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and they insulted the emperor and murdered the prefect. But the emperor, having been patient for a short while and having silenced the people, ordered a horse race to take place; and when the people and the factions had gathered for the spectacle of the horse race, he ordered the army to shoot them with arrows; and fifteen thousand of the people died. And when he came to Milan, Ambrose the bishop prevented him from entering the church. And on the feast of the Savior's birth, Ambrose severely rebuked 73 Rufinus the magister who came to intercede. But when Theodosius, at the suggestion of Ambrose, issued a law that a period of 30 days for reconsideration be given to those condemned to death or confiscation, then he received him into the church outside the sanctuary, and not inside according to the former custom; whence also until now the custom has rightly prevailed for emperors to stand outside the sanctuary with the people. In the same year, when the river Nile did not rise according to its custom, the Hellenes rejoiced, saying that the reason for this was that they were prevented from sacrificing to their gods. Which when the pious emperor learned, he answered: "May it never be that a river which rejoices in sacrifices should flood the land." And God, approving this, blessed the rising of the river to such an extent, that all those in Egypt were afraid, lest the flood of water overwhelm Alexandria itself. Years of the world εωπεʹ. Years of the divine incarnation τπεʹ. Emperor of the Romans, Theodosius, ιϛʹ years. ιεʹ. Emperor of the Persians, Vararanes, ιαʹ years. ιαʹ. Bishop of Rome, Siricius, ιεʹ years. ιγʹ. Bishop of Constantinople, Nectarius, ιϛʹ years. θʹ. Bishop of Jerusalem, Cyril, λεʹ years. κζʹ. Bishop of Alexandria, Theophilus, κηʹ years. ϛʹ. Bishop of Antioch, Meletius, κεʹ years. καʹ. In this year Theodosius, the pious emperor, having fought mightily against Eugenius at the Alpine gates and having captured him alive, killed him. But Arbogast, having escaped, killed himself. In the same year the relics of the prophets Habakkuk and Micah were found by divine agency by Zebenus, the bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palestine, who was divinely instructed, in two villages of the territory of Eleutheropolis. And when the emperor came to Rome, bishops approached him with the opinion of Innocent of Rome against Flavian, bishop of Antioch. But the most Christian emperor, having urged them to peace, united them after ιζʹ years, ordering bishops from the 74 East to come to Rome for this purpose, with whom Acacius of Beroea was also sent. And Theodosius gave many gifts to Rome, having also put an end to the abuses happening in the bakeries against strangers who fell into them and were shut up until old age in the mills, and likewise also the shaming of adulterous women in the brothels, not permitting them to be shut up any longer and their deed to be exposed by means of a bell. ιϛʹ. ιβʹ. ιδʹ. ιʹ. κηʹ. ζʹ. κβʹ. In this year, after the killing of the tyrant Eugenius and the settlement of affairs, the pious emperor Theodosius departed from Rome and began to make his way to Constantinople. And having come to Milan and fallen ill, he sent for his son Honorius, and having seen him, he felt better. But after watching the chariot-races after luncheon he was suddenly taken ill, and being unable to return in the evening, he ordered his son to complete it; and on the following night he fell asleep in the Lord, being ξʹ years old, having reigned for ιϛʹ years, leaving his two sons as emperors, Arcadius the elder of the East, and Honorius of the West. And Arcadius transported his body to Constantinople and buried it in the Church of the Holy Apostles. Emperor of the Romans, Arcadius, son of Theodosius, ιδʹ years. Emperor of the Persians, Isdigerdes, καʹ years. αʹ. αʹ. ιεʹ. ιαʹ. κθʹ. ηʹ. κγʹ. In this year Arcadius, having been proclaimed emperor, built the great portico opposite the praetorium. 38th Bishop of Rome, Anastasius, γʹ years.

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καὶ ὕβρισαν τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τὸν ἔπαρχον ἐφόνευσαν. τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως μακροθυμήσαντος πρὸς βραχὺ καὶ τὸν λαὸν κατασιγήσαντος, ἱππικὸν γενέσθαι ἐκέλευσεν· καὶ συναχθέντων τῶν λαῶν καὶ τῶν δήμων εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἱππικοῦ θέαν, ἐκέλευσε τὸν στρατὸν τοξεῦσαι αὐτούς· καὶ ἀπέθανον τοῦ λαοῦ χιλιάδες δεκαπέντε. ἐλθόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐν Μεδιολάνῳ, Ἀμβρόσιος ὁ ἐπίσκοπος ἐκώλυσεν αὐτὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. ἐν δὲ τῇ τοῦ σωτῆρος γενεθλίῳ ἑορτῇ Ῥουφίνῳ μαγίστρῳ εἰς παράκλησιν ἐλθόντι δεινῶς ἐπέπληξεν 73 Ἀμβρόσιος. νόμον δὲ ἐκθεμένου Θεοδοσίου τοῖς καταδικαζομένοις θανάτῳ ἢ δημεύσει προθεσμίαν λʹ ἡμερῶν εἰς διάσκεψιν δίδοσθαι ἐξ ἐπιτροπῆς Ἀμβροσίου, τότε προσεδέξατο αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἔξωθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ οὐ κατὰ τὴν προτέραν συνήθειαν ἔσω· ὅθεν καὶ μέχρι νῦν καλῶς ἐκράτησε τὸ ἔθος ἔξω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἵστασθαι μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει τοῦ Νείλου ποταμοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἔθος μὴ ἀνελθόντος, ἔχαιρον οἱ Ἕλληνες λέγοντες αἴτιον εἶναι τούτου τὸ κωλυθῆναι θύειν τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν. ὅπερ μαθὼν ὁ εὐσεβὴς βασιλεὺς ἀπεκρίθη· "μὴ γένοιτό ποτε ποταμὸν θυσίαις χαίροντα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν πλημμυρῆσαι." ὁ δὲ θεὸς τοῦτο ἀποδεξάμενος ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εὐλόγησε τὴν ἀνάβασιν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὥστε πάντας τοὺς κατ' Αἴγυπτον φοβηθῆναι, μὴ καὶ αὐτὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν κατακλύσῃ ἡ τοῦ ὕδατος πλημμύρα. Κόσμου ἔτη εωπεʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη τπεʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ιεʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Οὐαραράνης ἔτη ιαʹ. ιαʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σιρίκιος ἔτη ιεʹ. ιγʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Νεκτάριος ἔτη ιϛʹ. θʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λεʹ. κζʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Θεόφιλος ἔτη κηʹ. ϛʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Μελέτιος ἔτη κεʹ. καʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θεοδόσιος, ὁ εὐσεβὴς βασιλεύς, Εὐγενίῳ κραταιῶς μαχησάμενος ἐν ταῖς Ἀλπίσι πύλαις ζῶντά τε συλλαβὼν αὐτὸν ἀνεῖλεν. Ἀργαβάστης δὲ διαδρὰς ἑαυτὸν διεχειρίσατο. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει τὰ τῶν προφητῶν Ἀμβακοὺμ καὶ Μιχαίου λείψανα θεόθεν εὑρέθη Ζεβένῳ, τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἐλευθεροπόλεως τῆς Παλαιστίνης χρηματισθέντι, ἐν δυσὶ χωρίοις τῆς περιοικίδος Ἐλευθεροπόλεως. ἐλθόντι δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐν Ῥώμῃ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ ἐπίσκοποι γνώμῃ Ἰννοκεντίου τοῦ Ῥώμης κατὰ Φλαβιανοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀντιοχείας. ὁ δὲ χριστιανικώτατος βασιλεὺς τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην παραινέσας αὐτοῖς ἥνωσε διὰ ιζʹ ἐτῶν, κελεύσας ἐπισκόπους ἐκ τῆς 74 ἀνατολῆς ἐν Ῥώμῃ εἰς τοῦτο παραγενέσθαι, μεθ' ὧν καὶ Ἀκάκιος ὁ Βεροίας ἐστάλη. πολλὰ δὲ χαρίσματα δέδωκε τῇ Ῥώμῃ Θεοδόσιος, περιελὼν καὶ τὰ γινόμενα ἐν τοῖς μαγκιπίοις ἄτοπα κατὰ τῶν ἐμπιπτόντων ξένων καὶ ἀποκλειομένων ἕως γήρους ἐν τοῖς μύλωσιν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν μοιχευομένων γυναικῶν ὕβριν ἐν τοῖς πορνείοις, μὴ συγχωρήσας ταύτας ἔτι συγκλείεσθαι καὶ διὰ κώδωνος τὴν πρᾶξιν ἐλέγχεσθαι. ιϛʹ. ιβʹ. ιδʹ. ιʹ. κηʹ. ζʹ. κβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μετὰ τὴν Εὐγενίου τοῦ τυράννου ἀναίρεσιν καὶ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων κατάστασιν ἀπῆρεν ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ὁ εὐσεβὴς βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος καὶ ἤρχετο ἐπὶ Κωνσταντινούπολιν. ἐλθὼν δὲ ἐν Μεδιολάνῳ ἀρρωστήσας Ὀνώριον τὸν υἱὸν μετεστείλατο καὶ θεασάμενος αὐτὸν ῥᾷον ἔσχεν. ἱπποδρομίαν δὲ ἰδὼν μετὰ τὸ ἄριστον κακῶς διετέθη ἀθρόως, καὶ μὴ ἰσχύσας τῇ δείλῃ ἀνελθεῖν τῷ υἱῷ ἐκέλευσε ταύτην πληρῶσαι· καὶ τῇ ἐπελθούσῃ νυκτὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν κυρίῳ ὑπάρχων ἐτῶν ξʹ, βασιλεύσας ἔτη ιϛʹ, καταλείψας βασιλεῖς τοὺς δύο αὐτοῦ υἱούς, Ἀρκάδιον μὲν τὸν πρεσβύτερον τῆς ἑῴας, Ὀνώριον δὲ τῶν ἑσπερίων. τὸ δὲ σῶμα αὐτοῦ μετήνεγκεν Ἀρκάδιος ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει καὶ ἔθαψεν εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους ἀποστόλους. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἀρκάδιος, υἱὸς Θεοδοσίου, ἔτη ιδʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ἰσδιγέρδης ἔτη καʹ. αʹ. αʹ. ιεʹ. ιαʹ. κθʹ. ηʹ. κγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀρκάδιος αὐτοκράτωρ ἀναδειχθεὶς τὸν μέγαν ἔμβολον ἄντικρυς τοῦ πραιτωρίου ἔκτισεν. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος ληʹ Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη γʹ.