202nd Olympiad, 4th Year (1 jul 32 ano – 30 jun 33 ano)

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Herod the Great and Jesus Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence
Gérard GERTOUX

Thallus, a Samaritan historian of the 1st century, said in the third book of his Histories, quoted by Julius Africanus176 (c. 220 CE): A most terrible darkness fell over all the world, the rocks were torn apart by an earthquake, and many places both in Judea and the rest of the world were thrown down. Phlegon of Tralles gives a specific date, reported by Eusebius: In the 4th year, however, of Olympiad 202, an eclipse of the sun happened, greater and more excellent than any that had happened before it; at the 6th hour, day turned into dark night, so that the stars were seen in the sky, and an earthquake in Bithynia toppled many buildings of the city of Nicaea177. The 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad is from July 32 to June 33 CE, which confirms the date of 3 April 33 CE. This information was considered reliable at the time because Origen (in 248 CE) quoted it to refute Celsus (Against Celsus II:14,33,59), a Greek philosopher very critical of Christianity but familiar with history.