De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae (lib. 1.842.-56)

 until he reaches the grade. But it is necessary to know that for the empress’s portion, four silentiarii of good repute and of attested respectable li

 and to send [someone] also to meet them, and to lead each one into his own lodging, and bedding and expenses are prepared beforehand for them. And the

 They are adored by the domestics and protectors, and the Persikē meets them, and all things are done according to custom. When he wishes to dismiss th

 to Nicomedia, if he wishes, he should cross over by dromons, and if he is vexed, it is in any case necessary to prepare both horses and animals, so th

 armed *candidati* and comely *pueri* following them. And the emperor comes out of the *cubiculum*, escorted by the *patricius*, and sits in the great

 of a silentiary to him, so that he may come forth, and a silence is made, and the chariot is held, and the labarum-bearers stand, and when he comes fo

 fellow-soldier, from whom, while still campaigning with you, I learned to endure. It was shouted by all: Good fortune! The army hails you as emperor

 pounds of silver, and when he receives it, he presents them with the document in return, and thus he enters, escorted by all, and the prefects 416 and

 a Roman and full of every imperial virtue, so as not to be subject to the love of money, nor to any other human passion, at least as far as is possibl

 where it is the custom in the Hippodrome for the senators to do obeisance, he put on a tunic of purple silk with gold stripes, a belt, leggings, and i

 palace. So Celer the magister arrived, and Justin of the divine inheritance, being at that time count of the excubitors. And immediately the magister

 The Emperor Caesar Augustus: that through our own philanthropy he might strengthen us to accomplish all things beneficial to you and to the state. F

 When Romanos the younger emperor died, son of Constantine the great and porphyrogennetos emperor of the Romans, the Macedonian, on the 15th of the mon

 they killed. They destroyed the houses of those who were arrayed against the ruler down to the foundations, having plundered all their possessions and

 *** CH. 97. On the promotion of a president of the whole senate.

 444 Plan of the imperial campaigns and a memorandum on the military camps. These are the military camps: the first camp at Malagina, the second at Dor

 for a set time to count the baggage animals, how many pack-animals there are, and to report this number. And having received the number of the pack-an

 the armies in one straight line. And in the middle were the tagmata, and of these the most honored in the central position, and on either side of the

 of these things a written account will be made, revealing Roman majesty. Wherefore, after investigating much concerning these things and finding no me

 Thus: the Strategos of the Anatolikon, 3 mules the Strategos of the Armeniakon, 3 mules the Strategos of the Thrakesion, 3 mules the Strategos of t

 curacies. And while the imperial service is being supplied, wherever he finds good wine and oil and legumes, so that he may put it in his vessels, and

 of noble refugees. Thick and winged felted double-thick cloths for the emperor's use for the low couches two saddles for the procession, saddles for

 two all-gold items, two all-gold standing-cups. It is to be known, that these must be used when foreigners are dining with the emperor. For this reaso

 the count and the chartoularios. And the count of the stable also provides for the transportations, for every ten pack-horses, a syntrophos of the Mal

 it is an imperial [regulation], that no one should receive as a gift, neither a mule, nor a pack-horse, bearing the imperial brand, so that the imperi

 Caesarea, or in another theme towards the place, in which he is about to encamp, it being suitable and when he comes nearest to the camp at a distanc

 has been said before, and the imperial table becomes a low stool. The imperial cooks prepare the appetizers in the evening. The eighty optimates lead

 It is to be known that, when the emperor is in Syria, the *magistroi* and the *patrikioi* and the official *protospatharioi* receive a *maioumas* the

 for one ox-skin, and two Apisian waterskins each, in order to cross easily the deep and difficult rivers and they are to have their tools without fai

 magistrianoi, fabricenses, the bureau of the prefects and of the prefect, silversmiths and all merchants, and every corporation, and simply from the C

 at the Philadelphion and the Taurus, at the Artopoulion and at the Forum. And upon arriving at the Forum they dismounted from their horses, and entere

 of their golden ones, placing on his head both a helmet with a golden crest, girding on also a short sword, and he himself mounted a likewise white ho

 to be observed on the second day of the first week, when the emperor delivers a speech at the silentium of the Magnaura. 11. What must be observed whe

 Greetings of ambassadors of various nations coming to the emperor. 48. The acts of the inscriptions made for the nations. 49. These are the things set

 They open the gate leading out from the Horologion into the Lausiakos. Then, with the maglabites and the weekly officials of the Hetaireia, they open

 for some pagans to see the emperor, if he does not wish to be crowned, he puts on his head the crown called the kaisarikion and the sagion woven entir

 to summon to the hall, and immediately the drungarius draws his sword, and the papias also comes out, shaking the keys in his hand, and immediately th

 receiving it, he prostrates himself on the ground, and kisses the feet of the emperor and his knees, likewise also of the junior emperor and after th

 The annual commemoration of Constantine the Great and the dedication of the erected precious crosses in the new palace of Bonus.

 the patriarch, arriving with the procession, stands inside the church of the Holy Apostles outside the railings of the sanctuary, and when the time co

 of the imperial clergy and of the protopapas of the Daphne [church] of Saint Stephen and of the diaetarii of Saint Stephen and of the palace, all carr

 of him, and having stood there, the officers of the kouboukleion stand on this side and that. And the spatharokoubikoularioi stand behind them. And th

 at a nod from the praepositus, all the people say, Many years! And after all have fallen silent, the emperor begins to deliver his speech. It is to

 being escorted by the aforementioned, and it is deposited in the palace of Daphne in the church of the holy protomartyr Stephen. And on the Monday of

 of the kouboukleion, and they themselves praying toward the single door leading further in, and outside the single door stand the praepositi, they als

 riding on horseback, go before the masters. The *maglabitai* and all the imperial men with *skaramangia* and swords, each goes before in his own rank.

 the lords into the narthex, and putting on the gold-bordered cloaks, they light candles at the royal gates. And immediately they enter and pass throug

 all the rulers of the church and presbyters and other priests. And the emperor comes out from the scaramangion, wearing also the gold-bordered sagion,

 holding a staff, and brings in the foreigner, who is clearly held by the katepano of the imperial men, or by the count of the stable, or by the protos

 from large purple skaramangia and from various imperial silver works, and there were hung in it 5 small chains and 5 silver polycandela from the New C

 specia and golden torques but those who did not have specia wore skaramangia and rose-colored sagia. The chartoularioi and notarioi of the sekreta wo

 and from there the sons of archons and the saponistai of the vestiarion and those of the trapeza, the sons of archons wearing their own skaramangia an

 of the Great Martyr Demetrios and from those stored in the treasury. And on the wooden racks from the Pentapyrgion bound to the walls were fastened to

 before the friends went out, through the [official] of the table they were given, in golden, jeweled bowls, to the two friends five hundred miliaresia

 a faction of three men each. And in the White faction and in the Red faction were hung the pointed veils of the Golden Triclinium, the gryponagroi an

 That on the 30th of the month of August, on a Sunday, upon the arrival of Delemikes the Emir of Edessa and apokrisiarios of Abochabdas, a reception wa

 of maidservants, she entered through the Justinianos and the Lausiakos and the Tripeton into the Kainourgion, and rested then, the emperor having sat

 of a peeping-curtain hanging in the middle of the canopy, in which place it is customary for the emperors to be seated on a throne, a reception being

 and they perform the *saximon*, as the regulation provides. But if any of them are seated in the reception hall, rising up they complete the *saximon*

 and to the patricians 144 miliaresia each, and one Saracen loros inner-garment each, or one of pure silk to the protospatharioi 120 miliaresia each a

 these things are arranged. And immediately the psalmist comes forth and says a prokeimenon: What god is great as our God? You are the God who does wo

 the taxeotai place the arms upon leather skins and goat-hair cloths so that they are not soiled, either by dust, or by mud. The demesmen of the two fa

 the small cradle, and both the Augusta and the child are covered with gold-embroidered coverlets. Then, through the trapeza of the Augusta, the praepo

 being seized by the sponsors are distributed. 622 But in the time of Basil, the emperor of blessed memory, the tonsuring of Leo, the Christ-loving mas

 a *paragaudion* to the gates of the bema, that is, to the holy doors, and then the *praepositus* comes out, and leads in from the Pantheon, or from th

 And the patrician Niketas and the patrician John and the patrician who was over Jesdes and the patrician Dometios and the magister Eustathios wore tog

 When the emperor had ordered the fulfillment of the four petitions to take place, he entered into the triconch, and changed as was customary, and bein

 being. And it is clear from the assurance of the emperor Heraclius, which he made to Sergius the patriarch, containing in these very words: The praep

 15 silver-embroidered short-sleeved tunics of true purple. 29 colored short-sleeved tunics with points. 18 colored short-sleeved tunics of true purple

 are of his sarcophagus. Another sarcophagus of Proconnesian stone, in which lies Irene, the wife of Constantine Caballinus. Another green Thessalian s

 on the east, in the left part of the same oratory stands a sarcophagus in relief, in which lies Anastasia the daughter of Basil the Christ-loving mast

 Total in all: 23 thousands and two. Through the theme of the Cibyrrhaeots. 15 dromons, having, each, 230 rowers and 70 warriors total 4 thousands and

 he should accept. It should be known that the archon Chrepou in the theme of Hellas undertook to make 2,000 arrows and 3,000 javelins. Likewise also t

 Atenulf, his brother, and Goimar and Goifer, his brother, and all the apostate Lombards from the theme of Lombardy, and that he hand over the forts to

 each with 150 men and 6 ousiaka chelandia each with 108 men. And there were sent with the protospatharios John and asekretis to Africa 3 chelandia and

 of Thrace, for both salaries and bonuses of the army, in place of the garments, 171 pounds and 29 of gold, 9 scaramangia. for the 4 tagmata of Macedon

 and for the great crossbows, iron parts according to type. pitch, 10,000 litrai. liquid pitch, 3 round Magarika. cedar oil, 50 Magarika. flax, 8,000 l

 muscles of bow-strings, 4,000. The things given from the sekreton of the vestiarium to the droungarios of the fleet in surplus for the expedition to C

 of Rome? The greeting to the emperor of the ambassadors coming from Bulgaria. How is the God-crowned emperor, the spiritual grandfather of the ruler f

 Mercy, gladness and glory from God to the high and great emperor of the Romans, a good life and health to you and a long life from the Lord, O peace-m

 in God himself, emperors of the Romans, to so-and-so the most holy pope of Rome and our spiritual father. to the king of Saxony to the king of Bavar

 offices, or not. But if from these one also wishes to be set up among the salaried imperials, he provides 4 pounds in addition to the price of the dig

 are made destitute and given over to the *apelatai*, from whom also *Tzekones* are assigned to the forts. But the properties of such soldiers remain i

 the hippodrome, and there he is venerated by the domestics and protectors as soon as he enters the gate, and being escorted in procession he comes out

 being made known and at the same time being done, we shall set them down line by line in the order of a list. And we do this, not as overturning the w

 These into six parts, namely, into generals, into domestics, into judges, into secretaries, into democrats, into private offices. 708 Volume I. Concer

 to the chamberlains, 3 pounds, to the cubiculum with the praepositi alone, 3 pounds of gold, and her sticharion to the praepositus. To the one in char

 of the Opsikion the strategos of the Boukellarioi the strategos of Cappadocia the strategos of Charsianon the strategos of Koloneia the strategos

 centarchs, bandon-bearers, laburisioi, standard-bearers, duciniatores, mandators. And under the Drungarius of the Fleet are subordinated 7 kinds of of

 2, to the primicerius 4. The fourth dignity is that of the ostiarii, whose insignia, a golden rod having a headpiece of precious stones, is bestowed b

 them from the bearded maioumas for the games. The papias is also to receive wood weekly, one pitch, and the secundus one pitch. And all these things a

 patrician and logothete of the herds the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Hikanatoi the proconsul patrician and domestic of the Noumeroi the

 protospatharios and over the petitions the protospatharios and orphanotrophos the protospatharioi and kleisourarchs the protospatharios and demarch

 chartoularios of the theme of the Anatolics the spatharios and chartoularios of the tagma of the Scholae the spatharios and actuarius the spathario

 should some of the aforesaid hold ranks granted by award, let each of them be preferred in grade according to the rank of one of equal status. 739 But

 as he goes up with them to the three-couched imperial banquet, and stations them around the venerable table so that those friends whom the emperor dee

 of the Excubitors, and to lead them in at the summons according to the previously shown manner. And in the couches 746 of each of the parts, one must

 the polytrikhon, and to prepare for a feast for friends, at the imperial table eight magistroi, anthypatoi, patrikioi, and strategoi, and two Bulgaria

 a pre-feast illumination and the presentation of the mangers, to lead them all out according to the rule prescribed for all. On the tenth day, for the

 of all the orphans, and to arrange him on the left, facing the position of the akoubita and to bring them both in on either side with the blessing of

 and to lead them out with their own vestments, except for their cloaks, according to the dignity of rank belonging to each. On the Sunday of Meatfare.

 the four domestics of the tagmata are brought in with the two demarchs and the chartoularios of the imperial sakelle, and with them also all the gerok

 they hold, and offering the divine liturgy to God after the partaking of the holy mysteries, they openly receive the chief men of the senate for a sol

 of ceremonial garments inside the palace, and a banquet is held in the Gold Triclinium according to the form of the first day. And we must prepare for

 chartoularioi of the sacristy of Hagia Sophia, 773 receiving the same blessing. And on New Sunday, the after-feast of Pascha, a procession in bright r

 according to the capacity of the table. On the 20th of the month of July, the commemoration of the prophet Elijah is celebrated by a processional lita

 of a banquet in the lower triclinium which is at the sea palaces, and the emperor presides with the patriarch with his own divetesion. And it is neces

 as we said, the order of the summoners. Therefore, having clearly set these forth for a reminder of the things accomplished among us, we bring a reque

 From this same amount, to the *protovestiarios*... according to the quantity of pounds, 1 pound, to the one of the *katastasis* κʹ and to the *ostiar

 of this tactical ordinance as from a canon, or, to be more truthful, as from the imperial decree, to act without dispute. We ought to have attached th

 of Helenopontus, the one of Euchaïta 29, of the province of the Cyclades Islands, the one of Carpathus 30, of the province of Rhodope, the one of Ae

 metropolis of Marcian, has under it cities, that is, 5 bishops, the one of Rhodostolos, the one of Tramariscae, the one of Novae, the one of Zekedespa

 of Saint Mokios αʹ, the church of Saint Pancharios αʹ. And in total through gold κθʹ, and through miliaresia εʹ, mil. βʹ. And in total the sum

 of Pharos εʹ, the subdeacons of Hagia Sophia 6 miliaresia, the deans of the patriarch 4 miliaresia, the dipotatai 3 miliaresia, those of the spoude 8

palace. So Celer the magister arrived, and Justin of the divine inheritance, being at that time count of the excubitors. And immediately the magister gave orders to the scholae, that both the candidati and the other scholarii should assemble. And Justin of the divine inheritance also gave orders to the soldiers and tribunes and vicarii to assemble and the leaders of the excubitors, and said to them, "Our master, as a man, has passed away; we must all therefore take counsel together, and choose the one pleasing to God and advantageous to the state." In the same manner the magister also spoke to the candidati and the leaders of the scholarii. At dawn, then, the officials came forth, some wearing cloaks, some also various other garments. And the people also gathered in 427 the hippodrome, and they acclaimed the senate, shouting: "Many years to the senate. Senate of the Romans, you conquer. A king from God for the army. A king from God for the world" and many such things. And when benches were placed in the portico before the great triclinium, all the officials and the archbishop sat down, and began to contend with one another about the proclamation of the emperor; for one was zealous for one candidate, another for another. As time was being spent, Celer the magister says to them, "While it is possible for us, we shall take counsel and act. For if we quickly name the one who ought to be emperor, all will follow us and remain quiet. Otherwise, in a little while we will not be masters of the decision, but we will have to follow others." But when even after this the contention persisted, the excubitors up in the hippodrome proclaim as emperor a certain John, a tribune, connected to Justin of the divine inheritance, who after this became bishop of Heraclea, and they raised him up on the shield. But the Blues were displeased, and threw stones, and some were even shot with arrows by the excubitors. Then again the scholarii, rushing forward, seized a patrician, who was a strategelates, and led him into the middle of the accubitum, and stood him up, intending to crown him 428; but the excubitors were displeased, and coming up they dragged him down, and were about to kill him, but the most pious master Justinian was found, being at that time a candidatus, and rescued him, and arranged for him to be sent to the excubiton and be guarded. And all the excubitors were trying to force the pious Justinian himself to become emperor. But he refused. And for each of those named they knocked on the ivory doors, seeking from the cubicularii the imperial regalia; but they, hearing the names of those being put forward, did not hand them over. Finally, therefore, all the senators choose Justin of the divine inheritance, and in a way forced him to come for the regalia. But some of the scholarii, being displeased, attacked him, so that one even gave him a punch and split his lip. Nevertheless the opinion of all prevailed, both of the senators and of the soldiers and of the people, and he was brought up to the hippodrome, and both the Blues and the Greens consented to him, and the cubicularii immediately sent the regalia. So he entered the Kathisma, with the Archbish 429 op John accompanying him and the rest of the officials who were accustomed to enter the Kathisma, and the other officials stood below, and on the shield he put on the torque placed on him by Godilas the campiductor of the lanciarii, and immediately the standards lying down on the ground were raised, as was customary at such proclamations. But he did not enter the triclinium and change, but the soldiers formed a tortoise-formation, and there he was robed, and the bishop placed the crown on him, and he held a lance and shield, and ascended, and they all shouted: "Justin Augustus, you conquer." And he addressed the people, after the libellarius was given to him, in which he also promised them five nomismata and a pound of silver per shield. But the libellarius was read by a libellensis, since neither a quaestor was found and the magister Celer, on account of the disturbance that had occurred, because of his feet could not be found, but for the moment was left behind. The address is as follows. Imperator Caesar Justinus, victor, ever augustus: "Having proceeded to the emperorship by the judgment of almighty God, and by your common election, we call upon heavenly providence." It was shouted by all: "Abundance to the world; as you have lived, so 430 reign; abundance to the state; heavenly king, save the earthly one. Justin Augustus, you conquer; many years to the new Constantine. We are the servants of the emperor."

παλάτιον. παρεγένετο οὖν Κέλερ μάγιστρος, καὶ Ἰουστίνος ὁ τῆς θείας λήξεως, κόμης ὢν ἐξκουβιτόρων τηνικαῦτα. καὶ παραχρῆμα ὁ μάγιστρος ἐδήλωσεν εἰς τὰς σχολὰς, ἵνα καὶ οἱ κανδιδάτοι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι σχολάριοι ἀπαντήσωσιν. ἐδήλωσεν δὲ καὶ ὁ τῆς θείας λήξεως Ἰουστῖνος τοῖς στρατιώταις καὶ τριβούνοις καὶ βικαρίοις ἀπαντῆσαι καὶ τοὺς πρώτους τῶν ἐξκουβιτόρων, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι "ὁ δεσπότης ἡμῶν, ὡς ἄνθρωπος, ἐτελεύτησεν· δεῖ οὖν ἡμᾶς πάντας κοινῇ βουλεύσασθαι, καὶ τὸν τῷ Θεῷ ἀρέσκοντα καὶ τῇ πολιτείᾳ συμφέροντα ἐπιλέξασθαι." τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον διελέχθη καὶ ὁ μάγιστρος τοῖς κανδιδάτοις καὶ τοῖς πρώτοις τῶν σχολαρίων. ὄρθρου οὖν προῆλθον οἱ ἄρχοντες, τινὲς μὲν μύϊνα φοροῦντες, τινὲς δὲ καὶ διάφορα. συνήχθη δὲ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐν 427 τῇ ἱπποδρομίᾳ, καὶ εὐφήμουν τὴν σύγκλητον κράζοντες· "πολλὰ τὰ ἔτη τῆς συγκλήτου. σύγκλητε Ῥωμαίων, σὺ νικᾷς. τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ βασιλέα τῷ ἐξερκίτῳ. τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ βασιλέα τῇ οἰκουμένῃ" καὶ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα. καὶ τεθέντων σκαμνίων ἐν τῷ πορτίκῳ τῷ πρὸ τοῦ μεγάλου τρικλίνου, ἐκάθισαν πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες καὶ ὁ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος, καὶ ἤρξαντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους φιλονεικεῖν περὶ τῆς προβολῆς τοῦ βασιλέως· ἄλλος γὰρ ἄλλῳ ἐσπούδαζεν· ὡς δὲ χρόνος διετρίβετο, λέγει αὐτοῖς Κέλερ ὁ μάγιστρος, ὅτι "ἐν ὅσῳ ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν, βουλευσόμεθα καὶ πράξομεν. ἐὰν γὰρ ταχέως ὀνομάσωμεν τὸν ὀφείλοντα γενέσθαι, πάντες ἡμῖν ἀκολουθήσωσιν καὶ ἡσυχάζουσιν. ἐπεὶ μετ' ὀλίγον οὐ γινόμεθα κύριοι τῆς βουλῆς, ἀλλ' ἡμεῖς ἑτέροις ἔχομεν ἀκολουθεῖν." ὡς δὲ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡ φιλονεικία ἐπέμενεν, οἱ ἐξκουβίτορες ἄνω ἐν τῷ ἱππικῷ ἀναγορεύουσιν βασιλέα Ἰωάννην τινὰ τριβοῦνον, οἰκειούμενον τῷ τῆς θείας λήξεως Ἰουστίνῳ, ὃς μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπίσκοπος Ἡρακλείας ἐγένετο, καὶ ἀνήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σκουτάριον. ἀπηρέσθησαν δὲ οἱ Βένετοι, καὶ ἐλίθασαν, καί τινες καὶ ἐτοξεύθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐξκουβιτόρων. πάλιν δὲ σχολάριοι ὁρμήσαντες κατέσχον πατρίκιον, ὄντα στρατηλάτην, καὶ ἀνήγαγον εἰς τὸν μέσον ἀκκούβιτον, καὶ ἔστησαν, ὀφείλοντες αὐτὸν 428 στέψαι· ἀπηρέσθησαν δὲ οἱ ἐξκουβίτορες, καὶ ἐπελθόντες κατέσπασαν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔμελλον μὲν καὶ ἀναιρεῖν, εὑρεθεὶς δὲ ὁ εὐσεβέστατος δεσπότης Ἰουστινιανὸς, τηνικαῦτα κανδιδάτος ὢν, ἐῤῥύσατο αὐτὸν, καὶ παρεσκεύασεν αὐτὸν πεμφθῆναι εἰς τὸ ἐξκούβιτον καὶ φυλαχθῆναι. ἠνάγκαζον δὲ πάντες οἱ ἐξκουβίτορες αὐτὸν Ἰουστινιανὸν τὸν εὐσεβῆ γενέσθαι βασιλέα. ὁ δὲ παρῃτήσατο· καθ' ἕκαστον δὲ τῶν ὀνομαζομένων ἔκρουον εἰς τὰς θύρας τὰς ἐλεφαντίνους, ζητοῦντες παρὰ τῶν κουβικουλαρίων τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ βασιλέως· οἱ δὲ ἀκούοντες τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν προβαλλομένων οὐκ ἐπέδοσαν. τελευταῖον οὖν οἱ συγκλητικοὶ πάντες αἱροῦνται τὸν τῆς θείας λήξεως Ἰουστῖνον, καὶ τρόπον τινὰ ἠνάγκασαν αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ σχῆμα. σχολάριοι δέ τινες ἀπαρεσθέντες ἐπῆλθον αὐτῷ, ὥστε καὶ ἕνα δοῦναι αὐτῷ γρόνθον καὶ σχίσαι τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ. πλὴν ἐκράτησεν ἡ γνώμη πάντων, καὶ συγκλητικῶν καὶ στρατιωτῶν καὶ δημοτῶν, καὶ ἀνηνέχθη εἰς τὸ ἱππικὸν, καὶ συνῄνεσαν ἐπ' αὐτῷ καὶ Βένετοι καὶ Πράσινοι, καὶ οἱ κουβικουλάριοι εὐθέως τὸ σχῆμα ἔπεμψαν. εἰσῆλθεν οὖν εἰς τὸ κάθισμα, συνόντος αὐτῷ τοῦ ἀρχιεπισκό 429 που Ἰωάννου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν εἰωθότων εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς τὸ κάθισμα, καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ἄρχοντες κάτω ἵσταντο, καὶ ἐν τῷ σκουταρίῳ ἐφόρεσεν τὸν μανιάκιν ἐπιτεθέντα αὐτῷ παρὰ Γωδίλα τοῦ καμπιδούκτορος τῶν λαγκιαρίων, καὶ ὀρθώθη παραχρῆμα τὰ σίγνα κείμενα ἐπ' ἐδάφους κάτω, ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἀναγορεύσεων εἰθισμένον. οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν δὲ εἰς τὸν τρίκλινον, καὶ ἤλλαξεν, ἀλλὰ ἐποίησαν χελώνην οἱ στρατιῶται, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐνεδύσατο, καὶ τὸν στέφανον ἐπέθηκεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ ἐκράτησε λαγκίδιν καὶ σκουτάριν, καὶ ἀνῆλθεν, καὶ ἔκραξαν πάντες· "Ἰουστῖνε αὔγουστε, σὺ νικᾷς." καὶ προσεφώνησεν τῷ δήμῳ, ἐπιδοθέντος αὐτῷ τοῦ λιβελλαρίου, ἔνθα καὶ ὑπέσχετο αὐτοῖς κατασκουτάριν πέντε νομίσματα καὶ λίτραν ἀργύρου. τὸ δὲ λιβελλάριον ἀνεγνώσθη παρὰ λιβελλησίων, ἐπειδὴ οὔτε κυαίστωρ εὑρέθη καὶ ὁ μάγιστρος Κέλερ διὰ τὴν γενομένην ταραχὴν διὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἠδυνήθη εὑρεθῆναι, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν ὥραν ἀπελείφθη. ἔχει δὲ ἡ προσφώνησις οὕτως. αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἰουστῖνος νικητὴς ἀεὶ σεβαστός· "τῇ τοῦ παντοδυνάμου Θεοῦ κρίσει, τῇ τε ὑμετέρᾳ κοινῇ ἐκλογῇ πρὸς τὴν βασιλείαν χωρήσαντες, τὴν οὐράνιον πρόνοιαν ἐπικαλούμεθα." παρὰ πάντων ἐβοήθη· "ἄφθονα τῇ οἰκουμένῃ· ὡς ἔζησας, οὕτω βα 430 σίλευσον· ἄφθονα τῇ πολιτείᾳ· βασιλεῦ οὐράνιε, σῶσον τὸν ἐπίγειον. Ἰουστῖνε αὔγουστε, σὺ νικᾷς· τοῦ νέου Κωνσταντίνου πολλὰ τὰ ἔτη. ἡμεῖς δοῦλοι τοῦ βασιλέως."