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He received. And since the care of all belonged to him 3.8.3 on account of the dignity of his throne, he restored to each his own church. And he wrote to the bishops of the East, blaming them for not having decided rightly concerning these men, and for disturbing the churches by not abiding by the decrees of Nicaea. He commanded a few of them to appear on a specified day to prove that they had passed a just sentence upon them; otherwise, he threatened that he would no longer tolerate it, if they did not cease their innovations. 3.8.4 And so he wrote these things. And Athanasius and Paul and their party each took possession of his own throne, and sent the letters of Julius to the bishops throughout the East. But they were greatly displeased by these; and having assembled at Antioch, they wrote back to Julius a certain elegantly worded and legally composed letter, full of much irony and 3.8.5 not lacking the most terrible threat. For they confessed in their letters that the Roman church was held in honor by all, as having been from the beginning the school of the apostles and the metropolis of piety, even if the introducers of the dogma had come to it from the East. But they did not think it right to take second place on this account, because they did not excel in the size or number of their church, seeing that 3.8.6 they surpassed in virtue and purpose. And bringing accusations against Julius for having communion with Athanasius and his party, they were angry that their synod had been insulted and its decision annulled; and they slandered what had been done as unjust 3.8.7 and contrary to ecclesiastical rule. Having complained thus about these things and testifying that they had suffered terrible things, they promised peace and communion to Julius if he accepted the deposition of those driven out by them and the appointment of those ordained in their place, but if he resisted their decisions, they proclaimed the opposite; since they claimed that the priests before them in the East had said nothing in opposition when Novatus was driven from the church of the Romans. 3.8.8 But concerning the things done contrary to the decrees of those who assembled at Nicaea they wrote nothing back to him, declaring that they had many reasons for a necessary excuse for what had been done, but saying that to make a defense now about these things was superfluous, since they were suspected of wrongdoing once and for all in everything. 3..1 So they wrote such things to Julius. But to the emperor Constantius they again slandered those who had been deposed by them. And he, then staying in Antioch, wrote to Philippus the prefect, who was in Constantinople, to restore the church to Macedonius 3..2 again, and to expel Paul from the city. But the prefect, fearing a disturbance from the populace, before the emperor's order became public, went to a public bath named Zeuxippus (this was a very famous and very large one) and summoned Paul, as if to consult with him about public affairs. And when he arrived, he immediately showed him the emperor's letter; and having secretly ordered him to be led through the palace, which was adjacent to the bath, to the sea, he put him on a ship and sent him to Thessalonica, 3..3 from where he was said to have his ancestors. And he condemned him to completely avoid the prefecture of the East, but did not prevent him from setting foot in Illyricum and the land beyond. And going out from the court, having Macedonius escorted with him, he proceeded to the church. But the populace (for by now an unspeakable number had gathered when these things happened) immediately filled the church; for each party, both those from the Arian heresy and those who praised Paul, 3..4 hastened to occupy it beforehand. And when the prefect was at the doors of the church, and Macedonius with him, the crowd, being pushed by the soldiers so that a passage might be made for them, was unable to give way, being packed in front, the soldiers, supposing that the crowd was not yielding voluntarily, ran many through with their swords, and many also were trampled by one another and perished. Thus what seemed good to the emperor came to pass, and he took possession of the churches

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προσήκατο. οἷα δὲ τῆς πάντων κηδεμονίας αὐτῷ προσηκούσης 3.8.3 διὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τοῦ θρόνου, ἑκάστῳ τὴν ἰδίαν ἐκκλησίαν ἀπέδωκε. καὶ τοῖς ἀνὰ τὴν ἕω ἐπισκόποις ἔγραψε μεμφόμενος ὡς οὐκ ὀρθῶς βουλευσαμένοις περὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ τὰς ἐκκλησίας ταράττουσι τῷ μὴ ἐμμένειν τοῖς ἐν Νικαίᾳ δόξασιν. ὀλίγους δὲ ἐκ πάντων εἰς ῥητὴν ἡμέραν παρεῖναι ἐκέλευσε διελέγξοντας δικαίαν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς ἐνηνοχέναι τὴν ψῆφον· ἢ τοῦ λοιποῦ οὐκ ἀνέξεσθαι ἠπείλησεν, εἰ μὴ παύσοιντο νεωτερίζοντες. 3.8.4 Καὶ ὁ μὲν τάδε ἔγραψεν. οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸν ᾿Αθανάσιον καὶ Παῦλον ἕκαστος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κατείληφε θρόνον καὶ τὰς ᾿Ιουλίου ἐπιστολὰς διεπέμψαντο τοῖς ἀνὰ τὴν ἕω ἐπισκόποις. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ ταύταις χαλεπῶς ἤνεγκαν· καὶ συλλεγέντες ἐν ᾿Αντιοχείᾳ ἀντέγραψαν ᾿Ιουλίῳ κεκαλλιεπημένην τινὰ καὶ δικανικῶς συντεταγμένην ἐπιστολήν, εἰρωνείας τε πολλῆς ἀνάπλεων καὶ 3.8.5 ἀπειλῆς οὐκ ἀμοιροῦσαν δεινοτάτης. φέρειν μὲν γὰρ πᾶσι φιλοτιμίαν τὴν ῾Ρωμαίων ἐκκλησίαν ἐν τοῖς γράμμασιν ὡμολόγουν, ὡς ἀποστόλων φροντιστήριον καὶ εὐσεβείας μητρόπολιν ἐξ ἀρχῆς γεγενημένην, εἰ καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἕω ἐνεδήμησαν αὐτῇ οἱ τοῦ δόγματος εἰσηγηταί. οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο δὲ τὰ δευτερεῖα φέρειν ἠξίουν, ὅτι μὴ μεγέθει ἢ πλήθει ἐκκλησίας πλεονεκτοῦσιν, ὡς 3.8.6 ἀρετῇ καὶ προαιρέσει νικῶντες. εἰς ἐγκλήματα δὲ προφέροντες ᾿Ιουλίῳ τὸ κοινωνῆσαι τοῖς ἀμφὶ τὸν ᾿Αθανάσιον ἐχαλέπαινον ὡς ὑβρισμένης αὐτῶν τῆς συνόδου καὶ τῆς ἀποφάσεως ἀναιρεθείσης· καὶ τὸ γενόμενον ὡς ἄδικον 3.8.7 καὶ ἐκκλησιαστικοῦ θεσμοῦ ἀπᾷδον διέβαλλον. ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ ὡδίπως μεμψάμενοι καὶ δεινὰ πεπονθέναι μαρτυράμενοι, δεχομένῳ μὲν ᾿Ιουλίῳ τὴν καθαίρεσιν τῶν πρὸς αὐτῶν ἐληλαμένων καὶ τὴν κατάστασιν τῶν ἀντ' αὐτῶν χειροτονηθέντων εἰρήνην καὶ κοινωνίαν ἐπηγγέλλοντο, ἀνθισταμένῳ δὲ τοῖς δεδογμένοις τἀναντία προηγόρευσαν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τοὺς πρὸ αὐτῶν ἀνὰ τὴν ἕω ἱερέας οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἰσχυρίζοντο, ἡνίκα Ναυάτος τῆς ῾Ρωμαίων ἐκκλη3.8.8 σίας ἠλάθη. περὶ δὲ τῶν πεπραγμένων παρὰ τὰ δόξαντα τοῖς ἐν Νικαίᾳ συνελθοῦσιν οὐδὲν αὐτῷ ἀντέγραψαν, πολλὰς μὲν αἰτίας ἔχειν εἰς παραίτησιν ἀναγκαίαν τῶν γεγενημένων δηλώσαντες, ἀπολογεῖσθαι δὲ νῦν ὑπὲρ τούτων περιττὸν εἰπόντες ὡς ἅπαξ ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἀδικεῖν ὑπονοηθέντες. 3..1 ᾿Ιουλίῳ μὲν οὖν τοιάδε ἔγραψαν. πρὸς δὲ βασιλέα Κωνστάντιον διέβαλλον αὖθις τοὺς πρὸς αὐτῶν καθῃρημένους. ὁ δὲ ἐν ᾿Αντιοχείᾳ τότε διατρίβων γράφει Φιλίππῳ τῷ ὑπάρχῳ ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ὄντι, πάλιν Μακε3..2 δονίῳ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀποδοῦναι, Παῦλον δὲ ἐξελάσαι τῆς πόλεως. δείσας δὲ τὴν τοῦ πλήθους κίνησιν ὁ ὕπαρχος, πρὶν ἔκπυστον γενέσθαι τὴν βασιλέως πρόσταξιν, προσελθὼν εἰς δημόσιον λουτρὸν ᾧ ὄνομα Ζεύξιππος (περιφανὲς δὲ τοῦτο καὶ μέγιστον) ὡς περὶ κοινῶν πραγμάτων κοινωσόμενος μετεκαλέσατο Παῦλον. παραγενομένῳ δὲ εὐθὺς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπέδειξε τὸ γράμμα· λάθρα τε διὰ τῶν βασιλείων τῷ λουτρῷ παρακειμένων ἐπὶ θάλασσαν αὐτὸν ἀχθῆναι προστάξας εἰς πλοῖον ἐπεβίβασε καὶ εἰς Θεσσαλονίκην ἔπεμψεν, 3..3 ὅθεν καὶ τοὺς προγόνους ἔχειν ἐλέγετο. παντελῶς τε τὴν κατὰ τὴν ἕω ἀρχομένην φεύγειν κατεδίκασεν αὐτόν, ᾿Ιλλυριῶν δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐπέκεινα γῆς ἐπιβαίνειν οὐκ ἐκώλυσεν. ἐξελθὼν δὲ ἐκ τοῦ δικαστηρίου, συνοχούμενον αὐτῷ Μακεδόνιον ἔχων, ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ᾔει. τὸ δὲ πλῆθος (ἤδη γὰρ τούτων γενομένων ἄφατοι συνελέγησαν) εὐθὺς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐπλήρωσαν· ἕκαστοι γὰρ αὐτήν, οἵ τε ἀπὸ τῆς ᾿Αρείου αἱρέσεως οἵ τε Παῦλον ἐπαινοῦντες, 3..4 προκαταλαβεῖν ἐσπούδασαν. ἐπεὶ δὲ πρὸς ταῖς θύραις τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐγένετο ὁ ὕπαρχος, σὺν αὐτῷ δὲ καὶ Μακεδόνιος, τὸ δὲ πλῆθος, ὅπως αὐτοῖς πάροδος γένηται πρὸς τῶν στρατιωτῶν ὠθούμενον, ὑποχωρεῖν οὐκ ἠδύνατο, τοῦ πρόσω σεσαγμένου, ὑπολαβόντες οἱ στρατιῶται ἑκοντὶ μὴ εἴκειν τὸν ὄχλον πολλοὺς τοῖς ξίφεσι διεχειρίσαντο, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ὑπ' ἀλλήλων πατούμενοι διεφθάρησαν. τὸ δὲ βασιλεῖ δόξαν οὕτως ἐγένετο, καὶ τὰς ἐκκλησίας παρέλαβε