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that those who are in freedom should be led into a servile condition? And the same emperor issued another divine decree, so that no one should adopt a child, neither male nor female, without a sacred rite, but by a divine sacred rite, so that the one being adopted would have the right of a legitimate son or daughter, so as also to inherit intestate the property of the one adopting him. And in the same time of his reign the demes of Alexandria the great rioted and killed their Augustal, Theodosius by name, who came from Antioch, the son of Calliopius the patrician, because of a shortage of oil, in the year that was, according to the Antiochenes, 564, in the 9th indiction. 402 And the same emperor, being enraged, punished many of the Alexandrians, as having tyrannized their ruler. And during his reign, Vitalian the Thracian revolted for some pretext, he says, stating that it was because of the exiled bishops. and he took Thrace and Scythia and Moesia as far as Odessus and Anchialus, having with him a multitude of Huns and Bulgars. And the same emperor sent Hypatius the magister militum of Thrace; and he engaged him in battle, and being betrayed he was captured by the same Vitalian; and when a great sum of money was given, he was returned to the Romans. And when the same Hypatius was replaced, after his return to Constantinople, Cyril the Illyrician was promoted as magister militum of Thrace in his stead. And immediately going forth he engaged the same Vitalian in battle; and they clashed, and many fell from both sides; and Cyril, having prevailed, entered the city of Odessus, and remained there, Vitalian having withdrawn from those parts. But through the giving of money, the same Vitalian bribed those guarding the gates of the same city of Odessus, having sent through some relatives of the same gatekeepers money and some promises. And when a betrayal took place, the same Vitalian entered the city of Odessus by night, and captured the magister militum of Thrace, Cyril, and killed him. And he came plundering again all of 403 Thrace and Europe, until he came to Sycae and to the straits opposite Constantinople, wishing to take Constantinople itself as well. And he was encamped in the straits at the place called Sosthenion in the oratory of the archangel Michael. But the emperor Anastasius had formerly sent for, through Marinus, the philosopher Proclus the Athenian, a renowned man, and the emperor Anastasius said to him, 'What am I to do with this dog, because he so troubles me and the state, o philosopher?' And Proclus said to him, 'Do not lose heart, emperor; for he flees and departs, if only you send some men against him.' And immediately the emperor Anastasius told Marinus the Syrian, the former prefect, who was standing nearby when the emperor was conversing with the philosopher Proclus, to arm against the same Vitalian, who was on the opposite side of Constantinople. And Proclus the philosopher says in front of the emperor to Marinus the Syrian, 'What I give you, take, and go out against the same Vitalian.' And the same philosopher ordered that much of the so-called divine fire-starter be brought, saying for it to be ground into a fine mixture, and he gave it to the same Marinus, having told him that 'Wherever you throw some of it, whether on a house or on a ship, after the sun has risen, the house or the ship immediately catches fire and is consumed by fire.' And Marinus asked the emperor to send one of his magistri militum to take the aid; and immediately the emperor sent for 404 Patricius the Phrygian, the magister militum, and John, the son of Valeriana, and told them to arm against the same Vitalian on the opposite side, taking dromon ships and soldiers. And they fell at the feet of the emperor, saying that 'Both his and the

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ἐν ἐλευθερίᾳ ὄντας ἄγεσθαι εἰς δουλικὴν τύχην; ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἕτερον ἐξέθετο θεῖον τύπον, ὥστε μηδένα δίχα σάκρας τινὰ τεκνοποιεῖσθαι, μήτε ἄῤῥεν μήτε θῆλυ, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ θείας σάκρας, διὰ τὸ καὶ τὸ τεκνοποιούμενον ἔχειν δίκαιον υἱοῦ νομίμου καὶ θυγατρὸς εἰς τὸ καὶ ἐξ ἀδιαθέτου κληρονομεῖν τὴν οὐσίαν τοῦ τεκνοποιουμένου αὐτόν. Ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας οἱ δῆμοι Ἀλεξανδρείας τῆς μεγάλης ἐστασίασαν καὶ ἐφόνευσαν τὸν αὐγουστάλιον αὐτῶν Θεοδόσιον ὀνόματι, τὸν καταγόμενον ἀπὸ Ἀντιοχείας, τὸν υἱὸν Καλλιοπίου τοῦ πατρικίου, διὰ λεῖψιν ἐλαίου, ἔτους χρηματίζοντος κατὰ τοὺς Ἀντιοχεῖς φξδʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος θʹ. 402 καὶ ἀγανακτήσας ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς πολλοὺς ἐτιμωρήσατο ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων, ὡς τυραννήσαντας τὸν ἄρχοντα αὐτῶν. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἐτυράννησε Βιταλιανὸς ὁ Θρᾲξ διὰ πρόφασίν τινα, φησί, λέγων ὅτι διὰ τοὺς ἐξορισθέντας ἐπισκόπους. καὶ παρέλαβε τὴν Θρᾴκην καὶ Σκυθίαν καὶ Μυσίαν ἕως Ὀδησσοῦ καὶ Ἀγχιάλου, ἔχων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ πλῆθος Οὕννων καὶ Βουλγάρων. καὶ ἔπεμψεν ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Ὑπάτιον τὸν στρατηλάτην Θρᾴκης· καὶ παρετάξατο αὐτῷ, καὶ προδοθεὶς παρελήφθη ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Βιταλιανοῦ· καὶ δοθέντων χρημάτων πολλῶν ἀνεδόθη Ῥωμαίοις. καὶ διαδεχθέντος τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ὑπατίου, μετὰ τὴν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐπάνοδον αὐτοῦ προήχθη ἀντ' αὐτοῦ στρατηλάτης Θρᾴκης Κύριλλος Ἰλλυρικιανός. καὶ εὐθέως ἀπελθὼν παρετάξατο τῷ αὐτῷ Βιταλιανῷ· καὶ συνέκρουσαν, καὶ ἔπεσαν πολλοὶ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν· καὶ περιγενόμενος ὁ Κύριλλος εἰσῆλθεν ἐν Ὀδησσῷ τῇ πόλει, καὶ διῆγεν ἐκεῖ, Βιταλιανοῦ ἀναχωρήσαντος ἐκ τῶν μερῶν ἐκείνων. διὰ δόσεως δὲ χρημάτων ἐξηγόρασεν ὁ αὐτὸς Βιταλιανὸς τοὺς φυλάττοντας τῆς αὐτῆς Ὀδησσοῦ πόλεως τὰς πόρτας, πέμψας διά τινων συγγενῶν τῶν αὐτῶν πορταρίων χρήματα καί τινας ἐπαγγελίας. προδοσίας δὲ γενομένης, εἰσῆλθε νυκτὸς εἰς τὴν Ὄδησσον πόλιν ὁ αὐτὸς Βιταλιανός, καὶ παρέλαβε τὸν στρατηλάτην Θρᾴκης Κύριλλον καὶ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτόν. καὶ ἦλθε πραιδεύων πάλιν πᾶσαν 403 τὴν Θρᾴκην καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην, ἕως οὗ ἦλθεν ἐν Σύκαις καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἀνάπλουν πέραν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, βουλόμενος καὶ αὐτὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν λαβεῖν. καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ ἀνάπλῳ ἐπὶ τὸ λεγόμενον Σωσθένην ἐν τῷ εὐκτηρίῳ τοῦ ἀρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος πρῴην μὲν ἦν μεταστειλάμενος διὰ Μαρίνου τὸν φιλόσοφον Πρόκλον τὸν Ἀθηναῖον, ἄνδρα περιβόητον, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος, Τί ἔχω ποιῆσαι τῷ κυνὶ τούτῳ, ὅτι οὕτως ταράσσει με καὶ τὴν πολιτείαν, φιλόσοφε; ὁ δὲ Πρόκλος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Μὴ ἀθυμήσεις, βασιλεῦ· φεύγει γὰρ καὶ ἀπέρχεται, ἢ μόνον πέμψεις κατ' αὐτοῦ τινας. καὶ εὐθέως ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀναστάσιος εἶπε Μαρίνῳ τῷ Σύρῳ τῷ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων, ἑστῶτι πλησίον ὅτε διελέγετο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ φιλοσόφῳ Πρόκλῳ, ὁπλίσασθαι κατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Βιταλιανοῦ, ὄντι εἰς τὸ πέραν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. καὶ λέγει Πρόκλος ὁ φιλόσοφος ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βασιλέως Μαρίνῳ τῷ Σύρῳ, Ὃ δίδωμί σοι λάβε, καὶ ἔξελθε κατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Βιταλιανοῦ. καὶ ἐκέλευσεν ὁ αὐτὸς φιλόσοφος ἐνεχθῆναι τὸ λεγόμενον θεῖον ἄπυρον πολύ, εἰπὼν τριβῆναι αὐτὸ ὡς εἰς μῖγμα λεπτόν, καὶ δέδωκε τῷ αὐτῷ Μαρίνῳ, εἰρηκὼς αὐτῷ ὅτι Ὅπου ῥίψεις ἐξ αὐτοῦ εἴτε εἰς οἶκον εἴτε ἐν πλοίῳ μετὰ τὸ ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν ἥλιον, εὐθέως ἅπτεται ὁ οἶκος ἢ τὸ πλοῖον καὶ ὑπὸ πυρὸς ἀναλίσκεται. ὁ δὲ Μαρῖνος παρεκάλεσε τὸν βασιλέα ἵνα ἕνα τῶν στρατηλατῶν αὐτοῦ πέμψῃ λαμβάνοντα τὸ βοήθημα· καὶ εὐθέως μετε 404 στείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς Πατρίκιον τὸν Φρύγα, τὸν στρατηλάτην, καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Βαλεριανῆς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁπλίσασθαι κατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Βιταλιανοῦ εἰς τὸ πέραν, λαμβάνοντας πλοῖα δρομώνων καὶ στρατιώτας. καὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ βασιλέως, λέγοντες ὅτι Καὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ