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bishop Eutychius for 13 years. 3. Bishop of Jerusalem, Peter, for 20 years. 10. Bishop of Alexandria, Apollinarius, for 19 years. 6. Bishop of Antioch, Domnus, for 14 years. 10. In this year, on the 11th of the month of July, in the 3rd indiction, during the synaxis of Saint Euphemia of the Horos, there was a great earthquake; and on the 19th of the same 230 month there were terrible thunders and lightnings and a terrible south-west wind, so that the cross standing inside the Gate of Rhesios fell. 29. 31. 18. 4. 11. 7. 11. In this year in the month of July, in the 4th indiction, Jews and Samaritans rioted in Caesarea of Palestine and, having formed up against each other in the manner of the Greens and Blues, they attacked the Christians of the same city and killed many and burned churches, and they killed Stephanus, the prefect of the same city, in the praetorium and plundered his property. But his wife, having gone up to the city, approached the emperor; and he ordered Amantius the magister militum to go down to Palestine and to investigate the murder of Stephanus; who, upon finding them, hanged some, beheaded others, and mutilated and confiscated the property of others. And a great fear fell upon all the eastern parts. And in the month of December a plague of men occurred in various cities, especially of children. Likewise also in the month of May there was a shortage of bread in Byzantium. And they were in distress and cried out to the emperor: "Master, give abundance to the city." And they reviled the prefect at the birthday games, while the Persian ambassadors were also in the hippodrome. And the emperor, being angered, ordered Musonius the prefect to seize those who had done this, and they were punished. For they grieved the emperor, because the demes cried out against him in the presence of the Persian ambassador. For there was an abundance of wine and lard and every sort of thing, but a lack of wheat and barley and on the 13th of the month of July, the 5th day, there were terrible lightnings and thunders, so that many were harmed, and much rain, so that the earth, which had been suffering from a great drought, was saturated. Bishop of Rome, Pelagius, for 5 years. 30. 32. 1. 5. 12. 8. 12. In this year, on the 6th of the month of November, on the memorial of the dust, Timothy died, the exarch of the monasteries and abbot of the Dalmatou monastery; and in his place became Anthimus, a recluse of the same monastery. And a fire appeared in the sky in the form of a spear 231 from the north to the west. And on the 16th of the month of April, the 2nd day, there was a terrible but harmless earthquake. Years of the world 6050. Years of the divine incarnation 550. Emperor of the Romans, Justinian, for 38 years. 31. King of the Persians, Chosroes, for 48 years. 33. Bishop of Rome, Pelagius, for 5 years. 2. Bishop of Constant., Eutychius, for 13 years. 6. Bishop of Jerusalem, Peter, for 20 years. 13. Bishop of Alexandria, Apollinarius, for 19 years. 9. Bishop of Antioch, Domnus, for 14 years. 13. In this year, on the 19th of the month of October, the 6th day, in the 6th indiction, there was a great earthquake at the dawn of Saturday. And on the 14th of the month of December there was another very terrible earthquake, so that the two walls of Constantinople suffered, both the Constantinopolitan one and the one built by Theodosius. And churches fell especially, and the things beyond the Hebdomon, and Saint Samuel, and the holy Theotokos of Petala, and of Saint Vincentius, and many altars of churches and ciboria, from the Golden Gate to the Rhesios; and there was not a place or a suburb that did not fall from the terrible threat of the earthquake. And Rhegion so fell to the ground, that it could not be recognized. And the church of Saint Stratonicus and Callinicus, which were in Rhegion, also fell to the ground. And the porphyry column, the one standing in front of the palace of the Jucundianae, along with the statue upon it, fell and was driven into the ground eight feet. And the column of the emperor Arcadius in the Arch of Taurus also fell, the one standing on the left side. and many suffered in the collapses,

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ἐπίσκοπος Εὐτύχιος ἔτη ιγʹ. γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Πέτρος ἔτη κʹ. ιʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀπολινάριος ἔτη ιθʹ. ϛʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ∆όμνος ἔτη ιδʹ. ιʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ἰουλίῳ ιαʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος γʹ, ἐν τῇ συνάξει τῆς ἁγίας Εὐφημίας τοῦ Ὅρου, γέγονε σεισμὸς μέγας· καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ 230 μηνὶ ιθʹ ἐγένοντο βρονταὶ καὶ ἀστραπαὶ φοβεραὶ καὶ ἄνεμος Λὶψ φοβερός, ὥστε πεσεῖν τὸν σταυρὸν τὸν ἔσωθεν ἱστάμενον τῆς πόρτης τοῦ Ῥησίου. κθʹ. λαʹ. ιηʹ. δʹ. ιαʹ. ζʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ἰουλίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος δʹ, ἐστασίασαν Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ Σαμαρεῖται ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης καὶ ποιήσαντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐν τάξει πρασινοβενέτων ἐπῆλθον τοῖς Χριστιανοῖς τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως καὶ πολλοὺς ἀνεῖλον καὶ ἐκκλησίας κατέκαυσαν, Στέφανον δέ, τὸν ἔπαρχον τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ ἀνεῖλον καὶ τὴν ὑπόστασιν αὐτοῦ καθήρπαξαν. ἡ δὲ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀνελθοῦσα ἐν τῇ πόλει προσῆλθε τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ἐκέλευσεν Ἀμαντίῳ τῷ στρατηλάτῃ κατελθεῖν ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ καὶ τὸν φόνον τοῦ Στεφάνου ἐκζητῆσαι· ὅστις εὑρὼν τοὺς μὲν ἐφούρκισεν, τοὺς δὲ ἀπεκεφάλισεν, τοὺς δὲ ἠκρωτηρίασε καὶ ἐδήμευσεν. καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀνατολικοῖς μέρεσιν. τῷ δὲ ∆εκεμβρίῳ μηνὶ ἐγένετο θνῆσις ἀνθρώπων ἐν διαφόροις πόλεσιν, μάλιστα δὲ τῶν παίδων. ὁμοίως καὶ τῷ Μαΐῳ μηνὶ ἐγένετο σπάνις ἄρτου ἐν Βυζαντίῳ. καὶ ἐστενώθησαν καὶ ἔκραζον τῷ βασιλεῖ· "δέσποτα, εὐθηνίαν τῇ πόλει." καὶ ἀνέσκαψαν τὸν ἔπαρχον ἐν γενεθλιακῷ θεωρίῳ, ὄντων ἐν τῷ ἱππικῷ καὶ πρεσβευτῶν τῶν Περσῶν. καὶ ἀγανακτήσας ὁ βασιλεὺς κελεύει Μουσωνίῳ τῷ ἐπάρχῳ κρατῆσαι τοὺς τοῦτο ποιήσαντας, καὶ ἐκολάσθησαν. ἐλύπησαν γὰρ τὸν βασιλέα, ὅτι ἐπὶ τοῦ πρεσβευτοῦ τῶν Περσῶν κατέκραζον αὐτοῦ οἱ δῆμοι. οἴνου μὲν γὰρ καὶ λάρδου καὶ παντοίου εἴδους εὐθηνία ἦν, σίτου δὲ καὶ κριθῆς λεῖψις τῷ δὲ Ἰουλίῳ μηνὶ ιγʹ, ἡμέρᾳ εʹ, ἐγένοντο ἀστραπαὶ καὶ βρονταὶ φοβεραί, ὥστε πολλοὺς βλαβῆναι, καὶ βροχὴ πολλή, ὥστε ἀπὸ πολλῆς ἀβροχίας οὖσαν κορεσθῆναι τὴν γῆν. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Πελάγιος ἔτη εʹ. λʹ. λβʹ. αʹ. εʹ. ιβʹ. ηʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Νοεμβρίῳ ϛʹ εἰς τὴν μνήμην τῆς κόνεως ἐτελεύτησε Τιμόθεος, ὁ ἔξαρχος τῶν μοναστηρίων καὶ ἡγούμενος τῆς ∆αλμάτου μονῆς· καὶ ἐγένετο ἀντ' αὐτοῦ Ἄνθιμος, ἔγκλειστος τοῦ αὐτοῦ μοναστηρίου. καὶ ἐφάνη πῦρ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς εἶδος λόγχης 231 ἀπὸ ἄρκτου ἕως δυσμῶν. καὶ τῷ Ἀπριλλίῳ μηνὶ ιϛʹ, ἡμέρᾳ βʹ, ἐγένετο σεισμὸς φοβερὸς καὶ ἀβλαβής. Κόσμου ἔτη ϛνʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη φνʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἰουστινιανὸς ἔτη ληʹ. λαʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Χοσρόης ἔτη μηʹ. λγʹ. Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος Πελάγιος ἔτη εʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Εὐτύχιος ἔτη ιγʹ. ϛʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Πέτρος ἔτη κʹ. ιγʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἀπολινάριος ἔτη ιθʹ. θʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ∆όμνος ἔτη ιδʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ ιθʹ, ἡμέρᾳ ϛʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ϛʹ, γέγονε σεισμὸς μέγας διαφαύοντος σαββάτου. καὶ τῷ ∆εκεμβρίῳ μηνὶ ιδʹ γέγονεν ἕτερος σεισμὸς φοβερὸς πάνυ, ὥστε παθεῖν τὰ δύο τείχη Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, τό τε Κωνσταντινιακὸν καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ Θεοδοσίου κτισθέν. κατέπεσον δὲ ἐν ἐξαιρέτῳ ἐκκλησίαι καὶ τὰ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ Ἑβδόμου καὶ ὁ ἅγιος Σαμουὴλ καὶ ἡ ἁγία θεοτόκος τῶν Πεταλᾶ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Βικεντίου καὶ πολλὰ θυσιαστήρια ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ κιβώρια, ἀπὸ τῆς Χρυσῆς πόρτης ἕως τοῦ Ῥησίου· καὶ οὐκ ἦν τόπος ἡ προάστειον, ὃ οὐκ ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τῆς φοβερᾶς ἀπειλῆς τοῦ σεισμοῦ. τὸ δὲ Ῥήγιον οὕτως ἔπεσεν ἕως ἐδάφους, ὥστε μὴ γνωρίζεσθαι αὐτό. ἔπεσε δὲ καὶ ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ ἁγίου Στρατονίκου καὶ Καλλινίκου ἕως ἐδάφους, αἱ οὖσαι ἐν τῷ Ῥηγίῳ. καὶ ὁ κίων δὲ ὁ πορφυροῦς, ὁ ἑστὼς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ παλατίου Ἰουκουνδιανῶν μετὰ τῆς ἐπικειμένης αὐτῷ στήλης ἔπεσε καὶ ἐπάγη εἰς τὴν γῆν πόδας ὀκτώ. ἔπεσε δὲ καὶ ἡ στήλη Ἀρκαδίου τοῦ βασιλέως ἡ εἰς τὴν ἀψίδα τοῦ Ταύρου, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀριστερὸν μέρος ἑστῶσα. καὶ πολλοὶ ἔπαθον ἐν τοῖς συμπτώμασιν,