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ordering him to go and rebuild a city of Phoenicia Libanensis in the inner limiton, the one called Palmyra, ordering the dux to be stationed in it ...... and the holy places. On the first of the month of January of the same indiction, the emperor gave a consulship and gave so much money, as no emperor had when serving as consul. In the same year the king of the Persians made war on Tzathius the Laz, as he had gone over to the Romans. And so the emperor Justinian sent him military aid and three generals, Belisarius and Cerycus and Irenaeus. And having fought, they were defeated. And the emperor was angry with the generals, because, being envious of one another, they betrayed the victory, and replacing them he sent Peter, his notarius, as general; and engaging the Persians with the Lazi they were victorious and killed many of the Persians. In the same year the king of the Heruli, Greetes by name, went over to the Romans, and he came to Constantinople with his people and asked the emperor to become a Christian. And the 175 emperor, baptizing him at the Theophany, received him from the 175 baptism. And twelve of his nobles and his relatives were baptized with him; and he departed with joy to his own lands, having been made a friend to the emperor and promising to be his ally in whatever he might wish. And the emperor appointed Tzitas as general of Armenia, a warlike and most capable man. For Armenia did not have a general, but duces and comites. And a multitude of Armenians served under him, as they knew the regions of Armenia. And he gave him also four numeri of the army from the East; and he became a great defense and help for the Romans. And he also joined to him in marriage the sister of Theodora the Augusta, Comito by name. In the same year a certain woman from the Huns called Sabirs went over to the Romans, a barbarian, Boarex by name, a widow, having with her 100,000 Huns, who ruled over the Hunnic regions after the death of her own husband, Balach. This woman, when two kings from another, more inland nation of Huns, by name Styrax and Glones, were persuaded by Kavad, king of the Persians, to ally with him against the Romans, this same Boarex intercepted them as they were passing through her country towards Persia with 20,000 men; whom she also cut to pieces, and one of their kings, the one called Styrax, she captured and sent as a prisoner to the emperor in Constantinople, while she slew Glones in the war. And in this way she became an ally and peaceful toward the emperor Justinian. In the same year also the king of the Huns near the Bosporus, Grodas by name, went over to the emperor and became a Christian and was baptized; and the emperor received him and, having bestowed many gifts upon him, sent him to his own country to guard the Roman interests and the city of Bosporus. which was called from paying to the Romans oxen annually instead of money Boönphoros; and he stationed there also a numerus of Roman soldiers and a tribune to guard the city 176 on account of the Huns and to demand the tribute of the oxen. And in the same city there was much commerce between Romans and Huns. But the king of the Huns who had become a Christian, on going away to his own country, found his own brother and told him of the emperor's love and generosity, and that he had become a Christian; and taking the idols, which the Huns worshipped, he melted them down, for they were of silver and electrum. And the Huns became angry and, conspiring with his brother, went and slew him; and they made his brother, Mouageris, king. and fearing that the Romans might seek him out, they came suddenly to the city of Bosporus and killed the tribune Dalmatius and the soldiers. And hearing these things the emperor sent John, the ex-consul, the grandson of John the Scythian, and son of the patrician

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κελεύσας αὐτῷ ἀπελθεῖν καὶ ἀνανεῶσαι πόλιν τῆς Φοινίκης Λιβανησίας εἰς τὸ λιμιτὸν τὸ ἐσώτερον, τὴν καλουμένην Παλμύραν, κελεύσας τοῦ καθέζεσθαι ἐν αὐτῇ τὸν δοῦκα ...... καὶ τοὺς ἁγίους τόπους. τῷ δὲ Ἰαννουαρίῳ μηνὶ αʹ τῆς αὐτῆς ἰνδικτιῶνος ἔδωκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑπατείαν καὶ τοσαῦτα ἔδωκε χρήματα, ὅσα οὐδεὶς βασιλέων ὑπατεύσας. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν ἐπολέμησε τῷ Λαζῷ Τζαθίῳ ὡς προσρυέντι Ῥωμαίοις. καὶ λοιπὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰουστινιανὸς ἔπεμψεν αὐτῷ βοήθειαν στρατοῦ καὶ στρατηλάτας τρεῖς, Βελισάριον καὶ Κήρυκον καὶ Εἰρηναῖον. καὶ πολεμήσαντες ἡττήθησαν. καὶ ἠγανάκτησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς κατὰ τῶν στρατηλατῶν, ὅτι φθονοῦντες ἀλλήλοις προέδωκαν τὴν νίκην, καὶ διαδεξάμενος αὐτοὺς ἀπέστειλε Πέτρον, τὸν νοτάριον αὐτοῦ, στρατηλάτην· καὶ συμβαλὼν τοῖς Πέρσαις μετὰ τῶν Λαζῶν ἐνίκησαν καὶ πολλοὺς ἀνεῖλον τῶν Περσῶν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει προσερρύη τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἐλούρων, Γρέτης ὀνόματι, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ᾔτησε τὸν βασιλέα γενέσθαι Χριστιανός. ὁ δὲ 175 βασιλεὺς βαπτίσας αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς θεοφανίοις ἐδέξατο αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ 175 βαπτίσματος. καὶ ἐβαπτίσθησαν σὺν αὐτῷ συγκλητικοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ δώδεκα· καὶ ἀπῆλθε μετὰ χαρᾶς εἰς τὰ ἴδια φιλιωθεὶς τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ἐπαγγειλάμενος συμμαχεῖν αὐτῷ, ἐν οἷς ἂν βουληθῇ. προεβάλετο δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς στρατηλάτην Ἀρμενίας Τζίταν, ἄνδρα πολεμικὸν καὶ ἱκανώτατον. οὐ γὰρ εἶχεν ἡ Ἀρμενία στρατηλάτην, ἀλλὰ δοῦκας καὶ κόμητας. ἐστράτευσε δὲ ὑπ' αὐτὸν Ἀρμενίων πλῆθος, ὡς εἰδότας τὰ μέρη τῆς Ἀρμενίας. ἔδωκε δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνατολῆς στρατοῦ ἀριθμοὺς τέσσαρας· καὶ γέγονε μεγάλη φυλακὴ καὶ βοήθεια Ῥωμαίων. ἔζευξε δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ γυναῖκα τὴν ἀδελφὴν Θεοδώρας τῆς αὐγούστης, ὀνόματι Κομητώ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει προσερρύη τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις γυνή τις ἐκ τῶν Οὔννων τῶν λεγομένων Σαβήρ, βάρβαρος, ὀνόματι Βωαρήξ, χήρα, ἔχουσα μεθ' ἑαυτῆς Οὔννων χιλιάδας ρʹ, ἥτις κατεδυνάστευσε τῶν Οὐννικῶν μερῶν μετὰ τὴν τοῦ ἰδίου ἀνδρὸς Βαλὰχ ἀποβολήν. αὕτη τοὺς προτραπέντας παρὰ Κουάδου, βασιλέως Περσῶν, δύο ῥῆγας ἀπὸ ἄλλου ἔθνους Οὔννων ἐνδοτέρων, ὀνόματι Στύραξ καὶ Γλώνης, τοῦ συμμαχῆσαι αὐτῷ κατὰ Ῥωμαίων, παρέλαβεν ἡ αὐτὴ Βωαρὴξ παριόντας διὰ τῆς χώρας αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὰ Περσικὰ μετὰ χιλιάδων κʹ· οὓς καὶ κατέκοψεν, καὶ τὸν μὲν ἕνα ῥῆγα αὐτῶν, τὸν λεγόμενον Στύρακα, συλλαβομένη δέσμιον εἰς τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἔπεμψεν, τὸν δὲ Γλώνην ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ἔσφαξεν. καὶ ταύτῃ γέγονε σύμμαχος καὶ εἰρηνικὴ τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰουστινιανῷ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει καὶ ὁ πλησίον Βοσφόρου ῥὴξ τῶν Οὔννων, ὀνόματι Γορδᾶς, προσερρύη τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ἐγένετο Χριστιανὸς καὶ ἐφωτίσθη· καὶ ἐδέξατο αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ πολλὰ αὐτῷ παρεσχηκὼς δῶρα ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν χώραν φυλάττειν τὰ Ῥωμαϊκὰ καὶ τὴν Βόσφορον πόλιν. ἥτις ἐκλήθη ἐκ τοῦ συντελεῖν Ῥωμαίοις ἀντὶ χρημάτων βόας κατ' ἔτος Βοῶν φόρος· ἐκάθισε δ' ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀριθμὸν στρατιωτῶν Ῥωμαίων καὶ τριβοῦνον φυλάττειν τὴν πόλιν 176 διὰ τοὺς Οὔννους καὶ ἀπαιτεῖν τὰς συντελείας τῶν βοῶν. ἦν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει συναλλάγματα πολλὰ Ῥωμαίων καὶ Οὔννων. ὁ δὲ γενόμενος Χριστιανὸς ῥὴξ τῶν Οὔννων ἀπελθὼν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν χώραν εὗρε τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτῷ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἀγάπην καὶ φιλοτιμίαν, καὶ ὅτι Χριστιανὸς γέγονεν· καὶ λαβὼν τὰ ἀγάλματα, ἃ ἐσέβοντο οἱ Οὖννοι, ταῦτα ἐχώνευσεν, ἦσαν γὰρ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ ἠλέκτρινα. καὶ χολέσαντες οἱ Οὖννοι, συμποιήσαντες μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἀπελθόντες ἔσφαξαν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐποίησαν ῥῆγα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ Μουάγεριν. καὶ φοβηθέντες, μὴ ἐκζητήσωσιν αὐτὸν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι, ἦλθον αἴφνης ἐν τῇ Βοσφόρῳ πόλει καὶ ἐφόνευσαν τὸν τριβοῦνον ∆αλμάτιον καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας. καὶ ἀκούσας ταῦτα ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπέστειλε τὸν ἀπὸ ὑπάτων Ἰωάννην, τὸν ἔγγονον Ἰωάννου τοῦ Σκύθου, υἱὸν δὲ τοῦ πατρικίου