A Syrian was five cubits in size and had a span as an addition, although his feet did not correspond to the height of the rest of his body, but were bent inwards and were knock-kneed; Antonius was the man's name. But the Egyptian was so shortened, that he not ungracefully imitated the partridges in cages, and they would play with him in rivalry. The more paradoxical thing was that there was also intelligence in the man, in no way harmed by his shortness; for indeed his voice was not unmusical and his words allowed the nobility of his mind to be seen. Each of the aforementioned flourished in the times of the author, and did not depart from this life too soon. For the tallest died after completing his twenty-fifth year, and the shortest, not much less than this. And he records many other wonders in his histories, some contemporary with the aforementioned, and some that had happened before. 10.12 That Philostorgius says that the fast of Wednesday and Friday is not limited to abstinence from meat alone, but is also regulated by not touching any food at all until evening. For he says about a certain Eudoxius, a fellow sectarian, but a presbyter in rank, and deprived of the means by which the succession of the race is secured, the following: «This man was also given to fasting, so that throughout the whole time not only those [days] which by regulation bear the memory of the Lord's passion ...» 11.t FROM THE ELEVENTH HISTORY 11.1 ... to use bears and lions, he was deprived of his life, his rule, and the contests with the beasts, while completing his twentieth year from birth. And he was unrestrained in his anger, which especially cast him out of life. For once, while conversing with Arbogast in the palace, since the words were stirring him to anger, he rushed to draw his sword against the general; but having been prevented (for the bodyguard, whose sword he had attempted to draw, held him back), for the present he tried with words to lead Arbogast away from suspicion. But he, through the words, found his suspicion rather changing into the certainty of knowledge. For when asked the reason for so great an impulse, Valentinian pretended he wanted to kill himself, because as emperor he did none of the things he wished. But Arbogast, having inquired no further then, later in Vienne of Gaul, having seen the emperor, who had taken lunch and at midday in the deserted parts of the palace † on the bank of the river rolling about at his idle pastimes, sends some of his guards against him. And they strangle the wretched man with the strength of their hands and the savagery of their purpose, with none of the emperor's attendants being present. For the time called them away to lunch. However, those who had strangled him, so that no one might immediately proceed to a search for the perpetrators, twisted his handkerchief around his neck like a noose and hung him up, as if he had hanged himself by his own will. 11.2 That Arbogast, having killed Valentinian, since his birth 11.2 prevented him from the imperial office (for he who begot him was a barbarian), appointed a certain Eugenius, a magister in rank, but a Hellene in religion, as emperor of the Romans. And Theodosius, having learned these things, bestows the imperial crown on one of his sons, Honorius, and throughout the whole winter he himself prepares for war. And when spring began to appear, he marched out against the tyrant; and attacking the Alps, he conquered them by treachery. And having engaged with the tyrant near the river (they give it the name Cold Water), and a fierce battle having taken place and many being killed on both sides, nevertheless victory, abhorring the tyrant, graced the legitimate emperor. The tyrant, therefore, is captured and is beheaded. Arbogast, however, despairing of his safety, falling upon his sword kills himself. And after these things, the emperor, having arrived in Mediolanum, sends for his son Honorius and entrusts the entire West to him. And after the victory against the tyrant on the

Σύρος πενταπήχης ἦν τὸ μέγεθος καὶ σπιθαμὴν ἔφερεν προσθήκην, καίτοι τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸ ἄλλο τοῦ σώματος μὴ συνομολογούντων τὸ ὕψος, ἀλλ' εἴσω καὶ πρὸς τὸ βλαισὸν ὑποκαμπτομένων· Ἀντώνιος ἦν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ ὄνομα. ὁ δὲ Αἰγύπτιος οὕτω κατεβραχύνετο, ὥστε μηδ' ἀχαρίστως τοὺς ἐν τοῖς κλουβοῖς πέρδικας ἐκμιμεῖσθαι, καὶ συναθύρειν αὐτῷ πρὸς ἔριν ἐκείνους. τὸ δὲ παραδοξότερον ὅτι καὶ φρόνησις ἐνῆν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, οὐδὲν ὑπὸ τῆς βραχύτητος καταβλαπτομένη· καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὸ φθέγμα οὐκ ἄμουσος ἦν καὶ οἱ λόγοι τοῦ νοῦ παρεῖχον ὁρᾶσθαι τὴν γενναιότητα. ἑκάτερος δὲ τῶν εἰρημένων τοῖς τοῦ συγγραφέως χρόνοις ἐνήκμασαν, καὶ οὐ θᾶττον μετῆλθον τὸν βίον. ὁ μὲν γὰρ μέγιστος τὰ εἰκοσιπέντε διεξιὼν ἔτη ἀπεβίω, ὁ δ' ἐλάχιστος οὐκ ὀλίγῳ καὶ τούτων λειπόμενος. Πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἕτερα τέρατα, τὰ μὲν τοῖς εἰρημένοις ὁμόχρονα, τὰ δὲ καὶ προγεγενημένα, ταῖς ἱστορίαις αὐτοῦ καταστρώννυσιν. 10.12 Ὅτι τῆς τετράδος καὶ παρασκευῆς τὴν νηστείαν ὁ Φιλοστόργιός φησι οὐκ ἐν μόνῃ τῇ τῶν κρεῶν ἀποχῇ περιορίζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ μηδὲ τροφῆς ὅλως ἅπτεσθαι μέχρι τῆς ἑσπέρας κανονίζεσθαι. λέγει γὰρ περί τινος Εὐδοξίου, συναιρεσιώτου μέν, πρεσβυτέρου δὲ τὴν τάξιν, ἐψιλωμένου δὲ τῶν δι' ὧν ἡ διαδοχὴ τοῦ γένους, τοιάδε· «Νηστευτικός τε οὗτος ἦν, ὡς καὶ παρ' ὅλον μὲν τὸν χρόνον μὴ μόνον τὰς κατὰ διάταξιν τὴν μνήμην τοῦ κυριακοῦ πάθους φερούσας ...» 11.τ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΕΝ∆ΕΚΑΤΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ 11.1 ... ἄρκτων καὶ λεόντων χρήσασθαι, αὐτοῦ τε τοῦ ζῆν καὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τοῖς θηρίοις ἄθλων, εἰκοστὸν ἀπὸ γενέσεως διανύων ἔτος, ἀπεφθάρη. ἦν δὲ καὶ τὸν θυμὸν ἀκράτωρ, ὃ καὶ μάλιστα τοῦ ζῆν αὐτὸν ἐξεδίσκευσεν. διαλεγόμενος γάρ ποτε κατὰ τὸ παλάτιον τῷ Ἀρβαγάστῃ, ἐπείπερ αὐτὸν οἱ λόγοι πρὸς ὀργὴν ἀνέσειον, ξίφος ὥρμησε κατὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ σπάσασθαι· κωλυθεὶς δέ (ὁ γὰρ δορυφόρος ἐπέσχεν, οὗ τὸ ξίφος ἕλκειν ἐπεβάλλετο), κατὰ τὸ παρὸν λόγοις μὲν ἐπειρᾶτο τῆς ὑπονοίας τὸν Ἀρβαγάστην ἀπάγειν. ὁ δὲ διὰ τῶν λόγων τὴν ὑπόνοιαν αὐτοῦ μᾶλλον εὗρεν εἰς ἀκρίβειαν μεθισταμένην γνώσεως. καὶ γὰρ ἐπερωτήσαντι τῆς τοσαύτης ὁρμῆς τὴν αἰτίαν ἑαυτὸν διαχρήσασθαι Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ὑπεκρίνατο, διότι βασιλεύων οὐδὲν ὧν ἂν βούλοιτο πράττει. ὁ δὲ Ἀρβαγάστης, οὐδὲν πλέον τότε πολυπραγμονήσας, ὕστερον ἐν Βιέννῃ τῆς Γαλλίας ἠριστηκότα τὸν βασιλέα καὶ μεσούσης ἡμέρας κατὰ τὰ ἔρημα τῶν βασιλείων † ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸ χεῖλος οἷς ἐματαιοσπούδει καλινδούμενον θεασάμενος, πέμπει τινὰς κατ' αὐτοῦ τῶν ὑπασπιστῶν. οἱ δὲ τὸν δείλαιον χειρῶν ἰσχύϊ καὶ γνώμης ἀποπνίγουσιν ἀγριότησιν, οὐδὲ τῶν ὑπηρετουμένων τῷ βασιλεῖ τινος παρόντος. ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀριστᾶν μετεπέμπετο. οἱ μέντοι γε τοῦτον ἀποπνίξαντες, ἵνα μὴ τὸ παραυτίκα πρὸς ζήτησίν τινες χωρήσωσι τῶν ἐργασαμένων, τὸ ἡμιτύβιον αὐτοῦ τῷ τραχήλῳ βρόχου τρόπον περιελίξαντες ἀναρτῶσιν, ὡς δι' αὐτοῦ γε τῇ οἰκείᾳ γνώμῃ ἀπαγξαμένου. 11.2 Ὅτι Ἀρβαγάστης τὸν Οὐαλεντινιανὸν ἀνελών, ἐπεὶ τὸ γένος 11.2 αὐτὸν τῆς βασιλείας ἀπεκώλυσεν (βάρβαρος γὰρ ἦν αὐτὸν ὁ φυσάμενος), Εὐγένιόν τινα, μάγιστρον τὴν ἀξίαν, Ἕλληνα δὲ τὸ σέβας, βασιλέα Ῥωμαίων καθίστησι. μαθὼν δὲ ταῦτα Θεοδόσιος θατέρῳ μὲν τῶν παίδων Ὀνωρίῳ τὸν βασίλειον παρατίθησι στέφανον, ἐν ὅλῳ δὲ τῷ χειμῶνι τὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον αὐτὸς ἐξαρτύεται. ἦρος δὲ ὑποφαίνοντος, ἐκστρατεύει κατὰ τοῦ τυράννου· καὶ ταῖς Ἄλπεσι προσβαλὼν ἐκράτησεν αὐτῶν προδοσίᾳ. συμπλακέντος δὲ τῷ τυράννῳ κατὰ τὸν ποταμόν (Ψυχρὸν ὕδωρ αὐτῷ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν ποιοῦνται), καὶ μάχης καρτερᾶς γενομένης καὶ πολλῶν ἑκατέρωθεν ἀπολλυμένων, ὅμως ἡ νίκη τὸν τύραννον μυσαχθεῖσα τὴν ἔννομον βασιλείαν συνδιεκόσμει. συλλαμβάνεται τοίνυν ὁ τύραννος καὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀποτέμνεται. ὁ μέντοι Ἀρβαγάστης τῆς σωτηρίας ἀπογνούς, ἐπιπεσὼν ἀναιρεῖ ἑαυτὸν τῷ ξίφει. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα παραγεγονὼς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν Μεδιολάνῳ μεταπέμπεται τὸν ἑαυτοῦ παῖδα Ὀνώριον καὶ τὴν Ἑσπέρανἐγχειρίζει πᾶσαν. μετὰ δὲ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ τυράννου νίκην τῇ