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not to kill such a great multitude? Or do you think that you take this one also by war? Behold, a son has also been born to you; send, and take them." And he, having sent Theophylactus the cubicularius, brought Theodora and Tiberius, her son, and crowned them; and they reigned with him. John, bishop of Jerusalem, 30 years. 2. 2. 2. 2. In this year Walid seized the most holy universal church of Damascus, 376 the villain, out of envy towards the Christians because of the surpassing beauty of this temple; and he forbade the public codices of the logothesia to be written in Greek, but that they should be noted down in Arabic, except for the numbers, since it is impossible in their language for a monad or a dyad or a triad or eight and a half or three to be written; wherefore even to this day there are Christian notaries with them. Year of the world 200. Year of the divine incarnation 700. Justinian, emperor of the Romans, 2 years. 3. Walid, leader of the Arabs, 9 years. 3. Cyrus, bishop of Const., 2 years. 3. John, bishop of Jerusalem, 30 years. 3. In this year Justinian broke the peace between the Romans and the Bulgars and, having crossed the cavalry themes into Thrace and equipped a fleet, he set out against the Bulgars and Tervel. And having seized Anchialus, he moored the fleet in front of the fortress, but ordered the cavalry to encamp on the plains above without guard and beyond all suspicion. And when the men had been scattered like sheep onto the plains to gather fodder, the spies of the Bulgars saw from the mountains the vain administration of the Romans; and massing like wild beasts, they suddenly attacked and greatly destroyed the Roman flock, taking much plunder and horses and arms, apart from those who were slain. But Justinian, having taken refuge in the fortress with the survivors, shut the gates for three days. And seeing the persistence of the Bulgars, he was the first to hamstring his own horse and urged everyone to do the same. And setting up trophies on the walls, he boarded the ships by night and secretly sailed away, and arrived at the city in shame. 4. 4. 4. 4. In this year Masalmas and Abbas marched against Tyana 377 because of their fury over the army slain with Maioumas by Marianus, and besieging it they wintered there. And the emperor sends against them two generals, Theodore Karteroukas and Theophylact Salibas, with an army and peasant levies as a rustic auxiliary force, to fight and drive them out. But they, having fallen into strife with one another and engaging them in a disorderly fashion, were routed, and many thousands perished, and many were taken captive. And having taken the baggage train and their provisions, they settled down to the siege until they took the city. For their provisions had run out, and they were about to withdraw. But the people of the city of Tyana, seeing these things and despairing, received a guarantee for their own safety and went out to them, leaving the city desolate until now. But they, not keeping their word, exiled them to the desert and kept many as slaves. 202. 702. 5. 5. 5. 5. In this year Abbas marched against Romanía and returned after taking many captives. And he began to build Garis in the land of Heliopolis. 2. 2. 2. 2. In this year Uthman marched against Cilicia and took many fortresses by agreement. Kamachon was also betrayed to them along with the neighboring places. But Justinian sent the patrician Maurus to Cherson out of vindictiveness, along with the patrician Stephen, surnamed Asmiktos, having equipped a large fleet, remembering the plot made against him by the Chersonites and the Bosporans and the other climates, every ship of dromons and triremes and ten-thousand-carrying skiffs and fishing boats and even chelandia, from a levy of the inhabitants of the city, both senators and artisans and commoners and of every

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μὴ ἀποκτεῖναι τοσοῦτον πλῆθος; ἢ δοκεῖς ὅτι καὶ ταύτην πολέμῳ λαμβάνεις; ἰδοὺ ἐτέχθη σοι καὶ υἱός, καὶ ἀπόστειλον, λάβε αὐτούς." ὁ δὲ ἀποστείλας Θεοφύλακτον κουβικουλάριον ἤγαγε τὴν Θεοδώραν καὶ Τιβέριον, τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔστεψεν αὐτούς· καὶ συνεβασίλευσαν αὐτῷ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη λʹ. βʹ. βʹ. βʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Οὐαλὶδ ἥρπασε τὴν καθολικὴν ∆αμασκοῦ ἁγιω376 τάτην ἐκκλησίαν φθόνῳ τῷ πρὸς Χριστιανοὺς ὁ ἀλιτήριος διὰ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον κάλλος τοῦ τοιούτου ναοῦ· καὶ ἐκώλυσε γράφεσθαι Ἑλληνιστὶ τοὺς δημοσίους τῶν λογοθεσίων κώδικας, ἀλλ' ἐν Ἀραβίοις αὐτὰ παρασημαίνεσθαι, χωρὶς τῶν ψήφων, ἐπειδὴ ἀδύνατον τῇ ἐκείνων γλώσσῃ μονάδα ἢ δυάδα ἢ τριάδα ἢ ὀκτὼ ἥμισυ ἢ τρία γράφεσθαι· διὸ καὶ ἕως σήμερόν εἰσι σὺν αὐτοῖς νοτάριοι Χριστιανοί. Κόσμου ἔτη σʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη ψʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἰουστινιανὸς ἔτη ʹ. γʹ. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Οὐαλὶδ ἔτη θʹ. γʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Κῦρος ἔτη ʹ. γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη λʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Ἰουστινιανὸς τὴν ἀναμεταξὺ Ῥωμαίων καὶ Βουλγάρων εἰρήνην διέστρεψε καὶ περάσας τὰ καβαλλαρικὰ θέματα εἰς τὴν Θρᾴκην καὶ ἐξοπλίσας πλώϊμον κατὰ Βουλγάρων καὶ Τέρβελι ὥρμησεν. καταλαβὼν δὲ τὴν Ἀγχίαλον τὸ μὲν πλώϊμον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ κάστρου προσώρμισεν, τὰ δὲ καβαλλαρικὰ εἰς τοὺς ἄνωθεν κάμπους ἀπαραφυλάκτως καὶ πάσης ὑποψίας ἐκτὸς ἀπληκεῦσαι προσέταξεν. τοῦ δὲ λαοῦ σκορπισθέντος ὡς πρόβατα ἐπὶ τοὺς κάμπους πρὸς τὸ συλλέξαι χόρτον, εἶδον ἐκ τῶν ὀρέων οἱ κατάσκοποι τῶν Βουλγάρων τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων ματαίαν διοίκησιν· καὶ σωρευθέντες ὡς θῆρες ἐξάπινα ἐπιρρίψαντες μεγάλως διέφθειραν τὸ Ῥωμαϊκὸν ποίμνιον, πολλὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τε καὶ ἵππους καὶ ἄρματα δίχα τῶν ἀναιρεθέντων λαβόντες. ὁ δὲ Ἰουστινιανὸς ἐν τῷ κάστρῳ καταφυγὼν σὺν τοῖς περισωθεῖσιν ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἀπέκλεισε τὰς πύλας. θεασάμενος δὲ τὴν τῶν Βουλγάρων παραμονὴν αὐτὸς πρῶτος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἵππον νευροκοπήσας πάντας τὸ αὐτὸ ποιῆσαι παρεκελεύσατο. τρόπαια δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχῶν θέμενος διὰ νυκτὸς εἰς τὰ σκάφη ἐπιβὰς λαθραίως ἀπέπλευσε καὶ μετ' αἰσχύνης τῇ πόλει παραγέγονεν. δʹ. δʹ. δʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσε Μασαλμᾶς καὶ Ἄβας τὴν Τύανον 377 διὰ τὴν μανίαν τοῦ ἀποκτανθέντος στρατοῦ σὺν τῷ Μαϊουμᾶ ὑπὸ Μαριανοῦ, καὶ ταύτην πολιορκοῦντες παρεχείμασαν ἐκεῖ. καὶ ἀποστέλλει πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς δύο στρατηγούς, Θεόδωρον τὸν Καρτεροῦκαν καὶ Θεοφύλακτον τὸν Σαλιβᾶν μετὰ στρατοῦ καὶ γεωργικοῦ λαοῦ χωρικοβοηθείας πρὸς τὸ πολεμῆσαι καὶ ἐκδιῶξαι αὐτούς. αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς ἔριν ἀλλήλων ἐλθόντες καὶ ἀτάκτως συμβαλόντες αὐτοῖς τρέπονται, καὶ πολλαὶ χιλιάδες ἀπώλοντο, καὶ ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν πολλοί. λαβόντες δὲ τὸ τοῦλδον καὶ τὰ τούτων βρώματα παρεκάθισαν, ἕως οὗ παρέλαβον τὴν πόλιν. λειφθέντες γὰρ ἦσαν τὰ βρώματα, καὶ ἤμελλον ἀναχωρεῖν. οἱ δὲ τῆς πόλεως Τυάνων ταῦτα ἰδόντες καὶ ἀπογνόντες ἔλαβον λόγον τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἀπαθείας καὶ ἐξῆλθον πρὸς αὐτοὺς καταλιπόντες τὴν πόλιν ἔρημον ἕως τοῦ νῦν. οἱ δὲ τὸν λόγον μὴ φυλάξαντες τούτους εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ἐξώρισαν, καὶ πολλοὺς δούλους ἐκράτησαν. σβʹ. ψβʹ. εʹ. εʹ. εʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσεν Ἄβας τὴν Ῥωμανίαν καὶ πολλοὺςαἰχμαλωτίσας ὑπέστρεψεν. καὶ ἤρξατο κτίζειν τὸ Γαρὶς εἰς τὴν χώραν Ἡλιουπόλεως. ʹ. ʹ. ʹ. ʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσεν Οὐθμὰν τὴν Κιλικίαν καὶ πολλὰ κάστρα ὑπὸ λόγον παρέλαβεν. προεδόθη αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸ Κάμαχον σὺν τοῖς παρακειμένοις τόποις. Ἰουστινιανὸς δὲ ἀπέλυσε Μαῦρον τὸν πατρίκιον εἰς Χερσῶνα διὰ μνησικακίαν σὺν Στεφάνῳ πατρικίῳ, τὸ ἐπίκλην Ἀσμίκτῳ, ἐξοπλίσας στόλον πολύν, μνησθεὶς τῆς κατ' αὐτοῦ γενομένης ἐπιβουλῆς ὑπό τε τῶν Χερσωνιτῶν καὶ Βοσφοριανῶν καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν κλιμάτων, πᾶσαν ναῦν δρομώνων τε καὶ τριηρῶν καὶ σκαφῶν μυριαγωγῶν καὶ ἁλιάδων καὶ ἕως χελανδίων, ἀπὸ διανομῆς τῶν οἰκούντων τὴν πόλιν συγκλητικῶν τε καὶ ἐργαστηριακῶν καὶ δημοτῶν καὶ παντὸς