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Chronography by Elias of Nisibis

Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts
English from Delaporte (1910)

213th Olympiad - Year 385 - 386 - 387

There was an earthquake in Cyprus. For three days there were collapses (Chronicon by Eusebius)

-Year 388. There was a plague in Rome such that more than 10,000 died in a day (Chronicon by Eusebius and Chronologue of Andronicus)

French from Delaporte (1910)

CCXIIIe Olympiade. — An 385. — [18, r.] — An 386. — - An 387. En lequel il y eut un tremblement de terre dans l'ile de Chypre ; pendant trois jours il se produisit des effondrements3 (Canon chronologique d'Eusebe)

— An 388. En lequel il y eut la peste dans la ville de Rome, en sorte qu'on trouva par jour plus de 10,000 morts4 ([Canon chronologique d'Eusebe. Canon chronologique] d'Andronicus).

Footnotes

3 Ma'nu V; 7 ans, de 50 a 57 ap. J.C. [Rubens Duval, op. cit., p. 204.]

4 Ma'nu VI; 14 ans, de 57 a 71 ap. J.C. [Rubens Duval, op. cit., p. 204.]

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Chronology
Earthquake in Cyprus
Date Reference Corrections Notes
1 July 73 - 30 June 77 CE 213th Olympiad none Calculated using CHRONOS. Jerome's translation of Chronicon by Eusebius places the Sybil Quake during the 214th Olympiad.
1 Oct. 73 to 30 Sept. 74 CE A.G. 385 none Calculated using CHRONOS.
1 Oct. 74 to 30 Sept. 75 CE A.G. 386 none Calculated using CHRONOS.
1 Oct. 75 to 30 Sept. 76 CE A.G. 387 none Calculated using CHRONOS.
Plague in Rome
Date Reference Corrections Notes
1 July 73 - 30 June 77 CE 213th Olympiad none Calculated using CHRONOS.
1 Oct. 76 to 30 Sept. 77 CE A.G. 388 none Calculated using CHRONOS.
Full Range of Dates for Earthquake in Cyprus and Plague in Rome
Date Range Event
1 July 73 - 30 June 77 CE Earthquake in Cyprus
1 July 73 to 30 Sept. 77 CE Plague in Rome
Seismic Effects
  • There was an earthquake in Cyprus. For three days there were collapses
Locations
  • Cyprus
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