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Rh 134. "Pope Telesphorus ordered that the angelic hymn, Gloria in excelsis Deo, should be sung on holy days."

145. This year Marcus Antoninus, and Aurelius his brother, took to themselves the Empire.

189. This year Severus possessed himself of the Empire, and came into Britain with an army, and conquered great part of the island by battle; and then he built a rampart of turf, and a thick wall thereon, from sea to sea, for a defence to the Britons. He reigned 17 years, and then finished his days at York, and Bassianus his son succeeded to the Empire. His other son died. He was called Geza. This year Eleutherus received the bishoprick of Rome, and held it with glory 15 years: to him Lucius, King of the Britons, sent letters, and entreated that he might be made a Christian, and he obtained that which he desired, and the Britons afterwards remained in the true faith till the reign of Diocletian.

199. This year the holy cross was found.