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Cedar of Lebanon

jonesvilletexas

Premium Member
What was happening in the world while these trees were alive?
These trees were alive and growing way back when history was being written.
Below is a history timeline. These cedars, kings of the mountain, were alive during those events.
73 BC Spartacus leads a slave's rebellion
63 BC Roman invasion of Judea (Pompey)
55 BC Julius Caesar attempts invasion of Britain
54 BC Crassus plunders the Temple at Jerusalem
54 BC Julius Caesar fails to invade Britain
46 BC Julian Calendar standardized
44 BC Gaius Julius Caesar assassinated (March 15th)
41 BC Cleopatra sails into Tarsus to meet Mark Antony
37 BC Herod the Great, ruler of Judaea
31 BC Cleopatra and Mark Anthony die
20 BC Philo Judaeus born, Greek-speaking Jewish philosopher
19 BC Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) died
11 BC Halley's comet appears again
7 BC Jesus Born
4 BC Herod the Great dies at Jericho

Ist Century AD
Arminius defeats Romans in battle, in the Teutoburg Forest
'Augustus' Gaius Julius Octavius died
Pliny the Elder born
John the Baptist beheaded by Herod Antipas (Salome)
Crucifixion of Jesus
Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula) becomes Roman Emperor
Emperor Claudius invades England
Fire ravages Library at Alexandria
Boudicca (Boadicea) revolts against Romans
Roman Emperor Nero persecutes Christians
70 AD Herod's Temple at Jerusalem destroyed
Vesuvius volcano destroys Pompeii Italy
Josephus writes his Jewish Antiquities

2nd Century AD
100 AD Christians using variants of the Didache
Ignatius of Antioch died
126 AD The 3rd version of the Pantheon, Rome, completed

4th Century AD
325 AD Council of Nicaea establishes Christian dogma
 

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Joey

Co-Founder
Staff Member
That's some pretty amazing facts. And, some pretty amazing pics too. I had no idea that cedar trees could get that big in diameter.
 

Red942

Registered User
This is the tree we put in our flag.
I am from Lebanon, and I am proud of it.

The oldest one aged aprox. 2000 years old.
 

pierre daccache.`.

Registered User
good morning brothers.•.
i am from lebanon too and i just wana say that these pictures are great and beautiful and the historic facts too thanks for sharing .•.
 

Warrior1256

Site Benefactor
Last weekend I went through the Scottish Rite and Actually saw some Ceder of Lebanon in the Scottish Rite Temple. The office of the S.G.I.G. was paneled with it.
 
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