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taking hold of him 4.28.31 he fell. Ulitheus, then, brought his sword against Artasires, intending to strike him on the temple; but he, putting his left hand before his head, profited from his own 4.28.32 foresight in this moment of greatest need. For the sword’s edge was stopped by the cases for the arrows on his arm, and he, being unhurt, killed 4.28.33 Ulitheus with no effort. And Peter and Artabanes, the one seizing Guntharis’ sword, the other that of the fallen Ulitheus, killed his remaining 4.28.34 bodyguards. There arose, then, as was likely, a great deal of shouting and confusion. And perceiving this, all the Armenians who were standing near the tyrant's guards immediately took up their shields according to their agreement and rushed to the couches, and they slew all the Vandals and the partisans of Guntharis, with no one resisting them. 4.28.35 Then Artabanes charged Athanasius to take care of the treasures in the Palace. For all that had been left to Areobindus 4.28.36 was there. And when the guards learned of Guntharis' death, many of them immediately joined ranks with the Armenians. For most of them were from the household of Areobindus. Being of one mind, therefore, they acclaimed Justinian 4.28.37 victorious. And this cry, coming as it did from a multitude of men, and being extraordinarily loud, was strong enough to reach most of the 4.28.38 city. Thereupon those who were loyal to the emperor rushed into the houses of the rebels and immediately killed some as they were sleeping, others at their meals, and some who were stunned by fear and 4.28.39 held in dire helplessness. Among them was also Pasiphilus. For John with some Vandals fled for refuge to 4.28.40 the sanctuary. To these men Artabanes gave pledges, and having made them come out from there, he sent them to Byzantium and, having saved the city for the emperor, kept it safe. 4.28.41 The murder of the tyrant took place on the thirty-sixth day from the beginning of his tyranny, in the nineteenth year of the Emperor Justinian's reign. 4.28.42 And Artabanes from this deed won 4.28.43 great glory among all men. And Praejecta, 4.28.43 the wife of Areobindus, immediately rewarded him with great sums of money, and the emperor appointed him general 4.28.44 of all Libya. Not long afterward, Artabanes requested of the emperor that he recall him to Byzantium, and the emperor fulfilled his request. 4.28.45 And having recalled Artabanes, he appointed John the brother of Pappus sole general of Libya. 4.28.46 This John, as soon as he was in Libya, engaged with Antalas and the Maurusii in Byzacium, and winning the battle, he killed many of the enemy and, taking from these barbarians all the standards of Solomon, he sent them to the emperor, which they had happened to plunder when Solomon had vanished from among men. And the rest he drove as far as possible from the 4.28.47 Roman dominion. But later on the Leuathae again with a great army, coming from the districts around Tripolis to Byzacium, joined with the followers of Antalas. 4.28.48 John went to meet them, and being defeated in the engagement and losing many of his followers, he fled to Laribus. 4.28.49 And then indeed the enemy, overrunning all the districts there as far as Carthage, worked irreparable deeds 4.28.50 upon the Libyans they encountered. Not long afterwards John, gathering the surviving soldiers and bringing others of the Maurusii, especially those around Cutzinas, into an alliance, engaged with the enemy and unexpectedly 4.28.51 routed them. And the Romans, pursuing them in their flight with no order, killed a great portion of them, while the 4.28.52 rest escaped to the farthest parts of Libya. And so for the surviving Libyans, being few and exceedingly poor, it came to pass that a certain peace was established, late and with difficulty. 5.t.1 PROCOPIUS OF CAESAREA, THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE WARS. 5.1.1 The affairs in Libya, then, for the Romans thus

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