Eusebius of Caesarea, Onomasticon (1971) Translation. pp. 1-75.

Eusebius who received his cognomen from the sainted martyr Pampilius had already written the following:

1) The Ten books of the Church History

2) The Canons of the Times (which we rendered into Latin)

3) Names of the various Nations (in which he explained how these were formally spoken among the Hebrews and are now spoken)

4) Description of the land of Judea and the lots of the separate tribes

5) Also a Plan of Jerusalem and its temple with a most succinct description

Finally he worked on this little book and gathered together for us from the Holy Scriptures almost all the names of cities, mountains, rivers, villages and other places indicating if they still exist, are unchanged or are in part corrupted. And so we have translated the study of this remarkable man according to the order of the alphabet in Greek. We have left unchanged those proper records we have not seen, but have changed a few.

As formerly in the preface to The Canons of the Times, I debated whether I should be only a translator or an author of a new work. Especially because someone hardly instructed in the language dared to translate this same book into the Latin language which is not really Latin. The wise reader will quickly discover the ignorance of him by comparison with what we have translated. Even though I do not claim for myself eminence, nevertheless I believe I can surpass those who are farmers.