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Unknown, Easter Chronicle 366.15-367.5

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Context

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. Like other chronographic works in the Byzantine tradition—John Malalas before and Theophanes the Confessor and George Syncellus after—the Easter Chronicle is organized annalistically with successive entries by year. In this passage the author cites Herod’s building activities at Jerusalem and Caesarea Maritima.

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Ἰνδ. αʹ. κϛʹ. ὑπ. Λίβωνος καὶ Πίσωνος. Ἡρώδης ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις νεὼν λύσας μείζονα οἰκοδόμησεν. ρϟαʹ Ὀλυμπιάς. Ἰνδ. βʹ. κζʹ. ὑπ. Κράσσου καὶ Λεντούλου. Ἰνδ. γʹ. κηʹ. ὑπ. Νέρωνος καὶ Κλάρου. Ἰνδ. δʹ. κθʹ. ὑπ. Μεσσάλα καὶ Κυρινίου. Ἡρώδης Καισάρειαν εἰς ὄνομα Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἔκτισεν, Στράτωνος πύργον τὸ πρὶν καλουμένην. ὁ αὐτὸς δὲ καὶ Ἀνθεδόνα ἐπικτίσας Ἀγρίππειαν ἐκάλεσεν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ Περσαβίνην εἰς ὄνομα Ἀντιπάτρου τοῦ ἰδίου πατρός. 1

Textual Note

Ed. Dindorf 1832

Translation

Indiction 1. Year 25. Consuls Libo and Piso. [15 B.C.] Herod demolished the Temple in Jerusalem and built it bigger. Olympiad 192 Indiction 2. Year 26. Consuls Crassus and Lentulus. [14 B.C.] Indiction 3. Year 27. Consuls Nero and Clarus. [13 B.C.] Indiction 4. Year 29. Consulship of Messala and Quirinius. [12 B.C.] Herod founded Caesarea in the name of Caesar Augustus, the place previously called Strato’s Tower. The same man also refounded Anthedon and called it Agrippeia as well as Persabine in the name of his own father Antipater.

Translation Note

Trans. J. L. Rife

Works Cited

  • 1 Ludwig August Dindorf and Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, eds., Chronicon paschale, Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae (Bonn: Weber, 1832), p: 366.15-367.5.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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Joseph L. Rife, “Unknown, Easter Chronicle 366.15-367.5,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/246.

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Joseph L. Rife, “Unknown, Easter Chronicle 366.15-367.5.” In Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, edited by Joseph L. Rife., edited by Joseph L. Rife. Caesarea City and Port Exploration Project, 2023. Entry published June 30, 2023. https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/246.

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Entry Title: Unknown, Easter Chronicle 366.15-367.5

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  • Joseph L. Rife, general editor, Vanderbilt University
  • Joseph L. Rife, editor, Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia
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