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king, being his son-in-law, to fight the Scythians who were plundering Thrace. But Gratian was killed by a plot of a certain Maximus through Andragathius, and was moved to the royal tombs by Theodosius. After Gratian, Theodosius the Great reigned for 17 years, who confirmed the episcopate of Constantinople for Gregory the Theologian, even when he did not want it, compelling him, as one who had toiled much and freed the city from the error of the heresies. And the divine Gregory, learning that a few of the Egyptians were envious of this speech, composed the Syntacterion and withdrew from the episcopal administration. In his place, both the emperor and the synod appointed Nectarius, at which time the second synod of the 150 holy fathers was held in Constantinople against Macedonius the Pneumatomachian, who had become bishop of Constantinople. And in the time of Theodosius, the precious head of the Forerunner was brought to Constantinople. In the meantime, Valentinian, in the western parts, using a noose, found the end of his life, for what reason we do not know to this day. And Theodosius on the one hand commanded Arcadius in the East to guard the empire delivered to him, and on the other hand, honoring Honorius with his rank, he quickly commanded him to come to the empire of the West. And when he came, he embraced and kissed him, and having handed over to him the scepters of the empire of the West, he himself passed on to the better life, having successfully administered the empire for 17 years. After Theodosius, Arcadius his son reigned for 22 years, who, having erected the column of Xerolophos, set up his own statue on it, and having founded a city in Thrace, named it Arcadiopolis, at which time, when Nectarius died, Arcadius by common vote summoned John Chrysostom from the city of the Antiochians and arranged for him to be ordained bishop of Constantinople. After Arcadius, Theodosius his son, also called the Calligrapher, reigned for 32 years, who built the church of the Theotokos in the Chalcoprateia, which was formerly a synagogue of the Jews. In his reign, the seven youths in Ephesus who had fallen asleep in the time of Decius arose after 302 years. Who, sending, brought in the relic of Chrysostom, and placed it in the sanctuary of the Holy Apostles, at which time the third synod of the 6 fathers was held in Ephesus against Nestorius. And after some time the emperor Theodosius went out to ride a horse, and when his horse fell, he was struck and entered on a litter, and calling his sister Pulcheria, he spoke to her about Marcian, who reigned after him: "For this," he said, "John the Theologian revealed to me while I was in Ephesus." And after 2 days he died. After Theodosius, Marcian reigned for ... years and 5 months, having been crowned by Patriarch Anatolius; for when Theodosius died, and this was not yet known to anyone, Pulcheria summoned him, who was an old soldier, distinguished in prudence and gravity of life, and said to him: "Since the emperor has died, and I have chosen you from the whole senate as a virtuous man, give me your word that you will keep my virginity inviolate, which I have dedicated to God, and I proclaim you emperor." And when he had agreed to these things with an oath, she summoned the patriarch and the senate, and proclaimed him emperor. In his reign the fourth synod of the 630 fathers was held in Chalcedon against Eutyches and Dioscorus. And the emperor Marcian, having been crowned ***his feet, and having fallen ill for five months, died. After Marcian, Leo the Great, called Macelles, reigned for 18 years, having been promoted by Aspar and Ardaburius on account of his virtue and orthodoxy, whom he himself later killed as Arians who neither held the right faith toward him and wished to manage affairs badly. And having written a letter to Anthemius, emperor of Rome, he also stated this, that I have killed Aspar and Ardaburius, so that no one may oppose

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βασιλέα, γαμβρὸν αὐτοῦ ὄντα, πρὸς τὸ πολεμεῖν τοῖς Σκύθαις τὴν Θρᾴκην ληϊζομένοις. ὁ δὲ Γρατιανὸς κατ' ἐπιβουλὴν Μαξίμου τινὸς δι' Ἀνδραγαθίου ἀνῃρέθη, καὶ ὑπὸ Θεοδοσίου εἰς τοὺς βασιλικοὺς τάφους μετετέθη. Μετὰ δὲ Γρατιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Θεοδόσιος ὁ μέγας ἔτη ιζʹ, ὃς τῷ θεολόγῳ Γρηγορίῳ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν ἐκύρωσε Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ μὴ θελήσαντι, βιασάμενος, ὡς πολλὰ καμόντι καὶ τῆς πλάνης τῶν αἱρέσεων τὴν πόλιν ἐλευθερώσαντι. ὀλίγους δὲ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων μαθὼν ὁ θεῖος Γρηγόριος τῶν λόγου τούτου φθονήσαντας, τὸν Συντακτήριον συνθεὶς τῆς ἐπισκοπικῆς διοικήσεως ὑπεχώρησεν. ἀντ' αὐτοῦ δὲ Νεκτάριον προχειρίζεται ὅ τε βασιλεὺς καὶ ἡ σύνοδος, ὅτε καὶ ἡ δευτέρα σύνοδος γέγονεν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει τῶν ρνʹ ἁγίων πατέρων κατὰ Μακεδονίου τοῦ πνευματομάχου, ἐπισκόπου γεγονότος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ἐπὶ δὲ Θεοδοσίου καὶ ἡ τιμίας κεφαλὴ τοῦ προδρόμου ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει διεκομίσθη. ἐν δὲ τῷ μεταξὺ Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ἐν τοῖς τῆς δύσεως μέρεσιν βρόχῳ χρησάμενος τὸ τέλος εὗρε τοῦ βίου, δι' ἣν αἰτίαν μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος οὐκ ἴσμεν. ὁ δέ γε Θεοδόσιος ἐν μὲν 40 τῇ ἀνατολῇ τὸν Ἀρκάδιον προσέταξε τὴν παραδοθεῖσαν αὐτῷ βασιλείαν φυλάττειν, Ὁνώριον δὲ τῇ αὐτοῦ τιμήσας ἀξίᾳ ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς δύσεως βασιλείαν ἐλθεῖν ταχέως προσέταξεν. ἐλθόντα δὲ αὐτὸν περιεπτύξατο καὶ ἐφίλησεν, καὶ τὰ τῆς βασιλείας σκῆπτρα τῆς δύσεως παραδεδωκὼς αὐτῷ αὐτὸς εἰς τὸν βελτίονα μετέστη βίον, ἐπὶ ιζʹ ἐνιαυτοὺς τὴν βασιλείαν εὐτυχῶς διοικήσας. Μετὰ δὲ Θεοδόσιον ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀρκάδιος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη κβʹ, ὃς τὸν κίονα τοῦ Ξηρολάφου στήσας ἐν αὐτῷ καθίδρυσε τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἀνδριάντα, καὶ πόλιν ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ κτίσας ἐπωνόμασεν Ἀρκαδιούπολιν, ὅτε καὶ Νεκταρίου τελευτήσαντος κοινῇ ψήφῳ Ἀρκάδιος ἐκ τῆς Ἀντιοχέων πόλεως Ἰωάννην τὸν Χρυσόστομονμεταστειλάμενος χειροτονηθῆναι παρεσκεύασεν ἐπίσκοπον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. Μετὰ δὲ Ἀρκάδιον ἐβασίλευσε Θεοδόσιος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ὁ καὶ Καλλιγράφος, ἔτη λβʹ, ὃς τὸν ἐν τοῖς Χαλκοπρατείοις ναὸν ἔκτισε τῆς θεοτόκου, πρότερον ὄντα συναγωγὴν Ἰουδαίων. ἐφ' οὗ καὶ οἱ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ἑπτὰ παῖδες οἱ κοιμηθέντες ἐπὶ ∆εκίου ἀνέστησαν μετὰ ἔτη τβʹ. ὃς πέμψας εἰσήγαγε τὸ λείψανον τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, καὶ ἀπέθετο ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων, ὅτε καὶ ἡ τρίτη γέγονε σύνοδος τῶν ςʹ πατέρων ἐν Ἐφέσῳ κατὰ Νεστορίου. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος μετά τινα χρόνον ἐξῆλθεν ἱππασόμενος, καὶ συμπεσόντος αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἵππου πληγεὶς εἰσῆλθεν ἐν φορείῳ, καὶ καλέσας τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτοῦ Πουλχερίαν εἶπεν αὐτῇ περὶ Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ μετ' αὐτὸν βασιλεύσαντος· "τοῦτο γάρ 41 μοι" φησίν "ἀπεκάλυψεν Ἰωάννης ὁ θεολόγος ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ὄντι." καὶ μετὰ βʹ ἡμέρας ἐτελεύτησεν. Μετὰ δὲ Θεοδόσιον ἐβασίλευσε Μαρκιανὸς ἔτη ʹ καὶ μῆνας εʹ, στεφθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀνατολίου πατριάρχου· τοῦ γὰρ Θεοδοσίου τελευτήσαντος, καὶ μήπω τινὶ τούτου γνωσθέντος, μεταστειλαμένη τοῦτον ἡ Πουλχερία στρατιώτην ὄντα γέροντα, ἐν σωφροσύνῃ καὶ σεμνότητι βίου διαπρέποντα, φησὶ πρὸς αὐτόν "ἐπειδὴ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐγὼ δέ σε ἐξελεξάμην ἐκ πάσης τῆς συγκλήτου ὡς ἐνάρετον, δός μοι λόγον ὅτι φυλάττεις μου τὴν παρθενίαν ἄσυλον, ἣν τῷ θεῷ ἀνεθέμην, καὶ ἀναγορεύω σε εἰς βασιλέα." τοῦ δὲ συνθεμένου ταῦτα μεθ' ὅρκου προσκαλεῖται τὸν πατριάρχην καὶ τὴν σύγκλητον, καὶ ἀναγορεύει αὐτὸν βασιλέα. ἐφ' οὗ καὶ ἡ τετάρτη γέγονε σύνοδος ἐν Χαλκηδόνι τῶν χλʹ πατέρων κατὰ Εὐτυχοῦς καὶ ∆ιοσκούρου. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Μαρκιανὸς στεφθεὶς ***τοὺς πόδας, καὶ ἀρρωστήσας ἐπὶ μῆνας πέντε ἐτελεύτησεν. Μετὰ δὲ Μαρκιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Λέων ὁ μέγας ὁ λεγόμενος Μάκελ ἔτη ιηʹ, διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀρθοδοξίαν προβληθεὶς παρὰ Ἄσπαρος καὶ Ἀρδαβουρίου, οὓς αὐτὸς ὕστερον ἀνεῖλεν ὡς Ἀρειανοὺς καὶ μήτε ὀρθὴν πίστιν ἔχοντας πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ κακῶς τὰ πράγματα διοικεῖν βουλομένους. γράψας δὲ ἐπιστολὴν πρὸς Ἀνθέμιον βασιλέα Ῥώμης καὶ τοῦτο ἔθετο, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐφόνευσα Ἄσπαρα καὶ Ἀρδαβούριον, ἵνα μηδεὶς ἐναντιῶταί