AUTHORS of ANTIQUITY |
| Implications of a Eusebian fiction postulate: |
LEGEND: |
| Was
christianity a Constantinian invention? |
P |
Neo-pythagorean and/or neo-platonic philosophers,
historians, authors |
| An alternative theory of the history of antiquity PRF Brown |
C |
Christian writer, author, apologist (via the Eusebian
theory of history) |
CB |
Christian Bishop (via the Eusebian theory of
history) |
H |
Historian, philosopher, writer (considered
"neutral") |
RE |
Roman Emperor (elevated to the purple) |
|
| Author |
CAT |
Birth |
Death |
ST |
DR |
Comments |
|
First Century |
PRE-NICAEAN Authors |
|
| Philo-Judaeus |
P |
-15 |
50 |
|
|
Alexandrean Greek speaking Jewish
writer-philosopher |
| Seneca (the Elder) |
W |
-4 |
65 |
|
|
Roman (Fraudulent correspondence with Paul) |
| Moderatus
of Gades (Cadiz, Spain) |
P |
? |
? |
|
|
Greek neopythagorean philosopher and writer (first
century) |
| Apollonius
of Tyana |
P |
-4 |
90? |
|
|
Neo-Pythagorean, aka Balinas, aka Balinus |
| Jesus of Nazareth |
C |
0 |
33 |
|
|
Letter (and response)
written to Abgarus |
| Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John, Peter & Judas |
CB |
|
|
|
|
The Apostles - purported authors of respective
gospels |
| Jude |
CB |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pontius Pilate |
RG |
? |
? |
|
|
Roman governer (Letter of Pilate fraudulent) |
| Barnabas |
CB |
0? |
|
ST |
|
epistle |
| Pliny the Elder |
PW |
23 |
79 |
|
|
Roman philosopher and writer |
| Trajan (Emperor) |
RE |
30 |
117 |
|
|
purported comment to Pliny re Christians? |
| Musonius Rufus |
P |
30 |
100 |
|
|
Roman philosopher, correspondence with
Apollonius |
| Clement
of Rome |
CB |
30? |
96 |
ST |
|
First Pope??, Epistles |
| Flavius Josephus |
H |
37 |
100 |
|
|
Jewish Historian (Antiquities) |
| Plutarch, Mestrius |
H |
45 |
120? |
|
|
Greek historian, biographer, writer, magistrate (roman
empire) |
| Ignatius
of Antioch |
CB |
050? |
100? |
ST |
|
aka Theophorus |
| Cornelius Tacitus |
H |
53 |
120? |
|
|
Roman historian (Reports Nero persecuted
christians) |
| Thallus |
H |
60?? |
180? |
|
|
Chronologer (since
Fall of Troy) - referenced |
| Polycarp |
CB |
069? |
155 |
ST |
|
|
| Pliny the Younger |
PW |
63 |
113 |
|
|
Roman philosopher and writer (Letter about
christians) |
| Nicomachus
of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan) |
P |
60? |
140? |
|
|
Neopythagorean and mathematician, flourished
c.110CE |
| Seutonius |
H |
70 |
131 |
|
|
Roman historian (mentions "chrestus") |
| Papias |
CB |
070? |
|
ST |
|
Bishop of Hierapolis, companian Polycarp |
| Hadrian (Emperor) |
RE |
76 |
138 |
|
|
Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus |
| Quadratus |
C |
88? |
130?? |
|
|
First Apologist (via Eusebius) |
| Simon Magus |
CH |
?? |
?? |
|
|
Magician, heretic, AKA Simon the Sorcerer, Simon of
Gitta, |
| Phlegon |
H |
99 |
199 |
|
|
Greek writer, historian of Olympiads |
| Aristo of Pela |
C |
90?? |
?? |
|
|
History of Siega of Jews (via Eusebius) |
| Agrippa Castor |
C |
90?? |
?? |
|
|
Wrote against Basilides Gnosticism (via
Eusebius) |
|
Second Century |
PRE-NICAEAN Authors |
|
| Numenius
of Apamea |
? |
160? |
|
|
|
Neopythagorean philosopher, writer |
| Justin
Martyr |
C |
100? |
165 |
ST |
|
Apologist |
| Aquila of Sinope (of
Pontus) |
C |
100? |
? |
|
|
Kinsman of Hadrian, OT translation to Greek |
| Hermas |
? |
100? |
|
|
|
"The Shepherd" |
| Valentinius |
CG |
100 |
153 |
|
|
gnostic christian -via Tertullian (Lalentinians) |
| Aristides the
Philosopher |
C |
100? |
|
|
|
Great Apologist |
| Hegesippus |
C |
110 |
180 |
|
|
chronicler, counterer of heresies |
| Marcion of
Sinope |
CH |
110? |
160 |
|
|
Marcionism founder |
| Melito of Sardis |
CB |
117?? |
180 |
|
|
Bishop, christian writer (via Eusebius) |
| Basilides |
CH |
117 |
138 |
|
|
Basilidean followers Gnostic; Ref Iraneus |
| Theophilus |
CB |
120? |
|
|
|
Bishop of Antioch |
| Tatian |
C |
120? |
185 |
|
|
Apologist, wrote the Diatesseron |
| Irenaeus
of Lyons |
CB |
120? |
200? |
ST |
|
|
| Lucian of Samosata |
WC |
120 |
185? |
|
|
Greek rhetorician satirist writer (references
"christians") |
| Marcus Aurelius |
RE |
121 |
180 |
|
|
Decree? (Forged?) |
| Polycrates of
Ephesus |
CB |
130 |
196 |
|
|
Letter to Victor (via Eusebius) |
| Dionysius (of
Alexandria) the Great |
CB |
130? |
190? |
|
|
The Great (Eusebius) |
| Dionysius of Corinth |
CB |
130?? |
?? |
|
|
Letters (7) via Eusebius (wrtitten circa
168-176) |
| Pinytus of Crete |
CB |
?? |
180 |
|
|
Bishop of Gnosos, Letters to Dionysius (via E) |
| Saint Apollonius |
C |
135?? |
186 |
|
|
Beheaded by Commodus (after Marcus Aurelius) |
| Mathetes |
C |
150? |
|
|
|
Earliest apologetic (defence) |
| Rhodo |
C |
140? |
?? |
|
|
Several Books; wrote against Marcion (via E) |
| Serapion of Antioch |
CB |
150?? |
?? |
|
|
Letters quoted by Eusebius |
| Athenagoras |
C |
150? |
|
|
|
quoted by Methodius |
| Bardesanes |
C |
154 |
222 |
|
|
fragments (contra Marcion) |
| Clement of
Alexandria |
C |
155? |
215 |
|
|
|
| Julius Africanus |
C |
160? |
240? |
|
|
Father of Christian Chronology |
| Tertullian |
C |
160 |
230 |
|
|
QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS TERTULLIANUS |
| Minucius Felix |
C |
160 |
|
|
|
Latin Apologist (similar to Tertullion) |
| Dio Cassius |
H |
165 |
230 |
|
|
Roman historian |
| Hippolytus |
C |
170? |
236 |
ST |
|
fragments. |
| Flavius Philostratus |
W |
175 |
245 |
|
|
Sophist (The Life of Apollonius of Tyana) |
| Caius |
C |
180? |
|
|
|
against montanist? |
| Apollonius ?? |
C |
2nd |
|
|
|
Against the "Montanists" (via Eusebius) |
| Alexander (of
Cappadocia,Jerusalem) |
CB |
2nd |
250 |
|
|
Letters (116 year old bishop Jerusalem
Narcissus) |
| Origen |
C |
185 |
254 |
|
|
6000 scrolls; Hexapla (OT: tabulated translations);
studied by Eusebius and Pamphilus |
| Apollinaris Claudius |
C |
2nd |
2nd |
|
|
Apologist aka "of Hierapolis" - fragments (1st
'catholic') |
| Diognetus |
C |
2nd |
|
|
|
Unknown
Recipient of "Epistle of Mathetes to Diognesus |
| Ammonius Saccas |
P |
2nd |
245 |
|
|
Neoplatonist philosopher: Plotinus,
Longinus,Origen,Herennius(pupils); claimed christian |
|
Third Century |
PRE-NICAEAN Authors |
|
| Cornelius (of Rome) |
CB |
200?? |
252 |
|
|
Letters (1. to Fabius;) |
| Novatian |
C |
200? |
|
|
|
Novatist schismatic, Roman anti-pope |
| Decius Trajan (Emperor
249-251) |
RE |
201 |
180 |
|
|
Purported persecutions; libelli, history
fragmentary |
| Plotinus |
P |
205? |
270 |
|
|
Neoplatonist - father of (via Porphyry) |
| Dionysius of Rome |
CB |
210? |
268 |
ST |
|
|
| Mani the Prophet |
M- |
210 |
276 |
|
|
Founder
of Manichaeism (Persion Gnostic) Codex Manichaicus Coloniensis |
| Cyprian of Carthage |
CB |
210? |
|
ST |
|
|
| Gregory Thaumaturgus |
CB |
212 |
275 |
ST |
|
Read Origen |
| Cassius Dionysius
Longinus |
P |
213 |
273 |
|
|
Greek rhetorician philosopher, rival of Plotinus |
| Gallenius |
RE |
218 |
268 |
|
|
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; Decree ?(via
E) |
| Malchion |
C |
220? |
|
|
|
Against Paul of Samosata |
| Commodianus |
C |
230? |
|
|
|
|
| Porphyry |
P |
234 |
305 |
|
|
Violently Anti-christian Neoplatonist
philosopher |
| Diocletian (Emperor
284-305) |
RE |
236 |
316 |
|
|
Abdicated to become a farmer |
| Victorinus |
C |
240? |
303 |
ST |
|
ecclesiastical writer |
| Iamblichus
of Chalcis |
P |
245 |
325 |
|
|
Neoplatonist |
| Hermias |
C |
250? |
|
|
|
Obscure apologist "Derision of Gentle
Philosophers" |
| Peter of Alexandria |
CB |
250? |
311 |
ST |
|
Bishop of Alexandria |
| Pamphilus |
C |
250? |
309 |
ST |
|
Origen expert, Hexapla |
| Methodius |
C |
250 |
311 |
|
|
via Jerome (non Eusebius) |
| Victorinus of Petau |
CB |
250? |
303 |
|
|
Bishop Martry
- Latin C writer |
| Malchion (of
Antioch) |
C |
2nd? |
|
|
|
Writings (against Paul of Samosata) via Eusebius |
| Anatolius of Laodicea
in Syria |
CB |
? |
? |
|
|
Writings via Eusebius |
| Phileas of Thmuis |
CB |
250? |
307 |
|
|
Acts, writings via Eusebius |
| Galerius |
RE |
250 |
311 |
|
|
RE
(305-311); Galerius Maximianus; Edict via Eusebius |
| Sabinus |
C |
2nd? |
|
|
|
Letter to Governors (via E) |
| Arnobius |
C |
260? |
|
|
|
|
| Alexander of Alexandria |
CB |
260? |
326 |
ST |
|
|
| Eusebius Pamphili of Caesarea |
CB |
265 |
340 |
|
|
Historian |
| Constantine I (Emperor
306-337) |
RE |
272 |
337 |
|
|
Gaius Flavius
Valerius Aurelius Constantinus |
| Hierocles |
PW |
? |
? |
|
|
Governor of Bythnia (302) - "A Friend of the
Truth" |
| Aphrahat/Aphraates |
C |
280 |
367 |
|
|
the Persian sage |
| Lactantius |
C |
280? |
340? |
|
|
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius |
| Athanasius |
C |
296 |
373 |
ST |
DR |
Father of Orthodoxy |
| Alexander of
Lycopolis |
C |
300? |
|
|
|
|
| Author Unknown |
C |
3rd |
|
|
|
Pistis Sophia (Gnostic text) - dated 250-300 |
| Miltiades (Pope
311-314) |
C |
3rd |
314 |
|
|
Unknown background - 313: condemned Donatus
Magnus |
| Maximin of Trier |
CB |
3rd? |
352 |
|
|
|
| Donatus Magnus |
CB |
3rd? |
355 |
|
|
Bishop Carthage - Donatist Schism (Heretic) |
|
Forth Century |
PRE-NICAEAN Authors |
|
| Hilary of Poitiers |
CB |
300 |
368 |
ST |
DR |
Bishop |
| Ephraim the Syrian |
CB |
306 |
373 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Cyril of Jerusalem |
CB |
315 |
386 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Constantius II (Emperor
337-361) |
RE |
317 |
361 |
|
|
Flavius Julius Constantius (2nd son Constantine &
Fausta) |
| Gregory of Nyssa |
CB |
320 |
385 |
ST |
|
Cappadocian Fathers |
| Gregory Nazianzen |
CB |
325 |
389 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Eunomius of Cyzicus |
C |
326?? |
393 |
|
|
Anomoean Arian: writings edicted for destruction |
| Basil the Great |
CB |
329 |
379 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Apollinaris (the Younger) |
C |
330? |
390 |
|
|
Bishop of Laodicea |
| Ammianus Marcellinus |
H |
330? |
392? |
|
|
Historian, greek, army career (Res Gestae) |
| Julian
(Emperor 360-363) |
RE |
331 |
363 |
|
|
Flavius Claudius Julianus (related to
Constantine) |
| Ambrose |
CB |
340 |
397 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Jerome |
CB |
340 |
420 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Rufinus |
C |
340 |
410 |
|
|
Historian, (of Aquiliea) |
| Theodosius I (Emperor
379-395) |
RE |
346 |
395 |
|
|
Flavius Theodosius (b.Cauca in Spain; catholic;
anti-pagan) |
| Eunapius |
PH |
347 |
40? |
|
|
Greek sophist,historian (CE 270-404, incorporated by
Zosimus?) |
| Plutarch (the
Younger) |
P |
350 |
433 |
|
|
Neoplatonic philosopher (Athens school: Proclus,
Simplicius, Damascius) |
| John Chrysostom |
CB |
347 |
407 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Augustine of Hippo |
CB |
354 |
|
ST |
DR |
|
| John Cassian |
C |
360 |
435 |
|
|
|
| Sulpitius Severus |
C |
363 |
420 |
|
|
ecclesiastical writer |
| Philostorgius |
C |
368 |
439 |
|
|
Historian (Fragment via Photius) |
| Hypatia of
Alexandria |
P |
370 |
415 |
|
|
Neoplatonic
philosopher, mathematician, teacher |
| Synesius (made Bishop
of Ptolemais) |
P |
373 |
414 |
|
|
Statesman,Neoplatonist (disciple Hypatia) then made
Bishop (409-414), of high character |
| Sozomen |
C |
375 |
447 |
|
|
Historian |
| Socrates Scholasticus |
C |
379 |
450 |
|
|
Historian |
| Philip of Side |
CH |
380 |
431 |
|
|
Ecclesiastical Historian (against Julian) aka Philip
Sidetes |
| Vincent of Lérins |
C |
390 |
450 |
ST |
|
ecclesiastical writer |
| Theodoret |
CB |
393 |
457 |
|
|
Historian, Bishop of Cyprus |
| Leo the Great, Pope |
CB |
395 |
461 |
ST |
DR |
|
|
Fifth Century & Beyond |
PRE-NICAEAN Authors |
|
| Moses of Chorene |
|
400 |
490 |
|
|
Armenian historian |
| Proclus, Lycaeus |
P |
412 |
487 |
|
|
Greek neoplatonist philosopher (admired by Ralph Waldo
Emerson) |
| Gennadius of
Marseilles |
C |
440 |
|
|
|
|
| Zosimus |
H |
450? |
518? |
|
|
Historian (Pagan) |
| Mar
Jacob |
|
452 |
521 |
|
|
|
| Joannes Stobaeus |
H |
450? |
? |
|
|
Compiler: greek (nonchristian) authors
(poets,historians,orators,philosophers, physicians |
| Damascius |
P |
480 |
5?? |
|
|
Neoplatonist: Alexandria - pupil Theon; Athens -
headed Plato school at closure (CE 529) |
| Simplicius |
P |
490 |
560 |
|
|
Neoplatonist: Alexandria - pupil Ammonius Hermiae
(pupil Proclus); Athens (Damascius) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Venantius |
C |
530 |
600 |
|
|
Latin Poet |
| Gregory the Great, Pope |
CB |
540 |
604 |
ST |
DR |
Pope |
| Muhammad the Prophet |
M |
570 |
632 |
|
|
Founder of Islam |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| John of Damascus |
CB |
676 |
776 |
ST |
DR |
|
| Khalid (son of Umayyad
Caliph Yazid II |
M |
660? |
720 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jabir ibn Hayyan |
M |
722 |
815 |
|
|
Alchemist, quoting Balinus |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Photius |
CB |
820 |
891 |
|
|
Patriarch Constantinople |
"It is, I think, expedient to set forth to all mankind the reasons by which I was convinced that the fabrication of the Galilaeans is a fiction of men composed by wickedness. Though it has in it nothing divine, by making full use of that part of the soul which loves fable and is childish and foolish, it has induced men to believe that the monstrous tale is truth." ---
Emperor (360-363 CE) Flavius Claudius Julianus (the Apostate) "Against the Galileans" remains of the 3 books, excerpted from Cyril of Alexandria, Contra Julianum (1923)" |
