Chronicle of Eusebius

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The Chronicle of Eusebius is an early 4th-century universal history by Eusebius of Caesarea that synchronizes biblical events with ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman chronologies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronicle
historical work
universal history
author Eusebius of Caesarea
dateWritten early 4th century
genre chronography
hasAdaptation Chronicon of Jerome
linked to: Jerome's Chronicon
hasPart Canons
Chronography
hasTranslation Armenian translation of the Chronicle of Eusebius
historicalPeriodDescribed Ancient Near East
Classical Greece
Roman Empire
influenced Byzantine chronography
Chronicon of Jerome
linked to: Jerome's Chronicon

medieval universal chronicles
language Ancient Greek
method parallel chronological tables
synchronization of different national histories
notableFeature attempt to date biblical events within a universal chronological framework
use of Olympiads as a chronological system
use of regnal years of kings and emperors
originalTitle Χρονικοὶ κανόνες
placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima
preservationStatus partially lost in Greek
survives in Armenian translation
survives in Latin adaptation by Jerome
purpose synchronize biblical events with ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman chronologies
relatedWork Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius)
religiousContext Christian historiography
religiousPerspective Christian
scholarlyImportance key source for lost ancient chronographic traditions
major witness for ancient chronological systems
structure two books
subject Greco-Roman history
ancient Near Eastern history
biblical history
world history
timeSpanCovered from Abraham to the reign of Constantine the Great
from mythical and biblical antiquity to Eusebius's own time
usesSource Classical Greek historians
Hellenistic chronographers
Josephus
linked to: Flavius Josephus

Julius Africanus
Roman historians
Septuagint

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Chronicle alternativeTitle Chronicle of Eusebius
Preparation for the Gospel relatedWork Chronicle of Eusebius
Jerome's Chronicon basedOn Eusebius of Caesarea's Chronicon
linked to: Chronicle of Eusebius