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administering Constantinople and the 384 praetorian prefects, and he would receive the codicils for his great officials from the emperor Zeno, informing him whom he wanted to be promoted; and he would receive the consular scepters from his emperor. When the same Theoderic became sole king, a certain widow of senatorial rank from Rome, named Juvenalia, approached him, informing him, “I have been in litigation for thirty years with the patrician Firmus; but deliver me.” And bringing in the lawyers of both parties, he said to them, “If you do not give them the decision and release them by tomorrow and the day after, I will behead you.” And sitting for two days, they delivered the verdict according to the laws, having given them a decision and released them. And lighting candles, Juvenalia approached him, giving thanks that she had been delivered from the lawsuit; and the same Theoderic became indignant at the lawyers, and bringing them in, he said to them, “Why, what you have done in two days and released them, did you not do in thirty years?” And sending men, he beheaded the lawyers of both parties, and there was great fear. And he made a decree concerning each law. And departing from Rome, he dwelt in Ravenna, a coastal city, until his death. And after his death, his grandson Alaric became 385 king of Rome. He was an Arian in doctrine, that is, an Exakionite. And during the reign of Zeno, Constantinople suffered its second calamity from a divinely-sent earthquake for a short time, as far as the Taurus. At that time Nicomedia, the metropolis of Bithynia, also suffered, its sixth calamity, and likewise Helenopolis in the same province; and the same Zeno provided many things for them. And during his reign, the patrician Illus the Isaurian, the friend of the same emperor Zeno, rose up in opposition, the one who had brought about the same emperor Zeno’s second return from Isauria with much assistance, when he had fled from Constantinople while emperor. This Illus came up to Constantinople with the same emperor Zeno; and as one who was emboldened by him and trusted him, Illus conspired with the same Zeno so that the mother-in-law of the same Zeno would be cast out of Constantinople, lest she should plot again, as before. And Zeno sends the same Illus to Isauria, to bring Longinus the brother of Zeno. And going down, the same Illus remained in Isauria, writing, it is said, to Zeno so that he might receive an assurance through the empress Verina, the mother-in-law 386 of the same emperor Zeno, since he feared the emperor Zeno. And the emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, persuaded the same empress Verina, according to what had been decided between Illus and the same Zeno, to go down and give Illus a pledge of safety, since he feared Zeno, and to bring him and his brother Longinus up. And the same Verina went down to Isauria; and after receiving her, Illus shut her up in a fortress in Isauria which had much reinforcement, and having ordered her to be guarded by soldiers, and taking Longinus the brother of the emperor, he went up to Constantinople. And the same Illus became a senator and consul and magister and patrician, administering the entire state. And likewise Longinus, the brother of the emperor, became magister militum praesentalis and consul; and he provided four young male dancers for the four factions of Constantinople; for the dancers in Constantinople were famous of old, and he had them disbanded, bestowing many gifts upon them. And he gave to the Greens the male dancer Autokyon, called Karamallos, from Alexandria the great, and Rhodos, called Chrysómallos, also an Alexandrian, to the Blue faction, and

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χρηματίζων Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ τοὺς 384 ἐπάρχους τῶν πραιτωρίων, καὶ τὰ κωδικίλλια μὲν τῶν αὐτοῦ ἀρχόντων τῶν μεγάλων ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Ζήνωνος ἐδέχετο, μηνύων αὐτῷ τίνα ἤθελε προαχθῆναι· καὶ τοὺς σκηπίονας δὲ τῶν ὑπάτων ἐπὶ τοῦ βασιλέως αὐτοῦ ἐλάμβανεν. Ἢ μόνον δὲ ῥὴξ ἐγένετο ὁ αὐτὸς Θευδερίχος, προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ μία χήρα, συγκλητικὴ Ῥώμης, ὀνόματι Ἰουβεναλία, διδάσκουσα αὐτὸν ὅτι τριάκοντα ἔτη ἔχω δικαζομένη μετὰ τοῦ πατρικίου Φίρμου· ἀλλὰ εὐλύτωσόν με. καὶ ἐνεγκὼν τοὺς δικολόγους τῶν ἀμφοτέρων μερῶν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Εἰ μὴ διὰ τῆς αὔριον καὶ τῆς μετ' αὐτῆς δώσετε αὐτοῖς τὸν ὅρον καὶ ἀπαλλάξετε αὐτούς, ἀποκεφαλίζω ὑμᾶς. καὶ καθίσαντες διὰ τῶν δύο ἡμερῶν εἶπαν τὰ δοκοῦντα τοῖς νόμοις, δεδωκότες αὐτοῖς ὅρον καὶ ἀπαλλάξαντες αὐτούς. καὶ ἅψασα κηροὺς Ἰουβεναλία προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ, εὐχαριστοῦσα ὅτι εὐλυτώθη τῆς δίκης· καὶ ἠγανάκτησεν ὁ αὐτὸς Θευδερίχος κατὰ τῶν δικολόγων, καὶ ἀγαγὼν αὐτοὺς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ∆ιὰ τί, ὃ ἐποιήσατε εἰς δύο ἡμέρας καὶ ἀπηλλάξατε αὐτούς, εἰς τριάκοντα ἔτη οὐκ ἐποιήσατε; καὶ πέμψας ἀπεκεφάλισε τοὺς δικολόγους τῶν ἀμφοτέρων μερῶν, καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος πολύς. καὶ ἐποίησε διάταξιν περὶ ἑκάστου νόμου. Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης ᾤκησε τὴν Ῥάβενναν, πόλιν παράλιον, ἕως θανάτου αὐτοῦ. καὶ μετὰ θάνατον αὐτοῦ ἐγέ 385 νετο ῥὴξ Ῥώμης ὁ ἔκγονος αὐτοῦ Ἀλάριχος. ἦν δὲ Ἀρειανὸςτῷ δόγματι, ὅ ἐστιν Ἐξακιονίτης. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς βασιλείας Ζήνωνος ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ θεομηνίας σεισμοῦ τὸ δεύτερον αὐτῆς πάθος Κωνσταντινούπολις ἐπὶ ὀλίγον διάστημα, ἕως τοῦ Ταύρου. ἔπαθε δὲ τότε καὶ Νικομήδεια, μητρόπολις τῆς Βιθυνίας, τὸ ἕκτον αὐτῆς πάθος, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἑλενούπολις τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπαρχίας· καὶ πολλὰ παρέσχεν αὐτοῖς ὁ αὐτὸς Ζήνων. Ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐτοῦ βασιλείᾳ ἀντῆρεν ὁ πατρίκιος Ἰλλοῦς ὁ Ἴσαυρος, ὁ φίλος τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως Ζήνωνος, ὁ ἀναγαγὼν τὸν αὐτὸν βασιλέα Ζήνωνα μετὰ βοηθείας πολλῆς τὴν δευτέραν αὐτοῦ ἐπάνοδον ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰσαυρίας, ὅτε ἔφυγεν ἀπὸ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως βασιλεύων. ὅστις Ἰλλοῦς ἀνῆλθεν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει μετὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως Ζήνωνος· καὶ ὡς θαῤῥούμενος παρ' αὐτοῦ καὶ θαῤῥῶν αὐτῷ, ἐβουλεύσατο μετὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ζήνωνος ὁ Ἰλλοῦς ὥστε ἐκβληθῆναι τὴν πενθερὰν τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ζήνωνος ἀπὸ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, ἵνα μὴ πάλιν ἐπιβουλεύσῃ, ὡς πρῶτον. καὶ πέμπει τὸν αὐτὸν Ἴλλον ὁ Ζήνων εἰς τὴν Ἰσαυρίαν, ἵνα ἐνέγκῃ Λογγῖνον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ζήνωνος. καὶ κατελθὼν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἰλλοῦς ἀπέμεινεν εἰς τὴν Ἰσαυρίαν, γράφων, φησί, Ζήνωνι ὥστε λαβεῖν αὐτὸν λόγον διὰ Βηρίνης τῆς δεσποίνης, τῆς πενθερᾶς 386 τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ζήνωνος βασιλέως, ὡς φοβούμενος τὸν βασιλέα Ζήνωνα. καὶ ἔπεισε τὴν αὐτὴν δέσποιναν Βηρῖναν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ζήνων, ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτῆς, κατὰ τὰ δόξαντα μεταξὺ Ἰλλοῦ καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ζήνωνος, ὥστε κατελθεῖν καὶ δοῦναι Ἰλλοῦ λόγον ἀπαθείας, ὡς φοβουμένου Ζήνωνα, καὶ ἀνενέγκαι αὐτὸν καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ Λογγῖνον. καὶ κατῆλθεν ἡ αὐτὴ Βηρῖνα εἰς τὴν Ἰσαυρίαν· καὶ δεξάμενος αὐτὴν Ἰλλοῦς ἀπέκλεισεν εἰς καστέλλιον ἐν τῇ Ἰσαυρίᾳ ἔχον βοήθειαν πολλήν, καὶ κελεύσας αὐτὴν διὰ στρατιωτῶν φυλάττεσθαι, καὶ λαβὼν Λογγῖνον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀνῆλθεν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει. καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ αὐτὸς Ἰλλοῦς συγκλητικὸς καὶ ὕπατος καὶ μάγιστρος καὶ πατρίκιος, διοικῶν τὴν πᾶσαν πολιτείαν. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ Λογγῖνος ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐγένετο στρατηλάτης πραισέντου καὶ ὕπατος· καὶ παρέσχεν εἰς τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ὀρχηστὰς ἐμμάλους μικροὺς τέσσαρας· ἦσαν γὰρ οἱ ὀρχούμενοι ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει εὔφημοι παλαιοί, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς λῦσαι, πολλὰ χαρισάμενος αὐτοῖς. ἔδωκε δὲ τοῖς Πρασίνοις ἔμμαλον τὸν Αὐτοκύονα τὸν λεγόμενον Καράμαλλον ἀπὸ Ἀλεξανδρείας τῆς μεγάλης, καὶ τὸν Ῥόδον τὸν λεγόμενον Χρυσόμαλλον, καὶ αὐτὸν Ἀλεξανδρέα, εἰς τὸ Βένετον, καὶ