544 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"289, April 21st" (Clint.), oration of Mamertinus, to Maximian on the point of sailing with a 

 new fleet against Carausius. By whom he was defeated in naval warfare. 



"290 A. D. = 'tai-hi and young-hi,' death of Wou-ti II. and accession of Hiao-hoei-ti " (Chi- 

 nese chron. table). The year however is referred to the reign of Wou-ti II.* 



" The same year" (coins, Eutrop., and Clint.), peace granted to Carausius. Coins issued by him 

 in this, — and the following year, are extant. 



" The same year " (Afst., and Blair), compilation of the " Codex Hermogenianus." Containing 

 laws enacted under the reign of Aurelius Claudius to that of Diocletian. 



Manuscripts of the " Third " century (Sylvestre), presenting the following forms of the letters, 

 u,m, q, 6, b. 



" 291 A. D. Not later than this date " (see Clint, iv. p. 437), retirement of Antonius at the age 

 of " thirty-five " into the Egyptian Desert ; the earliest example of the life of a hermit. In his writings, 

 pilgrimages and the superstitious veneration of relics are denounced (Alst. p. 368). 



"293 A. D. (Vict., Eumen., and Clint.), the " archipirata " Carausius, succeeded by Allectus, as 

 king in Britain. 



"The same year" (Agath., Abulpharag., and Clint.), Vararam II. succeeded by Vararam III. ; 

 and after "four months,'' by Narses, seventh Sasanid king of Persia. 



"At this time " (Vopisc, and Clint.). Claudius Eusthenius writing the lives of Diocletian and his 

 three colleagues, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius ; all of whom were living. 



"296, April 2zd " (Pont., and Clint.), death of Caius, twenty-sixth bishop of Rome. Marcellinus 

 is next in order (on the Lists of Alsted, and Nicolas) : — and after him, Marcellus, and Eusebius. 



"The same year" (Eumen., Vict., and Clint.), near London, Allectus defeated by Constantius, 

 and Britain recovered by the Romans. • Maximian at the time, stationed on the Rhine. 



" 297 A. D." (Eutrop., Hieronym., and Clint.'), in Egypt, Achilleus defeated and Alexandria 

 captured by Diocletian. The event is noticed in the oration of Eumenius, addressed in this year to 

 Constantius. 



As early probably as this date. Hermetic writings translated from Egyptian into Greek — (Iambi, 

 myst. viii. I to 7). One of them is quoted by Lactantius div. inst. vii. 18. 



Daphne sericea of Crete. The KOKKOC NHCIUJTIKOCofthe Hermetic iatromathem. — may 

 be compared : D. sericea is termed " thymelaea cretica olea? folio subtus villosa " by Tournefort cor. 41 ; 

 and was observed by Sibthorp, and Fraas, on the subalpine portion of the mountains of Crete and 

 Southern Greece. " D. buxifolia" observed by Sibthorp on the mountains of Crete, is regarded by 

 Fraas as identical, and notwithstanding the pubescent leaves hardly distinct from D. jasminea. (See 

 D. alpina and D. tartonraira).. 



" 29S A. D." (Ammian., and Clint ), in Armenia, the Persians under Narses defeated by Galerius : 

 and after the cession of five provinces beyond the Tigris to the Romans, peace concluded. 



" The same year " (Euseb., and Clint.), Hymenaeus succeeded by Zabdas, " thirty-eighth " bishop 

 of Jerusalem. 



"299 A. D." (Clint.), end of the independent Egyptian coinage : — the coins issued at Alexandria, 

 instead of Greek, bearing Latin inscriptions, and are similar in every respect to those of the rest of 

 the Empire. 



" 300 A. D." (Euseb., and Clint.), Zabdas succeeded by Hermon, " thirty-ninth " bishop of Jeru- 

 salem. 



One hundred and thirty-eighth generation. Jan. 1st, 301, onward mostly beyond youth : Metro- 

 dorus of Persia: the Greek philosophers, the Neo-Platonists Iamblichus of Chalcis in Syria, and 

 Sopater of Apamea ; the grammarian Helladius Ik-santinus ; the rhetors, Julianus, and < )nasimus ; the 

 Christian Greek writers, Euslathius of Antioch, Meletius of Lycopolis, and I'amphilus : the Latin 

 writers, the poet Optatianus Porphyrius ; the historians Yopiscus, and Trebellius Pollio ; the rhetor 

 Nazarius ; the Christian Latin writers Lactantius, Rheticius, and the poet Juvencus of Spain. 



"In the beginning of the year" (Hieronym., and Clint.), Theonas succeeded by Petrus, "six- 

 teenth " bishop of Alexandria. 



"The same year" (Agath., and Clint ), Narses succeeded by Hormisdas II., eighth Sasanid king 

 of Persia. 



* Paeonia moutan of China. The arborescent piony or "mou-tan," according to Chinese author- 

 ities, has been known and cultivated only about "fourteen hundred years" — (mem. Chin. iii. 461), 

 is further described by Cibot as woody-stemmed, eight to ten and it is said even twenty-five feet 

 high : the " meu-tan " or "queen of flowers" was also seen in China by Navarrete i. 16; P. moutan, 

 by Thunberg in Japan ; and by Loureiro in Anam. Transported to Europe, is described by Sims, 

 is termed " p. arborea " by Donn (Steud.) ; was also carried to Northeast America, where it continues 

 in greenhouses. 



