Chronicon by Bar Hebraeus

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from Budge(1932)

• from Budge(1932:76)

And in the 23rd year of Justinianus, Tarsus in Cilicia was inundated by the river which flowed by it, and Ladikia was overwhelmed, and 7000 people died therein. And the sea-coast of Phoenicia was submerged, Tripoli, Berut, Byblos, and Troas, and the cities of Galilee.

English from Budge(1932) - embedded

• see p. 76 starting with And in the twenty-third year of JUSTINIANUS
• from Budge(1932:76)
• from archive.org

Chronology

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
1 Apr. 549 - 30 Mar. 550 CE	Justinian, 23th year	none	Justinian's reign began on 1 April 527 CE which places his 23th year to between 1 Apr. 549 and 30 Mar. 550 CE Calculated with CHRONOS

Seismic Effects

• the sea-coast of Phoenicia was submerged, Tripoli, Beirut, Byblus, and Troas [Tyre] (sic.), and the cities of Galilee

Locations

• sea-coast of Phoenicia
• Tripoli
• Beirut
• Byblus
• Troas¹
• cities of Galilee
• Laodicea?²

Footnotes

1 Troas may refer to Tyre or Batrun.

• According to Ambraseys (2009), Troas refers to Tyre
• According to Harrak (1999:128 Footnote 4), Troas refers to Botrys - modern Batrun.
• Troas is a city in northwest Anatolia that obviously would have been unaffected by this earthquake.

2 May add a report of seismic damage to Laodicea noting 7000 deaths in the sentence before describing the 551 CE Beirut Quake

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