XII. Адриан (царствовал 21 год)

Hadrian, originally from Mtalivi in ​​Spain, was the son of Trajan's cousin. Hadrian restored Alexandria, destroyed by the Romans, at public expense. Hadrian, jealous of Trajan's fame, summoned troops from Assyria, Mesopotamia and Armenia, which he made provinces. Hadrian strikes for the second time the Jews who rebelled against the Romans. The Senate names Trajan among the gods. Hadrian was very educated in Greek and Roman literature, but was little restrained in his love for boys. Adrian released arrears in taxes to the cities, publicly burning the obligations, and freed many from the taxes themselves. VI Bishop of the Roman Church Sixtus rules for 10 years. The famous philosophers are Plutarch of Chaeroni, Sextus, Agathobolos and Oenomaus. V Bishop Justus, who ruled for 11 years, was appointed bishop of the Alexandrian Church. There was a war with the Sauromatians. The earthquake that occurred destroyed Nicomedia and destroyed much in Nicaea; To restore all this, Adrian gave funds from the treasury. Euphrates, the Stoic philosopher, dies. In Libya, devastated by the Jews, Hadrian evicts the colonies. To the Athenians, when they asked for laws, Hadrian compiled a code of laws from the books of Draco, Solon and others. The Kiphis River flooded Eleusis, and Hadrian, building a bridge on it, spent the winter in Athens. In Jerusalem, after Philip, X Bishop Seneca is appointed, after whom XI Justus, XII Levi, XIII Ephraim, XIV Josiah, XV Judas. All of them, before the destruction that Jerusalem suffered from Hadrian, were bishops of the circumcision. Hadrian, having accepted the initial initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries, gave many gifts to the Athenians. Square, a disciple of the apostles, and Aristides the Athenian, our philosopher, presented Hadrian with books compiled in defense of the Christian faith. And Semyon Granius the legate, a very famous man, sends a message to the emperor, saying that it is unfair that the blood of innocent people is sacrificed to the cries of the crowd and that they, without having committed any crime, are condemned for their name and religion alone. Convinced by all this, Hadrian wrote to the proconsul of Asia, Minucius Fundanus, that, without specifying the crimes, Christians should not be condemned. The original of this message exists to this day. Adrian receives the name Father of the Fatherland, and his wife Augusta. The bishopric of the Roman Church was taken over by the VII Bishop Telesphorus, who ruled for 11 years. IV Bishop Cornelius is appointed to Antioch. Nikopol and Caesarea were destroyed by an earthquake. Antinous, a charming boy of extraordinary beauty, dies in Egypt; Hadrian, having buried him magnificently (because he was one of his favorites), included him among the gods, and the city was named after him. In the Alexandrian Church of ΥΙ, Bishop Eumenes ruled for 13 years. In Rome, Hadrian built the Church of Venus. Salvius Julian drew up a “permanent” (perpetuum) edict 14. Adrian, spending the winter in Athens, was fully initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries. Hadrian, having built many magnificent buildings in Athens, appointed public games and built a library of marvelous architecture. The Jews, taking up arms, devastated Palestine during the administration of this province of Tinia Rufus, to whom Hadrian sent an army to pacify the indignants. The famous rhetoricians are Favorinus and Iolemon. The heresiarch Basilides, from whom the Gnostics, lives in Alexandria. Varkokhev, the leader of the Jewish indignation, kills Christians who did not want to help him against the Roman army with all kinds of torments. At this time, as some write, Telesphorus instituted and prescribed the fast of Pentecost. After the decisive defeat of the Jews, the Jewish War waged in Palestine ended. From that time on, the right to even enter Jerusalem was taken away from the Jews, taken away first of all by the will of God, as the prophets foretold, and then by Roman prohibitions. After the cessation of Jewish bishops, Bishop Mark was installed in Jerusalem as the first of the pagans. Hadrian built Elia, and in front of it is the gate through which we exit the city of Bethlehem. A pig is carved from marble, denoting that the Jews are subject to Roman authority. Some people think that Aelia was built by Titus Julius, the son of Vespasian. Adrian dies in Baiae at over 60 years of age 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. Edict governing the proceedings of the praetors You might be interested in: