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which they had taken from each other in war, and that there should no longer be any command of soldiers in Daras; and for the Iberians it was decided that they should have the choice either to remain there in Byzantium, or to return to their own fatherland. And there were many who remained and many who returned to their 1.22.17 ancestral homes. Thus, then, they concluded the so-called Endless Peace, when Justinian was already in the sixth year of his reign. 1.22.18 And the Romans gave both Pharangium and the fortress of Bolum to the Persians, along with the money, and the Persians gave to the Romans the fortresses of Lazica. And the Persians also gave back Dagaris to the Romans, having received in his place 1.22.19 another man of no mean station. This Dagaris at a later time often conquered in battle and drove out the Huns who had invaded the land of the Romans; for he was exceptionally skilled in the arts of war. So both ratified the treaty with each other in the manner described. 1.23.1 And straightway it came to pass that a plot was formed against each king by his subjects; in what manner, however, I shall immediately make clear. Chosroes, son of Cabades, was unsettled in his mind and an unnatural lover of innovation. 1.23.2 For this reason he himself was always full of confusion and turmoil and was the chief cause of the same for all others. 1.23.3 Therefore, being vexed by his rule, all the men of action among the Persians planned to establish another king for themselves from the house of Cabades. 1.23.4 And (for they had a great desire for the rule of Zames, which the law prevented on account of the mutilation of his eye, as has been told by me) upon consideration they found it better for themselves to establish as ruler his son Cabades, who was also the namesake of his grandfather, and for Zames, being guardian to the boy, to administer 1.23.5 the affairs of the Persians as he wished. And coming before Zames they brought forth the plan and, urging him with great eagerness, led him to the deed. And since the plan pleased the man, they intended to attack Chosroes at an opportune time. But the plot, having become known all the way to the king, prevented what was being done. 1.23.6 For Chosroes killed Zames himself and all his own and Zames' brothers, together with all their male offspring, and as many of the notable Persians as had happened either to begin or to take part in any way in the plot against him. Among them was also Aspebedes, the brother of Chosroes' mother. 1.23.7 Cabades, however, the son of Zames, he himself was by no means able to kill. For he was still being reared by the chanaranges Adergoudounbades. And he sent orders to the chanaranges himself to do away with this boy whom he had reared. For he did not think it right to distrust the man, nor was he otherwise able to compel him. 1.23.8 The chanaranges, therefore, when he heard the commands of Chosroes, being deeply grieved and bewailing the misfortune, communicated to his wife, who was also the nurse of Cabades, all that the king had commanded him. And his wife, bursting into tears and grasping her husband's knees, 1.23.9 begged him by no means to kill Cabades. Therefore, taking counsel between themselves, they decided to raise the boy in hiding as safely as possible, and to report quickly to Chosroes that Cabades had vanished from the world of men. 1.23.10 And they reported to the king accordingly, and they hid Cabades so well that they allowed no one to have any knowledge of this, except their own son Varrhames and one of their servants, who indeed seemed to them to be the most trustworthy of all. 1.23.11 But when, as time went on, Cabades came of age, the chanaranges, fearing lest what had been done might be brought to light, gave money to Cabades and bade him depart and save himself wherever he might be able as a fugitive. So at that time the chanaranges, having done these things, escaped the notice of both Chosroes and all the others. 1.23.12 But at a later time Chosroes invaded the land of Colchis with a great army, as will be written by me in the subsequent books. 1.23.13 And following him was Varrhames, the son of this chanaranges, taking with him others of his servants, including the one who happened to be privy with him to the facts concerning Cabades; there Varrhames to the king all the things concerning Cabades

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πολέμῳ ἀλλήλους ἀφείλοντο, καὶ μηκέτι στρατιωτῶν τις ἀρχὴ ἐν ∆άρας εἴη· τοῖς τε Ἴβηρσιν ἐδέδοκτο ἐν γνώμῃ εἶναι ἢ μένειν αὐτοῦ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ, ἢ ἐς σφῶν τὴν πατρίδα ἐπανιέναι. ἦσαν δὲ πολλοὶ καὶ οἱ μένοντες καὶ οἱ ἐπανιόντες ἐς τὰ 1.22.17 πάτρια ἤθη. οὕτω τοίνυν τήν τε ἀπέραντον καλουμένην εἰρήνην ἐσπείσαντο, ἕκτον ἤδη ἔτος τὴν βασιλείαν 1.22.18 Ἰουστινιανοῦ ἔχοντος. καὶ Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν τό τε Φαράγγιον καὶ Βῶλον τὸ φρούριον ξὺν τοῖς χρήμασι Πέρσαις ἔδοσαν, Πέρσαι δὲ Ῥωμαίοις τὰ Λαζικῆς φρούρια. καὶ ∆άγαριν δὲ Ῥωμαίοις ἀπέδοσαν Πέρσαι, ἀντ' 1.22.19 αὐτοῦ ἕτερον κεκομισμένοι οὐκ ἀφανῆ ἄνδρα. οὗτος ὁ ∆άγαρις χρόνῳ τῷ ὑστέρῳ πολλάκις Οὔννους ἐς γῆν τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἐσβεβληκότας μάχαις νικήσας ἐξήλασεν· ἦν γὰρ διαφερόντως ἀγαθὸς τὰ πολέμια. τὰς μὲν οὖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους σπονδὰς τρόπῳ τῷ εἰρημένῳ ἀμφότεροι ἐκρατύναντο. 1.23.1 Εὐθὺς δὲ βασιλεῖ ἑκατέρῳ ἐπιβουλὴν γενέσθαι ξυνηνέχθη πρὸς τῶν ὑπηκόων· ὅντινα μέντοι τρόπον, αὐτίκα δηλώσω. Χοσρόης ὁ Καβάδου ἄτακτός τε ἦν τὴν διάνοιαν καὶ νεωτέρων πραγμάτων ἐραστὴς ἄτο1.23.2 πος. διὸ δὴ αὐτός τε ἀεὶ ἔμπλεως ταραχῆς τε καὶ θορύβων ἐγίνετο καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν 1.23.3 αἰτιώτατος. ἀχθόμενοι οὖν αὐτοῦ τῇ ἀρχῇ ὅσοι ἐν Πέρσαις δραστήριοι ἦσαν ἕτερον σφίσι βασιλέα καταστήσασθαι ἐκ τῆς Καβάδου οἰκίας ἐν βουλῇ εἶχον. 1.23.4 καὶ (ἦν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πολύς τις πόθος τῆς Ζάμου ἀρχῆς, ἣν δὴ ὁ νόμος αἰτίᾳ τῆς τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ λώβης, ὥσπερ μοι ἐρρήθη, ἐκώλυε) λογισάμενοι ηὕρισκον σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἄμεινον εἶναι Καβάδην μὲν τὸν αὐτοῦ παῖδα καὶ τῷ πάππῳ ὁμώνυμον ἐς τὴν ἀρχὴν καταστήσασθαι, Ζάμην δὲ, ἅτε τῷ παιδὶ ἐπίτροπον ὄντα, διοικεῖσθαι 1.23.5 ὅπη βούλοιτο τὰ Περσῶν πράγματα. γενόμενοί τε παρὰ τὸν Ζάμην τό τε βούλευμα ἐξήνεγκαν καὶ προθυμίᾳ πολλῇ ἐγκελευόμενοι ἐς τὴν πρᾶξιν ἐνῆγον. καὶ ἐπεὶ τὸν ἄνδρα ἡ βουλὴ ἤρεσκεν, ἐς καιρὸν τῷ Χοσρόῃ ἐπιθήσεσθαι διενοοῦντο. ἔκπυστος δὲ ἡ βουλὴ μέχρι ἐς τὸν βασιλέα γεγενημένη τὰ πρασσόμενα διε1.23.6 κώλυσε. Ζάμην τε γὰρ αὐτὸν ὁ Χοσρόης καὶ τοὺς αὑτοῦ τε καὶ Ζάμου ἀδελφοὺς ἅπαντας ξὺν γόνῳ παντὶ ἄρσενι ἔκτεινε, καὶ Περσῶν τῶν δοκίμων ὅσους τῶν ἐπ' αὐτῷ βεβουλευμένων ἢ ἄρξαι ἢ μεταλαχεῖν τρόπῳ δὴ ὅτῳ τετύχηκεν. ἐν τοῖς καὶ Ἀσπεβέδης ἦν ὁ τῆς Χοσρόου μητρὸς ἀδελφός. 1.23.7 Καβάδην μέντοι τὸν Ζάμου υἱὸν αὐτὸς μὲν κτείνειν οὐδαμῆ εἶχεν. ἔτι γὰρ ὑπὸ χαναράγγῃ τῷ Ἀδεργουδουνβάδῃ ἐτρέφετο. αὐτῷ δὲ χαναράγγῃ τὸν παῖδα τοῦτον, ὅνπερ ἐθρέψατο, ἐπέστελλε διαχρήσασθαι. οὔτε γὰρ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἀπιστεῖν ἐδικαίου οὔτε ἄλλως αὐτὸν 1.23.8 βιάζεσθαι εἶχεν. ὁ μὲν οὖν χαναράγγης, ἐπεὶ τὰς Χοσρόου ἐντολὰς ἤκουσε, περιαλγήσας τε καὶ ἀποκλαύσας τὴν συμφορὰν ἐκοινολογεῖτο τῇ γυναικὶ καὶ Καβάδου τίτθῃ ὅσα οἱ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπιστείλειε. δακρύσασα δὲ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ τῶν γονάτων τοῦ ἀνδρὸς λαβομένη 1.23.9 ἔχρῃζε τέχνῃ μηδεμιᾷ Καβάδην κτεῖναι. βουλευσάμενοι οὖν ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἐλογίσαντο κρυπτόμενον μὲν ὡς ἀσφαλέστατα τὸν παῖδα ἐκτρέφειν, τῷ δὲ Χοσρόῃ κατὰ τάχος σημῆναι ὥς οἱ ὁ Καβάδης ἐξ ἀνθρώπων 1.23.10 ἀφανισθείη. καὶ τῷ τε βασιλεῖ κατὰ ταῦτα ἐσήμαινον τόν τε Καβάδην οὕτως ἀπέκρυψαν, ὥστε τούτου γε παρείχοντο οὐδενὶ αἴσθησιν, ὅτι μὴ Οὐαρράμῃ τε τῷ σφετέρῳ παιδὶ καὶ τῶν οἰκετῶν ἑνὶ, ὃς δὴ αὐτοῖς 1.23.11 πιστότατος ἐς τὰ μάλιστα ἔδοξεν εἶναι. ἐπεὶ δὲ προϊόντος τοῦ χρόνου ἐς ἡλικίαν ὁ Καβάδης ἦλθε, δείσας ὁ χαναράγγης μὴ τὰ πεπραγμένα ἐς φῶς ἄγοιτο, χρήματά τε τῷ Καβάδῃ ἐδίδου καὶ αὐτὸν ἀπαλλαγέντα ἐκέλευε διασώζεσθαι ὅπη οἱ φεύγοντι δυνατὰ εἴη. τότε μὲν οὖν Χοσρόην τε καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας ταῦτα διαπεπραγμένος ὁ χαναράγγης ἐλάνθανε. 1.23.12 Χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ὁ μὲν Χοσρόης ἐς γῆν τὴν Κολχίδα στρατῷ μεγάλῳ ἐσέβαλλεν, ὥς μοι ἐν τοῖς 1.23.13 ὄπισθεν λόγοις γεγράψεται. εἵπετο δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ τούτου δὴ τοῦ χαναράγγου υἱὸς Οὐαρράμης, ἄλλους τε τῶν οἰκετῶν ἐπαγόμενος καὶ ὃς αὐτῷ τὰ ἐς τὸν Καβάδην ξυνεπιστάμενος ἔτυχεν· ἐνταῦθα τῷ βασιλεῖ Οὐαρράμης τὰ ἀμφὶ τῷ Καβάδῃ ἅπαντα