CHRONOLOGY.
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A. M. A. IX
45il 547 Rome taken and plundered by Totila, king of dueGoths ; but the lives of the inhabitants and sol-diers spared,
The tilth Saxon kingdom in Britain founded by Ida,and called the kingdom of Northumberland.
4554 550 Totila takes Rome a second time by the treachery of
the Isaurians.
4555 552 The Gepida- enter the territories of the Lombards,
and destroy all in their way with fire and sword;but the Lombards, by the assistance of Justinian,drive away the Gepiihc.
4557 553 The kingdom of the Ostrogoths in Italy is finished by
their submission to the Romans.
4559 555 Vigilius, the Roman pontiff, dies, in the 16th year of
his pontificate, and is succeeded by Peiagius I.
4562 558 The Ilunns ravage Thrace, but are defeated by
German us.
4563 559 Belisarius, the famous Roman general, disgraced
through the vile slanders of his enemies.
A peace made between the Romans and Persians.
45G4 560 Joim III. succeeds Peiagius 1. in the Roman pon-
tificate.
4565 561 Ethelbert, king of Kent, kindles a civil war among
the Saxon kings in Britain.
Belisarius, the Roman general, restored by Justinianto his former honours and commands.
4569 565 Justinian dies in the 39th year of his reign, and is
succeeded in the Greek empire by Justin 11.
4570 566 The office of consul revived and assumed by Justin,
after it bad been laid aside twenty-live years.
4572 568 L onginus alters tbe ancient manner ot government in
Italy, and settles in every city a governor, whichhe called a duke, and took upon himself the nameof exarch, or governor of the whole, under theemperor, which continued till A. IX 751. ThusRome, from being mistress of the world, is reducedto a poor dukedom, and made tributary to theexarch of Ravenna.
The Lombards make themselves masters of severalplaces in Italy, and found a kingdom whichlasted 200 years. Alboinus is the first king.
7+574 570 Alboinus is proclaimed king of Italy, and makes Pavia
the metropolis of bis kingdom.
4575 571 Tbe Lombards shake off monarchy, and are governed
by dukes for fourteen years.
4576 572 The Lombards conquer the Gepidie, and put an end
to their kingdom.
4577 573 Benedict I. succeeds John III. in the office of Ro-
man bishop. . *
4578 574 Cosrhoes, the Persian monarch, dies, after having
reigned 48 years, and is succeeded, in A. D. 577,bv llormisdas II.
4581 577 Peiagius il. succeeds Benedict I. in the office of Ro-
man bishop.
4585 581 Justin II. dies, and is succeeded in the Greek em-
pire by Tiberius.
45S9 585 The Lombards restore monarchy among them, and
choose Autharis for their king.
The sixth Saxon kingdom in Britain founded byUll'a, and called the kingdom of the West Angles.The seventh Saxon kingdom in Britain founded by-Cerda, and called the kingdom of Mercia.
4590 586 Tiberius dies, and is succeeded in the Greek empire
by his son-in-law Mauritius.
4394 599 Almost the whole city of Antioch destroyed bv an
earthquake, and 30,000 people buried m its ruins.Gregory the Great succeeds Peiagius II. in the of- jlice of Roman bishop. I
A')9d 594 The Avari harassing Thrace, are bought off by the j
emperor Mauritius. |
46f)i 5 Q 7 The Avari-renewing their ravages, are defeated in '
live successive battles by Prisons, the Ronian !general, and driven out of the Roman dominions, jAugustin the monk comes over into England, to ipreach the gospel to the Brifbn*. |
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A.M, A. IX
4606 602 Phocas succeeds Mauritius in the Greek empire.
4607 603 Phocas sends his own and his wife’s images to Rome,
which are received by Gregory (he Great withgreat respect.
The Persians make war against the Romans, whichcontinues about 22 years.
4608 604 Sabinianus succeeds Gregory the Great in the office
of Roman pontiffi
4610 606 Boniface III. succeeds Sabinianus as bishop of Rome,
after the see had been vacant one year.
The emperor Phocas confers the title of “ Universaland Chief Bishop” on pope Boniface III. Fromthis year may be dated the rise of the papal tyrannyand apostasy, which afterwards so prodigiously ag-grandized itself, and darkened Europe and nume-rous other countries for many centuries.
The w icked impostor Mohammed retires to his caveto forge his Goran.
4011 007 Boniface IV. succeeds Boniface III. in the office of
Roman por.tilf.
4613 009 The Jews at Antioch rise, and put many Christians
to death ; upon which tire Jews are driven out ofthe city by Bonosus, with great slaughter.
4614 610 I’hoeas being murdered for his tyranny, is succeeded
in llie Greek empire by Ueraclius.
The Persians under their king Cosrhoes II. dreadfullyharrass Syria, Palestine, and Phoenicia.
4017 613 The Persians over-run Cappadocia. The Greek em-
peror desires peace of Cosrhoes II. but is refused,though an annual tribute be offered.
4618 614 Deusdedit, or Adeodatus, succeeds Boniface IV. in
the office of Roman pontiff'.
4620 616 4 he Persians come again into Syria, break into Pa-
lestine, and take Jerusalem, where they sell90,000 Christians for slaves to the Jews, and re-turn into their own country with immensebooty.
4621 617 Ueraclius takes Gazycnm from the Persians, and
carries off immense wealth.
Boniface V. succeeds Deusdedit in the Ronian see.4623 619 The Persians over-run Egypt, take and pillage Alex-
andria, and afterwards go into Africa, and returnladen with immense treasures from the severalprovinces. Ueraclius sues for peace, blit is re-fused, unless he will renounce his crucified God,and adore the sun.
Ueraclius victorious over the Persians in two pitches!battles.
4626 022 Ueraclius intirely defeats the Persian general Sara-
bazes on the banks of the Sanis.
Mohammed dies from Mecca to Medina, July 15,whence begins the Mohammedan era of theII egyra, i. c. The Flight.
4628 624 Cosrhoes not able to overcome Ueraclius, raises a
universal persecution against.tbe Christians in hisdominions, and only spares the Nestorians.
4629 625 Tbe Avari, Ilunns, and Sclavonians, through the
instigation of the Persian monarch, harrass 4 brace,and lav siege to Constantinople.
Saes, the Persian general, totally defeated by the Ro-mans under Theodorus.
4630 626 Cosrhoes II. king of Persia, being thrown into prison
by his eldest son Syroes, and soon after murdered ;Syroes succeeds him, and concludes a perpetualpeace with Ueraclius, by which all the Romanprovinces were again restored to the empire,llonorius succeeds Bonitace V . in the Roman see.4632 628 Ueraclius institutes the festival of ” The Exaltation
of the Holy Cross,” kept up by the present Ro-mish church on the 14th of September.
4634 630 The battle of llonaim gained by Mohammed over
the Arabians; upon which he' caused himself to' he proclaimed their sovereign, and enforced bisnew religion upon them.
4636 632 Mohammed dies, aged 63 years, and is succeeded
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