 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 764 pages
...fortify this place. ALEXANDER, ERA or. Dated from the death of Alexander the Great, Nov. 12, 323 Bc In the computation of this era, the period of the creation was cousidered'to be 5502 years before the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 AD was equal... | |
 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 660 pages
...5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 6786. 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. Dates of the Alexandrian era are reduced to the Christian era by... | |
 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 650 pages
...5503. This computation continued to the year 284 AD, which was called 6786. 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 Abyssiuians. Dates of the Alexandrian era are reduced to the Christian era by... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology - 1860 - 896 pages
...Franks. — Gibbon. ALEXANDER, ERA OF, dated from the death of Alexander the Great, November 12, 323 BC In the computation of this era, the period of the creation was considered to be 5602 years before the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year 1 л. D. was equal to 5503. This... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1863 - 822 pages
...1856, to restore them. 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...5787, ten years were discarded, and the date became 5777This is still used in the Abyssinian era, which see. The date is reduced to the Christian era by... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1868 - 876 pages
...Russians, 1785. ALEXANDER, Ег.л OF, dated from the death of Alexander the Great, 12 Nov. 323 Bc In the computation of this era, the period of the...the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year I AI), was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the year AD 284, which was called 5786. In (he... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1885 - 1014 pages
...Creation was considered to be 5502 years before the birth of Christ, and, in consequence, the year IA i >. was equal to 5503. This computation continued to the...the next year (AD 285), which should have been 5787, tan years were discarded, and the date became 5777This is still used in the Abyssinian era (which tee).... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1830 - 358 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 before... | |
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In the computation of this era, the period of the 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 5786. In the next... 
