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The Avars came to the regions of the Danube, 247 and when the emperor learned of it, he sent Tiberius, the count of the excubitors, against them; and joining battle with them he was defeated, having been surprised by them, and having lost many men, he returned. But Hormisdas, the king of the Persians, having appointed Ardamanes general, sent him to cross the Euphrates and to ravage the land of the Romans. And he himself, taking his forces, came upon the Romans who were besieging Nisibis. And Martinus, learning this, abandoned Nisibis and withdrew to Roman territory. And Ardamanes, having come to Antioch and having destroyed the suburbs of the city, proceeded into Coele-Syria. Thus, then, Ardamanes, having taken many captives, returned to his own country. But the emperor Justin, greatly distressed at these events, removed Martinus from his command, and appointed Archelaus as general. And Ardamanes took Daras and thus returned. And when Justin learned this, struck by the magnitude of the disaster, he was overcome by a sickness of delirium and asked Hormisdas to make a truce, who agreed to make a one-year truce. Year of the world 6067. Year of the divine incarnation 567. Justin, emperor of the Romans, for 13 years. 10. Hormisdas, king of the Persians, for 15 years. 2. John, bishop of Constantinople, for 12 years. 10. John, bishop of Jerusalem, for 20 years. 3. John, bishop of Alexandria, for 11 years. 7. Gregory, bishop of Antioch, for 24 years. 5. In this year, the emperor Justin, having adopted Tiberius, the count of the excubitors, proclaimed him caesar and made him his colleague on the throne both in the hippodromes and on auspicious days. For the emperor was suffering in his feet and was for the most part bedridden. 248 11. 3. 11. 4. 8. 6. In this year Justin built the great aqueduct of Valens and supplied the city with an abundance of water. 12. 4. 12. 5. 9. 7. In this year the emperor Justin, taking the synagogue of the Jews, which was in the Chalkoprateia, from them, made it a church of our lady the holy Theotokos, which was near the great church. In the same year, on the 31st of the month of August, in the 10th indiction, John, the bishop of Constantinople, died. Eutychius, bishop of Constantinople, again for 4 years. 13. 5. 1. 6. 10. 8. In this year, in the month of October, in the 11th indiction, Eutychius again received the throne of Constantinople. And the emperor, having fallen ill and recovering a little from the sickness, summoned the high priest and the senate and all the priests and magistrates; and bringing forth caesar Tiberius, in the presence of all he proclaimed him emperor, using these words: "Behold, God has favored you, this dignity God has given you, not I. Honor it, so that you may be honored by Him. Honor your mother, who was once your mistress. You know that you were first her slave, but now her son. Do not rejoice in bloodshed. Do not take part in murders. Do not render evil for evil. Do not be like me in enmity; for I, as a man, have erred. For indeed I was fallible and have received according to my sins. But I will have my reckoning with those who did this to me before the judgment seat of Christ. Let not this dignity puff you up, as it did me. So attend to all, as to yourself. Know who you were and who you are now. Do not be arrogant, and you will not sin. You know who I was, and what I became, and what I am. All these are your children and servants. You know that I preferred you before my own kin. These [whom] you see, in them you see the whole state. Take care of your soldier. Do not 249 receive slanderers. Let no one say to you that your predecessor behaved so; for I say these things from what I have suffered. Let those who have possessions enjoy them; but to those who do not have, give." And when a prayer had been made by the patriarch, and after the "Amen" had been said by all, the caesar fell at the feet of the emperor, and the emperor said to him: "If you wish, I am; if you wish, I am not.

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ἦλθον οἱ Ἄβαρεις εἰς τὰ μέρη τοῦ ∆ανουβίου, 247 καὶ μαθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπέστειλε Τιβέριον, τὸν κόμητα τῶν ἐκσκουβιτόρων, κατ' αὐτῶν· καὶ συμβαλὼν αὐτοῖς ἡττήθη αἰφνιδιασθεὶς ὑπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀποβαλὼν πολλοὺς ὑπέστρεψεν. Ὁρμίσδας δέ, ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν, Ἀρδαμάνην στρατηγὸν χειροτονήσας ἀπέστειλε περᾶσαι τὸν Εὐφράτην καὶ τὴν Ῥωμαίων χώραν λυμήνασθαι. αὐτὸς δὲ παραλαβὼν τὰς δυνάμεις ἐπέστη τοῖς τὴν Νισίβιν πολιορκοῦσι Ῥωμαίοις. ὁ δὲ Μαρτῖνος τοῦτο γνούς, καταλιπὼν τὴν Νισίβιν ἀνεχώρησεν ἐπὶ τὰ Ῥωμαϊκὰ μέρη. Ἀρδαμάνης δὲ περὶ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν γενόμενος καὶ διαφθείρας τὰ προάστεια τῆς πόλεως ἐπὶ τὴν Κοίλην Συρίαν ἐχώρει. οὕτω μὲν οὖν ὁ Ἀρδαμάνης αἰχμαλωσίας πολλῆς κρατήσας εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν ἐπανέζευξεν. ὁ δὲ αὐτοκράτωρ Ἰουστῖνος ἐπὶ τοῖς πραττομένοις δεινοπαθῶν τὸν μὲν Μαρτῖνον τῆς στρατηγίας ἀπέπαυσεν, Ἀρχέλαον δὲ χειροτονεῖ στρατηγόν. ὁ δὲ Ἀρδαμάνης τὸ ∆αρᾶς παρέλαβε καὶ οὕτως ὑπέστρεψεν. καὶ τοῦτο μαθὼν Ἰουστῖνος, καταπλαγεὶς τῷ μεγέθει τῆς συμφορᾶς νόσῳ παραφορᾶς περιβάλλεται καὶ σπονδὰς ποιῆσαι αἰτεῖται τῷ Ὁρμίσδᾳ, ὅστις ἐνιαυσιαίας σπονδὰς ποιῆσαι κατεδέξατο. Κόσμου ἔτη ϛξζʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη φξζʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἰουστῖνος ἔτη ιγʹ. ιʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ὁρμίσδας ἔτη ιεʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιβʹ. ιʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη κʹ. γʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιαʹ. ζʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Γρηγόριος ἔτη κδʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἰουστῖνος ὁ βασιλεὺς Τιβέριον, τὸν κόμητα τῶν ἐκσκουβιτόρων, υἱοποιησάμενος καίσαρα ἀνηγόρευσε καὶ συγκάθεδρον αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν ἔν τε ταῖς ἱπποδρομίαις καὶ αἰσίαις ἡμέραις. ἦν γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺς στυφόμενος τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὸ πλεῖον κατακείμενος. 248 ιαʹ. γʹ. ιαʹ. δʹ. ηʹ. ϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἔκτισεν Ἰουστῖνος τὸν μέγαν ἀγωγὸν τοῦ Οὐάλεντος καὶ ἐχορήγησε τῇ πόλει δαψίλειαν ὕδατος. ιβʹ. δʹ. ιβʹ. εʹ. θʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἰουστῖνος ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν συναγωγὴν τῶν Ἑβραίων, τὴν οὖσαν ἐν τοῖς Χαλκοπρατείοις, ἀποσπάσας ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐποίησεν ἐκκλησίαν τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας θεοτόκου, πλησιάζουσαν τῇ μεγάλῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Αὐγούστῳ λαʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιʹ, ἐτελεύτησεν Ἰωάννης, ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Εὐτύχιος πάλιν ἔτη δʹ. ιγʹ. εʹ. αʹ. ϛʹ. ιʹ. ηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιαʹ, Εὐτύχιος ἀπέλαβε πάλιν τὸν θρόνον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀσθενήσας καὶ μικρὸν ἀνεθεὶς τῆς νόσου προσεκαλέσατο τόν τε ἀρχιερέα καὶ τὴν σύγκλητον καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ πολιτευομένους· καὶ ἀγαγὼν τὸν καίσαρα Τιβέριον παρουσίᾳ πάντων ἀνηγόρευσεν αὐτὸν βασιλέα, τοῖσδε τοῖς λόγοις χρησάμενος· "ἴδε ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀγαθύνας σε, τοῦτο τὸ σχῆμα ὁ θεός σοι δέδωκεν, οὐκ ἐγώ. τίμησον αὐτό, ἵνα τιμηθῇς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ. τίμησον τὴν μητέρα σου, τήν ποτέ σου δέσποιναν γενομένην. οἶδας, ὅτι πρῶτον αὐτῆς δοῦλος ἦς, νῦν δὲ υἱός. μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς αἵμασιν. μὴ ἐπικοινωνήσῃς φόνων. μὴ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδώσῃς. μὴ εἰς ἔχθραν ὁμοιωθῇς ἐμοί· ἐγὼ γὰρ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἔπταισα. καὶ γὰρ πταιστὸς καὶ ἐγενόμην καὶ ἀπέλαβον κατὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας μου. ἀλλὰ δικάσομαι τοῖς ποιήσασί μοι τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. μὴ ἐπάρῃ σε τοῦτο τὸ σχῆμα, ὡς καὶ ἐμέ. οὕτω πρόσεχε πᾶσιν, ὡς ἑαυτῷ. γνῶθι τίς ἦς καὶ τίς νῦν εἶ. μὴ ὑπερηφανήσῃς, καὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνεις. οἶδας τίς ἤμην, καὶ τίς ἐγενόμην, καὶ τί εἰμί. ὅλοι οὗτοι τέκνα σού εἰσι καὶ δοῦλοι. οἶδας, ὅτι τῶν σπλάγχνων μου προετίμησά σε. τούτους [οὓς] βλέπεις, ὅλους τῆς πολιτείας βλέπεις. πρόσεχε τῷ στρατιώτῃ σου. μὴ 249 συκοφάντας δέξῃ. μὴ εἴπωσί σοί τινες, ὅτι ὁ πρό σου οὕτω διεγένετο· ταῦτα γὰρ λέγω ἀφ' ὧν ἔπαθον. οἱ ἔχοντες οὐσίας ἀπολαυέτωσαν αὐτῶν· τοῖς δὲ μὴ ἔχουσι δώρησαι." καὶ γενομένης εὐχῆς παρὰ τοῦ πατριάρχου, καὶ μετὰ τὸ λεχθῆναι παρὰ πάντων τὸ ἀμήν, ἔπεσεν ὁ καῖσαρ εἰς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· "ἐὰν θέλῃς, εἰμί· ἐὰν θέλῃς, οὐκ εἰμί.