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of the Homerite, Damianos, their king, killed them and took away all their possessions, saying: "The Romans mistreat the Jews in their country and kill them." And because of this, they dissolved the trade of the inner Indians of the Axumite. And being angered, Adad, the king of the Axumites, declared to the Homerite that: "You have harmed my kingdom and inner India, by preventing the Roman merchants from coming to us." And they came to a great enmity and joined in war with one another. And as they were about to go to war, Adad, the king of the Axumites, made a vow, saying that: "If I defeat the Homerite, I will become a Christian, because I am fighting on behalf of Christians." And by the cooperation of God he won a mighty victory and took Damianos, their king, captive alive, and their land and their royal palaces; and giving thanks to God, Adad, the king of the Axumites, sent to the emperor Justinian to receive a bishop and clerics, and to be taught and to become a Christian. And Justinian rejoiced greatly at this, and ordered that a bishop be given to them, whomever they might wish. And the same ambassadors, having carefully searched, chose a sacristan of Saint John in Alexandria the Great, a man. Pious and a virgin, named John, 62 years old. And taking him, they went away to their own country to Adad, their king, and thus they believed in Christ and were enlightened [all of them.] 224 In the year of the world 6036. In the year of the divine incarnation 536. Justinian, emperor of the Romans, for 38 years. 17th. Chosroes, king of the Persians, for 48 years. 19th. Vigilius, bishop of Rome, for 18 years. 6th. Menas, bishop of Constantinople, for 16 years. 7th. John, bishop of Jerusalem, for 11 years. 10th. Zoilus, bishop of Alexandria, for 7 years. 2nd. Ephraimius, bishop of Antioch, for 18 years. 17th. In this year, on the 6th of the month of September, the 1st day, the 7th indiction, a great earthquake occurred throughout the whole world, so that half of Cyzicus fell. And in the same year the great bronze column near the palace, called the Augusteon, was completed. And the equestrian statue of the emperor Justinian was erected. And in the same year a certain wandering entertainer named Andreas appeared from the country of the Italians, having with him a blond and blind dog, which, when commanded by him, performed wonders; for while he was standing in the marketplace, and a crowd stood by, without the dog's knowledge he would take the rings of the bystanders, gold and silver and iron; and he would place them on the ground, covering them with dirt, and would command the dog, and it would take them and give to each his own. Likewise also, when coins of different emperors were mixed, it would give them out by name. But also, when a crowd of both men and women was present, being questioned, it would point out those who were pregnant and the fornicators and adulterers and the stingy and the generous; and it indicated everything with truth. whence they said that "it has a spirit of Python." 18. 20. 7. 8. 11. 3. 18. In this year the sea rose in Thrace for 4 miles and covered it in the regions of Odessus and Dionysopolis and the Aphrodision; and many were drowned in the waters. And again by the command of God the same sea was restored to its own places. 225 Peter, bishop of Jerusalem, for 20 years. Domnus, bishop of Antioch, for 14 years. 19. 21. 8. 9. 1. 4. 1. In this year there was a shortage of grain and wine and much wintry weather. And there was a great earthquake in Byzantium, and a controversy concerning the holy Pascha. And the demes held the meat-fare on the 4th of the month of February. But the emperor ordered that meat be sold for another week. And all the butchers slaughtered and put it out for sale, and no one bought or ate it. But Pascha occurred as the emperor had commanded, and the people were found fasting an extra week. 20. 22. 9. 10. 2. 5. 2. In this year Rome was taken by the Goths. And Pope Vigilius arrived in Constantinople, and having been received by the emperor with great honor, he promised

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Ὁμηρίτου, ∆αμιανός, ὁ τούτων βασιλεύς, ἐφόνευσεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀφείλατο πάντα αὐτῶν λέγων, ὅτι· "οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κακοποιοῦσι τοὺς ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ αὐτῶν Ἰουδαίους καὶ φονεύουσιν αὐτούς." καὶ ἐκ τούτου ἔλυσαν τὴν πραγματείαν τῶν ἐνδοτέρων Ἰνδῶν τοῦ Αὐξουμίτου. καὶ ἀγανακτήσας ὁ τῶν Αὐξουμιτῶν βασιλεὺς Ἀδὰδ ἐδήλωσε τῷ Ὁμηρίτῃ, ὅτι· "ἔβλαψας τὴν βασιλείαν μου καὶ τὴν ἐνδοτέραν Ἰνδίαν, κωλύσας τοὺς Ῥωμαίων πραγματευτὰς τοῦ εἰσέρχεσθαι πρὸς ἡμᾶς." καὶ ἦλθον εἰς ἔχθραν μεγάλην καὶ συνέβαλον πόλεμον μετ' ἀλλήλων. καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλειν αὐτοὺς πολεμεῖν Ἀδάδ, ὁ τῶν Αὐξουμιτῶν βασιλεύς, ἐτάξατο λέγων, ὅτι· "εἰ νικήσω τὸν Ὁμηρίτην, Χριστιανὸς γίνομαι, ὅτι ὑπὲρ Χριστιανῶν πολεμῶ." καὶ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ συνεργίᾳ ἐνίκησε κατὰ κράτος καὶ ἔλαβεν αἰχμάλωτον ζῶντα ∆αμιανόν, τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ βασίλεια αὐτῶν· καὶ εὐχαριστήσας τῷ θεῷ Ἀδάδ, ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Αὐξουμιτῶν, ἔπεμψε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ἰουστινιανὸν λαβεῖν ἐπίσκοπον καὶ κληρικούς, καὶ διδαχθῆναι καὶ γενέσθαι Χριστιανός. καὶ ἐχάρη ἐπὶ τούτῳ μεγάλως Ἰουστινιανός, καὶ ἐκέλευσε δοθῆναι αὐτοῖς ἐπίσκοπον, ὃν ἂν θελήσωσιν. καὶ ἐπελέξαντο οἱ αὐτοὶ πρεσβευταὶ περιεργασάμενοι παραμονάριον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ, ἄνδρα. εὐλαβῆ καὶ παρθένον, ὀνόματι Ἰωάννην, ἐτῶν ξβʹ. καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν χώραν πρὸς Ἀδάδ, τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῶν καὶ οὕτως ἐπίστευσαν τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ ἐφωτίσθησαν [ἅπαντες αὐτῶν.] 224 Κόσμου ἔτη ϛλϛʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη φλϛʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἰουστινιανὸς ἔτη ληʹ. ιζʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Χοσρόης ἔτη μηʹ. ιθʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Βιγίλιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ϛʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Μηνᾶς ἔτη ιϛʹ. ζʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιαʹ. ιʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ζώϊλος ἔτη ζʹ. βʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφραΐμιος ἔτη ιηʹ. ιζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Σεπτεμβρίῳ ϛʹ, ἡμέρᾳ αʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ζʹ, γέγονε σεισμὸς μέγας εἰς ὅλον τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε πτωθῆναι τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς Κυζίκου. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐπληρώθη ὁ χαλκοῦς κίων ὁ μέγας, ὁ πλησίον τοῦ παλατίου, ὁ λεγόμενος Αὐγουστεύς. καὶ ἀνηνέχθη ἡ στήλη τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰουστινιανοῦ ἔφιππος. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει ἀνεφάνη τις ἐκ τῆς τῶν Ἰταλῶν χώρας κωμοδρόμος ὀνόματι Ἀνδρέας ἔχων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ κύνα ξανθὸν καὶ τυφλόν, ὅστις κελευόμενος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐποίει θαύματα· ἑστῶτος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, καὶ ὄχλου παρεστῶτος, λάθρα τοῦ κυνὸς ἐκομίζετο τὰ τῶν ἑστώτων δακτυλίδια χρυσᾶ τε καὶ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ σιδηρᾶ· καὶ ἐτίθει εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος περισκέπων αὐτὰ τῷ χώματι καὶ ἐπέτρεπε τῷ κυνί, καὶ ἔπαιρνεν καὶ ἐδίδου ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἴδιον. ὁμοίως καὶ διαφόρων βασιλέων νομίσματα μιγνύμενα ἐπεδίδου κατ' ὄνομα. ἀλλὰ καὶ παρεστῶτος ὄχλου ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν, ἐπερωτώμενος ἐδείκνυε τὰς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσας καὶ τοὺς πόρνους καὶ μοιχοὺς καὶ κνιποὺς καὶ μεγαλοψύχους· καὶ ὑπεδείκνυε πάντα μετὰ ἀληθείας. ὅθεν ἔλεγον, ὅτι "πνεῦμα ἔχει Πύθωνος." ιηʹ. κʹ. ζʹ. ηʹ. ιαʹ. γʹ. ιηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπανέστη ἡ θάλασσα τῇ Θρᾴκῃ ἐπὶ μίλια δʹ καὶ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὰ μέρη Ὀδύσσου καὶ ∆ιονυσοπόλεως καὶ τὸ Ἀφροδίσιον· καὶ πολλοὶ ἐπνίγησαν ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν. καὶ πάλιν τῷ τοῦ θεοῦ προστάγματι ἀπεκατέστη ἡ αὐτὴ θάλασσα εἰς τοὺς ἰδίους τόπους. 225 Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Πέτρος ἔτη κʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ∆όμνος ἔτη ιδʹ. ιθʹ. καʹ. ηʹ. θʹ. αʹ. δʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει γέγονε λεῖψις σίτου καὶ οἴνου καὶ χειμερία πολλή. καὶ ἐγένετο σεισμὸς μέγας ἐν Βυζαντίῳ, καὶ διαστροφὴ περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πάσχα. καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ δῆμοι τὴν ἀποκρεώσιμον μηνὶ Φεβρουαρίῳ δʹ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς προσέταξεν ἑτέραν ἑβδομάδα πραθῆναι κρέα. καὶ πάντες οἱ κρεωπῶλαι ἔσφαξαν καὶ προέθηκαν, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἠγόραζεν, οὔτε ἤσθιεν. τὸ δὲ πάσχα γέγονεν, ὡς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκέλευσεν, καὶ εὑρέθη ὁ λαὸς νηστεύων ἑβδομάδα περιττήν. κʹ. κβʹ. θʹ. ιʹ. βʹ. εʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει παρελήφθη ἡ Ῥώμη ὑπὸ τῶν Γότθων. καὶ ὁ πάπας Βιγίλιος παρεγένετο ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει, καὶ δεχθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ μεγάλης τιμῆς ὑπισχνεῖτο