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of himself in every city in the temples. Whom the soldiers killed while he was bathing in a bathhouse, not bearing to see the utterly shameful things being done by him. In his reign Theudas, who is mentioned in the Acts, having promised to part the Jordan and having failed, was killed, and the tower of Siloam fell on the 18 men, and Stephen the first martyr was martyred, and Paul came to believe, and Philo and Josephus, the wise men from the Hebrews, were becoming known. And after Gaius, Claudius reigned for 13 years, in whose reign Mark the evangelist, having first founded a church in Egypt, established many monasteries, which were then called venerable places, and he wrote the holy gospel, and in Alexandria itself he first established a church. And after Claudius, Nero his son reigned for 14 years, in whose reign Simon the magician through sorcery in Rome performed many signs and illusions and called himself a god. and once in the middle of the day, having come forth into the theater, he announced that he would fly up through the air. When this happened, Peter prayed and gazing intently said to Simon, "If I am an apostle of Jesus Christ, and not a deceiver like you, Simon, I command the evil powers to release their hold on you." and when the apostle said these things, 28 immediately he was brought down with a great sound and was shattered. And Nero, hearing that Simon had been killed by Peter and being indignant, ordered him to be crucified. But he, having asked the prefect not to be crucified upright, by his command was crucified as he had requested out of great humility. and after him, Paul also took up the crown of martyrdom by the sword. And Nero, as his rule grew strong, ran aground into unholy deeds and murders and wars against God, and so from excessive madness, having been killed, he went out to a suburb and did away with himself. Likewise, Pilate also, having fallen into various misfortunes, killed himself. And after Nero, Galba reigned for 7 months, and after Galba, Lucibius reigned for 3 months, and after Lucibius, Vitellius reigned for 2 months, and was slaughtered in the middle of Rome by the people. And after Vitellius, Vespasian, son of Nero, reigned for 9 years. And after Vespasian, Titus his son reigned for 3 years. and in the summer season, having traveled all day, and having bled from the nostrils, being scorched by the sun and fainting completely, while still breathing he was thrown into the tomb by Domitian his brother at the behest of the latter's wife, and so he died, adorned with every good deed and moderation, 29 leaving great mourning for those in Rome, so that in homes and in public all wept and lamented. And after Titus, Domitian his brother reigned for 15 years, and was slaughtered in the temple of Rome through a plot by his own wife. For having become the successor of his brother, he did not emulate the excellent rule of his father and brother, but the unholy practice of Tiberius and Nero. For having pursued every form of wickedness and madness for women and madness for men, and finally deifying himself and showing himself most hateful to all, he ended his abominable and profane life by a most shameful fate. In his reign Timothy the apostle and Onesimus were martyred, and John the theologian and evangelist was exiled to the island of Patmos, and Apollonius of Tyana was becoming known. And after Domitian, Nerva reigned for one year, who, having recalled John from the island, released him to live in Ephesus, at that time the only one of the 12 disciples remaining alive; who, having also written the gospel according to him, rested in peace. And Philip, one of the 7 deacons, is perfected in Hierapolis, and is buried with his daughters. And after Nerva, Trajan reigned for 9 years, and having developed dropsy, he died, who was so good, a hater of evil and a lover of justice, that once, having drawn a sword in the presence of the great men, he gave it to the prefect, and said, "Take this sword, 30 and if I rule well, use it for me, but if not, use it against me." And having no children

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ἑαυτοῦ κατὰ πόλιν ἐν τοῖς ναοῖς ἔστησεν. ὃν οἱ στρατιῶται ἐν βαλανείῳ λουόμενον διεχειρίσαντο, μὴ φέροντες ὁρᾶν τὰ ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ παναισχίστως πραττόμενα. ἐφ' οὗ Θευδᾶς ὁ ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι μνημονευόμενος τὸν Ἰορδάνην τεμεῖν ἐπαγγειλάμενος καὶ διαμαρτήσας ἀνῃρέθη, καὶ ὁ πύργος τοῦ Σιλωὰμ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ιηʹ ἄνδρας, καὶ Στέφανος ὁ πρωτομάρτυς ἐμαρτύρησεν, καὶ Παῦλος ἐπίστευσεν, καὶ Φίλων καὶ Ἰώσηπος οἱ ἐξ Ἑβραίων σοφοὶ ἐγνωρίζοντο. Μετὰ δὲ Γάϊον ἐβασίλευσε Κλαύδιος ἔτη ιγʹ, ἐφ' οὗ καὶ Μάρκος ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πρῶτος ἐκκλησίαν πηξάμενος πολλὰ μοναστήρια συνεστήσατο, ἅπερ σεμνεῖα τότε προσηγορεύθησαν, καὶ τὸ ἅγιον εὐαγγέλιον συνεγράψατο, καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐκκλησίαν πρῶτον συνεστήσατο. Μετὰ δὲ Κλαύδιον ἐβασίλευσε Νέρων ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ιδʹ, ἐφ' οὗ Σίμων ὁ μάγος διὰ γοητείας ἐν Ῥώμῃ πολλὰ σημεῖα καὶ φαντασίας ἐπιτελῶν καὶ ἑαυτὸν θεὸν ὀνομάζων. καί ποτε μεσούσης ἡμέρας προελθὼν εἰς τὸ θέατρον ἐπηγγείλατο δι' ἀέρος ἀναπτάσθαι. οὗ γενομένου προσευξάμενος ὁ Πέτρος καὶ ἀτενίσας εἶπε τῷ Σίμωνι "εἰ ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰμὶ ἐγώ, καὶ οὐχὶ πλάνος ὥσπερ σὺ Σίμων, προστάσσω ταῖς πονηραῖς δυνάμεσιν ἀφεῖναί σε τῆς κρατήσεως." καὶ ταῦτα εἰπόντος τοῦ ἀποστόλου 28 παραχρῆμα κατηνέχθη μετὰ ἤχου πολλοῦ καὶ συνετρίβη. ὁ δὲ Νέρων ἀκούσας ὅτι πεφόνευται Σίμων ὑπὸ Πέτρου καὶ ἀγανακτήσας ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν σταυρωθῆναι. ὁ δὲ παρακαλέσας τὸν ἔπαρχον ἵνα μὴ ὄρθιος σταυρωθῇ, κατὰ κέλευσιν ἐσταυρώθη καθὼς ἠξίωσεν ἐκ πολλῆς μετριοφροσύνης. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον καὶ Παῦλος τὸν διὰ ξίφους τοῦ μαρτυρίου στέφανον ἀνεδήσατο. ὁ δέ γε Νέρων κραταιουμένη αὐτῷ τῆς ἀρχῆς εἰς ἀνοσίας πράξεις καὶ μιαιφονίας καὶ θεομαχίας ἐξώκειλε, καὶ οὕτως ἐκ τῆς ἄγαν μανίας ἀποκτονηθεὶς εἰς προάστειον ἐξελθὼν ἑαυτὸν διεχειρίσατο. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Πιλάτος ποικίλαις περιπεσὼν συμφοραῖς ἑαυτὸν ἀνεῖλε. Μετὰ δὲ Νέρωνα ἐβασίλευσε Γάλβας μῆνας ζʹ, μετὰ δὲ Γάλβαν ἐβασίλευσε Λουκίβιος μῆνας γʹ, μετὰ δὲ Λουκίβιον ἐβασίλευσεν Οὐϊτέλλιος μῆνας βʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη μέσον τῆς Ῥώμης ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου. Μετὰ δὲ Οὐϊτέλλιον ἐβασίλευσεν Οὐεσπασιανὸς υἱὸς Νέρωνος ἔτη θʹ. Μετὰ δὲ Οὐεσπασιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Τῖτος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη γʹ. καὶ ὥρᾳ θερινῇ πανημέριον ὁδοιπορήσας, καὶ αἱμορραγήσας διὰ τῶν μυκτήρων ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου συμφλεχθεὶς καὶ πάνυ λιποθυμήσας, ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἐνεβλήθη εἰς τὸν τάφον παρὰ ∆ομετιανοῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ κατ' ἐπιτροπὴν τῆς γυναικὸς τούτου, καὶ οὕτως ἐτελεύτησε πάσῃ ἀγαθουργίᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ κεκοσμημένος, πένθος 29 πολὺ τοῖς ἐν Ῥώμῃ καταλείψας, ὡς κατ' οἴκους καὶ δημοσίᾳ πάντας κλαίειν καὶ ἀποδύρεσθαι. Μετὰ δὲ Τῖτον ἐβασίλευσε ∆ομετιανὸς ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ιεʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ ναῷ Ῥώμης κατ' ἐπιβουλὴν τῆς αὐτοῦ γυναικός. διάδοχος γὰρ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ γενόμενος οὐ τὴν πατρικήν τε καὶ ἀδελφικὴν ἐζήλωσεν ἀρίστην πολιτείαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν Τιβερίου καὶ Νέρωνος ἀνοσιουργίαν. πᾶν γὰρ εἶδος κακίας καὶ γυναικομανίας καὶ ἀνδρομανίας ἐπελθών, καὶ τελευταῖον ἑαυτὸν ἀποθεώσας καὶ ἔχθιστον ἑαυτὸν ἅπασιν ἀποφήνας αἰσχίστῳ μόρῳ τὸν μυσαρὸν καὶ βέβηλον καταστρέφει βίον. ἐφ' οὗ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀπόστολος καὶ Ὀνήσιμος ἐμαρτύρησαν, καὶ ὁ θεολόγος Ἰωάννης καὶ εὐαγγελιστὴς ἐν Πάτμῳ τῇ νήσῳ ἐξωρίσθη, καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεὺς ἐγνωρίζετο. Μετὰ δὲ ∆ομετιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Νερούας ἔτος ἕν, ὃς ἀνακαλεσάμενος Ἰωάννην ἐκ τῆς νήσου ἀπέλυσεν οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, μόνον τότε ἐκ τῶν ιβʹ μαθητῶν περιόντα τῷ βίῳ· ὃς καὶ συγγραψάμενος τὸ κατ' αὐτὸν εὐαγγέλιον ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἀνεπαύσατο. καὶ Φίλιππος ὁ ἐκ τῶν ζʹ διακόνων ἐν Ἱεραπόλει τελειοῦται, καὶ θάπτεται μετὰ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτοῦ. Μετὰ δὲ Νερούαν ἐβασίλευσε Τραϊανὸς ἔτη θʹ, καὶ ὑδεριάσας ἀπέθανεν, ὃς τοσοῦτον ὑπῆρχεν ἀγαθὸς μισοπόνηρός τε καὶ φιλοδίκαιος, ὥστε γυμνώσας ποτὲ ῥομφαίαν ἐνώπιον τῶν μεγιστάνων δεδωκέναι τῷ ἐπάρχῳ, καὶ εἰπεῖν "δέξαι τὸ ξίφος τοῦτο, 30 καὶ εἰ μὲν καλῶς ἄρχω, ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, εἰ δὲ μή, κατ' ἐμοῦ χρῆσαι αὐτῷ." μὴ ἔχων δὲ παῖδας