VI. Нерон (царств. 13 лет, 1 мес. и 28 дней)

Kai Caligula was his maternal uncle. During the reign of Judea Felix, the indignation that arose in Caesarea in Palestine destroyed many Jews. Felix is ​​succeeded in management by Festus, before whom, in the presence of King Agrippa, the Apostle Paul, having laid out the foundations of his faith, is sent in chains to Rome. Probus Beritsky, the most learned of grammarians, gains fame in Rome. Statius Ursul from Toulouse in Gaul taught rhetoric with the greatest fame. Earthquake in Rome and solar eclipse. Nero killed his mother Agrippina and his father's sister. Nero was so wasteful that he bathed in cold and warm incense and caught fish with golden nets, which he pulled out with purple ropes. Nero wins the zither-playing competition. Albinus succeeds Festus to rule Judea. Jacob, the brother of the Lord, whom everyone called the Righteous, is stoned by the Jews: Simeon, who is also Simon the second, is accepted into his see. Lightning fell in front of Nero's table. After the Evangelist Mark, Annianus was appointed the first bishop of the Alexandrian Church, who ruled for 22 years. Persius of Volaterr, satirical poet, dies at the age of 29. Nero built the baths, which he called Nero's. Nero, competing in a zither player competition in Rome, prevails over everyone. M. Annaeus Lucan, a Cordovan poet convicted of the Pisoni conspiracy, gave the doctor his hand to cut the veins. Nero, in order to see the likeness of burning Troy, burned a very large part of Rome. In Asia, three cities were destroyed by an earthquake: Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Colossae. Albinus, procurator of Judea, was succeeded by Cestius Florus, under whom the Jews rebelled against the Romans. Junius Annaeus Gallio, brother of Seneca, a great reciter, killed himself with his own hand. The Olympics were not included in the count due to the absence of Nero at its celebrations. Under Nero, only two provinces were formed: Pontus Polemonius and the Chiottian Alps, after the death of the Chiottian king. In Rome, many of the nobility were killed by Nero. Nero receives a crown at the Olympic Games, having surpassed heralds, cytarists, actors, and charioteers in various competitions. Lucius Annaeus Seneca of Cordoba, teacher of Nero and uncle of the poet Lucan, died from cutting his veins and taking poison. Nero again, participating in the Isthmian, Pythian and Actian games, is crowned among the heralds, actors and cytarists. By decree of the Senate, Nero is assigned ten million annually for expenses. Nero, along with other noble people, kills his wife Octavia, and drives Cornutus the philosopher, teacher of Persia, into exile. The famous philosophers Musonius and Plutarch. L. Annaeus Mella, brother of Seneca and Gallio, receives from Nero the estates of the poet Lucan, his son. To complete all his atrocities, Nero was the first to initiate a persecution of Christians, during which Peter and Paul valiantly died in Rome. Against the Jews, who, unable to bear the greed of Cestius Florus, were indignant, Nero sent Vespasian, master of the militia. Vespasian takes possession of many cities of Judea. Flavius ​​Josephus, a historical writer, leader in the Jewish war, when he was about to be killed by the Romans, foretells to Vespasian the death of Nero and his accession to the throne, for which he received life as a reward. After Peter, the first ruled the Roman church of Linus for 11 years. When Nero was condemned to execution by the Senate, he fled four miles from the city, in the foothill dacha of his freedman, between the Salarian and Nomentan roads, and took his own life at the age of 32 from birth, and the entire surname of Augustus ceased in him. After Nero, Galba in Spain, Vitellius in Germany, and Otho in Rome seized power. M. Fabius Quinctilian is brought to Rome by Galba. Galba, in the seventh month of his reign, is beheaded in the central square of Rome. Vespasian, having defeated the Jews in two battles, drove them to the walls. Otho, in the third month of his reign, died by suicide under Bebriyan. Ignatius is installed as the second bishop of Antioch. Vitellius, in the eighth month of his reign, was killed by Vespasian's generals and thrown into the Tiber. 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: