XIV. Марк Антонин, он же и Вер и Л. Аврелий Коммод (царствовали 19 лет и 1 месяц)

They first ruled the empire with equal rights, since during all this time both were Augusti. Lucius Caesar, while making a sacrifice in Athens, saw fire rushing across the sky from east to west. Vologeses, king of Parthia, devastated the neighboring Roman provinces. The orator Fronto is famous for teaching Latin literature to Marcus Antoninus Verus. The Syrian city of Seleucia with 300,000 inhabitants was taken by the Romans. In Pisa, the philosopher Peregrine, having lit a fire made of wood, rushed at it. Aurelius Caesar and his brother win victories over the Parthians. IX Bishop of the Alexandrian Church Agrippin ruled for 12 years. During the persecution that began in Asia, Polycarp and Pionius suffered, whose sufferings are also recorded in writing. In Gaul, many died gloriously for the name of Christ, books about whose exploits are preserved to this day. A pestilence swept through many provinces and partly devastated Rome. The Romans are at war with the Germans, Marcomanni, Quadi, Sarmatians and Dacians. The XI Bishop of Rome Soter ruled for 8 years. The VI Bishop of Antioch, Theophilus, is installed, from whose mind many creations exist. Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus, in the ninth or, as some think, the eleventh year of his reign between Concordia and Altina, sitting with his brother in a chariot, was struck by apoplexy. Melito, Bishop of Sardia in Asia, submitted an apology to Emperor Antoninus in defense of Christians. Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis in Asia, is famous. Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth, and Pinitus, the most eloquent man of Crete, are famous. A false prophecy called Katafriga originates from Montanus and the mad prophetesses Priscilla and Maximilla. The heretic Tatian, from whom the Encratites, gained fame. Vardesan, the leader of another heresy, becomes famous. Opian the Cilician poet, who wrote with the amazing brilliance of Halieutics 15, gains fame. There was such a pestilence all over the world that the Roman army was almost completely exterminated by it. Emperor Antoninus himself often took part in the wars that rose up against him, often appointing glorious commanders; when one of them, Pertinax, and the army that fought with him in the country of Quads suffered from thirst, rain was sent from above, while the Germans and Sarmatians, on the contrary, were struck by lightning and killed many of them. There is a letter from Marcus Aurelius, the most famous emperor, in which he testifies that this German thirst was satisfied by rain, requested, perhaps, by the prayers of Christian soldiers. 16 The Platonic philosopher Atticus gains fame. The 12th Bishop of the Roman Church, Eleutherius, is appointed, who ruled for 15 years. VII Bishop of Antioch Maximin is installed. Antoninus makes his son Commodus a participant in his reign. Antoninus and his son triumphed over the enemies with whom they had fought for three years, maintaining a permanent camp in Carnuntus 17. The emperors gave a lot to many, and having released to the provinces what they owed to the treasury, they ordered debt records to be burned in the central square of Rome and, to top off their kindness, some too harsh laws were softened by new constitutions. After the victory, Antoninus was so generous in distributing gifts that he immediately gave out a hundred lions. Commodus receives the name Augustus from the Senate. The Asian city of Smyrna was destroyed by an earthquake, for the restoration of which freedom from taxes was given for ten years. Antoninus in Pannonia died of illness. The bishopric of the Alexandrian Church is received by the X Bishop Julian, who ruled for 10 years We translate the chronicle of Eusebius according to Jerome’s account, starting only from the Nativity of Christ, bearing in mind theological and church-historical interest, which the previous part of the chronicle does not represent. On the same basis, we consider it possible to omit in the translation the chronological indication of the years from Abraham, according to the Olympiads and according to the years of the reign of the kings of Judah (before the destruction of Jerusalem) and limit ourselves to Christian chronology. Asterisks indicate testimony of dubious authenticity that is found in all lists of the chronicle according to the presentation of the bl. Jerome. Note Editorials. Essay about fish and fishing (αλιεύς). 0 fact indicated under the year 177, says Tertullian (Apolog. p. 5), from which Jerome, like other historians, probably borrowed this news. As for the letter of Marcus Aurelius, the list that has survived to our time at the end of the apology of Justin the Martyr is recognized as forged. You might be interested in: