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in that time gifts were sent down from the emperor of the Romans to the king of the Persians; and likewise the Augusta also sent down to the queen of the Persians, who was his sister. And Rufinus and Strategius, having reached the city of the Edessenes, sent a message to Kawad, king of the Persians. And he put off receiving them, because he had secretly sent forces against the Romans. And at that time a fire also broke out in Antioch; for when someone had lit candles in the theater, and the wax dripped onto the wooden structures, the wooden structures caught fire; and when a crowd had gathered it was extinguished. And at that time Demosthenes was sent down to the eastern parts, bringing with him also no small amount of money to prepare grain depots in each city on account of the engagement with the Persians; and when he reached Antioch, he went out to Osroene. 468 And sacred edicts were sent down to the cities, so that those not in communion with the holy churches should be sent into exile, on the pretext of their naming the synod of Chalcedon of the six hundred and thirty. and when a disturbance occurred in Antioch, the demes rushed upon the episcopal palace, throwing stones and shouting abusive words. And those remaining in the patriarchate came out together with the count of the east, and resisting with arrows and stones, they killed many of the rioters. And what had happened was reported to the emperor and he ordered many to be punished. And at that time a message was also sent down from Hermogenes concerning the engagement of the war between the Romans and the Persians. For Persian generals, having made a raid with the help of six thousand, intending to take Martyropolis; for they were encamped in the region of Amida by the so-called Nymphius river. And the Romans, having taken a stand against the Persians, were not able to rout them. And having engaged in a second clash, and the Romans employing a tactic of flight, they seemed to be fleeing. But the Persians, having run down, thinking they were being pursued, broke their own ranks; but the Romans, turning around, cut down two thousand of the Persians, taking by hand also some of their commanders as captives, and taking from them also standards. And of the rest who were fleeing to cross the Nymphius river, they perished in the currents of the river while being pursued; but the Romans returned to 469 Martyropolis. And the Roman dux, going out with the landowners, plundered the remains of the Persians, having put their commanders in a guardhouse. And at that time Dorotheus, the stratelates of Armenia, having a Roman fighting force, moved against the Persians; and gaining the upper hand, he destroyed Persarmenians and Persians, treating them harshly. And he also took many Persian fortresses; among which he took a strong fortress situated on top of a mountain, having one road of a single path, from which those there went down and drew water from the river flowing by. And the Persian merchants deposited there all the things they carried in their trade, as the place was secure. And when this was reported to the same Dorotheus, he lay in ambush for the fort, guarding its ascent; and the Persians inside, suffering from hunger, were persuaded by oaths and surrendered it. And when a message was sent down by Dorotheus to the emperor Justinian about the things found in the fortress, he sent out Narses the cubicularius to take possession of the things stored in the fortress. And when Narses came down, they handed over everything. And the Persian commanders reported what had happened to their king; and when a multitude of the Persian army was sent out, they came near 470 Martyropolis; for they had received a reply from their king not to return to Persia until they should retake the same fortress. And having arrived at the place, they sat down besieging it and digging tunnels and making ladders and raising them against the wall. But later

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τῷ χρόνῳ κατεπέμφθησαν δῶρα παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Ῥωμαίων τῷ βασιλεῖ Περσῶν· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ Αὔγουστα κατέπεμψε τῇ βασιλίσσῃ Περσῶν, τῇ οὔσῃ αὐτοῦ ἀδελφῇ. καὶ καταλαβόντες Ῥουφῖνος καὶ Στρατήγιος τὴν Ἐδεσηνῶν πόλιν ἐμήνυσαν Κωάδῃ, βασιλεῖ Περσῶν. καὶ ἀνεβάλετο τοῦ δέξασθαι αὐτούς, ὅτι ἦν πέμψας κατὰ Ῥωμαίων λαθραίως. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ καὶ ἐμπρησμὸς ἐγένετο ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ· τινὸς γὰρ ὑφάψαντος κηροὺς ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ, καὶ τοῦ κηροῦ στάξαντος ἐπάνω τῶν ξύλων, ὑφῆψαν τὰ ξύλα· καὶ συνδρομῆς γενομένης ἐσβέσθη. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ κατεπέμφθη εἰς τὰ ἀνατολικὰ ∆ημοσθένης, ἐπιφερόμενος καὶ χρήματα οὐκ ὀλίγα εἰς τὸ εὐτρεπίσαι κατὰ πόλιν ἀπόθετα σίτου ἕνεκεν τῆς μετὰ Περσῶν συμβολῆς· καὶ καταλαβόντος αὐτοῦ Ἀντιόχειαν ἐξῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ὀσδροηνήν. 468 Κατεπέμφθησαν δὲ σάκραι ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν, ὥστε τοὺς μὴ κοινωνοῦντας ταῖς ἁγίαις ἐκκλησίαις ἐν ἐξορίαις καταπέμπεσθαι, ὡς προφασιζομένους τοῦ ὀνομάζεσθαι τὴν σύνοδον Χαλκηδόνος τῶν ἑξακοσίων τριάκοντα. καὶ γενομένης ταραχῆς ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ὥρμησαν οἱ δῆμοι ἐν τῷ ἐπισκοπείῳ λιθοβολοῦντες καὶ φωνὰς ὑβριστικὰς κατακράζοντες. καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ παραμένοντες ἐν τῷ πατριαρχείῳ ἅμα τῷ κόμητι τῆς ἀνατολῆς, βέλεσι καὶ λίθοις ἀντιστάντες πολλοὺς τῶν στασιαζόντων ἀνεῖλον. τὰ δὲ πραχθέντα ἀνηνέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ἐκέλευσε τιμωρηθῆναι πολλούς. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ καὶ μήνυσις κατεπέμφθη παρὰ Ἑρμογένους ἕνεκεν τῆς συμβολῆς τοῦ πολέμου Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Περσῶν. στρατηγοὶ γὰρ Περσῶν καταδραμόντες μετὰ βοηθείας χιλιάδων ἕξ, ὡς ὀφείλοντες παραλαβεῖν Μαρτυρόπολιν· ἦσαν γὰρ σκηνώσαντες εἰς τὰ μέρη Ἀμίδης παρὰ τῷ λεγομένῳ Νυμφίῳ ποταμῷ. ἀντικαταστάντες δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι Πέρσαις οὐκ ἐδυνήθησαν τρέψαι αὐτούς. καὶ δευτέραν σύγκρουσιν συμβαλόντες, καὶ τρακτάτῳ φυγῆς χρησάμενοι Ῥωμαῖοι, ἐδόκουν φεύγειν. οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι καταδραμόντες, νομίσαντες αὐτοὺς διώκεσθαι, ἔλυσαν τὰ ἑαυτῶν τάγματα· στραφέντες δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι ἔκοψαν ἐκ τῶν Περσῶν χιλιάδας δύο, χειρὶ λαβόντες καί τινας ἐξάρχους αὐτῶν αἰχμαλώτους, ἀφειλάμενοι ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ βάνδα. τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν ἐκφευγόντων ἐκπερᾶν τὸν Νυμφίον ποταμὸν ἐν τοῖς ῥεύμασι τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀπώλοντο διωκόμενα· Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς 469 Μαρτυρόπολιν. ὁ δὲ δοὺξ Ῥωμαίων σὺν τοῖς κτήτορσιν ἐξελθὼν ἐσκύλευσε τὰ λείψανα τῶν Περσῶν, τοὺς ἐξάρχους αὐτῶν ἐν φρουρᾷ ἀποθέμενοι. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ καὶ ∆ωρόθεος ὁ τῆς Ἀρμενίας στρατηλάτης ἔχων Ῥωμαϊκὴν χεῖρα πολεμικὴν ὥρμησε κατὰ Περσῶν· καὶ περιγενόμενος ἀπώλεσε Περσαρμενίους καὶ Πέρσας, πικρῶς αὐτοῖς χρησάμενος. παρέλαβε δὲ καὶ πολλὰ καστέλλια Περσικά· ἐν οἷς παρέλαβε καστέλλιον ὀχυρὸν κείμενον ἐπάνω ὄρους, μίαν ὁδὸν ἔχον μονοπατίου, ὅθεν κατιόντες οἱ ἐκεῖσε ὑδρεύοντο ἐκ τοῦ παραῤῥέοντος ποταμοῦ. οἱ δὲ πραγματευταὶ τῶν Περσῶν πάντα ὅσα ἐπεφέροντο ἐν τῇ πραγματείᾳ ἐκεῖσε ἀπετίθουν, ὡς ἀσφαλοῦς τοῦ τόπου ὄντος. καὶ μηνυθὲν τῷ αὐτῷ ∆ωροθέῳ, παρεφόσευσε τῷ κάστρῳ φυλάττων τὴν ἄνοδον αὐτοῦ· καὶ λιμώξαντες οἱ ἔνδοθεν Πέρσαι, ὅρκοις πεισθέντες προέδωκαν. καὶ καταπεμφθείσης μηνύσεως ὑπὸ ∆ωροθέου τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰουστινιανῷ περὶ τῶν εὑρεθέντων ἐν τᾷ καστελλίῳ, ἐξέπεμψε Νάρσην κουβικουλάριον ἐπὶ τῷ παραλαβεῖν τὰ ἀποκείμενα ἐν τῷ καστελλίῳ. καὶ κατελθόντος Ναρσοῦ παρέδωκαν πάντα. Οἱ δὲ ἔξαρχοι Περσῶν ἀνήγαγον τὰ γενόμενα τῷ αὐτῶν βασιλεῖ· καὶ ἐκπεμφθέντος πλήθους στρατοῦ Περσικοῦ, ἦλθον πλη 470 σίον Μαρτυρουπόλεως· ἦν γὰρ λαβόντες ἀπόκρισιν ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτῶν βασιλέως μὴ ὑποστρέψαι ἐν Περσίδι, ἕως οὗ τὸ αὐτὸ καστέλλιον ἀντιπαραλάβωσι. καὶ ἐπιστάντες τῷ τόπῳ, παρεκάθισαν πολεμοῦντες καὶ κατορύσσοντες κλίμακάς τε ποιοῦντες καὶ τῷ τείχει ἐπανορθοῦντες. ὕστερον δὲ