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But the king, having become angry, said, "I will return, and I will kill you and exact penalties for your false prophecy." But he, fearing the threat not at all, said, shouting, "Kill me, if the falsehood of my words should be detected." 273 And Vetranion also, distinguished by every kind of virtue, and entrusted with governing the cities of all Scythia as high priest, both fired his spirit with zeal and rebuked the corruption of the doctrines and the transgressions of Valens against the saints, and he cried out with the most divine David: " I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed. " But he, despising those best of counselors, sent the army forth into battle array, while he himself, sitting in a certain village, awaited the victory. But the barbarian soldiers, not bearing the charge, were turned to flight and were slaughtered as they were pursued; and the one side fled with speed, while the other pursued with all their might. And the barbarians, having captured that village where Valens, having learned of the defeat, had tried to hide, having thrown fire, burned along with the village also the adversary of piety. So indeed that man paid the penalty even in the present life for the offenses he had committed. But I think it worthwhile to teach those who are ignorant how these barbarians received the Arian disease. When, having crossed the Ister, they made a treaty of peace with Valens, at that time the ill-omened Eudoxius, who was present, suggested to the emperor to persuade the Goths to enter into communion with him; for having long ago received the rays of the knowledge of God, they were nourished on the apostolic doctrines. "For," he said, "a common 274 sentiment will make the peace more secure." Valens, having praised this opinion, proposed to their leaders an agreement in doctrines; but they said they would not tolerate abandoning their ancestral teaching. And at that time Ulfilas was their bishop, whom they greatly obeyed, and they held his words to be unshakeable laws. Eudoxius, having charmed this man with words and enticed him with money, prepared him to persuade the barbarians to embrace the emperor's communion. And he persuaded him by saying that the strife had arisen from ambition, and that there was no difference in doctrines. For this reason, even to this day, the Goths say the Father is greater than the Son, but they do not tolerate calling the Son a creature, although they are in communion with those who do. But nevertheless not entirely did they abandon their ancestral teaching; for Ulfilas also, in persuading them to enter communion with Eudoxius and Valens, said there was no difference of doctrines, but that a vain contention had produced the division. 275 Chapters of the 5th book 1. Concerning the piety of the emperor Gratian. 2. Concerning the return of the bishops. 3. Concerning the contentiousness of Paulinus, and the innovation of Apollinarius of Laodicea, and the philosophy and love of God of Meletius. 4. Concerning Eusebius, the bishop of Samosata. 5. Concerning the generalship of Theodosius. 6. Concerning his reign and the dreams which he saw. 7. Who were the notable leaders of the impiety of Arius. 8. Concerning the synod assembled in Constantinople. 9. Synodical letter written by the synod assembled in Constantinople to the western bishops. 10. Synodical letter of Damasus, bishop of Rome, written against Apollinarius and Timothy. 11. Another synodical letter of the same against various heresies. 12. Concerning the death of Gratian and the tyranny of Maximus. 13. Concerning Justina, the wife of Valentinian, and the plot that was formed against Ambrose. 276 14. Concerning the things from Maximus the tyrant declared to the young Valentinian. 15. Concerning the things from the emperor Theodosius written about this. 16. Concerning Amphilochius, the bishop of Iconium. 17. Concerning the massacres that occurred in Thessalonica. 18. Concerning the boldness of Ambrose the bishop and the piety of the emperor. 19. Concerning the empress Flacilla. 20. Concerning the sedition that occurred in Antioch. 21. Concerning the demolished idol temples throughout all the earth. 22. Concerning Marcellus the

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ὀργι σθεὶς δὲ ὁ βασιλεύς· "καὶ ἐπανήξω", ἔφη, "καὶ κατακτενῶ σε καὶ τῆς ψευδοῦς προαγορεύσεως εἰσπράξομαι δίκας". ὁ δὲ ἥκιστα δείσας τὴν ἀπειλὴν ἔφη βοῶν· "κτεῖνον, εἰ φωραθείη τῶν λόγων τὸ ψεῦδος". 273 Καὶ Βετρανίων δέ, παντοδαπῇ μὲν λαμπρυνόμενος ἀρετῇ, πάσης δὲ τῆς Σκυθίας τὰς πόλεις ἀρχιερατικῶς ἰθύνειν πεπιστευμένος, ἐπύρσευσέ τε τῷ ζήλῳ τὸ φρόνημα καὶ τὴν τῶν δογμάτων διαφθορὰν καὶ τὰς κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων παρανομίας τοῦ Βάλεντος ἤλεγξε, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ θειοτάτου ∆αβὶδ ἐβόα· " ἐλάλουν ἐν τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου ἐναντίον βασιλέων καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχυνόμην ". Ὁ δὲ τῶν συμβούλων ἐκείνων τῶν ἀρίστων καταφρονήσας, τὴν μὲν στρατιὰν εἰς τὴν παράταξιν προὔπεμψεν, αὐτὸς δὲ ἔν τινι κώμῃ καθήμενος τὴν νίκην προσέμενεν. οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται τῶν βαρβάρων οὐκ ἐνεγκόντες τὴν ῥύμην ἐτρέποντο καὶ κατεκτείνοντο διωκόμενοι· καὶ οἱ μὲν ἔφευγον κατὰ τάχος, οἱ δὲ κατὰ κράτος ἐδίωκον. κατα λαβόντες δὲ τὴν κώμην ἐκείνην οἱ βάρβαροι ἔνθα ὁ Βάλης τὴν ἧτταν μεμαθηκὼς ἐπειράθη λαθεῖν, πῦρ ἐμβαλόντες ἐνέπρησαν σὺν τῇ κώμῃ καὶ τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀντίπαλον. οὕτω μὲν οὖν ἐκεῖνος κἀν τῷ παρόν τι βίῳ ποινὴν ἔτισεν ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐπλημμέλησεν. Ἐγὼ δὲ προὔργου νομίζω διδάξαι τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας ὅπως οἵδε οἱ βάρβαροι τὴν Ἀρειανικὴν εἰσεδέξαντο νόσον. ὅτε τὸν Ἴστρον διαβάντες πρὸς τὸν Βάλεντα τὴν εἰρήνην ἐσπείσαντο, τηνικαῦτα παρὼν Εὐδόξιος ὁ δυσώνυμος ὑπέθετο τῷ βασιλεῖ πεῖσαί οἱ κοινωνῆσαι τοὺς Γότθους· πάλαι γὰρ τὰς τῆς θεογνωσίας ἀκτίνας δεξάμενοι τοῖς ἀπο στολικοῖς ἐνετρέφοντο δόγμασι. "βεβαιοτέραν γάρ", ἔφη, "τὸ κοινὸν 274 τοῦ φρονήματος τὴν εἰρήνην ἐργάσεται". ταύτην ἐπαινέσας τὴν γνώ μην ὁ Βάλης προὔτεινε τοῖς ἐκείνων ἡγεμόσι τῶν δογμάτων τὴν συμφωνίαν· οἱ δὲ οὐκ ἀνέξεσθαι ἔλεγον τὴν πατρῴαν καταλείψειν διδασκαλίαν. κατ' ἐκεῖνον δὲ τὸν χρόνον Οὐλφίλας αὐτῶν ἐπίσκοπος ἦν, ᾧ μάλα ἐπείθοντο, καὶ τοὺς ἐκείνου λόγους ἀκινήτους ὑπελάμβα νον νόμους. τοῦτον καὶ λόγοις κατακηλήσας Εὐδόξιος καὶ χρήμασι δελεάσας, πεῖσαι παρεσκεύασε τοὺς βαρβάρους τὴν βασιλέως κοινωνίαν ἀσπάσασθαι. ἔπεισε δὲ φήσας ἐκ φιλοτιμίας γεγενῆσθαι τὴν ἔριν, δογμάτων δὲ μηδεμίαν εἶναι διαφοράν. οὗ δὴ εἵνεκα μέχρι καὶ τή μερον οἱ Γότθοι μείζονα μὲν τὸν πατέρα λέγουσι τοῦ υἱοῦ, κτίσμα δὲ τὸν υἱὸν εἰπεῖν οὐκ ἀνέχονται, καίτοι κοινωνοῦντες τοῖς λέγουσιν. ἀλλ' ὅμως οὐ παντάπασι τὴν πατρῴαν διδασκαλίαν κατέλιπον· καὶ γὰρ Οὐλφίλας Εὐδοξίῳ καὶ Βάλεντι κοινωνῆσαι πείθων αὐτοὺς οὐκ εἶναι δογμάτων ἔφη διαφοράν, ἀλλὰ ματαίαν ἔριν ἐργάσασθαι τὴν διάστασιν. 275 Κεφάλαια τοῦ εʹ λόγου αʹ. Περὶ τῆς Γρατιανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως εὐσεβείας. βʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐπανόδου τῶν ἐπισκόπων. γʹ. Περὶ τῆς Παυλίνου φιλονεικίας, καὶ τῆς Ἀπολιναρίου τοῦ Λαο δικέως καινοτομίας, καὶ τῆς Μελετίου φιλοσοφίας τε καὶ φιλο θεΐας. δʹ. Περὶ Εὐσεβίου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Σαμοσάτων. εʹ. Περὶ τῆς Θεοδοσίου στρατηγίας. ʹ. Περὶ τῆς τούτου βασιλείας καὶ ὧνπερ εἶδεν ὀνείρων. ζʹ. Τίνες ἐπίσημοι τῆς Ἀρείου δυσσεβείας ἐγένοντο προστάται. ηʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει συναθροισθείσης συνόδου. θʹ. Συνοδικὸν παρὰ τῆς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει συναθροισθείσης συνόδου γραφὲν πρὸς τοὺς δυτικοὺς ἐπισκόπους. ιʹ. Συνοδικὸν ∆αμάσου ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης κατὰ Ἀπολιναρίου καὶ Τιμοθέου γραφέν. ιαʹ. Ἄλλο τοῦ αὐτοῦ συνοδικὸν κατὰ διαφόρων αἱρέσεων. ιβʹ. Περὶ τῆς Γρατιανοῦ τελευτῆς καὶ τῆς Μαξίμου τυραννίδος. ιγʹ. Περὶ Ἰουστίνης τῆς Βαλεντινιανοῦ γαμετῆς, καὶ τῆς κατὰ Ἀμ βροσίου γεγενημένης ἐπιβουλῆς. 276 ιδʹ. Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Μαξίμου τοῦ τυράννου Βαλεντινιανῷ τῷ νέῳ δηλωθέντων. ιεʹ. Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ βασιλέως περὶ τούτου γραφέν των. ιʹ. Περὶ Ἀμφιλοχίου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἰκονίου. ιζʹ. Περὶ τῶν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ γεγενημένων σφαγῶν. ιηʹ. Περὶ τῆς Ἀμβροσίου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου παρρησίας καὶ τῆς τοῦ βασι λέως εὐσεβείας. ιθʹ. Περὶ Πλακίλλης τῆς βασιλίδος. κʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ γεγενημένης στάσεως. καʹ. Περὶ τῶν πανταχοῦ γῆς καταλυθέντων εἰδωλικῶν ναῶν. κβʹ. Περὶ Μαρκέλλου τοῦ