often the divine, for the education of men, uses these things. For the Red Sea, though it would have been easier to part it all at once, He first lashed and pushed back with a 20violent south wind20 and so parted it, although no such power is established in the nature of the south wind, but the influence from above used it supernaturally for its own will; and a 20rod20 striking a 20rock20 pours forth springs of waters, and the streams of the Jordan cleanse leprosy, not because their nature has the power to do these things, but because the creator has great and unhindered authority to refashion each of his creations for whatever purpose he may wish. 12.11 That after the death of Eudoxius, who was in charge of the Eunomian congregation in Constantinople, Lucian was appointed in his place, being the son of Eunomius' sister. They say that this man, having slipped into avarice and related passions and suspecting the punishment for them, split off from the rest of the Eunomian party, and showed himself to be the leader of his own faction, and came to lead a not inconsiderable group, since all those who were infamous and armed with various passions had flocked to him. 12.12 That the emperor Honorius, in honor of their kinship by marriage, took the general Constantius into partnership for the scepter of the empire, since Placidia had already borne him a son, Valentinian; to whom Honorius also granted the rank of Nobilissimus. The images of Constantius, as was the custom for those who had just entered into the imperial office to do, were sent up to the East; but Theodosius, not being pleased with the proclamation, did not accept them. And indeed for Constantius, as he was preparing for war on account of the insult, death came upon him and provided release from both his life and his cares, having reigned for six months. 12.13 That in the tenth consulship of the emperor Theodosius and the thirteenth of Honorius, Honorius himself died of dropsy and John, having seized the tyranny, sent an embassy to Theodosius. But when the embassy proved unsuccessful, the ambassadors were insulted and condemned to exile, each to a different place along the Propontis. However, Placidia and Valentinian III (for after the death of Constantius they had been brought to Byzantium) Theodosius sent to Thessalonica, and there he conferred the rank of Caesar upon his nephew, having entrusted the command against the tyrant to the general Ardaburius and his son Aspar. They indeed, taking with them Placidia and Valentinian and having marched through the lands of the Paeonians and the Illyrians, take Salonae, a city of Dalmatia, by storm. From there, Ardaburius proceeded against the tyrant with a naval fleet. But Aspar, having taken command of the cavalry force and by the speed of his assault having escaped notice, became master of the great city of Aquileia, with Valentinian and Placidia accompanying him. But while the one thus effortlessly subdued the great city, a violent wind caught Ardaburius and brought him with two other triremes into the hands of the tyrant. But the latter, looking toward a truce, treated Ardaburius humanely. And he, enjoying much freedom, strengthened the conspiracy against the tyrant among his generals, who were already themselves disaffected; and he signaled to his son Aspar to come, as the success was at hand. And when he had arrived quickly with the cavalry and some battle had broken out, John was captured through the betrayal of those around him and was sent to Placidia and Valentinian in Aquileia; and there, after first having his hand cut off, he was then also beheaded, having been tyrant for one and a half years. Then Theodosius also sent and proclaimed Valentinian emperor. 12.14 That Aetius, the general of the tyrant John, three days after his death arrived leading barbarian mercenaries, up to 60,000; and of an engagement between him and

πολλάκις τὸ θεῖον ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτοις χρώμενον. τήν τε γὰρ Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν, ῥᾷον ὂν ἀθρόον διαστῆσαι, 20νότῳ βιαίῳ20 πρότερον μαστιγώσας καὶ συνωθήσας οὕτω διέστησεν, τῇ τοῦ νότου φύσει μηδεμιᾶς δυνάμεως τοιαύτης ἐγκαθιδρυμένης, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἄνωθεν ῥοπῆς ὑπερφυῶς αὐτῷ χρησαμένης πρὸς τὸ οἰκεῖον βούλημα· καὶ 20ῥάβδος20 δὲ πηγὰς ἐκ 20πέτρας20 ναμάτων πλήττουσα προχέει, καὶ Ἰορδάνου ῥεῖθρα καθαίρουσι λέπραν, οὐ τῆς φύσεως αὐτῶν ταῦτα δρᾶν ἐνδυναμούσης, τοῦ δὲ πλάστου μεταπλάττειν ἕκαστον τῶν δημιουργημάτων πρὸς ἣν ἂν ἐθέλῃ χρείαν πολλὴν καὶ ἀκώλυτον ἔχοντος τὴν ἐξουσίαν. 12.11 Ὅτι μετὰ θάνατον Εὐδοξίου, ὃς τῆς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Εὐνομιανῆς συναγωγῆς ἐπῆρχεν, Λουκιανὸς ἀντικαθίσταται, παῖς ὢν ἀδελφῆς Εὐνομίου. τοῦτον δή φασιν, εἰς φιλαργυρίαν τε καὶ τὰ συγγενῆ κατολισθήσαντα πάθη καὶ τὴν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς ὑφορώμενον δίκην, ἀποσχίσαι μὲν τῆς ἄλλης Εὐνομιανῶν μοίρας, ἰδίας δὲ συμμορίας ἀρχηγὸν ἑαυτὸν ἀναδεῖξαι, καὶ συντάγματος οὐκ εὐκαταφρονήτου ἄρξαι, πάντων τῶν ἐπιρρήτων τε καὶ ποικίλοις πάθεσι καθωπλισμένων πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπερρυηκότων. 12.12 Ὅτι Ὀνώριος ὁ βασιλεὺς Κωνστάντιον τὸν στρατηγὸν κατὰ τιμὴν τοῦ κήδους εἰς τὸ τῆς βασιλείας προσλαμβάνεται σκῆπτρον, ἤδη καὶ παῖδα Οὐαλεντινιανὸν τῆς Πλακιδίας αὐτῷ γειναμένης· ᾧ καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου περιῆψεν ὁ Ὀνώριος ἀξίαν. αἱ δὲ τοῦ Κωνσταντίου εἰκόνες, ὡς ἔθος ἦν τοῖς ἄρτι παρελθοῦσιν εἰς βασιλείαν πράττειν, ἀναπέμπονται πρὸς τὴν Ἑῴαν· ἀλλ' ὅ γε Θεοδόσιος, οὐκ ἀρεσκόμενος τῇ ἀναρρήσει, οὐ προσίετο ταύτας. καὶ δὴ Κωνσταντίῳ, παρασκευαζομένῳ διὰ τὴν ὕβριν ἐπὶ πόλεμον, καὶ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῶν φροντίδων ἐπιστὰς ὁ θάνατος τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν παρέχει, βασιλεύσαντι μῆνας ἕξ. 12.13 Ὅτι ἐν ὑπατείᾳ τοῦ βασιλέως Θεοδοσίου τὸ δέκατον καὶ Ὀνωρίου τὸ τρισκαιδέκατον αὐτὸς Ὀνώριος ὑδέρῳ τελευτᾷ καὶ Ἰωάννης τυραννίδι ἐπιθέμενος διαπρεσβεύεται πρὸς Θεοδόσιον. ἀπράκτου δὲ τῆς πρεσβείας γεγενημένης, καὶ οἱ πρέσβεις ὑβρισθέντες ἄλλος ἀλλαχῆ κατὰ τὴν Προποντίδα φυγῇ προσετιμήθησαν. τὴν μέντοι Πλακιδίαν καὶ τὸν τρίτον Οὐαλεντινιανὸν (μετὰ γὰρ Κωνσταντίου θάνατον πρὸς τὸ Βυζάντιον ἀνεκομίσθησαν) ἀποστέλλει πρὸς τὴν Θεσσαλονίκην Θεοδόσιος, κἀκεῖ τὴν τοῦ Καίσαρος ἀξίαν τῷ ἀνεψιῷ παρατίθησιν, Ἀρδαβουρίῳ τῷ στρατηγῷ καὶ τῷ τούτου υἱῷ Ἄσπαρι τὴν κατὰ τοῦ τυράννου στρατηγίαν ἐγχειρίσας. Οἳ δὴ καὶ συνεπαγόμενοι Πλακιδίαν τε καὶ Οὐαλεντινιανὸν καὶ τούς τε Παίονας καὶ τοὺς Ἰλλυριοὺς διελάσαντες, τὰς Σάλωνας, πόλιν τῆς ∆αλματίας, ἀναιροῦσι κατὰ κράτος. ἐντεῦθεν ὁ μὲν Ἀρδαβούριος νηΐτῃ στόλῳ κατὰ τοῦ τυράννου χωρεῖ. ὁ δὲ Ἄσπαρ τὴν ἱππικὴν δύναμιν συναναλαβὼν καὶ τῷ τάχει τῆς ἐφόδου κλέψας τὰς αἰσθήσεις, τῆς Ἀκυληΐας μεγάλης πόλεως ἐγκρατὴς γίνεται, συνόντων αὐτῷ Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τε καὶ Πλακιδίας. Ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν οὕτω τὴν μεγάλην ἀταλαιπώρως παρεστήσατο, τὸν δὲ Ἀρδαβούριον βίαιον ἀπολαβὸν πνεῦμα σὺν δυσὶν ἑτέραις τριήρεσιν εἰς χεῖρας ἄγει τοῦ τυράννου. ὁ δὲ πρὸς σπονδὰς ἀφορῶν φιλανθρώπως ἐκέχρητο τῷ Ἀρδαβουρίῳ. καὶ πολλῆς οὗτος ἀπολαύων τῆς ἀδείας, τοὺς ἀποστρατήγους τοῦ τυράννου, ἤδη καὶ αὐτοὺς ὑποκεκινημένους, τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν κρατύνει τὴν κατὰ τοῦ τυράννου· καὶ σημαίνει Ἄσπαρι τῷ παιδὶ παραγενέσθαι, ὡς ἐφ' ἑτοίμῳ τῷ κατορθώματι. τοῦ δὲ θᾶττον σὺν τῷ ἱππότῃ στρατῷ παραγεγονότος καὶ μάχης τινὸς συρραγείσης, συλλαμβάνεται ὁ Ἰωάννης τῇ τῶν ἀμφ' αὐτὸν προδοσίᾳ καὶ πρὸς Πλακιδίαν καὶ Οὐαλεντινιανὸν εἰς Ἀκυληΐαν ἐκπέμπεται· κἀκεῖ τὴν χεῖρα προδιατμηθείς, εἶτα καὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀποτέμνεται, ἕνα τυραννήσας ἐπὶ τῷ ἡμίσει ἐνιαυτόν. τότε καὶ βασιλέα ὁ Θεοδόσιος τὸν Οὐαλεντινιανὸν ἀποστείλας ἀναγορεύει. 12.14 Ὅτι Ἀέτιος ὁ ὑποστράτηγος Ἰωάννου τοῦ τυράννου μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας τῆς ἐκείνου τελευτῆς βαρβάρους ἄγων μισθωτοὺς εἰς ξʹ χιλιάδας παραγίνεται· καὶ συμπλοκῆς αὐτοῦ τε καὶ