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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.
Chronographia (Greek: Χρονογραφία), meaning "description of time", and its English equivalents, Chronograph and Chronography, may refer to: . Chronographiae of Sextus Julius Africanus, covering events from Creation to 221
The second part is a collection of regnal lists mainly derived from the Chronographiae of Sextus Julius Africanus from AD 211. [1] These include lists of Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian and Greek rulers. Not from Africanus are the list of High Priests of Israel and the list of Roman emperors. [2]
Sextus Julius Africanus (Chronographiai) calls him "Amyrteos", [4] while Eusebius of Caesarea calls him "Amirtaios" [1] — both of them recording that he reigned for 6 years. An ancient Egyptian prophetic text, the Demotic Chronicle (3rd/2nd century BC [ 5 ] ), states:
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).
Most of his work, like the vast majority of ancient literature, has been lost, although some of his writings were quoted by Sextus Julius Africanus in his History of the World. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is not known when he lived and wrote, but his work is quoted by Theophilus of Antioch , who died around AD 185, and most scholars date Thallus ...
The Excerpta Latina Barbari, a late 8th-century Latin chronicle, appears to be partly based on the Chronicle. [13] Burgess and Dijkstra have conjectured that both texts are based on a common source composed of the c. 221 Chronographiae of Julius Africanus and the c. 205 Liber generationis.
In AD 221, Sextus Julius Africanus suggested 25 March, the traditional spring equinox, as the day of creation and of Jesus's conception; the Christian Church came to celebrate as the Feast of the Annunciation. [120]