MODERN CHRONOLOGY.-PERIOD 1st.-(The Ten Persecutions.)— 48 A census being taken by Claudius, the emperor and censor, the inhabitants of Rome are found to amount to 6,900,000.-(Univ. Hist.)-[More than three times the number of London at present.] 44. St. Mark writes his gospel. - Death of St. James. 45. Barnabas and Paul preach in Cyprus. 50 Columella, born in Spain; left twelve books 50. Paul preaches in the Areopagus, at Athens. on husbandry. 52. Council of the Apostles at Jerusalem. 55. Paul preaches at Ephesus, and at Casa rea. 57. -pleads before Felix. 59. pleads before Festus, and appeals to Cæsar. 80 Very beautiful paintings in the Baths of Titus; the group of the Laocoon. 81 Quintillian, orator; Valerius Flaccus, poet; losopher; Philo Byus; Ignatius and Pa- 83. Pope Anacletus. 95. Second persecution of the Christians by Domitian. 96 Tacitus, historian; Juvenal, satirist; Sta-96. St. John writes his Gospel and Apocalypse, and is banished to the isle of Patmos. Pope Evaristus. 97. Timothy stoned. St. John returns from exile. 98 The Ulpian library; Public schools in all 98. Christian assemblies prohibited by Trajan. the provinces; Jurisprudence flourishes; the city adorned with the Forum; Pillar of Trajan, and baths; bridge built over the Danube. The word Pope is used in accordance with the Roman Catholic usage, though the name was not adopted by their Pontiffs till several centuries after. |