. 217. 



152. An earthquake at Rhode?. An inundation of the 



Tiber, &c. Antoninus stops the persecution 218. 

 against the Christians. 



153. Pausaniai, ob. after 173. 



156. Diophantus, ob. zt. 84. 220. 



158. Lucian, ob. about 180, zt. 90. 



159. The Bactrians and Indians submit to Antoninus. 222. 

 T6O. A comet appeared. 



161. Antoninus Pius dies, zt. 77. 225. 



162. War with the Parthians continues three years. 226. 



163. The Christians persecuted under Marcus Aurelius 229. 



Antoninus, called by some the 4th. Galen, ob. 

 193,zt. 70. 231. 



165. A comet appeared. 232. 



166. The Romans send ambassadors to China. 



168. A plague over the known world. Athenagoras, 



ob. 177. 233. 



16ft The war with the Marcomanni begins. 



71. Montanus propagated his heresy. Tatian. 235. 



172. Athenziu of Naucratis, author of the Deipnoto- 236. 



pAi:/<z,ob. about 194. 2"7. 



74. V\ ar with the Marcomanni, Vandals, &c. finished. 238. 



177. Another war with the Marcomanni, which lasts 241. 



three years. 



78. Diogenes Laertius, ob. about 222. 242. 



180. Mucus Aurelius dies, zt. 59. 



Commodus makes peace with the Germans. 

 comet appeared. 



A comet appeared in China. St Irenseus, ob. 202. 



A violent war in Britain finished by Marcellut. 



Julius Pollux, ob. a-' 



The Capitol, Sec. of Rome destroyed by lightning. 

 A comet appeared in China. 



A plague at Rome. The Saracens defeM the Roman*. 



Rome nearly destroyed by fire. 



Commodus is put to death, art. 31. A comet ap- 

 peared. 



Different persons usurp the empire on the death (' 

 Pcrtinax. 



Sevcrus besieges Byzantium. 



A con.it appeared. 



Albinus defeated by Severn*, and killed at Lyons. 



A shower of a substance which converted coppsr 

 into silver, is said by Dion to have fallen for three 

 days during the lifetime of Severu'. Severus de- 

 feats the Parthians. A comet appeared in China. 



THIRD CENTI/BY. 



Papinianus, ob. 212. 



The 5th persecution of the Christians, under Sept. 

 Severus. A comet appeared at Rome. An erup- 

 tion of Vesuvius. 



The secular games celebrated at Rome. A comet 

 appeared in China, and was seen several days. 



An earthquake in Wales. 



A comet appeared in China, near the polar star. 

 Clemens Alexandrinus. 



Severus goes into Britain, and 50,000 of his troops 

 dieot the plague. Minutius Felix. 



Sevcrus builds his wall across Britain. 



Philostratus, ob. about 244. 



Severus dies at York, set. 66. 



A comet appeared in China. Christianity intro- 

 duced into Scotland. Caracalla kills his brother 

 Geta, and many others. 



Oppian, ob. ct. 30. 



War between the Romans and Parthians. 



Caracalla killrd by Maximus, zt. 43. The Sep. 

 tuagint found in a cask. 



Maximus put to death by the soldiers. A comet 

 appeared in China ; it went from east to west, and 

 was seen several days at Rome. 



J j'.ius Africanus, the chronologer. A comet ap- 

 peared in Pisces, and was seen for 18 days. 



The Romans agree to pay an annual tribute to the 

 Goths. 



Mathematicians allowed to teach publicly at Rome. 



Parthia becomes tributary to Persia. 



The Arsacides terminate in Persia. Dion Cassius, 

 the historian. 



Origen, ob. 254, xi. fi9. 



Ammonius, the Christian and Platonic philosopher, 

 begins a school of Platonic philosophers at Alex- 

 andria, ob. after 243. 



The Persians defeated by the Romans with great 

 slaughter, at Tadmor. 



The (>th persecution against the Christians. 



Two comets appeared in China. 



The two Gordians killed in Africa. 



Censorious flourished. 



The Franks first mentioned in history. Gregory 

 Thaumaturgus, ob. 266. 



Gordian makes a successful expedition against tk<? 

 Persians. 



