pa Paterculus 15 t Tacitus. At the end of February the Julian year November, Ovid banished. [c u] August 19, Augustus dies, aged 76, and his Who reigns 22 years 6 m. 27 d. t Ovid dies in exile, aged 59. [cu] Livy dies, aged 76, [c] and Strabo publishes his Geography. [pr] Strabo dies. [h] Valerius Maximus, and Vellieus Paterculus flourish. [h] John begins his public ministry, and bap- The Passover, on Lord's day, April 17. [c] Lord's Day, April 5, he arises from the Thursday, May 14. He ascends to heaven. [c ru &c.] Lord's Day, May 24, the day of Pentecost, the Holy Ghost poured out. [c rull &c.] Stephen the first Christian Martyr stoned. [11] Saul converted, and called Paul. [pu l] and Tiberius proposes in the Senate to deify Christ. [u] March 16, || Tiberius dies, aged 78, [t s d cpu] and his only grandson killed by his brother's grandson. h Helvicus. He was of the Claudian family, and but son-in-law to Augustus. [8] In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius; which begins August 19, this year, [Luke. iii. pt c sw w m] though archbishop Usher, and Dr. Prideaux place the beginning of the Baptist's ministry two years sooner, viz. in the fifteenth of Tiberius's principality. [see Luke iii. p. Ir pa t s d] w Whiston. tr Lardner. r Bishop Richardson. In the nineteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, which ends Aug. 19. [s d] So Tacitus and Suetonius; though Dio ten days after. Who reigns 3 years, 10 m. 8 d. [c p u] t Josephus born between September this year and March next. [j] June 13, Agricola the Roman general born. [4) Philo Judeus goes embassador to Rome, [c] and the blessed Virgin dies, aged 60 [n] January 24, Caligula killed, aged 30, [s] and his uncle Reigns 13 years, 8 m. 20 days. [ts d c pu] Plautius and Vespasian sail to Britain, Claudius returns to Rome, triumphs, and The first famous Council at Jerusalem. October 13, Claudius poisoned, aged 64, Paul seized at Jerusalem. [u ll] Persius the poet dies, aged 29. [c] Seneca and Lucan put to death by Nero. In May, Gessius Florus begins the Jewish war. [je u] June 29, Paul beheaded, and Peter crucified at Rome. [pull] In March, the army in Spain set up Galba. [t cu] June 8, Nero kills himself, aged 31, [t d] 32. ¶ [8] And Comes to Rome and reigns. [ts dc u) * Son to Agrippina by Germanicus, the son of Drusus, younger brother of Tiberius. s † So Tacitus and Suetonius; though Dio ten days less. Younger brother to Germanicus, and both sons of Drusus by Antonia minor, daughter of Mark Antony by Octavia sister of Augustus. [s] § Son of Domitius by Agrippina, junior daughter of Germanicus by Agrip-· pina senior. [s] And thus the Julian, Octavian, Claudian and Domitian families expire. January 3, the army in Gaul set up Vitellius. t cu January 15, Galba killed at Rome, aged 73. ts du by Who reigns there, 94 days. t cu April 19, Otho kills himself, aged 37, td c Comes to Rome and reigns. t s de u December 20, t m Vitellius killed at Rome, Reigns (from July 1,) 10 years, wanting 6 days. sdc April 14, the Passover begins, and Titus July 17, the daily Sacrifice ceases. j cum September 8, Titus takes and destroys the Judea entirely subdued, laid waste and Pliny dedicates his Natural History to June 24, Vespasian dies, aged 70. s d cp Reigns 2 years, 2 m. 20 d. s de p. November 2, Pliny dies by the eruption of September 13, Titus dies, aged 41, s c p and his younger brother Reigns 15 years, 5 d. s d c. Agricola discovers and conquers new na tions in Britain. t c Juvenal and Martial flourish. c Agricola first discovers Britain to be an island, and conquers the Orcades tc Having conquered Britain, he goes into Stratius the poet flourishes. c Agricola returns to Rome. c The Apostle John banished into Patmos. c Clemens Romanus writes to the Corinthians. c August 23. Agricola dies, aged 56. tc Josephus finishes his Antiquities, aged 56. jet * Galba, Otho and Vitellius were of several families; and their reigns being short and interfering, Ptolemy omits them, and sets Vespasian next to Nero. + Between Sept. last year, and March this, in the 13th year of Domitian.j No. Y. C. Emperor. 195 12 97 98 13 99 100 102 107 108 115 117 14 119 122 123 125 127 138 15 Nerva Trajan Adrian John writes the Revelations; and Quintilian dies. c Apollonius Tyaneus dies, aged 100. d ph tl Tacitus writes of the German manners. c January 27th, Neva dies, aged 66 dcp And A Spaniard hd reigns nineteen years, six months, fifteen days. dept John the Apostle dies, at Ephesus. c Clemens Romanus dies, p and the Apostolic age ends. II. CENTURY. Pliny, Jr. goes Proconsul to Bithynia. c He takes Arbela, &c. and subdues Assyria. dc Plutarch flourishes. c Adrian goes into Britain, c and builds a military Ptolemy begins his celestial observations, at Alexan- Suetonius, the historian, flourishes. ch July 10th, Adrian dies, aged 63. dcp And He makes his son-in-law, Lucius Verus, his col- Justin Martyr, a philosopher, becomes a Christian. c Justin, the historian, h Galen, the Physician, and Arrian, the historian, flourishes. c Diogenes Laertius, flourishes. h Justin Martyr writes his first apology, ch March 6th, Antoninus dies, aged 75, c and his sonin-law Reigns nineteen years, eleven days, de Justin Martyr writes his second apology. c June 1st, he is beheaded at Rome, c Christianity countenanced by royal authority in March 22d. Polycarp burnt at Smyrna. cp In Dec. Lucius Verus, emperor, dies. c The last of the twelve Cæsars, (Julius being the first) described by Sueto nius; and in Domitian. The Vespasian family also ends. ph Philostratus. tl Tillemont. hd Herodian. hr Hearn. Of obscure birth, and the first emperor that was not a Roman; though he carried the empire to the greatest extent, from the Orcades of Scotland, to the bounds of India. d hd. Petavius says in the year after. Epictetus, the philosopher, flourishes. c March 16th, Aurelius dies, at Vienna, aged 59, d e p Commodus Reigns twelve years, nine months, fourteen days, 172 17 181 182 185 190 192 18 193 Pertinax Caracalla 201 202 203 208 209 211 21 212 217 22 Macrinus 218 66 228 Lucius, a British king, promotes Christianity. c Origen born, and lives 69 years. cp The Jewish Misna written. c Dec. 31st. Commodus strangled, aged 32, d cp And March 28th, aged 68, he is killed by the soldiers, who Who reigns sixty-six days. d c P Niger set up by the army in Syria, and Albinus in June 1st. Julian aged 61, d is killed by An African, set up by the army in Illyricum, reigns Severus beats Niger at Issus, and beheads him at Tertullian begins to write. c Severus beats Albinus at Lyons, who is there be- III. CENTURY. Symmachus sets out his Greek version. c Minutius Felix flourishes. c Feb. 4th, Severus dies at York, aged 66, dep and his sons And Geta, reign, dhd Caracalla reigns six years, two months, two days. dc p Feb. 25th, he kills his brother Geta, aged 23. d с P and April 8th, aged 30, d he is killed in Mesopotamia, by the intrigue of A Moor, chosen by the army.* Reigns one year, one month, twenty-eight days. d c June 9th, he and his son killed de by A Syrian Priest, set up by the soldiers.† Reigns three years, nine months, four days. dc Julius Africanus, the historian, flourishes. c Tertullian writes Ad Scapulam. c March 10th, Bassianus, aged 19, killed by the soldiers, dc and his cousin Alexander Another Syrian Priest, reigns thirteen years, nine days. c p Artaxerxes, a Persian, rebels against the Parthians. c p Elian, the historian, flourishes. c *The army first chose Audentius, but he refused the empire. hd A counterfeit son of Caracalla, and went by the name of Autonine, Avitus, Heliogabalus, &c. d |