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God who made the heaven and the earth and all things, which I have forgotten to tell you, he himself will put it into your heart." After recounting these things, the emperor filled the assembly with tears. When the assembly was dismissed, Tiberius distributed gifts to his subjects and whatever was customary for imperial acclamations. Year of the world 6071. Year of the divine incarnation 571. Emperor of the Romans, Tiberius, for 4 years. 1st year. Emperor of the Persians, Hormisdas, for 15 years. 6th year. Bishop of Constantinople, Eutychius, for 4 years. 2nd year. Bishop of Jerusalem, John, for 20 years. 7th year. Bishop of Alexandria, John, for 11 years. 11th year. Bishop of Antioch, Gregory, for 24 years. 9th year. In this year, in the month of October, the 12th indiction, Tiberius became emperor, crowned by Eutychius the patriarch, as has been said before. He was also a Thracian by birth. When he became emperor, the factions cried out in the hippodrome: "Let us see, let us see the Augusta of the Romans." And he sent a message saying: "The one opposite the public bath of Dagisteus, which is called a church? The Augusta is her namesake." And the factions cried out: "Anastasia Augusta, tu vincas! Save, O Lord, those whom you have commanded to rule." And when Sophia, the wife of Justin, heard this, she was struck to the soul. For she wanted to take Tiberius and remain Augusta. For she did not know that he had a wife. And some said, 250 that even during Justin's lifetime she had grown fond of him, and she herself persuaded Justin to make him Caesar. But Tiberius sent for and brought Anastasia his wife, and the two daughters he had by her, Charito and Constantina. And he crowned her Augusta and distributed a great consular largesse. Bishop of Alexandria, Eulogius, for 27 years. 2nd. 7th. 3rd. 8th. 1st. 10th. In this year the emperor Tiberius built the palace in the harbor of Julian and named it after Sophia, the wife of Justin; and he installed her in it, having given her also cubicularii for her service, ordering that she be honored as his mother, and building a bath and every provision for her care. And he sent envoys to the king of the Persians according to custom, announcing his proclamation; and the king of the Persians did not accept the peace. Then Tiberius gathered great forces and by distributing the imperial treasures he made many armies, appointing a certain Justinian as general of the east; who, taking command of the forces, arrives at Dara. And the Persians also encamped near them, commanded by Tamchosroes. And when the battle line was drawn up, they came to terms and made a truce with one another, on the condition that for a period of three years both Romans and Persians should not ravage the east; but that the war should be directed toward Armenia. 3rd. 8th. 4th. 9th. 2nd. 11th. In this year the king of the Persians, taking his own forces, proceeds to Armenia. And when the Roman general heard that the king of the Persians was about to wage the war himself, he became unnerved; for fear entered the Roman people. For this reason Justinian, using words to the forces, made the fighting men cease from cowardice. And when the battle was joined, and the archery of the 251 Persians had become so great as to hide the rays of the sun, the Romans, having repelled the shots from the bows with their shields, began the hand-to-hand fight; and as the Roman battle-line was deep, the Persians could not bear it; and the multitude of the Babylonians is turned to flight, and great multitudes are slain. And they also capture the Persian camp and the royal tent and all the baggage, which was glorious. And the Romans also capture the elephants and send those renowned and royal spoils to Tiberius. Therefore the king of the Persians, unable to bear the shame, legislates that no longer should a king of the Persians go out to war. And the Roman army followed up on the Persian disasters and advanced into the interior of Persia and has made many captives and conquests in Persia, having reached

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ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ πάντα, ἃ ἐπελαθόμην εἰπεῖν σοι, αὐτὸς ἐμβαλεῖ εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου." ταῦτα διεξελθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπλήρου δακρύων τὸ ἄθροισμα. τοῦ δὲ συλλόγου διαλυθέντος, ὁ Τιβέριος δῶρα τοῖς ὑπηκόοις διένειμε καὶ ὅσα ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ἀναγορεύσεσιν εἴθισται. Κόσμου ἔτη ϛοαʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη φοαʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Τιβέριος ἔτη δʹ. αʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ὁρμίσδας ἔτη ιεʹ. ϛʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Εὐτύχιος ἔτη δʹ. βʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη κʹ. ζʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιαʹ. ιαʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Γρηγόριος ἔτη κδʹ. θʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιβʹ, ἐβασίλευσε Τιβέριος στεφθεὶς ὑπὸ Εὐτυχίου πατριάρχου, ὡς προλέλεκται. ὑπῆρχε δὲ τῷ γένει καὶ αὐτὸς Θρᾴξ. βασιλεύσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, ἔκραξαν τὰ μέρη ἐπὶ τῆς ἱπποδρομίας· "ἴδω, ἴδω τὴν αὐγούσταν Ῥωμαίων." ὁ δὲ ἔπεμψε μανδάτον λέγων· "ἡ ἄντικρυς τοῦ δημοσίου λουτροῦ ∆αγιστέως, ἥ τις ὀνομάζεται ἐκκλησία; ὁμώνυμός ἐστιν ἡ αὐγούστα." καὶ ἔκραξαν τὰ μέρη· "Ἀναστασία αὐγούστα, τούβικας. σῶσον, κύριε, οὓς ἐκέλευσας βασιλεύειν." ἀκούσασα δὲ Σοφία, ἡ τοῦ Ἰουστίνου γυνή, ἐπλήγη τὴν ψυχήν. ἐβούλετο γὰρ λαβεῖν Τιβέριον καὶ μεῖναι αὐγούστα. οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει ὅτι εἶχε γυναῖκα. τινὲς δὲ ἔλεγον, 250 ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ ζωῆς Ἰουστίνου προσεφιλώθη αὐτῷ, καὶ αὐτὴ ἔπεισεν Ἰουστῖνον τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτὸν καίσαρα. ὁ δὲ Τιβέριος πέμψας ἤγαγεν Ἀναστασίαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἔχουσαν καὶ θυγατέρας δύο ἐξ αὐτοῦ Χαριτὼ καὶ Κωνσταντῖναν. καὶ ἔστεψεν αὐτὴν αὐγούσταν καὶ ἔρριψεν ὑπατείαν πολλήν. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Εὐλόγιος ἔτη κζʹ. βʹ. ζʹ. γʹ. ηʹ. αʹ. ιʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἔκτισεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Τιβέριος τὸ παλάτιον τὸ ἐν τῷ Ἰουλιανοῦ λιμένι καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτὸ ἐπ' ὀνόματι Σοφίας, τῆς γυναικὸς Ἰουστίνου· καὶ ἀπεκατέστησεν αὐτὴν ἐν αὐτῷ δεδωκὼς αὐτῇ καὶ κουβικουλαρίους εἰς ὑπουργίαν αὐτῆς, κελεύσας τιμᾶσθαι αὐτὴν ὡς μητέρα αὐτοῦ, κτίσας καὶ λουτρὸν καὶ πᾶσαν θεραπείαν αὐτῆς. ἀπέστειλε δὲ πρέσβεις πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Περσῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος μηνύων τὴν ἀναγόρευσιν αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐ προσήκατο τὴν εἰρήνην ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεύς. τότε Τιβέριος μεγάλας δυνάμεις συνήθροιζε καὶ διασπείρας τοὺς βασιλικοὺς θησαυροὺς πολλὰ στρατόπεδα ἐποίησεν, χειροτονήσας Ἰουστινιανόν τινα στρατηγὸν ἀνατολῆς· ὃς ἀναλαβὼν τὰς δυνάμεις ἐπὶ τὸ ∆αρᾶς παραγίνεται. στρατοπεδεύουσι δὲ καὶ Πέρσαι πλησίον αὐτῶν στρατηγούμενοι ὑπὸ Ταμχοσρόου. τῆς δὲ παρατάξεως γενομένης, εἰς λόγους ἦλθον καὶ σπένδονται πρὸς ἀλλήλους, ἐφ' ᾧ χρόνον τριετῆ Ῥωμαίους τε καὶ Πέρσας τὴν ἀνατολὴν μὴ λυμήνασθαι· τὸν δὲ πόλεμον ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀρμενίαν συστήσασθαι. γʹ. ηʹ. δʹ. θʹ. βʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ἀναλαβὼν τὰς ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμεις ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀρμενίαν χωρεῖ. ἀκηκοὼς δὲ ὁ τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατηγὸς τὸν τῶν Περσῶν βασιλέα μέλλειν τὸν πόλεμον αὐτουργεῖν ἔκλυτος γέγονεν· δέος γὰρ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν λαὸν τῶν Ῥωμαίων. διὰ τοῦτο λόγοις Ἰουστινιανὸς πρὸς τὰς δυνάμεις χρησάμενος ἀπέπαυσε τῆς δειλίας τὸ μάχιμον. πολέμου δὲ κροτηθέντος, καὶ τῆς τοξείας 251 τῶν Περσῶν πολλῆς γεγονυίας, ὡς καὶ τὰς ἡλιακὰς ἀποκρύπτειν ἀκτῖνας, Ῥωμαῖοι ταῖς ἀσπίσι τὰς ἐκ τῶν τόξων βολὰς ἀπορριψάμενοι τῆς κατασυστάδην μάχης ἀπήρχοντο· βαθείας δὲ καθεστώσης τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐκτάξεως, φέρειν οὐκ εἶχον οἱ Πέρσαι· καὶ τρέπεται ἡ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων πληθύς, καὶ ἀναιροῦνται πλήθη πολλά. παραλαμβάνουσι δὲ καὶ τὸ τῶν Περσῶν τοῦλδον καὶ τὸ βασιλικὸν σκηνοπήγιον καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποσκευὴν ἐπίδοξον οὖσαν. κρατοῦσι δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐλεφάντων οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ πρὸς Τιβέριον πέμπουσι τὰ ἐπίσημα ἐκεῖνα καὶ βασιλικὰ λάφυρα. νομοθετεῖ τοίνυν ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεὺς τὴν αἰσχύνην μὴ φέρων μηκέτι βασιλέα Περσῶν εἰς πόλεμον ἐξέρχεσθαι. ὁ δὲ Ῥωμαϊκὸς στρατὸς ἐπετίθετο ταῖς Περσικαῖς συμφοραῖς καὶ πρὸς τὰ ἐνδότερα τῆς Περσίδος ἐχώρησε καὶ πολλὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ ἅλωσιν ἐν Περσίδι πεποίηκε φθάσας