02. Chronological Essays

Chronological Essays

[In the following Essays, and throughout this work, the dates are given according to the æra beginning with the building of Rome, or ab urbe con. dita; more briefly, u. c. Reckoning backward from Christ, the year 1 of Rome corresponded to the year 753 b.c. The year of Rome corresponding to the year 1 of the Christian æra, was 754. Hence, to obtain the year of Rome after Christ, we must add to 753 the number in question: thus the year 30 a.d. would correspond to 753+30, or 783. If we would obtain the year of Rome before Christ, we must subtract the number in question from 754: thus if Herod died 4 years before the Christian æra or 4 b.c., 754–4 would give 750 of Rome. Always, if not expressly stated to the contrary, the year of Rome is to be understood.]