| Christian education - 1833 - 682 pages
...5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD which was called 5780. In the next year, (285 AD,) which should have been 5787, ten years were discarded, and the date became 5777. This is still used by the Abyssinians. The era of Antioch considered the creation to be 5492 years В. С.,... | |
| American education society - 1833 - 406 pages
...5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD which was called 5786. In the next year, (285 AD,) which should have been 5787, ten years were discarded, and the date became 5777. This is still used by the Abyssinians. The era of Antioch considered the creation to be 5492 years В. С.,... | |
| James Prinsep - Coins - 1834 - 310 pages
...5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 5786. In the next year (285 AD), which should have been 5787, ten years were discarded, and the date became 5777. This is still used by the Abyssinians. The era of Antioch considered the creation to be 5492 before Christ,... | |
| Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...Marengo, in 1800. ALEXANDER, ERA OF, dated from the death of Alexander the Great, November 12, 324 BC In the computation of this era, the period of the...the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD., which was called 5786. In the... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 886 pages
...5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 5786. In the next year (285 AD), which should have been 5787, ten years were discarded, and the date became 5777. This is still used by the Abyssinians. The era ot Antioch considered the creation to be 5492 years before... | |
| George Palmer Putnam - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 752 pages
...Franks.— Gibbon. ALEXANDER, ERA OP, dated from the death of Alexander the Great, November VI, 324 B. c. In the computation of this era, the period of the...the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 5786. In the... | |
| Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...death of Alexander the Great, November 12, 323 Bc In the computation of this era, the period of tho creation was considered to be 5502 years before the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 6786. In the... | |
| Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...east of the town. ALEXANDER, ERA OP. Dated from the death of Alexander the Great, November 1 2, 323 BC In the computation of this era, the period of the...the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 5786. In the... | |
| George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 pages
...— Gibbon. ALEXANDER, ERA OP, dated from the death of Alexander the Great, November 12, 323 B. c. In the computation of this era, the period of the creation was considered to be 6602 years before the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal to 6508. This computation... | |
| Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 764 pages
...fortify this place. ALEXANDER, ERA OF. Dated from the death of Alexander the Great, Nov. 12, 323 BC In the computation of this era, the period of the...was considered to be 5502 years before the birth of Ctirist, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the year... | |
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