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to have spent of gold on this fleet. And he appointed as general and exarch of the fleet Basiliscus, the brother of the Augusta Verina, who had already held the consular honor and had defeated the Scythians many times in 116 Thrace. Who indeed, with no small force from the west also running to his aid, having engaged in sea battles many times with Gizerich's *, delivering [them] with their ships to the deep, was then also able to seize Carthage itself. But later, enticed by gifts from Gizerich and by very much money, he gave in and was willingly defeated, as Persicus the Thracian has recorded. But some say that Aspar and Ardaburius, being Arians and for this reason unable to come to the imperial throne, made Leo, who was their steward, emperor, expecting to administer the palace themselves. But since the emperor did not accept this, they strove to subvert the things well-administered by him and agreed with Basiliscus to give him the empire, if he would betray the emperor's fleet and people to Gizerich, who was an Arian and of like mind with them. And for this reason, they say, Basiliscus committed the betrayal. Then Gizerich, having skillfully prepared some of the enemy's boats, filling them with some combustible material, arriving by night while the Romans were sleeping unguardedly, he released these from the land with an offshore wind against the Roman fleet. And they burned up many of the boats, and the others, fleeing the danger, returned to Sicily. Then, therefore, the treachery of Basiliscus was also exposed, escaping the notice of no one in the army. In the same year Patricius, the son of Aspar, whom the emperor Leo had made caesar in order to draw Aspar away from the Arian opinion and to be loyal to the emperor, arrived in Alexandria with great pomp, at which time the Koreion bath was consolidated. Bishop of Rome, Simplicius, 14 years. 13. 18. 1. 12. 32. 10. 2. In this year, the emperor Leo sent Zeno, the magister militum of the East and his son-in-law, to Thrace on some military business, having ordered that an army from his own troops be handed over to him for an alliance. who, on the advice of Aspar, nearly killed Zeno, had he not, foreknowing the plot, escaped by fleeing to Serdica, a city of Thrace. From this, Aspar became suspect to the emperor Leo. 117 14. 19. 2. 13. 33. 11. 3. In this year, the emperor Leo sent against Gizerich Heraclius of Edessa, son of Florus the ex-consul, and Marsus the Isaurian, vigorous men, and an army from Egypt and the Thebaid and the desert. who, falling unexpectedly upon the Vandals, subdued both Tripoli and many other cities of Libya and vexed Gizerich more than the sea battle of Basiliscus, so that he prepared to send an embassy concerning peace to the emperor Leo; and he obtained this from Leo, who at that time needed Basiliscus and Heraclius and Marsus for the plot against Aspar. For Aspar, as I said before, having become suspect to the emperor and being surrounded by great power, was murdered by a trick of the emperor shortly after, together with his sons, Ardaburius and Patricius, whom the emperor had previously made caesar, so that he might have the goodwill of Aspar. Year of the world 5664. Year of the divine incarnation 464. Emperor of the Romans, Leo, 17 years. 15. Emperor of the Persians, Peroz, 24 years. 20. Bishop of Rome, Simplicius, 14 years. 3. Bishop of Constantinople, Acacius, 17 years. 1. Bishop of Jerusalem, Juvenal, 38 years. 34. Bishop of Alexandria, Timothy, 15 years. 12. Bishop of Antioch, Julian, 6 years. 4. In this year, after Aspar and Ardaburius and Patricius, his sons, were murdered by Leo, Ostrys, the shield-bearer of Aspar, and Theuderic, the son of Triarius and the brother of Aspar's wife, attacked the city with a force to avenge those who had been murdered; and had not Basiliscus anticipated them on his return from Sicily, and Zeno from Chalcedon, who was there

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δεδαπανηκέναι χρυσίου ἐν τούτῳ τῷ στόλῳ. στρατηγὸν δὲ καὶ ἔξαρχον τοῦ στόλου κατέστησε Βασιλίσκον, τὸν Βερίνης τῆς αὐγούστης ἀδελφόν, τῆς ὑπάτου τιμῆς ἤδη μετασχόντα καὶ Σκύθας πολλάκις νικήσαντα εν 116 τῇ Θρᾴκῃ. ὃς δή, συνδραμούσης αὐτῷ καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἑσπερίου οὐκ ὀλίγης δυνάμεως, συμπλακεὶς εἰς ναυμαχίας πολλάκις τῇ Γιζερίχου * μετὰ τῶν νηῶν τῷ βυθῷ παραδούς, εἶτα καὶ αὐτὴν ἠδυνήθη Καρχηδόνα κρατῆσαι. ὕστερον δὲ δώροις ὑπὸ Γιζερίχου καὶ πλείστοις χρήμασι δελεασθεὶς ἐνέδωκε καὶ ἡττήθη ἑκών, ὡς Περσικὸς ἱστόρησεν ὁ Θρᾷξ. φασὶ δέ τινες, ὅτι Ἄσπαρ καὶ Ἀρδαβούριος, Ἀρειανοὶὄντες καὶ εἰς βασιλείαν ἐλθεῖν διὰ τοῦτο μὴ δυνάμενοι, κουράτορα αὐτῶν ὄντα Λέοντα βασιλέα πεποίηκαν, αὐτοὶ προσδοκῶντες διοικεῖν τὸ βασίλειον. τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως μὴ καταδεδεγμένου τοῦτο, ἠγωνίζοντο διαστρέφειν τὰ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ καλῶς διοικούμενα καὶ Βασιλίσκῳ συνέθεντο δοῦναι τὴν βασιλείαν, εἰ προδώσει τὸν τοῦ βασιλέως στόλον τε καὶ λαὸν τῷ Γιζερίχῳ, Ἀρειανῷ ὄντι καὶ ὁμόφρονι αὐτῶν. καὶ τούτου χάριν προδεδωκέναι τὸν Βασιλίσκον φασίν. τότε Γιζέριχος τεχνασάμενος σκάφη τῶν πολεμίων τινὸς ὕλης ἐμπλήσας καυστικῆς, νυκτὸς ἐπιστὰς καὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀφυλάκτως ὑπνούντων, ταύτας ἐπαφῆκεν ἀπὸ τῆς χέρσου μετὰ πνεύματος ἀπογείου κατὰ τοῦ Ῥωμαϊκοῦ στόλου. καὶ καταφλέγουσι μὲν πολλὰ τῶν σκαφῶν, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα τὸν κίνδυνον φεύγοντα εἰς Σικελίαν ἐπανῆλθον. τότε λοιπὸν καὶ ὁ Βασιλίσκου δόλος ἠλέγχθη μηδένα λαθὼν τοῦ στρατοπέδου. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Πατρίκιος, ὁ υἱὸς Ἄσπαρος, ὃν καίσαρα ὁ βασιλεὺς Λέων πεποίηκε διὰ τὸ ἑλκῦσαι τὸν Ἄσπαρα ἐκ τῆς Ἀρειανικῆς δόξης καὶ εὐνοεῖν τῷ βασιλεῖ, παρεγένετο ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ μετὰ μεγάλης φαντασίας, ἐν ᾧ ἐστερεώθη τὸ Κορεῖον βαλανεῖον. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σιμπλίκιος ἔτη ιδʹ. ιγʹ. ιηʹ. αʹ. ιβʹ. λβʹ. ιʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Λέων ὁ βασιλεὺς Ζήνωνα, τὸν στρατηλάτην τῆς ἑῴας καὶ γαμβρὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ ἐπί τινα χρείαν πολεμικὴν κελεύσας παραδοῦναι αὐτῷ στρατὸν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων πρὸς συμμαχίαν. οἵ τινες κατὰ παραίνεσιν Ἄσπαρος μικροῦ δεῖν τὸν Ζήνωνα διεχειρίζοντο, εἰ μὴ προγνοὺς τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν εἰς Σερδικὴν ἀπεσώθη φυγών, πόλιν τῆς Θρᾴκης. ἐκ τούτου ὕποπτος γίνεται Ἄσπαρ Λέοντι τῷ βασιλεῖ. 117 ιδʹ. ιθʹ. βʹ. ιγʹ. λγʹ. ιαʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀπέστειλε Λέων ὁ βασιλεὺς κατὰ Γιζερίχου Ἡράκλειον τὸν Ἐδεσηνόν, υἱὸν Φλώρου τοῦ ἀπὸ ὑπάτων, καὶ Μάρσον Ἴσαυρον, ἄνδρας δραστηρίους, καὶ στρατὸν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Θηβαΐδος καὶ τῆς ἐρήμου. οἵ τινες προσπεσόντες ἀδοκήτως τοῖς Οὐανδήλοις Τρίπολίν τε καὶ ἄλλας παρεστήσαντο πόλεις τῆς Λιβύης πολλὰς καὶ πλέον τῆς Βασιλίσκου ναυμαχίας ἠνίασαν τὸν Γιζέριχον, ὥστε παρασκευάσαι αὐτὸν περὶ εἰρήνης πρεσβεύσασθαι πρὸς Λέοντα τὸν βασιλέα· καὶ ταύτης τυγχάνει παρὰ Λέοντος χρῄζοντος τότε Βασιλίσκου καὶ Ἡρακλείου καὶ Μάρσου εἰς τὴν κατὰ Ἄσπαρος ἐπιβουλήν. ὕποπτος γάρ, ὡς προέφην, γενόμενος τῷ βασιλεῖ ὁ Ἄσπαρ καὶ πολλὴν περικείμενος δύναμιν δόλῳ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως φονεύεται μετὰ βραχὺ σὺν τοῖς αὐτοῦ παισίν, Ἀρδαβουρίῳ καὶ Πατρικίῳ, ὃν καίσαρα ὁ βασιλεὺς πεποίηκε πρότερον, ἵνα τὴν Ἄσπαρος εὔνοιαν ἔχῃ. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠξδʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υξδʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Λέων ἔτη ιζʹ. ιεʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Περόζης ἔτη κδʹ. κʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σιμπλίκιος ἔτη ιδʹ. γʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἀκάκιος ἔτη ιζʹ. αʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰουβενάλιος ἔτη ληʹ. λδʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Τιμόθεος ἔτη ιεʹ. ιβʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰουλιανὸς ἔτη ϛʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἄσπαρος καὶ Ἀρδαβουρίου καὶ Πατρικίου, τῶνυἱῶν αὐτοῦ, φονευθέντων ὑπὸ Λέοντος, Ὀστρύς, ὁ ὑπασπιστὴς Ἄσπαρος, καὶ Θευδέριχος, ὁ Τριαρίου παῖς, τῆς δὲ Ἄσπαρος γαμετῆς ἀδελφός, ἐπῆλθε μετὰ δυνάμεως τῇ πόλει τοὺς πεφονευμένους ἐκδικῆσαι· καὶ εἰ μὴ προλαβὼν ὁ Βασιλίσκος ἐκ τῆς ἀπὸ Σικελίας ἐπανόδου, καὶ Ζήνων ἀπὸ Χαλκηδόνος, ὃς ἦν ἐκεῖ