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he trusted; but they having abandoned him, who, seeing him being driven out, both reviled him and reproached him for cowardice; and as he was about to leave the city, someone struck him on the temple with a stone and killed him; and the crowd, falling upon the corpse, tore it apart, and carrying the limbs on a pole, sang in triumph. Such, then, was the end of his life that he met, after he had spent three months in his tyranny. And at this time Gizerichus also invaded Rome. 202 Ibid.: That when Avitus was ruling Rome, and a famine occurred at the same time, the people, holding Avitus to blame, forced him to lead away from the city of the Romans the allies from Gaul who had come in with him. He also sent away the Goths, whom he had brought for his own guard, having made a distribution of money to them from the public works, by selling off bronze to merchants; for there was no gold in the imperial treasuries; a thing which stirred the Romans to revolt, since they had been deprived of the city's ornamentation. And both Majorian and Ricimer openly revolted, having been freed from their fear of the Goths, so that he, being apprehensive of civil unrest on the one hand and the wars with the Vandals on the other, withdrew from Rome and took the road to Gaul. But Majorian and Ricimer, attacking him on the road, forced him to flee into a sanctuary, renouncing his power and stripping off his imperial robe. There the men of Majorian did not abandon the siege until he, overcome by hunger, departed this life, after having spent eight months in his reign; but others say that he was strangled. And this was the end of the life and reign for Avitus. 203 LEO. Ibid.: That Majorian, the emperor of the West, after the Goths in Gaul became his allies, subdued the nations neighboring his own territory, some by diplomacy and others by arms; and he attempted to cross over to Libya with a great force, about 300 ships having been gathered for him; and having ended the war on disgraceful terms, he returned. And when he had already crossed over to Italy, Ricimer plotted his death. For after his return, he sent away his allies and was returning to Rome with his household troops. But the men of Ricimer seized him, stripped him of the purple robe and diadem, and after beating him, they cut off his head. This, then, was the end of Majorian's life. 204 Ibid.: That Gizerichus was ravaging the Italies, wishing for Olybrius to rule the West because of his kinship by marriage. He did not, however, make the overt cause of the war the fact that Olybrius had not acceded to the western throne, but rather that the property of Valentinian and Aetius had not been given to him—that of the former, in the name of Eudocia, whom his son possessed as wife, and that of the latter, on the grounds that Gaudentius' son was living with him. 205 ibid.: That during the reign of the emperors Anthemius and Leo, Ullibus was killed by Anagastes in Thrace, both being of the Scythian race, and inclined to revolution. 206 Ibid.: That when the Isaurians on the island of the Rhodians turned to plunder and committed murders, the soldiers dispatched them. And some, fleeing to their ships, arrived at the city of Constantine together with Zeno, the emperor's son-in-law, and by causing a disturbance among those who were setting up the market, they stirred up the people to stone-throwing. And a civil war having been stirred up from this, the coming of night broke up the revolt. 2. And at this time Anagastes, the commander of the Thracian forces, being roused to revolution, was overrunning the Roman forts. And the cause of his dissension was said to be that, when Jordanus, the son of John, whom Anagisclus the father of Anagastes had killed, was ascending to the consular honor, Anagastes did not accept the vote passed concerning him, on the pretext that he suffered from epilepsy and fearing (he says) lest he might bring disgrace upon the senate by his affliction, should it so happen. But others say that he... of money

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ἐπίστευεν, ἀπολιπόντων, οἳ ὁρῶντες ἐξελαύνοντα ἐλοιδόρουν τε καὶ δειλίαν ὠνείδιζον· τῆς δὲ πόλεως ἐξιέναι μέλλοντα βαλών τις λίθῳ κατὰ τοῦ κροτάφου ἀνεῖλε· καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἐπελ θὸν τόν τε νεκρὸν διέσπασε, καὶ τὰ μέλη ἐπὶ κόντῳ φέρων ἐπαιωνίζετο. Ταύτης μὲν οὖν ἐκεῖνος ἔτυχε τῆς τοῦ βίου καταστροφῆς· ἐπὶ τῇ τυραννίδι μηνῶν αὐτῷ διαγενομένων τριῶν. Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ Γιζέριχος ἐς τὴν Ῥώμην ἐσέβαλε. 202 Ibid.: Ὅτι Ἀβίτου βασιλεύσαντος τῆς Ῥώμης, καὶ λιμοῦ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν καιρὸν γενομένου, ἐν αἰτίᾳ τὸν Ἄβιτον ὁ δῆμος ποιησάμενος, ἠνάγκασε τοὺς ἐκ Γαλατίας αὐτῷ συνεισφρήσαντας συμμάχους ἀπάγειν τῆς Ῥωμαίων πόλεως. Ἀπέπεμπε δὲ καὶ τοὺς Γότθους, οὓς ἐπὶ τῇ σφετέρᾳ ἐπήγετο φυλακῇ, χρημάτων αὐτοῖ ποιησάμενος διανομὴν ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων ἔργων, τοῖς ἐμπόροις χαλκὸν ἀποδόμενος· οὐ γὰρ χρυσίον ἐν τοῖς βασιλικοῖς ταμείοις ἔτυχεν ὄν· ὅπερ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους πρὸς στάσιν διανέστησεν, ἀφῃρημένους τοῦ τῆς πόλεως κόσμου. Περιφανῶς δὲ καὶ ὁ Μαιουρῖνος καὶ ὁ Ῥεκίμερ ἐπανίσταντο, τοῦ ἐκ τῶν Γότθων ἀπηλλαγμένοι δέους, ὥστε αὐτὸν, πῇ μὲν τὰς ἐμφυλίους ταραχὰς, πῇ δὲ τοὺς τῶν Βανδήλων πολέμους ὑφοραθέντα, ὑπεξελθεῖν τῆς Ῥώμης, καὶ ἔχεσθαι τῆς ἐπὶ Γαλατίαν ὁδοῦ. Ἐπιθέμενοι δὲ αὐτῷ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν, Μαιουρῖνός τε καὶ Ῥεκίμερ, εἰς τέμενος φυγεῖν κατηνάγκασαν, ἀπαγορεύοντα τῇ ἀρχῇ, καὶ τὴν βασίλειον ἀποδυσάμενον στολήν. Ἔνθα οἱ περὶ τὸν Μαιουρῖνον οὐ πρότερον τῆς πολιορκίας ἀπέστησαν, πρὶν ἢ λιμῷ πιεσθεὶς τὸν βίον ἀπέλιπε, ὀκτὼ ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας διαγενομένων μηνῶν· οἱ δέ φασι ὅτι ἀπεπνίγη. Καὶ τοῦτο μὲν Ἀβίτῳ τοῦ βίου τέλος καὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἐγένετο. 203 ΛΕΩΝ. Ibid.: Ὅτι Μαιουρῖνος, ὁ τῶν Ἑσπερίων βασιλεὺς, ὡς αὐτῷ οἱ ἐν Γαλατίᾳ Γότθοι σύμμαχοι κατέστησαν, καὶ τὰ παροικοῦντα τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπικρατείᾳ ἔθνη τὰ μὲν λόγοις, τὰ δὲ ὅπλοις παρεστήσατο· καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Λιβύην σὺν πολλῇ διαβαίνειν ἐπειρᾶτο δυνάμει, νηῶν ἀμφὶ τὰς τʹ αὐτῷ ἠθροισμένων· καὶ ἐπὶ συνθήκαις αἰσχραῖς καταλύσας τὸν πόλεμον, ἐπανεζεύγνυεν. Ἤδη δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν διαβεβηκότι ὁ Ῥεκίμερ θάνατον ἐπεβούλευσεν. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τοὺς συμμάχους μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ἀποπέμψας, σὺν τοῖς οἰκείοις ἐπὶ τὴν Ῥώμην ἐπανήρχετο. Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ῥεκίμερα συλλαβόντες αὐτὸν, τῆς ἁλουργίδος καὶ τοῦ διαδήματος ἐγύμνωσαν, πληγάς τε ἐντείναντες, τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀπετέμνοντο. Τοῦτο μὲν τῷ Μαιουρίνῳ τῆς τοῦ βίου καταστροφῆς γίνεται τὸ τέλος. 204 Ibid.: Ὅτι ὁ Γιζέριχος ἐπόρθει τὰς Ἰταλίας, βουλόμενος βασιλεῦσαι τῶν Ἑσπερίων Ὀλύβριον διὰ τὴν ἐξ ἐπιγαμίας συγγένειαν. Οὐκ ἐποιεῖτο δὲ προφανῆ τοῦ πολέμου αἰτίαν, τὸ μὴ τὸν Ὀλύβριον ἐς τὰ τῆς Ἑσπερίας διαβῆναι βασίλεια, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὴ τὴν Βαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Ἀετίου δεδόσθαι αὐτῷ περιουσίαν, τὴν μὲν, ὀνόματι Εὐδοκίας, ἣν ὁ τούτου παῖς εἶχε, τὴν δὲ, ὡς Γαυδεντίου παιδὸς διάγοντος παρ' αὐτῷ. 205 ιβιδ.: Ὅτι ἐπὶ Ἀνθεμίου καὶ Λέοντος τῶν βασιλέων Οὔλλιβος ὑπὸ Ἀναγάστου ἀνῃρέθη κατὰ τὴν Θρᾴκην, ἀμφότεροι τοῦ Σκυθικοῦ γένους, καὶ πρὸς τὸ νεωτερίζειν ἐπιτήδειοι. 206 Ibid.: Ὅτι τῶν Ἰσαύρων ἐν τῇ Ῥοδίων νήσῳπρὸς ἁρπαγὴν τραπέντων καὶ φόνους ἐργασαμένων, οἱ στρατιῶται τούτους διεχειρίσαντο. Καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς φυγόντες ἐπὶ τὴν Κωνσταντίνου ἅμα Ζήνωνι τῷ ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ τοῦ βασιλέως γαμβρῷ παραγενόμενοι, καὶ τοὺς τὴν ἀγορὰν προτιθέντας διαθορυβοῦντες, τὸν δῆμον εἰς λιθοβολίας διανέστησαν. Ἐμφυλίου δὲ ἐντεῦθεν κινηθέντος πολέμου, νὺξ ἐπιλαβοῦσα τὴν στάσιν διέλυσεν. 2. Καὶ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον Ἀναγάστης, ὁ τῶν Θρᾳκίων τελῶν ἔξαρχος, πρὸς τὸ νεωτερίζειν ἀρθεὶς, τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐπέτρεχε φρούρια. Αἰτία δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ διαφορᾶς ἐλέγετο, ὡς Ἰορδάνου τοῦ Ἰωάννου παιδὸς, ὅνπερ Ἀνεγίσκλος ὁ Ἀναγάστου πατὴρ ἀνῃρήκει, ἐς τὴν ὕπατον ἀνιέντος τιμὴν, τὴν (γὰρ) ἐπ' αὐτῷ γενομένην ὁ Ἀναγάστης οὐκ ἐδέξατο ψῆφον, ὡς ἐπιληψίαν νοσῶν τε καὶ δεδιὼς (φησὶ) μήποτε ἐν τῷ τῆς γερουσίας αἶσχος ἀπενέγκοιτο τῷ πάθει, ἂν οὕτω τύχοι. Ἄλλοι δέ φασι αὐτὸν χρημάτων