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of the aforementioned things he had as property in his possession, so that it might be disposed of for these things only, and immediately, or as soon as he was appointed, his property was declared. And at the same time the districts of Sycae and the theater and the walls were renewed, renaming it Justinianopolis. At the same time a queen from the Sabir Huns came over to the Romans, a woman courageous both in numbers and in prudence, named Boa, a widow, having two young sons and under 431 her one hundred thousand; who ruled the Hunnic territories after the death of her own husband, Blach. and having been persuaded by the emperor Justinian with many gifts of imperial vestments and various vessels of silver and no small amount of money, she seized as captives two other Hunnic kings, whom Koades, the king of the Persians, had persuaded to ally with him against the Romans. and the same queen Boa, having taken them as they were passing into Persian territory towards Koades, king of the Persians, with a relief force of 20 thousand. whose multitudes were slaughtered in the battle; And the one king of theirs named Tyragx, having seized him as a prisoner, she sent to Constantinople to the emperor Justinian, and he imprisoned him across the water at Saint Conon. For Glom, the other king of the same Huns, was slain in the battle by the warriors of the queen. At the same time the king of the Huns near the Bosporus, named Grod, also came over to the same emperor; and he came to Constantinople and was baptized; whom the same emperor received for baptism, and having bestowed many gifts on him, he sent him away to his own country to guard the Roman interests and the Bosporus, which city Heracles from the Spains founded and he made it pay tribute to the Romans in oxen each year instead of money, having given to the city the name 'Tribute of Oxen', which 432 he commanded it to pay. and in this city he stationed a number of Roman soldiers, that is, of the Italians, called Spaniards, giving them also a tribune to guard with them. And there was commerce in the city between both Romans and Huns. The same king who had become a Christian, having gone away to his own country near the Bosporus, found his own brother; and having left him with Hunnic assistance, he departed. But these Huns worshipped idols; and taking them, they melted them down; for they were of silver and electrum; and they exchanged them in Bosporus, receiving miliaresia for them. And the priests of these Huns, becoming enraged, both slaughtered the king and made his brother Mougel king in his place. And being alarmed by the Romans, they came into Bosporus and killed those guarding the city. And when the same emperor heard these things, he made a count of the straits of the Pontic Sea, whom he ordered to be stationed at the place called Hieron at the very mouth of the Pontus, John the ex-consul, sending him with Gothic assistance. and the same emperor campaigned against these Huns, sending by the same Pontic Sea ships full of soldiers and an exarch, and likewise also sending by land much assistance and the general Baduarius. and when the barbarians heard, they fled, 433 and the Bosporus was at peace, inhabited by the Romans. At the same time it happened that the Indians fought against each other, those called the Axumites and the Homerites; and the cause of the war was this. The king of the Axumites is further inland than the Amerites, while the king of the Homerites is near Egypt. But the Roman traders enter through the land of the Homerites into Axum and to the innermost kingdoms of the Indians. For there are seven kingdoms of the Indians and Ethiopians, three of the Indians, and four of the Ethiopians, being near the Ocean in the eastern parts. So when the traders entered into the land of the Amerites

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