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Thallus or Thallos (Greek: Θαλλός), perhaps a Samaritan, [1] was an early historian who wrote in Koine Greek.He wrote a three-volume history of the Mediterranean world from before the Trojan War to the 167th Olympiad, 112–108 BC, or perhaps to the 217th Olympiad (AD 89-93) or 207th Olympiad (AD 49-52).
Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 – c. 240; Ancient Greek: Σέξτος Ἰούλιος ὁ Ἀφρικανός or ὁ Λίβυς) was a Christian traveler and historian of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries.
Julius Africanus writes "Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Cæsar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth..." [4] Eusebius, in book 2 of Chronicle (Chronicon, quoted by Jerome), refers to Phlegon's 13th book for confirmation of an eclipse and earthquakes in Bythinia and Nicaea. [5]
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There seems to be some doubt about what Thallus wrote (Africanus doesn't quote Thallus) and there is doubt about when Thallus wrote his history. Van Voorst says the date is somewhat uncertain and Thallus may be the earliest to write about the crufixion. The article glosses over these doubts. E4mmacro 07:34, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
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The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir (UET V 81) [1] is a clay tablet that was sent to the ancient city-state Ur, written c. 1750 BCE. The tablet, measuring 11.6 cm high and 5 cm wide, documents a transaction in which Ea-nāṣir, [ a ] a trader, allegedly sold sub-standard copper to a customer named Nanni.
Julius Africanus was a celebrated orator in the reign of Nero, [1] and seems to have been the son of the Julius Africanus, of the Gallic state of the Santoni (in present-day France), who was condemned by Tiberius in 32 AD. [2] Quintilian, who had heard Julius Africanus, spoke of him and Domitius Afer as the best orators of their time. The ...