Holofernes was beheaded by Judith, who acted like a perfect Shylock Charity. Josiah the pious began to reign, and ruled with a great deal of Jeremiah wrote the Lamentations, long before our Saviour was betrayed by Judas. At the End of the Kingdom of Judah, the many be Slave of the Few. Live-oak. came the Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Temple destroyed, though perhaps made of The three children were saved from the fiery furnace, instead of being burned All to Ashes. At Belshazzar's feast, the hand-writing appeared on the Daniel was cast into a lion's den, or Wall of the Lodge. Leo's Lair. Cyrus captured Babylon, and put an end to the Jewish captivity, by A Sly Move. Darius divorced Queen Vashti, and married Esther, having A Sly Wedding. Haman was hanged on a gallows, destroying his life, though he had Ezra wrote the book of Chronicles, and of many an ancient John the Baptist was born six months before our Saviour, during the same Task. Slowly. Year. Era. Cicero and Cæsar. The Birth of Christ, took place four years before the vulgar The Christian Era commenced, just after the days of FORMULAS FOR SACRED CHRONOLOGY, AFTER THE CHRISTIAN ERA. Christ disputed with the doctors in the Temple, and found them nearly as ignorant as John the Baptist began his ministry, during Heathen. A New Age. Christ's Sermon on the Mount, is recorded in the book of Matthew. Jesus took five loaves and two fishes, and fed five thou sand At the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ, his Father called Men. Him Home. St. Paul was converted to Christianity, when he to the Pontius Pilate killed himself, in Homage. A Miff St. Matthew wrote his Gospel, and it was published and illustrated by А Мар. St. Peter was liberated from prison by an angel, which he must have considered very Mary the mother of Jesus died, and after her death, re ceived homage more than Rare. Royal. St. Paul preached in the Areopagus at Athens, which was A Holy House. St. Paul was imprisoned at Rome, probably in A Jail. The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul at Rome, was ac cording to the decision of an unjust Judge. St. John wrote his Gospel, and was banished to Patmos, where he lived quite Happily. St. John died at Ephesus, where his ashes reposed after his Decease. Ancient Chronology. 1. Babylon supposed to be founded, by Nimrod, Athens supposed to be founded, by Cecrops, Chronology of the Arundelian Marbles begins, War chariots first used, Iron discovered, by the burning of Mt. Ida, 1546 1518 1516 1500 1406 Olympic Games instituted, in Olympia, by Pelops, . 1307 Carthage founded, by a colony from Tyre, 1233 1200 1184 1141 1082 Troy burned by the Greeks, after a siege of ten years, Homer supposed to have flourished, Kingdom of Macedon, founded by Caranus, Eclipse of the Moon: the first on record, Ancient Chronology. 2. Draco of Athens, framed his bloody code of laws, The seven wise men of Greece flourish, Solar Eclipses first calculated, by Thales, B. c. 621 621 620 614 Cyrus the Great, commenced his reign in Persia, Cyrus defeats Croesus, near Sardis, . 594 560 Homer's Poems supposed to be first collected into a volume, 545 Tragedies first performed at Athens, by Thespis, Cambyses, king of Persia, conquered Egypt, 509 509 Ionian War, between Greece and Persia: Sardis burnt, Xerxes, king of Persia, commenced his reign, 485 Xerxes invades Greece with an army of several millions, Banishment of the Decemvirs, and death of Virginia, Peloponnesian War commenced, Athenian army under Nicias, captured at Syracuse, . Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily, commenced his reign, 431 430 413 411 411 408 406 404 Ancient Chronology. 3. Retreat of the Ten thousand Greeks, under Xenophon, B. c. 401 Death of Socrates, City of Delhi founded, Rome burned by the Gauls under Brennus, and the Capitol saved by the cackling of geese, Manlius Capitolinus thrown down the Tarpeian rock, First Sacred or Phocian war, The Mausoleum, the sixth wonder of the world, erected, 400 400 390 383 Alexander founded the city of Alexandria, 332 Alexander the Great, died at Babylon, aged 32, Alexander's Empire divided, after the battle of Ipsus, Colossus of Rhodes finished, Septuagint trans. of the Old Testament, under Ptolemy Phila. 283 Lysimachus defeated and slain at Cyropedium, Rise of the Achæan League, First Naval victory of the Romans, Regulus defeated and put to death by the Carthaginians, Hamilcar, the Carthaginian, leads an army into Spain, 275 272 264 First Punic War commenced-lasted twenty-three years, Sardinia and Corsica conquered by the Romans, Colossus of Rhodes, thrown down by an earthquake, Surgery first practiced at Rome, Hannibal destroyed the fortress of Saguntum, 231 224 224 219 219 Second Punic War commenced-lasted sixteen years, |