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22 years. 12. In this year, upon the death of the emperor Arcadius, who reigned 81 for 14 years, 3 months, and 14 days after the death of his father Theodosius, having also been co-emperor with his father for 12 years, he left behind Theodosius his son as emperor, being 8 years old, who had been co-emperor with his father Arcadius for 6 years. And when Theodosius became sole emperor, Pulcheria, his sister, a virgin being fifteen years old, administered the empire well with God's help. She also had two other sisters, Arcadia and Marina; and Pulcheria persuaded them also to remain virgins. And she educated her brother Theodosius, being most wise and possessing a divine mind. And she instructed her brother Theodosius royally, above all in piety towards God, and then also in character and speech and gait and laughter and dress and sitting and standing. And having founded many churches and poorhouses and hostels and monasteries for all, she also royally assigned to them the appropriate revenues. And Sozomen says about her, that she was also deemed worthy of divine visions. 2. 16. 13. 2. 9. 23. 13. In this year Atticus, bishop of Constantinople, after admonishing a certain paralytic Jew, persuaded and baptized him, and brought him up healthy from the font. For he is said to have lived in a godly manner. 3. 17. 14. 3. 10. 24. 14. In this year Rome was taken by Alaric on the 9th day before the Kalends of September; and after a few days the most illustrious Constantinus was slain, and many others. 4. 18. 15. 4. 11. 25. 15. In this year the most illustrious Jovianus and Sebastianus were slain in Gaul. And their heads came to Rome, and after 15 days Sallustius and Heraclianus were slain. Zosimus, bishop of Rome, for 8 years. 5. 19. 1. 5. 12. 26. 16. In this year the Jews in Alexandria inflicted many evils upon the Christians. For having agreed among themselves to wear a ring of palm, they prepared heralds to cry out at night that the church had been set on fire. And when the Christians ran together, the Jews 82 slaughtered them. And when the plot was discovered, the Christian leaders drove them out of Alexandria and confiscated their property. In the same year Antiochus the Persian was removed, and the blessed Pulcheria took complete control of affairs. Year of the world 5906. Year of the divine incarnation 406. Roman emperor Theodosius, 42 years. 6. Persian king Isdigerdes, 21 years. 20. Bishop of Rome Zosimus, 8 years. 2. Bishop of Constantinople Atticus, 20 years. 6. Bishop of Jerusalem John, 16 years. 13. Bishop of Alexandria Theophilus, 28 years. 27. Bishop of Antioch Flavianus, 22 years. 17. In this year some men killed by a violent death Hypatia the philosopher, daughter of Theon the philosopher. In the same year Isdigerdes, the king of the Persians, previously being persuaded by the exhortations of Maruthas, the bishop of Mesopotamia, and of Abdaas, the bishop of the capital city in Persia, became extremely pious, so that he was almost on the point of being baptized on account of the miracles of Maruthas, and he punished the magi as impostors. But in his 20th year, being deceived by the magi, he stirred up a great persecution against the Christians in Persia; and in his 21st year he died. And the cause of the persecution was this: Abdaas, the bishop of the capital in Persia, being carried away by zeal for God, but not using this zeal appropriately, set fire to the temple of Fire. When the king learned this, he ordered the churches in Persia to be destroyed and punished Abdaas with various tortures. And when the persecution had prevailed for 5 years, many and innumerable martyrs were revealed; for the magi diligently hunted down those in hiding throughout the cities and villages. And others even informed on themselves voluntarily, so that they might not seem to deny Christ by their silence. And while the Christians were being slain 83 unsparingly, very many even in the royal palaces

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ἔτη κβʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀρκαδίου τοῦ βασιλέως τελευτήσαντος, ὃς ἐβα81 σίλευσε μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Θεοδοσίου τοῦ πατρὸς ἔτη ιδʹ, μῆνας γʹ, ἡμέρας ιδʹ, συμβασιλεύσας καὶ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἔτη ιβʹ, κατέλιπε Θεοδόσιον τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ βασιλέα ἐτῶν ηʹ ὄντα, συμβασιλεύσαντα δὲ τῷ πατρὶ Ἀρκαδίῳ ἔτη ϛʹ. Θεοδοσίου δὲ αὐτοκράτορος γενομένου, Πουλχερία, ἡ τούτου ἀδελφή, παρθένος δέκα καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν οὖσα τὴν βασιλείαν σὺν θεῷ καλῶς διῴκει. εἶχε δὲ καὶ ἄλλας δύο ἀδελφάς, Ἀρκαδίαν καὶ Μαρίναν· καὶ ταύτας παρθενεύειν ἡ Πουλχερία ἔπεισεν. Θεοδόσιον δὲ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐπαίδευσε σοφωτάτη τυγχάνουσα καὶ θεῖον νοῦν κεκτημένη. τὸν δὲ ἀδελφὸν Θεοδόσιον πρὸ πάντων μὲν εἰς τὴν κατὰ θεὸν εὐσέβειαν, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ εἰς ἦθος καὶ λόγον καὶ βάδισμα καὶ γέλωτα καὶ στολὴν καὶ καθέδραν καὶ στάσιν βασιλικῶς ἐξεπαίδευσεν. πολλὰς δὲ ἐκκλησίας καὶ πτωχεῖα ξενῶνάς τε καὶ μοναστήρια κτίσασα πᾶσι καὶ τὰς ἁρμοδίους προσόδους βασιλικῶς ἀπένειμεν. ὁ δὲ Σωζομενός φησι περὶ αὐτῆς, ὅτι καὶ θείας ἐμφανείας ἠξιοῦτο. βʹ. ιϛʹ. ιγʹ. βʹ θʹ. κγʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀττικός, ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Ἰουδαῖόντινα παραλυτικὸν νουθετήσας, πείσας τε καὶ βαπτίσας ὑγιῆ ἐκ τῆς κολυμβήθρας ἀνήγαγεν. κατὰ θεὸν γὰρ λέγεται βεβιωκέναι. γʹ. ιζʹ. ιδʹ. γʹ. ιʹ. κδʹ. ιδʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ῥώμη παρελήφθη ὑπὸ Ἀλαρίχου πρὸ θʹ καλανδῶν Σεπτεμβρίου· καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας ὀλίγας Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ λαμπρότατος ἐσφάγη καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοί. δʹ. ιηʹ. ιεʹ. δʹ. ιαʹ. κεʹ. ιεʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐσφάγησαν ἐν Γαλλίαις Ἰοβιανὸς καὶ Σεβαστιανὸς οἱ λαμπρότατοι. καὶ ἦλθον αἱ κεφαλαὶ αὐτῶν ἐν Ῥώμῃ, καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας ιεʹ ἐσφάγησαν Σαλούστιος καὶ Ἡρακλειανός. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ζώσιμος ἔτη ηʹ. εʹ. ιθʹ. αʹ. εʹ. ιβʹ. κϛʹ. ιϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ κακὰ πολλὰ Χριστιανοῖς ἐνεδείξαντο. συνθέμενοι γὰρ πρὸς ἀλλήλους φορεῖν δακτύλιον ἀπὸ φοίνικος, τῇ νυκτὶ βοᾷν παρεσκεύασαν κήρυκας, ὅτι ἡ ἐκκλησία ἐνεπρήσθη. τῶν δὲ Χριστιανῶν συνδραμόντων, τούτους 82 οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι κατέσφαζον. τοῦ δὲ δράματος φωραθέντος, οἱ Χριστιανοὶ ἄρχοντες τούτους τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐξήλασαν καὶ τὰς ὑποστάσεις αὐτῶν ἐδήμευσαν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Ἀντίοχος ὁ Πέρσης ἐκποδὼν γέγονεν, καὶ ἡ μακαρία Πουλχερία τελείως τῶν πραγμάτων ἐκράτησεν. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠϛʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υϛʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη μβʹ. ϛʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ἰσδιγέρδης ἔτη καʹ. κʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ζώσιμος ἔτη ηʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀττικὸς ἔτη κʹ. ϛʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιϛʹ. ιγʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Θεόφιλος ἔτη κηʹ. κζʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Φλαβιανὸς ἔτη κβʹ. ιζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ὑπατίαν τὴν φιλόσοφον, θυγατέρα Θέωνος τοῦ φιλοσόφου, βιαίῳ θανάτῳ τινὲς ἀνεῖλον. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Ἰσδιγέρδης, ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεύς, πρότερον Μαρουθᾶ, τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Μεσοποταμίας, ταῖς παραινέσεσι πειθόμενος καὶ Ἀβδαᾶ, τοῦ τῆς βασιλευούσης ἐν Περσίδι πόλεως ἐπισκόπου, εἰς ἄκρον θεοσεβὴς γέγονεν, ὥστε ἔμελλε σχεδὸν βαπτίζεσθαι διὰ τὰς θαυματουργίας τοῦ Μαρουθᾶ, καὶ τοὺς μάγους ὡς ἀπατεῶνας ἐκόλαζεν. τῷ δὲ κʹ ἔτει ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων ἀπατηθεὶς μέγαν κατὰ τῶν ἐν Περσίδι Χριστιανῶν διωγμὸν ἀνεκίνησεν· τῷ δὲ καʹ ἔτει τετελεύτηκεν. αἰτία δὲ τοῦ διωγμοῦ αὕτη γέγονεν· Ἀβδαᾶς, ὁ τῆς βασιλευούσης ἐν Περσίδι ἐπίσκοπος, ζήλῳ μὲν θεοῦ φερόμενος, οὐκ εἰς δέον δὲ τῷ ζήλῳ χρησάμενος τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Πυρὸς ἐνέπρησεν. τοῦτο δὲ γνοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς ἐν Περσίδι ἐκκλησίας καταλυθῆναι προσέταξε καὶ τὸν Ἀβδαᾶν διαφόροις κολάσεσιν ἐτιμωρήσατο. τοῦ δὲ διωγμοῦ ἐπὶ εʹ χρόνους κρατήσαντος, πολλοὶ μάρτυρες καὶ ἀναρίθμητοι ἀνεδείχθησαν· οἱ γὰρ μάγοι κατὰ πόλεις καὶ κώμας ἐπιμελῶς ἐθήρευον τοὺς λανθάνοντας. ἄλλοι δὲ καὶ αὐτομάτως ἑαυτοὺς κατεμήνυον, ὥστε μὴ σιγῇ δόξαι τὸν Χριστὸν ἀπαρνεῖσθαι. ἀφειδῶς δὲ 83 τῶν Χριστιανῶν κτεινομένων, πλεῖστοι καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς βασιλείοις