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The Church Fathers · c. 221; survives in fragments
Chronographiae
Julius Africanus · c. 160–c. 240
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What it is
A universal chronology in five books synchronising biblical history with Greek and Near Eastern records, dating creation and placing the incarnation within a scheme of world ages.
Why it lasted
The first Christian world chronicle, and the model for Eusebius and every medieval chronicler after him.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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