Hypatica, p.

325--362) and Ducange, (Gloss, Graec p.

1635, 1636.) Even the title was vilified: consulatus codicilli..
vilescunt, says the emperor himself.] [Footnote 160: According to Julius Africanus, &c., the world was created the first of September, 5508 years, three months, and twenty-five days before the birth of Christ.

(See Pezron, Antiquite des Tems defendue, p.

20--28.) And this aera has been used by the Greeks, the Oriental Christians, and even by the Russians, till the reign of Peter I The period, however arbitrary, is clear and convenient.