Unknown, Easter Chronicle 62.8-19
created: This entry is taken from Easter Chronicle 62.8-19 written by Unknown in ca. 630
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Καισάρεια

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Unknown, Easter Chronicle 62.8-19. This passage was written ca. ca. 630 C.E. possibly in Constantinople. The so-called Easter Chronicle (Chronicon paschale) is a universal history from the Creation down to the later reign of Heraclius, when it was composed, based on an amalgam of biblical, Christian, and secular sources. While the work shows a particular interest in the dating of religious festivals, it contains a wealth of historical and geographic information. After recounting the early geneaology of the Old Testament in the early part of the chronicle, the unknown author reviews the peoples and cities of the world, including this passage on North Africa to the Middle East.

Ἔδοξέ μοι καὶ τὰς ἐπισήμους πόλεις τῶν ἑπτὰ κλιμάτων ἐξειπεῖν. Αʹ. Κλίματος πρώτου Λιβύης τῆς ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, Νίγρης μητρόπολις Αἰθιοπίας τῆς ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, αʹ Μερόη, βʹ Πτολεμαΐς, γʹ Ἀραβία, δʹ Μοῦζα. Βʹ. Κλίματος δευτέρου Αἰγύπτου Διόσπολις μεγάλη, Συήνη, Ἀμμωνιακή, Ὤασις μεγάλη. Γʹ. Κλίματος τρίτου Μαυριτανίας Ὀππιδάνεον, Ἀφρική, Καρχηδών, Ἀδράμυστος· Κυρήνης Ἀπσινόη, Πτολεμαΐς, Ταύχειρα, Ἀπολλωνία, Κυρήνη· Αἰγύπτου, Παρατόνιον, Ἀλεξάνδρεια μεγάλη, Πηλούσιον, Μέμφις, Πτολεμαῒς Ἑρμείου· Συρίας Ἰουδαίας Καισάρεια, Ἀσκαλών, Τιβεριάς, Νεάπολις, Σεβαστή, Σκυθόπολις, Αἰλία· Ἀραβίας Πετραίας Πέτρα, Μήδαβα, Βόστρα· Βαβυλῶνος Τερηδών.

[Ed. Dindorf 1832]

It is also worth recounting the distinguished cities of the seven geographic regions. I. The first region. Libya in Egypt, Nigres the capital of Ethiopia in the same Egypt. 1. Meroë, 2. Ptolemaïs, 3. Arabia, 4. Musa. II. The second region. Egypt: Diospolis Magna, Syene, Ammoniaca, Oasis Magna. III. The third region. Mauritania: Oppidaneum; Africa: Carthage, Adramystus; Cyrene: Arsinoë, Ptolemaïs, Taucheira, Apollonia, Cyrene; Egypt: Paratoneum, Alexandreia Magna, Pelusium, Memphis, Ptolemaïs Hermiou; Syria Judaea: Caesarea, Ascalon, Tiberias, Neapolis, Sebaste, Scythopolis, Aelia; Arabia Petraea: Petra, Medaba, Bostra; Babylon: Teredon. [Trans. J. L. Rife]

Works Cited

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[Adramystus

Aelia

Africa

Alexandreia Magna

Ammoniaca

Apollonia

Arabia

Arabia Petraea

Arsinoë

Ascalon

Babylon

Bostra

Carthage

Cyrene

Diospolis Magna

Egypt

Ethiopia

Libya

Mauritania

Medaba

Memphis

Meroë

Musa

Neapolis

Oasis Magna

Oppidaneum

Paratoneum

Pelusium

Petra

Ptolemaïs

Ptolemaïs Hermiou

Scythopolis

Sebaste

Syene

Syria Judaea

Taucheira

Teredon

Tiberias]

[Geography]