Theophanes the Confessor, Chronography

they made a treaty concerning peace, having come to the borders of the fortress of Ammoudias and Mardes, and they confirmed it with documents. And this was the end of the Persian war of Anastasius in the fifteenth year of his reign. Having lasted for three years, or rather, having devastated the land of the Persians in the previous wars, it ended at this conclusion in the fifteenth year of the reign of Anastasius. And when John, the bishop of Alexandria, died, John the Nicaeote was ordained in his place. In the same year Anastasius ordered, and many bronze works were melted down, from which the great Constantine had set them up. And from them he made his own statue, which he erected on the column of Taurus. For the one formerly standing of Theodosius the Great had fallen from an earthquake and was shattered. Years of the world, 5999. Years of the divine incarnation, 499. Emperor of the Romans, Anastasius, 27 years. 16. Emperor of the Persians, Kavadh, 30 years. 12. Bishop of Rome, Symmachus, 12 years. 6. Bishop of Constantinople, Macedonius, 16 years. 11. Bishop of Jerusalem, Sallustius, 8 years. 4. Bishop of Alexandria, John the Nicaeote, 11 years. 1. Bishop of Antioch, Flavian, 13 years. 8. In this year Anastasius, being relieved of the wars, was eager to pervert Macedonius the patriarch from the orthodox faith. And many of the bishops, currying favor with Anastasius, opposed the synod in Chalcedon, of whom the first was Eleusinius of Sasima. And Anastasius brought a certain Manichaean painter, a Syro-Persian from Cyzicus, in the guise of a presbyter, who dared to paint spectral images foreign to the holy ecclesiastical icons in the palace of Helenianae and in the church of St. Stephen of Aurelianae, with the approval of the emperor who delighted 150 in the Manichaeans, from which also a great sedition of the people arose. The emperor then devised for the prefect to attend the assemblies and the litanies. For he feared the uprisings of the orthodox; and it became a custom. Anastasius brought Xenaeas the Manichaean-minded, also called Philoxenus, to Byzantium, as being of like mind. But Macedonius deemed him worthy of neither communion nor conversation, as the clergy and the monks and the people were agitated against him. Wherefore Anastasius also brought him out of the city secretly. And when a certain Acholius drew a sword against him at the instigation of those who hated him, Macedonius ordered him to receive a monthly allowance, being praised for his gentleness. And this he also did for needy temple-robbers. In the same year there appeared a certain fearsome man, a metallurgist, John by name, an impostor in Antioch, who, secretly entering the silversmiths' shops, showed the silversmiths golden hands and feet of statues and other figures, saying: "I found a treasure full of these things;" and he deceived many and defrauded them, taking much money; and having escaped notice, he fled and entering Constantinople, he defrauded many there also; so that the emperor, learning of it, seized him. But he offered the emperor a horse's bridle all of gold with pearls; and taking it, the emperor says to him: "Truly you do not defraud me." And he exiled him to Petra, the fortress of Asia, and there he died. 6. 500. 17. 13. 7. 12. 5. 2. 9. In this year Anastasius the emperor fortified the place of Daras in Mesopotamia, making it large and strong, lying between the borders of the Romans and the Persians, and he made churches and granaries for storing grain and cisterns for water and porticoes, naming it Anastasiopolis. And he also built two public baths and gave it the rights of a city. 151 Years of the world, 6001. Years of the divine incarnation, 501. Emperor of the Romans, Anastasius, 27 years. 18. Emperor of the Persians, Kavadh, 30 years. 14. Bishop of Rome, Symmachus, 12 years. 8. Bishop of Constantinople, Macedonius, 16 years. 13. Bishop of Jerusalem, Sallustius, 8 years. 6. Bishop of Alexandria, John

περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης ποιοῦνται συνθήκας, ἐν μεθορίοις γενόμενοι τοῦ Ἀμμουδίας καὶ τοῦ Μάρδης φρουρίου, καὶ γράμμασι αὐτὰ βεβαιώσαντες. καὶ τοῦτο τέλος ἔσχεν ὁ Περσικὸς Ἀναστασίου πόλεμος κατὰ τὸ πεντεκαιδέκατον ἔτος τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας. τριετίαν μὲν κρατήσας, μᾶλλον δὲ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν πολέμων τὴν Περσῶν λυμηνάμενος γῆν, εἰς τοῦτο τὸ τέλος τοῦ πεντεκαιδεκάτου ἔτους τῆς Ἀναστασίου βασιλείας ἔληξεν. Ἰωάννου δὲ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας τελευτήσαντος, Ἰωάννης ὁ Νικαιώτης ἐχειροτονήθη ἀντ' αὐτοῦ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐκέλευσεν Ἀναστάσιος, καὶ ἐχωνεύθησαν πολλὰ χαλκουργήματα, ἐξ ὧν ἔστησεν ὁ μέγας Κωνσταντῖνος. ἐποίησε δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν στήλην ἰδίαν, ἣν ἔστησεν εἰς τὸν κίονα τοῦ Ταύρου. ἡ γὰρ πρώην ἑστῶσα Θεοδοσίου τοῦ μεγάλου ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ σεισμοῦ καὶ συνετρίβη. Κόσμου ἔτη εϠϟθʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη υϟθʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη κζʹ. ιϛʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Καβάδης ἔτη λʹ. ιβʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σύμμαχος ἔτη ιβʹ. ϛʹ. Κωνσταντ ἐπίσκοπος Μακεδόνιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ιαʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Σαλούστιος ἔτη ηʹ. δʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκ. Ἰωάννης ὁ Νικαιώτης ἔτη ιαʹ. αʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Φλαβιανὸς ἔτη ιγʹ. ηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀναστάσιος ἀνεθεὶς τῶν πολέμων Μακεδόνιον τὸν πατριάρχην διαστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως ἔσπευδεν. πολλοὶ δὲ τῶν ἐπισκόπων Ἀναστασίῳ χαριζόμενοι τῇ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδῳ ἀντέπιπτον, ὧν πρώτιστος ἦν Ἐλευσίνιος ὁ Σασίμων. Μανιχαῖον δέ τινα ζωγράφον Συροπέρσην ἀπὸ Κυζίκου Ἀναστάσιος ἤγαγεν ἐν σχήματι πρεσβυτέρου, ὃς ἀλλότρια τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἁγίων εἰκόνων ἐτόλμησε γράψαι φασματώδη ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ Ἑλενιανῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ Στεφάνῳ Αὐρηλιανῶν γνώμῃ τοῦ βασιλέως χαίροντος 150 τοῖς Μανιχαίοις, ὅθεν καὶ στάσις τοῦ λαοῦ γέγονε μεγάλη. τὸν ἔπαρχον ἐν ταῖς συνάξεσι καὶ ἐν ταῖς λιταῖς τότε ἐπενόησεν ἀκολουθεῖν ὁ βασιλεύς. ἐφοβεῖτο γὰρ τῶν ὀρθοδόξων τὰς ἐπαναστάσεις· καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς ἔθος. Ξεναΐαν τὸν μανιχαιόφρονα ἤγαγεν Ἀναστάσιος εἰς τὸ Βυζάντιον, τὸν καὶ Φιλόξενον, ὡς ὁμόφρονα. Μακεδόνιος δὲ οὔτε κοινωνίας οὔτε λόγου αὐτὸν ἠξίωσεν, τοῦ κλήρου καὶ τῶν μοναχῶν καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ κατ' αὐτοῦ ταραττομένων. ὅθεν καὶ λάθρα τῆς πόλεως αὐτὸν ἐξήγαγεν Ἀναστάσιος. Ἀχόλιον δέ τινα Μακεδόνιος σπασάμενον κατ' αὐτοῦ μάχαιραν ἐξ ὑποβολῆς τῶν ἐχθραινόντων αὐτόν, μηνιαίας ἀνόνας προσέταξεν αὐτὸν λαμβάνειν, ἐπαινεθεὶς τῆς πρᾳότητος. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ εἰς ἐνδεεῖς ἱεροσύλους ἔπραξεν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἀνεφάνη τις ἀνὴρ χυμευτὴς ὑπάρχων φοβερός, Ἰωάννης ὀνόματι, ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐπιθέτης, ὃς λάθρα εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὰ ἀργυροπρατεῖα ὑπεδείκνυε τοῖς ἀργυροπράταις χεῖρας ἀνδριάντων χρυσᾶς καὶ πόδας καὶ ἄλλα ζώδια λέγων· ὅτι "θησαυρὸν εὗρον γέμοντα ταῦτα·" καὶ ἠπάτησε πολλοὺς καὶ ἐκόμβωσεν ἐπαρὼν πολλὰ χρήματα· καὶ λαθὼν ἔφυγε καὶ εἰσελθὼν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐκόμβωσε κἀκεῖ πολλούς· ὥστε γνόντα τὸν βασιλέα κρατῆσαι αὐτόν. ὁ δὲ προσήνεγκε τῷ βασιλεῖ χαλινὸν ἵππου ὁλόχρυσον διὰ μαργαριτῶν· καὶ τοῦτον λαβὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς λέγει αὐτῷ· "ὄντως ἐμὲ οὐ κομβώνεις." καὶ ἐξώρισεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Πέτραν, τὸ φρούριον τῆς Ἀσίας, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐτελεύτησεν. ϛʹ. φʹ. ιζʹ. ιγʹ. ζʹ. ιβʹ. εʹ. βʹ. θʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀναστάσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐτείχισε τὸ ∆αρᾶς χωρίον ὂν τῆς Μεσοποταμίας μέγα καὶ ὀχυρόν, μέσον τῶν ὅρων κείμενον Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Περσῶν, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκκλησίας καὶ ὄρια ἀπόθετα σίτου καὶ κιστέρνας ὑδάτων καὶ ἐμβόλους, ὀνομάσας αὐτὸ Ἀναστασιούπολιν. ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ δύο δημόσια λουτρὰ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ δίκαια πόλεως. 151 Κόσμου ἔτη ϛαʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη φαʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη κζʹ. ιηʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Καβάδης ἔτη λʹ. ιδʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Σύμμαχος ἔτη ιβʹ. ηʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Μακεδόνιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. ιγʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Σαλούστιος ἔτη ηʹ. ϛʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης