526 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



128 A. D. (Ptol. obs. on equinox), end of the third Great Year of the Egyptians. 



" 129, Jupiter being in the sign Leo " (Aristid. i. p. 519, Masson, and Clint.), birth of the rhetor 

 Aelius Aristides. 



" In the reign of Hadrianus " (Lubke and Lutrow), the temple to the Olympian Jupiter at Athens 

 completed under the Roman architect Cossutius. 



" 130, autumn " (coins, inscript. on Vocal Memnon, and Clint.), after passing the winter at 

 Athens, arrival of Hadrian in Egypt : where he found Christians numerous, as appears from one of 

 his letters ; and in the course of his voyage on the Nile, founded the new city of Antinoe : — to the 

 present day marked by ruins in the Roman style of art. 



The Second era of Gaza begins from this visit of Hadrian. 



" 131 A. D." (Dio, Clint., and Kitt. cycl. bibl.), on reaching Jerusalem, Hadrian changed the 

 name of the city to Aelia Capitolina ; and on the site of Solomon's temple, founded a temple to Jupi- 

 ter. The building operations were shortly afterwards interrupted by the Jews ; who, led by Cochebas, 

 commenced war against the Romans, and were at first successful. 



" In this year " (Abyss, chron., and C. Mull, geogr. min. p. xcvii), Za-Elawda succeeded by Za- 

 Zigen and Rema as kings of Abyssinia. — They ruled " forty " years. 



" In this year " (Jap. centen. comm. 88), in Japan, end of the reign of . . . the son of Keiko. 



Cloth made of hemp " is very old " in Japan, and " was the only textile fabric " in the country 

 "prior — to the introduction of silk weaving" (Jap. centen. comm. 77). 



Among dye stuffs used in Japan, "gall-nuts, turmeric" (Curcuma longa), " madder " (Rubia 

 cordifolia), " safflower" (Carthamus tinctorius), and " brazil wood" (Caesalpinia sappan), * — are 

 enumerated in Jap. centen. comm. 75. 



" 132 A. D." (Hieron., Eutrop., Blair, and Clint), the " Perpetual Edict," a body of laws for 

 praetors, compiled by Salvius Julianus. 



" 133, May 6th, 11 hours 15 minutes P. M." (Blair), eclipse of the moon. Observed at Alexandria 

 by Claudius Ptolemy. 



Coronilla emerus of the Mediterranean countries and as far as middle Europe. A small shrub 

 called in France "faux baguenaudier " (A. Dec), in Greece " agriopeganos " (Sibth.), in which we 

 recognize the ATPION TTHTANON placed under the wing protecting birds from cats according to 

 Sotion, — and Florentinus (geopon. xii. 25 and xiii) : C. emerus was observed by Sibthorp, and Chau- 

 bard, frequent on the mountains of the Peloponnesus and Crete ; is known to grow also in Asia 

 Minor and the Crimea (Tchih., and Bieb.). Westward, is termed " emerus " by Tournefort inst. pi. 

 418; and is known to grow in Italy, and as far as " Lat. 47 45'" from Vienna to the Jura (Pers., 

 and A. Dec). The leaves called scorpion senna are according to Lindley "cathartic like those of 

 senna, but less active." 



One hundred and thirty-third generation. May 1st, 134, mostly beyond youth : Iamblichus of 

 Babylon : the Greek poet Mesomedes of Crete ; the philosophers, Sextus the stoic, Crescens, Vale- 

 rius Diodorus, Taurus of Berytus, Maximus of Tyre, and Apollonius of Chalcis ; the historians, 

 Appianus, and Phlegon of Tralles ; the grammarians, Telephus, Alexander of Cotiaeum, and He- 

 phaestion ; the rhetors, Antonius Polemo, Marcus of Byzantium, Aristocles of Pergamus, Nicostratus, 

 Varus of Perga, and Philager ; other Greek writers, Polyaenus of Macedonia: the Christian Greek 

 writers, Papias, Justinus Martyr, and Hegesippus. 



" The same year " (Just. Mart., Euseb., and Clint.), by Cochebas leader of the Jewish revolt, 

 many Christians persecuted for not taking part in the war against the Romans. Basilides the 

 Gnostic at this time in Alexandria, and his doctrines opposed in writing by Agrippa Castor. 



* Gardenia fiorida of Subtropical China and Japan. An ornamental shrub called in Anam "cay 

 deanh tau," in China " chy tsu " (Lour.), in Japan "si" or "kutsjinas" (Thunb.) ; and from early 

 times planted for hedges in Japan, and its flowers used for dyeing vellow — (Jap. c. c. 75) : observed 

 in Japan by Clever ii. 7. f. 21, and Kaempfer, by Thunberg, everywhere. Southward and Westward, 

 was observed by Loureiro in China and Anam ; by Rumphius vii. pi. 14, on Amboyna ; by Mason v. 

 414 to 785, " exotic " in Burmah and called " thung-hsen-pan," cultivated by the natives for ornament 

 and its fragrant flowers ; by Roxburgh, and Graham, in gardens in Hindustan, called '' gundha raja," 

 and "probably introduced from China." By European colonists, was carried to Austral Africa 

 (Pers.); to the Hawaiian Islands, verified by myself; and to North America, where it has become a 

 favourite in greenhouses. 



Evodia glauca of Japan. Called there " kiwada," and from early times its bast used in the 

 process of dyeing — -(see Jap. c. c. 31 and 80) : E. glauca is described by Miq. 



Lithosperinum erythrorhizon of Japan as far as Yeso. Called in Japan " murasaki " (Sieb.), 

 and from early times used for dyeing purple — (see Jap. c. c. 80) : known to grow as far as Yeso 

 (Sieb.). 



