An Alternate Theory of the History of Christianity
Article 10: Statement of the Eusebian Fiction Postulate
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"It is, I think, expedient
to set forth to all mankind
the reasons by which I was convinced
that the fabrication of the Galilaeans
is a fiction of men
composed by wickedness.

Though it has in it nothing divine,
by making full use of that part of the soul
which loves fable and is childish and foolish,
it has induced men to believe
that the monstrous tale is truth."

Flavius Claudius Julianus (331-363 CE)
Against the Galilaeans

Mainstrean Theory Schematic

As introduced earlier, the traditional theory of the history of christianity
may depicted in a diagramatic fashion below.




The tradition theory of christian history was written
in the period of Constantine, by Eusebius of Caesarea.
It is presumed to have been completed circa 324 CE.

As depicted above, the theory of christian history
at its detailed specification is a trail of literature
belonging to the first, second and third centuries
which was gathered together in the fourth.

The Eusebian fiction postulate may be stated thus:
Eusebius in the fourth century was sponsored by the supreme emperor Constantine to write a history for a new and strange religion that Constantine wishes to implement as a method of administration for his newly acquired empires. Manuscripts of prominent Roman and Jewish historians were perverted, false communications between non- existent bishops were fabricated, manuscripts of other writers were interpolated by Eusebius, and Eusebius uses the names of unknown writers to publish his own fictitious literature.

The entire purpose is to establish a priority date for the new and strange religion of Constantine which is as far away from the date of the Nicaean council as is possible.

The Eusebian Fiction postulate is that Constantine and Eusebius were two of the "wicked men" who composed the "fabrication of the Galilaeans" in accordance to the opinion of the Roman Emperor Julian, speaking from within 40 years of the perpetration of the fiction, at Nicaea.

The Eusebian fiction postulate is that the new and strange testament was also written by Eusebius under the sponsorship of Constantine.

The first implication of considering the historical consistency of the Eusebian fiction postulate is that there necessarily must have been another reality of antiquity, in which for the first 300 years, the tribe of christians did not physically exist.

An alternative theory of history is outlined in which christianity is a fourth century phenomenom which appeared under the reign of the supreme Roman emperor Constantine.


The green shaded first three centuries show no evidence of the existence of christianity, as its first appearance was with the writings of Eusebius under the sponsorship of Constantine.

These centuries would have previously been the domain of the Greek philosophers who followed their ancient masters of Pythagoras and Plato. See the color coded list of Authors of Antiquity where the green color code is correlated to the Neo-Platonic and Neo-Pythagoraean authors, such as Iamblichus, who is referred to by the emperor Julian, as "divine".

Consideration of Eusebian fiction postulate necessarily implies that the fiction must have been implemented, and imposed upon the empire during or after the life of the author of the fiction (Eusebius).

The following diagram shows in a schematic fashion how this happened.

Authors of Antiquity - According to the AlternativeChronology
YEAR	Author's Name	Cat	Comments & Notes ...
-582	Pythagoras	P	Greek philosopher and mathematician
-470	Socrates	W	Greek philosopher
-427	Plato	W	Greek philosopher and writer (Student of Socrates)
-384	Aristotle	W	Greek philosopher and writer (student of Plato)
-190	Eupolemus	H	Jewish historian whose work survives only in five
-116	Marcus Terentius Varro	W	Roman scholar and writer
-106	Marcus Tullius Cicero	W	Roman orator, statesman, political theorist, and p
-100	Lucius Cornelius Alexander Polyhist	W	Greek scholar of Rome (fl. 70 BCE)
-98	Nigidius Figulus	W	Learned man of Rome, neo-pythagorean
-86	Sallust	H	(Gaius Sallustius Crispus) - Roman historian
-76	Gaius Asinius Pollio	H	Roman orator, poet and historian whose contemporar
-65	Nicolaus of Damascus	H	Greek historical and philosophical writer who liv
-64	Strabo	W	Greek historian, geographer and philosopher, mostl
-60	Dionysius of Halicarnassus	H	Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flour
-59	Livy (Titus Livius)	H	wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condit
-54	Seneca (the Elder)	W	Roman rhetorician and writer
-52	King Juba II (of Lybia)	W	Author (in Greek) on history, natural history, geo
-43	Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)	W	Roman poet
-36	Thrasyllus of Mendes	W	Egyptian author, astrologer, astronomer and mathem
-25	Aulus Cremutius Cordus	H	Roman history; very few remaining fragments of his
-19	Marcus Velleius Paterculus	H	aka Gaius Velleius Paterculus, whose name occurs i
-15	Philo-Judaeus	P	Alexandrean Greek speaking Jewish writer-philosoph
-10	Pontius Pilate	W	Roman governer (Letter of Pilate fraudulent)
-10	Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar	RE	Emperor (41-54); Claudius wrote copiously througho
-9	Asconius Pedianus	H	Roman grammarian and historian; compiled for his s
-4	Seneca (the Younger)	W	Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist (Fraudulen
-4	Apollonius of Tyana	P	Neo-Pythagorean, aka Balinas, aka Balinus
0	Moderatus of Gades (Cadiz, Spain)	P	Greek neopythagorean philosopher and writer (first
0	Damis	W	Purported biographer of Apollonius of Tyana (via P
10	Quintus Curtius Rufus	H	Roman historian who wrote from about 60 through to
20	Mucianus	H	Gaius Licinius Mucianus (fl. 1st century AD) was a
20	Memnon of Heraclea	H	lived possibly 1st century CE) was a Greek histori
23	Pliny the Elder	W	Roman philosopher and writer
25	Silius Italicus	W	Titus Catius Silius Italicus - a Latin epic poet,
30	Musonius Rufus	P	Roman philosopher, correspondence with Apollonius
30	Marcus Cocceius Nerva	RE	Emperor 90-98 (1st "Good")
37	Flavius Josephus	H	Antiquity of the Jews - interpolated by Eusebius;
46	Plutarch, Mestrius	H	Greek historian, biographer, writer, magistrate (r
50	Aelianus Tacticus	W	Greek military writer, living in Rome; military tr
53	Cornelius Tacitus	H	Roman historian; the Annals and the Histories; per
53	Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianu	RE	Emperor 98-117 (2nd "Good")
56	Tacitus	H	Annals 15.44 (Consequently, to get rid of the repo
60	Nicomachus of Gerasa (Jerash, Jorda	P	Neopythagorean and mathematician, flourished c.110
60	Florus	H	Roman historian, lived in the time of Trajan and H
63	Pliny the Younger	W	Roman philosopher and writer (Letters 10.96-97 Pli
70	Seutonius	H	Roman historian; The 12 Caesars; written 121 under
73	Mara Bar Serapion	P	presumed to be christian, Greek Rhetorical Exercis
76	Hadrian (Publius Aelius Traianus)	RE	Emperor 117-138 (3rd "Good")
80	Longinus (not known, 1st-3rd CE?)	W	Greek teacher of rhetoric - author of "On the Subl
86	Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arri	RE	Emperor 138-161 (4th "Good")
90	Thallus	H	Chronologer (since Fall of Troy) - referenced
92	Arrian of Nicomedia	H	Greek historian and philosopher; (Lucius Flavius A
95	Appian of Alexandria	H	Roman History in twenty-four books, written in Gre
99	Phlegon	H	Greek writer, historian of Olympiads
100	Shepherd of Hermas	P	Muratorian Canon; NC? presumed christian
100	Lucius Ampelius	H	Latin author, details unknown; Liber Memorialis is
100	Aristocles of Messene	W	Philosopher/Skeptic
120	Alexander of Aphrodisias	W	Pupil of Aristocles; Commentaries (extant) on work
120	Granius Licinianus	H	Roman annalist, believed to have lived in the age
120	Hermas	P	"The Shepherd" - dated via Muratorian fragment to
120	Alciphron	W	Writer, Greek rhetorician, collection of "Fictitio
121	Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus)	RE	Emperor 160-180, (5th "Good"), Decree? (Forged?)
125	Aulus Gellius	W	Latin author, grammarian ("Attic Nights")
140	Numenius of Apamea	P	Neopythagorean philosopher, writer
155	Ammonius Saccas	P	Neoplatonist philosopher: Plotinus, Longinus,Orige
160	Athenaeus of Naucratis	W	Greek author (fl.200) writer of "The Deipnosophist
160	Julian the Theurgist	W	Writer of "The Chaldean Oracles" - fragmentary tex
160	Marius Maximus	W	Roman biographer, writing in Latin, who in the ear
165	Dio Cassius	H	Roman public servant; published a Roman History, i
170	Herodian of Syria	H	Roman History (extant) in eight books for the year
175	Claudius Aelianus	W	Roman author and greek-speaking teacher of rhetori
175	Flavius Philostratus	W	Sophist (The Life of Apollonius of Tyana)
175	Galen	P	4 references to Christianity .. De pulsuum differ
178	Celsus	P	Wrote (The True Word) Against the christians, Plat
188	Talmud	P
190	Diogenes Laertius	W	Biographer of the Greek philosophers; of his life
193	Abercius	P	Presumed christian - 1. The citizens of an eminent
200	Philostratus	P
200	Asinius Quadratus	H	Roman historian 3rd century , wrote in greek; frag
200	Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerian	RE	Emperor 253-260
201	Decius Trajan	RE	Emperor 249-251, Purported persecutions; libelli,
205	Plotinus	P	Neoplatonist - father of (via Porphyry)
208	Alexander Severus	RE	Emperor 222-235
210	Mani the Prophet	P	Founder of Manichaeism (Persion Gnostic) Codex Ma
213	Cassius Dionysius Longinus	P	Greek rhetorician philosopher, rival of Plotinus
218	Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus	RE	(co) Emperor 253-268; Decree ?(via E)
220	Junianus Justinus	H	Justin or Marcus Junianus Justinus or Justinus Fro
234	Porphyry	P	Violently Anti-christian Neoplatonist philosopher
236	Diocletian	RE	Emperor 284-305, Abdicated to become a farmer
245	Iamblichus of Chalcis	P	Neoplatonist
250	Galerius	RE	Emperor 305-311; Galerius Maximianus; Edict via Eu
270	Hierocles	W	Governor of Bythnia (302) - "A Friend of the Truth
272	Constantine I	RE	Emperor 306-337, Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius C
300	Sallustius	W	A 4th-century writer and friend of the Emperor Jul
312	Simon Magus	C	Magician, heretic, AKA Simon the Sorcerer, Simon o
312	Barnabas	CB	epistle
312	Jesus of Nazareth	C	Letter (and response) written to Abgarus
312	Jude	CB	aka Jude Thaddaeus and Jude Lebbeus (or Judas Thad
312	Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter &	CB	The Apostles - purported authors of respective gos
312	Clement of Rome	CB	fourth Pope??, Epistles
312	Ignatius of Antioch	CB	aka Theophorus;the third Bishop or Patriarch of An
312	Aristides the Philosopher	C	Apologist; in 1889 Rendell Harris found a complete
312	Quadratus	C	First Apologist (disciple of apostles via Eusebius
312	Aquila of Sinope (of Pontus)	C	Kinsman of Hadrian, OT translation to Greek
312	Marcion of Sinope	C	Marcionism founder
312	Polycarp	CB	Irenaeus mentions Polycarp in Adv. Haer., III.3.4.
312	Papias	CA	According to Irenaeus, our earliest witness, Papia
312	Valentinus	CA	GRS Mead - "the great unknown" of Gnosticism
312	Apology of Aristides	CA	Apology to Hadrian quoted by Eusebius Hist. Eccl.
312	Apology of Quadratus of Athens	CA	Apology to Hadrian, quoted by Eusebius Hist. Eccl
312	Apollinaris Claudius	C	Apologist aka "of Hierapolis" - fragments (1st 'ca
312	Basilides	CA	Cited by Irenaeus Against Heresies, Clement of Ale
312	Diognetus	C	Unknown Recipient of "Epistle of Mathetes to Diogn
312	Epiphanes On Righteousness	CA	Cited by Clement of Alexandria, Stromaties, III 6,
312	Aristo of Pella	CA	Cited by Celsus and Origen (The Disputation of Jas
312	Marcion	CA	Sources Iranaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, Celsus
312	Mathetes	C	Earliest apologetic (defence)
312	Ophite Diagrams	CA	Celsus and Origen describe a diagram in use by a s
312	Polycrates of Ephesus	CB	Bishop, Letter to Victor (via Eusebius)
312	Pinytus of Crete	CB	Bishop of Gnosos, Letters to Dionysius (via E)
312	Tatian	C	Apologist, wrote the Diatesseron, pupil of Justin
312	Saint Apollonius	C	Beheaded by Commodus (after Marcus Aurelius)
312	Ptolemy	CA	Gnostic author - (1) a fragment of an exegetical w
312	Minucius Felix	CA	Wrote (Octavius), Latin
312	Isidore	CA	Cited by Clement of Alexandria (Stromat. 2,113; 6,
312	Fronto	CA	Mentioned in Octavius of Minucius Felix
312	Agrippa Castor	C	Wrote against Basilides Gnosticism (via Eusebius)
312	Alexander (of Cappadocia,Jerusalem)	CB	Letters (116 year old bishop Jerusalem Narcissus)
312	Excerpts of Theodotus	CA	Valentinian gnostic
312	Heracleon	CA	Gnostic; Clement of Alexandria (Strom. iv. 9, p. 5
312	Martyrdom of Polycarp	CA	quoted in Ecclesiastical History IV.15
312	Justin Martyr	CA	Apology to Emperor Antoninus (138-161), wrote Firs
312	Julius Cassianus	CA	Cited Clement of Alexandria Stromata 3.13-14
312	Claudius Apollinaris	CB	aka Bishop of Hierapolis
312	Apelles	CA	Old Marcionist via Eusebius, H. E. 5.13.5-7
312	Octavius of Minucius Felix	CA	The Octavius by Minucius Felix is an apology for t
312	Dionysius of Corinth	CA
312	Lucian of Samosata	CA	Greek rhetorician satirist writer (references "chr
312	Melito of Sardis	CA	Cited by Eusebius, Jerome
312	Hegesippus	CA	chronicler, counterer of heresies
312	Letter of Peter to Philip	CA
312	Julius Africanus	C	Father of Christian Chronology
312	Irenaeus of Lyons	CA
312	Athenagoras of Athens	CA	quoted by Methodius
312	Rhodon	CA	Several Books; wrote against Marcion (via E)
312	Theophilus of Caesarea	CA
312	Theophilus of Antioch	CB	Bishop, Eus. H. E. iv. 20; Hieron. Ep. ad Algas. q
312	Bardesanes	CA	Eus H. E. 4.30
312	Hippolytus of Rome	CA	fragments
312	Clement of Alexandria	CA
312	Maximus of Jerusalem	CA
312	Origen	C	6000 scrolls; Hexapla (OT: tabulated translations)
312	Victor I	CA	"Victor wrote several letters which dealt with the
312	Pantaenus	CA	Eusebius in Hist. Eccl., VI.14.2
312	Anonymous Anti-Montanist	CA	A work refuting the Montanists is quoted by Eusebi
312	Tertullian	CA	QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS TERTULLIANUS
312	Serapion of Antioch	CB	Bishop of Antioch
312	Apollonius	CA	Anti-Montanist - Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., V, 18),
312	Caius	CA	Eus
312	Cornelius (of Rome)	CB	Pope 251-253; author of Letters to (1. Fabius of A
312	Cyprian of Carthage	CB	Author of a number of epistles and treatises
312	Dionysius (of Alexandria) the Great	CB	The Great (Eusebius) from 248 to 264
312	Novatian	C	Novatist schismatic, Roman anti-pope
312	Dionysius of Rome	CB	Pope 259-268
312	Hermias	C	Obscure apologist "Derision of Gentle Philosophers
312	Gregory Thaumaturgus	CB	Read Origen
312	Malchion (of Antioch)	C	Writings (against Paul of Samosata) via Eusebius;
312	Anatolius of Laodicea in Syria	CB	Eusebius (Hist. eccl., VII. xxxli. 14-20)
312	Lactantius	C	Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
312	Victorinus (bishop) of Petau	CB	Bishop Martry - Latin C writer
312	Arnobius	C	wrote (about 305) an apologetic work in seven book
312	Methodius	C	via Jerome (non Eusebius)
312	Phileas (Bishop) of Thmuis	CB	Acts, writings via Eusebius (Hist. eccl., VIII, x)
312	Alexander of Alexandria	CB	He is prominent because his appointment to the pat
312	Eusebius Pamphili of Caesarea	CB	Historian
312	Commodianus	C	date of whose birth is uncertain, but generally pl
312	Miltiades (Pope 311-314)	C	Unknown background - 313: condemned Donatus Magnus
312	Sabinus	C	Eusebius reports authot of letter to Governors (vi
312	Alexander of Lycopolis	C	writer of a short treatise, in twenty-six chapters
312	Aphrahat/Aphraates	C	the Persian sage
312	Athanasius	CB	Father of Orthodoxy
312	Hilary of Poitiers	CB	Bishop
312	Ephraim the Syrian	CB
312	Donatus Magnus	CB	Bishop Carthage - Donatist Schism (Heretic)
315	Cyril of Jerusalem	CB
317	Constantius II	RE	Emperor 337-361, Flavius Julius Constantius (2nd s
320	Gregory of Nyssa	CB	Cappadocian Fathers
320	Eutropius	H	Roman historian who flourished in the latter half
323	Eunomius of Cyzicus	C	Anomoean Arian: writings edicted for destruction
325	Ammianus Marcellinus	H	Historian, greek, army career (Res Gestae)
325	Gregory Nazianzen	CB
329	Basil the Great	CB
330	Apollinaris (the Younger)	CB	Bishop of Laodicea
331	Julian	RE	Emperor 360-363, Flavius Claudius Julianus (relate
340	Jerome	CB
340	Ambrose	CB
340	Rufinus	C	Historian, (of Aquiliea)
346	Theodosius I	RE	Emperor 379-395, Flavius Theodosius (b.Cauca in Sp
346	Maximin of Trier	CB	the fifth bishop of Trier
347	John Chrysostom	CB
347	Eunapius	H	Greek sophist,historian (CE 270-404, incorporated
350	Plutarch (the Younger)	P	Neoplatonic philosopher (Athens school: Proclus, S
350	Pamphilus	C	Origen expert, Hexapla
350	Peter of Alexandria	CB	Bishop of Alexandria
354	Augustine of Hippo	CB
360	John Cassian	C
363	Sulpitius Severus	C	ecclesiastical writer
368	Philostorgius	C	Historian (Fragment via Photius)
370	Hypatia of Alexandria	P	Neoplatonic philosopher, mathematician, teacher
373	Synesius (made Bishop of Ptolemais)	P	Statesman,Neoplatonist (disciple Hypatia) then mad
379	Socrates Scholasticus	C	Greek ecclesiastical historian; continuator of Eus
380	Philip of Side	C	Ecclesiastical Historian (against Julian) aka Phil
390	Vincent of Lérins	C	ecclesiastical writer
393	Theodoret	CB	Historian, Bishop of Cyprus
395	Leo the Great, Pope	CB
400	Sozomen	C	Ecclesiastical historian; aka Sozomen, Salamanes o
400	Moses of Chorene	H	Armenian historian
400	Hydatius	CB	Wrote a Chronical; bishop of Aquae Flaviae; contin
412	Proclus, Lycaeus	P	Greek neoplatonist philosopher (admired by Ralph W
420	Joannes Stobaeus	H	Compiler: greek (nonchristian) authors (poets,hist
440	Gennadius of Marseilles	C
450	Zosimus	H	Historian (Pagan) - Historia Nova, "New History",
452	Mar Jacob	P
480	Damascius	P	Neoplatonist: Alexandria - pupil Theon; Athens - h
490	Simplicius	P	Neoplatonist: Alexandria - pupil Ammonius Hermiae
530	Venantius	C	Latin Poet
540	Gregory the Great, Pope	CB	Pope
570	Muhammad the Prophet	W	Founder of Islam
670	Khalid (son of Umayyad Caliph Yazid	W
676	John of Damascus	CB
722	Jabir ibn Hayyan	W	Alchemist, quoting Balinus
820	Photius	CB	Patriarch Constantinople
1908	Arnaldo Dante Momigliano	H	Italian historian known for his work in historiography

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