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of spectacles. And he died at the age of 60 years and 3 months, as the most wise Nestorianus the chronicler wrote these things down and all the times of the aforementioned emperors. After the reign of Constantine the Great, Constantine his son was found being emperor in Rome; whom in his lifetime he had made emperor of Rome during the consulship of Ursus and Polybius. 325 And this same emperor Constantine the Younger reigned in Rome for 12 years. who after the death of his father went forth on campaign and was slain in Mothone by the men of his brother, being 20 years of age. And after the reign of Constantine the Younger, Constans his brother reigned in Rome for 16 years. who, falling sick with dysentery, died, being 27 years of age. And after the reign of Constantine the Great, Constantius his younger son reigned over Constantinople for 30 years. He was magnanimous, an Exakionite, that is, an Arian. And during his reign the Persians, that is king Abbourarsakios, made a move; and he campaigned against them, having made Julian his kinsman Caesar. And having arrived in Antioch the Great, he completed the great church, inscribing these things: 326 To Christ Constantius built a marvelous house, With heavenly arches, all-alike, all-gleaming, Serving the commands of the lord Constantius; And Gorgonius the comes wove the attendant work. and having gone down to Persian territory, he made a peace pact with the Persians for a definite time, with many having fallen on both sides in the engagement. and having returned, he held the dedication of the same great church in Antioch. And this same Constantius, departing from Antioch, going up to Constantinople, reached Cilicia; and he built there the bridge of the Pyramus river, a very great work. and having entered Mampsuestia, a city of Cilicia, he fell sick and died there, being 40 years of age. And after the reign of Constantius, Julian the Apostate, the former Caesar, the kinsman of the same Constantius, reigned during the consulship of Marmentius and Nebeta; who reigned for 2 years. He was learned; who was called "Apostate" because 327 having denied the doctrine of his ancestors, that of the Christians, he became a Hellene. He was a friend and contemporary of Libanius, the famous sophist of Antioch. And during his reign the holy Dometius was martyred. For he campaigned against the Persians with a powerful army, and going down he occupied Antioch; and having gone up to the mountain called Casius, he made a hecatomb sacrifice there to Zeus Casius; and having come down from there and gone to Daphne, he also made a sacrifice there to Apollo. and falling asleep he saw in a vision a blond boy saying to him, "In Asia you must die." And as he was entering Antioch from Daphne, he was met by his senators and his officials and the people. And the citizens of Antioch shouted abusive words at him, being zealous Christians, having given him in their shouts an omen not to return. And from those near him two Christian candidati, whose names are these, Juventinus and Maximianus, breaking away mingled with the crowds insulting him, further rousing the populace to insults. and when Julian the emperor saw them, he ordered them to be arrested; and he immediately beheaded them in Antioch, and their remains were placed in the martyrium called the Cemetery; whom the Antiochenes call the Gentiles. And being indignant with the Antiochenes, he threatened them, saying that he would return and punish them, as not 328 having an omen, composing a speech about the same Antiochenes, slandering them as tyrants. And he posted the speech spoken by him against them outside the palace of the same city in the

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θεαμάτων. τελευτᾷ δὲ ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν ξʹ καὶ μηνῶν γʹ, ὡς ταῦτα συνεγράψατο καὶ τοὺς χρόνους πάντας τῶν προγεγραμμένων βασιλέων ὁ σοφώτατος Νεστοριανὸς ὁ χρονογράφος. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ μεγάλου ηὑρέθη βασιλεὺς ὢν ἐν Ῥώμῃ Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ· ὅντινα ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησε βασιλέα Ῥώμης ἐπὶ τῆς ὑπατείας Οὔρσου καὶ Πολυβίου. 325 Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Κωνσταντῖνος βασιλεὺς ὁ μικρὸς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἔνη ιβʹ. ὅστις μετὰ τελευτὴν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐξῆλθεν εἰς πρόκεσσον καὶ ἐσφάγη ἐν Μοθώνῃ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν κʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ μικροῦ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ Κώνστας ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ιςʹ. ὅστις ἀῤῥωστήσας ἀπὸ δυσεντερίας ἐτελεύτα, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν κζʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ μεγάλου ἐβασίλευσε Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Κωνστάντιος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ μικρότερος ἔτη λʹ. ἦν δὲ μεγαλόψυχος, ἐξακιονίτης, ὅ ἐστιν Ἀρειανός. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἐκίνησαν οἱ Πέρσαι, ἤτοι Ἀββουραρσάκιος ὁ βασιλεύς· καὶ ἐπεστράτευσε κατ' αὐτῶν ποιήσας Καίσαρα Ἰουλιανὸν συγγενέα αὐτοῦ. Καὶ γενόμενος ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ ἐπλήρωσε τὴν μεγάλην ἐκκλησίαν ἐπιγράψας ταῦτα· 326 Χριστῷ Κωνστάντιος ἐπέραιστον οἶκον ἔτευξεν, Οὐρανίαις ἀψῖσι πανείκελα, παμφανόωντα, Κωνσταντίου ἄνακτος ὑποδρήσσοντος ἐφετμαῖς· Γοργόνιος δὲ κόμης θαλαμηπόλον ἔργον ὕφανε. καὶ κατελθὼν ἐπὶ τὰ Περσικὰ ἐποίησε πάκτα εἰρήνης μετὰ Περσῶν ἐπὶ φανερὸν χρόνον, πολλῶν πεσόντων ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἐν τῇ συμβολῇ. καὶ ὑποστρέψας ἐποίησε τὰ ἐγκαίνια τῆς αὐτῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ. καὶ ἐξελθὼν ὁ αὐτὸς Κωνστάντιος ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείας, ἀνιὼν ἐπὶ Κωνσταντινούπολιν, ἔφθασε τὴν Κιλικίαν· καὶ ἔκτισεν ἐκεῖ τὴν γέφυραν τοῦ Πυράμου ποταμοῦ, ἔργον μέγιστον. καὶ εἰσελθὼν ἐν Μαμψουεστίᾳ, πόλει τῆς Κιλικίας, ἀῤῥωστήσας τελευτᾷ ἐκεῖ, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν μʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Κωνσταντίου ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ παραβάτης, ὁ πρῴην γενόμενος Καῖσαρ, ὁ συγγενεὺς τοῦ αὐτοῦ Κωνσταντίου, ἐπὶ ὑπατείας Μαρμεντίου καὶ Νεβήτα· ὅστις ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη βʹ. ἦν δὲ ἐλλόγιμος· ὅστις ἐκλήθη παραβάτης, διότι 327 ἀρνησάμενος τὸ δόγμα τῶν αὐτοῦ προγόνων, τὸ τῶν χριστιανῶν, γέγονεν Ἕλλην. ἦν δὲ φίλος καὶ ὁμόχρονος Λιβανίου τοῦ περιβοήτου σοφιστοῦ Ἀντιοχείας. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἐμαρτύρησεν ὁ ἅγιος ∆ομέτιος. ἐπεστράτευσε γὰρ κατὰ Περσῶν δυνατὴν στρατείαν, καὶ κατελθὼν κατέλαβεν Ἀντιόχειαν· καὶ ἀνελθὼν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ λεγομένῳ Κασίῳ ἐποίησεν ἐκεῖ θυσίαν ἑκατόμβην τῷ ∆ιὶ Κασίῳ· καὶ κατελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς ∆άφνην ἐποίησε κἀκεῖ θυσίαν τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι. καὶ παρακοιμηθεὶς εἶδεν ἐν ὁράματι παῖδα ξανθὸν λέγοντα αὐτῷ, Ἐν Ἀσίᾳ δεῖ σε τεθνάναι. εἰσερχόμενος δὲ ἀπὸ ∆άφνης ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ὑπηντήθη ὑπὸ τῶν συγκλητικῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀξιωματικῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ δήμου. καὶ ἔκραξαν αὐτῷ οἱ δημόται Ἀντιοχείας ὑβριστικὰς φωνάς, ὡς χριστιανοὶ θερμοὶ ὄντες, δεδωκότες αὐτῷ ἐν ταῖς αὐτῶν φωναῖς κληδόνα μὴ ὑποστρέψαι. ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν πλησίον αὐτοῦ δύο κανδιδᾶτοι χριστιανοί, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστι ταῦτα, Ἰουβεντῖνος καὶ Μαξιμιανός, ἀποσχίσαντες συνέμιξαν τοῖς ὑβρίζουσιν αὐτὸν ὄχλοις, πλέον ἀνεγείροντες τὸν δῆμον εἰς ὕβρεις. καὶ ἑωρακὼς αὐτοὺς Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ βασιλεύς, ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς συσχεθῆναι· καὶ εὐθέως αὐτοὺς ἀπεκεφάλισεν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, καὶ ἐτέθησαν τὰ λείψανα αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ τῷ λεγομένῳ Κοιμητηρίῳ· οὕστινας καλοῦσιν οἱ Ἀντιοχεῖς Γεντιλίους. καὶ ἀγανακτήσας κατὰ τῶν Ἀντιοχέων ἠπείλει αὐτοῖς, λέγων ὑποστρέφειν καὶ τιμωρεῖσθαι αὐτούς, ὡς μὴ 328 ἔχοντας κληδόνα, εἰπὼν περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν Ἀντιοχέων λόγον, διαβάλλων αὐτοὺς ὡς τυράννους. καὶ προέθηκε τὸν κατ' αὐτῶν ῥηθέντα παρ' αὐτοῦ λόγον ἔξω τοῦ παλατίου τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸ