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children, Valentinian called the younger, whom the army after the death of his father acclaimed emperor, and three daughters, Justa, Grata, Galla, whom the great Theodosius married as his second wife, from whom Placidia was born to him; for Arcadius and Honorius were Theodosius' children from Placilla, his first wife. He also wrote a lawless law that one wishing to have two wives, like him, should not be prevented. And the impious Valens 57 had two daughters, Anastasia and Carossa, in whose names he also built two baths and the aqueduct, which until now is called the Valentinian. But some say that Domnica, the wife of Valens, persuaded him to embrace Arianism so fervently. Others relate that after becoming emperor, having been baptized by Eudoxius, he confirmed to him with an oath during the baptism itself to hold the views of Arius and not to accept the homoousion, and thus both the unholy men initiated countless persecutions against the orthodox. And they send to Liberius of Rome Eustathius the Armenian and Silvanus of Tarsus and Theophilus of Castabala, promising through them to accept the homoousion. These men gave to Liberius a written statement in favor of the homoousion, confessing that they turned away from every heresy opposing the synod of Nicaea; whom Liberius received and entered into communion with, writing to those of the East, testifying to their orthodoxy. And in Marcianopolis Valens, campaigning against the Goths, was wintering there. Year of the world εωξαʹ. Year of the divine incarnation τξαʹ. Emperor of the Romans, Valentinian, for ιαʹ years. εʹ. King of the Persians, Sabores, for οʹ years. ξζʹ. Bishop of Rome, Damasus, for κηʹ years. ιζʹ. Bishop of Constantinople, Eudoxius, for ιʹ years. ιʹ. Bishop of Jerusalem, Cyril, for λεʹ years. γʹ. Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, for μϛʹ years. μγʹ. Bishop of Antioch, Anianus, for δʹ years. αʹ. In this year a synod took place in Tyana, at which were found Eusebius of Caesarea in Cappadocia and Gregory of Nazianzus, the father of the Theologian, and Otreius of Melitene and others, who, rejoicing at the letters of Liberius, signified to all the orthodox bishops to come to Tarsus for the confirmation of the true faith; which Valens, having heard of, prevented from happening. And Eudoxius again induced Valens to order the local governors to exile all the bishops who had been exiled by Constantius and recalled by Ju58lian and Jovian. Then Athanasius voluntarily left Alexandria, as the people did not permit the governor to expel him, and for a long time he was hidden in his father's tomb; but later Valens, for fear of a revolt of the Alexandrians, wrote for Athanasius to return. And Eunomius separated from the communion of Eudoxius because Eudoxius did not hold communion with Aetius, the teacher of Eunomius. For although both were of the same mind, yet because Aetius was hated by all, Eudoxius turned away from him, not being ashamed to openly turn away from his own doctrines as impious. For Eunomius became a secretary of the godless Aetius, having learned sophistic arguments, from which he forsooth boasted, being altogether uninitiated in the divine scriptures, as his seven volumes especially show. And the people of Cyzicus drove out Eunomius as a heretic and a blasphemer. But he went and was united with Eudoxius. And he was terribly blasphemous, daring to say that God knows nothing more about His own substance than we do. And more than the pagan persecution happened to the orthodox under the impious Valens and Eudoxius. And at this time, when Eudoxius died, the Arians put forward Demophilus as bishop, but the orthodox a certain Evagrius, whom the holy Eustathius of Antioch ordained, living secretly in Constantinople, having returned from exile under Jovian; and not finding him alive in the city, he was in hiding. And Valens, hearing of the ordination of Evagrius while staying in Marcianopolis, exiled the holy Eustathius to Bizye, and having expelled Evagrius from the city, to Demophilus the

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τέκνα Οὐαλεντινιανὸν νέον λεγόμενον, ὃν ὁ στρατὸς μετὰ θάνατον τοῦ πατρὸς βασιλέα ἀνηγόρευσεν, καὶ θυγατέρας τρεῖς, Ἰοῦσταν, Γρᾶταν, Γάλλαν, ἣν καὶ ἔγημεν ὁ μέγας Θεοδόσιος κατὰ δεύτερον γάμον, ἐξ ἧς ἐτέχθη αὐτῷ ἡ Πλακιδία· Ἀρκάδιος γὰρ καὶ Ὀνώριος ἐκ Πλακίλλης ἦσαν Θεοδοσίῳ τῆς πρώτης γαμετῆς. ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ νόμον παράνομον τῷ θέλοντι δύο γυναῖκας ἔχειν κατ' αὐτὸν μὴ κωλύεσθαι. Οὐάλης δὲ ὁ δυσσεβὴς 57 δύο θυγατέρας ἔσχεν, Ἀναστασίαν καὶ Καρῶσσαν, ὧν καὶ ἐπ' ὀνόμασι δύο λοετρὰ ἔκτισε καὶ τὸν ἀγωγόν, τὸν μέχρι νῦν Οὐαλεντινιακὸν λεγόμενον. τινὲς δέ φασιν, ὅτι ∆ομνίκα, ἡ γυνὴ Οὐάλεντος, ἔπεισεν αὐτὸν ἀρειανίζειν οὕτω σφοδρῶς. ἄλλοι δὲ ἱστοροῦσιν, ὅτι μετὰ τὸ βασιλεῦσαι βαπτισθεὶς ὑπὸ Εὐδοξίου ὅρκῳ διεβεβαιώσατο αὐτὸν ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ βαπτίσματι τὰ Ἀρείου φρονεῖν καὶ μὴ δέχεσθαι τὸ ὁμοούσιον, καὶ οὕτως οἱ ἀμφότεροι μυρίους διωγμοὺς κατὰ τῶν ὀρθοδόξων ἐκίνησαν οἱ ἀνόσιοι. πέμπουσι δὲ καὶ πρὸς Λιβέριον τὸν Ῥώμης Εὐστάθιον τὸν Ἀρμένιον καὶ Σιλβανὸν τὸν Ταρσοῦ καὶ Θεόφιλον Κασταβάλων ὑπισχνούμενοι δι' αὐτῶν δέχεσθαι τὸ ὁμοούσιον. οὗτοι Λιβερίῳ ἔγγραφον ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου λίβελλον ἐπέδωκαν ὁμολογήσαντες πᾶσαν αἵρεσιν ἀποστρέφεσθαι ἐναντιουμένην τῇ ἐν Νικαίᾳ συνόδῳ· οὓς καὶ ἀποδεξάμενος Λιβέριος ἐκοινώνησε γράψας τοῖς τῆς ἀνατολῆς, μαρτυρῶν αὐτοῖς ὀρθοδοξίαν. ἐν Μαρκιανουπόλει δὲ Οὐάλης στρατεύων κατὰ Γότθων παρεχείμαζεν ἐκεῖ. Κόσμου ἔτη εωξαʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τξαʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ἔτη ιαʹ. εʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Σαβώρης ἔτη οʹ. ξζʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος ∆άμασος ἔτη κηʹ. ιζʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Εὐδόξιος ἔτη ιʹ. ιʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λεʹ. γʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθανάσιος ἔτη μϛʹ. μγʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀνιανὸς ἔτη δʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει σύνοδος ἐν Τυάνοις γέγονεν, ἐν ᾗ εὑρέθησαν Εὐσέβιος ὁ Καισαρείας Καππαδοκίας καὶ Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανξοῦ, ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ Θεολόγου καὶ ὁ Μελιτηνῆς Ὁτρήϊος καὶ ἕτεροι, οἵ τινες τοῖς Λιβερίου γράμμασιν ἀγαλλιασάμενοι πᾶσι τοῖς ὀρθοδόξοις ἐπισκόποις ἐσήμαναν παραγενέσθαι εἰς Ταρσὸν ἐπὶ βεβαιώσει τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως· ὅπερ ἀκούσας Οὐάλης ἐκώλυσε γενέσθαι. Εὐδόξιος δὲ πάλιν Οὐάλεντα παρεσκεύασε κελεῦσαι τοῖς κατὰ τόπον ἄρχουσιν ἐξορισθῆναι πάντας τοὺς ὑπὸ Κωνσταντίου ἐξορισθέντας ἐπισκόπους καὶ ὑπὸ Ἰου58 λιανοῦ καὶ Ἰουβιανοῦ ἀνακληθέντας. τότε Ἀθανάσιος ἑκουσίως ἐξῆλθεν Ἀλεξανδρείας, μὴ συγχωροῦντος τοῦ δήμου τῷ ἄρχοντι ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτόν, ὃς καὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἐκρύπτετο ἐν πατρῴῳ μνήματι· ὕστερον δὲ Οὐάλης φόβῳ στάσεως τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων ἔγραψεν ἐπανελθεῖν τὸν Ἀθανάσιον. τῆς δὲ κοινωνίας Εὐδοξίου ἀπέσχισεν Εὐνόμιος διὰ τὸ μὴ κοινωνεῖν Εὐδόξιον Ἀετίῳ, τῷ διδασκάλῳ Εὐνομίου. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἀμφότεροι ὁμόφρονες ἦσαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ παρὰ πάντων μισεῖσθαι Ἀέτιον Εὐδόξιος ἀπεστρέφετο αὐτόν, μὴ αἰσχυνόμενος προδήλως τοῖς οἰκείοις δόγμασιν ὡς ἀσεβέσιν ἀποστρέφεσθαι. Εὐνόμιος γὰρ ὑπογραφεὺς γέγονε τοῦ ἀθέου Ἀετίου σοφιστικοὺς λόγους μαθών, ἐξ ὧν δῆθεν ἐκόμπαζεν, τῶν θείων γραφῶν ἀμύητος ὢν πάντη, ὡς δηλοῦσι μάλιστα οἱ ἑπτὰ αὐτοῦ τόμοι. οἱ δὲ Κυζικηνοὶ ἐδίωξαν Εὐνόμιον ὡς αἱρετικὸν καὶ βλάσφημον. οὗτος δὲ ἐλθὼν ἡνώθη Εὐδοξίῳ. δεινῶς δὲ ἦν βλάσφημος τολμῶν λέγειν, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς περὶ τῆς ἰδίας οὐσίας οὐδὲν οἶδε πλέον ἡμῶν. ἑλληνικοῦ δὲ διωγμοῦ πλείονα συνέβη τοῖς ὀρθοδόξοις ἐπὶ Οὐάλεντος καὶ Εὐδοξίου τῶν ἀσεβῶν. Τούτῳ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ Εὐδοξίου τελευτήσαντος ∆ημόφιλον Ἀρειανοὶ προεβάλοντο ἐπίσκοπον, οἱ δὲ ὀρθόδοξοι Εὐάγριόν τινα, ὃν ἐχειροτόνησεν Εὐστάθιος ὁ ἱερὸς Ἀντιοχείας λαθραίως διάγων ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει, ἐπανελθὼν ἐκ τῆς ἐξορίας ἐπὶ Ἰουβιανοῦ· μὴ εὑρὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ζῶντα ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκρύπτετο. τὴν δὲ Εὐαγρίου χειροτονίαν ἀκούσας Οὐάλης ἐν Μαρκιανουπόλει διάγων Εὐστάθιον μὲν τὸν ἱερὸν εἰς Βιζύην ἐξώρισεν, Εὐάγριον δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐκβαλὼν ∆ημοφίλῳ τὰς