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were taken captive, and Koutzis, having been wounded, was taken, but Belisarius escaped by taking flight. And what had happened was reported to the emperor Justinian, and he was greatly grieved. And from the Persians, generals also fell with much of their support troops; and they returned to their own country. And the same emperor sent senators from Constantinople to guard the cities of the east with their own support troops, the patrician Platon in Amida, Theodore the patrician in Edessa, Alexander, son of Hierios, in Beroea, and other senators to Sura and Constantina to guard the cities. And at that time the patrician Pompeius was also sent with much support, having with him Illyrians and Scythians and Isaurians and Thracians; and a cessation of the war occurred by agreement of both the Romans and the Persians on account of the severe winters that occurred. And it happened at that time that Antioch suffered its sixth disaster from the wrath of God. And the earthquake that occurred lasted for one hour, and after this a terrible roaring, so that the renewed buildings fell from the fears that had previously occurred, and the walls and some churches. And the events 443 were heard of also in the other cities, and all, mourning, held litanies. And parts of the areas around the city also suffered; and up to five thousand souls perished in that earthquake. And the surviving citizens went to the other cities, but it was clear they lived in the mountains. And the patriarch Ephraimios reported all that had happened to the emperor; and those in Byzantium, having heard the events, held litanies for a considerable number of days. And at the same time it happened that Laodicea suffered its first disaster from an earthquake; and half of the same city and the synagogues of the Jews were brought down by the terror. And seven and a half thousand perished in that terror, a multitude of Hebrews and a few Christians; but the churches of the same city remained unshattered, having been preserved by God. And the same emperor granted to the Laodiceans two centenaria for the rebuilding of their city. And at that time Antioch was renamed Theoupolis by order of the holy Symeon the wonder-worker. And an oracle was found inscribed in Antioch itself, containing the following: And you, wretched city, will not be called of Antioch. Likewise also it was found in the papers of those who write the acts of the same city that they were crying out, giving an omen for the same city to be renamed. And these things were reported to the same emperor 444 Justinian. And he bestowed a divine bounty on the Antiochenes and Laodiceans and Seleucians, so that their tax-contribution was lightened for three years, having granted to the same cities two hundred pounds and to the landowners the ranks of illustres. And at the same time a Manichaean doctrine appeared in the Persian regions; and when the king of the Persians learned of it, he was indignant; and likewise also the archmagi of the Persians; for the Manichaeans themselves had also made a bishop, by the name of Indarazar. And the king of the Persians, having called a council, and having seized them all and the bishop of the Manichaeans, commands the armed soldiery standing by him, and they cut down with swords all the Manichaeans and their bishop along with his clergy; and they were all killed in the sight of the same king and of the bishop of the Christians. And their properties were confiscated, and he gave their churches to the Christians, having sent out his own sacred edicts in the state administered by him, so that any Manichaean who was found would be burned alive; and he burned all of their books. These things were recounted by a Persian courier, who after being baptized was renamed Timothy. And at that time the emperor of the Romans renamed the fortress called Anasarbus to Theodorias in the name of the

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ἐλήφθησαν αἰχμάλωτοι, Κουζτὶς δὲ πληγᾶτος γενόμενος παρελήφθη, Βελισάριος δὲ φυγῇ χρησάμενος διεσώθη. καὶ ἀπηγγέλθη τὰ γενόμενα τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰουστινιανῷ, καὶ ἐλυπήθη σφόδρα. ἔπεσον δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῶν Περσῶν στρατηγοὶ μετὰ βοηθείας αὐτῶν πολλῆς· καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν χώραν. Ἔπεμψε δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς συγκλητικοὺς ἀπὸ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως φυλάττειν τὰς πόλεις τῆς ἀνατολῆς μετὰ τῆς αὐτῶν βοηθείας, τὸν μὲν πατρίκιον Πλάτωνα ἐν Ἀμηδίᾳ, τὸν δὲ Θεόδωρον τὸν πατρίκιον ἐν Ἐδέσῃ, Ἀλέξανδρον δὲ τὸν Ἱερίοἐν Βεροίᾳ, καὶ ἄλλους δὲ συγκλητικοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ Σοῦρον καὶ Κωνσταντῖναν εἰς τὸ φυλάττειν τὰς πόλεις. ἐπέμφθη δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ καὶ ὁ πατρίκιος Πόμπιος μετὰ πολλῆς βοηθείας, ἔχων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ Ἰλλυρικιανοὺς καὶ Σκύθας καὶ Ἰσαύρους καὶ Θρᾷκας· καὶ ἔνδοσις ἐγένετο τοῦ πολέμου κατὰ σύνταξιν Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Περσῶν διὰ τὸ γενέσθαι χειμῶνας βαρεῖς. Συνέβη δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ ὑπὸ θεομηνίας παθεῖν Ἀντιόχειαν τὸ ἕκτον αὐτῆς πάθος. ὁ δὲ γεγονὼς σεισμὸς κατέσχεν ἐπὶ μίαν ὥραν, καὶ μετὰ τούτου βρυγμὸς φοβερός, ὥστε τὰ ἀνανεωθέντα κτίσματα ὑπὸ τῶν πρῴην γενομένων φόβων καταπεσεῖν καὶ τὰ τείχη καί τινας ἐκκλησίας. τὰ δὲ συμβάντα 443 ἠκούσθη καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις πόλεσι, καὶ πᾶσαι πενθοῦσαι ἐλιτάνευον. ἔπαθε δὲ καὶ μέρη τῶν πέριξ τῆς πόλεως· τελευτῶσι δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ σεισμῷ ἄχρι ψυχῶν πεντακισχιλίων. οἱ δὲ περισωθέντες πολῖται εἰς τὰς ἄλλας πόλεις, φανεροὶ δὲ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ᾤκουν. ὁ δὲ πατριάρχης Ἐφραΐμιος πάντα τὰ γενόμενα ἀνήγαγε τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἐν τῷ Βυζαντίῳ τὰ συμβάντα ἐλιτάνευον ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ἱκανάς. Ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ συνέβη παθεῖν ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ Λαοδίκειαν τὸ πρῶτον αὐτῆς πάθος· κατηνέχθη δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ φόβου τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως καὶ αἱ συναγωγαὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων. ἀπώλοντο δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ φόβῳ χιλιάδες ἑπτὰ ἥμισυ, Ἑβραίων τε πλῆθος καὶ χριστιανῶν ὀλίγοι· αἱ δὲ ἐκκλησίαι τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἔμειναν ἀῤῥαγεῖς, περισωθεῖσαι ὑπὸ θεοῦ. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἐχαρίσατο τοῖς Λαοδικεῦσιν εἰς ἐκχόϊσιν τῆς αὐτῶν πόλεως κεντηνάρια δύο. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ μετεκλήθη Ἀντιόχεια Θεούπολις κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεὼν τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ. εὑρέθη δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ Ἀντιοχείᾳ χρησμὸς ἀναγεγραμμένος, περιέχων οὕτως· Καὶ σύ, τάλαινα πόλις, Ἀντιόχου οὐ κληθήσῃ. ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς χαρτίοις εὑρέθη τῶν τὰ ἄκτα γραφόντων τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ὅτι ἔκραζον κληδόνα διδοῦντες εἰς τὸ μετακληθῆναι τὴν αὐτὴν πόλιν. καὶ ἀνηνέχθη ταῦτα τῷ αὐτῷ βασιλεῖ 444 Ἰουστινιανῷ. καὶ ἐδωρήσατο θείαν φιλοτιμίαν τοῖς Ἀντιοχεῦσι καὶ Λαοδικεῦσι καὶ Σελευκέσιν, ὥστε κουφισθῆναι τὴν αὐτῶν συντέλειαν ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία, χαρισάμενος ταῖς αὐταῖς πόλεσι λίτρας διακοσίας καὶ τοῖς κτήτορσιν ἀξίας ἰλλουστρίων. Ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἀνεφάνη ἐν τοῖς Περσικοῖς μέρεσι δόγμα Μανιχαϊκόν· καὶ μαθὼν ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ἠγανάκτησεν· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιμάγοι τῶν Περσῶν· ἦσαν γὰρ ποιήσαντες οἱ αὐτοὶ Μανιχαῖοι καὶ ἐπίσκοπον, ὀνόματι Ἰνδαράζαρ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν σιλέντιον ποιήσας, καὶ πάντας αὐτοὺς κατεσχηκὼς καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον τῶν Μανιχαίων, κελεύει τῇ παρεστώσῃ αὐτῷ ἐνόπλῳ στρατιᾷ, καὶ κατέκοψαν ξίφεσι πάντας τοὺς Μανιχαίους καὶ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον αὐτῶν σὺν τῷ κλήρῳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐφονεύθησαν πάντες ἐπ' ὄψεσι τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τῶν χριστιανῶν. ἐδημεύθησαν δὲ καὶ αἱ ὑποστάσεις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς ἐκκλησίας αὐτῶν δέδωκε τοῖς χριστιανοῖς, ἐκπέμψας θείας αὑτοῦ σάκρας ἐν τῇ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ διοικουμένῃ πολιτείᾳ, ὥστε τὸν εὑρισκόμενον Μανιχαῖον πυρίκαυστον γενέσθαι· καὶ τὰς βίβλους δὲ αὐτῶν πάσας κατέκαυσεν. ἅτινα διηγήσατο βασταγάριος Περσῶν, ὅστις βαπτισθεὶς μετεκλήθη Τιμόθεος. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ ὁ Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς τὸ κάστρον τὸ λεγόμενον Ἀνάσαρθον μετεκάλεσε Θεοδωριάδα εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τῆς