Nicephorus of Constantinople, Brief Chronography

Marcian and Valentinian, 29 years. In whose reign the fourth holy council of the 630 holy fathers took place in Chalcedon. Leo the Great, 10 years. Le

until the end of Abraham, 70 years. In total, 3268 years. From Abraham until the exodus of the sons of Israel, 430 years. From the exodus until the bu

he wrought murders in the house of Ahab, but that his descendants would hold the kingdom of Israel until the fourth generation, for 4 months. 15th Sha

Christ, having been revealed, began the preaching and the signs. But Gratus the Roman, having deposed Annas, appointed another, Ishmael. 41st, Eleazar

of the king, ιʹ years. κδʹ Alexander lived ηʹ years and was bishop κγʹ years. κεʹ Paul the Confessor, γʹ years. cast out by Constantius. κʹ Eusebius,

10 months. 68. Paul, from the laity, an asekretis, 6 years, 8 months. 69. Kallinikos, presbyter and skeuophylax of Blachernae, 12 years. was blinded b

Mark, 8 years. 17. Cassian, 5 years. 18. Publius, 5 years. 19. Maximus, 4 years. 20. Julian, 2 years. 21. Gaianus, 3 years. 22. Symmachus, 2 years. 23

Demetrianus, 4 years. 10. Paul of Samosata, 8 years. 17. Domnus, 2 years. 18. Timaeus, 10 years. 19. Cyrillus, 15 years. 20. Tyrannus, 13 years. Up to

of the apostles, 6 lines. of Clement, 32, 2600 lines. 7. of Ignatius, Polycarp, the Shepherd and Hermas.

in Alexandria were deposited in libraries in the time of Eleazar the high priest]. Ptolemy Euergetes, 25 years. Ptolemy Philopator, 17 years. Ptolemy Epiphanes, 24 years. The events concerning the Maccabees happened in his time. Ptolemy Philometor, 35 years. Ptolemy the Younger, 29 years. Ptolemy Physcon, 17 years, months. Ptolemy, also called Alexander, 10 years. 91 Ptolemy his brother, 8 years. Ptolemy Dionysus, 30 years. Cleopatra, daughter of Ptolemy, 22 years. In her third year, Gaius Julius Caesar was the first of the Romans to rule as monarch; from whom the subsequent emperors were called Caesars. He reigned 4 years, 7 months. After him reigned. Caesar Sebastos, also called Augustus, 50 years and months. From this point the people of Antioch number their years. He, in the 15th year of his reign, having done away with Cleopatra, brought down the rule of the Ptolemies. who reigned 295 years. Therefore, the total from Adam until the beginning of the reign of Augustus, according to the accurate chronographers, is 5457 years. [Augustus, therefore, as has been said, reigned 50 years and months]. And in the 42nd year of his reign was born according to the flesh from the holy virgin [and Mother of God] Mary our Lord Jesus Christ, God before the ages [in Bethlehem of Judea, on the eighth calends of January, which is Choiak 29, that is December 25]. And Quirinius, having been sent 92 to Judea by the senatorial council, made a census of the properties and of the inhabitants. Therefore, the sum total from Adam until the incarnation of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ is [with all accuracy] 5500 years. After Augustus, Tiberius reigned as the third of the Romans for 23 years. In the 15th year of his reign our Lord Jesus Christ begins His [saving and] evangelical teaching. And in the 19th he suffered in Jerusalem for us the saving passion [on the 8th calends of April, Phamenoth 29, which is] March 25. [Therefore,] the sum total from Adam until the saving passion and resurrection [of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ] is 5533 years. After Tiberius, Gaius reigned 3 years, 10 months. and was slain in the palace. Claudius, 13 years, 9 months. Galba, 1 month; and was slain in Rome. Nero reigned 13 years, 10 months. and fleeing, stabbed himself. And Peter and Paul were martyred under him, and James the brother of the Lord was stoned by the Jews in Jerusalem. 93 Otho reigned 3 months; and killed himself. Vitellius, 8 months. Vespasian, 10 years [he died in the gardens of Sallust].. In the second year of his reign the capture of Jerusalem happened by his son Titus, 30 years after the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. Titus his son, 2 years, 2 months; and was slain in the palace. Domitian, 15 years, 5 months. And when he initiated a persecution, John the apostle was condemned to inhabit the island of Patmos because of his confession of Christ. And after the death of Domitian he returned from the island and remained in Ephesus [until the reign of Trajan]. Nerva reigned 1 year, 4 months. Trajan, 19 years, months. Under him Ignatius the God-bearer was martyred [in Rome] [having been given as food for wild beasts]. Hadrian, 21 years. [He died in Baiae, having suffered from dropsy.] And he, having destroyed Jerusalem, named the city Aelia. and he, having suffered from dropsy, was killed. 94 Titus Antoninus, surnamed Pius, with his sons [Aurelius Verus and Lucius], 22 years, 3 months. Marcus [Aurelius] his son, 19 years, 11 months. Under him Justin the philosopher was martyred. Antoninus, also called Verus, 12 years. Commodus, 13 years. Aelius Pertinax, months. and was slain in the palace. Severus, 18 years. Under him Leonides the father of Origen [the evil-minded] was martyred, and Hippolytus the writer of Rome flourished, and Gregory the wonder-worker [and Clement of Alexandria]. Antoninus son of Severus reigned 7 years. and was slain [between Baiae and Edessa]. Macrinus, 1 year. and was slain.

κατὰ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἀπετέθησαν βιβλιοθήκαις ἐπὶ Ἐλεά ζαρ ἀρχιερέως]. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Εὐεργέτης ἔτη κεʹ. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φιλοπάτωρ ἔτη ιζʹ. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Ἐπιφανὴς ἔτη κδʹ. Τὰ κατὰ τῶν Μακκαβαίων ἐπὶ τούτου γεγένηται. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φιλομήτωρ ἔτη λεʹ. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Νεώτερος ἔτη κθʹ. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φούσκων ἔτη ιζʹ μῆνας ʹ. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη ιʹ. 91 Πτολεμαῖος ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ηʹ. Πτολεμαῖος ὁ ∆ιόνυσος ἔτη λʹ. Κλεοπάτρα Πτολεμαίου ἔτη κβʹ. Τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει ταύτης πρῶτος ἐμονάρχησε Ῥωμαίων Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Καῖσαρ· ἀφ' οὗ καίσαρες οἱ ἑξῆς βασιλεῖς προσηγορεύθησαν. οὗτος ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη δʹ μῆνας ζʹ. Ἀπὸ τούτου ἐβασίλευσε. Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς ὁ καὶ Αὔγουστος ἔτη νʹ καὶ μῆνας ʹ. Ἐντεῦθεν οἱ Ἀντιοχεῖς τοὺς χρόνους αὐτῶν ἀριθμοῦσιν. Οὗτος τῷ ιεʹ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας Κλεοπάτραν ἀνελὼν καθεῖλε τὴν τῶν Πτολεμαίων ἀρχήν. οἳ ἐβα σίλευσαν ἔτη ςεʹ. Γίνονται οὖν τὰ πάντα ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως ἀρχῆς βασιλείας Αὐγούστου κατὰ τοὺς ἀκριβεῖς χρονογράφους ἔτη ευνζʹ. [Αὔγουστος οὖν, ὡς εἴρηται, ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη νʹ καὶ μῆ νας ʹ]. τῷ δὲ μβʹ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἐγεννήθη τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου [καὶ θεοτόκου] Μαρίας ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ πρὸ αἰώνων θεὸς [ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας πρὸ ὀκτὼ καλανδῶν Ἰαννουαρίων ὅ ἐστι Χυὰκ κθʹ, τοῦτ' ἔστι ∆εκεμβρίῳ κεʹ]. Κυρίνιος δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς ἀποστα 92 λεὶς εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἀπογραφὰς ἐποιήσατο τῶν οὐσιῶν καὶ τῶν οἰκητόρων. Γίνονται οὖν ὁμοῦ τὰ πάντα ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῆς ἐναν θρωπήσεως τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ [κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀκρίβειαν] ἔτη εφʹ. Μετὰ Αὔγουστον Ῥωμαίων τρίτος ἐβασίλευσε Τιβέριος ἔτη κγʹ. Τῷ ιεʹ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας τῆς [σωτηρίου καὶ] εὐαγγελικῆς διδασκαλίας ἄρχεται ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Τῷ δὲ ιθʹ ἔπαθεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τὸ σω τήριον πάθος [πρὸ ηʹ καλανδῶν Ἀπριλλίων, Φαμενὼθ κθʹ, ὅ ἐστι] Μαρτίῳ κεʹ. [Γίνονται οὖν] ὁμοῦ τὰ πάντα ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ σω τηριώδους πάθους καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως [τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ] ἔτη εφλγʹ. Μετὰ Τιβέριον ἐβασίλευσε Γάϊος ἔτη γʹ μῆνας ιʹ. καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. Κλαύδιος ἔτη ιγʹ μῆνας θʹ. Γάλβας μῆνα αʹ· καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν Ῥώμῃ. Νέρων ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιγʹ μῆνας ιʹ. καὶ φυγὼν ἑαυτὸν ἔχωσε ζῶντα. Πέτρος δὲ καὶ Παῦλος ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ ἐμαρτύρησαν καὶ Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων ἐλιθάσθη ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις. 93 Ὄθων ἐβασίλευσε μῆνας γʹ· καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἀνεῖλε. Βιτέλλιος μῆνας ηʹ. Οὐεσπασιανὸς ἔτη ιʹ [ἀπεγένετο ἐν κήποις Σαλουστιανοῖς].. Ἐν ἔτει δευτέρῳ τῆς τούτου βασιλείας γέγονεν ἡ ἅλω σις Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὑπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Τίτου μετὰ λʹ ἔτη τῆς ἀναλήψεως τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Τίτος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη βʹ μῆνας βʹ· καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. ∆ομετιανὸς ἔτη ιεʹ μῆνας εʹ. Καὶ τούτου διωγμὸν κινήσαντος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἀπόστολος Πάτμον οἰκεῖν τὴν νῆσον κατεδικάσθη διὰ τὴν εἰς Χρι στὸν ὁμολογίαν. μετὰ δὲ ∆ομετιανοῦ τελευτὴν ἐπάνει σιν ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου καὶ παρέμεινεν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ [μέχρι τῆς Τραϊανοῦ βασιλείας]. Νερούας ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτος αʹ μῆνας δʹ. Τραϊανὸς ἔτη ιθʹ μῆνας ʹ. Ἐπὶ τούτου Ἰγνάτιος ὁ θεοφόρος [ἐν Ῥώμη] ἐμαρτύ ρησεν [θηρίοις βορὰ παραδοθείς]. Ἀδριανὸς ἔτη καʹ. [Ἀπεγένετο ἐν Βαΐαις ὑδρωπιάσας.] Καὶ οὗτος καθελὼν τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα Αἰλίαν τὴν πόλιν ὠνόμασε. καὶ οὗτος ὑδρωπιάσας ἀπεκτάνθη. 94 Τίτος Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Εὐσεβὴς σὺν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ [Αὐρηλίῳ Οὐήρῳ καὶ Λουκίῳ] ἔτη κβʹ μῆνας γʹ. Μάρκος [Αὐρήλιος] ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ιθʹ μῆνας ιαʹ. Ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰουστῖνος ὁ φιλόσοφος ἐμαρτύρησεν. Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ καὶ Βῆρος ἔτη ιβʹ. Κώμωδος ἔτη ιγʹ. Αἴλιος Περτίναξ μῆνας ʹ. καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. Σευῆρος ἔτη ιηʹ. Ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ Λεωνίδης ὁ πατὴρ Ὠριγένους [τοῦ κακό φρονος] ἐμαρτύρησε καὶ Ἱππόλυτος ὁ Ῥώμης συγγρα φεὺς ἤκμαζε καὶ Γρηγόριος ὁ θαυματουργός [καὶ Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς]. Ἀντωνῖνος υἱὸς Σευήρου ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ζʹ. καὶ ἐσφάγη [μεταξὺ Βαιῶν καὶ Ἐδέσης]. Μακρῖνος ἔτος αʹ. καὶ ἐσφάγη.