Oribasius from Sardis was with him; but the wound, mocking all medical treatment, after three days released Julian from life, having completed five years in the rank of Caesar, and in the diadem after the death of Constantius two and a half years. And he was sprinkling his blood towards the sun and speaking ill of his gods, but most of the historians write that he cast both towards our Lord Jesus Christ, the true God. 8. FROM THE EIGHTH HISTORY 8.1 That on the day after the apostate was destroyed, the army raised up Jovian as emperor. And he (for it was not possible to be saved otherwise, since the whole army had been thinned to a tenth part) made a thirty-year truce with the Persian, ceding to him both Nisibis and the forts which had served as a wall for the Romans against the Persians as far as Armenia. And Merobaudes and those with him, having brought Julian's corpse to Cilicia, not by design, but by some chance, laid it opposite the tomb which contained the bones of Maximinus, with only a public road separating their tombs from each other. 8.2 That Euzoius, he says, and those with him set forth the tome in favor of Aetius and his dogma, but they did not stand up to accomplish these things. Therefore those around Aetius and Eunomius, living in Constantinople, were already taking charge of affairs by themselves, arranging other matters as seemed best to them and indeed also appointing bishops. Of these, Candidus and Arrianus were set over the churches throughout Lydia and Ionia, and Theodulus from Chaeratopae became bishop of Palestine. And in Constantinople (for no small multitude, having flowed away from Eudoxius and certain other heresies, had increased the party of Aetius and Eunomius) they ordained first for their own church a man named Poemenius. This also caused Eudoxius, who until then had nourished hopes of union with them, to change to a position of firm opposition. And when Poemenius died after no long time, they appointed Florentius in his place. And for Lesbos, since its pastor had departed, they ordained Thallus. And for Galatia near Pontus and Cappadocia they appointed Euphronius; and Julian took charge of Cilicia. And to Antioch in Coele-Syria after no long time came Theophilus the Indian as a volunteer, on the condition that he would rouse Euzoius, as before, to bring to completion the decisions made in favor of Aetius; but if not, he himself would lead the multitude there that embraced his opinion. And for both Libyas and for as much in Egypt as preserved their way of thinking, it was the concern of Serras, Stephen, and Heliodorus. All these, therefore, Philostorgius cannot have his fill of adorning with praises, celebrating the power of their words and deifying their life. 8.3 That he introduces a certain Theodosius, one of the bishops, as a fervent lover of his heresy, and as being inclined towards the pleasures derived from women, and as having attached other impious things to the ancient doctrine, and indeed that Christ, though mutable in His own nature, was exalted to immutability by an unsurpassable cultivation of virtues; and that the divine nature neither speaks nor hears, since hands and ears would be fashioned for it; and he says that he uttered other impieties of this sort. 8.4 That Aetius went to Lydia to install Candidus and Arrianus in the churches; but the aforesaid Theodosius, suspecting that the life of those men was a reproach to his own, became hostile towards Aetius, although he had not hesitated previously to subscribe to the tome against him. But having conferred with Phobus (and he was one of those who had not chosen to vote against Aetius, for both old custom and the similarity of their lawless way of life made him a friend), these men, having also taken Auxidianus as a companion (and he too was a bishop just like them), plotted against Aetius and those with Candidus. And indeed, having gathered another six of the bishops and convened a council, by a common vote a letter to those with Eudoxius

Ὀριβάσιος αὐτῷ συνῆν ὁ ἐκ Σάρδεων· ἀλλ' ἡ πληγὴ πᾶσαν χλευάζουσα θεραπείαν διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν τὸν Ἰουλιανὸν ἀπαλλάττει τοῦ βίου, ἐν μὲν τῷ τοῦ Καίσαρος σχήματι πέντε ἐνιαυτούς, ἐν δὲ τῷ διαδήματι μετὰ τὸν Κωνσταντίου θάνατον δύο καὶ ἥμισυ διανύσαντα ἔτη. Καὶ οὗτος μὲν εἰς τὸν ἥλιον ἀπορραίνειν τὸ αἷμα καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ θεοὺς κακολογεῖν, οἱ δὲ πλεῖστοι τῶν ἱστορούντων εἰς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν ἀληθινὸν θεὸν ἑκάτερον γράφουσιν ἐναπορρίψαι. 8.τ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΟΓ∆ΟΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ 8.1 Ὅτι τῇ ἐπαύριον τοῦ διαφθαρῆναι τὸν ἀποστάτην ἀνίστησιν ὁ στρατὸς Ἰωβιανὸν βασιλέα. ὁ δὲ (οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἄλλως διασωθῆναι, εἰς δέκατον μέρος τῆς ὅλης στρατιᾶς ἀπολεπτυνθείσης) τριακοντούτεις τίθεται πρὸς τὸν Πέρσην σπονδάς, τῆς τε Νισίβεως αὐτῷ ὑπεκστὰς καὶ τῶν φρουρίων ὅσα Ῥωμαίοις ἐπὶ Πέρσας ἄχρι τῆς Ἀρμενίας οἱονεὶ τεῖχος προὐβέβλητο. Τὸν δὲ νεκρὸν Ἰουλιανοῦ Μεροβαύδης καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ κομίσαντες, οὐ κατὰ πρόνοιαν, κατὰ δέ τινα περιφορὰν ἀντικρὺ τοῦ τάφου ὃς τὰ Μαξιμίνου συνεῖχεν ὀστᾶ κατέθεντο, λεωφόρου μόνης ἀπ' ἀλλήλων τὰς θήκας αὐτῶν διατειχιζούσης. 8.2 Ὅτι Εὐζώϊος, φησί, καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ τὸν μὲν ὑπὲρ Ἀετίου καὶ τοῦ δόγματος τόμον ἐξέθεσαν, οὐ μήν γε περαίνειν ταῦτα διανέστησαν. διὸ οἱ περὶ Ἀέτιον καὶ Εὐνόμιον ἐν Κωσταντινουπόλει διατρίβοντες καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ἤδη τῶν πραγμάτων προΐσταντο, τά τε ἄλλα ὡς αὐτοῖς ἐδόκει πρὸς τὸ ἄριστον τιθέμενοι καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐπισκόπους καθίστασαν. ὧν Κάνδιδος μὲν καὶ Ἀρριανὸς ταῖς κατὰ Λυδίαν καὶ Ἰωνίαν ἐκκλησίαις ἐφίστανται, Παλαιστίνης δὲ ὁ ἀπὸ Χαιρατόπων Θεόδουλος ἐπεσκόπησεν. ἐν δὲ Κωνσταντινουπόλει (καὶ γὰρ Εὐδοξίου καί τινων ἄλλων αἱρέσεων ἀπορρυὲν οὐκ ὀλίγον πλῆθος τὴν περὶ Ἀέτιον καὶ Εὐνόμιον μοῖραν ἐπηύξησεν) χειροτονοῦσι πρῶτον τῆς καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ἐκκλησίας Ποιμένιον ὄνομα. ὃ καὶ τὸν Εὐδόξιον, μέχρι τότε τὰς πρὸς αὐτοὺς τῆς ἑνώσεως ἐλπίδας ὑποτρέφοντα, εἰς τὸ βεβαίως ἀντίπαλον μετεστήσατο. Ποιμενίου δὲ μετ' οὐ πολὺν ἀποβιώσαντος χρόνον, ἀντικαθιστῶσι Φλωρέντιον. εἰς δὲ τὴν Λέσβον, τοῦ ταύτης ἀποιχομένου ποιμένος, χειροτονοῦσι Θάλλον. τῇ δὲ πρὸς τῷ Πόντῳ Γαλατίᾳ καὶ Καππαδοκίᾳ Εὐφρόνιον προχειρίζονται· τὴν δὲ Κιλικίαν Ἰουλιανὸς ἐγχειρίζεται. πρὸς δὲ τὴν ἐν τῇ κοίλῃ Συρίᾳ Ἀντιόχειαν μετ' οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἐθελοντὴς ἀφικνεῖται Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἰνδός, ἐφ' ᾧ τὸν Εὐζώϊον μὲν κατὰ τὸ προηγούμενον ἀναστῆσαι εἰς τέλος ἀγαγεῖν τὰ ὑπὲρ Ἀετίου ἐγνωσμένα· εἰ δὲ μή, αὐτός γε καθηγήσεσθαι τοῦ ἐκεῖσε πλήθους ὅσον τὴν ἐκείνου γνώμην ἠσπάζετο. ἑκατέρας δὲ Λιβύης καὶ ὅσον ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ τὸ αὐτῶν διέσωζε φρόνημα, τοῖς ἀμφὶ Σέρραν τε καὶ Στέφανον καὶ Ἡλιόδωρον ἔμελεν. Τούτους μὲν οὖν ἅπαντας ὁ Φιλοστόργιος ἐπαίνοις οὐκ ἔχει κόρον διακοσμεῖν, τήν τε δύναμιν τῶν λόγων ἀνυμνῶν καὶ τὸν βίον ἀποθειάζων. 8.3 Ὅτι Θεοδόσιόν τινα τῶν ἐπισκόπων θερμὸν ἐραστὴν τῆς αὐτοῦ αἱρέσεως εἰσάγει, καὶ πρὸς τὰς διὰ τῶν γυναικῶν ἡδονὰς ἀποκλῖναι, καὶ ἄλλα τε δυσσεβῆ τῇ ἀρχαίᾳ δόξῃ συνάψαι καὶ δὴ καὶ ὡς ὁ Χριστὸς τρεπτὸς μὲν τῇ γε φύσει τῇ οἰκείᾳ, ἐπιμελείᾳ δὲ τῶν ἀρετῶν ἀνυπερβλήτῳ εἰς τὸ ἄτρεπτον ἀνυψωθῆναι· καὶ ὅτι μηδὲ φθέγγοιτο μηδ' ἀκούοι τὸ θεῖον, ἐπεὶ χεῖρες ἂν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀκοαὶ συμπλασθήσονται· καὶ ἄλλα δὲ τοιουτότροπά φησιν αὐτὸν δυσσεβῆσαι. 8.4 Ὅτι Ἀέτιος μὲν πρὸς τὴν Λυδίαν ἀφίκετο τὸν Κάνδιδον καὶ Ἀρριανὸν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ἐνιδρῦσαι· ὁ δὲ προειρημένος Θεοδόσιος, τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τὸν βίον ἔλεγχον τοῦ οἰκείου ὑπειδόμενος, δι' ἔχθρας καθίσταται τῷ Ἀετίῳ, καίτοι γε μὴ ἀνασχόμενος πρὶν εἰς τὸν κατ' αὐτοῦ τόμον χειρογραφῆσαι. ἀλλὰ τῷ γε Φόβῳ κοινωσάμενος (εἷς δὲ καὶ οὗτος ἦν τῶν οὐχ ἑλομένων καταψηφίσασθαι Ἀετίου, φίλον δ' αὐτὸν παλαιά τε συνήθεια ἐποίει καὶ τῆς ἐκθέσμου πολιτείας τὸ ἀπαράλλακτον), οὗτοι δὴ καὶ Αὐξιδιανὸν ἑταιρισάμενοι (ἐπίσκοπος δ' ἦν καὶ οὗτος ὥσπερ κἀκεῖνοι), κατὰ δὴ τοῦ Ἀετίου καὶ τῶν περὶ Κάνδιδον συσκευάζονται. καὶ δὴ καὶ ἑτέρους ἓξ τῶν ἐπισκόπων συναγειράμενοι καὶ συνέδριον καθίσαντες, κοινῇ ψήφῳ γράμμα τοῖς περὶ Εὐδόξιον