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a cubicularius with dromons and certain others to learn what had happened, and when the servants of Narses had gone away at his command to Saint Diomedes and had learned from the assembled crowd the things said by the woman, they came and reported to Narses what had happened in the church, and that they heard from the hanging woman that after three days the sea would rise and flood everyone. And the crowds, hearing the things said by her, departed in fear. And at the same time, Longinus was appointed prefect of the city; who paved the central court of the Basilica Cistern. He also built the porticoes of the same Basilica splendidly. But the Lord God, seeing that the iniquities of men had multiplied, brought about a fall of men upon the earth for their destruction in all the cities and in the lands. For the death toll prevailed for a time, so that those who were burying were not sufficient. For some even carried them out from their own houses on wooden biers, and not even so were they enough. For some of the bodies also remained unburied for days; for some did not even see the burial of their own relatives. But the compassion of God prevailed in Byzantium for two months. In the month of September, in the 7th indiction, an earthquake occurred in Cyzicus, and half of the same city fell. And at the same time an equestrian statue of the emperor Justinian was erected near the palace in the so-called Augusteon; which column was that of the emperor Arcadius, having formerly been in the Taurus on a small base. And at that time there was also a shortage of wine. And in the month of November a controversy arose about the abstinence from meat; and the same emperor ordered meat to be sold for another week; and all the butchers slaughtered and put it on display 483, but no one ate; and there was also a passion of Christ our God, as the same emperor wished. In the month of February, in the tenth indiction, the bishop of Rome, Vigilius, arrived in Constantinople; and at the same time Rome was taken by the Goths. And in the same year, Menas the patriarch of Constantinople was deposed by the pope of Rome for certain canonical reasons. And in the same indiction, when a birthday was being celebrated in Byzantium, while Thomas was prefect of the city, a riot occurred from both of the factions; and the emperor, seeing what had happened, ordered the excubitors, and they attacked the crowd; and some were drowned while fleeing, while others were slaughtered. And in the same indiction, Menas the archbishop of Constantinople was received back into his episcopate; and he went to the shrine of the holy apostles in the fortification wall. And at the same time, when the one nicknamed Dipoundiaristes was comes praetoris, those who were found guilty in the murder of the bishop of Cyzicus, Andreas and John nicknamed Dandax, were publicly examined; and after the examination, the right hands of the two were cut off. and at the same time there were continuous earthquakes. In the month of June, in the same indiction, there was thunder and very fearsome lightning 484, so that even sleeping people were harmed by the lightning flashes. and during these terrors a part of the column in the Xerolophos was also broken off. And on the 28th of the same month, in the tenth indiction, the Augusta Theodora died. And in the month of July, when a clash occurred between both of the factions, a fire broke out in the house called the House of Pardos; and many things were burned and many murders occurred. In the 13th indiction, an ambassador of the Indians was sent down to Constantinople with an elephant. And at the same time the name of Menas the archbishop was removed from the holy diptychs, and the name of Vigilius the pope of Rome. In the month of April a factional clash occurred in the Hippodrome, though no race was being held; and many from both sides died. In the month of

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κουβικουλάριον μετὰ δρομώνων καὶ ἄλλους τινὰς μαθεῖν τὰ γενόμενα, καὶ ἀπελθόντων τῶν παίδων Ναρσοῦ κατ' ἐπιτροπὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν ἅγιον ∆ιομήδην καὶ μαθόντων παρὰ τοῦ συναχθέντος ὄχλου τὰ λεγόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς γυναικός, ἐλθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν Ναρσῇ τὰ γενόμενα ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, καὶ ὅτι ἤκουσαν ἀπὸ τῆς γυναικὸς τῆς κρεμασθείσης ὅτι μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνέρχεται ἡ θάλασσα καὶ κατακλύζει πάντας. καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι τῶν λεγομένων παρ' αὐτῆς ἀνεχώρουν πτοούμενοι. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ Λογγῖνος ἔπαρχος πόλεως προεβλήθη· ὅστις ἔστρωσε τὸ μεσίαυλον τῆς βασιλικῆς κιστέρνης. ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐμβόλους τῆς αὐτῆς βασιλικῆς εὐπρεπῶς. Ἰδὼν δὲ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ἐπληθύνθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐπήγαγε πτῶσιν ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἐξάλειψιν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσι καὶ ἐν ταῖς χώραις. ἐπεκράτησε γὰρ ἡ θνῆσις ἐπὶ χρόνον, ὥστε μὴ αὐταρκεῖν τοὺς θάπτοντας. τινὲς γὰρ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων ἐν ξυλίνοις κραβάτοις ἐξέφερον, καὶ οὐδὲ οὕτως ἐξήρκουν. ἔμενον γὰρ καί τινα τῶν σκηνωμάτων ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ἄταφα· τινὲς γὰρ καὶ τῶν ἰδίων προσγενῶν τὴν ταφὴν οὐκ ἔβλεπον. ἐπεκράτησε δὲ ἡ εὐσπλαγχνία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ἐπὶ μῆνας δύο. Μηνὶ σεπτεμβρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ζʹ ἐγένετο σεισμὸς ἐν Κυζίκῳ, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἔπεσε. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἀνηνέχθη ἔφιππος στήλη τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰουστινιανοῦ πλησίον τοῦ παλατίου ἐν τῷ λεγομένῳ Αὐγουστεών· ἥτις στήλη ἦν Ἀρκαδίου βασιλέως, πρῴην οὖσα ἐν τῷ Ταύρῳ ἐν βωμίσκῳ. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ καὶ σπάνις οἴνου ἐγένετο. Τῷ δὲ νοεμβρίῳ μηνὶ διαστροφὴ ἐγένετο περὶ τῆς ἀποκρεωσίμου· ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς προσέταξεν ἑτέραν ἑβδομάδα πραθῆναι κρέα· καὶ πάντες μὲν οἱ κρεωπῶλαι ἔσφαξαν καὶ προέθη 483 καν, οὐδεὶς δὲ ἤσθιεν· ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ πάθος Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καθὼς ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἠβουλήθη. Μηνὶ φεβρουαρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος δεκάτης ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ῥώμης Βιγίλιος παρεγένετο ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει· καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ παρελήφθη Ῥώμη ὑπὸ Γότθων. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ ἔτει Μηνᾶς ὁ πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καθῃρέθη ὑπὸ τοῦ πάπα Ῥώμης διά τινας αἰτίας κανονικάς. Καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ ἰνδικτιῶνι γενεθλίου ἀγομένου ἐν Βυζαντίῳ, ὄντος ἐπάρχου πόλεως Θωμᾶ, ἀμιξία ἐγένετο ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν· καὶ θεωρήσας ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ γεγονός, κελεύσας τοῖς ἐξκουβίτορσιν, ἐπέβησαν κατὰ τοῦ πλήθους· καὶ οἱ μὲν φεύγοντες ἀπεπνίγησαν, ἕτεροι δὲ κατεσφάγησαν. Τῇ δὲ αὐτῇ ἰνδικτιῶνι ἐδέχθη Μηνᾶς ὁ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως εἰς τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν ἄθλησιν τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ἐν τῷ περιτειχίσματι. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ὄντος κόμητος πραίτωρος τοῦ ἐπίκλην ∆ιπουνδιαρίστου δημοσίᾳ ἐξητάσθησαν οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἐν τῷ φόνῳ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Κυζίκου, Ἀνδρέας καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐπίκλην ∆άνδαξ· καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἐξέτασιν ἐπήρθησαν τῶν δύο αἱ δεξιαί. καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἐγένοντο σεισμοὶ συνεχεῖς. Μηνὶ ἰουνίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνι τῇ αὐτῇ ἐγένοντο βρονταὶ καὶ ἀστρα 484 παὶ φοβεραὶ πάνυ, ὥστε καὶ ἀνθρώπους καθεύδοντας ἐκ τῶν ἀστραπῶν βλαβῆναι. ἐν αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς φόβοις καὶ τοῦ κίονος τοῦ ἐν τῷ Ξηρολόφῳ ἀπεπτελώθη μέρος. Καὶ τῇ κηʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἰνδικτιῶνος δεκάτης τελευτᾷ ἡ Αὔγουστα Θεοδώρα. Καὶ τῷ ἰουλίῳ μηνὶ συμβολῆς γενομένης ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν ἐμπρησμὸς γέγονεν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τῇ λεγομένῃ τὰ Πάρδου· καὶ ἐκαύθησαν πολλὰ καὶ ἔπεσαν φόνοι πολλοί. Ἰνδικτιῶνος ιγʹ πρεσβευτὴς Ἰνδῶν κατεπέμφθη μετὰ καὶ ἐλέφαντος ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ περιῃρέθη τὸ ὄνομα Μηνᾶ τοῦ ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἐκ τῶν ἁγίων διπτύχων καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Βιγιλίου τοῦ πάπα Ῥώμης. Μηνὶ ἀπριλλίῳ ἐγένετο συμβολὴ δημοτικὴ ἐν τῷ Ἱπποδρομίῳ μὴ ἀγομένου τοῦ ἱππικοῦ· καὶ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων. Μηνὶ