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168th OLYMPIAD [=108-105 B. C. ]

168. 1 [1909] Jugurtha, who was fighting against the Romans, was captured.
168. 2 [1910] [1908 in Ar. ] The Colossus collapsed in an earthquake at Rhodes.
168. 3 [1911] [not in Ar. ] (? ) Jonathan was a glorious leader of the Jews.
168. 4 [1912] [not in Ar. ] Cicero was born at Arpinum. His mother was called Helvia, and his father was a member of the equestrian order, descended from the kings of the Volsci.
[not in Ar. ] Cn. Pompeius Magnus was born.
169th OLYMPIAD [=104-101 B. C. ]

169. 1 * [1913] Aristobulus [became king] of the Jews, for 1 year.
Aristobulus the son of Jonathan, the king and high priest of the Jews, was the first to wear the royal diadem, 484 years [or "480 years" - Ar. ] after the Babylonian exile. The king after him was Alexander Jannaeus, who also held the position of high priest and was a very cruel ruler.
169. 2 * [1914] Then Jannaeus, also called Alexander, [became king of the Jews], for 27 years.
[not in Ar. ] Turpilius the writer of comedies died at Sinuessa, when fairly old.
[not in Ar. ] C. Lucilius the writer of satires died at Neapolis and was given a public funeral. He was 46 years old.
[not in Ar. ] The poet M. Furius, also called Bibaculus, was born at Cremona.
169. 3 [1915] [not in Ar. ] Marius killed 200,000 of the Cimbri, and captured 80,000 of them, along with their leader Teutomodus.
169. 4 [1916] [1914 in Ar. ] Gaius Marius was consul for the fifth time. He defeated the Cimbri by the river Eridanus, and celebrated a triumph over them with Catulus.
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St. Jerome ( Hieronymus ): Chronological Tables
- for Olympiads 170 to 203 [= 100 B. C. - 36 A. D. ]
St. Jerome translated the tables from Eusebius' Chronicle into Latin, and added some material of his own, for instance about the lives of Roman writers. He also extended the tables up until the year 378 A. D.

Most of the Greek text of Eusebius' Chronicle has been lost, but as well as St. Jerome's Latin translation, we also possess a fairly complete Armenian translation of the Chronicle. Differences between the text of St. Jerome and the Armenian translation (Ar. ) are shown in green.

This translation is based on the old edition by A. Schoene, and it does not attempt to reproduce the original format of the manuscripts. The references in red are the number of years from Abraham.

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170th OLYMPIAD [=100-97 B. C. ]

170. 1 [1917] [1918 in Ar. ] The Romans defeated the Thracians.
170. 2 [1918] [1919 in Ar. ] Another slave war started in Sicily.
170. 3 * [1919] Ptolemy Alexander [became] the 9th [king] of Egypt, for 10 years.
After Ptolemy Physcon had been forced out of his kingdom by his mother Cleopatra, and had retired to Cyprus.
171st OLYMPIAD [=96-93 B. C. ]

171. 1 [1921] Aquilius put an end to the slave war in Sicily.
171. 2 [1922] [not in Ar. ] Ptolemy the king of Cyrene died, and in his will left the Romans as his heirs.
171. 3 * [1923] Philippus [became king] of Syria, for 2 years.
[1919 in Ar. ] Seleucus was burnt alive by Antiochus the son of Cyzicenus.
[not in Ar. ] The poet Titus Lucretius was born. Later he was turned mad by a love potion, but in the intervals in between the madness he composed some books, which Cicero afterwards edited. He killed himself when he was 44 years old.
171. 4 [1924] [1922 in Ar. ] After taking refuge with the Parthians, Antiochus surrendered to Pompeius. Later, Philippus was captured by Gabinius.
Syria, which had been ruled by kings up to this time, came under Roman control.
172nd OLYMPIAD [=92-89 B. C. ]

172. 1 * [1925] The end of the kingdom of Syria and Asia.
172. 4 [1928] [not in Ar. ] The Picentes, Marsi and Paeligni fought a war against the Romans.
173rd OLYMPIAD [=88-85 B. C. ]

173. 1 * [1929] Ptolemy, who had been forced out by his mother, [became] the 10th [king] of Egypt, for 8 years.
[Ptolemy] returned from exile and became king again, because Alexander the previous king was driven out by his subjects after he murdered his mother.
[not in Ar. ] Plotius the Gaul was the first man to teach Latin rhetoric at Rome. Cicero says this about him: "I remember that when we were boys a certain Plotius first started teaching in Rome. "
173. 2 [1930] [not in Ar. ] Gaius Valerius Catullus, the writer of lyric poems, was born at Verona.
[not in Ar. ] The historian Sallustius Crispus was born at Amiternum, in the territory of the Sabines.
173. 3 [1931] [not in Ar. ] Sulla sacked Athens.
173. 4 [1932] [not in Ar. ] A census was held at Rome, and 463,000 citizens were counted.
174th OLYMPIAD [=84-81 B. C. ]

174. 1 [1933] [not in Ar. ] The temple at Delphi was burnt down for the third time, by the Thracians. The Capitolium at Rome was also burnt down.
174. 2 [1934] [not in Ar. ] Jannaeus captured a large number of cities.
[not in Ar. ] Cicero spoke in defence of Quintius, when he was 26 years old.
174. 3 [1935] [not in Ar. ] P. Terentius Varro was born in the village of Atax in the province of Narbonensis. Later, when he was 35 years old, he became a very keen student of the Greek language.
174. 4 [1936] [not in Ar. ] Vultacilius Plotus, a teacher of Latin rhetoric who was the freedman and tutor of Cn. Pompeius, opened a school at Rome.
175th OLYMPIAD [=80-77 B. C. ]

175. 1 * [1937] Ptolemy Dionysius [became] the 11th [king] of Egypt, for 30 years.
[not in Ar. ] Sulla gained control of Rome, and died two years later.
175. 2 [1938] [not in Ar. ] After defending Roscius against Chrysogonus, Cicero went away to Athens, where he stayed for three years before returning to Rome.
175. 3 [1939] [1940 in Ar. ] Pompeius celebrated a most glorious triumph.
175. 4 [1940] [1939 in Ar. ] Lepidus was declared a public enemy ["of the Romans" - Ar. ].
[not in Ar. ] Titus Quinticius Atta, the writer of "togatae" plays, died at Rome, and was buried by the second milestone on the Via Praenestina.
176th OLYMPIAD [=76-73 B. C. ]

176. 1 * [1941] Alexandra became queen of the Jews, for 9 years.
Alexandra, also called Salina, was the widow of Alexander and became queen of Jerusalem. From her reign onwards, disorders and assorted troubles overtook the Jews.
176. 4 [1944] [not in Ar. ] The war against the gladiators in Campania.
[1943 in Ar. ] L. Lucullus was the first to be given the title "imperator", after conquering Armenia and Mesopotamia and capturing Nisibis along with the brother of the king. ["Lucullus spent his life in luxury" - Ar. ]
177th OLYMPIAD [=72-69 B. C. ]

177. 1 [1945] [not in Ar. ] Pompeius subjugated the whole of Spain.
177. 2 [1946] [not in Ar. ] M. Lucullus celebrated a triumph over the Bessi, after capturing Cabyle, Tomi, and other neighbouring cities.
177. 3 [1947] [not in Ar. ] The triumph of Crassus.
177. 4 [1948] [not in Ar. ] Vergilius Maro was born in a town called Andes, not far from Mantua, when Pompeius and Crassus were consuls.
178th OLYMPIAD [=68-65 B. C. ]

178. 1 [1949] [1944 in Ar. ] Antioch in Syria was captured by the Romans.
[1946 in Ar. ] The start of the Cretan war, from which Metellus was given the name Creticus.
[not in Ar. ] The grove of Daphne near Antioch was dedicated to Apollo by Pompeius.
178. 2 * [1950] The Jews were made tributary to the Romans, and Hyrcanus became their high priest, for 34 years.
Aristobulus and Hyrcanus, the sons of Alexandra, fought against each other for the right to be king, and thereby gave an opportunity for the Romans to invade Judaea. And so Pompeius came to Jerusalem, captured the city, opened up the temple, and went in as far as the holy of holies. He established Hyrcanus as the high priest, and took Aristobulus away as a prisoner.
Then he appointed Antipater, the son of Herodes of Ascalon, to be governor of Palestine.
178. 4 [1952] [not in Ar. ] Libya was bequeathed to the Romans by the will of king Appion.
[not in Ar. ] Horatius Flaccus, the writer of satires and lyric poems, was born to a freedman father at Venusia.
179th OLYMPIAD [=64-61 B. C. ]

179. 1 [1953] [not in Ar. ] Apollodorus of Pergamum, the Greek orator and tutor of Calidius and Augustus, was in his prime.
179. 2 [1954] [not in Ar. ] Pompeius captured Jerusalem and reduced the Jews to tributary status.
179. 3 [1955] [not in Ar. ] The events which Sallustius and Livius relate about Catilina, Cethegus, Lentulus and Cicero as consul, happened at this time.
179. 4 [1956] [not in Ar. ] Cicero was forced into exile for a year, but was received with honour by Plancius.
[not in Ar. ] Pompeius was called "imperator".
180th OLYMPIAD [=60-57 B. C. ]

180. 1 [1957] [1958 in Ar. ] Caesar conquered Lusitania and some islands in the Ocean.
180. 2 [1958] [not in Ar. ] The orator Messala Corvinus and the historian Titus Livius of Patavium were born.
180. 3 [1959] [not in Ar. ] Vergilius was educated at Cremona.
[not in Ar. ] Catullus died at Rome, at the age of 30 years.
180. 4 [1960] [not in Ar. ] The orator M. Calidius was in his prime. He later belonged to Caesar's party in the civil war, and died at Placentia while governing Gallia Togata.
181th OLYMPIAD [=56-53 B. C. ]

181. 1 [1961] Caesar crossed the Rhine and defeated the Germans.
181. 2 [1962] [not in Ar. ] The consul Crassus was captured with his son at Carrhae.
[not in Ar. ] Ventidius was the first Roman general to defeat the Parthians.
181. 3 [1963] [not in Ar. ] Curio, a fluent and popular orator, was in his prime at Rome. He later lost an army in Africa, and was prompted by shame to die rather seek escape.
181. 4 [1964] [not in Ar. ] Vergilius started to wear the toga, and moved to Mediolanum; shortly afterwards, he went off to Rome.
182nd OLYMPIAD [=52-49 B. C. ]

182. 1 [1965] [1962 in Ar. ] The statue of Zeus at Olympia was struck by lightning.
182. 2 [1966] Caesar conquered the Germans and Gauls.
182. 3 * [1967] Cleopatra [became] the 12th [ruler] of Egypt, for 22 years.
[1969 in Ar. ] The beginning of the civil war between Caesar and Pompeius.
182. 4 [1968] [not in Ar. ] Diodorus Siculus, the Greek historian, was in his prime.
[1969 in Ar. ] Gaius Julius Caesar was the first Roman to become sole ruler, and the Roman emperors were called Caesars after him. ["At this time Roman power reached its peak" - Ar. ]
183rd OLYMPIAD [=48-45 B. C. ]

183. 1 * [1969] Gaius Julius Caesar [became] the first [emperor] of the Romans, for 4 years and 6 months [or "5 years" - Ar. ]
[1974 in Ar. ] The inhabitants of Antioch reckon their years from this point.
[not in Ar. ] Pompeius fled [to Egypt] after being defeated in battle, and was killed by the eunuchs of the king of Alexandria.
[not in Ar. ] M. Caelius, a praetor, and T. Annius Milo, an exile, tried to foment revolution simultaneously in Etruria and Bruttium, but were suppressed.
183. 2 [1970] [not in Ar. ] The body of Ptolemy, in a golden breastplate, was discovered in the river Nile.
[not in Ar. ] Caesar established Cleopatra as queen of Egypt, in return for sexual favours.
183. 3 [1971] [not in Ar. ] The Basilica Julia was dedicated at Rome.
[not in Ar. ] The Jews received a decree of the senate and of the Athenians, after seeking an alliance through envoys.
[not in Ar. ] Cleopatra entered Rome with a royal retinue.
[not in Ar. ] Women were forbidden to wear amber and pearls, if they did not have a husband or children, and were under 45 years old.
183. 4 [1972] [not in Ar. ] Nigidius Figulus, the Pythagorean sage, died in exile.
184th OLYMPIAD [=44-41 B. C. ]

184. 1 [1973] [1969 in Ar. ] Antonius passed a decree that the month of Quintilis should be called July, because Julius had been born in that month.
Cassius conquered Judaea and despoiled the temple.
Gaius Julius Caesar was killed in the senate-house on the Ides of March, after which P. Dolabella took up the fasces [became consul].
[not in Ar. ] The body of Caesar was cremated on the rostra, as a mark of honour.
[not in Ar. ] The lawyer Servius Sulpicius and P. Servilius Isauricus were given public funerals.
[not in Ar. ] At Rome three separate suns rose into the sky, and gradually converged into a single circle.
[not in Ar. ] Amongst other portents which occurred throughout the world, in the suburbs of Rome an ox said to a ploughman, "There is no point in pushing me, because it is men, not food, who are going to be in short supply".
184. 2 * [1974] Octavianus Caesar Augustus became the 2nd emperor of the Romans, for 56 years and 6 months; the Roman emperors were called Augusti after him.
[not in Ar. ] Antonius fought a war against Caesar Augustus.
[not in Ar. ] Laberius, the writer of mimes, died at Puteoli 10 months after the death of C. Caesar.
[not in Ar. ] Publius, the Syrian writer of mimes, was the leading dramatist at Rome.
184. 3 [1975] [not in Ar. ] Cicero was killed on his Formian estate by Herennius and Popilius, when he was in his 64th year.
[not in Ar. ] The head and right hand of Cicero were placed in front of the rostra, next to a crowned statue of Popilius, the soldier who had killed him.
[not in Ar. ] According to some, Cicero was killed at Caieta.
[not in Ar. ] Ovidius Naso was born in the territory of the Paeligni.
[not in Ar. ] C. Falcidius, a tribune of the plebs, passed a law that no-one should make such a large bequest in their will as to leave less than a quarter of the estate to their legal heirs.
184. 4 [1976] [not in Ar. ] Curtius Salassus was burnt alive along with four cohorts on the island of Aradus, because he had collected tribute too harshly.
[not in Ar. ] Vibius Maximus, when quaestor designate, was recognised as a slave by his master, who took him away.
[not in Ar. ] In a brothel across the river Tiber, oil burst out of the ground and flowed for a whole day without stopping, signifying the grace of Christ to the gentiles.
[not in Ar. ] Augustus defeated Antonius, but the senate intervened to restore friendship between them.
[not in Ar. ] The poet Cornificius died after being deserted by his soldiers, whom he called "rabbits in helmets" because they frequently ran away from battle. His sister Cornificia wrote some remarkable epigrams, which still survive.
[not in Ar. ] Cassius despoiled the temples of the Rhodians.
[not in Ar. ] The second dispute between Augustus and Antonius.
185th OLYMPIAD [=40-37 B. C. ]

185. 1 [1977] [not in Ar. ] The historian Cornelius Nepos was in his prime.
185. 2 [1978] [1873 in Ar. ] Antigonus was killed after fighting for a long time against the Jews; from his death until the present time, there have been no [legitimate] kings in Jerusalem. Herodes, who was appointed as king after him by the Romans, was a foreigner with no real claim on Judaea.
185. 4 [1980] The two Furnii, father and son, were in their prime as orators; the son became a consul, and died before his father.
186th OLYMPIAD [=36-33 B. C. ]

186. 1 [1981] Sallustius died, four years before the battle of Actium.
186. 2 [1982] M. Varius, the poet whom Vergilius mentions in his Bucolica [Eclogues], died in Cappadocia.
186. 3 [1983] Herodes, the son of Antipater of Ascalon and Cypris of Arabia, was appointed by the Romans to be king of Judaea. At this time, just before the birth of Christ, the kingdom and high priesthood of Judaea, which had been passed from father to son, came to an end, in fulfilment of the prophecy which was spoken through Moses [Genesis, 49'10]: "The sceptre will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs". At this time also the Anointed-rule was completed, as prophesied in the book of Daniel, because the anointed ones, that is the priests, were the rulers of Judaea before Herodes. They ruled from the restoration of the temple in under Dareius, in the 65th Olympiad, up until Hyrcanus in the 185th Olympiad, for a total of 483 years. This is what Daniel referred to when he said [Daniel, 9'25]: "Know and understand this: from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens' and sixty-two 'sevens' ". 69 'sevens' make a total of 483 years, during which the anointed ones, that is the anointed priests, were the rulers. When the last of them, Hyrcanus, was captured by the Parthians, Herodes was appointed by Augustus and the senate to rule over Judaea, which he had no right to. And after Herodes his descendants were kings [of Judaea] up until the final capture of Jerusalem. The high priests were no longer chosen by succession from the priestly families, nor did they serve for the whole of their lives, as laid down in the law of Moses. But first some insignificant men, and then others, purchased the high priesthood from the Romans, for a year or sometimes for a little longer. The prophet Daniel foretold this too, when he said [Daniel, 9'26]: "After the seven and sixty-two 'sevens', the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood". And then he says [Daniel, 9'27]: "And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him".
[1984 in Ar. ] Herodes summoned a certain Ananelus from Babylon and set him up as high priest of the Jews. Shortly afterwards, he replaced him with Aristobulus, the brother of Herodes' wife and grandson [or "son" - Ar. ] of Hyrcanus. A year later Herodes killed Aristobulus and reinstated Ananelus as high priest.
[not in Ar. ] The Romans calculated the course of the moon.
186. 4 * [1984] The rule of the high priests came to an end, and Herodes, a foreigner, became king of the Jews for 37 years.
A treaty between Augustus and Antonius.
[1985 in Ar. ] The Romans founded some colonies.