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5 4 6 CHRONOLOGICAL A R R A N G EM E N T
A cjcte of » ,„ 0 .0 , o „ . , - .o l „ i „ „ o
ooff tT y/ .Ie 7pu,t7 to‘" Vde®at7h.' ’ "A7ls7o “ in this y‘efta®r p ”e r(sHecieurtoionny mag.,a ainnsdt CChlirnits)t,i anPse t”r u(Cs lsinutc.c),e eMdeedth obdyi uAs cbhiislhlaosp “ seventeenth ” bishop of Alexandria. « «-cnuias,
c h r o ? t‘a b i).^ '" " ‘ ‘' ‘®"'‘"""’’ ‘' ‘ «®""°' T®'"” ™ Ninth d y n a sty -(C h in ese
C h r iY ! / T I T Z W ’ T P T ®*®‘ ft« .and Licinius in favour of the
Sboouutthhwwaa idd, ddiieedd /neena r ITa rsus. 7Ir'o mt et'h™is '®tim®e", pdeerfseeactuetdi onbsy aLgaicininsitu sC hnreisatri anBsy zcaenatsieudm. , and, fleeing
S t a n t i n e h v / T 7 "" and C lint), Caecilianus bishop of Carthage accused before Con-
R “ r S i/n g ' " ft« "® ecclesiastical court, Melcíades thirtieth bishop of
tthhee persecu/'t•i oftn* ’ of persons leav'■in 9g ' t3h>e "S"efic tC ;l inatn.)d, epdriocht ibofit iCngon jsotianniitrien et haeg aSinecstt the Jews. Prohibitin»"
(Saovau theVs'teY Hindustan), successor of Ag. Saka as cKhaifeffl eso fx .t)h, ed eHatinhd ouf Wcolaotnuy Gautn uGnifgi nfgr oWm eKsil iongl
Java. G utaka was sent from Kling to be.the third governor.*
nchtreoel ’ “/ M7 , /r t e rrY /MT T "taO’’ taemment now r«e®m™ov°e'd fftr“o'm"" 'H“o ‘-fnt®a nT-focuin ”to o rN aNnin-kthin gd;y na.ansdt yh (eCnhcein tehsee name E.astern fern ” for the remainder of the dynasty
I S Î ' Y * / " f t ” - 0ft'®®"® ®ftro"- table)-
the B a n /r7 rl7 a Í 7 7 T?-' 1 7 ^^7 -' «®"'' ° ‘ ’ft®'^’ ft®'®""®'" '' P' ®''" ^aHbhi Samvat, or of
AI T A ' t / /’ 7 (ÍH7.e1ro7n}7^!"!"!'. , 7Pr"o‘s-p? .,' ®a fndt fCl h‘fnt®t .)f,t ®A“®le®x' a«n®d‘®er"‘ ®ofir dbayi nCerdi sp“uesi os-ohnt eoefn tCho”n sbtaisnlitoinne .nf
v e s / r / d M s r t Y / / / 7 l7 - 7 * 7 ° ' f t '* ' " P'‘®"byter. from communion with the church. Sil-
Jertnsfoem ; aud A l e / S r Y Y t p Y l y Y ft'-’^ft ft'“ *®" = ft'""®P ®‘
C o n s Y /in t ‘ft® ba™atae defeated and pursued beyond the Danube by
D. T W ’ * ' ''®‘®®'®a®y Pfty^toHn, rendering important services in this w a r -(S p r e n g . comm.
c h r o P t a t i) .'''" ''" " " * ^ ’’ ™‘ «®™°‘ H I., of the T c in ” or Ninth dynasty - (Chinese
land." ‘^®P‘®'"ft®® ” 0 '®‘” C lint), surrender of Licinius, defeated near Byzantium by sea and
Y a v a l/ S e f S / Y t ' S " r - ""®‘®®?. '®™"'°® "®« ®°®9®est of Orissa by
i / r e b S S Y a v S Y ' ' “ H P® ® ^'® ” 7 °® ‘‘ ‘Ye w / d l . S / Y Î d r ’/ e Y S s ^ ' | / e d
six / a r s ” ' ' “ ^ ‘° ‘""“ ft’ ft®'®' ‘ft® ®°®®'®« “ ®®® ft"®fitefi ""d ^rty- ■
aabhrrogoaltteedf:t '7Con'”st/a“nt'i'n' e7 be®in°g«° n"o” wa ®sofil eC elminpte),r oLr.icinius put to death, and on “ h 'a y i6 th ” his laws
a f l e r / T / n l S P®“^®®"" '® ^gypt than in any other country : and 7 ntin/d" a s sY w /7 , temples were no longer reared by princes. Architectural taste however
the Y lv ¡ S ftft®ba'fi' -h ere also is abundant evidence, th.at
poeelaigno. L AT sTing Tular' sTandT-bmTding fig'®ra°mP'einHe osueas shpolarnet fcr.oamlle dH iinn duMstaalanb atrh r“oiullgyh omutu ltthi”e (MR.ahlaey/alenV a rcahnid-
the superstitious be .ef that its light globular heads driven along the sa n d s/y the i S Ì e’ p o
// Ìne Y hd / i7 / mY / i lMS alTaba r;/ b"y/ G" r'ahI a mf t,™ “*c"o*m«m on ‘ifnt *t he*t ob‘e®a-ch- Sn-e ars qBuaannd-oor/uas,” winl st hoe bvsiec/ineidty boyf
Bombay; by Tennent and Drury, on sandy shores of the peninsula and Ceylon ; by Mason 478 Y n
all the sandy b each es” of Burmah; by Blanco, on the Philippines, but halin» n /n r tv e 7 / / Y
m r jlf , » ,k . cf th . S ito s .a , i.s g lo ta ir , . « l . £ + + ; + ■
OF A C COM PA N Y ING A N IM A L S A N D P L A N T S. ' 5 4 7
_ “ 325, June 19th ” (C lm t), the first general Council among Christians, convened at Nice in Asia
Minor. Attended by an Indian bishop, loannes (Coqueb.-Montbret in rec. voy. et mem iv p 27)
and by “ nearly one hundred ” Egyptian and Lybian bishops, the total number being “ three hundred
.and eighteen. Hosuis of Spain taking the lead: the Western mode of celebrating E.aster was
established. 3 he celib.acy of the clergy was strenuously and successfully opposed by Paphnutius
Metropo .tan bishoprics were constituted (Alst. p. 368 and 392). The Arian question was discussed, •
the Greek word omôous.ôn ” adopted ; and the “ Nicene creed ” formed. Tow.ards the close of th?
session, Constantine entered and pronounced an address in Latin ; which was replied to by Eusebius •
and on the “ z-sth of Angust,” the session terminated. - The .authority of this Council continues tl
be recognized by the Greek Church (E. A. Soph.).
wr^i tin“ gT. he same ye.ar ” (Clmt.), end of the chronicle of Eusebius. Who on other subjects continued
“ The same year ” (cod. Theoclos., and Clint.), law of Constantine prohibiting -
Exhibitions continued notwithstanding at Rome, and at Antioch.
The Roman lexicographer Sext. Pompeius Festus may have been at this tiifie writing, his
remaiks on the word “ suptyarus ” implying familiarity on the part of readers generally with the cere-
, monies of the Christian religion. — He is menlioned by Macrobius (Sm. b. d.).
INlygo,mm [Helxine) convolvulus of Eastern Europe and Siberia. Called in Britain black bindweed
[lu o r), the SC ^ N Ô uL Y CM rerb of Pompeius Festus, killing growing g r a in -b y twinhre
around (Migne edit. Paul. Diac.), m.ay be compared : P. convolvulus is described by Bauhin hist ii
p. 158 ; IS termed “ Lagopyrum vulgäre scandens” by Tournefort inst. 511 ; and is known to occur as
a weed in cultivated ground in Italy and Sicily (B ertoi, aud Guss.) and throughout middle Europe as
fai as Denmaik (R.ay, fl. Dan. pi. 744, and Pers.) ; was observed by Sibthorp, and Fraas, in cultivated
ground in Greece ; by Bieberstein, and Ledebour, in the Tauro-Caspian countries. In its wild
state, was observed by Pallas trav. i. 58 in wooded tracts on the Upper Volga ; by Gmelin, frequent
thioughout Siberia (A. D ec.). By European colonists, was c.arried to Northeast America where it
continues a weed in cultivated ground, and was observed in Carolina as early as 1793 by Michaux
and rite J"®"™!' ” (Clint.), Alexander succeeded by Athanasius, “ nineteenth ” bishop of Alex-
‘' ‘ «®"'’ 'ft®ft'®S-fi H -o f the Tcin ” or Ninth d yn asty-(C h in ese
schis“mTahtiec Csahmries tipanasr. ” (cod. Theodos., and Clint.), law of Constantine respecting heretical and
“ 7 ® s a ip year” (Kitt cycl b ib l), arrival in Palestine of Helena mother of Constantine, now
n hei 80th yeai. She “ built churches on the alleged site of the Nativity at Bethlehem, and of
the Resurrection on the Mount of O lives.” - O f extant churches and monasteries in Egypt, the
earliest are by the Coptic inmates attributed to donations from Helena.
“ 327 A. D ” (Hieronym., and Clint ), in Bithynia, the city of Drepanum rebuilt by Constantine
ana the name changed to Helenopolis ; in honour of his mother Helena
H in cu lS Y ‘" ft*'’ ft“®"®""’ "®fi Sutapa reigning in
“ 330, May n th ” (Idat., Clint., and Plate in Sm. b. d.). dedication of a new city on the site of
Ryzantium, and the removal there by Constantine of the Roman seat of government. He also trans-
of c 7 is"ten°t '™'" * ”«P‘ ‘''® ®®"’ ®'‘-'’ ’ -'" " h received the name of “ Constantinopolis,” city
^ “ As early as this date ” (M. Russel p. 110 and 250, and Sm. geogr. diet.), Christianity preached
m Abyssinia by the Abba Salama or Frumentius.
1b y 1h 7is ?b rfot't,h fet*r' Datt3a0t3is sNa, “n o3wS ykeianrgs orfe iCgney ”l oinn. Mahavamsa xxxvii), Kiertissry-magawarna succeeded
7 0 ft; ft’' 7 “ H"ft""‘'° ®' Dalmaticei Zenophilo cons.” (T . Wright early trav. in Palest.),
J ival in Jerusalem of the author of the “ Itinerarium a Burdigala ” (Bordeaux) : after journeyin»
y laud, across France to Turin, Pavia, Milan, Brescia, Verona, Aquileia ; and thence across NorU
CUIU, 1 annoma, Illyria, Dacia, Ihrace to Constantinople, and across Asia Minor.
Greek inscriptions of about this time (Franz), presenting the following forms of the letters h a
Une hundred and thirty-ninth generation. May ist, 334, onward mostly bevond youth : Ephraem
Edessa : the Greek philosophers, Maximus of Ephesus, and the N eo-Platonist Aedesius ; the
medical writer Philagnus; the historian Eustochius ; the rhetors, Proaeresius, Epiphanius of Petra
Uiscianus, and Diophantus ;’the Christian Greek writers, the elder Gregorius of Nazianzus, Aste-
nu^ Audaeus of Syria, Theodorus of Heraclea, Triphyllius of Cyprus, Eusebius of Emisa, Serapion
t I hmuis, Didymus of Alexandria, and Hilarión : the Latin writers, the orator Gennadius ; the his-
rians Eutropius, and Festus Rufus ; the grammarian Evanthius ; the rhetors Exsuperius, Patera,
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