Philostorgius, Ecclesiastical History: Fragments from the Passion of Artemius

Historia ecclesiastica (fragmenta e passione Artemii)

From Theodora other sons were born to him, both the aforementioned Dalmatius and Hannibalianus and Constantius whom Constantine honored both as Caesa

only in matters concerning God was he zealous and beloved, even if he inclined towards the Arian heresy, having been driven to it by the impious and m

Gallus, having been sent at that time by Constantius to the East, was in charge of affairs whom the Persians, as soon as they learned of him, dreaded

being reminded of the passion. But Eusebius and those with him persuade the magistrianus who had been sent not to present the letter until he learned

might reach it, having made it subject to himself, he therefore hastened as much as possible to anticipate him. But while his army, scattered througho

to set up their precincts and altars with much diligence and eagerness. Artemii Passio 35 Artemius' Rede an Julian: Know, therefore, that the strength

He sent out the one they call the count of the East, having commanded him to harm and corrupt the affairs of the churches, and everywhere and by every

great to those who would see it for two large hyacinth stones formed the shape of its eyes in memory of the Amyclaean boy, Hyacinthus. And the beauty

young men, being brought up under him, and that they themselves were seized by the emperor and how they too were unwilling to sacrifice, although ever

to make everything public property. And he gave permission to the Hellenes to enter the churches of the Christians and to do whatever they wished. Whe

they cut them down and sent them to their death and immediately, even after so great a misery, they unwillingly fell upon the army of the Persians, a

they cut them down and sent them to their death; and immediately, even after so great a misery, they unwillingly fell upon the army of the Persians, and when an engagement took place, Julian himself, running here and there and giving orders, was pierced by a spear, as some say, of a soldier; as others, of a Saracen among the Persians; but as the true and our Christian account has it, because the Lord Christ set himself against him. For a bow was suddenly drawn from the air and an arrow shot at him as at a target, and rushing through his flank it wounded him clean through to the hypochondria. And groaning heavily and discordantly, he seemed to see our Lord Jesus Christ standing before him and mocking him. But he, filled with darkness and madness, taking his own blood in his hand and sprinkling it into the air, as he was at his last breath, cried out, saying: “You have conquered, O Christ; be satisfied, O Galilean.” And so, having met a terrible and most hateful death, he ended his life, having reviled his own gods greatly. 8.1a Artemii Passio 70 unmittelbar nach loidorhsa/menoj ob. S. 103, 22: When the transgressor had fallen in the no man's land of the camp, Jovian was proclaimed emperor by the army. and having made a peace treaty with the Persian, and having surrendered Nisibis to the Persians without its inhabitants, he departed from there. for the army was being destroyed by famine and plague. 8.6a Artemii Passio 70 unmittelbar nach diefqeiΏreto ob. S. 104, 27: But when he (na+ml. Jovian) came to the land of the Romans, he attached himself to the heresy of the Anomoeans, that is, the Eunomians. 8.8a ebd. Folge And when he reached the province of Galatia, there in Dadastana, in a certain place so called, he suddenly ended his life. And the people remained without an emperor for forty days, until they came to Nicaea and proclaimed Valentinian. And Valentinian proclaimed his own brother emperor on the fifth day before the Kalends of March, after thirty-two days of his own reign. Therefore, the bishops of the pure and orthodox faith, meeting with Valentinian, requested that a synod be held. and he answered them: “To me God has given to rule the affairs of the world, but to you, those of the churches. I, therefore, have nothing to do with this matter; wherever, therefore, it seems good to you, gather together and hold the synod.” He said these things, therefore, while still holding an orthodox opinion and not yet having been corrupted. But the bishops, having gathered in Lampsacus (which is a city of the Hellespont), recapitulated the orthodox doctrines of the faith; and having set forth the faith of Lucian the martyr, they anathematized the Anomoean doctrine; and having subscribed to the faith set forth previously by the holy fathers in Nicaea, they sent it to all the churches. Not long after, however, when the emperor Valens was won over to the Anomoean heresy, the bishops again began to be driven out and exiled, with Eudoxius, along with Aetius and Eunomius and the rest of the heretics who championed the Anomoean doctrine, leading the way.

κατακόψαντες τῷ θανάτῳ παρέπεμψαν· εὐθέως δὲ καὶ μετὰ τῆς τηλικαύτης ταλαιπωρίας προσπίπτουσιν ἄκοντες τῷ τῶν Περσῶν στρατεύματι καὶ συμβολῆς γενομένης, αὐτὸς ὁ Ἰουλιανὸς τῇδε κἀκεῖσε διατρέχων καὶ διαταττόμενος περιπίπτει δόρατι, ὡς μέν τινες φάσκουσι, στρατιώτου· ὡς δὲ ἄλλοι, Σαρακηνοῦ τῶν μετὰ Περσῶν· ὡς δ' ὁ Χριστιανῶν λόγος ὁ ἀληθὴς καὶ ἡμέτερος, τοῦ δεσπότου Χριστοῦ ἀντιταξαμένου αὐτῷ. τόξον γὰρ ἀθρόως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀέρος ἐνταθὲν καὶ βέλος ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὡς ἐπὶ σκοπὸν ἀφιὲν καὶ διὰ τῶν λαγόνων ὁρμῆσαν διαμπερὲς ἔτρωσεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ ὑποχόνδρια. Καὶ ἀνοιμώξας βαρύ τε καὶ δυσηχὲς ἔδοξε τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἑστάναι καὶ ἐπεγγελᾶν αὐτῷ. ὁ δὲ σκότους καὶ μανίας πλησθεὶς δεξάμενος τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ἴδιον αἷμα καὶ εἰς τὸν ἀέρα ῥάνας, πρὸς τῇ ἐκπνοῇ γενόμενος, ἀνέκραξε λέγων· «νενίκηκας, Χριστέ· χορτάσθητι, Γαλιλαῖε». καὶ οὕτως τὸν δεινὸν καὶ ἔχθιστον θάνατον καταλαβὼν κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον τοὺς αὐτοῦ θεοὺς πολλὰ λοιδορησάμενος. 8.1a Artemii Passio 70 unmittelbar nach loidorhsa/menoj ob. S. 103, 22: Τοῦ δὲ παραβάτου πεσόντος ἐν τῷ μεταιχμίῳ τοῦ στρατοπέδου, Ἰοβιανὸς ἀναγορεύεται βασιλεὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου. καὶ σπονδὰς πρὸς τὸν Πέρσην εἰρηνικὰς ποιησάμενος, τὴν Νίσιβιν παραδοὺς τοῖς Πέρσαις ἄνευ τῶν οἰκητόρων, ἐξῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν. ὁ γὰρ στρατὸς λιμῷ καὶ λοιμῷ διεφθείρετο. 8.6a Artemii Passio 70 unmittelbar nach diefqeiΏreto ob. S. 104, 27: Ἐλθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ (na+ml. τῷ Ἰοβιανῷ) ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων γῆς, τῇ τῶν Ἀνομοιητῶν αἱρέσει προσετέθη ἤγουν Εὐνομιανῶν. 8.8a ebd. Folge Φθάσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν Γαλατικὴν ἐπαρχίαν, αὐτόθι ἐν ∆αδαστάνοις, ἔν τινι χωρίῳ οὕτω καλουμένῳ, ἄφνω καταστρέφει τὸν βίον. Καὶ μένει ὁ λαὸς ἀβασίλευτος ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα, ἄχρις οὗ ἐλθόντες ἐν Νικαίᾳ Οὐαλεντινιανὸν ἀνηγόρευσαν. ὁ δὲ Οὐαλεντινιανὸς τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν ἀναγορεύει βασιλέα τῇ πρὸ πέντε καλανδῶν μαρτίων, μετὰ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο ἡμέρας τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας. Οὐαλεντινιανῷ τοίνυν ἐντυχόντες οἱ ἐπίσκοποι τῆς καθαρᾶς καὶ ὀρθῆς πίστεως ᾐτήσαντο γενέσθαι σύνοδον. καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι «ἐμοὶ μὲν ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς ἄρχειν τῶν τοῦ κόσμου πραγμάτων, ὑμῖν δὲ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν. ἐγὼ τοίνυν εἰς τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα οὐδὲν ἔχω· ὅπου οὖν δοκεῖ ὑμῖν συνελθόντες, τὴν σύνοδον ποιήσατε». ταῦτα οὖν εἴρηκεν ἔτι ὀρθὸν ἔχων τὸ φρόνημα καὶ μήπω διαφθαρέν. συναχθέντες δὲ οἱ ἐπίσκοποι ἐν Λαμψάκῳ (πόλις δέ ἐστι τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου) ἀνακεφαλαιοῦνται τὰ τῆς πίστεως ὀρθὰ δόγματα· καὶ παραθέντες τὴν πίστιν Λουκιανοῦ τοῦ μάρτυρος, ἀνεθεμάτισαν τὸ ἀνόμοιον· καὶ ὑπογράψαντες τῇ πίστει τῇ προεκτεθείσῃ ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων τῶν ἐν Νικαίᾳ, εἰς πάσας τὰς ἐκκλησίας διεπέμψαντο. οὐ μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ ὑπαχθέντος τοῦ βασιλέως Οὐάλεντος τῇ αἱρέσει τοῦ ἀνομοίου, ἤρξαντο πάλιν οἱ ἐπίσκοποι ἐλαύνεσθαι καὶ ἐξορίζεσθαι, Εὐδοξίου σὺν Ἀετίῳ καὶ Εὐνομίῳ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν αἱρετικῶν, τῶν τὸ ἀνόμοιον πρεσβευόντων, στρατηγούντων.