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the bronze-roofed entrance of the palace, and the portico of the Protectors and the ninth of the Augusteum. And the people went down to the Julian harbor, that of Sophia I mean, to the house of Probus, seeking arms and shouting, "Another emperor for the city!" and they set fire to the property of Probus, and the house was brought down. And they came and burned the Bath of Alexander and the great hospice of Sampson, and the sick perished, and the great church along with both its colonnades; and the whole of it was brought down from the tetrapylon. But the emperor, being afraid, wished to put his treasures onto a dromon and depart for Thrace as far as Heraclea, leaving the magister militum Mundus with his son and 3,000 men and Constantiolus, and the cubicularii, to guard the palace. 185 But the people, dragging the corpses, threw them into the sea, having also murdered many women. And when a rumor arose that the emperor had taken the augusta and departed for Thrace, they proclaimed Hypatius the patrician as emperor, and sitting in the Hippodrome he was acclaimed by the people and heard the insulting shouts directed at Justinian the emperor. And from the Flacianae quarter younger Greens also came, 200 men in breastplates, intending to open the palace and lead Hypatius in. But the emperor, having heard what was dared by the people and by Hypatius, entered the palace and went up to the so-called Pulpita behind the kathisma of the Hippodrome to the triclinium that has the bronze doors, having with him Mundus and Constantiolus and Belisarius and other senators and the support of armed soldiers and cubicularii and spatharii. And Narses the cubicularius went out and won over some from the Blue faction by distributing money; and they began to shout: "Justinian Augustus, tu vincas! Lord, save Justinian the emperor and Theodora the augusta." Then the crowd, being divided, rushed against one another. And those from the palace went out with the same supporting troops and cut some of them off from the people and rushed into the Hippodrome, Narses through the gates, the son of Mundus through the sphendone, and others through the winding stair of the kathisma to the track, and they began to cut down the people, some shooting arrows, others slaughtering, so that not one of the citizens, either Blues or Greens, found in the Hippodrome was saved. And Belisarius, rushing to the emperor's box with spatharii, seized Hypatius and brought him to the emperor, and they put him in the prison. And on that day 35 thousand men died. And no demesman was ever seen again, but there was quiet on that day. On the next day Hypatius and Pompeius, his brother, were executed; and their bodies were thrown into the sea, and their houses were confiscated, along with those of 18 other patricians and illustres and consulars who were confiscated as supporters 186 of Hypatius. And a great fear arose, and the city became quiet, and no horse-race was held for a considerable time. In the same year there was also a great running of stars from evening until dawn, so that all were amazed and said that the stars are falling, and we have never known such a thing. Bishop of Rome, John, for 3 years. ϛκεʹ. φκεʹ. ϛʹ. ηʹ. αʹ. ιγʹ. κβʹ. ιγʹ. ϛʹ. In this year Theodora, the most pious augusta, went out to the Pythian baths to take the waters; and there went out with her the patrician Menas the prefect, and the patrician Helias, the comes largitionum, and other patricians and the cubicularii and satraps, four thousand; and she gave many gifts to the churches and poor-houses and the monasteries. ϛκϛʹ. φκϛʹ. ζʹ. θʹ. βʹ. ιδʹ. κγʹ. ιδʹ. ζʹ. In this year Priscus, a consul from the notaries of the emperor, having incurred the wrath of Theodora the empress, was confiscated and ordained a deacon of Cyzicus, by order of the emperor. In the same year the Vandalic wars occurred, and Belisarius took Africa. Vandals,

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εἴσοδον τοῦ παλατίου τὴν χαλκόστεγον, καὶ τὸν πόρτικον τῶν προτικτόρων καὶ τὸ ἕνατον τοῦ Αὐγουστέως. καὶ κατῆλθεν ὁ δῆμος εἰς τὸν Ἰουλιανοῦ, τὸν Σοφίας λέγω, λιμένα εἰς τὸν οἶκον Πρόβου ζητοῦντες ὅπλα καὶ κράζοντες "ἄλλον βασιλέα τῇ πόλει·" καὶ ἔβαλον πῦρ εἰς τὰ Πρόβου, καὶ κατηνέχθη ὁ οἶκος. καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ἔκαυσαν τὸ βαλανεῖον τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ τὸν ξενῶνα τῶν Σαμψὼν τὸν μέγαν, καὶ ἀπώλοντο οἱ ἄρρωστοι, καὶ τὴν μεγάλην ἐκκλησίαν σὺν τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις κίοσιν· καὶ πᾶσα ἐκ τετραέντου κατηνέχθη. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς φοβηθεὶς ἠθέλησε βαλεῖν εἰς δρόμωνα τὰ χρήματα καὶ ἐξελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν Θρᾴκην ἕως Ἡρακλείας, καταλείψας φυλάττειν τὸ παλάτιον τὸν στρατηλάτην Μοῦνδον μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ γ ἀνδρῶν καὶ Κωνσταντιόλου, καὶ τοὺς κουβικουλαρίους. 185 οἱ δὲ δῆμοι τοὺς νεκροὺς σύραντες ἔβαλον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, φονεύσαντες καὶ γυναῖκας πολλάς. φήμης δὲ γενομένης, ὅτι ὁ βασιλεὺς λαβὼν τὴν αὐγούσταν ἐξῆλθεν ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ, ἀνηγόρευσαν βασιλέα Ὑπάτιον τὸν πατρίκιον, καὶ καθεζόμενος ἐν τῷ ἱππικῷ εὐφημεῖτο ὑπὸ τῶν δήμων καὶ ἤκουε τὰς ὑβριστικὰς φωνὰς τὰς πρὸς Ἰουστινιανὸν τὸν βασιλέα. ἦλθον δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ Φλακιανῶν νεώτεροι Πράσινοι σʹ λωρικάτοι ὑπολαμβάνοντες ἀνοῖξαι τὸ παλάτιον καὶ εἰσαγαγεῖν τὸν Ὑπάτιον. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀκούσας τὰ παρὰ τοῦ δήμου καὶ Ὑπατίου τολμηθέντα εἰσῆλθεν ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ καὶ ἀνῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὰ λεγόμενα Πούλπιτα ὄπισθεν τοῦ καθίσματος τοῦ ἱπποδρομίου εἰς τὸν τρίκλινον τὸν ἔχοντα τὰς χαλκᾶς θύρας, ἔχων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ Μοῦνδον καὶ Κωνσταντίολον καὶ Βελισάριον καὶ ἄλλους συγκλητικοὺς καὶ ἐνόπλων στρατιωτῶν βοήθειαν καὶ κουβικουλαρίους καὶ σπαθαρίους. ἐξελθὼν δὲ Ναρσῆς ὁ κουβικουλάριος ὑπέσυρέ τινας ἐκ τοῦ Βενέτου μέρους ῥογεύσας χρήματα· καὶ ἤρξαντο κράζειν· "Ἰουστινιανὲ αὔγουστε, τούβικας. κύριε, σῶσον Ἰουστινιανὸν τὸν βασιλέα καὶ Θεοδώραν τὴν αὐγούσταν." τότε διχονοῆσαν τὸ πλῆθος, ὥρμησαν κατ' ἀλλήλων. καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ τοῦ παλατίου μετὰ τῆς αὐτῆς βοηθείας ἀπέσχισάν τινας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου καὶ ὥρμησαν εἰς τὸ ἱπποδρόμιον, καὶ ὁ μὲν Ναρσῆς διὰ τῶν θυρῶν, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς Μούνδου διὰ τῆς σφενδόνης, ἄλλοι δὲ διὰ τοῦ μονοπάτου τοῦ καθίσματος εἰς τὸ πέλμα, καὶ ἤρξαντο κόπτειν τοὺς δήμους, οἱ μὲν τοξεύοντες, οἱ δὲ κατασφάζοντες, ὥστε μηδένα τῶν πολιτῶν ἢ Βενέτων ἢ Πρασίνων εὑρεθέντων ἐν τῷ ἱππικῷ σωθῆναι. ὁ δὲ Βελισάριος εἰσδραμὼν ἐπὶ τὸ κάθισμα τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ σπαθαρίων, συλλαβόμενος Ὑπάτιον προσήγαγε τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ἀπέθεντο αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ. ἀπέθανον δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ χιλιάδες λεʹ ἀνδρῶν. καὶ οὐκέτι ἐφαίνετο δημότης πώποτε, ἀλλ' ἐγένετο ἡσυχία τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον ἐσφάγησαν Ὑπάτιος καὶ Πομπήιος, ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐρρίφησαν τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐδημεύθησαν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν, μετὰ καὶ ἄλλων ιηʹ πατρικίων καὶ ἰλλουστρίων καὶ ὑπατικῶν δημευθέντων ὡς συνδρό186 μων Ὑπατίου. καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας, καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ πόλις, καὶ οὐκ ἤχθη ἱππικὸν ἐπὶ ἱκανὸν χρόνον. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει γέγονε καὶ ἀστέρων δρόμος πολὺς ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως αὔγους· ὥστε πάντας ἐκπλήττεσθαι καὶ λέγειν, ὅτι οἱ ἀστέρες πίπτουσιν, καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμέν ποτε τοιοῦτον πρᾶγμα. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη γʹ. ϛκεʹ. φκεʹ. ϛʹ. ηʹ. αʹ. ιγʹ. κβʹ. ιγʹ. ϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Θεοδώρα, ἡ εὐσεβεστάτη αὐγούστα, ἐξῆλθεν εἰς τὰ θερμὰ τῶν Πυθίων θερμίσαι· καὶ συνεξῆλθον αὐτῇ ὅ τε πατρίκιος Μηνᾶς ὁ ἔπαρχος, καὶ ὁ πατρίκιος Ἡλίας, ὁ κόμης τῶν λαργιτιώνων, καὶ ἄλλοι πατρίκιοι καὶ οἱ κουβικουλάριοι καὶ σατράπαι, χιλιάδες τέσσαρες· καὶ πολλὰ ἐχαρίσατο ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις καὶ πτωχείοις καὶ τοῖς μοναστηρίοις. ϛκϛʹ. φκϛʹ. ζʹ. θʹ. βʹ. ιδʹ. κγʹ. ιδʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Πρίσκος ὕπατος ἀπὸ νοταρίων τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀγανακτηθεὶς ὑπὸ Θεοδώρας τῆς βασιλίσσης ἐδημεύθη καὶ διάκονος Κυζίκου ἐχειροτονήθη, κελεύσαντος τοῦ βασιλέως. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει γεγόνασιν Οὐανδαλικοὶ πόλεμοι, καὶ παρέλαβε Βελισάριος τὴν Ἀφρικήν. Οὐανδῆλοι,