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— 39, July 30, i8h. 15m., 15 6° E., curve 44°, 55°, 29^. The con- 

 junction happened (p. 429) about 2h. 29m. later, and the longi- 

 tude of the U was shorter by about 3° 50'. Hence this eclipse 

 was a great one in Rome. 



38. Eusebius (Chron. ii. 197, ad coss. Censorinus and Calv. 

 Sabinus, Ol. 185, 2) mentions a solar eclipse which belongs to 

 the year — 37, because in — 36, the real consulate of Censorinus 

 and Sabinus, no eclipse of the sun was possible in Europe. This 

 eclipse, — 37, Jan. 13th, 2ih. 30m., ft 9° W., curve 47°, 33°, 51°, 

 was nearly total in Rome, owing to the longitude of the ft being 

 shorter by about 3° 50' . 



^9. The Fasti Siculi (p. 190) report that coss. L. Gellius Popli- 

 cula and M. Coccejus Nerva, u.c. 719, OI. 185, 4, ixh(pc<: rj/Jou 

 lyevtTO. The said consuls ruled in — 33, but no eclipse was 

 visible in that year ; wherefore we have again to recur to the pre- 

 ceding year, viz. to the eclipse in — 34, Oct. 31st, 22h., ft 7° W., 

 curve 62°, 28°, 14°, which was greater in Rome by reason of the 

 ft lying about 10° west of the sun, 



SO. The Fasti Siculi (p. 190) mention another eclipse {ixAi(p:^ 

 ifjXiou iyevsTo), coss. Augustus III. and Corvilius (read Corvinus), 

 u.c. 722, 01. 187, 4(?)' The aforesaid consuls officiated in — 28, 

 during which the eclipse of Jan. 4, i9h. (+2h. 26m.), X5 10° E. 

 ( — 3° 48'), curve 24°, 13°, 42°, occurred. In the preceding year 

 both ecliptic new moons happened after sunset. In — 30, which 

 Petavius referred to the same consuls, the only eclipse, on Aug. 

 20, 7h. i5ra. p.m., was likewise invisible in Italy. The eclipse 

 in — 27, June 18, I5h. 45m., curve 20°, 38°, 10°, ft 1° W., was 

 greater, but it does not agree with the consuls, and preceded sun- 

 rise in Rome. 



31. Josephus (A. xvii. 6, 4) reports that an eclipse of the moon 

 happened in Jerusalem on the night preceding the fast-day sol- 

 emnized in commemoration of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebu- 

 chadnezzar, which siege commenced on the loth day of the tenth 

 month (Tebelh) of the civil year, as proven by 2 Kings, xxv. i. 

 *^ Mardiai;, Josephus says, Upofxeuoc; iu vuxri rfj tpepouffrj ere 

 ■f^fxkpav.^ fj -^ ur^aveca ii>c<TTaTO, ido^eu — xai 7^ as/.rji^r^ ds ttj 

 abrfj uuxTc i^i?.c7:£u. This eclipse, moreover, occurred, according 

 to Josephus, nearly three months before Easter (March 20th) and 

 the death of Herod. About that time only one lunar eclipse was 



