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and not knowing who were the ones who had translated them, in which times they were found, he wove them together in sequence with the four before them in the parallel arrangement, and named the one the fifth, inscribing the number of the fifth through the fifth letter and indicating the name; and likewise for the one after it, he inscribed the mark and indicated the name of the sixth interpretation. But he also did this skillfully, a fact which escapes some of the philologists. For some, upon encountering the Hexapla or Octapla—for the Greek versions are the Tetrapla, when the interpretations of Aquila and Symmachus and the Seventy-Two and Theodotion are arranged together; and when the two Hebrew columns are joined to these four, it is called the Hexapla; and if the fifth and the sixth interpretation are also joined in sequence to these, it is called the Octapla; I mean, with the six interpretations and the other two, the one written in Hebrew letters and words themselves, and the other in Greek letters but Hebrew words. Some, therefore, as I said, encountering these books and finding the two Hebrew versions placed first, and after these the version of Aquila placed first, after which is that of Symmachus, then that of the Seventy-Two, after which is arranged that of Theodotion, and in order the fifth and the sixth, think that Aquila and Symmachus translated before the Seventy-Two according to the order of their placement, which is not so. But Origen, having learned that the edition of the Seventy-Two was accurate, placed it in the middle, so that he might test the interpretations on either side. And this is the only useful thing Origen did. But so that we might not omit the succession of Roman emperors which we began to compose, let us again set down the successions of the other emperors, as each reigned. After Gallienus and Volusianus, the aforementioned, who reigned for two years and four months, Valerian and Gallienus reigned for 12 years. In the ninth year of their reign, Manes came up from Persia, at which time, having disputed with Archelaus, the bishop of Caschar in Mesopotamia, and having been defeated, he secretly fled and, coming to Diodoris, a village in the neighborhood of Caschar, and having disputed with Tryphon, the holy presbyter, he was completely put to shame by him. For when the holy Archelaus heard that he had reached Tryphon and was holding a discussion with him, and when he overtook him and joined the inquiry against Manes himself and utterly defeated him, he was put to shame. Because of which, Manes was about to be stoned to death by the people; but being rescued by Bishop Archelaus and having returned to Persia, when the king of the Persians heard of his presence and summoned him, he was ordered to be flayed with a reed, and thus he ended his life. After Valerian and Gallienus, Claudius reigned for one year and 9 months. Aurelian succeeded him and reigned for five years and six months. After him, Tacitus reigned for six months. After him, Probus reigned for six years and 4 months. After him, Carus reigned with his sons Carinus and Numerian for two years. After him, Diocletian with Maximian and Constantius for 20 years, having appointed Maximinus as partner in the empire, under whom the state persecution occurred, lasting from the 7th year of Diocletian until his 19th year, for a total of twelve years. When the persecution had ceased, Diocletian reigned for one more year and retired from his reign. But Maximian, having fallen upon an evil fate, both an eye disease and a bodily affliction, had his eyes gouged out by a spontaneous disease, in the same manner as he had treated the martyrs of Christ, and thus he ended his life, leaving Licinius and Constantius reigning. From Diocletian and to this point the years of Maximian and

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καὶ μὴ γνοὺς τίνες εἶεν οἱ ἑρμηνεύσαντες αὐτάς, καθ' οὓς εὑρέθησαν χρόνους ταῖς πρὸ αὐτῶν τέσσαρσιν ἀκολούθως τῇ παραθέσει συνυφήνας, τὴν μίαν πέμπτην ὠνόμασεν, ἐπιγράψας διὰ τοῦ πέμπτου στοιχείου τῆς πέμπτης τὸν ἀριθμὸν καὶ δηλώσας τὸ ὄνομα· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῇ μετ' αὐτὴν τὸ ἐπίσημον ἐπιγράψας τὸ τῆς ἕκτης ἑρμηνείας ὄνομα ἐδήλωσεν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τεχνικῶς τοῦτο εἰργάσατο, ὅπερ τῶν φιλολόγων τινὰς λανθάνει. Ἐντυγχάνοντες γάρ τινες τοῖς ἑξαπλοῖς ἢ ὀκταπλοῖς-τετραπλᾶ γάρ εἰσι τὰ ἑλληνικά, ὅταν αἱ τοῦ Ἀκύλα καὶ Συμμάχου καὶ τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο καὶ Θεοδοτίωνος ἑρμηνεῖαι συντεταγμέναι ὦσι· τῶν τεσσάρων δὲ τούτων σελίδων ταῖς δυσὶ ταῖς ἑβραϊκαῖς συναφθεισῶν ἑξαπλᾶ καλεῖται· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἡ πέμπτη καὶ ἡ ἕκτη ἑρμηνεία συναφθῶσιν ἀκολούθως τούτοις ὀκταπλᾶ καλεῖται· φημὶ δὴ ταῖς ἓξ ἑρμηνείαις καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις δυσὶ τῇ μὲν ἑβραϊκοῖς στοιχείοις καὶ ῥήμασιν αὐτοῖς γεγραμμένῃ, τῇ δὲ ἑλληνικοῖς μὲν στοιχείοις ῥήμασι δὲ ἑβραϊκοῖς. Τινὲς τοίνυν, ὡς ἔφην, ταύταις ταῖς βίβλοις ἐντυγχάνοντες καὶ εὑρίσκοντες τὰς δύο ἑβραϊκὰς πρώτας κειμένας, μετὰ ταύτας δὲ πρώτην τὴν τοῦ Ἀκύλα τεταγμένην, μεθ' ἣν καὶ τὴν τοῦ Συμμάχου, ἔπειτα τὴν τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, μεθ' ἃς ἡ τοῦ Θεοδοτίωνος συντέτακται καὶ ἑξῆς ἡ πέμπτη τε καὶ ἕκτη, δοκοῦσι πρώτους ἑρμηνεῦσαι τὸν Ἀκύλαν καὶ τὸν Σύμμαχον τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο κατὰ τὴν τάξιν τῆς θέσεως, ὅπερ οὐκ ἔστιν. Ἀλλ' Ὠριγένης πυθόμενος τὴν τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο ἔκδοσιν ἀκριβῆ εἶναι, μέσην ταύτην συνέθηκεν, ὅπως τὰς ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐντεῦθεν ἑρμηνείας διελέγχῃ. Τοῦτο δὲ μόνον Ὠριγένης χρησίμως ἐποίησεν. Ἵνα δὲ καὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλέων τὴν ἀκολουθίαν, ἣν ἠρξάμεθα ποιεῖν, μὴ παραλείψωμεν, αὖθις τὰς τῶν ἄλλων βασιλέων διαδοχάς, καθὼς ἕκαστος ἐβασίλευσεν, ὑποτάξωμεν. Μετὰ Γαλίηνον καὶ Οὐολουσιανὸν τοὺς προγεγραμμένους βασιλεύσαντας ἐπὶ ἔτεσι δύο καὶ μησὶ τέσσαρσιν ἐβασίλευσεν Οὐαλεριανὸς καὶ Γαλίηνος ἐπὶ ἔτεσι ιβʹ. Ἐν τῷ ἐνάτῳ ἔτει τῆς τούτων βασιλείας ἀνέβη Μάνης ἀπὸ τῆς Περσίδος, ὅτε καὶ πρὸς Ἀρχέλαον τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Κασχάρων τῆς Μεσοποταμίας συζητήσας καὶ τὸ ἧττον ἀπενεγκάμενος λεληθότως ἀπέδρα καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς ∆ιοδωρίδα κώμην τῆς Κασχάρων περιοικίδος καὶ συζητήσας Τρύφωνι τῷ ἁγίῳ πρεσβυτέρῳ, τελείως ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κατῃσχύνθη. Ἀκούσαντος γὰρ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀρχελάου ὡς ἐκεῖνος ἔφθασε πρὸς Τρύφωνα καὶ διάλεξιν πρὸς αὐτὸν ποιεῖται καὶ ἐπικαταλαβόντος καὶ συνάψαντος πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸν Μάνην τὴν ζήτησιν καὶ τέλεον αὐτὸν ἡττήσαντος κατῃσχύνθη. ∆ι' ὃ ἔμελλεν ὁ Μάνης λίθοις ὑπὸ τῶν λαῶν θανατοῦσθαι· λυτρωθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀρχελάου καὶ ἀνακάμψας εἰς τὴν Περσίδα, ἀκούσαντος τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Περσῶν τὴν αὐτοῦ παρουσίαν καὶ μεταστειλαμένου αὐτὸν ἐκελεύσθη καλάμῳ ἐκδαρῆναι καὶ οὕτω τὸ τέλος τοῦ βίου κατέστρεψε. Μετὰ Οὐαλεριανὸν δὲ καὶ Γαλίηνον βασιλεύει Κλαύδιος ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα καὶ μῆνας θʹ. Τοῦτον διαδέχεται Αὐρηλιανός, καὶ βασιλεύει ἔτη πέντε καὶ μῆνας ἕξ. Μετὰ τοῦτον ἐβασίλευσε Τάκιτος μῆνας ἕξ. Μετὰ τοῦτον ἐβασίλευσε Πρόβος ἔτη ἓξ καὶ μῆνας δʹ. Μετὰ τοῦτον ἐβασίλευσε Κᾶρος ἅμα τοῖς παισὶ Καρίνῳ καὶ Νουμεριανῷ ἔτη δύο. Μετὰ τοῦτον ∆ιοκλητιανὸς ἅμα Μαξιμιανῷ καὶ Κωνσταντίῳ ἔτη κʹ, Μαξιμῖνον κοινωνὸν τῆς βασιλείας ἀποδείξας, ἐφ' ὧν ὁ κρατικὸς διωγμὸς γεγένηται, διαρκέσας ἀπὸ ζʹ ἔτους ∆ιοκλητιανοῦ ἕως ιθʹ ἔτους αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ὅλοις δώδεκα ἔτεσι συνάψας. Παυσαμένου δὲ τοῦ διωγμοῦ βασιλεύει ∆ιοκλητιανὸς ἄλλον ἕνα ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ παύεται τῆς βασιλείας οὐαιτρανίσας. Μαξιμιανὸς δὲ κακῷ μόρῳ ὀφθαλμίᾳ τε καὶ πάθει σωματικῷ περιπεσὼν ἐξεβολβήθη τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτομάτῳ νόσῳ, καθ' ὃν τρόπον διέθετο τοὺς τοῦ Χριστοῦ μάρτυρας καὶ οὕτω τὸν βίον κατέστρεψε, καταλείψας Λικίνιον καὶ Κωνστάντιον βασιλεύοντας. Ἀπὸ δὲ ∆ιοκλητιανοῦ καὶ δεῦρο τὰ ἔτη Μαξιμιανοῦ καὶ