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the Augustalis Deinarchus; and after the vengeance and the victory, going down to Alexandria the great he built the Gate of the Sun and the Gate of the Moon and the Dromos. And having also come to Antioch the great, he paved the street of the great porticoes that had been built by Tiberius, 281 and of the whole city, paving it with millstone, with stones from the Thebaid from his own goods, and generously providing the other expenses from his own funds, and having inscribed this benefaction on a stone slab, he set it up in the gate called of the Cherubim; for he began from there. which stele is there to this day, since the benefaction was great. And he also built a bath in Caesarea of Palestine, and in Nicomedia of Bithynia and in Ephesus of Asia; which public baths he named after himself. And having gone up to Rome, he built a great aqueduct in Rome; and he burned the papers of the treasury, on which the senate had agreed in writing under Caesar Julius Gaius, having been ordered by him, that it was not permitted for a senator to make a will for his own family, unless half part of his property was bequeathed to the reigning emperor, the same most pious Antoninus having said through his divine decree that each person should enjoy his own property and make arrangements as he wishes. And the same Antoninus, while he was in Lorium, fell ill for a few days and died, being 77 years old. After the reign of Antoninus, Marcus Antoninus the philosopher, his son, reigned for 18 years and 9 months. He was of short build, thin, fair-skinned, with greying hair, short hair, beautiful eyes, a fine beard, delicate features, and a long nose. And the same 282 emperor Marcus proclaimed a most just law, so that children might inherit from their father even without a will, and that a quarter part of the paternal property be given to an ungrateful child. And during his reign he subdued the nation of the Germans. Likewise in the times of his reign, the deeds of Julian the great Chaldean were marveled at. And the same emperor Marcus built, that is, renewed, in Antioch the great the public bath called the Centenarium; for it had fallen during the time of Trajan in the divine wrath. and he also built the Museion and its Nymphaeum called the Oceanus. And the same emperor Marcus Antoninus favored the Green faction. And going into the land of Pannonia, he died of a disease. After the reign of Marcus Antoninus, Antoninus Verus, his son, reigned for 8 years. He was tall, stout, with a crooked nose, beautiful eyes, dark-skinned, with curly hair, short hair, bearded, and very womanish. who, having warred against one nation of the Huns and conquered them, subdued many other nations without a war; for he was also generous. who was slain in Proconnesus, being 39 years old. BOOK 12. THE TIMES OF THE EMPEROR COMMODUS AND THE SUPPLY FOR THE OLYMPICS. After the reign of Antoninus Verus, Commodus Augustus reigned for 22 years and 8 months. He was of medium stature, fair-skinned, with bluish-grey eyes, with a broad face, snub-nosed, well-chested, with the first down of a beard, a lover of building, sacred. who built in Antioch the great a public bath, which he called the Commodian. And he renewed the temple of Athena opposite it and in the middle of them he made the so-called Xyston, building the seats and the porticoes. And at the lower end of the Xyston he built a temple to Olympian Zeus. 284 And during his reign the landowners and citizens of Antioch an accusation

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αὐγουστάλιον ∆είναρχον· καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν καὶ τὴν νίκην ἔκτισεν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ κατελθὼν τὴν Ἡλιακὴν πύλην καὶ τὴν Σεληνιακὴν καὶ τὸν δρόμον. Ἐλθὼν δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ ἐποίησε τὴν πλάκωσιν τῆς πλατείας τῶν μεγάλων ἐμβόλων τῶν ὑπὸ Τιβερίου κτισθέν 281 των, καὶ πάσης δὲ τῆς πόλεως, στρώσας τὴν διὰ μυλίτου λίθου, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀγαθῶν λίθους ἀπὸ Θηβαΐδος καὶ τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ἀναλώματα ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων φιλοτιμησάμενος, καθὼς καὶ ἐν λιθίνῃ πλακὶ γράψας ταύτην τὴν φιλοτιμίαν ἔστησεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τῇ λεγομένῃ τῶν Χερουβίμ· ἐκεῖθεν γὰρ ἤρξατο. ἥτις στήλη ἐστὶν ἕως τῆς νῦν ἐκεῖ, ὡς μεγάλης οὔσης τῆς φιλοτιμίας. Ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης λουτρόν, καὶ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ τῆς Βιθυνίας καὶ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ τῆς Ἀσίας· ἅπερ δημόσια λουτρὰ εἰς τὸ ἴδιον ἐπεκάλεσεν ὄνομα. Καὶ ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ Ῥώμην ἔκτισεν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἀγωγὸν μέγαν· καὶ ἔκαυσε τοὺς χάρτας τοῦ ταμιείου, ἐφ' οἷς ἡ σύγκλητος ἐγγράφως ὡμολόγησεν ἐπὶ τοῦ Καίσαρος Ἰουλίου Γαΐου, παρ' αὐτοῦ κελευσθέντες, μὴ ἐξεῖναι συγκλητικὸν διαθήκην ποιεῖν εἰς τοὺς ἰδίους, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἥμισυ μέρος τῆς αὐτοῦ περιουσίας διατίθεται εἰς τὸν κατὰ καιρὸν βασιλέα, εἰρηκὼς ὁ αὐτὸς εὐσεβέστατος Ἀντωνῖνος διὰ θείου αὐτοῦ τύπου ἕκαστον ἀπολαύειν τῶν ἰδίων καὶ βουλεύεσθαι ὡς θέλει. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Ἀντωνῖνος, ὡς ἐστὶν ἐν Λωρίῳ, νοσήσας ἡμέρας ὀλίγας ἀπέθανεν, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν οζʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Ἀντωνίνου ἐβασίλευσε Μάρκος Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ φιλόσοφος, ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ἔτη ιηʹ καὶ μῆνας θʹ. ἦν δὲ κονδοειδής, λεπτός, λευκός, μιξοπόλιος, κονδόθριξ, εὐόφθαλμος, εὐπώγων, λεπτοχαράκτηρος, μακρόρινος. ὁ δὲ αὐ 282 τὸς Μάρκος βασιλεὺς ἐξεφώνησε τὸν δικαιότατον νόμον, ὥστε καὶ ἐξ ἀδιαθέτου κληρονομεῖν τὸν πατέρα τὰ τέκνα καὶ τῷ ἀχαριστουμένῳ παιδὶ τὸ τέταρτον μέρος δίδοσθαι τῆς πατρικῆς περιουσίας. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ὑπέταξε τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Γερμανῶν. ὡσαύτως δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν χρόνων τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ τὰ κατὰ Ἰουλιανὸν τὸν Χαλδαῖον τὸν μέγαν ἐθαυμάζετο. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Μάρκος ἔκτισεν, ἤτοι ἀνενέωσεν, ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ τὸ δημόσιον τὸ λεγόμενον Κεντηνάριον· ἦν γὰρ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ Τραϊανοῦ πεσὸν ἐν τῇ θεομηνίᾳ. ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ τὸ Μουσεῖον καὶ τὸ Νυμφαῖον αὐτοῦ τὸ λεγόμενον Ὠκεανόν. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Μάρκος Ἀντωνῖνος βασιλεὺς ἔχαιρε τῷ Πρασίνῳ μέρει. Ἀπελθὼν δὲ ἐν τῇ Παννονίᾳ χώρᾳ νόσῳ τελευτᾷ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Μάρκου Ἀντωνίνου ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀντωνῖνος Βῆρος, υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ἔτη ηʹ. ἦν δὲ εὐμήκης, παχύς, στρεβλόρινος, εὐόφθαλμος, μελάγχρους, οὐλόθριξ, κονδόθριξ, γενηίτης, καταγύναιος πολύ. ὅστις πολεμήσας κατὰ ἑνὸς ἔθνους Οὕννων καὶ νικήσας αὐτοὺς πολλὰ ἄλλα ἔθνη δίχα πολέμου ὑπέταξεν· ἦν γὰρ καὶ φιλότιμος. ὅστις ἐσφάγη ἐν Προκονήσῳ, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν λθʹ. ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΒʹ ΧΡΟΝΩΝ ΚΟΜΜΟ∆ΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΡΟΧΗΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΩΝ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Ἀντωνίνου Βήρου ἐβασίλευσε Κόμμοδος ὁ Αὔγουστος ἔτη κβʹ καὶ μῆνας ηʹ. ἦν δὲ τὴν ἡλικίαν διμοιριαῖος, λευκός, ὑπόγλαυκος, πλάτοψις, σιμός, εὔστηθος, ἀρχιγένειος, φιλοκτίστης, ἱερός. ὅστις ἔκτισεν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ δημόσιον λουτρόν, ὅπερ ἐκάλεσε Κομμόδιον. καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν δὲ τῆς Ἀθήνης τὸ κατέναντι αὐτοῦ ἀνενέωσε καὶ εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτῶν ἐποίησε τὸ λεγόμενον Ξυστόν, κτίσας βάθρα καὶ τοὺς ἐμβόλους. καὶ εἰς τὴν ἀρχὴν δὲ τὴν κάτω τοῦ Ξυστοῦ ἔκτισεν ἱερὸν τῷ Ὀλυμπίῳ ∆ιί. 284 Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας οἱ Ἀντιοχεῖς κτήτορες καὶ πολῖται μήνυσιν