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his wife, and he signed, having been terribly reproached by Pulcheria. In the same year Gizeric, having become great with the Vandal multitude and calling himself king of land and sea and having seized many islands subject to the Romans, was vexing Theodosius. And he sends one thousand one hundred merchant ships with a Roman force under Areobindus and Ansila and Inobindus and Arintheus and Germanus the generals. Therefore, when this force had anchored at Sicily, Gizeric, being dismayed, sends an embassy to Theodosius concerning a truce. Bishop of Constantinople, Anatolius, for 9 years. Bishop of Antioch, Maximus, for 4 years. 42. 15. 8. 1. 12. 3. 1. In this year Theodosius, having reflected and known that he had been deceived by the villainy of Chrysaphius, was grieved about the impiety committed against Flavian and the injustice against the other bishops. And being greatly indignant, he first exiled Chrysaphius to a certain island, and he violently assailed Eudocia, calling her the cause of all the evils, as having also driven Pulcheria from the palace, 102 while at the same time reproaching her with the affair of Paulinus. But she, in despair, requested to be sent away to Jerusalem. And taking with her Severus the presbyter and John the deacon, she went to Jerusalem. And the emperor, learning that they were frequenting her company both in the city itself and were with her in Jerusalem, and that she was giving them many gifts, sent and had them beheaded. Then the emperor, after much entreaty, brought the blessed Pulcheria to the palace; who immediately sent to Ephesus and brought the remains of Saint Flavian; and carrying it out with a guard of honor through the Mese, she buried it in the church of the Holy Apostles. Then she erected the church of the Chalkoprateia to the Holy Theotokos, which was formerly a synagogue of the Jews. And while the fleet, as we said before, was in Sicily awaiting the arrival of Gizeric's ambassadors and the emperor's command, in the meantime Attila, the son of Mundzucus, a Scythian, having become brave and arrogant, after getting rid of Bleda, his elder brother, and ruling alone the kingdom of the Scythians, whom they also call Huns, overran Thrace. On whose account Theodosius especially makes a treaty with Gizeric and brings back the fleet from Sicily. And he sends Aspar with the force under him and Areobindus and Arnegisclus against Attila, who had already destroyed Ratiaria and Naissus and Philippopolis and Arcadiopolis and Constantia and many other towns and had amassed immense booty with many captives. Therefore, when the generals were greatly worsted in the battles, Attila advanced as far as both seas, that of the Pontus and that which washes Gallipoli and Sestos, enslaving every city and fortress 103 except for Adrianople and Heraclea, which was once called Perinthus, so that he even came to the fort of Athyras. Theodosius is therefore forced to send an embassy to Attila and to provide six thousand pounds of gold for his withdrawal, and to agree to pay him an annual tribute of one thousand pounds of gold to keep the peace. Then, therefore, when the Roman force had returned from the war against Attila, after a short time the emperor Theodosius died on the 20th of the month of July, in the 3rd indiction. But the blessed Pulcheria, the emperor's death not yet having been made known to anyone, summoned Marcian, a man distinguished in prudence and dignity, being both old and most capable, and says to him: "Since the emperor has died, and I have chosen you from the whole senate as a man of virtue, give me your word that you will preserve my virginity, which I have dedicated to God, and I proclaim you emperor." And when he had agreed to this, she summons the patriarch and the senate and proclaims him emperor of the Romans. Year of the world 5943. Year of the divine incarnation 443. Emperor of the Romans, Marcian

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γαμετὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑπέγραψε δεινῶς παρὰ Πουλχερίας ὀνειδισθείς. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Γιζέριχος τῷ Οὐανδαλικῷ πλήθει πολὺς γενόμενος καὶ ῥῆγα καλέσας ἑαυτὸν γῆς τε καὶ θαλάσσης καὶ νήσων πολλῶν τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ὑποτελῶν κατασχὼν ἐλύπει τὸν Θεοδόσιον. καὶ ἀποστέλλει χιλίας ρʹ ὁλκάδας μετὰ δυνάμεως Ῥωμαϊκῆς Ἀρεοβίνδου καὶ Ἀνσίλα καὶ Ἰνοβίνδου καὶ Ἀρινθέου καὶ Γερμανοῦ τῶνστρατηγῶν. ταύτης οὖν τῆς δυνάμεως τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσορμισθείσης, καταπλαγεὶς ὁ Γιζέριχος πρεσβεύεται Θεοδοσίῳ περὶ σπονδῶν. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Ἀνατόλιος ἔτη θʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Μάξιμος ἔτη δʹ. μβʹ. ιεʹ. ηʹ. αʹ. ιβʹ. γʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπιλογισάμενος Θεοδόσιος καὶ γνοὺς ἑαυτὸν ἀπατηθέντα ὑπὸ τῆς Χρυσαφίου πανουργίας ἐλυπεῖτο περὶ τῆς εἰς Φλαβιανὸν γεγενημένης ἀσεβείας καὶ τῆς εἰς τοὺς λοιποὺς ἐπισκόπους ἀδικίας. καὶ ἀγανακτήσας σφόδρα πρῶτον μὲν Χρυσάφιον ἐξώρισεν εἴς τινα νῆσον, τῇ δὲ Εὐδοκίᾳ ἐπιφέρεται σφοδρῶς πάντων τῶν κακῶν αἰτίαν αὐτὴν ἀποκαλῶν, ὡς καὶ Πουλχερίαν τῶν βασιλείων 102 ἀποδιώξασαν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παυλῖνον ὀνειδίζων αὐτῇ. ἡ δὲ ἀπογνοῦσα παρεκάλεσεν ἐπὶ τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπολυθῆναι αὐτήν. καὶ λαβοῦσα μεθ' ἑαυτῆς Σευῆρον τὸν πρεσβύτερον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν διάκονον ἦλθεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα. καὶ μαθὼν ὁ βασιλεύς, ὅτι οὗτοι καὶ ἐν τῇ πόλει αὐτῇ ἐσύχναζον καὶ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις μετ' αὐτῆς εἰσιν, καὶ πολλὰ αὐτοῖς δωρεῖται, ἀποστείλας ἀπεκεφάλισεν αὐτούς. τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν μακαρίαν Πουλχερίαν πολλὰ παρακαλέσας ἤγαγεν εἰς τὰ βασίλεια· ἥτις εὐθέως ἀποστείλασα εἰς Ἔφεσον ἤγαγε τὸ λείψανον τοῦ ἁγίου Φλαβιανοῦ· καὶ μετὰ δορυφορίας διὰ τῆς Μέσης ἐκκομίσασα ἔθαψεν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις. τότε τὴν τῶν Χαλκοπρατείων ἐκκλησίαν τῇ ἁγίᾳ θεοτόκῳ ἀνήγειρε συναγωγὴν Ἰουδαίων πρότερον οὖσαν. Τοῦ δὲ στόλου, ὡς προέφημεν, ἐν Σικελίᾳ ἐκδεχομένου τὴν τῶν πρεσβευτῶν Γιζερίχου ἄφιξιν καὶ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως κέλευσιν, ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ Ἀττίλας, ὁ Μουνδίου παῖς, Σκύθης, γενόμενος ἀνδρεῖος καὶ ὑπερήφανος, ἀποβαλὼν Βδελλάν, τὸν πρεσβύτερον ἀδελφόν, καὶ μόνος ἄρχων τὸ τῶν Σκυθῶν βασίλειον, οὓς καὶ Οὔννους καλοῦσιν, κατατρέχει τὴν Θρᾴκην. δι' ὃν μάλιστα Θεοδόσιος σπένδεται Γιζέριχον καὶ ἐπανάγει τὸν στόλον ἐκ Σικελίας. ἀποστέλλει δὲ τὸν Ἄσπαρα σὺν τῇ ὑπ' αὐτὸν δυνάμει καὶ Ἀρεόβινδον καὶ Ἀργαγίσκλον ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀττίλαν Ῥατιαρίαν ἤδη καὶ Νάϊσον καὶ Φιλιππούπολιν καὶ Ἀρκαδιούπολιν καὶ Κωνσταντίαν καὶ ἕτερα πλεῖστα πολίσματα καταστρεψάμενον καὶ σὺν αἰχμαλώτοις πολλοῖς ὑπέρογκον συμφορήσαντα λείαν. τῶν οὖν στρατηγῶν ἐλαττωθέντων σφόδρα ταῖς μάχαις, προῆλθεν Ἀττίλας καὶ μέχρι θαλάσσης ἑκατέρας, τῆς τε τοῦ Πόντου καὶ τῆς πρὸς Καλλιπόλει καὶ Σηστῷ κεχυμένης, πᾶσαν πόλιν καὶ φρούρια 103 δουλούμενος πλὴν Ἀδριανουπόλεως καὶ Ἡρακλείας, τῆς ποτε Πειρίνθου κληθείσης, ὥστε καὶ εἰς τὸν Ἀθύραν αὐτὸν φρούριον ἐλθεῖν. ἀναγκάζεται οὖν Θεοδόσιος πρεσβεύσασθαι πρὸς Ἀττίλαν καὶ ἑξακισχιλίας χρυσίου λίτρας ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀναχωρήσεως παρασχεῖν, χιλίων δὲ χρυσίου λιτρῶν ἐτήσιον φόρον αὐτῷ ἠρεμοῦντι προσομολογῆσαι τελεῖν. τότε τοίνυν ἐπανελθούσης τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς δυνάμεως ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου τοῦ πρὸς Ἀττίλαν, μετὰ βραχὺ τελευτᾷ Θεοδόσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς μηνὶ Ἰουλίῳ κʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνι γʹ. ἡ δὲ μακαρία Πουλχερία, μήπω τινὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως τελευτῆς γνωσθείσης, μεταστειλαμένη Μαρκιανόν, ἄνδρα ἐν σωφροσύνῃ καὶ σεμνότητι διαπρέποντα γέροντά τε ὄντα καὶ ἱκανώτατον, λέγει πρὸς αὐτόν· "ἐπειδὴ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐγὼ δέ σε ἐξελεξάμην ἐκ πάσης τῆς συγκλήτου, ὡς ἐνάρετον, δός μοι λόγον, ὅτι φυλάττεις τὴν παρθενίαν μου, ἣν τῷ θεῷ ἀνεθέμην, καὶ ἀναγορεύω σε βασιλέα." τοῦ δὲ συνθεμένου τοῦτο, μεταστέλλεται τὸν πατριάρχην καὶ τὴν σύγκλητον καὶ ἀναγορεύει αὐτὸν βασιλέα Ῥωμαίων. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠμγʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υμγʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Μαρκιανὸς