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Aurelian another war; and he was assassinated by his own army in a place called Caenum Frurium, for having led the army badly. and he died at the age of 61. After the reign of Aurelian, Tacitus Augustus reigned for 7 months. He was of medium height, slender, balding, eloquent, short-haired, completely grey, thin-nosed, and prudent. And in his reign a certain Manichaean named Cerdon appeared, holding doctrines and teaching and gathering crowds. And during the reign of the same Tacitus a war occurred in the Pontic region; and the same emperor went down to fight, and was slain in Ztannica of Pontus at the age of 75. After the reign of Tacitus, Florian Augustus reigned for 2 months. He was shortish, stout, bald, pale, with wine-colored eyes, somewhat snub-nosed, with partly grey hair on his head and beard, and very harsh. He campaigned against the 302 Persians, and as he was going down to Tarsus, he was slain by his own men, at the age of 65. After the reign of Florian, Aelius Probus reigned for 3 years and 3 months. He was of medium height, pot-bellied, straight-haired, with hair cut in a bowl-shape, thick-bearded, dark-complexioned, reddish, with fine eyes, and very wise; he favored the Green faction. And in his reign he embellished in Antioch the Great the so-called Museum, and in it the sigma-shaped Nymphaeum, inscribing in it Oceanus by means of mosaic. The same emperor also arranged for the public maintenance of the same city of Antioch from the public treasury, decreeing through his divine edict that they should teach for free. The same emperor Probus fought the Goths in Sirmium; and while he was fighting a great worldwide famine occurred, and when provisions were not found the army mutinied; and they came and slew him in Sirmium at the age of 50. After the reign of Probus, the most divine Carus reigned for 2 years. He was shortish, well-chested, pale, straight-haired, partly grey, greyish-eyed, with a broad face, well-nosed, thick-lipped, and arrogant. And during his reign he subdued a region, which he called Caria, making it a province. He campaigned against the Persians, and entering in he took the Persian territories as far as the city of Ctesiphon, and returned. And on the frontier he walled a 303 fort, which he made a city, giving it also the rights of a city, which he called Carrhae after his own name. And having returned to Rome, he went out in another war against the Huns, and was slain in the consulate of Maximus and Januarius, at the age of 60 and a half. After the reign of Carus, Numerian Augustus reigned for two years. He was tall, slender, straight-haired, with a long face, with delicate features, well-bearded, partly grey, well-nosed, with fine eyes, and dark-complexioned. And during his reign a great persecution of Christians occurred; in which Saint George the Cappadocian and Saint Babylas were martyred; for he was bishop of Antioch the Great. And the same emperor Numerian arrived, going off to fight against the Persians. And wishing to spy on the divine mysteries of the Christians, he desired to enter into the holy church, where the Christians were gathering, to see what mysteries they perform, having heard that the same Galileans celebrate their liturgies in hiding. And coming near he was suddenly met by Saint Babylas; and he prevented him, saying to him that, "You are polluted from the sacrifices of the idols; and I do not permit you to see the mysteries of the living God." And the emperor Numerian, becoming angry, killed him immediately. And he went out from Antioch, and campaigned against the Persians; and when he joined battle the Persians attacked him, and 304 killed the great multitude of his auxiliaries, and he fled to the city of Carrhae; and the Persians, having besieged it, took him captive, and immediately killed him; and having flayed his skin they made a wineskin, and

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Αὐρηλιανὸς ἄλλον πόλεμον· καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου στρατοῦ ἐδολοφονήθη ἐν τόπῳ καλουμένῳ Καινῷ Φρουρίῳ, ὡς κακῶς στρατηγήσας τὸν στρατόν. καὶ τελευτᾷ ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν ξαʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Αὐρηλιανοῦ ἐβασίλευσε Τάκιτος Αὔγουστος μῆνας ζʹ. ἦν δὲ διμοιριαῖος, λεπτός, ὑποφάλακρος, ἐλλόγιμος, κονδόθριξ, ὁλοπόλιος, λεπτόρινος, φρόνιμος. ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐτοῦ βασιλείᾳ ἀνεφάνη Μανιχαῖός τις ὀνόματι Κέρδων, δογματίζων καὶ διδάσκων καὶ συνάγων ὄχλους. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ Τακίτου ἐγένετο πόλεμος ἐν τῇ Ποντικῇ· καὶ κατῆλθεν ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς πολεμῶν, καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν Ζταννικῇ τῆς Πόντου ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν οεʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Τακίτου ἐβασίλευσε Φλωριανὸς Αὔγουστος μῆνας βʹ. ἦν δὲ κονδοειδής, παχύς, ἀναφάλας, λευκός, οἰνοπαὴς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ὑπόσιμος, μιξοπόλιος τὴν κάραν καὶ τὸ γένειον, πάνυ δὲ δριμύτατος. ἐπεστράτευσε δὲ κατὰ 302 Περσῶν, καὶ ὡς κατέρχεται ἐν Ταρσῷ, ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν ξεʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Φλωριανοῦ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἤλιος Πρόβος ἔτη γʹ καὶ μῆνας γʹ. ἦν δὲ διμοιριαῖος, προγάστωρ, ἁπλόθριξ, ἀσσόκουρος, δασυπώγων, μελάγχρους, πυῤῥακής, εὐόφθαλμος, σοφὸς πάνυ· ἐφίλει δὲ τὸ Πράσινον μέρος. ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐτοῦ βασιλείᾳ ἐπεκόσμησεν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ τὸ λεγόμενον Μουσεῖον, καὶ τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ Νυμφαῖον τὸ σιγματοειδές, γράψας ἐν αὐτῷ διὰ μουσαρίου τὸν Ὠκεανόν. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς καὶ τὰς σιτήσεις τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως Ἀντιοχείας ἐκ τοῦ δημοσίου ἔταξεν, ἵνα δωρεὰν παιδεύωσι διὰ θείας αὐτοῦ προστάξεως θεσπίσας. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Πρόβος ἐπολέμησε τοῖς Γότθοις ἐν τῷ Σιρμίῳ· καὶ ἐν τῷ πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν ἐγένετο λιμὸς κοσμικὸς μέγας, καὶ μὴ εὑρεθέντων ἀναλωμάτων ἐστασίασεν ὁ στρατός· καὶ ἐπελθόντες ἔσφαξαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ Σιρμίῳ ὄντα ἐνιαυτῶν νʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Πρόβου ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ θειότατος Κᾶρος ἔτη βʹ. ἦν δὲ κονδοειδής, εὔστηθος, λευκός, ἁπλόθριξ, μιξοπόλιος, ὑπόγλαυκος, πλάτοψις, εὔρινος, παχύχειλος, ὑπερήφανος. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ὑπέταξε χώραν, ἥντινα ἐκάλεσε Καρίαν, ποιήσας αὐτὴν ἐπαρχίαν. ἐπεστράτευσε δὲ κατὰ Περσῶν, καὶ εἰσελθὼν παρέλαβε τὰ Περσικὰ μέρη ἕως Κτησιφῶντος πόλεως, καὶ ὑπέστρεψεν. ἐτείχισε δὲ ἐν τῷ λιμίτῳ 303 κάστρον, ὅπερ ἐποίησε πόλιν, δοὺς αὐτῇ καὶ δίκαιον πόλεως, ὃ ἐκάλεσεν εἰς ἴδιον ὄνομα Κάρας. ὑποστρέψας δὲ ἐν Ῥώμῃ, ἐξῆλθεν ἐν ἄλλῳ πολέμῳ Οὕννους, καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐπὶ τῆς ὑπατείας Μαξίμου καὶ Ἰανουαρίου, ὢν ἐτῶν ξʹ ἥμισυ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Κάρου ἐβασίλευσε Νουμεριανὸς Αὔγουστος ἔτη δύο. ἦν δὲ μακρός, λεπτός, ἁπλόθριξ, μάκροψις, λεπτοχαράκτηρος, εὐπώγων, μιξοπόλιος, εὔρινος, εὐόφθαλμος, μελάγχροος. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας διωγμὸς χριστιανῶν μέγας ἐγένετο· ἐν οἷς ἐμαρτύρησεν ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Καππάδοξ καὶ ὁ ἅγιος Βαβυλᾶς· ἦν γὰρ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας τῆς μεγάλης. καὶ κατέφθασεν ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Νουμεριανός, ἀπιὼν πολεμῆσαι κατὰ Περσῶν. καὶ θέλων κατασκοπῆσαι τῶν χριστιανῶν τὰ θεῖα μυστήρια, ἐβουλήθη εἰσελθεῖν ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ὅπου συνήγοντο οἱ χριστιανοί, εἰς τὸ θεάσασθαι τί ἐστιν ἃ ποιοῦσι μυστήρια, ἀκούσας ὅτι κρυπτόμενοι τελοῦσι τὰς λειτουργίας αὐτῶν οἱ αὐτοὶ Γαλιλαῖοι. καὶ ἐλθὼν πλησίον ἐξαίφνης ὑπηντήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Βαβυλᾶ· καὶ ἐκώλυσεν αὐτόν, λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Μεμιαμμένος ὑπάρχεις ἐκ τῶν θυσιῶν τῶν εἰδώλων· καὶ οὐ συγχωρῶ σοι ἰδεῖν μυστήρια θεοῦ ζῶντος. καὶ ἀγανακτήσας ὁ βασιλεὺς Νουμεριανὸς ἐφόνευσεν αὐτὸν εὐθέως. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείας, καὶ ἐπεστράτευσε κατὰ Περσῶν· ἐν τῷ δὲ συγκροῦσαι αὐτὸν τὸν πόλεμον ἐπετέθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ Πέρσαι, καὶ 304 ἀνεῖλαν τὸ πολὺ πλῆθος τῆς βοηθείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφυγεν ἐν Κάραις τῇ πόλει· καὶ φοσσεύσαντες οἱ Πέρσαι παρέλαβον αὐτὸν αἰχμάλωτον, καὶ εὐθέως ἐφόνευσαν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐκδείραντες τὸ δέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐποίησαν ἀσκόν, καὶ