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Longinus, who was magister and his friend, and trusting in these, he thought to have the kingdom without effort. But when Ariadne and the senate and the whole army proclaimed Anastasius the silentiarius as emperor, Longinus was thwarted in his hope. Therefore, when Anastasius became emperor, he was required by Euphemius the patriarch to give a written confession that he would not disturb anything of the church and the faith, calling him unworthy of the Christians and of the kingdom. But when the empress Ariadne and the senate compelled him, he received from him his own signature, that he accepted the dogmas of the council in Chalcedon as the rule of faith. And thus having been crowned [by him] he takes Ariadne in marriage, not having lived with a wife before. The Manichaeans and Arians rejoiced at Anastasius, the Manichaeans because the emperor's mother was a zealot and their friend, the Arians because they had Clearchus, his uncle, the brother of the same evil-minded mother, as one of their own faith. This is the year in which Zeno died and Anastasius became emperor, from Adam according to the Romans 5999, but according to the accurate and true calculation of the Alexandrians 5983, from the beginning of Diocletian 207, of the divine incarnation 483, in the 14th indiction. Anastasius was crowned in the aforementioned 14th indiction, on the 14th of the month of April, on the fifth great day of Pascha in the kathisma of the Hippodrome. Years of the world 5984. Years of the divine incarnation 484. Emperor of the Romans, Anastasius, 27 years. 1. King of the Persians, Zamasphes son of Peroz, 4 years. 1. Bishop of Rome, Felix, 9 years. 9. Bishop of Constantinople, Euphemius, 7 years. 3. Bishop of Jerusalem, Anastasius, 18 years. 16. Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius, 7 years. 2. Bishop of Antioch, Palladius, 10 years. 3. 137 In this year, when Anastasius of Dyrrhachium, the Dikoros, became emperor, Longinus, the brother of Zeno, revolted against him, whom he captured and sent into exile in Egypt, in Alexandria, and ordered him to be ordained a presbyter. Having survived for seven years in Alexandria, he died. The emperor, being suspicious also of Longinus the magister and the Isaurians residing in the city, deposed Longinus from the magisterium. When Peter the Fuller, being in Antioch, [was importuning] to return from exile to his own throne, the emperor recalled him from exile, but did not allow him to go to Antioch, and caused Palladius to be ordained in Antioch. Euphemius of Constantinople, having gathered the bishops residing in the city, confirmed the holy synod of Chalcedon. John of Tabennisi, being in Rome, heard that Anastasius had become emperor, and he came to Byzantium hoping for good rewards from him, in return for the provision he had made for him in Alexandria, having received him naked from a shipwreck and so supported him as to make him insensible of his misfortune. But Anastasius, hearing that he had arrived, with great ingratitude ordered him to be exiled, not even receiving him at all. But John, foreknowing this, fled to Rome and was saved. Bishop of Rome, Gelasius, 5 years. 2. 2. 1. 4. 17. 3. 4. In this year, Anastasius the emperor expelled the Isaurians in Constantinople because of many outrages, who, upon leaving, plotted a usurpation. And Longinus, the former magister, gathering them and another force of barbarians and bandits of about 150,000, confident in the abundance of arms and money placed in Isauria by Zeno, arrives in the country of the Isaurians, the emperor having permitted his departure, although he suspected the attack. Immediately he revolts and proceeds as far as Phrygia and Cotyaeum 138, plundering many cities, though not himself leading the army. For Ninilingis was the leader of Isauria appointed under Zeno, a most audacious man, and Athenodorus, a very simple man, one

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Λογγῖνον, τὸν μάγιστρον ὄντα καὶ φίλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τούτοις θαρρήσας ἀπονητὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἔχειν ᾤετο. τῆς δὲ Ἀρεάδνης καὶ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς καὶ τοῦ στρατεύματος παντὸς Ἀναστάσιον τὸν σιλεντιάριον ἀναγορευσάντων βασιλέα, τῆς ἐλπίδος ὁ Λογγῖνος ἠστόχησεν. βασιλεύσας οὖν ὁ Ἀναστάσιος ἔγγραφον ἠπαιτήθη ὁμολογίαν παρὰ Εὐφημίου πατριάρχου πρὸς τὸ μὴ σαλεῦσαί τι τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῆς πίστεως, ἀνάξιον αὐτὸν ἀποκαλῶν τῶν Χριστιανῶν καὶ τῆς βασιλείας. βιαζομένης δὲ αὐτὸν τῆς βασιλίδος Ἀρεάδνης καὶ τῆς συγκλήτου, ἔλαβεν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἰδιόχειρον, ὡς ἀποδέχεται εἰς ὅρον πίστεως τὰ δόγματα τῆς ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδου. καὶ οὕτω στεφθεὶς [ὑπ' αὐτοῦ] Ἀρεάδνην ἄγεται εἰς γάμον, οὔπω πρότερον γαμετῇ συνοικήσας. Μανιχαῖοι δὲ καὶ Ἀρειανοὶ ἔχαιρον ἐπὶ Ἀναστασίῳ, Μανιχαῖοι μὲν ὡς τῆς μητρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ζηλωτρίας οὔσης καὶ προσφιλοῦς αὐτῶν, Ἀρειανοὶ δὲ ὡς Κλέαρχον, τὸν θεῖον αὐτοῦ, ἀδελφὸν τῆς αὐτῆς κακόφρονος μητρός, ὁμόδοξον ἔχοντες. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ ἔτος, ἐν ᾧ Ζήνων τέθνηκε καὶ Ἀναστάσιος ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ μὲν κατὰ Ῥωμαίους εϠϟθʹ, κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἀκριβῆ καὶ ἀληθινὸν ψῆφον Ἀλεξανδρέων εϠπγʹ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς ἀρχῆς ∆ιοκλητιανοῦ σζʹ, τῆς δὲ θείας σαρκώσεως υπγʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδʹ. ἐστέφθη δὲ Ἀναστάσιος τῇ προγεγραμμένῃ ιδʹ ἰνδικτιῶνι, μηνὶ Ἀπριλλίῳ ιδʹ, ἡμέρᾳ πέμπτῃ τῇ μεγάλῃ τοῦ πάσχα ἐν τῷ καθίσματι τοῦ ἱπποδρομίου. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠπδʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υπδʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη κζʹ. αʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ὁ Περόζου παῖς Ζάμασφος ἔτη δʹ. αʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Φίλιξ ἔτη θʹ. θʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Εὐφήμιος ἔτη ζʹ. γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ιϛʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθανάσιος ἔτη ζʹ. βʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Παλλάδιος ἔτη ιʹ. γʹ. 137 Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει βασιλεύσαντος Ἀναστασίου τοῦ ∆οραχιτιανοῦ τοῦ ∆ικόρου, ἐστασίασε κατ' αὐτοῦ Λογγῖνος, ὁ Ζήνωνος ἀδελφός, ὃν χειρωσάμενος ἐπ' Αἴγυπτον πέμπει ἐξόριστον ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ καὶ ἐκέλευσε χειροτονηθῆναι αὐτὸν πρεσβύτερον. ἑπταετίαν δὲ ἐπιβιοὺς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἐτελεύτησεν. ὑποψίαν δὲ ἔχων καὶ περὶ Λογγῖνον τὸν μάγιστρον ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐπιδημοῦντας Ἰσαύρους παύει τὸν Λογγῖνον τοῦ μαγιστρίου. Πέτρου δὲ τοῦ Κναφέως ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ὄντος ἐκ τῆς ἐξορίας ἐπανελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ἴδιον θρόνον [δυσωποῦντος,] ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς ἐξορίας μὲν τοῦτον ἀνεκαλέσατο, εἰς δὲ Ἀντιόχειαν ἀπελθεῖν οὐ κατεδέξατο, Παλλάδιον δὲ χειροτονηθῆναι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐποίησεν. Εὐφήμιος δὲ ὁ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως συναγαγὼν τοὺς ἐνδημοῦντας ἐπισκόπους τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι ἁγίαν σύνοδον ἐκύρωσεν. Ἰωάννης δὲ ὁ Ταβεννησιώτης ἐν Ῥώμῃ ὢν ἤκουσεν ὅτι Ἀναστάσιος ἐβασίλευσεν, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸ Βυζάντιον ἀγαθὰς ἀμοιβὰς ἐλπίζων παρ' αὐτοῦ, ἀνθ' ὧν ἦν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ πεποιηκὼς αὐτῷ οἰκονομίαν, ὃν καὶ γυμνὸν ἀπὸ ναυαγίου δεξάμενος καὶ συγκροτήσας οὕτως, ὡς ἀναίσθητον αὐτὸν ποιῆσαι τῆς συμφορᾶς. Ἀναστάσιος δὲ ἀκούσας, ὅτι παρεγένετο, ἀγνωμοσύνῃ πολλῇ τοῦτον ἐξορισθῆναι προσέταξε μηδ' ὅλως αὐτὸν δεξάμενος. Ἰωάννης δὲ τοῦτο προγνοὺς ἐπὶ Ῥώμην φεύγων διεσώθη. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Γελάσιος ἔτη εʹ. βʹ. βʹ. αʹ. δʹ. ιζʹ. γʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀναστάσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Ἰσαύρους διὰ πολλὰς ἀτοπίας ἐδίωξεν, οἳ ἐξελθόντες τυραννίδα ἐμελέτησαν. Λογγῖνος δὲ ὁ ἀπὸ μαγίστρων συλλαβὼν τούτους τε καὶ ἄλλην δύναμιν βαρβάρων καὶ λῃστῶν ὡς ιεʹ μυριάδας, ὅπλων τε καὶ χρημάτων εὐπορίᾳ θαρρῶν ἐν Ἰσαυρίᾳ παρὰ Ζήνωνος τεθειμένων, παραγίνεται εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἰσαύρων χώραν, ἐνδεδωκότος τοῦ βασιλέως τὴν ἔξοδον, καίτοιγε ὑποτοπάζοντος τὴν ἐπίθεσιν. παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐπανίσταται καὶ μέχρι Φρυγίας καὶ τοῦ Κοτυαείου 138 χωρεῖ, πόλεις τε πολλὰς ληϊζόμενος, πλὴν οὐκ αὐτὸς ἡγούμενος τοῦ στρατεύματος. Νινίλιγγις γὰρ ἦν, ὁ τῆς Ἰσαυρίας ἡγεμὼν ἐπὶ Ζήνωνος καταστάς, ἀνὴρ θρασύτατος, καὶ Ἀθηνόδωρος, ἁπλούστατος ἄνθρωπος, εἷς