Unknown, Easter Chronicle 389.4-11
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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 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 records the appointment of Pontius
Pilate to the prefecture of Judaea by Tiberius.
Text
σαʹ Ὀλυμπιάς. Ἰνδ. ιβʹ. ιαʹ. ὑπ. Γετουλικοῦ καὶ Σαβίνου. Ἰνδ. ιγʹ. ιβʹ.
ὑπ. Κράσσου καὶ Πίσωνος. Ἐπὶ τούτων τῶν ὑπάτων Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος ἐπίτροπος τῆς Ἰουδαίας
ὑπὸ Τιβερίου ἐκπέμπεται ιβʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Ἰώσηπος. Ἰνδ. ιδʹ. ιγʹ.
ὑπ. Σιλανοῦ καὶ Νερούα. Ἰνδ. ιεʹ. ιδʹ. ὑπ. Γεμίνου καὶ Γεμίνου.
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Textual Note
Ed. Dindorf 1832Translation
Olympiad 201 Indiction 12. Year 11. Consuls Gaetulicus and Sabinus.
[26 C.E.] Indiction 13. Year 12. Consuls Crassus and Piso. [27 C.E.] Under these consuls
Pontius Pilate was sent to be prοcurator of Judaea by Tiberius in the 12th year of his
reign, as Josephus records. Indiction 14. Year 13. Consuls Silanus and Nerva. [28 C.E.]
Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks Cited
- 1 Ludwig August Dindorf and Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, eds., Chronicon paschale, Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae (Bonn: Weber, 1832), p: 389.4-11.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Unknown, Easter Chronicle 389.4-11,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/247.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Unknown, Easter Chronicle 389.4-11.” 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/247.About this Entry
Entry Title: Unknown, Easter Chronicle 389.4-11
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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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