III Тиверий (23, по другим 21 год)

Tiberius accepted the imperial dignity as if under duress and with complaints that an unpleasant and heavy yoke was being imposed on him. The orator Caius Asinius, the son of Asinius Pollio, whom Virgil also mentions, is killed by Tinerius in cruel torture. Historiographer Titus Livius dies in Pavia. The poet Ovid died in exile and was buried near the city of Tom. Germanicus Caesar defeats the Parthians. Thirteen cities were destroyed by the earthquake: Ephesus, Magnesia, Sardis, Mostina, Aegea, Hierokesarea, Philadelphia, Tmol, Temnos, Kimi, Myrina, Apollonia, Hyrcania. Fenestella, a historical writer, dies at the age of 70 and is buried in Cumae. Tiberius, having attracted many kings to himself with flattery, did not let them go any more, and among them was Archelaus of Cappadocia, whose kingdom, having turned into a province, ordered the famous city of Mazak to be called Caesarea. Tiberius makes Drusus an accomplice to the reign. Caesar Drusus dies from poison. Quintus Aterius, an animated and popular speaker, reaches the age of almost 90 years in the greatest honor. Servius Plautus, accused of molesting his son, kills himself in court. The tetrarch Philip called Paneada, in which he built many buildings, Caesarea Philippi, and another city Juliada. Pontius Pilate is sent from Tiberius as procurator of Judea Vocienus Montanus, the Narbonne orator, dies on the Balearic Islands, where he was exiled by Tiberius. Herod built Tiberias and Libias. John, the son of Zechariah, preaching in the desert near the Jordan, testifies that Christ, the Son of God, is among them. And the Lord Jesus Christ himself from now on proclaims the way of salvation to the nations, testifying with signs and powers the truth of what he said. This year, that is, the 15th of Tiberius Caesar is considered: from the second year of the restoration of the church, which took place in the second year of Darius the king of Persia, 548 years; and from Solomon and the first building of the church 1060 years; from Moses and the exodus of Israel from Egypt 1339 years; from Abraham and the reign of Ninus and Semiramis 2044; from the flood to Abraham 942 years, from Adam to the flood 2242 years. The beginning of the eighty-first anniversary according to the Jewish reckoning. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, preaching the way of salvation to everyone, performs the miracles described in the gospels. Jesus Christ the Son of God, feeding his disciples with the Divine mysteries, commands that they proclaim a conversion to God to all peoples. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, according to the prophecies predicted about Him, comes to suffer in the 18th year of Tiberius, at which time and in other pagan monuments we literally find the following: “There was an eclipse of the sun, and there was darkness throughout the whole earth. There was an earthquake in Bithynia, and in the city of Nicaea many buildings were destroyed.” All this corresponds to what happened during the Savior’s suffering. Phlegon, the famous calculator of the Olympiads, also writes about this, in the XIII book, saying this: “And in the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad there was a great and outstanding eclipse of the sun among all those that had happened before; at the sixth hour the day turned into dark night, so that the stars in the sky were visible, and an earthquake in Bithynia destroyed many buildings in Nicaea.” So says the above mentioned husband. And proof that the Savior suffered that year is provided by the Gospel of John, in which it is written that after the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, the Lord preached for three years. And Josephus, a natural Jewish writer, testifies that around these times, on the day of Pentecost, the priests first felt vibrations of the ground and certain sounds; then from the holy of holies of the church suddenly an extraordinary voice was heard saying: “let us move from these places” 3 . The mentioned husband also writes that in the same year the ruler Pilate, in the secret of the night, placed images of Caesar in the church. But when the Jews opposed this and, as if by unanimous agreement, preparing for death, they all fell on their faces and prepared their naked necks to receive blows, Pilate, touched, ordered the statues to be taken out. And this was the first cause of indignation and unrest for the Jews. The first bishop of the Jerusalem church was appointed by the apostles James, the brother of the Lord. From here we must pay attention to how great disasters then depress the Jewish people. Cassius Severus, a formidable orator who lost his Quintian suburb, dies in extreme poverty in the 25th year of his exile, barely covered with rubbish on the private parts of his body. Stefan is stoned. Saul turns to Christ. After the above-mentioned indignation that arose because of the images of Caesar, Pilate, using the sacred treasury, called Corvana by the Jews, for the Jerusalem water supply, gave the seeds for a second indignation. Sejanus, the prefect of Tiberius, who had very great power before him, urgently advises him to destroy the Jewish people. Philo mentions this in the second book of the Embassy. James, the brother of the Apostle John, but on the orders of King Herod, was killed by beheading. The Apostle Peter, imprisoned by Herod and bound with double shackles, is miraculously freed by an angel. The satirist Persian Flaccus was born in Volaterra. Agrippa, the son of Aristobulus, the son of Herod the king, the accuser of Herod the tetrarch, having gone to Rome, is imprisoned by Tiberius because he publicly prayed to God that, having struck Tiberius with instant death, He would allow him to see Kay as the ruler of all. When Pilate reported to Tiberius about the teachings of Christians, Tiberius made a representation to the Senate so that (Jesus Christ) would be accepted among the other gods (inter caeteia sacra reciperetur). But when the senators decreed that Christians should be expelled from the city (Rome), Tiberius issued an edict that threatened informers against Christians with death. Tertullian writes about this in Apologetics. The Apostle Peter founded the Antioch Church and, having received the see there, served as a priest for 25 years. Many of the Roman senators and horsemen were killed. Tiberius dies in Campania in the Villa of Lucullus. 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. The testimony of Josephus, as is known, refers to the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and not to the time of the suffering of the Lord. Jerome everywhere, with the exception of one place, repeating this error, probably followed Eusebius, who was in turn misled by the corrupted copies of Josephus. You might be interested in: