Chronicon Paschale

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Chronicon Paschale is a 7th-century Byzantine universal chronicle that presents a year-by-year account of world and ecclesiastical history from Creation to the early Byzantine period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine chronicle
historical work
universal chronicle
approximateDateOfComposition c. 630
attributedTo unknown Byzantine cleric
authorshipStatus anonymous
contains excerpts from earlier lost works
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire
coversEvent First Council of Nicaea
surface form: Council of Nicaea

Late Antiquity
surface form: Justinianic period

reign of Constantine the Great
reign of Heraclius
dateWritten 7th century
field Byzantine studies
late antique history
patristic studies
focus ecclesiastical history
world history
genre chronicle
includes accounts of church councils
chronological tables
ecclesiastical events
lists of consuls
lists of emperors
influencedBy Eusebius of Caesarea
late antique chronographic tradition
language Greek
lastYearRecorded 628
literaryStyle chronographic rather than narrative
mainTheme calculation of Easter
narrativeForm year-by-year account
originalTitle Chronicon Paschale self-linksurface differs
surface form: Πασχάλιον Χρονικόν
placeOfComposition Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
religiousAffiliationOfAuthor Christian
religiousContext Christian
significance important witness to Byzantine chronological computation
major source for 4th–7th century Byzantine history
sourceFor early Byzantine chronology
history of the early Church
reigns of early Byzantine emperors
structure annalistic
timePeriodCovered early Byzantine period
from Creation to 628
titleLanguage Latin
tradition Byzantine historiography
usedBy later Byzantine chroniclers
usesChronologicalSystem Paschal era
biblical chronology

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Libius Severus sourceMention Chronicon Paschale
Emperor Phocas recordedIn Chronicon Paschale
subject surface form: Phocas
Chronicon Paschale originalTitle Chronicon Paschale self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Πασχάλιον Χρονικόν
Nika riots hasHistoricalSource Chronicon Paschale