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who had dwelt among the Greeks, arrived. First, Zeno received him with all the magistrates about fifty stades before Chalcedon; then, after reporting what had been said by Epinicus, and concluding that it was not safe for him to enter Constantinople, he demands Verina; and receiving her as a handover from Zeno, he entrusts her to Matronianus, the brother of his own wife; who, having brought her to Isauria with a large crowd, consecrated her in the church at Tarsus, and from there guarded her in Dalisandus. 3. And Illus, arriving in the city of Constantinople with Zeno and the empress, immediately arranged for the return of Epinicus, as a reward for his information. For Pamprepius, affairs were henceforth in every good flow, having been honored also with the dignity of quaestor. A civil war also broke out towards the end of Zeno's consulship (479), under the brothers Marcian and Procopius, on the pretext of Verina. And having gathered a multitude of barbarians together with many of the citizens, they encamped near the so-called house of Caesarius; and from there, one of them rises up against Zeno in the palace, and the other against Illus in the so-called [house] of Varanes. And just as midday was approaching, and the palace was quiet, he appeared at the portico of Delphax, in which the Delphic columns stand, being of variegated color. And clashing with the guards, they killed many of those inside, and would have seized the emperor himself, had he not escaped by fleeing a short distance. A certain Busalbus, leader of a military regiment, and Nicetas, and Theoderic son of Triarius, fought with them. And the mob of the city from the houses proceeded with every kind of missile against those fighting for the emperor. Therefore, as long as it was light, the party of Marcian was winning; but when night fell, Illus with foresight transported the Isaurians from Chalcedon in market boats, since the ferries there had been seized beforehand by Marcian, as he was master of the harbor there. And on the next day, the emperor gathered all the magistrates, and held them in the palace courts, and then also sent in a military force, the party of Marcian was routed, and fled, with many from both sides being killed. A few of the fugitives also set fire to the house of Illus. 4. Zeno, therefore, when the civil disturbance had ceased, enrolls Marcian among the so-called presbyters, and drives him to Caesarea of the Cappadocians, and leaves his wife Leontia, who had fled, among the so-called Acoemeti, and he deprives the rest who had fled to Theoderic of their property. And at the same time the other Theoderic, son of Valamir, having made an incursion into New Epirus, becomes master of the city of Dyrrachium, and the Isaurians took Corycus and Sebaste in Cilicia. And Marcian, having escaped his guards, and with a large multitude of peasants having come upon Ancyra in Galatia, was repulsed, Trocundes having pre-occupied the place, and having seized him through his bodyguards, together with his wife and children, placed him in a certain fort in Isauria *. Wherefore the emperor, having removed Theoderic, the son of Triarius, from his command, appoints Trocundes, and sets Aetius over the offices in Isauria. At which time, having formed a conspiracy, Epinicus and Dionysius, being prefect of the court, and Thraustelas, holding a general's rank, were caught by the emperor and punished. And the pair of Theoderics again disturbed Roman affairs, and sacked the cities around Thrace, so that Zeno was compelled then for the first time to urge the so-called Bulgars into an alliance. 5. But when Theoderic the son of Triarius, having met with the Huns, waged war, and rushed against the city of Constantinople itself; and he would have easily taken it, if Illus had not pre-occupied and guarded the gates; and from there to the so-called Sycae

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τὴν Ἑλλήνων οἰκήσαντα, ἧκεν· πρῶτα μὲν αὐτὸν Ζήνων ἀποδέχεται σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς τέλεσι πρὸ πεντήκοντά που σταδίων τῆς Χαλκηδόνος· ἔπειτα τὰ ἐκ τοῦ Ἐπινίκου λεχθέντα ἀπαγγείλας, καὶ διαλογισάμενος οὐκ ἀσφαλὲς εἶναι αὐτῷ ἐπιβαίνειν τῇ Κωνσταντίνου, ἐξαιτεῖ τὴν Βηρίναν· καὶ λαβὼν αὐτὴν παρὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος ἔκδοτον, Ματρωνιανῷ κατατίθεται τῷ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γαμετῆς ἀδελφῷ· ὃς ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰσαυρίαν σὺν πλήθει πολλῷ ταύτην ἀγαγὼν, ἐν τῇ κατὰ Ταρσὸν ἐκκλησίᾳ καθιεροῖ, ἐκεῖθέν τε ἐς ∆αλίσανδον ἐφρούρει. 3. Καὶ ὁ Ἰλλοῦς ἅμα Ζήνωνι καὶ τῇ βασιλίδι ἐς τὴν Κωνσταντίνου πόλιν παραγενόμενος, παραυτίκα τῷ Ἐπινίκῳ τὴν κάθοδον διεπράξατο, τῆς καταμηνύσεως χάριν. Τῷ δὲ Παμπρεπίῳ τὸ λοιπὸν ἐν πάσῃ εὐροίᾳ τὰ πράγματα ἦν, τιμηθέντι καὶ τῇ τοῦ κοιαίστορος ἀξίᾳ. Συνέστη δὲ καὶ πόλεμος ἐμφύλιος πρὸς τῷ τέλει τῆς Ζήνωνος ὑπατείας (479), ὑπὸ Μαρκιανοῦ καὶ Προκοπίου τῶν ἀδελφῶν, διὰ τὴν πρόφασιν Βηρίνης. Καὶ πλῆθος ἀθροίσαντες βαρβάρων ἅμα πολλοῖς τῶν πολιτῶν πρὸς τὴν Καισαρίου λεγομένην οἰκίαν στρατοπεδεύουσιν· ἐκεῖθέν τε ὁ μὲν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις κατὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος ἐπανίσταται, ὁ δὲ ἕτερος κατὰ Ἰλλοῦ ἐν τοῖς λεγομένοις Οὐαράνου. Ἄρτι τε τῆς ἡμέρας μεσούσης, καὶ τῶν βασιλείων ἠρεμούντων, ἐφίσταται κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ∆έλφακος στοὰν, ἐν ᾗ οἱ ∆ελφικοὶ κίονες ἑστήκασι, ποικίλου χρώματος ὄντες. Καὶ συμπεσόντες τοῖς φρουροῖς, πολλοὺς διεχειρίσαντο τῶν ἔνδον, καὶ αὐτοῦ δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκράτησαν ἂν, εἰ μὴ μικρὸν ἀποδρὰς διεσώθη. Συνεμάχουν δὲ τούτοις Βουσαλβός τις ἡγούμενος στρατιωτικοῦ τάγματος, καὶ Νικήτας καὶ ὁ Τριαρίου Θευδέριχος. Καὶ ὁ τῆς πόλεως ὅμιλος ἐκ τῶν δωμάτων διὰ πάσης ὕλης ἐχώρει κατὰ τῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀγωνιζομένων. Ἄχρι μὲν οὖν φῶς ἦν, οἱ περὶ τὸν Μαρκιανὸν ἐνίκων· ἐπιλαβομένης δὲ τῆς νυκτὸς, Ἰλλοῦς διὰ προνοίας τοὺς ἐκ τῆς Χαλκηδόνος Ἰσαύρους πωλιανοῖς διεβίβασε πλοίοις, τῶν ἐκεῖσε διαπορθμευόντων ὑπὸ τοῦ Μαρκιανοῦ προκαταλελημμένων, ἅτε καὶ κυρίου ὄντος τοῦ ἐκεῖσε λιμένος. Καὶ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ τοῦ βασιλέως τοὺς ἐν τέλει πάντας συναγαγόντος, καὶ ἐπισχόντος ἐν ταῖς βασιλείοις αὐλαῖς, εἶτα καὶ στρατιωτικὴν ἐπαφέντος χεῖρα, τρέπεται τὸ τοῦ Μαρκιανοῦ μέρος, καὶ φεύγει, πολλῶν ἐξ ἑκατέρων ἀναιρεθέντων. Ὀλίγοι δέ τινες τῶν φυγάδων καὶ τὴν Ἰλλοῦ ἐπίμπρασαν οἰκίαν. 4. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Ζήνων, τῆς ἐμφυλίου ταραχῆς πεπαυμένης, τὸν Μαρκιανὸν ἐν τοῖς λεγομένοις πρεσβυτέροις κατατάττει, καὶ εἰς τὴν Καππαδοκῶν Καισάρειαν ἐλαύνει, καὶ τὴν τούτου γυναῖκα Λεοντίαν ἐν τοῖς λεγομένοις Ἀκοιμήτοις φυγοῦσαν καταλιμπάνει, τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς πρὸς Θευδέριχον ἀποδράντας ἀφαιρεῖται τῶν ὑπαρχόντων. Κατὰ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν καιρὸν καὶ ὁ ἕτερος Θευδέριχος, ὁ Οὐαλίμερος ἐπὶ τὴν νέαν Ἤπειρον ἐκδραμὼν, ἐγκρατὴς γίνεται πόλεως ∆υρραχίου, Ἴσαυροί τε Κώρυκον καὶ Σεβαστὴν τῆς Κιλικίας εἷλον. Καὶ Μαρκιανὸς δὲ ἀποδρὰς τοὺς φρουροῦντας, καὶ σὺν πολλῷ πλήθει γεωργικῷ ἐπελθὼν τῇ κατὰ Γαλατίαν Ἀγκύρᾳ, ἀπεκρούσθη, Τροκούνδου προκαταλαβόντος τὸ χωρίον, καὶ διὰ τῶν αὐτοῦ δορυφόρων κρατηθέντα τοῦτον ἅμα γυναικὶ καὶ παισὶν εἴς τι φρούριον τῶν ἐν Ἰσαυρίᾳ καταστῆσαι *. Ὅθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Θευδέριχον τὸν Τριαρίου παραλύσας τῆς ἀρχῆς, Τροκούνδην προχειρίζεται, καὶ Ἀέτιον τῶν ἐν Ἰσαυρίᾳ τελῶν προκαθίζει. Ἐν ᾧ χρόνῳσυνωμοσίαν ποιησάμενοι Ἐπίνικός τε καὶ ∆ιονύσιος ὕπαρχος τῆς αὐλῆς ὢν, καὶ Θραυστήλας στρατηγικὴν ἀξίωσιν ἔχων, ἁλόντες ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐτιμωρήθησαν. Καὶ ἡ τῶν Θευδερίχων συζυγία αὖθις τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐτάραττε, καὶ τὰς περὶ τὴν Θρᾴκην πόλεις ἐξεπόρθει, ὡς ἀναγκασθῆναι τὸν Ζήνωνα τότε πρῶτον τοὺς καλουμένους Βουλγάρους εἰς συμμαχίαν προτρέψασθαι. 5. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ Θευδέριχος ὁ Τριαρίου ἐπιτυχὼν πρὸς τοὺς Οὔνους ἔπραξε πολέμῳ, καὶ ἐπ' αὐτὴν τὴν Κωνσταντίνου πόλιν ὥρμησεν· καὶ ταύτην ῥᾳδίως ἂν ἐπηγάγετο, εἰ μὴ ὁ Ἰλλοῦς προκαταλαβὼν τὰς πύλας ἐφύλαττεν· ἐκεῖθέν τε ἐπὶ τὰς λεγομένας Συκὰς