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a great number of them being sent, and arms for an alliance and expenses and whatever else he captured. And they say that in one engagement he routed 65,000 of the imperial army with Hypatius commanding them, the son of the sister of Anastasius and of Secundinus the patrician, whom he also captured alive and held in custody. But Anastasius the lawless emperor, and Timothy, the unholy bishop of Constantinople, inflicted many evils upon the monks, clerics, and laity who were on the side of Macedonius and the council; so that they even exiled many to Oasis in the Thebaid. And they sent Timothy's synodical letters and the deposition of Macedonius for the bishops in each city to sign; of these, the more courageous resisted both; the reckless, in fear of the emperor, signed both; and the moderate ones did not sign the deposition of Macedonius, but only Timothy's synodical letters, which was the same thing, even if it seemed to them to be different. But when Timothy wished to insert the name of Severus into the diptychs and to cast out that of Flavian, he was prevented by the people. For all the orthodox fled from communion with Severus, especially the monks, many of whom he, the sacrilegious one, murdered while punishing them with a rustic multitude, overturning the altars and melting down the sacred vessels of the orthodox. And Juliana the most illustrious, who founded the holy church 158 of the Theotokos in Honoratae, strongly supported the council in Chalcedon, so that even the emperor, devising many troubles for her, could not persuade her to enter into communion with Timothy. And Timothy himself, having gone to her many times, did not persuade her. The emperor humbled Pompeius, his nephew, and his wife, who was a respectable woman and devoted to good works, with many difficulties, as zealots for the council and as suppliers to Macedonius in his exile of the things he needed. And those sent by Timothy to Alexandria to John the Nicaeote anathematized the holy council in Chalcedon from the ambo. When the abbot of the monastery of Dius died, Timothy came to appoint an abbot. But the one who was about to be promoted said he would not accept a blessing from a man who rejected the council in Chalcedon. And Timothy said: "Anathema to every man who does not accept the council in Chalcedon." And so the abbot consented to be appointed by him. But John, Timothy's archdeacon, who was a Manichaean, insulted Timothy and denounced him to the emperor. But the emperor severely dishonored Timothy to his face, and found him denying it and once again anathematizing those who accept the council in Chalcedon. And John of Alexandria the impious forbade the Egyptians to go up to Jerusalem, so that they would not commune with the exalted council in Chalcedon. And some terrible things were done by demoniacs at that time in Jerusalem. And a certain Anastasius, desiring to become Dux of Palestine, promised the emperor, "If I do not persuade John, the bishop of Jerusalem after Elias, to enter into communion with Severus, to give 300 pounds of gold." Therefore, having received the office, he came to Jerusalem and cast John, who would not be persuaded, into prison. But a certain Zacharias, a ruler of Palestine, a God-loving man, moved by divine zeal, suggested to the bishop that he promise the Dux to do what seemed good to him, if he were restored to his throne. And when he released and restored him, he gathered the monasteries into the church of Saint Stephen and, ascending the ambo, he anathematized Nestorius and Eutyches and Severus and Soterichus of Caesarea, proclaiming the holy and 159 ecumenical four councils; And Hypatius, the emperor's nephew, was also present, not being in communion with Severus at all; he, having entered into communion with John at that time, gave 100 pounds of gold to Theodosius the holy, who was exarch of the monasteries, for distribution to the monks who were zealous for the right faith and the council in Chalcedon. But the emperor ordered some of the rulers, on the ambo in the church of Saint Theodore of Sphoracius, the

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αὐτῶν πεμπόμενον πλεῖστον καὶ ὅπλα εἰς συμμαχίαν καὶ δαπάνας καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἐχειροῦτο. φασὶ δὲ ὅτι ἐν μιᾷ συμβολῇ ξεʹ χιλιάδας στρατοῦ βασιλικοῦ ἐκρήμνισε σὺν Ὑπατίῳ στρατηγοῦντι αὐτῶν, υἱῷ ἐξ ἀδελφῆς Ἀναστασίου καὶ Σεκουνδίνου πατρικίου, ὃν καὶ πιάσας ζῶντα ἐν φρουρᾷ εἶχεν. Ἀναστάσιος δὲ ὁ παράνομος βασιλεύς, καὶ Τιμόθεος, ὁ ἀνίερος ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, πολλὰ κακὰ τοῖς ὑπὲρ Μακεδονίου καὶ τῆς συνόδου μοναχοῖς τε καὶ κληρικοῖς καὶ λαϊκοῖς ἐπεδείξαντο· ὥστε καὶ εἰς Ὄασιν τῆς Θηβαΐδος ἐξώρισαν πολλούς. Τιμοθέου δὲ τὰ συνοδικὰ καὶ Μακεδονίου τὴν καθαίρεσιν τοῖς κατὰ πόλιν ἐπισκόποις ὑπογράψαι ἔπεμψαν· ὧν οἱ μὲν ἀνδρειότεροι πρὸς ἄμφω ἀντέστησαν· οἱ δὲ παράφοροι φόβῳ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀμφοτέροις ὑπέγραψαν· οἱ δὲ μέσοι τῇ καθαιρέσει Μακεδονίου οὐχ ὑπέγραψαν, εἰ μὴ μόνον τοῖς συνοδικοῖς Τιμοθέου, ὅπερ ταὐτὸν ἦν, εἰ καὶ διαφέρειν αὐτοῖς ἐδόκει. Τιμόθεος δὲ τὸ ὄνομα Σευήρου βουληθεὶς ἐντάξαι τοῖς διπτύχοις καὶ τὸ Φλαβιανοῦ ἐκβάλαι ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐκωλύθη. Σευήρου γὰρ τὴν κοινωνίαν πάντες οἱ ὀρθόδοξοι ἔφυγον, μάλιστα οἱ μοναχοί, οὓς μετὰ πλήθους ἀγροικικοῦ τιμωρῶν πολλοὺς ἐφόνευσε τὰ θυσιαστήρια ἀνατρέπων καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τῶν ὀρθοδόξων χωνεύων ὁ ἱερόσυλος. Ἰουλιάνα δὲ ἡ περιφανεστάτη, ἡ κτίσασα τὸν ἱερὸν ναὸν 158 τῆς θεοτόκου ἐν τοῖς Ὀνωράτοις, ἀντεποιεῖτο σφόδρα τῆς ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδου, ὡς καὶ τὸν βασιλέα πολλὰς αὐτῇ διαστροφὰς ἐφευρόντα μὴ πεῖσαι κοινωνῆσαι τῷ Τιμοθέῳ. καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ Τιμόθεος πολλάκις πρὸς αὐτὴν ἀπελθὼν οὐκ ἔπεισεν αὐτήν. Πομπήϊον, τὸν ἀνεψιὸν αὐτοῦ, ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τὴν τούτου γαμετὴν κοσμίαν οὖσαν καὶ εὐποιΐαις σχολάζουσαν πολλαῖς περιστάσεσιν ἐταπείνου, ὡς ζηλωτὰς τῆς συνόδου καὶ ὡς χορηγοῦντας Μακεδονίῳ ἐν τῇ ἐξορίᾳ τὰ πρὸς χρείαν. οἱ δὲ σταλέντες παρὰ Τιμοθέου ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ πρὸς Ἰωάννην τὸν Νικαιώτην ἐπ' ἄμβωνος τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι ἁγίαν σύνοδον ἀνεθεμάτισαν. τοῦ ἡγουμένου τῆς ∆ίου μονῆς τελευτήσαντος, ἦλθε Τιμόθεος προβαλέσθαι ἡγούμενον. ὁ δὲ μέλλων προβιβάζεσθαι ἔφη μὴ δέχεσθαι εὐλογίαν παρὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀθετοῦντος τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι σύνοδον. Τιμόθεος δὲ ἔφη· "ἀνάθεμα παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ μὴ δεχομένῳ τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι σύνοδον." καὶ οὕτω προχειρισθῆναι ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κατεδέξατο ὁ ἡγούμενος. Ἰωάννης δέ, ὁ ἀρχιδιάκονος Τιμοθέου, Μανιχαῖος ὤν, ὑβρίσας Τιμόθεον τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐμήνυσεν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀτιμάσας Τιμόθεον χαλεπῶς κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀρνούμενον εὗρε καὶ πάλιν ἀναθεματίζοντα τοὺς δεχομένους τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι σύνοδον. Ἰωάννης δὲ ὁ Ἀλεξανδρείας ὁ δυσσεβὴς ἐκώλυσε τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ἀνέρχεσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα διὰ τὸ μὴ κοινωνεῖν ἐν τῇ ὑψώσει τῇ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδῳ. φοβερὰ δέ τινα ὑπὸ δαιμονιώντων ἐγένετο τότε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα. Ἀναστάσιος δέ τις ἐπιθυμῶν γενέσθαι δοὺξ Παλαιστίνης ὑπέσχετο τῷ βασιλεῖ, "εἰ μὴ πείσω Ἰωάννην, τὸν μετὰ Ἡλίαν ἐπίσκοπον Ἱεροσολύμων, κοινωνῆσαι Σευήρῳ, δίδειν τʹ λίτρας χρυσίου." λαβὼν οὖν τὴν ἀρχὴν ἦλθεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ Ἰωάννην μὴ πειθόμενον εἰς φρουρὰν ἐνέβαλεν. Ζαχαρίας δέ τις ἄρχων Παλαιστίνης, θεοφιλὴς ἀνήρ, ὑπέθετο τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ζήλῳ θείῳ φερόμενος ὑποσχέσθαι τῷ δουκὶ ποιεῖν τὰ δοκοῦντα αὐτῷ, εἰ ἀποκατασταθῇ εἰς τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ. τοῦ δὲ ἀπολύσαντος αὐτὸν καὶ ἀποκαταστήσαντος, συναγαγὼν τὰ μοναστήρια εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ ἁγίου Στεφάνου καὶ ἀνελθὼν ἐπ' ἄμβωνος ἀνεθεμάτισε Νεστόριον καὶ Εὐτυχέα καὶ Σευῆρον καὶ Σωτήριχον τὸν Καισαρείας, ἀναγορεύσας τὰς ἁγίας καὶ 159 οἰκουμενικὰς τέσσαρας συνόδους· παρῆν δὲ καὶ Ὑπάτιος, ὁ ἀδελφιδὸς τοῦ βασιλέως, μὴ κοινωνῶν Σευήρῳ τὸ σύνολον· οὗτος κοινωνήσας Ἰωάννῃ τότε χρυσίου λίτρας ρʹ δέδωκε Θεοδοσίῳ τῷ ὁ σίῳ, ἐξάρχῳ ὄντι τῶν μοναστηρίων, εἰς διανομὴν τῶν ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδου ζηλούντων μοναχῶν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεύς τινας τῶν ἀρχόντων προσέταξεν εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ ἁγίου Θεοδώρου τῶν Σφωρακίου ἐπ' ἄμβωνος τὴν