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they threatened from the foundations. But when the Nisibenes held out against the surrender, he then finally decided to inundate it with the river beside it. But the men, having God on their side, were conquering the enemies with prayers. For when the waters were about to level the position of the walls for collapse, a certain part of the wall was affected, and this by God's permission, as will be shown in what follows. For immediately it came to pass that the city was protected, and the enemies were swimming in the waters, and many were destroyed by the water. But even after suffering this, they threatened to enter through the fallen wall, having arrayed armed elephants and having prepared the multitude to apply themselves more forcefully to the war with all sorts of engines. But the soldiers guarding the city from there gained the victory by the providence of God, and they filled the place with all sorts of weapons, and with onagers they killed most of the elephants; others fell into the mires of the trenches; and others, being struck, were turned back, and more than ten thousand of their hoplites died. 40 And upon the rest a thunderbolt fell from heaven, and gloomy clouds and violent rains and the sounds of thunder terrified everyone, so that most of them perished from fear. And from all sides the new Pharaoh Sapor, being hard-pressed, was overcome by the waves of fear; who, looking intently with his eyes towards the fallen part of the wall, sees an angel standing on the top, splendidly attired and holding the emperor Constantius by the hand; who, immediately being troubled, threatened the magi with death. But when they learned the cause, they decided to interpret the power of the one who had appeared to the king, as being greater than themselves. [by which] Thereupon, recognizing the cause of the danger and becoming afraid, he ordered the engines to be burned, and that all the preparations he had made for the war be dismantled. But he himself with his own men fled to his native country, having first been ravaged by a pestilential disease. 14. 48. 5. 5. 10. 21. 7. In this year Constantius Augustus, ruling alone, having proclaimed Gallus, his own cousin, as Caesar, a partner in his own rule, renaming him Constantius, sent him to the East towards Antioch, as the Persians were still pressing on. 15. 49. 6. 6. 11. 22. 8. In this year the Jews in Palestine rebelled; and they killed many of the other nations, both Greeks and Samaritans; and they themselves were completely destroyed by the army of the Romans, and their city Diocaesarea was obliterated. In the same year Constantius, being angered at Liberius for writing to him on behalf of the homoousion and the holy Athanasius, sent and exiled him to Beroea in Thrace, this having been contrived by Eusebius, the chief of the eunuchs, who was of Arian sentiment; And they ordained Felix in his place, who was a deacon of the same church, accepting the synod in Nicaea, but irrationally communing with Arians. The people in Rome did not endure to commune with him, but held church services privately by themselves. and by order of Con41 stantius a synod was assembled in Milan, of 300 western bishops, and very few eastern ones. But it was dissolved without result, as the westerners would not again accept the plots against the holy Athanasius. And when the Romans petitioned the emperor, he was compelled to recall Liberius and restore him to his throne; but Felix, having left Rome, did not return again. Of Rome bishop 35 Felix year 1. 16. 50. 1. 7. 12. 23. 9. Of Rome bishop 36 Damasus years 28. 17. 51. 1. 8. 13. 24. 10. 18. 52. 2. 9. 14. 25. 11. In this year Gallus, also called Constantius, being Caesar and excelling in wars, not bearing his good fortune, plots tyranny, and kills Domitianus, prefect of the East, and Magnus the quaestor, who had informed Constantius of the plot. Constantius, having summoned him, ordered him to be executed on the island near Thalmona, but he kept Julian, his brother, under guard. But Eusebia, the wife of Constantius, him

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βάθρων ἠπείλουν. τῶν δὲ Νισιβηνῶν ἀντεχόντων πρὸς τὴν παράδοσιν, τότε λοιπὸν ἐξυδατῶσαι ταύτην τῷ πρὸς αὐτῇ ποταμῷ διεγνώκει. οἱ δὲ ἄνδρες ταῖς εὐχαῖς ἐνίκων τοὺς πολεμίους εὐμενῆ τὸν θεὸν ἔχοντες. τῶν γὰρ ὑδάτων μελλόντων τὴν θέσιν τῶν τειχῶν ἐξομαλίζειν πρὸς τὴν πτῶσιν, μέρος μέν τι τοῦ τείχους ἐπεπόνθει, καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ θεοῦ συγχώρησιν, ὡς ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς δηλωθήσεται. εὐθέως γὰρ γίνεται τήν τε πόλιν φυλαχθῆναι, καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους τοῖς ὕδασι νήχεσθαι καὶ πολλοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος διεφθάρθαι. οἱ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο πεπονθότες ἠπείλουν διὰ τοῦ καταπεσόντος τείχους εἰσελθεῖν παραστήσαντες τοὺς ἐλέφαντας ἐνόπλους καὶ τὸν ὄχλον εὐτρεπίσαντες προσέχειν ἐμβριθέστερον τῷ πολέμῳ μαγγάνοις τε παντοίοις. οἱ δὲ τὴν πόλιν φρουροῦντες στρατιῶται ἐντεῦθεν τὴν νίκην θεοῦ προνοίᾳ ἐσχήκασι τόν τε τόπον ἐπλήρουν παντοίοις ὅπλοις, ὀνάγροις δὲ τοὺς πλείους ἐλέφαντας ἀπέκτειναν· ἕτεροι δὲ ἐν τοῖς κατατέλμασι τῶν τάφρων ἐνέπεσον· ἄλλοι δὲ κρουσθέντες ἀπεστράφησαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ὑπὲρ μυρίους αὐτῶν ὁπλῖται ἀπέθανον. 40 τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς σκηπτὸς οὐρανόθεν ἔπεσεν, καὶ νεφελῶν γνοφωδῶν καὶ ὑετῶν λάβρων καὶ βροντῶν φωναὶ ἅπαντας ἐξέπληττον, ὡς τοὺς πλείους τῷ φόβῳ διαφθαρῆναι. πάντοθεν δὲ ὁ νέος Φαραὼ Σαβώρης στενούμενος ἡττᾶτο τοῖς τοῦ φόβου κύμασιν· ὃς ἀτενίσας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς πρὸς τῷ καταπεσόντι τοῦ τείχους ὁρᾷ ἄγγελον ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον ἑστῶτα, λαμπρῶς ἐστολισμένον καὶ παρὰ χεῖρα τὸν βασιλέα Κωνστάντιον κρατοῦντα· ὃς εὐθέως ταραχθεὶς τοῖς μάγοις θάνατον ἠπείλει. μαθόντες δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν διεγνώκεισαν τοῦ φανέντος τὴν δύναμιν ἑρμηνεύειν τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὡς μείζων, ἢ κατ' αὐτούς. [δι' ἧς] ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιγνοὺς τοῦ κινδύνου τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ ἔμφοβος γεγονὼς ἐκέλευσε τά τε μάγγανα καῆναι, καὶ ὅσα πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου παρασκευὴν εὐτρέπισε διαλυθῆναι. αὐτὸς δὲ σὺν τοῖς ἰδίοις φυγῇ ἐδίωκε τὴν πατρίδα, πρότερον λοιμικῇ νόσῳ διαφθαρέντες. ιδʹ. μηʹ. εʹ. εʹ. ιʹ. καʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Κωνστάντιος ὁ Αὔγουστος μόνος βασιλεύων Γάλλον, ἀνεψιὸν ἴδιον, κοινωνὸν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείας καίσαρα ἀναγορεύσας, μετονομάσας αὐτὸν Κωνστάντιον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ ἀπέστειλε κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν, τῶν Περσῶν ἔτι ἐπικειμένων. ιεʹ. μθʹ. ϛʹ. ϛʹ. ιαʹ. κβʹ. ηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει οἱ κατὰ Παλαιστίνην Ἰουδαῖοι ἀντῇραν· καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν ἀλλοεθνῶν, Ἑλλήνων τε καὶ Σαμαρειτῶν, ἀνεῖλον· καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ παγγενεὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατοῦ Ῥωμαίων ἀνῃρέθησαν, καὶ ἡ πόλις αὐτῶν ∆ιοκαισάρεια ἠφανίσθη. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Κωνστάντιος Λιβερίῳ γράψαντι πρὸς αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου καὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ Ἀθανασίου θυμωθεὶς καὶ ἀποστείλας ἐξώρισε τοῦτον κατὰ τὴν Βέροιαν τῆς Θρᾴκης, Εὐσεβίου, τοῦ πρώτου τῶν εὐνούχων, τοῦτο παρασκευάσαντος τοῦ Ἀρειανόφρονος· Φίλικα δὲ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ ἐχειροτόνησαν, ὃς διάκονος μὲν τῆς αὐτῆς ἐκκλησίας ἦν, τὴν δὲ ἐν Νικαίᾳ σύνοδον ἀποδεχόμενος, Ἀρειανοῖς δὲ κοινωνῶν ἀλόγως. τούτῳ κοινωνεῖν οἱ κατὰ τὴν Ῥώμην οὐκ ἠνέσχοντο, ἀλλ' ἰδίᾳ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ἐκκλησίαζον. κατὰ δὲ κέλευσιν Κων41 σταντίου συνηθροίσθη σύνοδος ἐν Μεδιολάνῳ, τʹ μὲν ἐπισκόπων δυτικῶν, ἀνατολικῶν δὲ πάνυ ὀλίγων. διελύθη δὲ ἄπρακτος, τῶν δυτικῶν μὴ καταδεξαμένων πάλιν τὰς κατὰ τοῦ ἱεροῦ Ἀθανασίου συσκευάς. τῶν δὲ Ῥωμαίων αἰτησαμένων τῷ βασιλεῖ, βιασθεὶς ἀνακαλεῖται Λιβέριον καὶ ἀποκαθιστᾷ τῷ θρόνῳ· Φίλιξ δὲ ἐξελθὼν τῆς Ῥώμης οὐκ ἔτι ἐπανῆλθεν. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος λεʹ Φίλιξ ἔτος αʹ. ιϛʹ. νʹ. αʹ. ζʹ. ιβʹ. κγʹ. θʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος λϛʹ ∆άμασος ἔτη κηʹ. ιζʹ. ναʹ. αʹ. ηʹ. ιγʹ. κδʹ. ιʹ. ιηʹ. νβʹ. βʹ. θʹ. ιδʹ. κεʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Γάλλος, ὁ καὶ Κωνστάντιος, καῖσαρ ὢν καὶ ἐν πολέμοις ἀριστεύων, τὴν εὐπραγίαν μὴ ἐνεγκὼν τυραννίδα μελετᾷ, κτείνει τε ∆ομετιανόν, ἔπαρχον τῆς ἑῴας, καὶ Μάγνον κυαίστορα, μηνύσαντας Κωνσταντίῳ τὰ τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς. τοῦτον μεταπεμψάμενος ὁ Κωνστάντιος περὶ Θαλμῶνα τὴν νῆσον ἀναιρεθῆναι ἐκέλευσεν, Ἰουλιανὸν δέ, τὸν τούτου ἀδελφόν, ἐν φρουρᾷ κατέσχεν. Εὐσεβία δέ, ἡ γαμετὴ Κωνσταντίου, τοῦτον