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βασιλέως καὶ εὐθέως 352 ἀπέδρα. τοῦ δὲ βασιλέως χρονίσαντος ἐν τῷ βαλανείῳ, εἰσπηδῶσιν οἱ ἔξω καὶ εὑρίσκουσι τὸν βασιλέα τεθνηκότα· καὶ τοῦτον θάψαντες Μιζίζιόν τινα Ἀρμένιον βασιλέα πεποίηκαν βιασάμενοι τοῦτον· ἦν γὰρ λίαν εὐπρεπὴς καὶ ὡραιότατος. ἀκούσας δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποβίωσιν μετὰ πλείστης ναυστολίας τὴν Σικελίαν κατέλαβεν, καὶ χειρωσάμενος Μιζίζιον τοῦτον ἀναιρεῖ σὺν τῶν φονέων τοῦ ἰδίου πατρός. καὶ καταστήσας τὰ ἑσπέρια ἐπὶ τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν ὥρμησεν, καὶ βασιλεύει τῶν Ῥωμαίων μετὰ Τιβερίου καὶ Ἡρακλείου, τῶν ἰδίων ἀδελφῶν. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη ιζʹ. αʹ. ιδʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐβασίλευσε Κωνσταντῖνος σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπεστράτευσαν Σαρακηνοὶ τὴν Ἀφρικὴν καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν χιλιάδας πʹ, ὥς φασιν. οἱ δὲ τοῦ θέματος τῶν ἀνατολικῶν ἦλθον ἐν Χρυσοπόλει λέγοντες ὅτι· "εἰς τριάδα πιστεύομεν· τοὺς τρεῖς στέψωμεν." ἐταράχθη δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος, διότι αὐτὸς μόνος ἦν ἐστεμμένος, οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδεμίαν ἀξίαν εἶχον· καὶ ἀποστείλας Θεόδωρον τὸν πατρίκιον τὸν Κολωνείας ἐτροπώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐπαινέσας αὐτούς, καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ πρωτεῖα αὐτῶν τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ μετὰ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλεύσασθαι καὶ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημα αὐτῶν. εὐθέως δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς τούτους ἐφούρκισεν ἀντιπέραν ἐν Συκαῖς. καὶ τοῦτο ἰδόντες καὶ καταισχυνθέντες ἀπῆλθον ἐν ὀδύνῃ εἰς τὰ ἴδια. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐρρινοκόπησεν. 353 Κόσμου ἔτη ρξβʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη χξβʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη ιζʹ. βʹ. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Μαυΐας ἔτη κδʹ. ιεʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη ʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει χειμὼν μέγας ἐγένετο, καὶ πολλοὶ ἐκινδύνευσαν ἄνθρωποι καὶ θηρία. καὶ ἐχείμασε Φαδαλᾶς εἰς Κύζικον. γʹ. ιʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσε Βουσοὺρ καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσε πολλοὺς καὶ ὑπέστρεψεν. δʹ. ιζʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐφάνη Ἴρις ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἔφριξε πᾶσα σάρξ, ἐν μηνὶ Μαρτίῳ ∆ύστρῳ, ὥστε λέγειν πάντας ὅτι συντέλειά ἐστιν. Τούτῳ τῷ χρόνῳ στόλον μέγαν ἐξαρτίσαντες οἱ ἀρνηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ παραπλεύσαντες τὴν Κιλικίαν παρεχείμασαν, εἰς Σμύρνην Μουάμεδ ὁ τοῦ Ἀβδελᾶ, Κάϊσος δὲ εἰς Κιλικίαν καὶ Λυκίαν. καὶ ἐγένετο θανατικὸν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. ἀπέστειλε δὲ καὶ Χαλὲ τὸν ἀμηραῖον μετὰ καὶ ἑτέρου στόλου πρὸς βοήθειαν αὐτῶν, ὡς ἱκανώτατον καὶ τολμηρὸν πρὸς μάχην. ὁ δὲ προλεχθεὶς Κωνσταντῖνος τὴν τοιαύτην τῶν θεομάχων κατὰ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως κίνησιν ἐγνωκὼς κατεσκεύασε καὶ αὐτὸς διήρεις εὐμεγέθεις κακκαβοπυρφόρους καὶ δρόμωνας σιφωνοφόρους καὶ τούτους προσορμίσαι ἐκέλευσεν ἐν τῷ Προκλιανησίῳ τῶν Καισαρίου λιμένι. εʹ. ιηʹ. ʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ὁ προλεχθεὶς τῶν θεομάχων στόλος ἀναβάλας προσώρμισεν ἐν τοῖς Θρᾳκῴοις μέρεσιν ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸς δύσιν ἀκρότητος τοῦ Ἑβδόμου, ἤτοι τῆς λεγομένης Μαγναύρας, μέχρι πάλιν τοῦ πρὸς ἀνατολὴν ἀκρωτηρίου τοῦ λεγομένου Κυκλοβίου. κατὰ πᾶσαν οὖν ἡμέραν συμβολὴ πολέμου ἐκροτεῖτο ἀπὸ πρωῒ ἕως ἑσπέρας, ἀπὸ τοῦ βραχιαλίου τῆς Χρυσῆς πόρτης μέχρι τοῦ Κυκλοβίου 354 ἑαυτοὺς ὠθοῦντες καὶ ἀντωθούμενοι. ἐν τούτοις οὖν διετέλεσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀπριλλίου μηνὸς μέχρι τοῦ Σεπτεμβρίου. καὶ ὑποστρέψαντες ἀπέρχονται ἐν Κυζίκῳ, καὶ ταύτην παραλαβόντες ἐκεῖσε παρεχείμαζον. καὶ κατὰ τὸ ἔαρ ἀναβάλλων ὁμοίως πόλεμον διὰ θαλάσσης συνῆπτε μετὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν. ἐπὶ ἑπτὰ δὲ ἔτη τὰ αὐτὰ τελέσαντες, καὶ αἰσχυνθέντες τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ βοηθείᾳ καὶ τῆς θεομήτορος, πλῆθός τε ἀποβαλόντες ἀνδρῶν μαχίμων, καὶ τραυματίας μεγίστης εἰς αὐτοὺς γενομένης, ἀνθυπέστρεψαν μετὰ μεγάλης λύπης. ἐκπορίζων δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς θεοβύθιστος στόλος κατελήφθη ὑπὸ χειμερίου ζάλης καὶ πνεύματος καταιγίδος ἐπὶ τὰ μέρη τοῦ Συλλαίου καὶ συντριβεὶς ὁλοκλήρως ὤλετο. Σουφιᾶν δέ, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀΰφ, ὁ δεύτερος ἀδελφός, συνέβαλε πόλεμον μετὰ Φλώρου καὶ Πετρωνᾶ καὶ Κυπριανοῦ ἐχόντων δύναμιν Ῥωμαϊκήν· καὶ κτείνονται Ἄραβες χιλιάδες λʹ. τότε Καλλίνικος ἀρχιτέκτων ἀπὸ Ἡλιουπόλεως