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the exile and deposition of Arius happened after the thirtieth year of Constantine and after the dedication of Jerusalem; the great Alexander was still alive. 25th bishop of Antioch, Euphronius, for 8 years. 32. 34. 6. 17. 2. 7. 1. In this year Eustathius, a presbyter of Constantinople, having undertaken an apostolic life and having attained the height of virtue, was recognized as distinguished, and Zenobius the architect, who built the Martyrium in Jerusalem at the command of Constantine. In the same year many of the Assyrians in Persia in Mesopotamia were sold into slavery by Saracens, and the Persians declared war against the Romans; and Constantine the pious, having entered the city of Nicomedia to draw up his forces against the Persians, having fallen ill, fell asleep in peace, as some of Arian mind say, having then been deemed worthy of holy baptism by Eusebius of Nicomedia, who had been transferred to Constantinople; which is false, as has been shown; for he was baptized in Rome by Silvester, as we have previously shown. He lived a total of 65 years in his life, having reigned 31 years and 10 months. And having written a will, he left the empire to his three sons, Constantine, Constans and Constantius, having exercised his rule piously and gently, having been named by the providence of God the first Christian emperor, he prevailed over many barbarians from Britain to Persia and over tyrants of his own race, destroying his enemies with the sign of the life-giving cross. But his will he entrusted to a certain Arian presbyter who was wickedly introduced by Constantia, his sister, commanding him to give it to no one except Constantius, the emperor of the East; and he commanded Athanasius to return from exile. And Constantius, arriving from the East, deposited the body of his father in the Church of the Apostles. 34 The unholy Arian presbyter, having given the will to Constantius, received great freedom of speech in the palace and persuaded the empress herself to become an Arian, having as a collaborator Eusebius, the chief of the eunuchs, and Eusebius of Nicomedia and their like-minded Arians. Years of the world, 5829. Years of the divine incarnation, 329. Emperor of the Romans, Constantius, for 24 years. 1. King of the Persians, Sapor, for 70 years. 35. Bishop of Rome, Julius, for 15 years. 7. Bishop of Constantinople, Alexander, for 23 years. 18. Bishop of Jerusalem, Maximus, for 6 years. 3. Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, for 46 years. 8. Bishop of Antioch, Euphronius, for 8 years. 2. In this year, with Constantine the Great and holy having gone to his rest, his three sons took power over the Romans, Constantius of the East, Constans of the Gauls, and Constantine of Italy. And Constantius, having recalled Athanasius from exile, sent him away to Alexandria with letters of recommendation; whom the Alexandrians received with great joy, and especially the clergy. But Eusebius, the son of Pamphilus, in his first discourse against Marcellus and in the third, vehemently condemns those who dare to call the Son of God a creature; and Socrates, citing his works, defends Eusebius, striving to show that he was not of Arian mind. But the truth shows him to be wavering in his reasoning and carried one way and another according to the times. And immediately after Constantine the Great he died, leaving Acacius as his disciple and successor to the throne of Caesarea, an eloquent man indeed, who also wrote the *Miscellanies*, but was greatly in agreement with the Arians, clearly because of his like-mindedness with his teacher. In the same year Sapor, the king of the Persians, came into Mesopotamia to sack Nisibis, and besieged it for 63 days, 35 and being unable to take it, he withdrew. But James, the bishop of the Nisibenes, remaining in a character of piety, easily accomplished what he intended through prayers; who also, when the Persians hoped to destroy Nisibis, caused them to fail in their hope. For immediately they withdrew from the city, being driven away by the spirit of his prayer, and into the

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ἐξορίακαὶ ἡ Ἀρείου κατάλυσις μετὰ τὸ τριακοστὸν ἔτος Κωνσταντίνου γέγονε καὶ μετὰ τὰ ἐγκαίνια Ἱεροσολύμων· ὁ δὲ μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτι περιῆν. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος κεʹ Εὐφρόνιος ἔτη ηʹ. λβʹ. λδʹ. ϛʹ. ιζʹ. βʹ. ζʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Εὐστάθιος, πρεσβύτερος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, ἀποστολικὸν βίον ἐπανῃρημένος καὶ εἰς ἄκρον ἀρετῆς ἐληλακώς, διαπρέπων ἐγνωρίζετο, καὶ Ζηνόβιος ἀρχιτέκτων, ὁ τὸ Μαρτύριον ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις οἰκοδομήσας τῇ Κωνσταντίνου ἐπιταγῇ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει πολλοὶ τῶν ἐν Πέρσαις Ἀσσυρίων ἐν Μεσοποταμίᾳ ὑπὸ Σαρακηνῶν ἐπιπράσκοντο, Πέρσαι δὲ ἐδήλωσαν πόλεμον πρὸς Ῥωμαίους· καὶ ἐπιβὰς Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ εὐσεβὴς τῇ Νικομηδέων πόλει κατὰ Περσῶν παραταξάμενος, ἀσθενήσας ἐκοιμήθη ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ὥς τινές φασιν Ἀρειανόφρονες τότε καταξιωθεὶς τοῦ ἁγίου βαπτίσματος ὑπὸ Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Νικομηδείας μετατεθέντος ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει· ὅπερ ψευδές ἐστιν, ὡς ἀποδέδεικται· ἐν γὰρ Ῥώμῃ ὑπὸ Σιλβέστρου ἐβαπτίσθη, ὡς προαπεδείξαμεν. ἔζησε δὲ τὰ ὅλα τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ξεʹ, βασιλεύσας ἔτη λαʹ καὶ μῆνας ιʹ. γράψας δὲ διαθήκας τοῖς τρισὶν υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ τὴν βασιλείαν κατέλιπεν, Κωνσταντίνῳ, Κώνστᾳ καὶ Κωνσταντίῳ, εὐσεβῶς καὶ πρᾴως τῇ ἀρχῇ χρησάμενος, πρῶτος βασιλεὺς Χριστιανῶν θεοῦ προνοίᾳ χρηματίσας πολλῶν βαρβάρων ἐκράτησεν ἀπὸ Βρεττανίας ἕως Περσικῆς καὶ τῶν ὁμοφύλων τυράννων, τῷ σημείῳ τοῦ ζωοποιοῦ σταυροῦ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὀλέσκων. τὰς δὲ διαθήκας αὐτοῦ Ἀρειανῷ τινι πρεσβυτέρῳ ὑπὸ Κωνσταντίας, τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ, κακοφρόνως παρεισαχθέντι παρέθετο, ἐντειλάμενος μηδενὶ ταύτας παρασχεῖν πλὴν Κωνσταντίῳ, τῷ τῆς ἑῴας βασιλεῖ· ἐκέλευσε δὲ Ἀθανάσιον τῆς ἐξορίας ἐπανελθεῖν. Κωνστάντιος δὲ καταλαβὼν ἐκ τῆς ἑῴας τὸ τοῦ πατρὸς σῶμα ἐν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις κατέθετο. 34 ὁ δὲ ἀνόσιος Ἀρειανὸς πρεσβύτερος ἐπιδοὺς Κωνσταντίῳ τὰς διαθήκας πολλῆς ἔτυχε παρρησίας ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν βασιλίδα ἀρειανίζειν ἔπεισε συνεργὸν ἔχων Εὐσέβιον, τὸν τῶν εὐνούχων πρῶτον, καὶ Εὐσέβιον τὸν Νικομηδείας καὶ τοὺς ὁμόφρονας αὐτῶν Ἀρειανούς. Κόσμου ἔτη εωκθʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τκθʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνστάντιος ἔτη κδʹ. αʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. λεʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἰούλιος ἔτη ιεʹ. ζʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη κγʹ. ιηʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Μάξιμος ἔτη ϛʹ. γʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθανάσιος ἔτη μϛʹ. ηʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Εὐφρόνιος ἔτη ηʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ ἁγίου ἀναπαυσαμένου, οἱ τρεῖς υἱοὶ ἐκράτησαν τῶν Ῥωμαίων, τῆς μὲν ἑῴας Κωνστάντιος, τῶν δὲ Γαλλιῶν Κώνστας, καὶ Κωνσταντῖνος τῆς Ἰταλίας. Κωνστάντιος δὲ Ἀθανάσιον ἐκ τῆς ἐξορίας ἀνακαλεσάμενος μετὰ γραμμάτων συστατικῶν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἀπέλυσεν· ὃν μετὰ πολλῆς χαρᾶς ἀπεδέξαντο οἱ Ἀλεξανδρεῖς, καὶ μάλιστα ὁ κλῆρος. Εὐσέβιος δὲ ὁ τοῦ Παμφίλου ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ λόγῳ κατὰ Μαρκέλλου καὶ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ σφόδρα κατηγορεῖ τῶν τολμώντων κτίσμα λέγειν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ· οὗ καὶ τὰς χρήσεις φέρων ὁ Σωκράτης ὑπεραπολογεῖται Εὐσεβίου σπουδάζων δεῖξαι, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν Ἀρειανόφρων. ἡ δὲ ἀλήθεια δείκνυσιν αὐτὸν ἀστατοῦντα τὸν λογισμὸν καὶ ἄλλοτε ἄλλως κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς φερόμενον. εὐθὺς δὲ μετὰ τὸν μέγαν Κωνσταντῖνον ἀπέθανεν Ἀκάκιον μαθητὴν καὶ διάδοχον τοῦ θρόνου Καισαρείας ἐάσας, ἐλλόγιμον μὲν ἄνδρα, τὸν καὶ τὰ σύμμικτα συγγραψάμενον, τοῖς δὲ Ἀρειανοῖς λίαν συγκείμενον, δηλονότι τῇ πρὸς τὸν διδάσκαλον ὁμοφροσύνῃ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Σαβώρης, ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεύς, ἐπῆλθε τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ πορθήσων Νισίβιν, καὶ παρεκάθισεν αὐτὴν ἡμέρας ξγʹ, 35 καὶ μὴ κατισχύσας λαβεῖν αὐτὴν ἀνεχώρησεν. Ἰάκωβος δέ, Νισιβηνῶν ἐπίσκοπος, ἐν τῷ τῆς θεοσεβείας ἤθει διαμένων εὐχαῖς τὰ κατὰ γνώμην ῥᾳδίως ἐξήνυσεν· ὅστις καί, τῶν Περσῶν τὴν Νισίβιν ἐλπιζόντων καταστρέψασθαι, διημαρτηκέναι τῆς ἐλπίδος πεποίηκεν. αὐτίκα γὰρ τῆς μὲν πόλεως ὑπεχώρουν τῷ τῆς εὐχῆς πνεύματι διωκόμενοι, εἰς δὲ τὴν