Fasti Romani, Vol. 2
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Excerpt from Fasti Romani, Vol. 2: The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, From the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius The years of the Roman emperors and the fractions of months and days are carefully noted by Dio and other historians. But yet even if the genuine numbers were always preserved, which is not to be expected, the sum of all the reigns would not express the exact amount of time; for sometimes the reigns are in part contemporary; as the last 4 months of Justin were also the first 4 months of Justinian; the last 10 days of Justin II were the first 10 of Tiberius II; the two last days of the same Tiberius were the first two of Mauricius. Galba Otho and Vitellius were in part contemporary with Nero and Vespasian. The elder Gordians Pupienus and Balbinus were included for the most part in the reign of Maximin. The last day of an emperor was sometimes counted again as the first of his successor; thus Aug. 19 A. D. 14 was both the last day of Augustus and the first of Tiberius. Sometimes a short interval occurred; as 10 days after the death of Jovian; 3 days at the least after the death of Trajan; a day between Caligula and Claudius, called by Suetonius two days (current) of liberty. Sometimes the life or reign of an emperor was reckoned exclusive of the day of his death; as the life of Caracalla by Dio, and the reign of Heraclius by Nicephorus. But on the other hand the chronographers give erroneous accounts because they often omit fractions of years that they may obtain a more convenient measure of time. They adapt the reigns to their own scheme of reckoning by assigning a fictitious beginning to the years of the emperors. Thus Theophanes places the years of Justinian each 5 months below the true time; on the contrary he throw´s back the years of Justin II 74 days, and of Heraclius 34 days, above the true position, that each year of every reign may begin with the indiction, at Sept. 1, from whence all the years of Theophanes are computed. The Astronomical Canon omits the reigns which are less than a year, neglects fractions, and assigns a fictitious beginning to almost every reign. In the Paschal Chronicle the reigns are sometimes shorter and sometimes longer than the truth. Eusebius and Hieronymus also in their Canon deviate from the true amount of reigns in many cases. The numbers of Theophilus Clemens Alexandrinus and Dio, and of the Paschal Chronicle and Cassiodorus, are annexed to this list of the reigns, that the variations may be seen at once. The sums of the reigns in each of their accounts may be compared with the true amounts as exhibited below. The accounts of Eusebius and Hieronymus, of Syncellus and Theophanes, are examined in the Tables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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