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==Accounts in Byzantine Authors==
===Doukas===
The historian [[w:Doukas|Doukas]], writing circa 1460 AD, makes a detailed account for the year 5508 BC as the date of creation. Although unrefined in style, the history of [[w:Doukas|Doukas]] is both judicious and trustworthy, and it is the most valuable source for the closing years of the Byzantine empire. The account of the Fall of Constantinople is of special importance. Doukas was a strong supporter of the union of the Greek and Latin churches, and is very bitter against those who rejected even the idea of appealing to the West for assistance against the Ottomans.
:"From [[Adam and Eve|Adam]], the first man created by [[God]], to [[Noah]], at whose time the flood took place, there were ten generations. The first, which was from God, was that of Adam. The second, after 230 years, was that of Seth begotten of Adam. The third, 205 years after Seth, was that of Enos begotten of Seth. The fourth, 190 years after Enos, was that of Kainan begotten of Enos. The fifth, 170 years after Kainan, was that of Mahaleel begotten of Kainan. The sixth, 165 years after Mahaleel, was that of Jared begotten of Mahaleel. The seventh, 162 years after Jared, was that of [[Enoch]] begotten of Jared. The eighth, 165 years after Enoch, was that of Methuselah begotten of Enoch. The ninth, 167 years after Methuselah, was that of Lamech begotten of Methuselah. The tenth, 188 years after Lamech, was that of Noah. Noah was 600 years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. Thus 2242 years may be counted from Adam to the flood.
:Remaining in the wilderness forty years they were governed for twenty-five years by [[Joshua]], son of Nun, and by the Judges for 454 years to the reign of Saul, the first king installed by them. During the first year of his reign the great [[David]] was born. Thus from Abraham to David fourteen generations are numbered for a total of 1024 years. From David to the deportation to Babylon [586 BC] there are fourteen generations totalling 609 years. From the Babylonian Captivity to [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] there are fourteen generations totalling 504 years.
:By the sequence of Numbers we calculate the number of 5,500 years from the time of the first Adam to Christ."<ref>Doukas (ca.1460). ''Decline and Fall of Byzantium To The Ottoman Turks''. An Annotated Translation by Harry J. Magoulias. Wayne State University Press, 1975. pp.57-58.</ref>.
===John Skylitzes===
