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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

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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
Saviour paid

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,
Sicyon, the first kingdom in Greece,
Letters invented, in Egypt,

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Athens supposed to be founded, by Cecrops,
Thebes founded, by a colony under Cadmus,
Troy founded,

Chronology of the Arundelian Marbles begins,
Lacedæmon founded, by Lelia,

War chariots first used,

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Iron discovered, by the burning of Mt. Ida,

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1546

1518

1516

1500

1406

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Olympic Games instituted, in Olympia, by Pelops, .

1307

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Carthage founded, by a colony from Tyre,
Agamemnon supposed to flourish,

1233

1200

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1184

1141

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1082

Troy burned by the Greeks, after a siege of ten years,
Temple of Ephesus burned by Erostratus: soon rebuilt,
First Egyptian Pyramid supposed to be built, by Cheops,
Ionian Colonies migrate from Greece, and go to Asia Minor, 1044
Institution of the Amphictyonic Council,
Smyrna founded,

Homer supposed to have flourished,
Laws and Constitution of Lycurgus,

Kingdom of Macedon, founded by Caranus,
Silver first coined, at Ægina, in Greece,
Beginning of the Olympic Era,

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Eclipse of the Moon: the first on record,
Sardanapalus, king of Assyria, flourished,
Combat between the Horatii and the Curiatii,
Byzantium, (now Constantinople,) founded,

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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,
Tarquinius surrounds Rome with stone walls,

B. c. 621

621

620

614

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Cyrus the Great, commenced his reign in Persia,

Cyrus defeats Croesus, near Sardis, .

594

560

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Homer's Poems supposed to be first collected into a volume, 545

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Tragedies first performed at Athens, by Thespis,

Cambyses, king of Persia, conquered Egypt,

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509

509

Ionian War, between Greece and Persia: Sardis burnt,

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Xerxes, king of Persia, commenced his reign,

485

Xerxes invades Greece with an army of several millions,

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Banishment of the Decemvirs, and death of Virginia,
The Metonic Cycle begins, .

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Peloponnesian War commenced,
Plague at Athens,

Athenian army under Nicias, captured at Syracuse, .
Thucydides' history ends, and Xenophon's begins,
Alcibiades causes a Revolution at Athens,

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Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily, commenced his reign,
The "Thirty tyrants" rule Athens,

431

430

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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,

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Manlius Capitolinus thrown down the Tarpeian rock,
Plebeian Consuls first appointed at Rome,

First Sacred or Phocian war,

The Mausoleum, the sixth wonder of the world, erected,
Alexander captured the city of Tyre,

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400

400

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390

383

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Alexander founded the city of Alexandria,

332

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Alexander the Great, died at Babylon, aged 32,

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Alexander's Empire divided, after the battle of Ipsus,
Chinese Wall built-about the year

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,

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First Naval victory of the Romans,

Regulus defeated and put to death by the Carthaginians,

Hamilcar, the Carthaginian, leads an army into Spain,
The Roman Senate in its greatest power-about,

275

272

264

First Punic War commenced-lasted twenty-three years,

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Sardinia and Corsica conquered by the Romans,
Carthagena built,

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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,
Hannibal crossed the Alps,

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