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of the divine incarnation, year 630. Emperor of the Romans, Heraclius, year 31. His 29th. Chief of the Arabs, Umar, year 12. His 5th. Bishop of Constantinople, Pyrrhus, year 3. His 1st. Bishop of Alexandria, Cyrus, year 10. His 10th. In this year Iyad crossed the Euphrates with his whole army and occupies Edessa. And the Edessenes, having opened the gates, came to terms along with the country and the general and the Romans with him. and they go to Constantia, and having besieged it, they take it by war and destroyed 300 Romans. and from there they went to Daras and they take this by war and killed many in it; and so Iyad took all of Mesopotamia. 341 30. 10. 2. 7. In this year the Saracens marched against Persia and joined battle with them, and having conquered decisively they subdued all the Persians. And Hormisdas, the king of the Persians, resorted to flight, and leaving the palace he reached the inner Persians. And the Saracens took captive the daughters of Chosroes with all the royal baggage; and they were brought to Umar. And at that time Umar ordered a census to be taken of the entire inhabited world under him. and the census was of men and of cattle and of plants. 31. 7. 3. 8. In this year the emperor Heraclius died in the month of March, in the 14th indiction, suffering from dropsy, having reigned 30 years and 10 months. And after him reigned Constantine, his son, for 4 months, and having been poisoned by Martina, his stepmother, and Pyrrhus the patriarch, he dies. And Heraklonas, Martina's son, reigns with his mother Martina. Emperor of the Romans, Heraklonas, for months. Bishop of Constantinople, Paul, year 12. 1. 8. 1. 9. In this year Muawiya takes Caesarea of Palestine after a seven-year siege of it; and he kills in it seven thousand Romans. In this year the senate deposed Heraklonas along with Martina his mother and Valentinus; and they cut out Martina's tongue, and they slit Heraklonas' nose, and having exiled them they raised Constans, son of Constantine, grandson of Heraclius, to the throne; and he ruled for 27 years. And when Pyrrhus was expelled from the episcopate, 342 Paul, presbyter and oikonomos of the church, was ordained patriarch of Constantinople in the month of October in the 15th indiction, having been bishop for 12 years. Year of the world 134. Of the divine incarnation, year 634. Emperor of the Romans, Constans, year 27. His 1st. Chief of the Arabs, Umar, year 12. His 9th. Bishop of Constantinople, Paul, year 12. His 2nd. Bishop of Alexandria, Cyrus, year 10. His 10th. In this year, when Constans became emperor, he said to the senate: "My father Constantine, who begot me, reigned for a considerable time with his own father, my grandfather, Heraclius, while he was alive, and for a very short time after him; for the envy of Martina, his stepmother, cut short his most excellent hopes and removed him from life, and this on account of Heraklonas, who was unlawfully begotten of her and Heraclius; whom, especially, with her child, your vote, with God, has justly expelled from the empire, so as not to see the empire of the Romans become most lawless, your extraordinary dignity having known this very well. Therefore I ask you to be my counselors and judges for the common salvation of our subjects." Having said these things, he dismissed the senate, having honored them with lavish gifts. 2. 10. 3. 11. In this year Umar began to build the temple in Jerusalem, and the building would not stand but kept falling down; and when he inquired the reason, the Jews said to him: "If you do not take away the cross that is on top of the church of the Mount of Olives, the building will not stand." Because of this suggestion the cross was taken away from there, and thus their building was constructed. For this reason the Christ-haters took down many crosses. 343 Bishop of Alexandria, Peter, year 10. 3. 11. 4. 1. In this year Valentinian the patrician rebelled against Constans, and the emperor sent and had him killed

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θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη χλʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἡράκλειος ἔτη λαʹ. κθʹ. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Οὔμαρος ἔτη ιβʹ. εʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Πύρρος ἔτη γʹ. αʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Κῦρος ἔτη ιʹ. ʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπέρασεν Ἰὰδ πᾶσαν στρατιὰν τὸν Εὐφράτην καὶ καταλαμβάνει τὴν Ἔδεσαν. οἱ δὲ Ἐδεσηνοὶ ἀνοίξαντες ἔλαβον λόγον σὺν τῇ χώρᾳ καὶ τῷ στρατηλάτῃ καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ Ῥωμαίοις. καὶ ἀπέρχονται ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίαν, καὶ πολιορκήσαντες αὐτὴν αἱροῦσιν αὐτὴν πολέμῳ καὶ τʹ Ῥωμαίους ἀνήλωσαν. καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὸ ∆αρᾶς καὶ ταύτην λαμβάνουσι πολέμῳ καὶ πολλοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπώλεσαν· καὶ οὕτω πᾶσαν τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν παρέλαβεν Ἰάδ. 341 λʹ. ʹ. βʹ. ζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσαν οἱ Σαρακηνοὶ κατὰ Περσίδος καὶ συνάπτουσι πόλεμον μετ' αὐτῶν, καὶ νικήσαντες κατὰ κράτος πάντας τοὺς Πέρσας ὑπέταξαν. Ὁρμίσδας δέ, ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεύς, φυγῇ χρησάμενος ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνδοτέρους Πέρσας ἀφεὶς τὰ βασίλεια κατέλαβεν. οἱ δὲ Σαρακηνοὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν τὰς τοῦ Χοσρόου θυγατέρας μετὰ πάσης τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀποσκευῆς· καὶ ἤχθησαν πρὸς Οὔμαρον. Αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ χρόνῳ ἐκέλευσεν Οὔμαρ ἀναγραφῆναι πᾶσαν τὴν ὑπ' αὐτὸν οἰκουμένην. ἐγένετο δὲ ἡ ἀναγραφὴ ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτηνῶν καὶ φυτῶν. λαʹ. ζʹ. γʹ. ηʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει τελευτᾷ Ἡράκλειος ὁ βασιλεὺς μηνὶ Μαρτίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδʹ, ὑδεριάσας, βασιλεύσας ἔτη λʹ καὶ μῆνας ιʹ. βασιλεύει δὲ μετ' αὐτὸν Κωνσταντῖνος, ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, μῆνας δʹ, καὶ φαρμακευθεὶς ὑπὸ Μαρτίνης, τῆς αὐτοῦ μητρυιᾶς, καὶ Πύρρου πατριάρχου τελευτᾷ. καὶ βασιλεύει Ἡρακλωνᾶς, ὁ Μαρτίνης υἱός, σὺν τῇ μητρὶ Μαρτίνῃ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἡρακλωνᾶς μῆνας ʹ. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Παῦλος ἔτη ιβʹ. αʹ. ηʹ. αʹ. θʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει παραλαμβάνει Μαυΐας Καισάρειαν τῆς Παλαιστίνης μετὰ ἑπταετίαν τῆς πολιορκίας αὐτῆς· καὶ κτέννει ἐν αὐτῇ Ῥωμαίους χιλιάδας ἑπτά. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀπώσατο ἡ σύγκλητος Ἡρακλωνᾶν ἅμα Μαρτίνῃ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ Βαλεντίνῳ· καὶ ἐγλωσσοκόπησαν Μαρτῖναν, καὶ ἐρρινοκόπησαν Ἡρακλωνᾶν, καὶ ἐξορίσαντες αὐτοὺς ἀνεβίβασαν Κώνσταν, υἱὸν Κωνσταντίνου, ἔγγονα Ἡρακλείου, ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς· καὶ ἐκράτησεν ἔτη κζʹ. Πύρρου δὲ ἐκβληθέντος τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς, 342 ἐχειροτονήθη πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Παῦλος πρεσβύτερος καὶ οἰκονόμος τῆς ἐκκλησίας μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιεʹ, ἐπισκοπήσας ἔτη ιβʹ. Κόσμου ἔτη ρλδʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη χλδʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κώνστας ἔτη κζʹ. αʹ. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Οὔμαρος ἔτη ιβʹ. θʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Παῦλος ἔτη ιβʹ. βʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Κῦρος ἔτη ιʹ. ιʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει βασιλεύσας Κώνστας πρὸς τὴν σύγκλητον ἔλεγεν· "τοῦ ἐμὲ γεγεννηκότος πατρὸς Κωνσταντίνου, ὃς ἐπὶ ζωῆς τοῦ ἰδίου πατρός, ἐμοῦ δὲ πάππου, Ἡρακλείου ἱκανὸν σὺν αὐτῷ ἐβασίλευσε χρόνον, μετὰ τοῦτον δὲ καὶ λίαν βραχύν· τὰς γὰρ χρηστοτάτας ἐλπίδας ὁ Μαρτίνης, τῆς αὐτοῦ μητρυιᾶς, φθόνος συνδιατμήξας τοῦ ζῇν ἀπήλλαξεν, καὶ τοῦτο διὰ Ἡρακλωνᾶν, τὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς καὶ Ἡρακλείου ἀθεμίτως γεγεννημένον· ἣν μάλιστα μετὰ τοῦ τέκνου ἡ ὑμετέρα σὺν θεῷ ψῆφος τῆς βασιλείας δικαίως ἐξέβαλεν, πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἰδεῖν ἐκνομώτατον τὴν βασιλείαν Ῥωμαίων, τοῦτο μάλα ἐγνωκυῖα ἡ ὑμετέρα ὑπερφυὴς σεμνοπρέπεια. διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς ἔχειν συμβούλους καὶ γνώμονας τῆς κοινῆς τῶν ὑπηκόων σωτηρίας." ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἀπέλυσε τὴν σύγκλητον δωρεαῖς δαψιλέσι φιλοτιμησάμενος. βʹ. ιʹ. γʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἤρξατο Οὔμαρ οἰκοδομεῖν τὸν ναὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ οὐχ ἵστατο τὸ κτίσμα ἀλλὰ κατέπιπτεν· πυθομένῳ δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν εἶπον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ὅτι· "ἐὰν τὸν σταυρὸν τὸν ὄντα ἐπάνω τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ ὄρους τῶν ἐλαιῶν οὐκ ἐπάρητε, οὐ στήκει τὸ κτίσμα." ἕνεκεν ταύτης τῆς ὑποθέσεως ἐπήρθη ὁ σταυρὸς ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ οὕτω συνεστάθη αὐτῶν ἡ οἰκοδομή. διὰ ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν πολλοὺς σταυροὺς κατήγαγον οἱ μισόχριστοι. 343 Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Πέτρος ἔτη ιʹ. γʹ. ιαʹ. δʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐστασίασε Βαλεντινιανὸς ὁ πατρίκιος κατὰ Κώνσταντος, καὶ πέμψας ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦτον ἀνεῖλε