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In those same days, the same emperor Justinian sent down to every city divine orders containing the following. An edict concerning the orthodox faith and against impious heretics. and it was posted in every city in the churches. And not long after, a terrible, harmless earthquake occurred in Antioch the great. At that same time, the same emperor also celebrated his third consulship, recalling the patricians Olybrius and Probus, who were in exile, having given them back all their property. In the 12th indiction, the king of Africa was captured with his 479 wife by Belisarius; and they were brought to Constantinople. and while the hippodrome games were being held, they were brought in as captives along with the spoils. At the same time, the column of Julian the Apostate fell, the one set up in the middle of the harbor of Julian; and in place of the same column they erected a cross. And after the consulship of Belisarius, a synod was held in Constantinople under the bishop of Rome, Agapetus; and he deposed Anthemius, the patriarch of Constantinople. and in the same year the bishop of Rome died in Byzantium; and Menas, from the hospice of Sampson, became patriarch in Constantinople. And in the consulship of John the Cappadocian, the churches of the Arians were taken away. And at the same time the Chalke of the palace of Constantinople was completed, adorned with various marbles and mosaic. and the clock near the Augusteum and the basilica was also moved. and at the same time the office of the night-eparch was abolished, and a praetor was created in his place. and in the same year a quaestor was appointed. And in that same consulship, the dedication of the great church took place. In the month of June, in the 3rd indiction, Antioch the great 480 was captured by Chosroes, king of the Persians. and Germanus was sent to fight, having been appointed magister militum, along with his own son Justin. And having accomplished nothing, he sat in Antioch, buying silver for 2 or 3 nomismata per pound from the Antiochenes themselves. And the king of the Persians entered both Apamea and other cities of the east. And at the same time Belisarius was sent down to Rome; and having waged war, he took both Rome and Sicily and the surrounding cities which were held by Wittigis, king of the Goths. and having waged war, and having captured the same Wittigis and his wife and his son, he brought them to Byzantium. And after a short time the same emperor sent Narses the cubicularius with much assistance to Rome against the same Goths. In the month of August, John, surnamed the Cappadocian, was deposed, having twice served in the office of the praetorian prefects. and having been confiscated he was sent to Cyzicus, having been ordained a deacon in Artake; and there, having conspired with some landowners, they murdered Eusebius the bishop of the same city of the Cyzicenes. and the emperor, learning of this and being angry at the same John, sent and had him interrogated there for the murder that had occurred. and by order of the same 481 emperor he was exiled from there to Antinoë. and after a time, having been recalled, he died in Byzantium. In the 5th indiction, such an event happened to occur. a certain woman living near the so-called Golden Gate, being possessed one night, babbled many things, so that the crowds of Constantinople ran together and went in a litany to Saint Diomedes in Jerusalem and brought the woman down from her house and brought her into the church of Saint Diomedes; for she was saying that after three days the sea would rise and take everyone. And with everyone processing in litany and crying "Lord have mercy"; for it was heard that many cities had also been swallowed up. then indeed in both Egypt and in Alexandria a plague among men occurred. And the same emperor sent Narses the

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αὐταῖς δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς Ἰουστινιανὸς ἐν ἑκάστῃ πόλει κατέπεμψε θείας προστάξεις περιεχούσας οὕτως. Ἤδικτον περιέχον περὶ τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως καὶ κατὰ ἀσεβῶν αἱρετικῶν. καὶ προετέθη ἐν ἑκάστῃ πόλει ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις. Καὶ μετ' οὐ πολὺ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο φοβερὸς ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ ἀβλαβής. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ ἔῤῥιψε καὶ τὴν τρίτην ὑπατείαν ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεύς, ἀνακαλεσάμενος τοὺς πατρικίους Ὀλύβριον καὶ Πρόβον, ὄντας ἐν ἐξορίᾳ, δεδωκὼς αὐτοῖς πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν. Ἰνδικτιῶνος ιβʹ παρελήφθη ὁ ῥὴξ Ἀφρικῆς μετὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ 479 γυναικὸς ὑπὸ Βελισαρίου· καὶ εἰσηνέχθησαν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει. καὶ ἱπποδρομίου ἀγομένου εἰσηνέχθησαν αἰχμάλωτοι μετὰ καὶ τῶν λαφύρων. Τῷ αὐτῷ δὲ χρόνῳ ἔπεσεν ἡ στήλη Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ παραβάτου ἡ σταθεῖσα μέσον τοῦ Ἰουλιανοῦ λιμένος· καὶ ἔπηξαν ἀντὶ τῆς αὐτῆς στήλης σταυρόν. Καὶ μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Βελισαρίου ἐγένετο σύνοδος ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης Ἀγαπητοῦ· καὶ καθῆρεν Ἀνθέμιον τὸν πατριάρχην Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει τελευτᾷ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ῥώμης· καὶ γέγονε πατριάρχης ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Μηνᾶς ὁ ἀπὸ ξενοδόχων τῶν Σαμψών. Ἐν δὲ τῇ ὑπατείᾳ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Καππάδοκος ἐπήρθησαν αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῶν Ἀρειανῶν. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἐπληρώθη ἡ χαλκῆ τοῦ παλατίου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, κοσμηθεῖσα διαφόροις μαρμάροις καὶ μουσίῳ. μετηνέχθη δὲ καὶ τὸ ὡρολογεῖον τὸ πλησίον τοῦ Αὐγουστίου καὶ τῆς βασιλικῆς. περιῃρέθη δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἡ τοῦ νυκτεπάρχου ἀρχή, καὶ ἐγένετο ἀντ' αὐτοῦ πραίτωρ. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει προεβλήθη κοιαίστωρ. Ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ τῇ ὑπατείᾳ γέγονε τὰ ἐγκαίνια τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας. Μηνὶ ἰουνίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος γʹ παρελήφθη Ἀντιόχεια ἡ μεγά 480 λη ὑπὸ Χοσρόου, βασιλέως Περσῶν. καὶ ἐπέμφθη εἰς τὸ πολεμῆσαι Γερμανὸς ζωσθεὶς στρατηλάτης μετὰ καὶ τοῦ ἰδίου αὐτοῦ υἱοῦ Ἰουστίνου. καὶ μηδὲν ὠφελήσας ἐκάθητο ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ἀγοράζων τὸν ἄργυρον νομισμάτων βʹ ἢ τριῶν τὴν λίτραν ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν Ἀντιοχέων. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν εἰσῆλθε καὶ ἐν Ἀπαμείᾳ καὶ ἐν ἑτέραις πόλεσι τῆς ἀνατολῆς. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ κατεπέμφθη Βελισάριος ἐν Ῥώμῃ· καὶ πολεμήσας παρέλαβε τήν τε Ῥώμην καὶ Σικελίαν καὶ τὰς πέριξ πόλεις κρατουμένας ὑπὸ Οὐιττιγή, ῥηγὸς τῶν Γότθων. καὶ πολεμήσας, καὶ παραλαβὼν τὸν αὐτὸν Οὐιττιγὴν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤγαγεν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγον καιρὸν ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἔπεμψε Ναρσὴν τὸν κουβικουλάριον μετὰ πολλῆς βοηθείας ἐν Ῥώμῃ κατὰ τῶν αὐτῶν Γότθων. Μηνὶ αὐγούστῳ ἀπεζώσθη Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐπίκλην Καππάδοξ, δὶς διανύσας τὴν τῶν ἐπάρχων ἀρχήν. καὶ δημευθεὶς ἐπέμφθη ἐν Κυζίκῳ, κληρωθεὶς διάκονος ἐν Ἀρτάκῃ· κἀκεῖσε φρατριάσας μετά τινων κτητόρων ἀνεῖλον Εὐσέβιον τὸν ἐπίσκοπον τῆς αὐτῆς Κυζικηνῶν πόλεως. μαθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἀγανακτήσας κατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννου, πέμψας ἐξήτασεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ διὰ τὸν γενόμενον φόνον. καὶ κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ αὐτοῦ 481 βασιλέως ἐκεῖθεν ἐξωρίσθη ἐν Ἀντίνῳ. καὶ μετὰ χρόνον ἀνακληθεὶς τελευτᾷ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ. Ἰνδικτιῶνος εʹ συνέβη γενέσθαι τοιοῦτον πρᾶγμα. γυνή τις καταμένουσα πλησίον τῆς λεγομένης Χρυσῆς πόρτας κρεμασθεῖσα ἐν μιᾷ νυκτὶ ἐφλυάρησε πολλά, ὥστε συνδραμεῖν τὰ πλήθη Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ ἀπελθεῖν λιτανεύοντα εἰς τὸν ἅγιον ∆ιομήδην εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ καταγαγεῖν τὴν γυναῖκα ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς καὶ εἰσαγαγεῖν εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ ἁγίου ∆ιομήδους· ἔλεγε γὰρ ὅτι μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνέρχεται ἡ θάλασσα καὶ πάντας λαμβάνει. καὶ πάντων λιτανευόντων καὶ κραζόντων τὸ Κύριε ἐλέησον· ἠκούετο γὰρ ὅτι καὶ πόλεις πολλαὶ κατεπόθησαν. τότε δὲ καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ θνῆσις ἀνθρώπων γέγονεν. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς πέμψας Ναρσὴν τὸν