the name 168. of Dionysi As it is impossible us the Areopagite to reconcile were forgthese histo-ed in the rians, and Fifth Cen difficult of ten to de cide which calculates best, we shall follow Pearson & Pfaff as the surest guides tury. ro. The oracles reduced to silence, a dubious, or rather a fabulous story. The destruction of Jerusalem. The accounts of a dispute between St. Peter and Simon the Magician at Rome, and Philo, the Jew. Pomponius Mela. Columella. Remmius Palemon. Votienus. Servilius Marcus. Annæus Cornutus. Lucian. Andromachus. of a Statue's hav- Petronius. Christians under St. John thrown into a caldron of boiling oil, a dubious story. The adventures of Apollonius Ty aneus. Persius. Epictetus. Dioscorides. Flavius Jo sephus. Silius Itali cus. Valerius Flaccus. Pliny, the Elder. Pliny, the Younger. Asconius. Pedianus. Plinius Va lerianus. Juvenal. Martial. Statius. Sext. Jul. Frontinus. Quintillian. Dion Chry sostome. Tacitus. Phlegon. Apion. Trogus Pompeius. Athenodo rus. Profane Rome. ological ious Rites and Authors. Writers. Institutions. The perusal of Saccas. Crescens, Celsus, The Sac- and the Pagans in cophori. Severians. Apollinaris. Ophites. Hermias. Artotyrites. the Sibylline Ora- Priscus. Athenago Theodotus, cles prohibited by Cephalion, ras. the Tanner, an imperial edict. | Aristides. 218 Fabianus mosat. Severus 254 Julius Afri-Novatians. canus. Patropassians. Arabians. 237 Novatian. Novatian. Cathari. Ammonius. Paul of Sa of Alexandria. Dionysius Pamphilus. 270 Anatolius. Felix 275 Arnobius, Eutychia African. Dus 283 Commodi Caius Mar anus. cellinus Archelaus. 296 Lucianus. Hesychius. Methodius. Theognos tus. Malchion. Paul of Sa mosata. Stephen R. lis. Victorinus. Pruden tins. Privatus. A schism between Stephen and Cyp rian, con cerning the re baptizing of Hereties. Seventh persecution under Maximin VIII, under Decias, in which Fabianus, the Roman pontiff, Babylas, Alexander, and others, suffer martyrdom. Eighth perse- trious martyrs, 1, and Laurentius, Ninth persecu- The Jewish Talmud and Targum composed in this century. The Jews are allowed to return into Palestine. canus. Acolus. Dion Cas sius. Ulpian. Ephorus. Censori nus. C. Curius Fortuna tus. Herodian. Nicagoras. Quadratus. Amelius. Gentilia nus. Erennius. Longinus. Julius Capitolinus. EliusLam pridius. Trebellius Pollio. Porphyry. ElinsSpartianus. Flavius Vopiscus. M. Aurel. Olymp. Nemesia nus. Alexander, a Greek philosopher. Philostra tus. Remarkable Events, and Re- Jewish schools erected at Babylon, Sora, and other places. Remarkable deaths of those that persecuted the Christians, related by Tertullian, Eusebius, and Lucias Cæcilius. Many illustrious men and Roman senators convert ed to Christianity. The origin of the Monastic life derived from the austere manners of Pau! the Theban, the first hermit. Dioclesian assumes the name and honours due to Jupiter, and orders the people to worship him. Religious rites greatly multiplied in this century; altars used; wax tapers employed. Public church- The pagan Profane Julius Pau lus. Sixtus Pompo nius. Herennius. nus. Hermogenianus. Palladius Rutilius. Taurus. the Afri can. |