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to the king of the Persians to receive them. And while they were traveling to Daras along with Belisarius, the general of the east, and the other Roman exarchs, and while they were encamped a short distance from the city, Miran, the chief general of the king of the Persians, learning of this, having gathered in Nisibis with the son of the king and the other Persian generals with a great Persian force, in the month of June 181 of the 8th indiction, attacked them, having divided his own force into three battalions. And when the Roman generals along with the magister learned this, having skillfully commanded, they rushed against the Persians, and a great war and a terrible clash occurred. And the Romans cut down the Persians, and destroyed them, capturing their standard as well. But Miran and the son of the king of the Persians and a few of the survivors fled to Nisibis; and the Romans won a great victory. When the king of the Persians learned this, he permitted only the patrician Rufinus, along with the comes Alexander, to come to him. And in the month of August he came to him, and after discussing many things and drafting peace treaties, they departed in peace. Boniface, bishop of Rome, for 2 years. ϛκγʹ. φκγʹ. δʹ. ϛʹ. αʹ. ιαʹ. κʹ. ιαʹ. δʹ. In this year, in the month of September of the 9th indiction, a great and fearsome star appeared in the western part, a comet, sending its flashing rays upwards, which they called Lampadias, and it remained shining for twenty days; and there were civil uprisings and murders. And at the completion of the month of November, the patrician Rufinus returned from the embassy to the Persians to the emperor Justinian, having arranged the peace treaties; whom the emperor received and rejoiced greatly for the peace, and he was pleased with the arranged treaties, and the affairs of both sides found peace. ϛκδʹ. φκδʹ. εʹ. ζʹ. βʹ. ιβʹ. καʹ. ιβʹ. εʹ. In this year, being the fifth of the reign of Justinian, in the month of January of the 10th indiction, the revolt called Nika took place. And the demes crowned as emperor Hypatius, the kinsman of the emperor Anastasius; and a large part of the city was burned, and the Great Church, and Hagia Eirene, and the hospice of Sampson, and the Augusteion, and the forecourt of the basilica, and the Chalke of the palace. And there was great fear, and many of those found in the so-called Hippodrome with Hypatius, as they say 35 thousand, died. The Nika disorder happened in this way. When the factions had entered the Hippodrome, the Greens shouted: Acts against Calopodius the cubicularius and spatharius. 20The Greens:20 "Many years, 182 Justinian Augustus; Tu vincas. I am wronged, O only good one, I cannot bear it, God knows. I am afraid to name him, lest he prosper more and I be in danger." -20Mandator:20 "Who is it? I do not know." -20The Greens20 "The one who oppresses me, thrice-august, is found in the shoemakers' guild." -20Mandator:20 "No one wrongs you." -20The Greens:20 "One and only one wrongs me, O Theotokos, may he not get away with it." -20Mandator:20 "Who is that one, we do not know." -20The Greens:20 "You and you alone know, thrice-august, who oppresses me today." -20Mandator:20 "If there is anyone, we do not know." -20The Greens:20 "Calopodius the spatharius wrongs me, master of all." -20Mandator:20 "Calopodius is not involved." -20The Greens:20 "If there is anyone, he will meet the fate of Judas; God will repay him swiftly for wronging me." -20Mandator:20 "You do not come to watch, but only to insult the magistrates." -20The Greens:20 "Whoever wrongs me, he will meet the fate of Judas." - 20Mandator:20 "Be quiet, you Jews, Manichaeans, and Samaritans." - 20The Greens: "Do you call us Jews and Samaritans? The Theotokos is with all." -20Mandator:20 "How long will you curse yourselves?" - 20The Greens20 "If anyone does not say that the master believes rightly, anathema to him, as to Judas." -20Mandator:20 "I to you

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