Jerome, Chronicle 200a-b
created: This entry is taken from Chronicle 200a-b written by Jerome in 380-381 C.E.. Thi
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Caesarea Maritima is indirectly attested at Jerome, Chronicle 200a-b. This passage was written ca. 380-381 C.E. possibly in Constantinople. Jerome undertook to write a universal history of the world early in his illustrious career. His work translated and annotated the second half of Eusebius’ work, finished over a half century earlier, which was organized into a tabulated concordance of chronological schemes (χρονικοὶ κανόνες) ranging from Abraham to Constantine I; he continued Eusebius in the same format with his own historical compendium for the years 327-378 C.E. This passage from Jerome’s translation of Eusebius records an earthquake that struck Palestine during Hadrian’s reign.

Romanorum XII ….. CCXXVII Olymp(ias) (a) Nicopolis et Caesarea terrae motu conciderunt XIII (b) Antinous puer regius eximiae pulchritudinis in Aegypto moritur. Quem Hadrianus vehementer deperiens—nam in deliciis habuerat—in deos refert. Ex cuius nomine etiam urbs appellata est

[Ed. Helm 1956] [Minor corr.]

Year of the Romans [128 C.E.] 12 ….. 227th Olympiad (a) Nicopolis and Caesarea collapsed in an earthquake. [129 C.E.] 13 (b) Antinous, the royal youth of exceptional beauty, dies in Egypt. Hadrian, feeling deeply dejected, for he considered (Antinous) his favorite, enlists him into the ranks of the gods. There was furthermore a city named after him.

[Trans. J. L. Rife with ref. to Pearse 2005]

Works Cited

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[Dionysius of Tel Mahre 63

George Syncellus, Chronicle 349c=p. 660]

[Antinoöpolis

Egypt

Nicopolis (Emmaus)]

[Antinous

Hadrian, emperor]

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