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shared in. But Koades, son of Perozes, the king of the Persians, destroyed many myriads of Manichaeans along with their bishop Indazar in a single day, together with the Persian senators who were of their persuasion; for his third son, 1 the one called Phthasouarsan, whom Sambike, his daughter, bore to him, the Manichaeans, having tutored him and made him of their own persuasion, promised him, saying, "Your father has grown old, and if it happens that he dies, the archmagi will make one of your brothers king so that their doctrine may prevail. But we are able through our prayers to persuade your father to renounce the kingship and to appoint you, so that you may strengthen the doctrine of the Manichaeans everywhere. And he agreed to do this, if he should become king. But Koades, learning of these things, ordered a conference to be held for the purpose, he said, of making his son Phthasouarsan king, ordering also all the Manichaeans with their bishop and wives and children to be present at the conference, likewise also the archmagus Glonazes and the magi and the bishop of the Christians, Boazanes, who was beloved by Koades as an excellent physician; and calling the Manichaeans he said: "I rejoice in your doctrine and I wish, while still living, to give the kingdom to my son Phthasouarsan, as one who is of your mind. But separate yourselves in order to receive him." And they, taking courage, all separated themselves with boldness. But Koades, allowing his troops to enter, cut them all down with swords, along with their bishop, in the sight of the archmagus and of the bishop of the Christians. And he sent out edicts into all the land under him, so that any Manichaean who was found should be put to death and be burned, and their properties be brought into the royal treasuries, and their books be burned. And the pious emperor Justin, having taken hold of the empire with all competence and manliness, sent out edicts everywhere in the cities, so that all those committing disorders or murders should be punished, and he brought peace to the demes in Constantinople and showed great authority. And he also crowned his wife Theodora as Augusta at the same time as he became emperor. And he appointed the patrician Hypatius, son of Secundinus, as magister militum for the 171 East, to guard the eastern regions on account of the Persians and the raids of the Saracens. And he himself also carried out a great persecution against the Manichaeans and punished many. Year of the world 6017. Year of the divine incarnation 517. Emperor of the Romans Justin, 9 years. 7. King of the Persians Kavadh, 30 years. 30. Bishop of Rome John, 3 years. 2. Bishop of Constantinople Epiphanius, 16 years. 5. Bishop of Jerusalem Elias, 23 years. 14. Bishop of Alexandria Timothy, 17 years. 5. Bishop of Antioch Euphrasius, 5 years. 3. In this year Anazarbus, metropolis of Cilicia Secunda, suffered from a most terrible earthquake, while Calliopius, son of Eirenaios, was its governor, and the whole city fell. But Justin rebuilt this city and called it Justinopolis. And in the same year Edessa, a great and renowned city, the metropolis of the province of Osroene, was submerged by a divine visitation of waters from the river. For the river Skirtos, passing through its midst, provides it with great wealth and delight. But at that time, having flooded like a sea, it dragged away and submerged the houses along with their inhabitants. And a story prevails among the survivors that the same river had also destroyed the city on another occasion, but not in this way. And after the waters subsided, a stone slab was found on the bank of the river, inscribed with hieroglyphic letters, reading thus: The river Skirtos will leap evil leaps for the citizens. And the emperor Justin provided much to both cities for their renewal. And in the same year a certain giant-born woman appeared from Cilicia, exceeding every full-grown man in height by one cubit, and was exceedingly broad. And wandering through the cities she would receive a follis from each workshop

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ἐκοινώνησεν. Κουάδης δέ, υἱὸς Περόζου, ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεύς, πολλὰς μυριάδας Μανιχαίων σὺν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ αὐτῶν Ἰνδαζάρῳ ἀνεῖλεν ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ σὺν τοῖς οὖσι συγκλητικοῖς Πέρσαις ἐκ τοῦ αὐτῶν φρονήματος· τὸν γὰρ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν τρίτον, 1 τὸν λεγόμενον Φθασουαρσάν, ὃν ἐγέννησεν αὐτῷ Σαμβίκη, ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ, οἱ Μανιχαῖοι παιδαγωγήσαντες καὶ τοῦ ἰδίου φρονήματος ποιήσαντες ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ, ὅτι "ὁ σὸς πατὴρ γεγήρακεν, καὶ εἰ συμβῇ αὐτὸν τελευτῆσαι, οἱ ἀρχιμάγοι ἕνα τῶν σῶν ἀδελφῶν ποιοῦσι βασιλέα διὰ τὸ κρατηθῆναι τὸ δόγμα αὐτῶν. ἡμεῖς δὲ δυνάμεθα δι' εὐχῶν ἡμῶν πεῖσαι τὸν σὸν πατέρα ἀποτάξασθαι τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ σὲ προχειρίσασθαι, ἵνα πανταχῆ κρατύνῃς τὸ τῶν Μανιχαίων δόγμα. ὁ δὲ συνετάξατο τοῦτο ποιεῖν, ἐὰν βασιλεύσῃ. γνοὺς δὲ ταῦτα Κουάδης ἐκέλευσε κομβέντον γενέσθαι διὰ τό, φησίν, ποιῆσαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Φθασουαρσὰν βασιλέα, κελεύσας καὶ πάντας τοὺς Μανιχαίους σὺν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ αὐτῶν καὶ γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις παραγενέσθαι ἐν τῷ κομβέντῳ, ὁμοίως καὶ τὸν ἀρχιμάγον Γλωνάζην καὶ τοὺς μάγους καὶ τὸν τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἐπίσκοπον Βοαζάνην, ἀγαπώμενον παρὰ Κουάδου ὡς ἰατρὸν ἄριστον· καὶ καλέσας τοὺς Μανιχαίους ἔφη· "χαίρω ἐπὶ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ δόγματι καὶ θέλω δοῦναι ἔτι ζῶν τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ υἱῷ μου Φθασουαρσάν, ὡς σύμφρονι ὑμῶν. ἀλλ' ἀφορίσατε ἑαυτοὺς πρὸς τὸ παραλαβεῖν αὐτόν." οἱ δὲ θαρρήσαντες πάντες μετὰ παρρησίας ἠφόρισαν ἑαυτούς. ὁ δὲ Κουάδης ἐπιτρέψας τὰ στρατεύματα αὐτοῦ εἰσελθεῖν, πάντας κατέκοψαν ξίφεσι σὺν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ αὐτῶν ἐπ' ὄψεσι τοῦ ἀρχιμάγου καὶ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τῶν Χριστιανῶν. καὶ ἐξέπεμψε σάκρας εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ὑπ' αὐτὸν γῆν, ὥστε τὸν εὑρισκόμενον Μανιχαῖον ἀναιρεῖσθαι καὶ πυρίκαυστον γίνεσθαι, καὶ τὰς ὑποστάσεις αὐτῶν εἰς τὰ βασιλικὰ ταμιεῖα εἰσκομίζεσθαι, καὶ τὰς βίβλους αὐτῶν κατακαίεσθαι. ὁ δὲ εὐσεβὴς βασιλεὺς Ἰουστῖνος ἐν πάσῃ ἱκανότητι καὶ ἀνδρείᾳ τῆς βασιλείας ἐπιλαβόμενος σάκρας πανταχοῦ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐξαπέστειλεν, ὥστε τιμωρηθῆναι πάντας τοὺς ἀταξίας ἢ φόνους ποιοῦντας, καὶ τοὺς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει δήμους εἰρήνευσε καὶ φόβον ἔδειξε πολύν. ἔστεψε δὲ καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γαμετὴν Θεοδώραν ἀγούσταν ἅμα τῷ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν. καὶ προεβάλετο τὸν πατρίκιον Ὑπάτιον στρατηλάτην ἀνατο171 λῆς, τὸν Σεκουνδίνου, φυλάξαι τὰ ἀνατολικὰ μέρη διὰ τοὺς Πέρσας καὶ τὰς τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ἐπιδρομάς. ἐποίησε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς διωγμὸν μέγαν κατὰ Μανιχαίων καὶ ἐτιμωρήσατο πολλούς. Κόσμου ἔτη ϛιζʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη φιζʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἰουστῖνος ἔτη θʹ. ζʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Καβάδης ἔτη λʹ. λʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη γʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἐπιφάνιος ἔτη ιϛʹ. εʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἡλίας ἔτη κγʹ. ιδʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Τιμόθεος ἔτη ιζʹ. εʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Εὐφράσιος ἔτη εʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἀνάζαρβος, μητρόπολις τῆς δευτέρας Κιλικίας, ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ φοβερωτάτου, ἡγεμονεύοντος αὐτῆς Καλλιοπίου, υἱοῦ Εἰρηναίου, καὶ ἐπτώθη πᾶσα ἡ πόλις. ταύτην δὲ Ἰουστῖνος ἀνήγειρε καὶ Ἰουστινούπολιν ἐκάλεσεν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει κατεποντίσθη ὑπὸ θεομηνίας ὑδάτων τοῦ ποταμοῦ Ἔδεσα, πόλις μεγάλη καὶ περιβόητος, τῆς Ὀσροηνῆς ἐπαρχίας μητρόπολις. ὁ γὰρ Σκιρτὸς ποταμὸς διὰ μέσου αὐτῆς παρερχόμενος πλοῦτον αὐτῇ πολὺν καὶ τέρψιν παρέχει. τὸ τηνικαῦτα δὲ πλημμυρήσας δίκην θαλάσσης τοὺς οἴκους σὺν τοῖς οἰκοῦσι σύρων ἐπόντιζεν. λόγος δὲ κρατεῖ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς περισωθεῖσιν, ὅτι καὶ ἄλλοτε ἐπόρθησε τὴν πόλιν ὁ αὐτὸς ποταμός, ἀλλ' οὐχ οὕτως. μετὰ δὲ τὸ παῦσαι τὰ ὕδατα εὑρέθη πλὰξ λιθίνη ἐν τῇ ὄχθῃ τοῦ ποταμοῦ γεγραμμένη ἱερογλυφικὸς γράμμασιν ἔχουσα οὕτως· Σκιρτὸς ποταμὸς σκιρτήσει κακὰ σκιρτήματα πολίταις. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Ἰουστῖνος πολλὰ παρέσχε ταῖς ἀμφοτέραις πόλεσιν εἰς ἀνανέωσιν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἀνεφάνη γυνή τις ἐκ τῆς Κιλικίας γιγαντογενής, ὑπερέχουσα τῇ ἡλικίᾳ πάντα ἄνθρωπον τέλειον πῆχυν ἕνα, καὶ πλατεῖα σφόδρα. γυρεύουσα δὲ τὰς πόλεις ἐλάμβανε κατ' ἐργαστήριον φόλλιν