Chronicon (Jerome)

The Chronicon (Chronicle) or Temporum liber (Book of Times) was a

universal chronicle written by Jerome. It was one of his earliest attempts at history. It was composed c. 380 in Constantinople; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon of Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325 to 379. Despite numerous errors taken from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced a valuable work of universal history, if only for the example which it gave to such later chroniclers as Prosper of Aquitaine, Cassiodorus, and Victor of Tunnuna to continue his annals. In conformity with the Chronicon of Eusebius (early 4th century), Jerome dated Creation to 5201 BC.^[1]^[2]

The Chronicle includes a chronology of the events of

Troy VIIa, the main candidate for the historical inspiration of legendary Troy, dated to c. 1190 BC.) Homer

himself is dated to 940 BC, while modern scholarship usually dates him after 800 BC.

Timeline

From Adam until the 14th year of Valens (AD 377), 5,579 years; this places Adam in 5201 BC

From Abraham to the capture of Troy (26

kings of the Assyrians

), 835 years

Ninus, son of Belus reigned 52 years, Abraham, Zoroaster
Semiramis, 42 years
Zameis, 38 years; covenant of Abraham with God (1942 BC)
Arius reigned for 30 years; birth of Isaac (1912 BC)
Aralius, 40 years
Xerxes Balaneus , 30 years; Inachus reigned for 50 years (1856 BC)
Armamitres, 38 years
Belocus, 35 years; birth of
Joseph
(1765 BC); Ogygian Flood (1757 BC)
Balaeus, 52 years; famine in Egypt (1727 BC)
Altadas, 32 years; Prometheus
Mamynthus, 30 years
Magchaleus, 30 years
Sphaerus, 20 years; birth of Moses (1592 BC)
Mamylus, 30 years
Sparetus, 40 years;
Deucalian flood
(1526 BC)
Ascatades, 40 years; Moses on Mount Sinai (1515 BC)
Amynthes, 45 years; birth of
Sarpedon
(1445 BC)
Belochus, 25 years
Bellepares, 30 years; Perseus
Lamprides, 32 years; Tros (1365 BC)
Sosares, 20 years; Pegasus
Lampares, 30 years;
Eleusis
Pannias, 45 years; Miletus; Argonauts; Oedipus; Gideon
Sosarmus, 19 years; Hercules, Priam, Theseus, the war of the Seven against Thebes (1234 BC)
Mithraeus, 27 years;
Olympic games
(1212 BC)
Tautanes, 32 years; Trojan War (1191-1182 BC)