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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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