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was slain in the war. In his reign Babylas of Antioch and Flavianus of Rome and Alexander of Jerusalem and Dionysius of Alexandria were martyred, and Novatus apostatized from the church, and Celsaeus the heresiarch became known. And after Decius, Aemilianus reigned for 1 year, and was slain in the palace. And after Aemilianus, Gallianus reigned for 3 years, and was slain in war. In his reign Artemius and Synepon the heresiarchs became known, and Gregory the Wonderworker, the disciple of Origen, flourished. And after Gallianus, Claudius reigned for 2 years. And after Claudius, Quintilianus reigned for 7 days. And after Quintilianus, Aurelian reigned for 5 years, and 34 was slain by a chamberlain. In his reign also the holy Chariton confessed, and Manes, the abominable and thrice-accursed, arose, the demonic one fashioning himself as Christ and the Holy Spirit. And a certain Paul, a contemporary of this Manes, by birth a Samosatene, and president of great Antioch, blasphemed that the Lord was a mere man. Then a certain Apollinarius arose, president of Laodicea in Syria, who said that the Lord had assumed flesh animated by a living soul, but without a mind. After him a certain Theodore appeared, who had obtained the leadership of the city of Mopsuestia in Cilicia, who called the master Christ one of us common men, and that he received by progress and by grace the name of God, and that by his baptism in the Jordan river he was deemed worthy of the grace of the Holy Spirit, so that, forsooth, the Word of God, having dwelt in him because of his surpassing virtue, imparted to him divine dignity and worship afterwards, after his perfection. And after him Nestorius from Germanicia of Syria, having seized the throne of Constantinople, who, following his ancestors (for he was the son of the Cilician, and a descendant of the Samosatene), denied that our all-holy lady was the Theotokos, dogmatizing according to his paternal error that Christ was one person and the Word of God another. Then Eutyches, who denied that two natures were preserved in Christ after their union. Then a certain one called Severus, having seized the throne of Antioch. And others in succession. 35 And after Aurelian, Tacitus reigned for 6 months, and was slain by friends of Aurelian. And after Tacitus, Florianus reigned for 2 months, and was slain by Probus. And after Florianus, Probus reigned for 6 years, and was slain by Carus. And after Probus, Carus reigned for 1 year, and was slain by Carinus. And after Carus, his son Carinus reigned for 2 years, and was slain by Numerian. And after Carinus, his brother Numerian reigned for 1 year, and having been captured by the Persians, he was flayed while still alive. And after Numerian, Diocletian and his son-in-law Maximian reigned together for 22 years. By them a great persecution was stirred up against the Christians, when also Peter of Alexandria and Anthimus of Nicomedia and Procopius and Theodore the renowned were martyred and very many others, and Sabbatius who strengthened the heresy of the Quartodecimans became known. Whom the divine justice, having justly pursued, rightly cut off; and Diocletian, his tongue having rotted along with his throat, and having boiled up with a multitude of worms, wretchedly and violently broke off his life, while Maximian hanged himself. And after Diocletian and Maximian, at the same times reigned Constantius and Severus, Maximinus and 36 Maxentius. And Constantius with his son Constantine held Gaul and Britain, and Severus and Maxentius held Rome, and Maximinus the East, who, having committed many abominable and wicked things, displayed a harsh and inhuman persecution against the Christians, in which very many of the renowned were martyred. And he suffered things worthy of his impiety; for having fallen into a most terrible disease, so that his flesh melted like wax and his bones were roasted together and the character of his human form vanished and he rotted terribly, and such a stench

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ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ. ἐφ' οὗ καὶ Βαβύλας ὁ Ἀντιοχείας καὶ Φλαβιανὸς Ῥώμης καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ ∆ιονύσιος Ἀλεξανδρείαἐμαρτύρησαν, καὶ Ναυάτος τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀπέστη, καὶ Κελσαῖος ὁ αἱρεσιάρχης ἐγνωρίζετο. Μετὰ δὲ ∆έκιον ἐβασίλευσεν Αἰμιλιανὸς ἔτος αʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. Μετὰ δὲ Αἰμιλιανὸν ἐβασίλευσεν Γαλλιανὸς ἔτη γʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν πολέμῳ. ἐφ' οὗ Ἀρτέμιος καὶ Συνέπων οἱ αἱρεσιάρχαι ἐγνωρίζοντο, καὶ Γρηγόριος ὁ θαυματουργὸς ὁ καὶ μαθητὴς Ὠριγένους διέπρεπεν. Μετὰ δὲ Γαλλιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Κλαύδιος ἔτη βʹ. Μετὰ δὲ Κλαύδιον ἐβασίλευσεν Κυντιλιανὸς ἡμέρας ζʹ. Μετὰ δὲ Κυντιλιανὸν ἐβασίλευσεν Αὐρηλιανὸς ἔτη εʹ, καὶ 34 ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ κουβικουλαρίου. ἐφ' οὗ καὶ ὁ ἅγιος Χαρίτων ὡμολόγησε, καὶ Μάνης ὁ μιαρὸς καὶ τρισκατάρατος ἀνεφύη, Χριστὸν ἑαυτὸν καὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ὁ δαιμονιώδης μορφαζόμενος. Παῦλος δέ τις τῷ Μανέντι τούτῳ σύγχρονος γεγονώς, τὸ γένος μὲν Σαμοσατεύς, Ἀντιοχείας δὲ τῆς μεγάλης πρόεδρος, ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον εἶναι τὸν κύριον ἐδυσφήμησεν. εἶτα Ἀπολινάριός τις ἀνεφύη, πρόεδρος Λαοδικείας τῆς Συρίας, ὃς σάρκα μὲν ἐψυχωμένην ψυχῇ ζωτικῇ ἀνειληφέναι τὸν κύριον ἔλεγεν, ἄνουν δέ. μεθ' ὃν ἀναφαίνεταί τις Θεόδωρος, Μοψουεστίας πόλεως ἐν Κιλικίᾳ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν λαχών, ὃς ἕνα τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς κοινῶν ἀπεκάλει τὸν δεσπότην Χριστόν, καὶ ἐκ προκοπῆς λαβόντα καὶ κατὰ χάριν τὸ θεὸν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζεσθαι, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ ποταμῷ βαπτίσματος ἀξιωθέντα τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος χάριτος, ὡς δῆθεν τὸν θεὸν λόγον διὰ τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν ἀρετὴν αὐτῷ κατοικήσαντα μεταδοῦναι τῆς θεϊκῆς ἀξίας αὐτῷ καὶ προσκυνήσεως ἐς ὕστερον μετὰ τὴν τελείωσιν. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Νεστόριος ἀπὸ Γερμανικείας τῆς Συρίας τοῦ θρόνου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως δραξάμενος, ὃς τοῖς αὐτοῦ προγόνοις ἑπόμενος (υἱὸς γὰρ ἦν τοῦ Κίλικος, ἀπόγονος δὲ τοῦ Σαμοσατέως) ἀπηρνεῖτο θεοτόκον λέγειν τὴν ὑπεραγίαν ἡμῶν δέσποιναν, ὡς ἄλλον μὲν εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν ἄλλον δὲ τὸν θεὸν λόγον κατὰ τὴν πατρικὴν αὐτοῦ πλάνην δογματίζων. εἶτα Εὐτυχής, ὃς ἀπηρνεῖτο λέγειν σώζεσθαι ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ δύο φύσεις μετὰ τὴν τούτων ἕνωσιν. εἶτα Σεβῆρός τις λεγόμενος, ἁρπάσας τὸν θρόνον Ἀντιοχείας. καὶ ἑξῆς ἕτεροι. 35 Μετὰ δὲ Αὐρηλιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Τάκιτος μῆνας ʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ φίλων Αὐρηλιανοῦ. Μετὰ δὲ Τάκιτον ἐβασίλευσε Φλωριανὸς μῆνας βʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ Πρόβου. Μετὰ δὲ Φλωριανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Πρόβος ἔτη ʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ Κάρου. Μετὰ δὲ Πρόβον ἐβασίλευσε Κάρος ἔτος αʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ Καρίνου. Μετὰ δὲ Κάρον ἐβασίλευσε Καρῖνος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη βʹ, καὶ ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ Νουμεριανοῦ. Μετὰ δὲ Καρῖνον ἐβασίλευσε Νουμεριανὸς ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτος αʹ, καὶ συλληφθεὶς ὑπὸ Περσῶν ἐξεδάρη ἔτι ζῶν. Μετὰ δὲ Νουμεριανὸν ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ∆ιοκλητιανὸς καὶ Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη κβʹ. ὑφ' ὧν μέγας διωγμὸς κατὰ Χριστιανῶν ἐκινήθη, ὅτε καὶ Πέτρος Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ Ἄνθιμος Νικομηδείας καὶ Προκόπιος καὶ Θεόδωρος οἱ ἀοίδιμοι ἐμαρτύρησαν καὶ ἕτεροι πλεῖστοι, καὶ Σαβάτιος ὁ τὴν αἵρεσιν τῶν Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατιτῶν κρατύνας ἐγνωρίζετο. οὓς ἡ θεία δίκη ἐνδίκως μετελθοῦσα δικαίως ἐξέκοψεν· καὶ ὁ μὲν ∆ιοκλητιανὸς τῆς γλώττης αὐτοῦ σαπείσης μετὰ τοῦ φάρυγγος, καὶ πλῆθος σκωλήκων ἀναβράσας, κακῶς καὶ βιαίως ἀπέρρηξε τὴν ζωήν, ὁ δὲ Μαξιμιανὸς ἀπήγξατο. Μετὰ δὲ ∆ιοκλητιανὸν καὶ Μαξιμιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους Κωνστάντιος καὶ Σεβῆρος, Μαξιμῖνος καὶ 36 Μαξέντιος. καὶ ὁ μὲν Κωνστάντιος σὺν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Κωνσταντίνῳ τῆς Γαλλίας καὶ τῆς Βρεττανίας ἐκράτησαν, ὁ δὲ Σεβῆρος καὶ Μαξέντιος τῆς Ῥώμης, ὁ δὲ Μαξιμῖνος τῆς ἑῴας, ὃς πολλὰ μιαρὰ καὶ ἄτοπα διαπραξάμενος διωγμὸν ἀπηνῆ καὶ ἀπάνθρωπον κατὰ Χριστιανῶν ἐπεδείξατο, καθ' ὃν πλεῖστοι τῶν εὐδοκίμων ἐμαρτύρησαν. καὶ ἄξια τῆς δυσσεβείας αὐτοῦ πέπονθε· νόσῳ γὰρ δεινοτάτῃ περιπεσών, ὡς καὶ τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ δίκην κηροῦ τακῆναι καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ συμφρυγῆναι καὶ τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης αὐτοῦ μορφῆς ἀφανισθῆναι καὶ δεινῶς κατασαπῆναι, καὶ τοσαύτην δυσωδίαν