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to have been captured by the barbarians. He also slaughtered Athanasius, a deacon of the holy Anastasis, who had reproached and convicted him of his atheism, and after parading his holy body through the city, he gave it to the dogs. And Domnus, bishop of Antioch, fled into the desert, as did Juvenal of Jerusalem. And when the destroyer Theodosius had held the throne of Jerusalem for 20 months, the emperor Marcian, having learned of it, ordered him to be arrested; but he went as a fugitive to Mount Sinai. And when he and those ordained by him were out of the way, Juvenal again received his own throne. 108 Basil, bishop of Antioch, for 2 years. 4. 2. 12. 5. 16. 2. 1. In this year Valentinian, the emperor in Rome, suspecting the power of Aetius the patrician and general, murdered him, with a certain Heraclius of the eunuchs cooperating with him. And Attila was preparing to make war on Marcian, who would not tolerate paying him the tribute that had been set by Theodosius. But in the meantime, having fallen in love with a certain comely maiden and while celebrating the wedding with her, he became very drunk and heavy with sleep, and with a sudden rush of blood from his nostrils and mouth, he ended his life. And his sons, having succeeded to his great dominion and having risen up in strife against one another, were destroyed. The Romans in the east, however, while Marcian was emperor, enjoyed all peace and justice and gladness. And those years were truly golden because of the emperor's goodness, with calm poured over all affairs. 5. 3. 13. 6. 17. 3. 2. In this year Valentinian, the emperor of Rome, adhered to the correct doctrines of the church, but practiced much lawlessness in his own lifestyle. For although he lived with a most comely wife, Eudoxia, the daughter of the emperor Theodosius, he demonically made use of other women, and he also constantly associated with those who practice forbidden arts. Therefore he was also delivered over to a most shameful death. For Maximus, the grandson and namesake of the one who had been tyrant under Theodosius the Great, being among the patricians in Rome, came inside the palace, slaughtered Valentinian, forcibly had relations with Eudoxia, and seized the empire; for by whatever things a man sins, by these also is he punished. At this, Eudoxia was vexed, and reckoning that there would be no help for her from Byzantium, since her father Theodosius and Pulcheria had died, she sent for Gaiseric to come to Rome, begging to be delivered from the tyranny of Maximus. And when Gaiseric sailed to Rome with a great fleet, Maximus was afraid and took to flight; but those with him killed him after he had reigned one year. But Gaiseric, with no one opposing him, entered 109 Rome on the third day after the slaughter of Maximus, and taking all the money and the public treasures of the city, he loaded them onto his ships, among which were all-gold and bejeweled ecclesiastical heirlooms, and the Hebrew vessels, which Titus the son of Vespasian had brought to Rome after the capture of Jerusalem, and taking with these also Eudoxia the empress and her daughters, he sailed away to Africa; and he married Eudocia to Huneric, his firstborn son, but having learned that Placidia had a husband, Olybrius the patrician, he kept her with her mother Eudoxia. But having learned of the death of Maximus, Majorian reigned for 2 years, and after him Avitus held the empire of Rome for 2 years, and after him Severus for 3 years, and after these there is no emperor, but Ricimer administered affairs as general, possessing great power. In the same year Eudocia died in Jerusalem, leaving many things to the churches. Martyrius, bishop of Antioch, for 13 years. 6. 4. 14. 7. 18. 4. 1. In this year Ravenna was burned, and after a few days the patrician Remistus was slain at Classis. And after 29 days Amitus was defeated by Remicus and came to the city of Placentia in Gaul. 7. 5. 15. 8. 19. 5. 2. In this year Marcian the

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βαρβάρων ἑαλωκέναι. ἀπέσφαξε δὲ καὶ Ἀθανάσιον, διάκονον τῆς ἁγίας Ἀναστάσεως, ὀνειδίσαντα καὶ ἐλέγξαντα τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀθεΐαν, καὶ τὸ τούτου ἅγιον σῶμα κατὰ τὴν πόλιν πομπεύσας τοῖς κυσὶ παρέδωκεν. ∆όμνος δέ, Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος, εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ἔφυγε καὶ Ἰουβενάλιος Ἱεροσολύμων. τοῦ δὲ λυμεῶνος Θεοδοσίου ἐπὶ κʹ μῆνας τὸν θρόνον Ἱεροσολύμων κρατήσαντος, γνοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς Μαρκιανὸς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν συλληφθῆναι· ὁ δὲ φυγὰς ᾤχετο ἐπὶ τὸ Σιναῖον ὄρος. τούτου δὲ ἐκποδὼν γεγονότος καὶ τῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ χειροτονηθέντων, πάλιν Ἰουβενάλιος τὸν ἴδιον θρόνον ἀπέλαβεν. 108 Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Βασίλειος ἔτη βʹ. δʹ. βʹ. ιβʹ. εʹ. ιϛʹ. βʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Οὐαλεντινιανός, ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν Ῥώμῃ, ὑφορώμενος τὴν Ἀετίου τοῦ πατρικίου καὶ στρατηγοῦ δύναμιν δολοφονεῖ τοῦτον, Ἡρακλείου τινὸς τῶν εὐνούχων συμπράξαντος αὐτῷ. ὁ δὲ Ἀττίλας εὐτρεπίζετο πολεμῆσαι Μαρκιανῷ μὴ ἀνεχομένῳ τὸν φόρον αὐτῷ παρασχέσθαι τὸν ὑπὸ Θεοδοσίου ταχθέντα. μεταξὺ δὲ κόρης εὐπρεποῦς τινος ἐρασθεὶς καὶ τὸν πρὸς αὐτὴν γάμον ἐπιτελῶν οἰνωθείς τε σφόδρα καὶ ὕπνῳ βαρηθείς, αἵματος ἀθρόον διὰ ῥινῶν τε καὶ τοῦ στόματος ἐνεχθέντος, τελευτᾷ τὸν βίον. τὴν δὲ τοσαύτην αὐτοῦ δυναστείαν οἱ παῖδες τούτου διαδεξάμενοι καὶ στασιάσαντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους διαφθείρονται. οἱ μέντοι γε κατὰ τὴν ἑῴαν Ῥωμαῖοι, Μαρκιανοῦ βασιλεύοντος, πάσης ἀπήλαυον εἰρήνης καὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ εὐφροσύνης. καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖνα τὰ ἔτη κυρίως χρυσᾶ τῇ τοῦ βασιλέως χρηστότητι, γαλήνης πάντα ἐπικεχυμένης τὰ πράγματα. εʹ. γʹ. ιγʹ. ϛʹ. ιζʹ. γʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Οὐαλεντινιανός, ὁ τῆς Ῥώμης βασιλεύς, τῶν μὲν ὀρθῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας δογμάτων ἀντελαμβάνετο, πολλῇ δὲ τῇ παρανομίᾳ ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἐκέχρητο διαίτῃ. εὐπρεπεστάτῃ γὰρ γυναικὶ Εὐδοξίᾳ, τῇ θυγατρὶ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ βασιλέως, συνοικῶν ἀλλοτρίαις δαιμονιωδῶς ἐκέχρητο, ὡμίλει δὲ συνεχῶς καὶ τοῖς τὰ περίεργα πράττουσιν. διὸ καὶ αἰσχίστῳ παραδίδοται θανάτῳ. Μαξίμου γάρ, τοῦ ἐπὶ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ μεγάλου τυραννήσαντος, ἔγγων καὶ ὁμώνυμος ἐν τοῖς κατὰ Ῥώμην πατρικίοις τελῶν, ἔνδον τοῦ παλατίου γενόμενος τὸν Οὐαλεντινιανὸν ἀπέσφαξε καὶ τῇ Εὐδοξίᾳ βίᾳ συνεγένετο καὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἐκράτησεν· δι' ὧν γάρ τις ἁμαρτάνει, δι' αὐτῶν καὶ παιδεύεται. ἐπὶ τούτοις ἡ Εὐδοξία ἀχθομένη καὶ μηδεμίαν βοήθειαν ἐκ τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἔσεσθαι αὐτῇ λογισαμένη, Θεοδοσίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς τελευτήσαντος καὶ Πουλχερίας, μεταπέμπεται Γιζέριχον εἰς Ῥώμην παρακαλοῦσα λυτρωθῆναι ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Μαξίμου τυραννίδος. Γιζερίχου δὲ στόλῳ μεγάλῳ ἐκπλεύσαντος εἰς Ῥώμην, Μάξιμος φοβηθεὶς φυγῇ ἐχρήσατο· οἱ δὲ συνόντες αὐτῷ ἀνεῖλον αὐτὸν βασιλεύσαντα ἔτος ἕν. ὁ δὲ Γιζέριχος, μηδενὸς αὐτῷ ἀντιστάντος, εἰσῆλθεν 109 εἰς Ῥώμην τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς σφαγῆς Μαξίμου καὶ λαβὼν πάντα τὰ χρήματα καὶ τὰ τῆς πόλεως θεάματα εἰς τὰ πλοῖα ἐμβαλών, ἐν οἷς ἦσαν κειμήλια ὁλόχρυσα καὶ διάλιθα ἐκκλησιαστικά, καὶ σκεύη Ἑβραϊκά, ἅπερ ὁ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Τίτος μετὰ τὴν ἅλωσιν Ἱεροσολύμων εἰς Ῥώμην ἤγαγεν, σὺν τούτοις λαβὼν καὶ Εὐδοξίαν τὴν βασίλισσαν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῆς, εἰς Ἀφρικὴν ἀπέπλευσεν· καὶ τὴν μὲν Εὐδοκίαν Ὀνωρίχῳ, τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ, συνέζευξεν, τὴν δὲ Πλακιδίαν ἄνδρα ἔχειν μαθὼν Ὀλύβριον τὸν πατρίκον μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἐφύλαξεν Εὐδοξίας. μαθὼν δὲ τὸν Μαξίμου θάνατον Μαϊορῖνος ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη βʹ, καὶ μετὰ αὐτὸν Ἄβητος τὴν τῆς Ῥώμης βασιλείαν ἐκράτησεν ἐνιαυτοὺς βʹ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Σευῆρος ἔτη γʹ, καὶ μετὰ τούτους οὐκ ἔστι βασιλεύς, ἀλλὰ Ῥεκίμερ ἐδιοίκει τὰ πράγματα στρατηγῶν καὶ μεγάλην περικείμενος δύναμιν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐτελεύτησεν Εὐδοκία ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις πολλὰ καταλείψασα ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Μαρτύριος ἔτη ιγʹ. ϛʹ. δʹ. ιδʹ. ζʹ. ιηʹ. δʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐκάη ἡ Ῥάβεννα, καὶ μετ' ὀλίγας ἡμέρας ἐσφάγη ὁ πατρίκιος Ῥαμίτος εἰς Κλάσας. καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας κθʹ ἐνικήθη Ἄμιτος ὑπὸ Ῥεμίκου καὶ γέγονεν εἰς πόλιν Πλακεντίαν εἰς Γαλλίας. ζʹ. εʹ. ιεʹ. ηʹ. ιθʹ. εʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Μαρκιανὸς ὁ