Chronicle of Zuqnin by Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell-Mahre

Background and Biography

Background and Biography

Excerpts

English from Harrak (1999)

• Parts 1 and 2
• from Harrak (2017:196)

[F34r] The year two thousand [one hundred] and twenty-eight (AD 114): A great earthquake took place in Antioch, overturning the city almost entirely.

Syriac - embedded

Chronology

Year	Reference	Corrections	Notes
111 CE to 113 CE	The year 2128	none	The year 2128 appears to refer to the Year of Abraham used by Eusebius Calculated with CHRONOS (AD 114) was inserted by Harrak (2017:196). As discussed below in Pseudo-Dionysius' sources, the year specified in the Chronicle of Zuqnin when using Eusebius as a source are frequently unreliable.

Seismic Effects

• A great earthquake took place in Antioch, overturning the city almost entirely

Locations

• Antioch

Sources

Sources

Background Information

Pseudo-Dionysius of Tell-Mahre vs. Dionysius of Tell-Mahre

Online Versions and Further Reading

References