Panodorus of Alexandria
Panodorus of Alexandria was an Egyptian Byzantine monk, historian and writer who lived around 400. He introduced a world era calculation, which reckoned 5,904 years from Adam (in Greek "ἀπό κτίσεως κόσμου", "apo ktiseos kosmou" or "ἔτος κόσμου", "etos kosmou", that is "since world's creation" or "the year of the world", in Latin "Anno Mundi") to the year 412 CE, about which time he lived. This era is usually termed the Antiochian, sometimes the Alexandrian era.
Panodorus of Alexandria
- Born
- 400
- Died
- 500
- Nationality
- Byzantine Empire
- Occupation
- historian · writer · clergyman
- Fields
- historiography
- Known for
- Chronography
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Panodorus of Alexandria was an Egyptian Byzantine monk, historian and writer who lived around 400. He introduced a world era calculation, which reckoned 5,904 years from Adam (in Greek "ἀπό κτίσεως κόσμου", "apo ktiseos kosmou" or "ἔτος κόσμου", "etos kosmou", that is "since world's creation" or "the year of the world", in Latin "Anno Mundi") to the year 412 CE, about which time he lived. This era is usually termed the Antiochian, sometimes the Alexandrian era.
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Born in 400, died in 500.
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