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of the skull, Golgotha, and the life-giving wood. In the same year, he crowned Helena, his God-minded mother, and assigned her a residence as to an empress. She had seen a vision ordering her to go to Jerusalem and to bring to light the divine places that had been buried by lawless men. And she asked her son Constantine to fulfill the things commanded to her from God. And he obeyed. Moved by a divine sign, the pious Constantine, wishing to build a city in his own name in the plain before Ilium above the tomb of Ajax, where they say the Greeks who campaigned against Troy had their naval station, God in a dream ordered him to build in Byzantium the city now called Constantinople; which he also built ambitiously with distinguished houses, and he relocated noteworthy men from Rome, and choosing others from other places by family and granting them large houses, he caused them to inhabit the city. Then indeed the Christ-loving emperor built the church of Saint Irene and of the Apostles and of Saint Mocius and of the Archangel in 24 Anaplus, and he ordered the idol temples of the Hellenes to be torn down and churches to be built. Then the temple of Asclepius in Aegae and that of Aphrodite in Aphaca and many others were torn down. And he donated their revenues to the churches. Then many nations came to baptism through the miracles performed by the captive priests who had previously been captured during the reign of Gallienus from the Goths and Celts and western Galatians who had attacked the Romans. And now, under the victorious Constantine, very many of the nations were enlightened, running to Christ. The inner Indians believed in Christ, when Meropius, a philosopher of Tyre, took his disciples Aedesius and Frumentius and went in there to explore the places and taught them the word of God. Athanasius ordained Frumentius as the first bishop among them. Likewise, the Iberians also believed during his reign, seeing the miracles performed by the Christian captive woman and the darkness that fell upon their king while he was hunting. Rufinus relates these things, having heard them from Bacurius, the same king of the Iberians. Likewise, the Armenians also fully believed during his reign, receiving salvation through Tiridates their king and Gregory their bishop. Then also Dorotheus, bishop of Tyre, who had suffered many things under Diocletian and endured exiles and tortures, flourished, having left behind very many Roman and Greek writings, as he was most skilled in both languages and became very learned through his natural ability. He also related accurately about the bishops of Byzantium and of many other places. The same man, having returned from exile and been found at the synod, took possession of his own diocese and continued until Julian the Apostate. And since the abominable man incited trouble against the Christians not openly but secretly through the magistrates, the blessed Dorotheus again went to Odessopolis, where, having been arrested by Julian's magistrates and having endured many torments, at a very advanced age, he died under torture for his confession of Christ, being already 107 years old. 25 Year of the world 5817. Year of the divine incarnation 317. Emperor of the Romans, Constantine, for 32 years. 21. King of the Persians, Sapor, for 70 years. 23. Bishop of Rome, Sylvester, for 28 years. 25. Bishop of Constantinople, Alexander, for 23 years. 6. Bishop of Jerusalem, Macarius, for 20 years. 11. Bishop of Alexandria, Alexander, for 23 years. 19. Bishop of Antioch, Eustathius, for 18 years. 11. In this year, the Jews and the Persians, seeing Christianity flourishing throughout Persia, slandered to Sapor, king of the Persians, Symeon, the archbishop of Ctesiphon, and the one of Seleucia, as friends of the emperor of the Romans and informants of Persian affairs; so that a great persecution

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κρανίου Γολγοθὰ καὶ τὸ ζωοποιὸν ξύλον. τῷ δ' αὐτῷ, ἔτει Ἑλένην, τὴν θεόφρονα αὐτοῦ μητέρα, ἔστεψε καὶ μονήταν ὡς βασιλίδι ἀπένειμεν. αὕτη δὲ ὀπτασίαν ἑώρακε κελεύουσαν αὐτῇ καταλαβεῖν τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ ἀνόμων καταχωσθέντας θείους τόπους εἰς φῶς ἀγαγεῖν. ἡ δὲ τὸν παῖδα Κωνσταντῖνον ᾐτήσατο τὰ θεόθεν αὐτῇ κελευσθέντα πληρῶσαι. ὁ δὲ τὴν ὑπακοὴν πεποίηκεν. θείῳ δὲ νεύματι κινούμενος ὁ εὐσεβὴς Κωνσταντῖνος πόλιν εἰς ἴδιον ὄνομα κτίσαι βουληθεὶς ἐν τῷ πρὸ τοῦ Ἰλίου πεδίῳ ὑπὲρ τὸν Αἴαντος τάφον, οὗ δή φασι τὸν ναύσταθμον ἐσχηκέναι τοὺς ἐπὶ Τροίαν στρατεύσαντας Ἕλληνας, θεὸς κατ' ὄναρ αὐτῷ ἐκέλευσεν ἐν τῷ Βυζαντίῳ κτίσαι τὴν νῦν Κωνσταντινούπολιν· ἣν καὶ φιλοτίμως δειμάμενος οἴκοις περιφανέσιν, τοὺς ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἀξιολόγους μετῴκισεν, καὶ ἐξ ἄλλων τόπων κατὰ γένος ἐπιλεξάμενος καὶ οἴκους μεγάλους αὐτοῖς χαρισάμενος οἰκῆσαι τὴν πόλιν πεποίηκεν. τότε δὴ τὸν ναὸν τῆς ἁγίας Εἰρήνης καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Μωκίου καὶ τοῦ ἀρχαγγέλου ἐν 24 τῷ Ἀνάπλῳ ὁ φιλόχριστος βασιλεὺς ᾠκοδόμησεν, τοὺς δὲ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰδωλικοὺς ναοὺς καταλύεσθαι προσέταξε καὶ ἐκκλησίας οἰκοδομεῖσθαι. τότε κατεσκάφη ὁ ἐν Αἰγαῖς Ἀσκληπιοῦ ναὸς καὶ ὁ ἐν Ἀφάκοις τῆς Ἀφροδίτης καὶ πολλοὶ ἕτεροι. καὶ τὰς τούτων προσόδους ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ἐδωρήσατο. τότε πολλὰ ἔθνη τῷ βαπτίσματι προσῆλθον τοῖς θαύμασι τοῖς γινομένοις ὑπὸ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων τῶν ἐπὶ Γαλιήνου τοῦ βασιλέως αἰχμαλωτισθέντων ἱερέων πρότερον ἐκ τῶν ἐπιδραμόντων τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις Γότθων καὶ Κελτῶν καὶ Γαλατῶν τῶν ἑσπερίων. καὶ νῦν δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ νικητοῦ Κωνσταντίνου πλεῖστα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐφωτίσθησαν τῷ Χριστῷ προσδραμόντα. Ἰνδοὶ οἱ ἐνδότεροι ἐπίστευσαν τῷ Χριστῷ, Μερωπίου φιλοσόφου Τύρου Αἰδέσιον καὶ Φρουμέντιον τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λαβόντος καὶ εἰσελθόντος ἐκεῖ ἱστορῆσαι τοὺς τόπους καὶ διδάξαντος αὐτοὺς τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ. πρῶτον ἐπίσκοπον Φρουμέντιον χειροτονεῖ Ἀθανάσιος ἐν αὐτοῖς. ὁμοίως καὶ Ἴβηρες ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπίστευσαν τὰ ὑπὸ τῆς αἰχμαλώτου γυναικὸς Χριστιανῆς ὁρῶντες γινόμενα θαύματα καὶ τὴν ἐπιπεσοῦσαν ἀχλὺν τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν κυνηγοῦντι. ταῦτα Ῥουφῖνος ἱστορεῖ παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Ἰβήρων Βακκουρίου ἀκηκοώς. ὁμοίως καὶ Ἀρμένιοι τελείως ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπίστευσαν, διὰ Τηριδάτου βασιλέως αὐτῶν καὶ Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου αὐτῶν τὴν σωτηρίαν δεξάμενοι. τότε καὶ ∆ωρόθεος, ἐπίσκοπος Τύρου, ὁ ἐπὶ ∆ιοκλητιανοῦ πολλὰ κακοπαθήσας καὶ ἐξορίας καὶ βάσανα ὑπομείνας, ἤκμαζεν, πλεῖστα συγγράμματα καταλιπὼν Ῥωμαϊκὰ καὶ Ἑλληνικά, ὡς ἀμφοτέρων γλωσσῶν ἐμπειρότατος καὶ πολυΐστωρ δι' εὐφυΐαν γενόμενος. οὗτος ἀκριβῶς καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐπισκόπων τοῦ Βυζαντίου καὶ ἄλλων πολλῶν τόπων διεξῆλθεν. ὁ αὐτὸς ἐπανελθὼν ἐκ τῆς ἐξορίας καὶ ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ εὑρεθείς, καταλαβὼν τὴν ἰδίαν παροικίαν διήρκεσεν ἕως Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ παραβάτου. καὶ ἐπειδήπερ οὐ προφανῶς ἀλλὰ κρυπτῶς διὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων ὁ μιαρὸς ἀνὴρ εἰς τοὺς Χριστιανοὺς παροίνει, πάλιν ὁ μακάριος ∆ωρόθεος κατέλαβε τὴν Ὀδυσσόπολιν, ἔνθα καὶ συσχεθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχόντων Ὀυλιανοῦ καὶ πολλοὺς ὑπομείνας αἰκισμοὺς ἐν βαθυτάτῳ γήρᾳ διὰ τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν ὁμολογίαν ταῖς βασάνοις ἐναπέθανεν ρζʹ ἐτῶν ἤδη τυγχάνων. 25 Κόσμου ἔτη εωιζʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τιζʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη λβʹ. καʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. κγʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σίλβεστρος ἔτη κηʹ. κεʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. ϛʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Μακάριος ἔτη κʹ. ιαʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. ιθʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Εὐστάθιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ Πέρσαι τὸν χριστιανισμὸν ὁρῶντες ἀκμάζοντα κατὰ τὴν Περσίδα διαβάλλουσι Σαβώρῃ, βασιλεῖ Περσῶν, Συμεῶνα, τὸν ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Κτησιφῶντος, καὶ τὸν Σελευκείας, ὡς φίλους τοῦ βασιλέως Ῥωμαίων καὶ μηνυτὰς τῶν Περσικῶν πραγμάτων· ὥστε διωγμοῦ μεγάλου