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On June 28th, in the same indiction, the consecration of the church of the Holy Apostles took place, and the deposition of the precious relics of Andrew, Luke, and Timothy in Constantinople; and the bishop Menas passed by with the same holy relics, seated in a royal chariot. At that time Narses the cubi 485 cularius was also sent to Rome to make war on the Goths, because after Belisarius had taken Rome it was again taken by the Goths. On the month of June 26th, in the same indiction, the bishop of Rome, Vigilius, was received by the emperor; for he had been angered and had taken refuge in the church of Saint Sergius, in the district of Hormisdas. In the 14th indiction a great and terrible earthquake occurred in all the land of Palestine, in both Arabia and in the land of Mesopotamia and Antioch and coastal Phoenicia and Libanensis. and in this terror the cities suffered, that is Tyre, Sidon, Berytus, Tripolis, Byblos, Botrys, and parts of other cities. And multitudes of people were caught in them. In the city of Botrys a part was broken off from the mountain by the sea called Lithoprosopon and was carried down into the sea, and it formed a harbor, so that very large ships could anchor in the harbor of the broken-off mountain; for that city did not formerly have a harbor. The same emperor sent money to all the provinces and rebuilt the public buildings of those cities. and at the time of the earthquake the sea fled into the deep for one mile, and many ships were lost; and again by the command of God the sea was restored to its ancient bed. 486 In the month of September of the 15th indiction, the consecration of St. Irene, which is across the water in Justinianae, took place; and the holy relics came out from the Great Church with the two patriarchs, I mean Menas the patriarch of Constantinople and Apollinarius the pope of Alexandria; and both sat in the royal chariot, holding the precious relics on their knees. And at the same time the harbor near the palace of Secundianae was dredged and cleaned. In the month of August of the 15th indiction Menas the archbishop of Constantinople died; and while the body was lying in the holy sanctuary of the Great Church, Eutychius the apocrisiarius of Amaseia became patriarch. And in the same month news of victory came from Rome from Narses the cubicularius and exarch of the Romans. For having joined battle with Totila, king of the Goths, he won the war decisively and slew him; and his blood-stained garments were sent to Constantinople. In the month of March of the 1st indiction a debasement of the coinage occurred; and a sedition and tumult having arisen among the poor, it was reported to the same emperor; and he ordered the state of the coinage to be maintained according to the ancient custom. In the month of August of the second indiction there was 487 a terrible earthquake, so that many houses and baths and churches and parts of the walls suffered in Byzantium. and in this terror the lance, which the statue in the Forum of Constantine was holding, fell and was driven into the ground for three cubits. and in the collapses many were caught. In this terror other cities also suffered, among which part of Nicomedia also fell. and from the ruins of Nicomedia even after some days some were brought out alive. The same earthquake prevailed for 40 days. In the month of July of the 4th indiction, the Samaritans and the Jews in Caesarea of Palestine rose up in revolt, and having united with one another as in the order of factions they attacked the Christians of that city and slaughtered many of the Christians. They also attacked and plundered the churches. and when the governor of the same city went out against

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ἰουνίῳ κηʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνι τῇ αὐτῇ, ἐγένετο τὰ ἐγκαίνια τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων καὶ ἡ κατάθεσις τῶν τιμίων λειψάνων Ἀνδρέου, Λουκᾶ, καὶ Τιμοθέου ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει· καὶ διῆλθεν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Μηνᾶς μετὰ τῶν αὐτῶν ἁγίων λειψάνων καθήμενος ἐν ὀχήματι βασιλικῷ. Ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ κατεπέμφθη καὶ Ναρσὴς ὁ κουβι 485 κουλάριος ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἐπὶ τὸ πολεμῆσαι τοῖς Γότθοις, ὅτι μετὰ τὸ περιλαβεῖν Βελισσάριον Ῥώμην πάλιν παρελήφθη ὑπὸ τῶν Γότθων. Μηνὶ ἰουνίῳ κςʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνι τῇ αὐτῇ, ἐδέχθη ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ῥώμης Βιγίλιος ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως· ἦν γὰρ ἀγανακτηθεὶς καὶ προσφυγίῳ χρησάμενος εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Σέργιον τοῖς ἐπίκλην τῶν Ὁρμίσδου. Ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδʹ ἐγένετο σεισμὸς μέγας καὶ φοβερὸς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς Παλαιστίνης ἔν τε Ἀραβίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας καὶ Ἀντιοχείας καὶ Φοινίκης παράλου καὶ Λιβανησίας. καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ φόβῳ ἔπαθον αἱ πόλεις, τοῦτ' ἐστὶ Τύρος, Σιδών, Βηρυτός, Τρίπολις, Βύβλος, Βότρυς, καὶ ἄλλων πόλεων μέρη. κατελήφθησαν δὲ ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ πλήθη ἀνθρώπων. ἐν δὲ τῇ πόλει Βότρυος ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπὸ τοῦ παρακειμένου τῇ θαλάσσῃ ὄρους τοῦ ἐπίκλην Λιθοπροσώπου μέρος καὶ κατηνέχθη εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀπετέλεσε λιμένα, ὡς δύνασθαι ὁρμεῖν ἐν τῷ λιμένι τοῦ ἀποσπασθέντος ὄρους πλοῖα παμμεγέθη· οὐκ εἶχε γὰρ ἡ αὐτὴ πόλις τὸ πάλαι λιμένα. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἀπέστειλε χρήματα ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἐπαρχίαις καὶ ἀνήγειρε φανερὰ τῶν αὐτῶν πόλεων. ἐν δὲ τῷ καιρῷ τοῦ σεισμοῦ ἔφυγε θάλασσα εἰς τὸ πέλαγος ἐπὶ μίλιον ἕν, καὶ ἀπώλοντο πλοῖα πολλά· καὶ πάλιν τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ κελεύσει ἀπεκατέστη ἡ θάλασσα εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν κοίτην. 486 Μηνὶ σεπτεμβρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιεʹ γέγονε τὰ ἐγκαίνια τῆς ἁγίας Εἰρήνης τῆς οὔσης πέραν ἐν Ἰουστινιαναῖς· καὶ ἐξῆλθον τὰ ἅγια λείψανα ἐκ τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας μετὰ καὶ τῶν δύο πατριαρχῶν, λέγω δὴ Μηνᾶ τοῦ πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ Ἀπολλιναρίου τοῦ πάπα Ἀλεξανδρείας· καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἀμφότεροι ἐν τῷ βασιλικῷ ὀχήματι, κατέχοντες ἐν τοῖς γόνασιν αὐτῶν τὰ τίμια λείψανα. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ἐξηντλήθη καὶ ἐκαθαρίσθη ὁ λιμὴν ὁ πλησίον τοῦ παλατίου Σεκουνδιανῶν. Μηνὶ αὐγούστῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιεʹ τελευτᾷ Μηνᾶς ὁ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως· καὶ κειμένου τοῦ λειψάνου εἰς τὸ ἅγιον θυσιαστήριον τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας γέγονε πατριάρχης Εὐτύχιος ὁ ἀποκρισιάριος Ἀμασείας. Καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ μηνὶ ἐπινίκια ἦλθον ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἀπὸ Ναρσοῦ τοῦ κουβικουλαρίου καὶ ἐξάρχου Ῥωμαίων. συμβαλόντος γὰρ αὐτοῦ πόλεμον μετὰ Τοτίλα, ῥηγὸς τῶν Γότθων, κατὰ κράτος νικήσας τὸν πόλεμον καὶ αὐτὸν κατέσφαξε· καὶ ἐπέμφθη τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ᾑμαγμένα ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει. Μηνὶ μαρτίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος αʹ ἐγένετο διαστροφὴ τοῦ κέρματος· καὶ ἐκ τῶν πτωχῶν στάσεως γενομένης καὶ θορύβου ἀνηνέχθη τῷ αὐτῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ἐκέλευσε τὴν κατάστασιν τοῦ κέρματος κρατῆσαι κατὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἔθος. Ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐγούστῳ μηνὶ τῆς δευτέρας ἰνδικτιῶνος ἐγένε 487 το σεισμὸς φοβερός, ὥστε παθεῖν οἴκους πολλοὺς καὶ λουτρὰ καὶ ἐκκλησίας καὶ μέρη τῶν τειχέων παθεῖν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ. ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ φόβῳ ἔπεσεν ἡ λόγχη, ἣν ἐκράτει τὸ ἄγαλμα τὸ ἐν τῷ φόρῳ Κωνσταντίνου, καὶ κατεπάρη ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐπὶ πήχεις τρεῖς. ἐν δὲ τοῖς συμπτώμασι πολλοὶ συνελήφθησαν. ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ φόβῳ καὶ ἄλλαι πόλεις ἔπαθον, ἐν οἷς καὶ Νικομηδείας μέρος καταπεσεῖν. ἐκ δὲ τῶν συμπτωμάτων Νικομηδείας καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας τινὲς ζῶντες ἀνηνέχθησαν. ἐπεκράτησε δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς σεισμὸς ἡμέρας μʹ. Μηνὶ ἰουλίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος δʹ στασιάσαντες οἱ Σαμαρεῖται καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐν Καισαρείᾳ Παλαιστίνης, ποιήσαντες τὸ ἓν εἰς ἀλλήλους ὡς ἐν τάξει μερικῶν ἐπῆλθον τοῖς χριστιανοῖς τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως καὶ πολλοὺς κατέσφαξαν τῶν χριστιανῶν. ἐπῆλθον δὲ καὶ ἐπόρθησαν τὰς ἐκκλησίας. καὶ τοῦ ἄρχοντος τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἐξελθόντος πρὸς