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prevails. Such then is the hypothesis of this falsely named knowledge, which sprang up during the times indicated. 7.32.1 At this time, Felix had presided over the church of the Romans for five years when Eutychianus succeeded him; and when he had not continued for ten whole months, he left his office to Gaius, our contemporary; and when he had presided for about fifteen years, Marcellinus was appointed his successor, whom the persecution also overtook. 7.32.2 During their time, Timaeus succeeded Domnus in the episcopate of Antioch, and he was succeeded by Cyrillus, our contemporary; in his time we knew Dorotheus, a learned man, who was honored with the presbyterate at Antioch. He was a lover of the beautiful in divine things, and took great interest in the Hebrew language, so as to read the Hebrew Scriptures with understanding. 7.32.3 He was a man of the finest liberal education, and was not without a share in Greek preparatory training, but he was otherwise a eunuch by nature, having been so from his very birth, so that the emperor, as if it were something strange, on this account became acquainted with him and honored him with an appointment over the purple dye-works at Tyre. 7.32.4 We heard him expounding the Scriptures with moderation in the church. After Cyrillus, Tyrannus succeeded to the episcopate of the parish of Antioch; in his time the siege of the churches reached its height. 7.32.5 Eusebius, a native of the city of Alexandria, succeeded Socrates as head of the parish in Laodicea; the cause of his removal was the affair of Paul; on account of which, having set foot in Syria, he was prevented from returning home by those there who were zealous in divine matters, having become a wonderful example of piety in our time, as is easy to see from the previously quoted words of Dionysius. 7.32.6 Anatolius was appointed his successor, a good man, they say, succeeding a good man, an Alexandrian by birth, and for his learning and education in Greek philosophy had carried off the first place among the most celebrated men of our time, having reached the summit in arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and in other dialectical or physical theory, as well as in rhetorical studies; for this reason, report has it that he was considered worthy by the citizens there to establish the school of the succession of Aristotle in Alexandria. 7.32.7 They relate countless other exploits of his during the siege of the Brucheium at Alexandria, as he was esteemed by all those in authority with special privilege, but for the sake of an example, I shall mention only this. 7.32.8 When the grain, they say, failed the besieged, so that the famine became more unbearable for them than the enemy outside, the person mentioned being present, devised something like this. Since the other part of the city was allied with the Roman army and thus happened to be free from siege, and Eusebius—for he was still there then before his removal to Syria—being in the unbesieged part, and having great renown and a famous name even with the Roman general, Anatolius sent and informed him about those who were perishing from famine in the siege. 7.32.9 When he learned this, he asked the Roman general, as a very great favor, to grant safety to the deserters from the enemy, and having obtained his request, he made it known to Anatolius. And he, immediately accepting the promise, gathered a council of the Alexandrians, and at first urged them all to give a friendly right hand to the Romans, but when he perceived that they were growing wild at his words, he said, "But I do not think that you will ever contradict this, if I should advise you to send out of the gates the superfluous and in no way useful to us—old women and children and old men—to go wherever they might wish. For why in vain do we keep among us those who are about to die? And why do we wear out with famine the crippled and those with mutilated bodies, when we ought to be feeding only men and youths, and husbanding the necessary grain for those fit to guard the city?" 7.32.10 By some such means

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ἐπιπολάζει. τοιαύτη μὲν οὖν ἡ καὶ τῆσδε τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως ὑπόθεσις, κατὰ τοὺς δεδηλωμένους ὑποφυείσης χρόνους. 7.32.1 καθ' οὓς Φήλικα τῆς Ῥωμαίων προστάντα ἐκκλησίας ἔτεσιν πέντε Εὐτυχιανὸς διαδέχεται· οὐδ' ὅλοις δὲ μησὶν οὗτος δέκα διαγενόμενος, Γαΐῳ τῷ καθ' ἡμᾶς καταλείπει τὸν κλῆρον· καὶ τούτου δὲ ἀμφὶ τὰ πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη προστάντος, Μαρκελλῖνος κατέστη διάδοχος, ὃν καὶ αὐτὸν ὁ διωγμὸς κατείληφεν. 7.32.2 κατὰ τούσδε τῆς Ἀντιοχέων ἐπισκοπῆς μετὰ ∆όμνον ἡγήσατο Τίμαιος, ὃν ὁ καθ' ἡμᾶς διεδέξατο Κύριλλος· καθ' ὃν ∆ωρόθεον, πρεσβείου τοῦ κατὰ Ἀντιόχειαν ἠξιωμένον, λόγιον ἄνδρα ἔγνωμεν. φιλόκαλος δ' οὗτος περὶ τὰ θεῖα γεγονώς, καὶ τῆς Ἑβραίων ἐπεμελήθη γλώττης, ὡς καὶ αὐταῖς ταῖς Ἑβραϊκαῖς γραφαῖς ἐπιστημόνως ἐντυγχάνειν. 7.32.3 ἦν δ' οὗτος τῶν μάλιστα ἐλευθερίων προπαιδείας τε τῆς καθ' Ἕλληνας οὐκ ἄμοιρος, τὴν φύσιν δὲ ἄλλως εὐνοῦχος, οὕτω πεφυκὼς ἐξ αὐτῆς γενέσεως, ὡς καὶ βασιλέα διὰ τοῦτο, οἷόν τι παράδοξον, αὐτὸν οἰκειώσασθαι καὶ τιμῆσαί γε ἐπιτροπῇ τῆς κατὰ Τύρον ἁλουργοῦ βαφῆς. 7.32.4 τούτου μετρίως τὰς γραφὰς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας διηγουμένου κατηκούσαμεν. μετὰ δὲ Κύριλλον Τύραννος τῆς Ἀντιοχέων παροικίας τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν διεδέξατο, καθ' ὃν ἤκμασεν ἡ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν πολιορκία. 7.32.5 τῆς δ' ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ παροικίας ἡγήσατο μετὰ Σωκράτην Εὐσέβιος, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρέων ὁρμηθεὶς πόλεως· αἰτία δ' αὐτῷ τῆς μεταναστάσεως ὑπῆρξεν ἡ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον ὑπόθεσις, δι' ὃν τῆς Συρίας ἐπιβάς, πρὸς τῶν τῇδε περὶ τὰ θεῖα ἐσπουδακότων τῆς οἴκαδε πορείας εἴργεται, ἐπέραστόν τι θεοσεβείας χρῆμα τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς γενόμενος, ὡς καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν προπαρατεθεισῶν ∆ιονυσίου φωνῶν διαγνῶναι ῥᾴδιον. 7.32.6 Ἀνατόλιος αὐτῷ διάδοχος, ἀγαθός, φασίν, ἀγαθοῦ, καθίσταται, γένος μὲν καὶ αὐτὸς Ἀλεξανδρεύς, λόγων δ' ἕνεκα καὶ παιδείας τῆς Ἑλλήνων φιλοσοφίας τε τὰ πρῶτα τῶν μάλιστα καθ' ἡμᾶς δοκιμωτάτων ἀπενηνεγμένος, ἅτε ἀριθμητικῆς καὶ γεωμετρίας ἀστρονομίας τε καὶ τῆς ἄλλης, διαλεκτικῆς εἴτε φυσικῆς, θεωρίας ῥητορικῶν τε αὖ μαθημάτων ἐληλακὼς εἰς ἄκρον· ὧν ἕνεκα καὶ τῆς ἐπ' Ἀλεξανδρείας Ἀριστοτέλους διαδοχῆς τὴν διατριβὴν λόγος ἔχει πρὸς τῶν τῇδε πολιτῶν συστήσασθαι αὐτὸν ἀξιωθῆναι. 7.32.7 μυρίας μὲν οὖν τοῦδε καὶ ἄλλας ἀριστείας ἐν τῇ κατ' Ἀλεξάνδρειαν τοῦ Βρουχείου πολιορκίᾳ μνημονεύουσιν, ἅτε τῶν ἐν τέλει προνομίας ἐξαιρέτου πρὸς ἁπάντων ἠξιωμένου, δείγματος δ' ἕνεκα μόνου τοῦδε ἐπιμνησθήσομαι. 7.32.8 τοῦ πυροῦ, φασὶν, τοῖς πολιορκουμένοις ἐπιλελοιπότος, ὡς ἤδη τῶν ἔξωθεν πολεμίων μᾶλλον αὐτοῖς τὸν λιμὸν ἀφόρητον καθεστάναι, παρὼν ὁ δηλούμενος οἰκονομεῖταί τι τοιοῦτον. θατέρου μέρους τῆς πόλεως τῷ Ῥωμαϊκῷ συμμαχοῦντος στρατῷ ταύτῃ τε τυγχάνοντος ἀπολιορκήτου, τὸν Εὐσέβιον ἔτι γὰρ εἶναι τότε αὐτόθι πρὸ τῆς ἐπὶ Συρίαν μεταναστάσεως, ἐν τοῖς ἀπολιορκήτοις ὄντα μέγα τε κλέος καὶ διαβόητον ὄνομα μέχρι καὶ τοῦ Ῥωμαίων στρατηλάτου κεκτημένον, περὶ τῶν λιμῷ διαφθειρομένων κατὰ τὴν πολιορκίαν πέμψας ὁ Ἀνατόλιος ἐκδιδάσκει· 7.32.9 ὃ δὲ μαθών, σωτηρίαν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων αὐτομόλοις παρασχεῖν ὡς ἐν μεγίστῃ χάριτι δωρεᾶς τὸν Ῥωμαίων στρατηγὸν αἰτεῖται, καὶ τῆς ἀξιώσεώς γε τυχὼν ἐμφανὲς τῷ Ἀνατολίῳ καθίστησιν. ὃ δὲ αὐτίκα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν δεξάμενος, βουλὴν τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων συναγαγών, τὰ μὲν πρῶτα πάντας ἠξίου φιλικὴν δοῦναι Ῥωμαίοις δεξιάν, ὡς δ' ἀγριαίνοντας ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ συνεῖδεν, «ἀλλ' οὐ τούτῳ γε, φησίν, ἀντιλέξειν ποθ' ὑμᾶς οἴομαι, εἰ τοὺς περιττοὺς καὶ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς οὐδαμῇ χρησίμους, γραΐδας καὶ νήπια καὶ πρεσβύτας, ἐκδοῦναι πυλῶν ἔξω βαδίζειν ὅποι καὶ βούλοιντο, συμβουλεύσαιμι. τί γὰρ δὴ τούτους εἰς μάτην, ὅσον οὔπω τεθνηξομένους, παρ' ἑαυτοῖς ἔχομεν; τί δὲ τοὺς ἀναπήρους καὶ τὰ σώματα λελωβημένους τῷ λιμῷ κατατρύχομεν, τρέφειν δέον μόνους ἄνδρας καὶ νεανίας καὶ τὸν ἀναγκαῖον πυρὸν τοῖς ἐπὶ φυλακῇ τῆς πόλεως ἐπιτηδείοις ταμιεύεσθαι;» 7.32.10 τοιούτοις τισὶν