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The Suda claims Africanus was a "Libyan philosopher," and Gelzer considers him of Roman and Ethiopian descent. [1] Julius called himself a native of Jerusalem – which some scholars consider his birthplace [2] – and lived at the neighbouring Emmaus.
[30] [36] They point out that in AD 221, Sextus Julius Africanus suggested the spring equinox, 25 March in the Roman calendar, as the day of creation and of Jesus's conception. While this implies a birth in December, Africanus did not offer a birth date for Jesus, [ 37 ] and he was not an influential writer at the time. [ 38 ]
Annianus of Alexandria, however, preferred the Annunciation style for New Year's Day, i.e., 25 March, and shifted Panodorus' era by circa six months to begin on 25 March. This created the Alexandrian era, whose first day was the first day of the proleptic [ d ] Alexandrian civil year in progress, 29 August 5493 BCE, with the ecclesiastical year ...
Heinrich Gelzer (1 July 1847, in Berlin – 11 July 1906, in Jena) was a German classical scholar.He wrote also on Armenian mythology. [1] He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer (1813–1889).
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).
Hippolytus of Rome, Sextus Julius Africanus, Irenaeus: All three predicted Jesus would return in this year, with one of the predictions being based on the dimensions of Noah's Ark. [19] [20] 6 Apr 793 Beatus of Liébana: This Spanish monk prophesied the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world on that day in front of a large crowd of ...
They normally occur every 25 years. Pilgrims coming to Rome during the year can obtain special indulgences, or remission of their sins. This Jubilee will run through Jan. 6, 2026.
In his Chronicle of Theophanes the fifth-century chronicler George Syncellus quotes the History of the World of Sextus Julius Africanus as stating that a world eclipse and an earthquake in Judea had been reported by the Greek 1st century historian Thallus in his Histories.