I have selected seven major historical events from the Roman period after Caesar’s reign, from the era of the best documented Western Roman Empire (WRE). I examine how the dates of these events would fit astronomically if they had occurred 220 years later than we accept today.
Widely known events have been chosen. Perhaps the only exception is the story and examination of the Horologium Augusti. I will analyse Augustus’ sundial because it has been the subject of much research and has vast literature. However, as far as I see, no complete interpretation has been made of the “light-shadow cooperation” of Augustus’ Obelisk and Ara Pacis.
Historical events selected to study their date:
7.1 Birthday Feast of Augustus (from 212CE instead of 9BC)
7.2 Horologium Augusti, Ara Pacis (from 212CE instead of 9BC)
7.3 New Date for Jesus’ Birth (214CE instead of 7BC)
7.4 Solar Eclipse and Augustus’ Death (234CE instead of AD14)
7.5 New Date of Jesus’ Crucifixion (256CE instead of AD33)
7.6 The Coptic Paradox (Coptic Church AD284, Diocletian 504CE)
7.7 The First Council of Nicaea (545CE instead of AD325)
Let us take a time trip around the marble buildings of the antique Rome in the following posts.
The RECOUNTING of TIME 