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of Helena, his first wife. Fausta, wife of Constantine the Great. When these had laid aside the empire, the Caesars made by them both reigned at the same time: Maximian Galerius, son-in-law of Diocletian by his daughter Valeria, and Constantius; who, having married Theodora, daughter of Herculius, begat: Constantius, Hannibalianus. Constantia, father of Gallus and Julian the apostate. wife of Licinius. and from Helena, the God-loving, he begat: Constantine the Great. And he, from Fausta, daughter of Herculius, begat: Crispus. Constantius. Constantine. Constans. Helena, wife of Julian the apostate.

6 CHRONOGRAPHY FROM DIOCLETIAN UNTIL MICHAEL AND

THEOPHYLACT THE EMPERORS.

Years of the world 5777. Years of the divine incarnation 277. Diocletian, emperor of the Romans, for 20 years. 1. Vararanes, king of the Persians, for 17 years. 15. 29th bishop of Rome, Gaius, for 15 years. 7. 28th bishop of Jerusalem, Hymenaeus, for 24 years. 13. 16th bishop of Alexandria, Theonas, for 19 years. 11. 19th bishop of Antioch, Tyrannus, for 13 years. 2. 2. 16. 8. 14. 12. 3. 3. 17. 9. 15. 13. 4. Vararanes, king of the Persians, year 1. 4. 1. 10. 16. 14. 5. In this year, Diocletian appointed Maximian Herculius as partner in his reign in his fourth year. 7th king of the Persians, Narses, for 8 years. 5. 1. 11. 17. 15. 6. 6. 2. 12. 18. 16. 7. In this year, Diocletian and Maximian Herculius razed to the ground Busiris and Coptos, cities in the Thebaid of Egypt, which had revolted from Roman rule. 7. 3. 13. 19. 17. 8. 8. 4. 14. 20. 18. 9. 9. 5. 15. 21. 19. 10. 7 In this year, Diocletian and Maximian Herculius made Constantius and Maximian Galerius Caesars. And Diocletian gave his own daughter in marriage to Galerius, while Herculius Maximian joined Theodora, his own daughter, to Constantius, although each already had wives, whom they repudiated for the sake of their affection for the emperors. Bishop of Rome Marcellinus for 2 years. Bishop of Alexandria Peter the martyr for 11 years. 10. 6. 1. 22. 1. 11. In this year, Alexandria along with Egypt, having been led into rebellion by Achilleus, did not withstand the Roman assault, during which very many were slain, with the instigators of the rebellion paying the penalty. 11. 7. 2. 23. 2. 12. In this year, Diocletian and Maximian Herculius raised a great and most dreadful persecution against the Christians and made many thousands of martyrs, devising all sorts of torments and working many evils. Concerning which things, one who goes through the 8th book of the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus will know. Years of the world 5788. Years of the divine incarnation 288. Diocletian, emperor of the Romans, for 20 years. 12. 7th king of the Persians, Narses, for 8 years. 8. 30th bishop of Rome, Eusebius, for 1 year. 1. 28th bishop of Jerusalem, Hymenaeus, for 24 years. 24. 17th bishop of Alexandria, Peter, for 11 years. 3. 19th bishop of Antioch, Tyrannus, for 13 years. 13. In this year, a revolt having occurred in the Gauls under Amandus and Aelianus, Maximian Herculius crossed over and suppressed 8 them. But also Crasus rose up and seized Britain, and the five Gentiani, Africa, and Achilleus, Egypt. But Asclepiodotus the prefect killed Crasus after he had held Britain for three years. And in the Gauls, a sudden turn of fortune unexpectedly occurred for Constantius Caesar; for within six hours of the same day he was both seen to be defeated and was shown to be victorious. For just then the Alamanni, having overwhelmed

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Ἑλένης τῆς πρώτης αὐτοῦ γυναικός. Φαῦστα, γαμετὴ τοῦ μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου. Τούτων ἀποθεμένων τὴν βασιλείαν οἱ ὑπ' αὐτῶν γενόμενοι καίσαρες κατὰ ταὐτὸν ἄμφω ἐβασίλευσαν Μαξιμιανὸς Γαλλέριος, γαμβρὸς ∆ιοκλητιανοῦ ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ Βαλερίᾳ, καὶ Κωνστάντιος· ὅστις γήμας Θεοδώραν, θυγατέρα τοῦ Ἐρκουλίου γεννᾷ· Κωνστάντιον, Ἀναβαλλιανόν. Κωνσταντίαν, πατέρα Γάλλου καὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ ἀποστάτου.γαμετὴν Λικινίου. ἐκ δὲ Ἑλένης τῆς θεοφιλοῦς γεννᾷ· τὸν μέγαν Κωνσταντῖνον. Οὗτος δὲ ἐκ Φαύστας, θυγατρὸς Ἐρκουλίου, γεννᾷ· Κρίσπον. Κωνστάντιον. Κωνσταντῖνον. Κώνσταντα. Ἑλένην, γαμετὴν Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ ἀποστάτου.

6 ΧΡΟΝΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΑΠΟ ∆ΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΕΩΣ ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΚΑΙ

ΘΕΟΦΥΛΑΚΤΟΥ ΤΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ.

Κόσμου ἔτη εψοζʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη σοζʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς ∆ιοκλητιανὸς ἔτη κʹ. αʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαρράχης ἔτη ιζʹ. ιεʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος κθʹ Γάϊος ἔτη ιεʹ. ζʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος κηʹ Ὑμέναιος ἔτη κδʹ. ιγʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος ιϛʹ Θεωνᾶς ἔτη ιθʹ. ιαʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ιθʹ Τύραννος ἔτη ιγʹ. βʹ. βʹ. ιϛʹ. ηʹ. ιδʹ. ιβʹ. γʹ. γʹ. ιζʹ. θʹ. ιεʹ. ιγʹ. δʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαραράνης ἔτος αʹ. δʹ. αʹ. ιʹ. ιϛʹ. ιδʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ∆ιοκλητιανὸς Μαξιμιανὸν τὸν Ἐρκούλιον κοινωνὸν ἀνέδειξε τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας τῷ τετάρτῳ αὐτοῦ χρόνῳ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ζʹ Ναρσῆς ἔτη ηʹ. εʹ. αʹ. ιαʹ. ιζʹ. ιεʹ. ϛʹ. ϛʹ. βʹ. ιβʹ. ιηʹ. ιϛʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ∆ιοκλητιανὸς καὶ Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ Ἐρκούλιος Ὁβούσιριν καὶ Κόπτον, πόλεις ἐν Θήβαις τῆς Αἰγύπτου, εἰς ἔδαφος κατέσκαψαν ἀποστατησάσας τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς. ζʹ. γʹ. ιγʹ. ιθʹ. ιζʹ. ηʹ. ηʹ. δʹ. ιδʹ. κʹ. ιηʹ. θʹ. θʹ. εʹ. ιεʹ. καʹ. ιθʹ. ιʹ. 7 Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ∆ιοκλητιανὸς καὶ Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ Ἐρκούλιος καίσαρας ἐποίησαν Κωνστάντιον καὶ Μαξιμιανὸν Γαλλέριον. καὶ ὁ μὲν ∆ιοκλητιανὸς δέδωκε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα πρὸς γάμον τῷ Γαλλερίῳ, ὁ δὲ Ἐρκούλιος Μαξιμιανὸς Θεοδώραν, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα, τῷ Κωνσταντίῳ συνέζευξεν, καίτοι γε ἑκατέρων γαμετὰς ἐχόντων, ἃς ἀπώσαντο διὰ τὴν πρὸς τοὺς βασιλεῖς στοργήν. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Μαρκελλῖνος ἔτη βʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Πέτρος ὁ μάρτυς ἔτη ιαʹ. ιʹ. ϛʹ. αʹ. κβʹ. αʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀλεξάνδρεια σὺν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ εἰς ἀποστασίαν ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως ἀχθεῖσαι οὐκ ἀντέσχον τῇ Ῥωμαίων προσβολῇ, καθ' ἣν πλεῖστοι ἀνῃρέθησαν, δίκην δεδωκότων τῶν τῆς ἀποστασίας αἰτίων. ιαʹ. ζʹ. βʹ. κγʹ. βʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ∆ιοκλητιανὸς καὶ Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ Ἐρκούλιος διωγμὸν μέγαν καὶ φρικωδέστατον κατὰ Χριστιανῶν ἤγειραν καὶ πολλὰς μυριάδας μάρτυρας ἐποίησαν, παντοίας βασάνους ἐπινοοῦντες καὶ πολλὰ κακὰ ἐργαζόμενοι. περὶ ὧν τις ἐπερχόμενος τὴν ηʹ βίβλον τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίας Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Παμφίλου εἴσεται. Κόσμου ἔτη εψπηʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη σπηʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς ∆ιοκλητιανὸς ἔτη κʹ. ιβʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ζʹ Ναρσῆς ἔτη ηʹ. ηʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος λʹ Εὐσέβιος ἔτος αʹ. αʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος κηʹ Ὑμέναιος ἔτη κδʹ. κδʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος ιζʹ Πέτρος ἔτη ιαʹ. γʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ιθʹ Τύραννος ἔτη ιγʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει νεωτερισμοῦ γεγονότος ἐν Γαλλίαις ὑπὸ Ἀμάνδου καὶ Αἰλιανοῦ Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ Ἐρκούλιος διαβὰς καθεῖλεν 8 αὐτούς. ἀλλὰ καὶ Κράσος ἀντῇρε καὶ Βρεττανίαν κατέσχεν, καὶ οἱ πέντε Γεντιανοὶ τὴν Ἀφρικήν, καὶ Ἀχιλλεὺς τὴν Αἴγυπτον. ἀλλὰ Κράσον μὲν ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἔτεσι τὴν Βρεττανίαν κατασχόντα Ἀσκληπιόδοτος ὁ ἔπαρχος ἀνεῖλεν. ἐν δὲ ταῖς Γαλλίαις ἀγχίστροφος ἐκ παραδόξου γέγονε Κωνσταντίῳ τῷ καίσαρι τύχη· ἐν ὥραις γὰρ ἓξ τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ἡττώμενος ὤφθη καὶ νικῶν ἀπεδείχθη. ἄρτι μὲν γὰρ ἐπικλύσαντες οἱ Ἀλαμάνοι