X. Нерва (царствовал год и 4 месяца)

The third bishop of the Alexandrian church, Kerdon, ruled for 11 years. The Senate decided to revoke all of Domitian's decrees. As a result of this, many who were unjustly exiled by him were returned from exile, some received their estates. They say that the Apostle John, at that time freed from exile, moved to Ephesus, and in this city he had hospitality and his most devoted friends. Justus, a writer from Tiberias of Judea, gains fame. Nerva died of illness in the Sallust Gardens at the age of 72, having already adopted Trajan. Trajan, originally from Italica in Spain, was proclaimed emperor at Cologne in Gaul. 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. You might be interested in: