having been ordained, having received the decree of the city the great Constantine the emperor was pleased and writes to the Alexandrians to this effect: «Having read the decree sent by you concerning the promotion of the bishop, and having learned that the matter has proceeded to the pleasure of you all and so the man is loved by all of you unanimously, I myself am also pleased (for why should I not be?) and I judge that these things remain valid and firm, which you yourselves have commonly chosen by decree.» 2.12a Vita Constantini Cod. Angelic. A f. 39v Franchi de' Cav. 104: And Constantine deemed his mother worthy of the greatest honor so as even to found a city named after her, which is on the right of the Gulf of Nicomedia, she herself having embraced the place for no other reason, but because of Lucian the renowned martyr of Christ. 2.16b zu 16a Z. 15 Vita Constantini Cod. Angelic. f. 47v: And Constantine, in the twenty-eighth year of his own reign, having appointed his youngest son, Constans, Caesar, placed him between his two brothers, giving him the Italies. For his eldest son, Constantine, in the twelfth year of his reign, having adorned him with the rank of Caesar, he appointed over the upper Gauls; and to Constantius also, in the nineteenth year of his reign, having bestowed the honor of Caesar, he allowed him to hold the rule of the East.

χειροτονηθέντος, τὸ τῆς πόλεως ψήφισμα δεξάμενος ὁ μέγας Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ βασιλεὺς ησθη τε καὶ γράφει τοῖς ̓Αλεξανδρεῦσι τὴν δύναμιν ταύτην· « ̓Εντυχὼν τῷ πεμφθέντι παρ' ὑμῶν ψηφίσματι περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἐπισκόπου προαγωγῆς, καὶ μαθὼν ὡς καθ' ἡδονὴν ὑμῖν απασιν τὸ πρᾶγμα κεχώρηκε καὶ ουτω πρὸς ἁπάντων ὑμῶν συμφώνως ὁ ἀνήρ ἐστιν ἀγαπώμενος, ηδομαί τε καὶ αὐτὸς (τί γὰρ οὐ μέλλω;) καὶ κρίνω ταῦτα κύρια καὶ βέβαια μένειν, απερ αὐτοὶ κοινῶς ειλεσθε ψηφισάμενοι.» 2.12a Vita Constantini Cod. Angelic. A f. 39v Franchi de' Cav. 104: Πλείστης δὲ τὴν μητέρα ὁ Κωνσταντῖνος ἠξίου τιμῆς ὡς καὶ πόλιν αὐτῇ κτίσαι ἐπώνυμον, ητις ἐστὶν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ τῆς Νικομηδείας κόλπου, αὐτῆς ἐκείνης τὸ χωρίον ἀσπασαμένης κατ' αλλο μὲν οὐδέν, διὰ δὲ Λουκιανὸν τὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ μεγαλώνυμον μάρτυρα. 2.16b zu 16a Z. 15 Vita Constantini Cod. Angelic. f. 47v: ̔Ο δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος τῷ ὀγδόῳ καὶ εἰκοστῷ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείας ετει τὸν νεώτατον τῶν αὐτοῦ υἱέων Κώνσταν Καίσαρα ἀποδείξας ἐν μέσῳ τοῖν δυοῖν ἀδελφοῖν τέθεικε τὰς ̓Ιταλίας αὐτῷ δούς. τὸν μὲν γὰρ πρεσβύτατον ἑαυτοῦ παῖδα Κωνσταντῖνον τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ετει τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας τῷ τοῦ Καίσαρος σχήματι κοσμήσας, ἐπὶ τῶν ανω Γαλατιῶν εταξεν· τῷ δὲ Κωνσταντίῳ καὶ αὐτῷ κατὰ τὸ ἐννεακαιδέκατον ετος τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας τὴν τοῦ Καίσαρος τιμὴν περιθείς, τῆς ̔Εῴας ἐπέτρεψεν τὴν ἀρχὴν εχειν.