The
Chronicle (or
Chronicon or
Temporum liber,
The Book of Times) was a
universal chronicle, one of
Jerome's earliest attempts at history. It was composed c. 380 in
Constantinople; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the
Chronicon of
Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325 to 379. Despite numerous errors taken from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced a valuable work of
universal history, if only for the example which it gave to such later chroniclers as
Prosper of Aquitaine,
Cassiodorus, and
Victor of Tunnuna to continue his annals. In conformity with the
Chronicon of Eusebius (early 4th century), Jerome dated Creation to 5199 BC.