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and he attacked the rioting Blues everywhere. The same emperor, hearing that the Isaurians were gathering in their own country, wishing to rebel, immediately marched against them; and he waged war on them, sending the generals John, surnamed the Hunchback, magister militum praesentalis, and Diogenianus the patrician, the relative of the Augusta, and others with a multitude of Scythian, Gothic, and Bessian troops. and he destroyed the same Isaurians and ravaged their country and overthrew their cities and burned their fortresses, taking captive their leaders in their rebellion: Longinus, the ex-magister, the bald, and Athenodorus the younger and Longinines the lame and Conon son of Fuscianus, the ex-bishop of Apamea; and Longinines was the first to perish in the clash of the war, when the armies met 394 each other at Cotyaeum, a city of Phrygia, there he was slain; and after him Conon, son of Fuscianus, was struck by a spear and fell. and the Isaurians were turned to flight, and then the rest of the leaders were captured alive; and they were beheaded and their heads were brought to the same emperor Anastasius. And after this victory he gave gifts to all the taxpayers under his rule. The most divine emperor Anastasius instituted the chrysoteleia of the iuga for all taxpayers, so that they would not be required to provide supplies in kind for the maintenance of the soldiers. During his reign, the demes of the Greens of Constantinople, when a horse race was being held, begged the emperor to release some men arrested by the prefect of the city for stone-throwing; and the same emperor was not moved by the deme, but becoming angry he ordered a chariot to go out against them, and a great disorder occurred. and the demes came down against the excubitors and coming to the kathisma they threw stones at the emperor Anastasius, among whom one Maurus threw a stone at the emperor; and the emperor, standing up, dodged the stone. and the excubitors, seeing the man's audacity, rushed upon him and cut him limb from limb; and thus he gave up his soul. And the deme, being hard-pressed, set fire to the so-called Chalke of the hippodrome, and the portico was burned as far as the imperial 395 box, and the public portico as far as the Hexaippion and the forum of Constantine was entirely burned and collapsed, with breaches being made everywhere. And when many had been arrested and punished, there was quiet, Plato having been appointed prefect of the city, who was a patron of the Green faction. During his reign a certain man appeared in Antioch the Great, from the city of Amida, named John Isthmeos, being a winterer and a terrible imposter; and he would secretly enter the silversmiths' shops and show them hands of statues and golden feet and other figures, saying, "I have found a treasure full of such figures of pure gold." And from this he deceived many and swindled much money; to whom the Antiochenes gave the nickname Bagoulan, which is "swift attacker." and having escaped everyone's notice he fled to Constantinople and there too he swindled many silversmiths, so that it became known to the emperor. And being arrested he was brought before the emperor, and he offered him an all-gold horse's bridle, its headstall being made of pearls. And taking it, the emperor Anastasius says to him, "You will not swindle me"; and he exiled him to Petra, and there he died. And in the same time of his reign, during the third consulship of the same emperor Anastasius, a certain charioteer Calliopas from the factiona 396 ries of Constantinople came down to Antioch the Great; and he was given to the Green faction of Antioch under Basil, count of Aedesinus; and he took over the stable of the Greens

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καὶ Βενέτοις πανταχῇ ἐπεξήρχετο στασιάζουσιν. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἀκούσας ὅτι συνάγονται οἱ Ἴσαυροι εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν χώραν τυραννῆσαι βουλόμενοι, εὐθέως ἐπεστράτευσε κατ' αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπολέμησεν αὐτοῖς πέμψας στρατηγοὺς Ἰωάννην τὸν ἐπίκλην κυρτόν, στρατηλάτην πραισέντου, καὶ ∆ιογενιανὸν τὸν πατρίκιον, τὸν συγγενέα τῆς Αὐγούστας, καὶ ἄλλους μετὰ πλήθους Σκυθῶν καὶ Γοτθικῆς καὶ Βεσσικῆς χειρός. καὶ ἀνήλωσε τοὺς αὐτοὺς Ἰσαύρους καὶ ἀπώλεσε τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν κατέστρεψε καὶ πυρίκαυστα ἐποίησε τὰ καστέλλια αὐτῶν, λαβὼν αἰχμαλώτους τοὺς ἐξάρχους αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν αὐτῶν τυραννίδα Λογγῖνον τὸν ἀπὸ μαγίστρων τὸν φαλακρὸν καὶ Ἀθηνόδωρον τὸν νεώτερον καὶ Λογγινίνην τὸν χωλὸν καὶ Κόνωνα τὸν Φουσκιανοῦ τὸν ἀπὸ ἐπισκόπων Ἀπαμείας· ὁ δὲ Λογγινίνης πρῶτος ἀπώλετο ἐν τῇ συμβολῇ τοῦ πολέμου, ὅτε ὑπήν 394 τησαν ἀλλήλοις τὰ ἐξέρκετα εἰς τὸ Κοτυάειον, πόλιν τῆς Φρυγίας, ἐκεῖ ἐσφάγη· καὶ μετ' αὐτὸν Κόνων ὁ Φουσκιανοῦ λόγχῃ βληθεὶς ἔπεσε. καὶ τραπέντες οἱ Ἴσαυροι εἰς φυγὴν συνελήφθησαν τότε καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἔξαρχοι ζῶντες· καὶ ἀπεκεφαλίσθησαν καὶ ἀνηνέχθησαν αἱ κεφαλαὶ αὐτῶν τῷ αὐτῷ Ἀναστασίῳ βασιλεῖ. καὶ μετὰ τὴν αὐτὴν νίκην ἔδωκε δωρεὰς τοῖς ὑποτελέσι πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτοῦ βασιλείαν. Ὁ δὲ θειότατος βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος ἐποίησε χρυσοτέλειαν τῶν ἰούγων τοῖς συντελεσταῖς πᾶσι διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀπαιτεῖσθαι τὰ εἴδη καὶ διατρέφεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας οἱ δῆμοι Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τῶν Πρασίνων ἱππικοῦ ἀγομένου παρεκάλουν τὸν βασιλέα ἀπολυθῆναί τινας συσχεθέντας παρὰ τοῦ ἐπάρχου τῆς πόλεως ὡς λιθοβολήσαντας· καὶ οὐ παρεκλήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεύς, ἀλλὰ ἀγανακτήσας ἐκέλευσεν ἄρμα κατ' αὐτῶν ἐξελθεῖν, καὶ ἐγένετο μεγάλη ἀταξία. καὶ κατῆλθον οἱ δῆμοι κατὰ τῶν ἐξκουβιτόρων καὶ ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὸ κάθισμα ἔῤῥιψαν λίθους κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀναστασίου, ἐν οἷς εἷς Μαῦρος ἔῤῥιψε λίθον κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως· καὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐξέφυγε τὸν λίθον. καὶ θεασάμενοι οἱ ἐξκουβίτορες τὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τόλμαν, ὥρμησαν κατ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔκοψαν αὐτὸν κατὰ μέλος· καὶ οὕτως ἀπέδωκε τὴν ψυχήν. ὁ δὲ δῆμος στενωθεὶς ἔβαλε πῦρ εἰς τὴν λεγομένην Χαλκῆν τοῦ ἱππικοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἔμβολος ἐκαύθη ἕως τοῦ βασιλικοῦ καθί 395 σματος, καὶ ὁ ἔμβολος δὲ ὁ δημόσιος ἕως τοῦ Ἑξαϊππίου καὶ τοῦ φόρου Κωνσταντίνου ἅπας καυθεὶς κατηνέχθη, πανταχῇ διακοπῶν γενομένων. πολλῶν δὲ συσχεθέντων καὶ τιμωρηθέντων ἐγένετο ἡσυχία, προαχθέντος ἐπάρχου πόλεως Πλάτωνος, ὃς ὑπῆρχε πάτρων τοῦ Πρασίνου μέρους. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἀνεφάνη τις ἀνὴρ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ, ὢν ἀπὸ πόλεως Ἀμίδης, ὀνόματι Ἰωάννης Ἰσθμέος,χειμευτὴς ὑπάρχων καὶ φοβερὸς ἐπιθέτης· καὶ λάθρᾳ εἰσήρχετο εἰς τὰ ἀργυροπρατεῖα καὶ ὑπεδείκνυεν αὐτοῖς χεῖρας ἀνδριάντων καὶ πόδας χρυσοῦς καὶ ἄλλα ζώδια, λέγων ὅτι Θησαυρὸν γέμοντα τοιαῦτα ζώδια ὄβρυζα ηὗρον. καὶ ἐκ τούτου ἠπάτησε πολλοὺς καὶ ἐκόμβωσε πολλὰ χρήματα· ᾧτινι παρωνύμην ἔθηκαν οἱ Ἀντιοχεῖς Βαγουλάν, ὅ ἐστι γοργὸς ἐπιθέτης. καὶ λαθὼν πάντας ἔφυγεν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει καὶ ἐκόμβωσε κἀκεῖ πολλοὺς ἀργυροπράτας, ὥστε γνωσθῆναι τῷ βασιλεῖ. καὶ συσχεθεὶς εἰσήχθη πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ προσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ χαλινὸν ἵππου ὁλόχρυσον, διὰ μαργαριτῶν ὂν τὸ κούρκωμον αὐτοῦ. καὶ λαβὼν αὐτὸ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἐμὲ οὐ κομβώσεις· καὶ ἐξώρισεν αὐτὸν εἰς Πέτρας, κἀκεῖ τελευτᾷ. Ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἐπὶ τῆς ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως Ἀναστασίου ὡς τὸ τρίτον κατῆλθεν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ Καλλιόπας τις ἡνίοχος ἀπὸ φακτιονα 396 ρίων Κωνσταντινουπόλεως· καὶ ἐδόθη εἰς τὸ Πράσινον μέρος Ἀντιοχείας ἐπὶ Βασιλείου κόμητος Αἰδεσινοῦ· καὶ παρέλαβε τὸν σταῦλον τοῦ Πρασίνου