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but when he had converted to Arianism, to gratify Theoderic who was an Arian, he cut him down with a sword, saying: "If you did not keep faith with God, neither will you keep it with me." And when Palladius, bishop of Antioch, died, the emperor appointed Flavian, a presbyter and apocrisiarius of the church of the Antiochenes. And they say that Flavian was opposed to the dogmas of Chalcedon. A certain Arian, Olympius, while bathing in the Helenianan bath, blasphemed terribly and died wretchedly in the water-trough; which was depicted in an icon. And a certain Eutychianus, the first of the bath-attendants, persuaded by gifts from the Arians, took down the dedicated icon of Olympius; and from that day his body wasted away terribly and he died. Years of the world 5592. Years of the divine incarnation 492. Anastasius, emperor of the Romans, for 27 years. 9th year. Kavad, king of the Persians, for 30 years. 5th year. Anastasius, bishop of Rome, for 4 years. 3rd year. Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, for 16 years. 4th year. Martyrius, bishop of Jerusalem, for 8 years. 5th year. John, bishop of Alexandria, for 9 years. 3rd year. Flavian, bishop of Antioch, for 13 years. 1st year. In this year Festus, a senator of Rome, having been sent to Anastasius for certain political needs, requested that the memorials of the holy apostles Peter and Paul be celebrated more festively, which prevails even until now. And Macedonius, wishing to send synodical letters to Anastasius, bishop of Rome, through Festus, was prevented by the emperor. 10th. 6th. 4th. 5th. 6th. 4th. 2nd. In this year Festus, upon his departure in Rome, agreed with the emperor Anastasius to persuade Pope Anastasius to accept the Henotikon of Zeno. But he did not find him alive. And having corrupted many through money, he has a certain Laurentius elected bishop contrary to the custom of the Romans, who was also consecrated by one party. But the more orthodox, having separated, consecrate Symmachus, who was one of the deacons. Thenceforth many disorders and murders and robberies occurred for three years, until Theoderic the African, who then held Rome, although he was an Arian, having convened a local synod, confirmed Symmachus as bishop of Rome, but ordered Laurentius to serve as bishop in the city of Nocera. But he, not keeping quiet but stirring up factions, is deposed by Symmachus and sent into exile. And so the strife was ended. In the same year Anastasius abolished the chrysargyron and the beast-hunts, and he appointed to offices which were for sale for free. Symmachus, bishop of Rome, for 12 years. 11th. 7th. 1st. 6th. 7th. 5th. 3rd. In this year there was again an incursion of the Saracens in both Phoenicia and Syria and Palestine, after the death of Ogarus, with Badicharimus, his brother, sweeping over the places like a storm, and retreating with the plunder more swiftly than he had attacked, so that not even Romanus, who pursued them, could catch the enemies. In the same year the so-called Bulgars also overrun Illyricum and Thrace and retreat before they are recognized. 144 51st bishop of Jerusalem, Sallustius, for 8 years. 12th. 8th. 2nd. 7th. 1st. 6th. 4th. In this year Anastasius made a treaty with Arethas, the father of Badicharimus and Ogarus, the so-called Thalabanes, and henceforth all Palestine and Arabia and Phoenicia enjoyed great calm and peace. And in Neocaesarea when an earthquake was about to happen, a soldier traveling saw as it were two soldiers upon it and another behind shouting: "Guard the house in which is the reliquary of Gregory." And when the earthquake occurred, the greatest part of the city fell, except for that of Saint Gregory the Wonderworker. Years of the world 5596. Years of the divine incarnation 496. Anastasius, emperor of the Romans, for 27 years. 13th year. Kavad, king of the Persians, for 30 years. 9th year. Symmachus, bishop of Rome, for 12 years. 3rd year. Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, for 16 years. 8th year. Sallustius, bishop of Jerusalem, for 8 years. 2nd year. John, bishop of Alexandria, for 9 years. 7th year. Flavian, bishop of Antioch, for 13 years. 5th year. In this

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μεταθέμενον δὲ εἰς Ἀρειανισμόν, χαριζόμενον Θευδερίχῳ ἀρειανίζοντι, ἀπέτεμεν αὐτὸν ξίφει εἰπών· "εἰ τῷ θεῷ πίστιν οὐκ ἐφύλαξας, οὐδὲ ἐμοὶ φυλάξεις." Παλλαδίου δὲ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀντιοχείας τελευτήσαντος, Φλαβιανὸν πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἀποκρισιάριον τῆς ἐκκλησίας Ἀντιοχέων ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐψηφίσατο. φασὶ δὲ Φλαβιανὸν τοῖς ἐν Χαλκηδόνι δόγμασιν ἀντικεῖσθαι. Ὀλύμπιος δέ τις Ἀρειανὸς ἐν τῷ Ἑλενιανῶν βαλανείῳ λουόμενος, δεινῶς βλασφημήσας ἐλεεινῶς ἐν τῇ νεροφόρῳ τέθνηκεν· ὅπερ ἐν εἰκόνι ἐγράφη. Εὐτυχιανὸς δέ τις πρῶτος τῶν διαιταρίων δώροις πεισθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀρειανῶν τὴν ἀνατεθεῖσαν εἰκόνα τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου καθεῖλεν· καὶ ἐξετάκη δεινῶς τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ἀπέθανεν. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠϟβʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υϟβʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη κζʹ. θʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Καβάδης ἔτη λʹ. εʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη δʹ. γʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Μακεδόνιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. δʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Μαρτύριος ἔτη ηʹ. εʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη θʹ. γʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Φλαβιανὸς ἔτη ιγʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Φῆστος, συγκλητικὸς Ῥώμης, ἀποσταλεὶς πρὸς Ἀναστάσιον διά τινας χρείας πολιτικὰς τὰς μνήμας τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων Πέτρου καὶ Παύλου πανηγυρικώτερον ἐπιτελεῖσθαι ᾐτήσατο, ὃ καὶ κρατεῖ μέχρι νῦν. Μακεδόνιος δὲ πρὸς Ἀναστάσιον, ἐπίσκο143 πον Ῥώμης, συνοδικὰ διὰ Φήστου πέμψαι βουληθεὶς ἐκωλύθη παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως. ιʹ. ϛʹ. δʹ. εʹ. ϛʹ. δʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Φῆστος ἀπερχόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ συνέθετο τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀναστασίῳ πείθειν Ἀναστάσιον τὸν πάπαν δέξασθαι τὸ ἑνωτικὸν Ζήνωνος. τοῦτον δὲ οὐ κατέλαβε ζῶντα. ὑποφθείρας δὲ διὰ χρημάτων πολλοὺς ψηφίζεται παρὰ τὸ ἔθος Ῥωμαίων ἐπίσκοπον Λαυρέντιόν τινα, ὃς καὶ ἐχειροτονήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸς μέρους. οἱ δὲ ὀρθοδοξότεροι διαιρεθέντες χειροτονοῦσι Σύμμαχον ἕνα ὄντα τῶν διακόνων. ἔνθεν λοιπὸν ἀταξίαι πολλαὶ καὶ φόνοι καὶ ἁρπαγαὶ γεγόνασιν ἐπὶ τρία ἔτη, ἕως οὗ Θευδέριχος ὁ Ἄφρος κρατῶν τηνικαῦτα Ῥώμης, καίπερ Ἀρειανὸς ὤν, σύνοδον κροτήσας τοπικήν, Σύμμαχον μὲν ἐπίσκοπον Ῥώμης ἐκύρωσεν, Λαυρέντιον δὲ εἰς Νοκέρειαν τὴν πόλιν ἐπισκοπεῖν προσέταξεν. ὁ δὲ μὴ ἡσυχάσας, ἀλλὰ στάσεις κινῶν ὑπὸ Συμμάχου καθαιρεῖται καὶ εἰς ἐξορίαν πέμπεται. καὶ οὕτω κατεπαύθη ἡ στάσις. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Ἀναστάσιος ἀνέστειλε τὸ χρυσάργυρον καὶ τὰ κυνήγια καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς ὠνίους οὔσας δωρεὰν προεβάλλετο. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σύμμαχος ἔτη ιβʹ. ιαʹ. ζʹ. αʹ. ϛʹ. ζʹ. εʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει γέγονε πάλιν Σαρακηνῶν ἐπιδρομὴ ἔν τε Φοινίκῃ καὶ Συρίᾳ καὶ Παλαιστίνῃ, μετὰ τὴν Ὠγάρου τελευτὴν Βαδιχαρίμου, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, δίκην θυέλλης ἐπιδραμόντος τοῖς τόποις, καὶ ὀξύτερον, ἤπερ ἐπέδραμεν, μετὰ τὴν λείαν ἐπαναδραμόντος, ὥστε μηδὲ ἐπιδιώξαντα Ῥωμανὸν καταλαβεῖν τοὺς ἐχθρούς. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει καὶ οἱ καλούμενοι Βούλγαροι τῷ Ἰλλυρικῷ καὶ Θρᾴκῃ ἐπιτρέχουσι καὶ ἐπανατρέχουσι πρὶν γνωσθῆναι αὐτούς. 144 Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος ναʹ Σαλούστιος ἔτη ηʹ. ιβʹ. ηʹ. βʹ. ζʹ. αʹ. ϛʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει σπένδεται πρὸς Ἀρέθαν Ἀναστάσιος, τὸν Βαδιχαρίμου καὶ Ὠγάρου πατέρα, τὸν τῆς Θαλαβάνης λεγόμενον, καὶ λοιπὸν πᾶσα ἡ Παλαιστίνη καὶ Ἀραβία καὶ Φοινίκη πολλῆς γαλήνης καὶ εἰρήνης ἀπήλαυον. ἐν Νεοκαισαρείᾳ δὲ μέλλοντος γίνεσθαι σεισμοῦ, στρατιώτης ὁδεύων ὡς δύο στρατιώτας ἐπ' αὐτὴν εἶδε καὶ ὄπισθεν ἄλλον κράζοντα· "φυλάξατε τὸν οἶκον, ἐν ᾧ ἡ θήκη Γρηγορίου ἐστίν." γενομένου δὲ τοῦ σεισμοῦ, τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος τῆς πόλεως ἐπτώθη πλὴν τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠϟϛʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υϟϛʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη κζʹ. ιγʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Καβάδης ἔτη λʹ. θʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σύμμαχος ἔτη ιβʹ. γʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Μακεδόνιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ηʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Σαλούστιος ἔτη ηʹ. βʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη θʹ. ζʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Φλαβιανὸς ἔτη ιγʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ