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The ''Chronica'' of Eusebius Of Caesarea (c. 275 – 339 ) is considered to be the starting point of the tradition. The second book of this work consisted of a set of concordance tables (''Chronici canones'') that for the first time synchronized the several concurrent chronologies in use with different peoples. Eusebius' chronicle became known to the Latin West through the translation by Jerome (c. 347 – 420 ). Universal chronicles are sometimes organized around a central Ideological theme, such as the Augustinian idea of the tension between the heavenly and the earthly state, which plays a major role in Otto Von Freising 's ''Historia de duabus civitatibus''. In other cases, any obvious theme may be lacking. Some universal chronicles bear a more or less Encyclopedic character, with many digressions on non-historical subjects, as is the case with the ''Chronicon'' of Helinand Of Froidmont . LIST OF NOTABLE UNIVERSAL CHRONICLERS
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