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Heraclius Abydos, he fled leaving the walls and entered 299 Constantinople. But Heraclius received at Abydos all the exiled rulers whom Phocas had exiled, and went up with them to Heracleia. And Stephen, the metropolitan of Cyzicus, took a crown from the church of the holy Theotokos of Artake and brought it to Heraclius. And having seized Constantinople, he moored at the harbor of Sophia; and when battle was joined, by the grace of Christ he conquered [Phocas] the tyrant. And the demes, taking him, killed him, burning him with fire at the Ox. And Heraclius, having entered the palace, was crowned by Patriarch Sergius in the oratory of Saint Stephen in the palace. And on the same day his betrothed, Eudocia, was also crowned Augusta, and both received the crowns of marriage from Patriarch Sergius; and on the same day he was shown forth as emperor and bridegroom at once. And in the month of May the Persians campaigned against Syria and took Apamea and Edessa and came as far as Antioch. And the Romans, meeting them, did battle, and the Romans were defeated; and the entire army of the Romans was destroyed, so that very few escaped. And on the 7th of the month of July, in the same indiction, Epiphania, daughter of Eudocia, was born to the emperor, and on the 15th of the month of August she was baptized in Blachernae by Patriarch Sergius. Year of the world 6103. Year of the divine incarnation 603. Emperor of the Romans, Heraclius, 31 years. 2. Emperor of the Persians, Chosroes, 39 years. 23. Bishop of Constantinople, Sergius, 29 years. 3. Bishop of Jerusalem, Zacharias, 22 years. 3. Bishop of Alexandria, John, 10 years. 3. In this year the Persians took Caesarea of Cappadocia and captured many thousands in it. And the emperor Heraclius found the affairs of the Roman state paralyzed. 300 For the Avars had laid waste Europe, and the Persians had destroyed all of Asia and captured the cities and consumed the Roman army in the wars. And seeing these things, he was at a loss as to what he should do. For having searched the army, to see if any of those who had campaigned with Phocas against Maurice during his tyranny had survived, he found only two in all the themes. In the same year, on the 3rd of the month of May, in the 15th indiction, a son was born to the emperor by Eudocia, Heraclius the younger, also called the new Constantine. And on the 14th of the month of August, Eudocia the Augusta died, in the same 15th indiction. 3. 24. 4. 4. 4. In this year, on the 4th of the month of October, in the 1st indiction, Epiphania, the daughter of Heraclius, was crowned Augusta by Patriarch Sergius in the oratory of Saint Stephen in the palace. And on the 25th of the month of December, in the same 1st indiction, Heraclius, the son of Heraclius, the new, also called Constantine, was crowned by Patriarch Sergius. In the same year Saracens campaigned against Syria and after ravaging several districts, they returned. 4. 25. 5. 5. 5. In this year the Persians took Damascus and took a great number of people captive. And the emperor Heraclius sent envoys to Chosroes to cease from mercilessly shedding the blood of men and to set tributes and receive pacts. But he sent the envoys away without result, giving them no answer, hoping to take over the Roman empire completely. But Heraclius at the same time married Martina and proclaimed her Augusta, crowning her in the Augusteum, having been crowned by Patriarch Sergius. 5. 26. 6. 6. 6. In this year the Persians took the Jordan and Palestine and the holy city by war and they killed many in it, 301 by the hand of the Jews, as some say, ninety thousand. For these, buying the Christians as each was able, killed them. And taking Zacharias, the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the precious and life-giving Wood along with a great number of captives, they carried them off to Persia. In the same year was born to the emperor by Martina, Constantinus

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Ἡράκλειος τὴν Ἄβυδον, ἔφυγε καταλιπὼν τὰ τείχη καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐν 299 Κωνσταντινουπόλει. ὁ δὲ Ἡράκλειος ἐδέξατο ἐν Ἀβύδῳ πάντας τοὺς ἐξορισθέντας ἄρχοντας, οὓς ἐξώρισε Φωκᾶς, καὶ ἀνῆλθε σὺν αὐτοῖς εἰς Ἡράκλειαν. Στέφανος δέ, ὁ τῆς Κυζίκου μητροπολίτης, λαβὼν στέμμα ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἁγίας θεοτόκου Ἀρτάκης ἀπήγαγεν αὐτὸ τῷ Ἡρακλείῳ. καταλαβὼν δὲ τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν προσώρμισε τῷ λιμένι τῆς Σοφίας· καὶ πολέμου κροτηθέντος νικᾷ τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Χριστοῦ [Φωκᾶν] τὸν τύραννον. οἱ δὲ δῆμοι τοῦτον παραλαβόντες ἀνεῖλον, πυρὶ κατακαύσαντες αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ Βοΐ. εἰσελθὼν δὲ Ἡράκλειος εἰς τὰ βασίλεια ἐστέφθη ὑπὸ Σεργίου πατριάρχου ἐν τῷ εὐκτηρίῳ τοῦ ἁγίου Στεφάνου ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. ἐστέφθη δὲ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡ μεμνηστευμένη αὐτῷ Εὐδοκία αὐγούστα, καὶ ἔλαβον ἀμφότεροι παρὰ Σεργίου πατριάρχου τοὺς στεφάνους τοῦ γάμου· καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁμοῦ αὐτοκράτωρ καὶ νυμφίος ἀναδείκνυται. τῷ δὲ Μαΐῳ μηνὶ ἐστράτευσαν οἱ Πέρσαι κατὰ Συρίας καὶ παρέλαβον τὴν Ἀπάμειαν καὶ τὴν Ἔδεσαν καὶ ἦλθον ἕως Ἀντιοχείας.οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι συναντήσαντες αὐτοῖς ἐπολέμησαν, καὶ ἡττήθησαν Ῥωμαῖοι· καὶ διωλέσθη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῶν Ῥωμαίων, ὥστε ὀλίγους λίαν ἐξειλῆσαι. τῷ δὲ Ἰουλίῳ μηνὶ ζʹ, τῇ αὐτῇ ἰνδικτιῶνι, ἐτέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἐπιφάνεια, θυγάτηρ Εὐδοκίας, καὶ τῷ Αὐγούστῳ μηνὶ ιεʹ ἐβαπτίσθη ἐν Βλαχέρναις ὑπὸ Σεργίου πατριάρχου. Κόσμου ἔτη ϛργʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη χγʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἡράκλειος ἔτη λαʹ. βʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Χοσρόης ἔτη λθʹ. κγʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Σέργιος ἔτη κθʹ. γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ζαχαρίας ἔτη κβʹ. γʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει παρέλαβον οἱ Πέρσαι Καισάρειαν τῆς Καππαδοκίας καὶ πολλὰς μυριάδας ἐν αὐτῇ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν. Ἡράκλειος δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς εὗρε παραλελυμένα τὰ τῆς πολιτείας Ῥωμαίων πράγματα. 300 τήν τε γὰρ Εὐρώπην οἱ Ἄβαρεις ἠρήμωσαν, καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν οἱ Πέρσαι πᾶσαν κατέστρεψαν καὶ τὰς πόλεις ᾐχμαλώτευσαν καὶ τὸν τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατὸν ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις ἀνήλωσαν. καὶ ταῦτα ἰδὼν ἐν ἀπορίᾳ ἦν, τί δράσῃ. ἐρευνήσας γὰρ τὸν στρατόν, εἰ ἄρα ἐσώζοντο ἐκ τῶν μετὰ Φωκᾶ κατὰ Μαυρικίου στρατευσάντων ἐπὶ τῆς τούτου τυραννίδος, δύο μόνους εὗρεν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς θέμασιν. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Μαΐῳ γʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιεʹ, ἐτέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ υἱὸς ἀπὸ Εὐδοκίας, Ἡράκλειος ὁ μικρός, ὁ καὶ νέος Κωνσταντῖνος. τῷ δὲ Αὐγούστῳ μηνὶ ιδʹ ἐτελεύτησεν Εὐδοκία ἡ αὐγούστα, τῇ αὐτῇ ιεʹ ἰνδικτιῶνι. γʹ. κδʹ. δʹ. δʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ δʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος αʹ, ἐστέφθη Ἐπιφάνεια, ἡ θυγάτηρ Ἡρακλείου, ὑπὸ Σεργίου πατριάρχου αὐγούστα ἐν τῷ εὐκτηρίῳ τοῦ ἁγίου Στεφάνου ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. τῷ δὲ ∆εκεμβρίῳ μηνὶ κεʹ, τῇ αὐτῇ αʹ ἰνδικτιῶνι, ἐστέφθη Ἡράκλειος, ὁ υἱὸς Ἡρακλείου, ὁ νέος, ὁ καὶ Κωνσταντῖνος, ὑπὸ Σεργίου πατριάρχου. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσαν Σαρακηνοὶ κατὰ Συρίας καὶ λυμηνάμενοι ἱκανὰ χωρία ὑπέστρεψαν. δʹ. κεʹ. εʹ. εʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει παρέλαβον οἱ Πέρσαι τὴν ∆αμασκὸν καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν λαὸν πολύν. Ἡράκλειος δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς πρέσβεις πρὸς Χοσρόην ἀπέστειλε παύσασθαι τοῦ ἐκχέειν ἀνηλεῶς τὰ αἵματα τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ὁρίσαι φόρους καὶ λαμβάνειν πάκτα. ὁ δὲ τοὺς πρέσβεις ἀπράκτους ἀπέλυσεν, μὴ ποιησάμενος αὐτοῖς λόγον, ἐλπίζων τελείως παραλαβεῖν τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχήν. ὁ δὲ Ἡράκλειος τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἔγημε Μαρτῖναν καὶ ἀνηγόρευσεν αὐτὴν αὐγούσταν στέψας αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν Αὐγουστέα, στεφθεῖσαν ὑπὸ Σεργίου πατριάρχου. εʹ. κϛʹ. ϛʹ. ϛʹ. ϛʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει παρέλαβον οἱ Πέρσαι τὸν Ἰορδάνην καὶ Παλαιστίνην καὶ τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν πολέμῳ καὶ πολλοὺς ἀπέκτειναν ἐν αὐτῇ 301 διὰ χειρὸς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὥς φασί τινες, μυριάδας ἐννέα. οὗτοι γὰρ ὠνούμενοι τοὺς Χριστιανοὺς καθὰ εὐπόρει ἕκαστος ἀπέκτεινον αὐτούς. Ζαχαρίαν δέ, τὸν πατριάρχην Ἱεροσολύμων, καὶ τὰ τίμια καὶ ζωοποιὰ ξύλα λαβόντες σὺν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ πολλῇ ἐν Περσίδι ἀπήγαγον. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐτέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀπὸ Μαρτίνης Κωνστανστῖνος