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to hear it being narrated. And having arrived at Cucusus, and from there being led away to Pityus, when he was in Comana, he ended his life there, at the age of fifty-two, having been archbishop of the queen of cities for five and a half years. However, divine justice did not doze, but quickly came after that thrice-wretched empress. For not yet three months had passed after the death of the father Chrysostom, and she met a violent end. For she died while carrying the embryo, and sharp birth-pangs seized her; and when it had putrefied within, the womb of the empress 97 also shared in the putrefaction, and so she wretchedly departed this life. However, when that golden-mouthed father was cast out of the church, a certain Arsacius was brought in instead, and having been bishop for two years, he dies; after whom Atticus was ordained. And since Eudoxia had died before her spouse and emperor, Arcadius himself also followed her not long after, having reigned after the death of Theodosius his own father for fourteen years and three months and some days. And it is said that the column standing in the place called Pittacia is of Eudoxia. And when he was dying, Arcadius left his own son as successor to the empire, Theodosius, called the Small in contrast to his grandfather or because he happened to be at a very youthful age when his father died; for he was then only seven years old. But let the matters concerning him be postponed; but let the account briefly go through the matters concerning Honorius. This man, having been left as emperor of the elder Rome 98 by his father at a very young age (for he was ten years old), was under the guardianship of Stilicho by the will of his father, a man who was preeminent among those in Rome and had been entrusted with the administration of public affairs. He therefore takes his daughter Maria as his wife. When she died, it is said that he married her sister Thermantia, who was of an immature age. And she too died quickly. Being a simpleton, he was hated by the powerful men in Rome. And knowing that he was being plotted against, having moved to Ravenna, it is said that he sent to Alaric, the ruler of the nation of the Vandals or Goths, asking him to campaign against Rome, wishing in this way to take revenge on the citizens of Rome on account of their hatred toward him. And Alaric did indeed attack Rome, but did not sack it, but made a truce with the Romans, taking whatever money was found in the palace and Honorius's sister Placidia, and returned home. And he handed over the maiden to a certain count Constantius to be guarded; but the one who had received her ran 99 away and brought her to her brother, and he joined her to him in marriage, having honored him as a senator, and then also proclaimed him emperor; for Honorius was without offspring of his own. But Constantius was slain shortly after, when Placidia had borne him children, Valentinian and Honoriada. Some, therefore, relate these things thus; but others say that Stilicho was slain, and that those in Rome hated Honorius, and that he moved to Ravenna. And that Alaric, despising his foolishness, marched against Rome and took it by siege; and when it was captured, a certain man in tears stood before Honorius, announcing that "Rome has been captured by Alaric." And he, his body shaken by a spasm at the news and striking his thighs with his hands, said, "Until just now Rome was here; how then has she been captured?" And the messenger, understanding and groaning loudly, said, "I am speaking about the city and not about the bird." For this emperor had an exceedingly large hen, in which he delighted, which he named Rome, on whose account he also cried out, thinking that she had been captured. 100 And Honorius, having fallen victim to dropsy, dies, having lived for forty years, and having reigned ingloriously for thirty of these. And a certain John, having become a usurper in Rome, drove out from there Honorius's sister Placidia with her two children, Valentinian and Honoriada.

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ἀκούειν διηγουμένης. καταντήσας δ' εἰς Κουκουσὸν κἀκεῖθεν εἰς Πιτυοῦντα ἀπαγόμενος, ἐν Κομάνοις γενόμενος ἐκεῖ τὴν ζωὴν ἐξεμέτρησεν, ἐτῶν γεγονὼς δύο τε καὶ πεντήκοντα, ἀρχιερατεύσας τῆς βασιλίδος τῶν πόλεων ἔτη πέντε πρὸς τῷ ἡμίσει. οὐκ ἐπενύσταξε μέντοι ἡ θεία δίκη, ἀλλὰ ταχέως μετῆλθε τὴν τριτάλαιναν ἐκείνην βασίλισσαν. οὔπω γὰρ τρεῖς παρῆλθον μῆνες μετὰ τὸν θάνατον τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου πατρὸς καὶ βιαίῳ περιπέπτωκε μόρῳ. κυούσης γὰρ τὸ ἔμβρυον τέθνηκε, καὶ ὠδῖνες ἐκείνην συνεῖχον δριμεῖαι· σαπέντος δ' ἔνδον ἐκείνου καὶ ἡ νηδὺς τῆς βασιλίσσης 97 μετέσχε τῆς σήψεως, καὶ οὕτως ἀθλίως μετήλλαξε τὴν ζωήν. τοῦ μέντοι χρυσορρήμονος ἐκείνου πατρὸς ἐκβληθέντος τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀντεισάγεταί τις Ἀρσάκιος καὶ ἐπὶ δύο ἐπισκοπήσας ἐνιαυτοὺς θνήσκει· μεθ' ὃν κεχειροτόνητο Ἀττικός. Τῆς δὲ Εὐδοξίας προτεθνηκυίας τοῦ ὁμευνέτου καὶ αὐτοκράτορος, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐ μετὰ μακρὸν ἐπαπῆλθεν αὐτῇ ὁ Ἀρκάδιος, βασιλεύσας μετὰ τὸν θάνατον Θεοδοσίου τοῦ οἰκείου πατρὸς ἔτη τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα καὶ μῆνας τρεῖς πρὸς ἡμέραις τισί. λέγεται δὲ τῆς Εὐδοξίας τυγχάνειν ὁ εἰς τὰ λεγόμενα Πιττάκια ἑστὼς κίων. θνήσκων δὲ ὁ Ἀρκάδιος τὸν υἱὸν ἑαυτοῦ τῆς βασιλείας διάδοχον κατέλιπε Θεοδόσιον τὸν μικρὸν λεγόμενον πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ πάππου αὐτοῦ ἢ ὅτι ἐν παιδικῇ πάνυ ἐτύγχανεν ἡλικίᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ τελευτήσαντος· ἑπτὰ γὰρ ἦν τότε μόνον ἐνιαυτῶν. Ἀλλ' ἀναβεβλήσθω τὰ περὶ τούτου· τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὸν Ὀνώριον ὁ λόγος ἐν ἐπιτομῇ διεξιέτω. Οὗτος βασιλεὺς τῆς πρεσβυτέρας Ῥώμης καταλειφθεὶς 98 παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν νεωτάτῃ τῇ ἡλικίᾳ (δεκαέτης γὰρ ἦν), ὑπὸ ἐπίτροπον ἐτέλει γνώμῃ τοῦ πατρὸς τὸν Στιλίχωνα, ἄνδρα τῶν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ πρωτεύοντα καὶ τὴν τῶν κοινῶν πραγμάτων ἐγκεχειρισμένον διοίκησιν. ἄγεται τοίνυν τὴν τούτου θυγατέρα Μαρίαν εἰς γαμετήν. ἧς θανούσης λέγεται τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς Θερμαντίαν γῆμαι ἐν ἀτελεῖ τυγχάνουσαν ἡλικίᾳ. κἀκείνη δὲ ταχὺ ἐτελεύτησεν. Οὗτος ἀβέλτερος ὢν παρὰ τῶν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ μεμίσητο δυνατῶν. καὶ γνοὺς ἐπιβουλευόμενος εἰς Ῥάβεννάν τε μεταναστεύσας λέγεται διαπέμψασθαι πρὸς Ἀλάριχον τὸν ἄρχοντα τοῦ τῶν Οὐανδήλων ἢ Γότθων ἔθνους, ἀξιῶν αὐτὸν κατὰ τῆς Ῥώμης στρατεύσασθαι, ἀμύνασθαι θέλων οὕτως τοὺς τῆς Ῥώμης πολίτας διὰ τὸ μῖσος τὸ πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἐπελθεῖν μὲν τῇ Ῥώμῃ τὸν Ἀλάριχον, μὴ μέντοι πορθῆσαι αὐτήν, ἀλλὰ σπείσασθαι τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις, λαβόντα ὅσα ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις εὑρέθησαν χρήματα καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν Ὀνωρίου τὴν Πλακιδίαν, καὶ ὑπονοστῆσαι. παραδοῦναι δὲ τὴν κόρην Κωνσταντίῳ τινὶ κόμητι ἐπὶ τῷ φυλάσσεσθαι· τὸν δὲ προσειληφότα αὐτὴν ἀπο99 δρᾶναι καὶ κομίσαι τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτῆς, κἀκεῖνον συζεῦξαι ταύτην αὐτῷ, τετιμηκότα συγκλητικόν, εἶτα καὶ βασιλέα ἀναγορεῦσαι· γονῆς γὰρ οἰκείας ἄμοιρος ἦν Ὀνώριος. σφαγῆναι δὲ μετὰ μικρὸν τὸν Κωνστάντιον, γειναμένης αὐτῷ παῖδας τῆς Πλακιδίας, Οὐαλεντινιανὸν καὶ Ὀνωριάδα. Οἱ μὲν οὖν οὕτω ταῦθ' ἱστοροῦσιν· ἕτεροι δὲ σφαγῆναι μὲν λέγουσι τὸν Στιλίχωνα, ἀπεχθάνεσθαι δὲ τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ τῷ Ὀνωρίῳ, καὶ τὸν εἰς Ῥάβενναν μετοικήσασθαι. τὸν δὲ Ἀλάριχον τῆς ἀβελτηρίας ἐκείνου καταφρονήσαντα ἐπιστρατεῦσαι τῇ Ῥώμῃ καὶ ταύτην πολιορκίᾳ ἑλεῖν· ἁλούσης δὲ ἐπιστῆναι τῷ Ὀνωρίῳ τινὰ δεδακρυμένον, ἀπαγγέλλοντα ὡς "ἑάλω ὑπὸ Ἀλαρίχου ἡ Ῥώμη." τὸν δὲ πρὸς τὴν ἀγγελίαν συγκλονηθέντα σπασμῷ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὼ μηρὼ πατάξαντα ταῖν χεροῖν φάναι "ἕως ἄρτι ὧδε ἦν ἡ Ῥώμη, πῶς οὖν ἑάλω;" συνέντα δὲ τὸν ἀγγελέα καὶ μέγα στενάξαντα εἰπεῖν ὡς "περὶ τῆς πόλεως λέγω καὶ οὐ περὶ τῆς ὄρνιθος." ἦν γὰρ τῷ βασιλεῖ τούτῳ ἀλεκτορὶς ὑπερμεγέθης, ᾗ ἐγεγήθει, ἣν ὠνόμαζε Ῥώμην, δι' ἣν καὶ ἀνῴμωξεν, ἐκείνην νομίσας ἑαλωκέναι. 100 Ὑδέρῳ δὲ περιπεπτωκὼς ὁ Ὀνώριος θνήσκει, ζήσας μὲν ἐνιαυτοὺς τεσσαράκοντα, βασιλεύσας δὲ δυσκλεῶς ἐκ τούτων τριάκοντα. Ἰωάννης δέ τις τυραννήσας ἐν Ῥώμῃ τὴν ἐκείνου ἀδελφὴν Πλακιδίαν μετὰ τῶν δύο τέκνων αὐτῆς, Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τε καὶ Ὀνωριάδος, ἐκεῖθεν ἐξήλασεν.