The Sybil lived in a cave near modern day Naples
around the 6th century B.C. She was an oracle who
consulted heads of state, leaders and generals. The Sybil
wrote her messages on oak leaves that were later
transferred to scrolls and housed in the Temple of Jupiter.
During the sixth century, the roman oracle predicted
Constantine by name 800 years before his birth. She also
predicted the coming of a child who would be born to
welcome a Golden age. Many took this to be a foretelling
of the birth of Christ which earned her a prominent place
in the Sistine Chapel. During that same period, the Sybil
proposed a time span for mankind comprised of nine
generations of 800 years each, ending with the tenth. She
indicated that the 10th generation would begin around
2000 A.D., and it would be the last. In her fourth volume
of predictions, the Sybil makes this prediction:
“The earth shall be shaken by a great earthquake that
throws many cities into the sea. There shall be war. Fires
shall come flashing forth from the heavens and many
cities burned. Black ashes shall fill the great sky, then
know the anger of the Gods the Sybilline Oracle spoke
for.”
