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suspecting that they came to him with deceit. But as many as were able to flee, departed to their own lands. And Euphrasius of Antioch removed the council of Chalcedon from the diptychs and the name of Hormisdas, the pope of Rome. But after this, being afraid, he proclaimed the four councils. And Kavadh, the king of the Persians, wished to leave the king of the Romans as guardian of his own house; for he did not want his eldest son, whom the law of the Persians called to rule, nor the second, because his eye had been put out, but Chosroes, who was born to him from the sister of Aspebedes, the father 168 loved exceedingly. It seemed good to him, therefore, to make peace with the Romans, and for Chosroes to become the adopted son of the emperor; for this purpose he sent ambassadors to Byzantium to Justin. But the emperor, having called the senate to council, did not accept that this should happen, calling this a deceit and betrayal of the Romans, with Proclus the quaestor, a prudent and shrewd man, having advised this well. 4. 27. 9. 2. 11. 2. 3. In this year Dyrrachium, a city of New Epirus in Illyricum, suffered from a divine wrath. And the emperor provided much money for the renewal of the city; and likewise also Corinth, the metropolis of Greece, and he greatly honored this city as well. Euphrasius, bishop of Antioch, for years 5. 5. 28. 10. 3. 12. 3. 1. In this year Tzathius, the king of the Lazi, having defected from the kingdom of the Persians while Kavadh was king and fond of Tzathius, to the extent of having himself appointed him king of the Lazi, came to Justin in Byzantium and beseeched the emperor that he might become a Christian and be proclaimed king of the Lazi by him. And the emperor, receiving him with joy, enlightened him and proclaimed him his son. And he married a Roman woman, the granddaughter of Nomus the patrician and former curopalates, a certain Valeriana, and took her to his own land, having been appointed king of the Lazi by Justin, wearing a crown and a royal white mantle that had a golden tablet, on which was embroidered the image of the emperor Justin, and a white tunic with golden plumes and an image of the emperor; for his boots were reddish, having pearls in the Persian style; likewise also his 169 belt was golden with pearls. And he received many gifts from the emperor, and with joy departed to his own lands. But when Kavadh, the king of the Persians, learned this, he declared to the emperor, that "though there is friendship and peace between us, you are doing the deeds of enemies and have received those who have been under the authority of the Persians from ages past." And the emperor declared in reply to him: "We have neither received nor instigated any of those subject to your kingdom; but when Tzathius came to our palace, he fell down before us and begged to be delivered from abominable and Hellenic dogma and impious sacrifices and the error of demons, and to come to the creator of all things, God, and become a Christian. Having baptized him, we sent him away to his own land." From then on, therefore, enmity arose between the Romans and the Persians. And in the same year the things concerning saint Arethas and those in the city of Negran took place at the hands of the Homerites, and the war of Elesbaas, the king of the Ethiopians, against the Homerites, and his victory. John, bishop of Rome, for years 3. 6. 29. 1. 4. 13. 4. 2. In this year Theuderic, ruling Rome and being of Arian mind, forced Pope John to go up to Byzantium to the emperor Justin and to act as an ambassador on behalf of the Arians, so that he would not compel them to depart from their heresy; since Theuderic also threatened to do this to the orthodox throughout Italy. But John, having come to Byzantium and been urged by Epiphanius the patriarch, did not consent until he, the bishop of Rome, sat before Epiphanius. And John was in communion with all the bishops, but with Timothy of Alexandria not

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ὑπονοήσας, ὅτι δόλῳ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτόν. ὅσοι δὲ ἠδυνήθησαν φυγεῖν, ἀνέζευξαν εἰς τὰ ἴδια. Εὐφράσιος δὲ ὁ Ἀντιοχείας τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι σύνοδον ἐξέβαλε τῶν διπτύχων καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Ὁρμίσδα τοῦ πάπα Ῥώμης. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα φοβηθεὶς τὰς τέσσαρας συνόδους ἐκήρυττεν. Καβάδης δέ, ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεύς, τὸν τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλέα ἐπίτροπον τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ οἴκου καταλιπεῖν ἠθέλησεν· οὐ γὰρ ἠβούλετο τὸν πρεσβύτερον αὐτοῦ υἱόν, ὃν καὶ ὁ νόμος Περσῶν ἐκάλει τοῦ ἄρξαι, οὐδὲ τὸν δεύτερον, διότι τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκέκοπτο, Χοσρόην δέ, ὃς αὐτῷ ἐκ τῆς Ἀσπεβέδου ἀδελφῆς ἐγεννήθη, ὑπερηγάπα 168 ὁ πατήρ. ἔδοξεν οὖν αὐτῷ εἰς Ῥωμαίους εἰρηνεῦσαι, καὶ Χοσρόην εἰσποιητὸν παῖδα τοῦ βασιλέως γενέσθαι· ἐπὶ τούτῳ πρέσβεις εἰς Βυζάντιον πρὸς Ἰουστῖνον ἔπεμψεν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τὴν σύγκλητον εἰς βουλὴν καλέσας οὐ κατεδέξατο τοῦτο γενέσθαι, δόλον καὶ προδοσίαν Ῥωμαίων τοῦτο καλοῦντες, Πρόκλου κυαίστορος, ἀνδρὸς συνετοῦ καὶ ἀγχίνου, τοῦτο καλῶς βουλευσαμένου. δʹ. κζʹ. θʹ. βʹ. ιαʹ. βʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ θεομηνίας τὸ ∆οράχιον, πόλις τῆς νέας Ἠπείρου τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς πολλὰ χρήματα παρέσχεν εἰς ἀνανέωσιν τῆς πόλεως· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ Κόρινθος, μητρόπολις τῆς Ἑλλάδος, καὶ ταύτην μεγάλως ἐφιλοτιμήσατο. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Εὐφράσιος ἔτη εʹ. εʹ. κηʹ. ιʹ. γʹ. ιβʹ. γʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Τζάθιος, ὁ τῶν Λαζῶν βασιλεύς, ἀποστατήσας τῆς τῶν Περσῶν βασιλείας, Καβάδου βασιλεύοντος καὶ φιλοῦντος τὸν Τζάθιον, ὡς καὶ αὐτοῦ προβαλλομένου αὐτὸν βασιλέα τῶν Λαζῶν, ἦλθε πρὸς Ἰουστῖνον εἰς τὸ Βυζάντιον καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὸν βασιλέα γενέσθαι αὐτὸν Χριστιανὸν καὶ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἀναγορευθῆναι βασιλέα τῶν Λαζῶν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς αὐτὸν δεξάμενος ἐφώτισεν αὐτὸν καὶ υἱὸν αὐτὸν ἀνηγόρευσεν. ἔγημε δὲ καὶ γυναῖκα Ῥωμαίαν, τὴν ἐγγόνην Νόμου τοῦ πατρικίου καὶ ἀποκουροπαλάτου, Οὐαλεριανήν τινα, καὶ εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν χώραν ἔλαβεν, προχειρισθεὶς παρὰ Ἰουστίνου βασιλεὺς τῶν Λαζῶν, φορέσας στέφανον καὶ χλανίδα βασιλικὴν ἄσπρην ἔχουσαν ταβλὶν χρυσοῦν, ἐν ᾧ ἐκ κεντητοῦ ἐνεκεχάρακτο ἡ εἰκὼν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰουστίνου, καὶ στιχάριν ἄσπρον ἔχον πλουμία χρυσᾶ καὶ εἰκόνα τοῦ βασιλέως· τὰ γὰρ τζαγγία αὐτοῦ ῥούσια ἦσαν ἔχοντα μαργαρίτας Περσικῷ σχήματι· ὁμοίως καὶ ἡ 169 ζώνη αὐτοῦ ἦν χρυσῆ διὰ μαργαριτῶν. ἔλαβε δὲ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως δῶρα πολλά, καὶ μετὰ χαρᾶς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὰ ἴδια. γνοὺς δὲ τοῦτο Καβάδης, ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεύς, ἐδήλωσε τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι "φιλίας καὶ εἰρήνης μεταξὺ ἡμῶν οὔσης τὰ ἐχθρῶν πράττεις καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν ἐξουσίαν Περσῶν ὄντας ἀπ' αἰῶνος προσελάβου." ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀντεδήλου αὐτῷ· "ἡμεῖς τινὰ τῶν ὑποκειμένων τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου οὔτε προσελαβόμεθα, οὔτε προετρεψάμεθα· ἀλλ' ἐλθόντος Τζαθίου εἰς τὰ ἡμέτερα βασίλεια, ἐδεήθη προσπίπτων ἡμῖν ῥυσθῆναι μυσαροῦ καὶ ἑλληνικοῦ δόγματος καὶ ἀσεβῶν θυσιῶν καὶ πλάνης δαιμόνων καὶ προσελθεῖν τῷ δημιουργῷ τῶν ὅλων θεῷ καὶ γενέσθαι Χριστιανός. τοῦτον ἡμεῖς βαπτίσαντες εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν ἀπελύσαμεν χώραν." ἔκτοτε λοιπὸν ἐγένετο ἔχθρα μεταξὺ Ῥωμαίων καὶ Περσῶν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν ἅγιον Ἀρέθαν καὶ τοὺς ἐν Νεγρᾷ τῇ πόλει ἐπράχθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν Ὁμηριτῶν, καὶ ὁ πόλεμος Ἐλεςβαᾶ, τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Αἰθιόπων, πρὸς τοὺς Ὁμηρίτας, καὶ ἡ νίκη αὐτοῦ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη γʹ. ϛʹ. κθʹ. αʹ. δʹ. ιγʹ. δʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θευδέριχος κρατῶν τῆς Ῥώμης ἀρειανοφρονῶν ἐβιάσατο τὸν πάπαν Ἰωάννην ἀνελθεῖν εἰς τὸ Βυζάντιον πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ἰουστῖνον καὶ πρεσβεῦσαι ὑπὲρ Ἀρειανῶν, ὥστε μὴ ἀναγκάζειν αὐτοὺς ἐξίστασθαι τῆς αἱρέσεως αὐτῶν· ἐπεὶ καὶ Θευδέριχος εἰς τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ὀρθοδόξους τοῦτο ποιεῖν ἠπείλει. ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἐλθὼν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ καὶ προτραπεὶς ὑπὸ Ἐπιφανίου τοῦ πατριάρχου οὐ κατεδέξατο, ἕως προεκάθισε τοῦ Ἐπιφανίου ὁ Ῥώμης. ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης πᾶσι μὲν τοῖς ἐπισκόποις ἐκοινώνησεν, Τιμοθέῳ δὲ τῷ Ἀλεξανδρείας οὐκ