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praising him as savior. Year of the world 5803. Year of the divine incarnation 303. Roman emperor Constantine for 32 years. 7. 9th Persian emperor Sapor for 70 years. 9. 32nd bishop of Rome, Sylvester, for 28 years. 11. 31st bishop of Jerusalem, Hermon, for 9 years. 6. 19th bishop of Alexandria, Alexander, for 23 years. 5. 22nd bishop of Antioch, Paulinus, for 5 years. 2. In this year, Constantine, who worked with God, having taken Rome, before all else commanded that the remains of the holy martyrs be collected and given a holy burial. And the Romans held a victory festival, honoring the Lord and the life-giving cross for seven days and magnifying Constantine the victor. 8. 10. 12. 7. 6. 3. 9. 11. 13. 8. 7. 4. In this year Maximinus, the son of Galerius, having made an assault and entrusted the empire to himself, disgracefully ended his life in Cilicia. And when Maximian Galerius, his father, heard that Maxentius, the 15 son of Herculius, had been overthrown in Rome by Constantine with the power of the cross, he grew afraid and ended the persecution against the Christians. 10. 12. 14. 9. 8. 5. In this year the most divine Constantine, along with Caesar Licinius, moved by zeal for God, marched against Maximian Galerius, who governed the East; and that one, having marched against them, engaged them with an immense host, trusting, like Maxentius, in the oracles of demons and in magical sorceries. But as the life-giving cross went before the great Constantine, at the moment of the attack the tyrant was routed along with his slaughtered multitude, and he took off his royal garment, and putting on military garb, he fled with a few of his most loyal men from village to village, and gathering the priests of the idols and the seers and those renowned for sorcery and his prophets, he slaughtered them as deceivers. 32nd bishop of Jerusalem, Macarius, for 20 years. 23rd bishop of Antioch, Eustathius, for 18 years. 11. 13. 15. 1. 9. 1. In this year, when Galerius Maximian was about to seize the most pious Constantine alive, the divine wrath anticipated him and seized him. For a flame ignited from the depths of his entrails and marrow with unbearable pain and laid him prostrate on the ground, gasping for breath, so that both his eyes burst out and left the unholy man blind, and his flesh, putrefied by the immense burning, fell off from his bones. Thus, having rotted away, he gave up his soul that fought against God. 12. 14. 16. 2. 10. 2. In this year, to Licinius, who had allied himself with the divine Constantine and was deceitfully feigning Christianity, he set apart and bestowed a portion of the Roman land, proclaiming him emperor, having demanded from him an agreement to do nothing against the Christians. From this point, by the grace of Christ, the persecution of the tyrants against us ceased. 16 13. 15. 17. 3. 11. 3. Year of the world 5810. Year of the divine incarnation 310. Roman emperor Constantine for 32 years. 14. 9th Persian emperor Sapor for 70 years. 16. 32nd bishop of Rome, Sylvester, for 28 years. 18. 1st bishop of Byzantium, Metrophanes, for 10 years. 9. 32nd bishop of Jerusalem, Macarius, for 20 years. 4. 19th bishop of Alexandria, Alexander, for 23 years. 12. 23rd bishop of Antioch, Eustathius, for 18 years. 4. In this year the great Constantine, having become sole ruler of all the Roman land, turned all his care to divine things, erecting churches and generously enriching them from the public treasury. He first wrote a law that the temples of the idols be given to those dedicated to Christ (and Crispus his son legislated with him); second, that only Christians should serve in the army and rule over peoples and camps, and that those persisting in idolatry should be capitally punished; third, to observe the two Paschal weeks as free from business, both the one before the resurrection and the one after it. With things being thus, a deep peace and calm took hold of the inhabited world and exultation took hold of the faithful, with those running to

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σωτῆρα αὐτὸν ἀνευφημοῦντες. Κόσμου ἔτη εωγʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τγʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη λβʹ. ζʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς θʹ Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. θʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκ. λβʹ Σίλβεστρος ἔτη κηʹ. ιαʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκ. λαʹ Ἑρμὼν ἔτη θʹ. ϛʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκ. ιθʹ Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. εʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκ. κβʹ Παυλῖνος ἔτη εʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει κρατήσας τὴν Ῥώμην Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ θεοσυνέργητος πρὸ πάντων τὰ λείψανα τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων ἐκέλευσε συλλεγέντα ὁσίᾳ ταφῇ παραδοθῆναι. καὶ ἦσαν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ἄγοντες ἐπινίκιον ἑορτήν, γεραίροντες τὸν κύριον καὶ τὸν ζωοποιὸν σταυρὸν ἐπὶ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν νικητὴν μεγαλύνοντες. ηʹ. ιʹ. ιβʹ. ζʹ. ϛʹ. γʹ. θʹ. ιαʹ. ιγʹ. ηʹ. ζʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Μαξιμῖνος, ὁ υἱὸς Γαλλερίου, ἐπιπηδήσας καὶ ἑαυτῷ τὴν βασιλείαν ἐπιτρέψας αἰσχρῶς καταλύει τὸν βίον ἐν Κιλικίᾳ. ἀκούσας δὲ Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ Γαλλέριος, ὁ τούτου πατήρ, ὅτι Μαξέντιος, ὁ 15 υἱὸς Ἐρκουλίου, ἐν Ῥώμῃ ὑπὸ Κωνσταντίνου τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ σταυροῦ κατεπτώθη, φοβηθεὶς τὸν κατὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀνῆκε διωγμόν. ιʹ. ιβʹ. ιδʹ. θʹ. ηʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ θειότατος σὺν Λικινίῳ καίσαρι ζήλῳ θεοῦ φερόμενος ἐπεστράτευσε κατὰ Μαξιμιανοῦ τοῦ Γαλλερίου τὴν ἑῴαν διέποντος· κἀκεῖνος ἀντιστρατευσάμενος ἀμέτρῳ πλήθει συνέβαλεν αὐτοῖς, πεποιθὼς ὡς ὁ Μαξέντιος μαντεύμασι δαιμόνων καὶ γοητικαῖς μαγγανείαις. τοῦ δὲ ζωοποιοῦ σταυροῦ προάγοντος τῷ μεγάλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ, ἅμα τῇ προσβολῇ τραπεὶς ὁ τύραννος σὺν τῷ πλήθει κατασφαττομένῳ, τὴν βασιλικὴν ἐσθῆτα ἀπέθετο καὶ στρατιωτικὸν περιθέμενος σχῆμα μετ' ὀλίγων εὐνουστάτων τε διαδρὰς ἀπὸ κώμης εἰς κώμην ᾤχετο, καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ μάντεις ἀθροίσας καὶ τοὺς διαβεβοημένους ἐπὶ μαγείᾳ καὶ προφήτας αὐτοῦ ὡς ἀπατεῶνας κατέσφαξεν. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος λβʹ Μακάριος ἔτη κʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος κγʹ Εὐστάθιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ιαʹ. ιγʹ. ιεʹ αʹ. θʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μέλλοντα τὸν εὐσεβέστατον Κωνταντῖνον ζῶντα χειροῦσθαι τὸν Γαλλέριον Μαξιμιανὸν προλαβοῦσα θεία ὀργὴ κατέλαβε τοῦτον. φλὸξ γὰρ ἐκ βάθους τῶν σπλάγχνων καὶ μυελῶν αὐτῷ ἀναφθεῖσα μετ' ὀδύνης ἀνυποίστου πρηνῆ κατὰ τοῦ ἐδάφους ἀσθμαίνοντα διέθετο, ὡς ἀμφότερα τὰ ὄμματα αὐτοῦ ἐκπηδῆσαι καὶ τυφλὸν καταλιπεῖν τὸν ἀνόσιον, αἱ δὲ σάρκες αὐτοῦ συσσαπεῖσαι τῇ ἀμέτρῳ ἐκκαύσει τῶν ὀστῶν ἀπέπιπτον. οὕτω κατασαπεὶς ἀπέρρηξε τὴν θεομάχον ψυχήν. ιβʹ. ιδʹ. ιϛʹ. βʹ. ιʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Λικινίῳ συμμαχήσαντι τῷ θείῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ καὶ ὑποκρινομένῳ δολερῶς τὸν Χριστιανισμὸν ἀφορίσας μοῖραν τῆς Ῥωμαίων γῆς ἀπένειμεν, ἀναγορεύσας αὐτὸν βασιλέα, ἀπαιτήσας αὐτὸν συνθήκας μηδὲν κατὰ Χριστιανῶν πράττειν. ἐντεῦθεν ὁ τῶν τυράννων καθ' ἡμῶν χάριτι Χριστοῦ πέπαυται διωγμός. 16 ιγʹ. ιεʹ. ιζʹ. γʹ. ιαʹ. γʹ. Κόσμου ἔτη εωιʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τιʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη λβʹ. ιδʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς θʹ Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. ιϛʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκ. λβʹ Σίλβεστρος ἔτη κηʹ. ιηʹ. Βυζαντίου ἐπίσκ. αʹ Μητροφάνης ἔτη ιʹ. θʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκ. λβʹ Μακάριος ἔτη κʹ. δʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκ. ιθʹ Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. ιβʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκ. κγʹ Εὐστάθιος ἔτη ιηʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ὁ μέγας Κωνσταντῖνος πάσης Ῥωμαίων γῆς μονοκράτωρ γενόμενος πᾶσαν εἰς τὰ θεῖα μετήγαγε τὴν φροντίδα, ἐκκλησίας ἀνεγείρων καὶ φιλοτίμως ταύτας πλουτῶν ἐκ τοῦ δημοσίου λόγου. οὗτος πρῶτον νόμον ἔγραψε τοὺς τῶν εἰδώλων ναοὺς ἀποδίδοσθαι τοῖς τῷ Χριστῷ ἀφιερωμένοις (συνενομοθέτει δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ Κρίσπος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ)· δεύτερον δὲ Χριστιανοὺς μόνους στρατεύεσθαι ἐθνῶν τε καὶ στρατοπέδων ἄρχειν, τοὺς δὲ ἐπιμένοντας τῇ εἰδωλολατρείᾳ κεφαλικῶς τιμωρεῖσθαι· τρίτον τὰς πασχαλίους δύο ἑβδομάδας ἀπράκτους τελεῖν, τήν τε πρὸ τῆς ἀναστάσεως καὶ τὴν μετ' αὐτήν. τούτων οὕτως ἐχόντων, εἰρήνη βαθεῖα καὶ γαλήνη κατέσχε τὴν οἰκουμένην καὶ ἀγαλλίασις τοὺς πιστούς, προστρεχόντων