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of the leaders of Arzanene who deserted to the Romans. 9. Concerning the private force gathered by Cardarigan to deceive the Romans. 10. How Heraclius, the father of the emperor Heraclius, was unexpectedly saved from the reconnaissance mission. 11. Concerning Zabertas the Persian. 12. How the Romans refrained from the siege of Chlomaron. 13. Concerning the sudden and irrational flight of Philippicus, the Roman general. 14. Concerning the disorder that occurred in the Roman expeditionary forces. 15. Concerning the illness that befell Philippicus, the Roman general, and how Heraclius, the father of the emperor Heraclius, took up the cares of the command. 16. How the second-in-command of the Roman force attacked the southern parts of Media. 17. How in the season of spring the Romans attacked the Persian state. 18. How Comentiolus campaigned against the force of the Avars. 19. Concerning Asimuth, the commander of the Roman infantry force, and how the Avars captured him alive. 20. How the forces of the Avars were poured out over Thrace. 21. An assembly of the Romans, on whether to go to war, and a speech and counter-speech, on whether Comentiolus ought to attack the forces of the Avars. 22. How a distorted saying in the Roman battle line rendered the Khagan's attack on it unsuccessful. 23. Concerning Bousas the soldier and his capture, and how he was the first to teach the barbarians to construct siege engines. 24. The siege of the city of Beroe by the Khagan, and the failure of the barbarian's plan. 25. The siege of Diocletianopolis, and how the attack proved unsuccessful for the barbarian. 26. How the Byzantines reviled the emperor because of the misfortunes, so to speak, that occurred around Europe at the hands of the barbarians. 27. The siege of Adrianople, and how Drocton joined with the barbarians and saved the city. 28. How Heraclius attempted to subdue a Persian fort by arms. 29. Concerning the fort of Beioudaes, and how the Romans captured it by a certain unexpected act of valor; and concerning Sapeiros the soldier. 30. Philippicus’ stay in the imperial city. Index

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index.3.1 1. The appointment of Priscus, and how the emperor appointed him exarch of the eastern force. 2. Concerning the reduction of the military rations; and how the emperor Maurice ordered the general to make this reduction. 3. Concerning the mutiny that occurred in the Roman camps; and how the general, by taking flight, escaped the danger. 4. The proclamation of Germanus by the army. 5. Concerning the disasters that befell the east as a result of the Roman mutiny. 6. The appointment of Philippicus the general. 7. The siege of the city of Constantina, and how Germanus arrived and freed it from the dangers. 8. The war at Martyropolis between Romans and Persians, and a brilliant victory for the Romans. 9. The reconciliation of the camps with the emperor. 10. Concerning the events at Giligerdon, and the valor of the Romans. 11. How Martyropolis was captured by treachery by the Babylonians. 12. The appointment of Comentiolus the general, and how he was entrusted with the Persian war by the emperor. 13. A battle of the Persians, and a victory of the Romans. 14. Concerning the deeds done in Suania by both Romans and Persians. 15. A battle in Colchis of Romans and Persians, and a defeat of the Babylonians. 16. How Hormisdas, the king of the Persians, having been outgeneraled

ἡγεμόνων τῆς ᾿Αρζανηνῆς αὐτομολησάντων ῾Ρωμαίοις. θʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἰδιωτικῆς δυνάμεως τῆς συναθροισθείσης ὑπὸ τοῦ Καρδαρηγὰν εἰς τὸ ἐξαπατῆσαι ῾Ρωμαίους. ιʹ. ῞Οπως ὁ ῾Ηράκλειος, ὁ ῾Ηρακλείου πατὴρ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος, παραδόξως ἀπὸ τῆς κατασκοπῆς διασώζεται. ιαʹ. Περὶ Ζαβέρτα τοῦ Πέρσου. ιβʹ. ῞Οπως τῆς τοῦ Χλομαρῶν πολιορκίας ῾Ρωμαῖοι ἀπέχονται. ιγʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀθρόας φυγῆς καὶ ἀλόγου Φιλιππικοῦ, τοῦ ῾Ρωμαίων στρατηγοῦ. ιδʹ. Περὶ τῆς γενομένης ἀταξίας τοῖς ῾Ρωμαϊκοῖς ἐκστρατεύμασιν. ιεʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐπενεχθείσης νόσου Φιλιππικῷ τῷ ῾Ρωμαίων στρατηγῷ, καὶ ὅπως ὁ ῾Ηράκλειος, ὁ ῾Ηρακλείου πατὴρ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος, τὰς φροντίδας τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἐλάμβανεν. ιϛʹ. ῞Οπως τοῖς μεσημβρινοῖς τῆς Μηδικῆς προσβάλλει ὁ τῆς ῾Ρωμαίων δυνάμεως ὑποστράτηγος. ιζʹ. ῾Ως ἔαρος ὥρᾳ προσβάλλουσι ῾Ρωμαῖοι κατὰ τῆς Περσῶν πολιτείας. ιηʹ. ῾Ως Κομεντίολος κατὰ τῆς τῶν ᾿Αβάρων στρατεύει δυνάμεως. ιθʹ. Περὶ ᾿Ασιμούθ, τοῦ ἐξάρχου τῆς πεζικῆς τῶν ῾Ρωμαίων δυνάμεως, καὶ ὡς τοῦτον οἱ ῎Αβαροι κατέσχον ζωγρήσαντες. κʹ. ῞Οπως αἱ τῶν ᾿Αβάρων δυνάμεις ἀνὰ τὴν Θρᾴκην περι-εχύθησαν. καʹ. ᾿Εκκλησία ῾Ρωμαίων, εἰ πολεμητέον, καὶ δημηγορία καὶ ἀντιδημηγορία, εἴπερ χρὴ τὸν Κομεντίολον ταῖς τῶν ᾿Αβάρων δυνάμεσιν ἐπιτίθεσθαι. κβʹ. ῞Οπως φωνὴ παραμορφωθεῖσα τῇ ῾Ρωμαίων ἐκτάξει ἀδόκιμον αὐτῇ τὴν τοῦ Χαγάνου ἐπιβολὴν ἐποιήσατο. κγʹ. Περὶ Βουσᾶ τοῦ στρατιώτου καὶ τῆς τούτου ἁλώσεως, καὶ ὅπως τοὺς βαρβάρους πολιορκητικὰ κατασκευάζεσθαι πρῶτος ἐδίδαξεν ὄργανα. κδʹ. Πολιορκία ὑπὸ τοῦ Χαγάνου Βερόης τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἀποτυχία τῆς τοῦ βαρβάρου βουλήσεως. κεʹ. Πολιορκία τῆς ∆ιοκλητιανουπόλεως, καὶ ὡς ἀδόκιμος ἡ ἐπιβολὴ τῷ βαρβάρῳ συνήντησεν. κϛʹ. ῞Οπως ἐλοιδοροῦντο τῷ αὐτοκράτορι οἱ Βυζάντιοι διὰ τὰ συμβάντα ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων περὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν δυστυχήματα. κζʹ. Πολιορκία τῆς ᾿Αδριανουπόλεως, καὶ ὡς ὁ ∆ροκτῶν τοῖς βαρβάροις συμμίξας τὸ πόλισμα διεσώσατο. κηʹ. ῾Ως ὁ ῾Ηράκλειος φρούριον Περσικὸν παραστήσασθαι ἐνεχείρει τοῖς ὅπλοις. κθʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Βεϊουδάες φρουρίου, καὶ ὅπως παραδόξῳ ἀριστείᾳ τινὶ τοῦτο εἷλον ῾Ρωμαῖοι· καὶ περὶ τοῦ Σάπειρος στρατιώτου. λʹ. ᾿Ενδημία Φιλιππικοῦ περὶ τὸ βασίλειον ἄστυ. Ινδεχ

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ινδεχ.3.1 αʹ. Χειροτονία Πρίσκου, καὶ ὅπως τῆς ἑῴας δυνάμεως ἔξαρχον ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ αὐτὸν προεστήσατο. βʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀπομειώσεως τῶν στρατιωτικῶν σιτήσεων· καὶ ὅπως ταύτην ποιήσασθαι τῷ στρατηγῷ ἐνεκελεύσατο ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ Μαυρίκιος. γʹ. Περὶ τῆς γενομένης τυραννίδος τῶν ῾Ρωμαϊκῶν στρατοπέδων· καὶ ὅπως ὁ στρατηγὸς διαφυγῇ χρησάμενος ἀποδιδράσκει τὸν κίνδυνον. δʹ. ᾿Αναγόρευσις Γερμανοῦ ὑπὸ τῆς στρατιᾶς. εʹ. Περὶ τῶν προσελθουσῶν ἐκ τῆς τῶν ῾Ρωμαίων τυραννίδος τῇ ἀνατολῇ συμφορῶν. ϛʹ. Χειροτονία Φιλιππικοῦ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ. ζʹ. Πολιορκία Κωνσταντίνης τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ὡς ὁ Γερμανὸς ἐπιστὰς τῶν κινδύνων αὐτὴν ἠλευθέρωσεν. ηʹ. Πόλεμος κατὰ τὴν Μαρτυρούπολιν ῾Ρωμαίων τε καὶ Περσῶν, καὶ νίκη ῾Ρωμαίων λαμπρά. θʹ. ∆ιαλλαγαὶ τῶν στρατοπέδων πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα. ιʹ. Περὶ τῶν γενομένων κατὰ τὸ Γιλίγερδον, καὶ ἀριστεία ῾Ρωμαίων. ιαʹ. ῞Οπως ἡ Μαρτυρούπολις ἥλω δόλῳ ὑπὸ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων. ιβʹ. Χειροτονία Κομεντιόλου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ. καὶ ὅπως τὸν Περσικὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος πιστεύεται πόλεμον. ιγʹ. Μάχη Περσῶν, καὶ νίκη ῾Ρωμαίων. ιδʹ. Περὶ τῶν πραχθέντων κατὰ τὴν Σουανίαν ῾Ρωμαίοις τε καὶ Πέρσαις. ιεʹ. Μάχη κατὰ τὴν Κολχίδα ῾Ρωμαίων τε καὶ Περσῶν, καὶ ἧττα Βαβυλωνίων. ιϛʹ. ῞Οπως ῾Ορμίσδας, ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεύς, καταστρατηγηθέντος