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15. In this year, Timotheus, the bishop of Alexandria, having died on the twenty-sixth of the month Epiphi, Theophilus was ordained in his place. Bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus, for 28 years. 10. 6. 8. 4. 22. 1. 16. In this year Theodosius, the pious emperor, having conquered Maximus the tyrant, killed him 12 days before the Kalends of August, and Andragathius, his general, as the murderer of Gratian. 11. 7. 9. 5. 23. 2. 17. In this year Theodosius came to Rome with Honorius, his son, and installed him as emperor there 5 days before the Ides of June, and went up to Constantinople. 71 12. 8. 10. 6. 24. 3. 18. In this year Eugenius usurped the throne, a former secretary from the grammarians who put on the imperial habit, with Arbogast from Lesser Galatia being with him. And hearing this, Valentinian the Younger, the son of Valentinian the Great and Justa, killed himself by hanging. But Theodosius, learning this, armed himself to go down for his vengeance. And Theophilus, the bishop of Alexandria, having petitioned Theodosius the emperor, cleansed the temple of the Hellenes in Alexandria and converted it into a church, and he publicly exposed the orgies of the Hellenes, both phalluses and anything more licentious and more profane than these. Wherefore the multitude of the Hellenes, being ashamed, committed many murders. And Theodosius, learning of the murders committed by them, blessed the slain Christians as martyrs; but he promised to forgive the Hellenes, if they would convert to Christianity; and he ordered that their temples be destroyed and the idols be melted down and given for the needs of the poor. And when the temple of Serapis in Alexandria was being dismantled, hieroglyphic characters were found having the form of a cross, which those of the Hellenes who had believed, seeing them, said signified the cross according to the meaning of the hieroglyphic letters, "life to come." Years of the world, 5883. Years of the divine incarnation, 383. Emperor of the Romans, Theodosius, 16 years. 13. Emperor of the Persians, Vararanes, 11 years. 9. Bishop of Rome, Siricius, 15 years. 11. Bishop of Constantinople, Nectarius, 16 years. 7. Bishop of Jerusalem, Cyril, 35 years. 25. Bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus, 28 years. 4. Bishop of Antioch, Meletius, 25 years. 19. In this year Marcellus, the bishop of Apamea in Syria, moved by divine zeal, destroyed the temples of the Hellenes in Apamea and for this reason was killed by the Hellenes. And Nectarius of Constantinople abolished the presbyter in charge of penance on account of the 72 sin that occurred in the church by a certain deacon against the woman who was engaged in penance. But in Rome and in all the West it is carefully preserved until now, and a place has been set apart for the penitents. Theodosius the emperor wrote a law that a woman should not advance to the diaconate, unless she has passed 60 years of age, according to the apostle. And he exiled Eunomius for holding separate assemblies and deceiving the people, and he died in exile. In the same year Plakilla, the wife of Theodosius, fell asleep, being pious and a lover of the poor, ministering with her own hands to the maimed and the sick. The Antiochenes broke this woman's statue and dragged it, being indignant on account of the public taxes imposed on them by the emperor. At which he, being exceedingly angry out of his love for the most pious Plakilla, was about to destroy them all, if Flavian, the bishop of Antioch, had not come and interceded on behalf of the Antiochenes; and John Chrysostom, being a presbyter of Antioch at that time and being present, delivered marvelous sermons for the admonishment of those who had dared to act against the imperial statues. 14. 10. 12. 8. 26. 5. 20. In this year, when Theodosius was campaigning against Eugenius the tyrant and had come down to Thessalonica with his army and entered the city, the city was thrown into confusion because of the quartering of the army and on the pretext of a charioteer and the son of the prefect;

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ιεʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει, Τιμοθέου τελευτήσαντος τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας μηνὶ Ἐπιφὶ εἰκάδι ἕκτῃ, χειροτονεῖται ἀντ' αὐτοῦ Θεόφιλος. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Θεόφιλος ἔτη κηʹ. ιʹ. ϛʹ. ηʹ. δʹ. κβʹ. αʹ. ιϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θεοδόσιος, ὁ εὐσεβὴς βασιλεύς, νικήσας Μάξιμον τὸν τύραννον ἀνεῖλε πρὸ ιβʹ καλανδῶν Αὐγούστου, καὶ Ἀνδραγάθιον, τὸν στρατηγὸν αὐτοῦ, ὡς δολοφονήσαντα Γρατιανόν. ιαʹ. ζʹ. θʹ. εʹ. κγʹ. βʹ. ιζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἦλθε Θεοδόσιος ἐν Ῥώμῃ μετὰ Ὀνωρίου, τοῦυἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκάθισεν αὐτὸν βασιλέα ἐν αὐτῇ πρὸ εʹ ἰδῶν Ἰουνίου, καὶ ἀνῆλθεν ἐπὶ Κωνσταντινούπολιν. 71 ιβʹ. ηʹ. ιʹ. ϛʹ. κδʹ. γʹ. ιηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Εὐγένιος ἐτυράννησεν, ὁ ἀπὸ γραμματικῶν ἀντιγραφεὺς καὶ σχῆμα βασιλικὸν περιθέμενος, συνόντος αὐτῷ καὶ Ἀργαβάστου τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς μικρᾶς Γαλατίας. καὶ ἀκούσας Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ὁ μικρός, ὁ υἱὸς Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ Ἰούστας, ἑαυτὸν ἀνεῖλεν ἀγχόνῃ. ὁ δὲ Θεοδόσιος τοῦτο μαθὼν ἐξωπλίζετο τοῦ κατελθεῖν εἰς ἐκδίκησιν αὐτοῦ. Θεόφιλος δέ, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας, αἰτήσας Θεοδόσιον τὸν βασιλέα τὸ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἱερὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐξεκάθηρε καὶ εἰς ἐκκλησίαν μετεσκεύασεν, τὰ δὲ ὄργια τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐδημοσίευσεν, φαλλούς τε καὶ εἴ τι τούτων ἀσελγέστερον καὶ βεβηλότερον. ὅθεν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἑλλήνων αἰσχυνθὲν πολλοὺς φόνους εἰργάσατο. Θεοδόσιος δὲ μαθὼν τοὺς γεγονότας ὑπ' αὐτῶν φόνους, τοὺς μὲν ἀναιρεθέντας Χριστιανοὺς ὡς μάρτυρας ἐμακάρισεν· τοῖς δὲ Ἕλλησι συγχωρεῖν ἐπηγγείλατο, εἰ πρὸς χριστιανισμὸν μεταθεῖντο· τὰ δὲ ἱερὰ αὐτῶν καθαιρεθῆναι καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα χωνευθῆναι καὶ εἰς χρείας πενήτων δοθῆναι ἐκέλευσεν. τοῦ δὲ ναοῦ τοῦ Σεράπιδος ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ λυομένου, ἱερογλυφικὰ γράμματα εὑρέθησαν σταυροῦ τύπον ἔχοντα, ἅπερ οἱ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων πιστεύσαντες θεασάμενοι εἶπον σημαίνειν τὸν σταυρὸν κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἱερογλυφικῶν γραμμάτων ἔννοιαν ζωὴν ἐπερχομένην. Κόσμου ἔτη εωπγʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τπγʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ιγʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαραράνης ἔτη ιαʹ. θʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σιρίκιος ἔτη ιεʹ. ιαʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Νεκτάριος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ζʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λεʹ. κεʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Θεόφιλος ἔτη κηʹ. δʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Μελέτιος ἔτη κεʹ. ιθʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Μάρκελλος, ὁ Ἀπαμείας τῆς Συρίας ἐπίσκοπος, ζήλῳ θείῳ κινούμενος τὰ ἱερὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐν Ἀπαμείᾳ κατέστρεψε καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀνῃρέθη ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων. Νεκτάριος δὲ ὁ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐκώλυσε τὸν ἐπὶ τῆς μετανοίας πρεσβύτερον διὰ τὸ γεγονὸς 72 ἁμάρτημα ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ὑπό τινος διακόνου εἰς τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ μετανοίᾳ σχολάζουσαν. ἐν δὲ Ῥώμῃ καὶ πάσῃ τῇ δύσει ἐπιμελῶς φυλάττεται ἕως τοῦ νῦν, καὶ τόπος ἠφόρισται τοῖς μετανοοῦσιν. Θεοδόσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς νόμον ἔγραψε γυναῖκα εἰς διακονίαν μὴ προβαίνειν, εἰ μὴ ὑπερβῇ τὰ ξʹ ἔτη κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον. Εὐνόμιον δὲ ἐξώρισε παρασυναγωγὰς ποιοῦντα καὶ λαοὺς ἀπατῶντα, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐξορίᾳ ἀπέθανεν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Πλακίλλα, ἡ γαμετὴ Θεοδοσίου, ἐκοιμήθη εὐσεβὴς οὖσα καὶ φιλόπτωχος οἰκείαις χερσὶ λωβοῖς καὶ νοσοῦσιν ὑπηρετοῦσα. ταύτης ἀνδριάντα κατέαξαν οἱ Ἀντιοχεῖς καὶ ἔσυραν ἀγανακτοῦντες διὰ τὰ ἐπιτεθέντα δημόσια παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τελεῖν αὐτοῖς. οἷς καὶ ὀργισθεὶς σφόδρα πόθῳ τῷ πρὸς Πλακίλλαν τὴν εὐσεβεστάτην ἤμελλε πάντας ἀπολλύειν, εἰ μὴ Φλαβιανός, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας, ἐλθὼν ὑπὲρ Ἀντιοχέων ἐπρέσβευσεν· Ἰωάννης δὲὁ Χρυσόστομος πρεσβύτερος ὢν Ἀντιοχείας τότε καὶ παρὼν λόγους θαυμαστοὺς πρὸς παραίνεσιν τῶν τολμησάντων κατὰ τῶν βασιλικῶν ἀνδριάντων ἐπεδείξατο. ιδʹ. ιʹ. ιβʹ. ηʹ. κϛʹ. εʹ. κʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπιστρατεύσαντος Θεοδοσίου κατὰ Εὐγενίου τοῦ τυράννου καὶ κατελθόντος ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ μετὰ τοῦ στρατοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσελθόντος ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐταράχθη ἡ πόλις διὰ τὰ μητάτα τοῦ στρατοῦ καὶ διὰ πρόφασιν ἡνιόχου καὶ τοῦ παιδὸς τοῦ ἐπάρχου·