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  • 110 - Eustathius of Epiphania, Chronological Epitome

  • Edited and translated by Peter Van Nuffelen, Universiteit Gent, Belgium, Lieve Van Hoof, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
  • Assisted by Maria Conterno, Lorenzo Focanti, Andy Hilkens, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Panagiotis Manafis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, Marianna Mazzola, Università degli Studi, Pisa, Stephanie Pambakian, King's College London
  • Book:
    The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius
    Published online:
    11 September 2025
    Print publication:
    24 July 2025, pp 394-456

  • Summary

    The chronological history of Eustathius of Epiphania (in Syria) covered events from Adam until AD 503. It consists of two parts, probably a part with sacred history from Creation until the Sack of Jerusalem and a second part with secular history from Aeneas until Eustathius’ own time. Eustathius is the only known Greek chronographer who preferred the chronology of the Hebrew Bible to that of the Septuagint. As a consequence, he defends a very early start of the Christian era in AM 4350. Eustathius relied on earlier histories and summarised these: a summary of the Jewish Antiquities of Flavius Josephus is preserved. Scholars have argued that Eustathius was a major source for a range of later authors (including John Malalas and Theophanes the Confessor), but we argue for a more cautious view.