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fearing exile, he again took refuge in Rome, and immediately Paul also from Thessalonica; who, approaching Constans, recounted their own affairs. But Constans, grieving for the saints, writes to his brother Constantius, distressed, either to restore to Paul and Athanasius their own thrones, or threatening to wage war against him. And he urged him for a synod to be held in Serdica, in which 300 bishops of the West gathered, and 36 of the East. These opposed the Westerners, demanding that Athanasius and Paul first be expelled; but Hosius, the bishop of Corduba, and Protogenes of Serdica did not tolerate the absence of the saints Athanasius and Paul. Then the Easterners, having gone to Philippopolis, shamelessly anathematized the homoousion. But the orthodox in Serdica confirmed the correct definition of the faith of Nicaea, having anathematized the anomoion; and they restored the thrones to Athanasius and Paul and Marcellus of Ancyra, who confessed the homoousion and made his defense, that what he had written was not to be understood as his accusers interpreted it. Thus, since the synod in Serdica had acted against the separated Easterners and confirmed the homoousion, Constantius ostensibly received Athanasius and Paul with honor and restored their own thrones; and so Athanasius went to Alexandria and was received with great joy, having expelled George the Arian. But when Magnentius usurped power in Gaul and killed the pious Constans 44, Constantius Augustus, who was residing in Antioch and learned of this, immediately sent Paul away from the city and exiled him to Cucusus; and there he was killed by Arians. And then Macedonius took possession of the throne; and Constantius set out for Italy against Magnentius. But the senate in Rome, having invested Nepotian, sent him out against Magnentius. Who, having engaged Magnentius in Rome, was killed by him, after reigning for three months. But before the emperor managed to arrive in Rome, Constantia, also called Helena, the sister of Constantius, proclaimed Vetranio, an honorable man, emperor, and set him up against Magnentius for battle. And Constantius, having arrived in Rome and received Vetranio with great honor, both fought Magnentius near Mursa. And Magnentius, having been defeated, fled to Italy. And having been fought many times by the generals of Constantius, engaging in battle at Mons Seleucus and being defeated, he fled to Lugdunum; and having first slaughtered his own brother and his own mother, he afterwards destroyed himself as well; and Decentius Caesar, his brother, hanged himself. Then Silvanus also, having usurped power in Gaul, was killed by the generals of Constantius. And having come to Rome, Constantius entered with great pomp and procession, being renowned above the emperors before him; and his wife Eusebia came with him, and he spent 14 days in Rome. And while he was in Rome, having gone out to the Campus Tribunalius and having stood on a height, with his army and Vetranio present with him, he addressed the people, persuading them, that it was fitting for the imperial authority to belong to the one who had succeeded to it from his imperial ancestors, and that it was advantageous for the common good for public affairs to be administered under one authority, and all that follows from this. Then, having deposed Vetranio, who had reigned for 10 months, at that very 45 hour he shared a meal with him at table, and with all honor and a bodyguard and many gifts, sent him away to Prusa in Bithynia. And being a Christian, he devoted himself to the church and gave much alms to the poor; and he honored the priests until the day of his death. But Constantius, having returned to Byzantium, at the urging of Eusebia, his own wife, brought Julian, the brother of Gallus, out of custody, appointed him Caesar, and sent him to Gaul, having also joined his own sister Helena to him in marriage,

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φοβηθεὶς φυγὰς αὖθις τὴν Ῥώμην κατέλαβεν, παραυτὰ δὲ καὶ Παῦλος ἀπὸ Θεσσαλονίκης· οἳ καὶ προσελθόντες τῷ Κώνσταντι τὰ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς διηγήσαντο. ὁ δὲ Κώνστας ἐπαλγήσας τοῖς ἁγίοις γράφει Κωνσταντίῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ λυπούμενος, ἢ ἀποδοῦναι Παύλῳ καὶ Ἀθανασίῳ τοὺς ἰδίους θρόνους, ἢ πόλεμον ἀπειλῶν κινεῖν κατ' αὐτοῦ. προετρέψατο δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ τοῦ γενέσθαι σύνοδον ἐν Σερδικῇ, ἐν ᾗ τῶν ἑσπερίων συνῆλθον ἐπίσκοποι τʹ, ἀνατολικοὶ δὲ λϛʹ. οὗτοι τοῖς δυτικοῖς ἀντέπιπτον αἰτοῦντες ἐξελασθῆναι πρότερον Ἀθανάσιον καὶ Παῦλον· ὁ δὲ Ὅσιος, ὁ Κουδρούβης ἐπίσκοπος, καὶ Πρωτογένης Σερδικῆς οὐκ ἠνέσχοντο μὴ παρεῖναι τοὺς ἁγίους Ἀθανάσιον καὶ Παῦλον. τότε οἱ ἀνατολικοὶ ἐν Φιλιππουπόλει γενόμενοι ἀναιδῶς τὸ ὁμοούσιον ἀνεθεμάτισαν. οἱ δὲ ἐν Σερδικῇ ὀρθόδοξοι τὸν ὀρθὸν τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ πίστεως ὅρον ἐκύρωσαν τὸ ἀνόμοιον ἀναθεματίσαντες· ἀποδεδώκασι δὲ καὶ τοὺς θρόνους Ἀθανασίῳ καὶ Παύλῳ καὶ Μαρκέλλῳ τῷ Ἀγκύρας ὁμολογοῦντι τὸ ὁμοούσιον καὶ ἀπολογουμένῳ, μὴ ἐννοεῖσθαι τὰ συγγραφέντα αὐτῷ τοῖς διαβάλλουσιν αὐτόν. οὕτω τῆς ἐν Σερδικῇ συνόδου πραξάσης κατὰ τῶν ἀποδιαστάντων ἀνατολικῶν καὶ κυρωσάσης τὸ ὁμοούσιον, Κωνστάντιος δῆθεν Ἀθανάσιον καὶ Παῦλον ἐντίμως ἐδέξατο καὶ τοὺς ἰδίους θρόνους ἀποδέδωκεν· καὶ οὕτως Ἀθανάσιος ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἦλθε καὶ ἀπεδέχθη μετὰ χαρᾶς μεγάλης ἐξώσας Γεώργιον τὸν Ἀρειανόν. Μαγνεντίου δὲ ἐν Γαλλίαις τυραννήσαντος καὶ Κώνσταν τὸν 44 εὐσεβῆ ἀνελόντος, Κωνστάντιος ὁ Αὔγουστος διατρίβων ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ καὶ μαθών, παρευθὺ τὸν Παῦλον ἀποστείλας τῆς πόλεως ἐξώρισεν ἐν Κουκουσῷ· κἀκεῖ ὑπὸ Ἀρειανῶν ἀναιρεῖται. καὶ τότε Μακεδόνιος τοῦ θρόνου ἐπιλαμβάνεται· Κωνστάντιος δὲ κατὰ Μαγνεντίου ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐξώρμησεν. ἡ δὲ σύγκλητος ἐν Ῥώμῃ Νεπωτιανὸν ἐνδύσασα κατὰ Μαγνεντίου ἀπέλυσεν. ὃς συμβαλὼν τῷ Μαγνεντίῳ ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἀναιρεῖται ὑπ' αὐτοῦ βασιλεύσας μῆνας τρεῖς. πρὶν ἢ δὲ φθάσαι ἀπελθεῖν τὸν βασιλέα ἐν Ῥώμῃ, Κωνσταντία, ἡ καὶ Ἑλένη, ἡ Κωνσταντίου ἀδελφή, ἀνηγόρευσε Βρετανίωνα εἰς βασιλέα, ἄνδρα ἔντιμον, καὶ ἀντέστησε τῷ Μαγνεντίῳ πρὸς τὴν μάχην. φθάσας δὲ Κωνστάντιος ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ ἀποδεξάμενος τὸν Βρετανίωνα μετὰ πολλῆς τιμῆς, ἐπολέμησαν ἄμφω τὸν Μαγνέντιον περὶ Μοῦρσαν. καὶ ἡττηθεὶς ὁ Μαγνέντιος ἔφυγεν ἐπὶ Ἰταλίαν. πολλάκις δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγῶν Κωνσταντίου πολεμηθείς, συμβαλὼν ἐν Μόντῳ Σελεύκῳ καὶ ἡττηθεὶς ἔφυγεν εἰς Λογδοῦνον· καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἑαυτοῦ πρῶτον σφάξας καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν μητέρα, ὕστερον καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἀνήλωσεν· καὶ ∆ικέντιος καῖσαρ, ὁ τούτου ἀδελφός, ἀγχόνῃ ἐχρήσατο. Τότε καὶ Σιλβανὸς τυραννήσας ἐν Γαλλίαις ἀνῃρέθη ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγῶν Κωνσταντίου. ἐλθὼν δὲ ἐν Ῥώμῃ Κωνστάντιος εἰσῆλθε μετὰ πολλῆς φαντασίας καὶ παρατάξεως ὀνομασθεὶς ὑπὲρ τοὺς πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ βασιλεῖς· συνῆλθε δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ Εὐσεβία, καὶ ἐποίησε ιδʹ ἡμέρας ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ. ἐν δὲ τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἐξελθὼν ἐν τῷ Τριβουναλίῳ Κάμπῳ καὶ στὰς ἐφ' ὕψους συμπαρόντος αὐτῷ τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ τοῦ Βρετανίωνος, ἐδημηγόρει πείθων τὸν λαόν, ἀκόλουθον εἶναι τῆς βασιλείας τὴν ἐξουσίαν ὑπάρχειν τῷ ἐκ προγόνων βασιλέων διαδεξαμένῳ ταύτην, συμφέρειν δὲ καὶ τῷ κοινῷ ὑπὸ μίαν ἐξουσίαν διοικεῖσθαι τὰ δημόσια, καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ἀκόλουθα. τότε ἀποδύσας τὸν Βρετανίωνα βασιλεύσαντα μῆνας ιʹ κατ' αὐτὴν 45 τὴν ὥραν τραπέζης αὐτῷ πρὸς ἑστίασιν ἐκοινώνησεν, καὶ μετὰ πάσης τιμῆς καὶ δορυφορίας καὶ πολλῶν χαρισμάτων ἐν Προύση τῆς Βιθυνίας ἀπέστειλεν. Χριστιανὸς δὲ ὢν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐσχόλαζε καὶ πολλὰς ἐλεημοσύνας ἐποίει εἰς τοὺς πένητας· ἐτίμα δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἕως ἡμέρας τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ Κωνστάντιος ὑποστρέψας εἰς τὸ Βυζάντιον, παρακληθεὶς ὑπὸ Εὐσεβίας, τῆς ἰδίας γυναικός, Ἰουλιανόν, τὸν ἀδελφὸν Γάλλου, ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς ἐξαγαγὼν καίσαρα προβάλλεται καὶ εἰς Γαλλίας ἐκπέμπει ζεύξας αὐτῷ πρὸς γάμον καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀδελφὴν Ἑλένην,