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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
Eusebius of Caesarea (264-340 A.D.),<br />
Eusebius called Eusebius Pamphili became the Bishop of Caesarea in<br />
Palestine about the year 314 referred to as .the "Father of Church<br />
History," ascribes it to the 42nd year of the reign of Augustus and the<br />
28th from the subjection of Egypt on the death of Anthony and<br />
Cleopatra. The 42nd year of Augustus ran from the autumn of 2 B.C. to<br />
the autumn of 1 B.C. The subjugation of Egypt into the Roman Empire<br />
occurred in the autumn of 30 B.C. The 28th year extended from the<br />
autumn of 3 B.C. to the autumn of 2 B.C. the only date that would meet<br />
both of these constraints would be the autumn of 2 B.C.<br />
Origen Adamantius, c.AD 185–254,<br />
Origen said that Christ <strong>was</strong> born in the forty-first year of Caesar<br />
Augustus, that Augustus reigned fifty-six years, and that after the birth<br />
of Christ there remained fifteen years of his reign. His figures are<br />
evidently the same as those of Tertullian, and lead to the same result,<br />
namely that Christ <strong>was</strong> born around, 2 B.C<br />
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