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whom Philippicus immediately captured and shamefully killed, and he sent his head out to the Scythians. He also killed Tiberius his son. And after Justinian, Philippicus, also called Bardanes, reigned for 2 years; whom George the patrician, whose surname was Boraphos, and Theodore the patrician, the Myxian, coming suddenly from Thrace with soldiers and rushing in, seize and immediately blind, and on the next day, after the people had gathered in the great church, they crowned Artemius the protasecretis. And after Philippicus, Artemius, also called Anasta 51 sius, reigned for 2 years, in whose reign Germanus was also transferred from the metropolis of Cyzicus to Constantinople as patriarch. But the fleet sent by him against the Hagarenes, having rebelled and renounced the emperor and killed their own commander, began to march against the queen of cities. And having come to Adramyttium, they found there Theodosius, a collector of public taxes, an impious and obscure man, and they proclaimed him emperor; who, having crossed over to the regions of Thrace, takes the city with a heavy host, and entered through the gate of Blachernae. But Artemius, having fled to Nicaea, and having received a promise of immunity, put on the monastic habit; whom Theodosius exiled to Thessalonica. But Leo, also called the Isaurian, and general of the eastern troops, championing Artemius, did not submit to Theodosius. And after Artemius, Theodosius of Adramyttium reigned for 2 years, in whose reign Leo the Isaurian, having been supported by Maslama, the leader of the Saracens, and acclaimed by all, takes Chrysopolis with a very large army. But Theodosius, having received a promise of immunity from him, yielded the empire to him, having become a cleric with his son. But the historians say the same man was also a goldsmith, and became bishop of Ephesus under him. And after Theodosius, Leo the Isaurian, also called Conon, reigned for 25 years, having inflicted many evils on the Christians on account of the 52 destruction of the holy icons. And he crowned his son Constantine. And having fallen into the disease of dysentery, the all-polluted and avenging spirit shamefully breathed out his soul. And after Leo, Constantine his son reigned for 34 years, from a most terrible lion a most dappled leopard, from the seed of a serpent a terrible asp and a flying serpent, the Antichrist from Dan. This man, having inherited the paternal empire along with its impiety, was more and more estranged from God and the Mother of God and all the saints. But this man also, shamefully breathing out his soul, dies in soul and body, crying out painfully and saying, "While living I have been delivered to fire on account of Mary the Theotokos. But from now on let her be honored and hymned as being the true Theotokos." And after Constantine, his son from the Khazar, Leo, reigned for 5 years. And he also crowned his son Constantine. So Leo, being obsessed with gems, coveted the crown of Maurice, and having taken it, he wore it and went forth. whence his head was terribly carbuncled, and being seized by a most violent fever, he died, having received the wages for his sacrilege. And after Leo, Constantine his son reigned for 17 years, in whose reign the dogma of piety began to be spoken freely and the word of God to spread. and he reigned with his mother Irene, who also offered again to the church the crown taken by her husband, 53 having embellished it with pearls. In their reign Tarasius, from the asecretis, is ordained patriarch. And there was also the seventh synod of the 350 holy fathers who gathered in Nicaea for the second time against the one formerly unlawfully assembled by Constantine for the insult and destruction of the holy icons. And having anathematized its leaders, and having renewed the honor of the venerable icons anciently handed down to the church, it decreed that these be venerated similarly to the cross. But Constantine, having gone out against the Arabs and having returned, having been seized in the palace by the magnates is blinded by the counsel of his mother Irene, who after this held the empire for 5 years. And after

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ὃν αὐτίκα Φιλιππικὸς χειρωσάμενος ἀνεῖλεν αἰσχρῶς, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ τοῖς Σκύθαις ἐξέπεμψεν. ἀναιρεῖ δὲ καὶ Τιβέριον τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. Μετὰ δὲ Ἰουστινιανὸν ἐβασίλευσε Φιλιππικὸς ὁ καὶ Βαρδάνης ἔτη βʹ· ὃν Γεώργιος πατρίκιος, ᾧ ἐπίκλην Βόραφος, καὶ Θεόδωρος πατρίκιος ὁ Μύξης μετὰ ταξεωτῶν αἴφνης ἐκ τῆς Θρᾴκης ἐλθόντες καὶ εἰσπηδήσαντες ἁρπάζουσι καὶ εὐθὺς τυφλοῦσι, καὶ τῇ ἐπαύριον συναχθέντος τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἔστεψαν Ἀρτέμιον πρωτασηκρήτην. Μετὰ δὲ Φιλιππικὸν ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀρτέμιος ὁ καὶ Ἀναστά 51 σιος ἔτη βʹ, ἐφ' οὗ καὶ Γερμανὸς ἐκ τῆς μητροπόλεως Κυζίκου μετετέθη εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολιν πατριάρχης. ὁ δὲ κατὰ τῶν Ἀγαρηνῶν παρ' αὐτοῦ σταλεὶς στόλος στασιάσας καὶ τὸν βασιλέα ἀνασκάψας καὶ τὸν οἰκεῖον ἄρχοντα ἀνελὼν ἀνήρχετο κατὰ τῆς βασιλίδος πόλεως. ἐλθόντες δὲ ἐν τῷ Ἀτραμύτῳ εὗρον ἐκεῖσε Θεοδόσιον ἐκλήπτορα τῶν δημοσίων φόρων, ἄνδρα δυσσεβῆ καὶ ἀπράγμονα, καὶ ἀνηγόρευσαν αὐτὸν βασιλέα· ὃς ἐπὶ τὰς Θρᾳκῷα περάσας μέρη ἐν ὄχλῳ βαρεῖ τὴν πόλιν καταλαμβάνει, καὶ διὰ τῆς τῶν Βλαχερνῶν πόρτης εἰσῄει. ὁ δὲ Ἀρτέμιος ἐν Νικαίᾳ φυγών, λόγον τε ἀπαθείας λαβών, τὸ μοναδικὸν περιεβάλετο σχῆμα· ὃν Θεοδόσιος ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ ἐξώρισεν. Λέων δὲ ὁ καὶ Ἴσαυρος καὶ τῶν ἀνατολικῶν στρατηγὸς ὑπερμαχῶν Ἀρτεμίῳ οὐχ ὑπετάγη Θεοδοσίῳ. Μετὰ δὲ Ἀρτέμιον ἐβασίλευσε Θεοδόσιος ὁ Ἀτραμυτηνὸς ἔτη βʹ, ἐφ' οὗ Λέων ὁ Ἴσαυρος ὑπὸ Μαλσάβα τοῦ τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ἀρχηγοῦ συγκρατηθεὶς καὶ παρὰ πάντων εὐφημηθεὶς μετὰ πλείστου στρατοῦ καταλαμβάνει τὴν Χρυσόπολιν. ὁ δὲ Θεοδόσιος λόγον ἀπαθείας παρ' αὐτοῦ λαβὼν παρεχώρησεν αὐτῷ τῆς βασιλείας, κληρικὸς σὺν υἱῷ γενόμενος. τὸν αὐτὸν δέ φασιν οἱ ἱστορικοὶ καὶ χρυσογράφον εἶναι, καὶ γεγονέναι ἐπίσκοπον Ἐφέσου ὑπ' αὐτοῦ. Μετὰ δὲ Θεοδόσιον ἐβασίλευσε Λέων ὁ Ἴσαυρος ὁ καὶ Κόνων ἔτη κεʹ, πολλὰ κακὰ τοῖς Χριστιανοῖς ἐνδειξάμενος διὰ τὴν 52 τῶν ἁγίων εἰκόνων καθαίρεσιν. ἔστεψε δὲ τὸν υἱὸν αὑτοῦ Κωνσταντῖνον. καὶ νόσῳ δυσεντερίας ὁ παμμίαρος καὶ ἀλάστωρ περιπεσὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αἰσχρῶς ἀπέρρηξεν. Μετὰ δὲ Λέοντα ἐβασίλευσε Κωνσταντῖνος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη λδʹ, ἐκ δεινοτάτου λέοντος ποικιλωτάτη πάρδαλις, ἐκ σπέρματος ὄφεως ἀσπὶς δεινὴ καὶ ὄφις πετόμενος, ὁ ἐκ ∆ὰν Ἀντίχριστος. οὗτος τὴν πατρῴαν βασιλείαν ἅμα καὶ δυσσέβειαν διαδεξάμενος πλεῖον καὶ μᾶλλον ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ τῆς θεομήτορος καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων διίστατο. ἀλλ' αἰσχρῶς καὶ οὗτος τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπορρήξας θνήσκει ψυχῇ καὶ σώματι, βοῶν ὀδυνηρῶς καὶ λέγων "ζῶν πυρὶ παρεδόθην διὰ τὴν θεοτόκον Μαρίαν. ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν τιμάσθω καὶ ἀνυμνείσθω ὡς θεοτόκος ἀληθὴς οὖσα." Μετὰ δὲ Κωνσταντῖνον ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ ἐκ τῆς Χαζάρας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Λέων ἔτη εʹ. ἔστεψε δὲ καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὑτοῦ Κωνσταντῖνον. ὁ οὖν Λέων λιθομανὴς ὑπάρχων ἠράσθη τοῦ στέμματος Μαυρικίου, καὶ λαβὼν ἐφόρεσεν αὐτὸ καὶ προῆλθεν. ὅθεν ἀπηνθρακώθη δεινῶς ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ σφοδροτάτῳ πυρετῷ συνεχόμενος ἐτελεύτησε, τῆς ἱεροσυλίας ἐπίχειρα κομισάμενος. Μετὰ δὲ Λέοντα ἐβασίλευσε Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ιζʹ, ἐφ' οὗ τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας δόγμα ἔλαβεν ἀρχὴν παρρησιάζεσθαι καὶ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ πλατύνεσθαι. μετὰ δὲ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Εἰρήνης ἐβασίλευσεν, ἥτις καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς 53 ἀρθὲν στέμμα πάλιν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ προσήνεγκεν ἐπικαλλωπίσασα διὰ μαργαριτῶν. ἐφ' ὧν χειροτονεῖται πατριάρχης Ταράσιος ὁ ἀπὸ ἀσηκρητῶν. γέγονε δὲ καὶ ἡ ἑβδόμη σύνοδος τῶν τνʹ ἁγίων πατέρων συνελθόντων ἐν Νικαίᾳ τὸ δεύτερον κατὰ τῆς πρώην ἀθέσμως συναθροισθείσης παρὰ Κωνσταντίνου ἐφ' ὕβρει καὶ καταστροφῇ τῶν ἁγίων εἰκόνων. ἀναθεματίσασα δὲ τοὺς ταύτης ἐξάρχους, τήν τε τῶν σεπτῶν εἰκόνων ἀρχαίαν παραδεδομένην τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τιμὴν ἀνανεώσασα, ὥρισε παραπλησίως ταῦτα τῷ σταυρῷ προσκυνεῖσθαι. ὁ δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος κατὰ Ἀράβων ἐξελθὼν καὶ ὑποστρέψας ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ κρατηθεὶς παρὰ τῶν μεγιστάνων τυφλοῦται βουλῇ τῆς αὐτοῦ μητρὸς Εἰρήνης, ἥτις μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκράτησε τῆς βασιλείας ἔτη εʹ. Μετὰ δὲ