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Excerpt from Alexandrian Chronology: From the Building of the City Till Its Conquest by the Arabs, A. D. 640 Augustus, and of Diocletian. The beginning of Diocletian's reign was a little later called by the Christians the era of Martyrs, because of the persecutions which they suffered under that emperor. These years however were not counted from the year in which the persecution took place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.