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they decreed that this divine hymn be sung throughout the entire inhabited world; and from that time all the churches received the tradition of singing it to God each day. Year of the world 5931. Year of the divine incarnation 431. Theodosius, emperor of the Romans, for 42 years. The 31st. Isdigerdes, king of the Persians, for 17 years. The 4th. Xystus, bishop of Rome, for 8 years. The 5th. Proclus, bishop of Constantinople, for 12 years. The 4th. Juvenal, bishop of Jerusalem, for 38 years. The 1st. Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, for 32 years. The 24th. John, bishop of Antioch, for 18 years. The 16th. In this year Valentinian was not only unable to recover Britain, Gaul, and Spain, but also lost western Libya, the country called that of the Africans, in the following manner. There were two generals, Aetius and Boniface, whom Theodosius 94 at the request of Valentinian sent to Rome. But when Boniface received the command of western Libya, the envious Aetius made an accusation against him, as one who was plotting rebellion and hastening to seize Libya; and these things he said to Placidia, the mother of Valentinian. And he wrote to Boniface that: "If you are summoned, do not be willing to come, for you have been slandered, and the emperors wish to subdue you by deceit." Having received this, Boniface, trusting Aetius as a genuine friend, was summoned but did not come. Then the emperors received Aetius as one who was loyal. At that time there were many and very great Gothic nations settled beyond the Danube in the hyperborean regions. And of these the four most noteworthy are the Goths, Visigoths, Gepids, and Vandals, differing only in names and in nothing else, using one dialect; and all are of the Arian false belief. These, in the time of Arcadius and Honorius, crossed the Danube and were settled in the land of the Romans. And the Gepids, from whom the Lombards and Avars were later divided, inhabited the regions around Singidunum and Sirmium. The Visigoths, after Alaric had sacked Rome, proceeded into the Gauls and took possession of the lands there. The Goths first held Pannonia, then in the 19th year of the reign of Theodosius the Younger, with his permission, they inhabited the regions of Thrace, and having spent 58 years in Thrace with Theuderic as their leader, a patrician and consul, with Zeno permitting them, they took control of the western empire. The Vandals, having allied with the Alans and the Germans now called Franks, crossed the Rhine river, having 95 Godigisel as their leader, settled in Spain, which is the first country of Europe from the western Ocean. But Boniface, fearing the Roman emperors, crossed from Libya to Spain and went to the Vandals. And finding that Godigisel was dead, and that his sons Guntharis and Gizeric were administering the rule, he persuaded them and promised to divide western Libya into three parts, on the condition that each would rule a third part with him, and that they would jointly defend themselves against any enemy whatsoever. On these agreements the Vandals crossed the strait and settled Libya from the Ocean as far as Tripoli by Cyrene. But the Visigoths, rising up from Gaul, took possession of Spain as well. But some of the Roman senate, friends of Boniface, reported the false accusation of Aetius to Placidia, making manifest also the letter of Aetius to Boniface, which Boniface had sent to them. And Placidia, being astonished, did no harm to Aetius, but sent to Boniface a persuasive message with oaths. And when Guntharis died, Gizeric became sole ruler of the Vandals. Boniface, therefore, having accepted the message, marched against the Vandals, a great army having come to him from both Rome and Byzantium, with Aspar as general. But of the war

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ἐθέσπισαν κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην τὸν θεῖον τοῦτον ψάλλεσθαι ὕμνον· καὶ ἀπὸ τότε παρέλαβον πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ᾄδειν αὐτὸν τῷ θεῷ. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠλαʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υλαʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτη μβʹ. λαʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ἰσδιγέρδης ἔτη ιζʹ. δʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ξύστος ἔτη ηʹ. εʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Πρόκλος ἔτη ιβʹ. δʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰουβενάλιος ἔτη ληʹ. αʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη λβʹ. κδʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιηʹ. ιϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Οὐαλεντινιανὸς οὐ μόνον Βρετανίαν καὶ Γαλλίαν καὶ Ἱσπανίαν ἀνασώσασθαι οὐκ ἴσχυσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἑσπέριον Λιβύην, τὴν τῶν Ἄφρων καλουμένην χώραν, προσαπώλεσε τρόπῳ τοιῷδε. δύο στρατηγοὶ ἦσαν Ἀέτιος καὶ Βονιφάτιος, οὓς Θεοδόσιος 94 κατὰ αἴτησιν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ εἰς Ῥώμην ἀπέστειλεν. Βονιφατίου δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἑσπερίου Λιβύης λαβόντος, φθονήσας ὁ Ἀέτιος διαβολὴν ποιεῖται κατ' αὐτοῦ ὡς ἀνταρσίαν μελετῶντος καὶ τῆς Λιβύης κρατῆσαι σπεύδοντος· καὶ ταῦτα μὲν πρὸς Πλακιδίαν ἔλεγεν, τὴν τοῦ Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ μητέρα. γράφει δὲ Βονιφατίῳ ὅτι· "ἐὰν μεταπεμφθῇς, παραγενέσθαι μὴ θελήσῃς, διεβλήθης γάρ, καὶ δόλῳ σε οἱ βασιλεῖς βούλονται χειρώσασθαι." ταῦτα δεξάμενος Βονιφάτιος καὶ ὡς γνησίῳ φίλῳ Ἀετίῳ πιστεύσας μεταπεμφθεὶς οὐ παρεγένετο. τότε οἱ βασιλεῖς τὸν Ἀέτιον ὡς εὐνοοῦντα ἀπεδέξαντο. ἦσαν δὲ τότε Γοτθικὰ ἔθνη πολλά τε καὶ μέγιστα πέραν τοῦ ∆ανουβίου ἐν τοῖς ὑπερβορείοις τόποις κατῳκισμένα. τούτων δὲ ἀξιολογώτερά εἰσι τέσσαρα, Γότθοι, Ἰσίγοτθοι, Γήπαιδες καὶ Οὐανδῆλοι ἐν ὀνόμασι μόνον καὶ οὐδενὶ ἑτέρῳ διαλλάττοντες, μιᾷ διαλέκτῳ κεχρημένοι· πάντες δὲ τῆς Ἀρείου ὑπάρχουσι κακοπιστίας. οὗτοι ἐπὶ Ἀρκαδίου καὶ Ὀνωρίου τὸν ∆ανοῦβιν διαβάντες ἐν τῇ τῶν Ῥωμαίων γῇ κατῳκίσθησαν. καὶ οἱ μὲν Γήπαιδες, ἐξ ὧν ὕστερον διῃρέθησαν Λογγίβαρδοι καὶ Ἄβαρεις, τὰ περὶ Σιγγιδόνα καὶ Σέρμιον χωρία ᾤκησαν. οἱ δὲ Ἰσίγοτθοι μετὰ Ἀλάριχον τὴν Ῥώμην πορθήσαντες εἰς Γαλλίας ἐχώρησαν καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ ἐκράτησαν. Γότθοι δὲ Πανονίαν ἔσχον πρῶτον, ἔπειτα τῷ ιθʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας Θεοδοσίου τοῦ νέου ἐπιτρέψαντος τὰ τῆς Θρᾴκης χωρία ᾤκησαν καὶ ἐπὶ νηʹ χρόνους ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ διατρίψαντες Θευδερίχου ἡγεμονεύοντος αὐτῶν, πατρικίου καὶ ὑπάτου, Ζήνωνος αὐτοῖς ἐπιτρέψαντος, τῆς ἑσπερίου βασιλείας ἐκράτησαν. οἱ δὲ Οὐανδῆλοι Ἀλανοὺς ἑταιρισάμενοι καὶ Γερμανοὺς τοὺς νῦν καλουμένους Φράγγους, διαβάντες τὸν Ῥῆνον ποταμόν, ἡγούμενον 95 ἔχοντες Γοδιγίσκλον κατῴκησαν ἐν Ἱσπανίᾳ, πρώτῃ οὔσῃ χώρᾳ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑσπερίου Ὠκεανοῦ. Βονιφάτιος δὲ φοβηθεὶς τοὺς τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλεῖς, περάσας ἀπὸ Λιβύης εἰς Ἱσπανίαν πρὸς τοὺς Οὐανδήλους ἦλθεν. καὶ εὑρὼν τὸν μὲν Γοδιγίσκλον τελευτήσαντα, τοὺς δὲ ἐκείνου παῖδας Γόνθαρίν τε καὶ Γιζέριχον τὴν ἀρχὴν διέποντας, τούτους προτρεψάμενος τὴν ἑσπέριον Λιβύην εἰς τρία μέρη διελεῖν ὑπέσχετο, ἐφ' ᾧ ἕκαστον τοῦ τρίτου μέρους ἄρχειν σὺν αὐτῷ, κοινῇ δὲ ἀμύνεσθαι τὸν οἷον δήποτε πολέμιον. ἐπὶ ταύταις ταῖς ὁμολογίαις οἱ Οὐανδῆλοι τὸν πορθμὸν διαβάντες τὴν Λιβύην κατῴκησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ μέχρι Τριπόλεως τῆς κατὰ Κυρήνην. οἱ δὲ Ἰσίγοτθοι ἀναστάντες ἀπὸ Γαλλίας ἐκράτησαν καὶ τὴν Ἱσπανίαν. τινὲς δὲ τῆς συγκλήτου Ῥωμαίων, φίλοι Βονιφατίου, τὴν Ἀετίου ψευδοκατηγορίαν ἀνήγγειλαν τῇ Πλακιδίᾳ, ἐμφανῆ ποιήσαντες καὶ τὴν πρὸς Βονιφάτιον Ἀετίου ἐπιστολήν, τοῦ Βονιφατίου ταύτην αὐτοῖς ἀποστείλαντος. ἡ δὲ Πλακιδία ἐκπλαγεῖσα τὸν μὲν Ἀέτιον οὐδὲν ἠδίκησεν, Βονιφατίῳ δὲ λόγον προτρεπτικὸν μεθ' ὅρκων ἀπέστειλεν. τοῦ δὲ Γονθαρίου τελευτήσαντος, Γιζέριχος τῶν Οὐανδήλων γέγονεν αὐτοκράτωρ. Βονιφάτιος οὖν τὸν λόγον δεξάμενος τῶν Οὐανδήλων κατεστράτευσεν, στρατοῦ μεγάλου ἐλθόντος αὐτῷ ἀπό τε Ῥώμης καὶ τοῦ Βυζαντίου, στρατηγοῦντος Ἄσπαρος. πολέμου δὲ