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of Galatia, as an introducer of new doctrines and for saying that the Son of God took his beginning from Mary and that his kingdom would have an end, and for having composed a certain writing on this subject, having come together in Constantinople they deposed and cast him out of the church; and they entrusted the episcopate of the Galatian diocese to Basil, a powerful speaker and esteemed for his learning. And they wrote to the churches there to seek out Marcellus' book and to destroy 2.33.2 it, and to convert those who held the same opinions, if they should find any. And because of the lengthiness of the writing they indicated that they had not appended the entire book, but they inserted certain sayings into their letter for the refutation of his holding these opinions. But it was said by some that these things had been spoken by Marcellus in the course of an inquiry and had been misrepresented as confessed dogmas to the emperor himself by the party of Eusebius, because they were exceedingly angry with him for not having agreed with the definitions made by them at the synod in Phoenicia, nor in Jerusalem concerning Arius, nor having taken part in the dedication of the great martyry, through avoid2.33.3 ance of communion with them. Of course, in writing about him to the emperor, they brought this forward as a slander, that he himself had been insulted by him, in that he did not deign to honor the dedication of the temple built in Jerusalem. 2.33.4 The occasion for this writing of Marcellus was a certain Asterius, a sophist from Cappadocia, who, composing treatises about the dogma which were in agreement with the opinion of Arius, went about the cities displaying them and was generally present with the bishops and at the synods that were held. For Marcellus, in arguing against him, either willingly or not thinking so, slipped into the opinion of Paul of Samosata. But he later recovered his episcopate at the Synod of Sardica, having been reckoned not to hold these views. 2.34.1 The emperor, having already previously divided the empire among his sons who were Caesars, and having assigned the western parts to Constantine and Constans, and the eastern parts to Constantius, being weak in body, went to Helenopolis in Bithynia as if to use the natural hot springs. But being in a worse state, he was conveyed to Nicomedia, where, while staying in a suburb, he was initiated into the holy 2.34.2 baptism; and being exceedingly pleased at this, he gave thanks to God. And having made a will, he distributed the empire to his sons as before, but leaving the primacies to elder Rome and to the city named after him, he gave the will to the presbyter, who was a supporter of Arius but good in his life, whom his sister Constantia on her deathbed had entrusted to him, and adding an oath he commanded him to give it to Constantius when he arrived; for neither he nor any other 2.34.3 of the Caesars was present with their dying father. And having given these commands, he survived a few days; and he died, being about sixty-five years old, having reigned for thirty-one of these, a man who was an especial admirer of the Christian religion, so that he was the first of the emperors to begin to have zeal for 2.34.4 the church and to bring it to the height of advancement, and successful as I know not if any other was in what he undertook; for without God, it seems to me, he would not have undertaken things, he who prevailed in the wars that occurred in his time against both the Goths and the Sauromatians and so easily reshaped the state according to his own will, as to establish another senate and a queen city named after him, and he both attempted to and in a short time overthrew the Greek religion, which had been zealously cultivated for so long a time by both rulers and ruled. 2.34.5 When he died, his body was conveyed to Constantinople in a golden coffin and was laid out on a certain platform in the palace. And the same honor and ceremony as for a living person was rendered by those in the palace. And when Constantius, who was staying in the East, learned of his father's death, which was quickly reported to him, he hastened to Constantinople; and having buried him with royal honors, he interred him in the church named after the apostles, where

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Γαλατῶν, ὡς καινῶν δογμάτων εἰσηγητὴν καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λέγοντα ἐκ Μαρίας τὴν ἀρχὴν εἰληφέναι καὶ τέλος ἕξειν τὴν αὐτοῦ βασιλείαν, καὶ γραφήν τινα περὶ τούτου συντάξαντα, συνελθόντες ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει καθεῖλον καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐξέβαλον· καὶ Βασιλείῳ δεινῷ λέγειν καὶ ἐπὶ παιδεύσει ὑπειλημμένῳ ἐπιτρέπουσι τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν τῆς Γαλατῶν παροικίας. καὶ ταῖς αὐτόθι ἐκκλησίαις ἔγραψαν ἀναζητῆσαι τὴν Μαρκέλλου βίβλον καὶ ἐξαφα2.33.2 νίσαι καὶ τοὺς τὰ αὐτὰ φρονοῦντας, εἴ τινας εὕροιεν, μεταβάλλειν. καὶ διὰ μὲν τὸ πολύστιχον τῆς γραφῆς μὴ τὸ πᾶν ὑποτάξαι βιβλίον ἐδήλωσαν, ῥητὰ δέ τινα ἐνέθηκαν τῇ αὐτῶν ἐπιστολῇ πρὸς ἔλεγχον τοῦ δοξάζειν αὐτὸν τάδε. ἐλέγετο δὲ πρός τινων ταῦτα ὡς ἐν ζητήσει εἰρῆσθαι Μαρκέλλῳ καὶ ὡς ὡμολογημένα διαβεβλῆσθαι καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ βασιλεῖ παρὰ τῶν ἀμφὶ τὸν Εὐσέβιον, καθότι ὑπερφυῶς ἐχαλέπαινον αὐτῷ μήτε ἐν τῇ κατὰ Φοινίκην συνόδῳ συντεθειμένῳ τοῖς ὑπ' αὐτῶν ὁρισθεῖσι μήτε ἐν ῾Ιεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ ᾿Αρείῳ μήτε τῆς ἀφιερώσεως τοῦ μεγάλου μαρτυρίου μετασχόντι δι' ἀπο2.33.3 φυγὴν τῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς κοινωνίας. ἀμέλει τοι γράφοντες περὶ αὐτοῦ τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ταῦτα εἰς διαβολὴν προὔφερον, ὡς καὶ αὐτοῦ ὑβρισμένου ὑπ' αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀξιώσαντος τὴν ἀφιέρωσιν τιμῆσαι τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιεροσολύμοις νεὼ οἰκο2.33.4 δομηθέντος. πρόφασις δὲ γέγονε Μαρκέλλῳ ταύτης τῆς γραφῆς ᾿Αστέριός τις ἐκ Καππαδοκίας σοφιστής, ὃς καὶ περὶ τοῦ δόγματος λόγους συγγράφων τῇ ᾿Αρείου δόξῃ συμφερομένους περιιὼν τὰς πόλεις ἐπεδείκνυτο καὶ τοῖς ἐπισκόποις καὶ ταῖς γινομέναις συνόδοις ὡς ἐπίπαν παρεγίνετο. ἀντιλέγων γὰρ αὐτῷ Μάρκελλος ἢ ἑκὼν ἢ οὐχ οὕτω νοήσας εἰς τὴν Παύλου τοῦ Σαμοσατέως ἐξεκυλίσθη δόξαν. ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν <ἐν> τῇ ἐν Σαρδοῖ συνόδῳ ὕστερον τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν ἀνείληφε μὴ φρονεῖν ὧδε λογισάμενος. 2.34.1 ῾Ο δὲ βασιλεὺς ἤδη πρότερον εἰς τοὺς παῖδας Καίσαρας ὄντας τὴν ἀρχὴν διελών, καὶ Κωνσταντίνῳ μὲν καὶ Κώνσταντι τὰ πρὸς δύσιν ἀπονείμας, Κωνσταντίῳ δὲ τὰ πρὸς ἕω, μαλακισθεὶς τὸ σῶμα ὡς αὐτομάτοις λουτροῖς χρησόμενος ἧκεν εἰς ῾Ελενόπολιν Βιθυνῶν. χαλεπώτερον δὲ διατεθεὶς διεκομίσθη εἰς Νικομήδειαν, ἔνθα δὴ ἐν προαστείῳ διάγων ἐμυήθη τὴν ἱερὰν 2.34.2 βάπτισιν· ἐπὶ τούτῳ τε σφόδρα ἡσθεὶς χάριν ὡμολόγει τῷ θεῷ. διαθήκην τε ποιήσας τοῖς μὲν παισὶ διένειμε τὴν ἀρχὴν ὡς πρότερον, πρεσβεῖα δὲ τὰ μὲν τῇ πρεσβυτέρᾳ ῾Ρώμῃ, τὰ δὲ τῇ ἐπωνύμῳ αὐτοῦ καταλιπὼν ἔδωκε τὴν διαθήκην τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ, ὃν ἐπαινέτην ὄντα ᾿Αρείου, ἀγαθὸν δὲ τῷ βίῳ, παρέθετο αὐτῷ τελευτῶσα Κωνσταντία ἡ ἀδελφή, καὶ ὅρκον προσθεὶς ἐνετείλατο Κωνσταντίῳ δοῦναι ἐπειδὰν ἀφίκηται· οὔτε γὰρ οὗτος οὔτε ἄλλος 2.34.3 τῶν Καισάρων παρῆν τῷ πατρὶ τελευτῶντι. καὶ ὁ μὲν ταῦτα ἐντειλάμενος ὀλίγας ἐπεβίω ἡμέρας· καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ἀμφὶ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη γεγονώς, ἐν τούτοις δὲ τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν βασιλεύσας, ἀνὴρ ἐς τὰ μάλιστα τῆς Χριστιανῶν θρησκείας ἐπαινέτης, ὡς καὶ πρῶτος βασιλέων ἄρξαι τῆς περὶ 2.34.4 τῆς ἐκκλησίας σπουδῆς καὶ εἰς ἄκρον ἀγαγεῖν ἐπιδόσεως, ἐπιτευκτικὸς δὲ ὡς οὐκ οἶδ' εἴ τις ἕτερος ἐν οἷς ἐπεχείρησεν· ἄνευ γὰρ θεοῦ, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, οὐκ ἐπεχείρει, ὅς γε πολέμων τε τῶν ἐπ' αὐτῷ συμβάντων πρός τε Γότθους καὶ Σαυρομάτας περιεγένετο καὶ τὴν πολιτείαν πρὸς τὸ δόξαν αὐτῷ οὕτω ῥᾳδίως μετεσχημάτισεν, ὡς ἑτέραν καταστῆσαι βουλὴν καὶ βασιλίδα πόλιν τὴν ἐπώνυμον αὐτοῦ, τὴν δὲ ῾Ελληνικὴν θρησκείαν ἅμα τε ἐπεχείρησε καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καθεῖλεν ὑπό τε ἀρχόντων καὶ ἀρχομένων ἐκ τοσούτου χρόνου σπουδα2.34.5 σθεῖσαν. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐτελεύτησε, διεκομίσθη αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα εἰς Κωνσταντινούπολιν ἐν λάρνακι χρυσῇ καὶ ἐπὶ βήματός τινος ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις ἀπετέθη. τιμὴ δὲ καὶ τάξις ὥσπερ εἰς ζῶντα ἡ αὐτὴ ἐγένετο παρὰ τῶν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις. ὡς δὲ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς τελευτὴν θᾶττον αὐτῷ μηνυθεῖσαν ἔγνω Κωνστάντιος ἐν τῇ ἕῳ διατρίβων, σπουδῇ τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν κατέλαβε· καὶ βασιλικῶς κηδεύσας αὐτὸν ἔθαψεν ἐν τῇ ἐπωνύμῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἔνθα