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the emperor Nero himself, and he treated everyone badly, killing many in a military engagement, because behaving tyrannically they shouted insulting words against Nero, because he had beheaded Pilate as in vengeance for Christ; and it was not only this but also that by overpowering the governor they had crucified Christ; and for this reason he was enraged against them as tyrants, and both Annas and Caiaphas were slain then by soldiers in the engagement. And the same Nero during his reign took over another land in Pontus, by sending Polemon his general; and he made it a province, calling it Pontus Polemoniacus. And the same Nero greatly delighted in the Blue faction. And in the time of his reign Lucan the most wise was great and praised among the Romans. And in the 258 consulate of Itoricus and Tolpillianus, also known as Trochelus, the emperor Nero disappeared and died, the Greek priests having prepared for him a dose in a drink, while his successor, who was of the sect of the Epicureans, received from the priests the succession of the kingdom and entered to see him, as though he were sick, and stabbed him in the palace. and the same Nero died, being 69 years of age. And after the reign of Nero, Galba Augustus reigned for 7 months. and he was tall, noble, fair-skinned, slightly cross-eyed, hook-nosed, graying, manic. and in the reign of the same Galba the bodies of the holy apostles were given for burial by order of the same emperor; for in a vision he was ordered to give the bodies of the holy apostles for burial. and Galba died his own death, suddenly, having been bled, being 49 years of age. And after the reign of Galba, Lucius Otho reigned for 3 months. and he was stocky, broad, noble, straight-haired, small-eyed, somewhat snub-nosed, stammering. and in his reign the holy apostle James, the bishop of Jerusalem and patriarch, whom the holy Peter had enthroned in his own place when he went up to 259 Rome, died; and Symeon, also known as Simon, took up the office of the episcopate of Jerusalem and became patriarch. And the same Otho died at 53 years of age from sickness. And after the reign of Otho, Vitellius Augustus reigned for 9 years and 8 months. and he was huge, with a fine chest, grey-eyed, red-haired, thick-bearded, with fine eyes, cowardly. and in his reign Nicomedia, a great city, the metropolis of Bithynia, immediately suffered from divine wrath. and the same emperor bestowed many things upon the survivors and upon the city for its renewal; for it had previously also suffered from divine wrath and was ruined; and he rebuilt it. And in the reign of the same Vitellius Caesar the Jews acted tyrannically and killed Cyrenius their ruler by stoning him. and in the 35th year after the ascension of our savior and God, the emperor Vitellius marched against them, sending his general Vespasian and Titus his son. and they arrived in the land of Judaea, warring against it and Jerusalem. and while he was at war, the emperor Vitellius died in Rome, struck by disease, being 48 years of age. And after him was proclaimed emperor the most divine Vespasian, and the army crowned him, in the consulate of Rufus and Capitianus. and he was stocky, bald, pot-bellied, grey-haired, red-haired, having wine-dark eyes, with a broad face, irascible. 260 and having left Titus his son to war against the land of Judaea he came to Rome, and he reigned for 9 years and 10 months. and in his reign there was a great persecution of the Christians in the consulate of Decius and Rusticius. and in the 38th year after the savior Christ was taken up, Titus took Judaea and Jerusalem in the consulate of Commodus and Rufus, while his father Vespasian was reigning; and he sacked Jerusalem

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αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Νέρων, καὶ πᾶσι κακῶς ἐχρήσατο, πολλοὺς φονεύσας στρατιωτικῇ συμβολῇ, ὅτι τυραννίδι φερόμενοι ἐξεφώνησαν ὑβριστικὰς φωνὰς κατὰ τοῦ Νέρωνος, διότι ἀπεκεφάλισε τὸν Πιλᾶτον ὡς εἰς ἐκδίκησιν Χριστοῦ· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ ὅτι καὶ αὐθεντήσαντες τὸν ἡγεμόνα ἐσταύρωσαν τὸν Χριστόν· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἠγανάκτει κατ' αὐτῶν ὡς τυράννων, καὶ ἐσφάγησαν τότε ὑπὸ στρατιωτῶν ἐν τῇ συμβολῇ ὅ τε Ἄννας καὶ ὁ Καϊάφας. Παρέλαβε δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς Νέρων ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν χώραν ἄλλην ἐν τῇ Πόντῳ, πέμψας Πολέμωνα στρατηγὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὴν ἐπαρχίαν, καλέσας αὐτὴν Πόντον Πολεμωνιακόν. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Νέρων ἔχαιρε τῷ Βενέτῳ μέρει πολύ. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν χρόνων τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ Λουκανὸς ὁ σοφώτατος ἦν παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις μέγας καὶ ἐπαινούμενος. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς 258 ὑπατείας Ἰτορικοῦ καὶ Τολπιλλιανοῦ τοῦ καὶ Τροχέλου ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο Νέρων ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐτελεύτα, τῶν ἱερέων τῶν Ἑλλήνων κατασκευασάντων αὐτῷ διὰ πότου δόσεως, ὄντος τοῦ δόγματος τῶν Ἐπικουρείων τοῦ μετ' αὐτὸν λαβόντος παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων σύνταξιν τῆς βασιλείας καὶ εἰσελθόντος ἰδεῖν αὐτόν, ὡς ἄῤῥωστον, καὶ κεντήσαντος αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. καὶ τελευτᾷ ὁ αὐτὸς Νέρων, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν ξθʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Νέρωνος ἐβασίλευσε Γαλβᾶς Αὔγουστος μῆνας ζʹ. ἦν δὲ μακρός, γενναῖος, λευκόχρους, ὑπόστραβος, γρυπόρυγχος, μιξοπόλιος, μανικός. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Γαλβᾶ ταφῇ παρεδόθησαν τὰ σώματα τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως· ἐν ὁράματι γὰρ ἐκελεύσθη δοῦναι τὰ σώματα τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων εἰς ταφήν. καὶ τελευτᾷ ὁ Γαλβᾶς ἰδίῳ θανάτῳ ἐξαίφνης φλεβοτομηθείς, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν μθʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Γαλβᾶ ἐβασίλευσε Λούκιος Ὄθων μῆνας γʹ. ἦν δὲ κονδοειδής, πλατύς, γενναῖος, ἁπλόθριξ, μικρόφθαλμος, ὑπόσιμος, ψελλός. ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐτοῖ βασιλείᾳ ὁ ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἀπόστολος, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πατριάρχης, ὃν ἐνεθρόνισεν ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος ἀντὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἀνιὼν ἐπὶ 259 Ῥώμην, ἐτελεύτησε· καὶ παρέλαβε τὸ σχῆμα τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς Ἱεροσολύμων Συμεὼν ὁ καὶ Σίμων καὶ ἐγένετο πατριάρχης. Τελευτᾷ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς Ὄθων ἐτῶν νγʹ ἀῤῥωστήσας. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Ὄθωνος ἐβασίλευσε Βιτέλλιος Αὔγουστος ἔτη θʹ καὶ μῆνας ηʹ. ἦν δὲ διμοιριαῖος, εὔστηθος, γλαυκός, πυῤῥάκης, δασυπώγων, εὐόφθαλμος, δειλός. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας εὐθέως ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ θεομηνίας Νικομήδεια, πόλις μεγάλη, τῆς Βιθυνίας μητρόπολις. καὶ πολλὰ αὐτοῖς τοῖς περισωθεῖσιν ἐχαρίσατο καὶ τῇ πόλει εἰς ἀνανέωσιν ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεύς· ἦν γὰρ καὶ πρῴην παθοῦσα ὑπὸ θεομηνίας καὶ ἐστραμμένη· καὶ ἀνήγειρεν αὐτήν. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Βιτελλίου Καίσαρος ἐτυράννησαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἐφόνευσαν Κυρήνιον τὸν ἄρχοντα αὐτῶν λιθοβολήσαντες αὐτόν. τῷ δὲ λεʹ ἔτει μετὰ τὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν καὶ θεοῦ ἀνάληψιν ἐπεστράτευσε κατ' αὐτῶν ὁ Βιτέλλιος βασιλεύς, πέμψας στρατηγὸν ἑαυτοῦ Οὐεσπασιανὸν καὶ Τίτον υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπέστησαν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ χώρᾳ, πολεμοῦντες αὐτὴν καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ. καὶ ἐν τῷ πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν ἀπέθανεν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ὁ Βιτέλλιος βασιλεὺς νόσῳ βληθείς, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν μηʹ. Καὶ μετ' αὐτὸν ἀνηγορεύθη βασιλεὺς ὁ θειότατος Οὐεσπασιανός, καὶ ἔστεψεν αὐτὸν ὁ στρατός, ἐπὶ τῆς ὑπατείας Ῥούφου καὶ Καπιτιανοῦ. ἦν δὲ κονδοειδής, φαλακρός, προγάστωρ, πολιός, πυῤῥάκης, ἔχων οἰνοπαεῖς ὀφθαλμούς, πλάτοψις, ὀργί 260 λος. καὶ ἐάσας Τίτον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ υἱὸν πολεμεῖν τὴν Ἰουδαίαν χώραν ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ῥώμην, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη θʹ καὶ μῆνας ιʹ. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἐγένετο διωγμὸς μέγας τῶν χριστιανῶν ἐπὶ τῆς ὑπατείας ∆εκίου καὶ Ῥουστικίου. τῷ δὲ ληʹ ἔτει μετὰ τὸ ἀναληφθῆναι τὸν σωτῆρα Χριστὸν ὁ Τίτος τὴν Ἰουδαίαν παρέλαβε καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ τῆς ὑπατείας Κομμόδου καὶ Ῥούφου, βασιλεύοντος τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ· καὶ ἐπόρθησε τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ