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his own men as commanders of the fleet that had been built by him, and having armed them he himself went out to the city of Nicaea, and there secured himself. But the rebels, having put off and stirred up the whole theme of the Opsikion and the Gothogreeks, seized very many merchant vessels, both small and great, and by both land and sea rushed to Chrysopolis. And while the city's fleet was moored in the harbor of St. Mamas, 386 they fought one another every day for six months. And when the city's fleet moved its anchorage to the harbor of Neorion of the city, Theodosius crossed over and took control of the Thracian parts. But a betrayal having occurred, they took the city through the gate of the single wall of Blachernae. And the lawless peoples of the Opsikion together with the Gothogreeks, running through the houses of the citizens at night, wrought a very great capture, sparing no one; and seizing Artemius' commanders who were in it, along with Germanus the patriarch of Constantinople, they led them away to Nicaea as a guarantee from Artemius and those with him. But Artemius, seeing these men, despaired of himself and gave himself up, and having asked for a promise of immunity, he put on the monastic habit. And Theodosius, having kept him unharmed, exiled him to Thessalonica. And Philippicus reigned for 2 years and 9 months, and Artemius for 1 year and 3 months. But Leo, being general of the anatolikon theme, championing Artemius, did not submit to Theodosius; and he had conspiring and running with him Artavasdos the Armenian, general of the Armeniakon theme, to whom he also agreed to give his own daughter in marriage; which he also did.

Year of the world 6208. Year of the divine incarnation 708. Theodosius, emperor of the Romans, year 1. 1. Sulayman, chief of the Arabs, 3 years. 2. Germanus, bishop of Constantinople, 15 years. 2. John, bishop of Jerusalem, 30 years. 11. In this year Masalmas marched against Constantinople and sent Sulayman ahead with an army by land, and Umar by sea. And he himself came after them with much military baggage. And Sulayman and Bakcharos, having reached Amorion, write to Leo, the general of the anatolikon theme, that 387 "we know that the empire of the Romans is fitting for you, come therefore to us, and let us speak of matters of peace." Sulayman therefore, seeing that Amorion did not have an army and was hostile towards the general because of his alliance with Artemius, sat down before it, wishing to await Masalmas there as well. And as soon as he approached the city, the Saracens began to acclaim the general Leo as emperor, calling upon those inside to do the same. And the people of Amorion, seeing that the Saracens acclaimed him with desire, they too acclaimed him. But the general, knowing that Amorion was about to be destroyed since there were no commanders and leaders, declared to Sulayman, "if you wish for me to come to you and for us to speak of matters of peace, why are you sitting before the city?" And he to him: "Come, and I will withdraw." And the general, having received his word, comes to him with three hundred cavalrymen. And the Hagarenes, seeing him, having put on their lorikia and their cataphract armor, met him, and he encamped half a mile from their camp. And for three days as he came to them, they spoke of matters of peace and of their withdrawing from the city. But they said, "Agree to the peace, and then we will withdraw." But the general, knowing that they wished to seize him, called many of the prominent Saracens to dinner, and while they were eating, Sulayman sent three thousand armored Saracens to surround and guard him so that he might not escape. But the watch, knowing, declared to him that "a multitude of Saracens are standing in a circle around us

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αὐτοῦ ἀνθρώπους ἄρχοντας ἅμα τοῦ κατασκευασθέντος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ στόλου, καὶ ἐξοπλίσας αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς ἐξῆλθεν ἐν Νικαίᾳ τῇ πόλει, κἀκεῖσε ἑαυτὸν ἠσφαλίσατο. οἱ δὲ ἀντάρται ἀναβαλόντες καὶ συγκινήσαντες ὅλον τὸ θέμα τοῦ Ὀψικίου καὶ τοὺς Γοτθογραίκους, συλλαμβάνονται πλεῖστα μικρά τε καὶ μεγάλα πραγματευτικὰ σκάφη καὶ διά τε γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης ἐν Χρυσοπόλει ἀνέδραμον. τοῦ δὲ τῆς πόλεως στόλου εἰς τὸν λιμένα τοῦ ἁγίου Μάμαντος 386 ὁρμοῦντος, καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐπολέμουν ἀλλήλους ἐπὶ μῆνας ἕξ. τοῦ δὲ τῆς πόλεως στόλου ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ Νεωρίου τῆς πόλεως λιμένα μεθορμίσαντος, περάσας ὁ Θεοδόσιος τὰ Θρᾳκῷα ἐκράτησε μέρη. προδοσίας δὲ γενομένης, διὰ τῆς πόρτης τοῦ μονοτείχους τῶν Βλαχερνῶν τὴν πόλιν ἔλαβον. οἱ δὲ παράνομοι λαοὶ τοῦ Ὀψικίου ἅμα τῶν Γοτθογραίκων τῇ νυκτὶ εἰς τοὺς οἴκους τῶν πολιτῶν διαδραμόντες μεγίστην εἰργάσαντο ἅλωσιν, μηδενὸς φεισάμενοι· τοὺς δὲ ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπάρχοντας τοῦ Ἀρτεμίου ἄρχοντας ἅμα Γερμανῷ τῷ πατριάρχῃ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως συλλαβόμενοι ἐν Νικαίᾳ ἀπήγαγον πρὸς πίστωσιν Ἀρτεμίου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντων. ὁ δὲ Ἀρτέμιος τούτους θεασάμενος ἀπέγνω ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκε λόγον τε ἀπαθείας αἰτησάμενος τὸ μοναδικὸν περιεβάλετο σχῆμα. ὁ δὲ Θεοδόσιος ἀβλαβῆ τοῦτον διατηρήσας ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ ἐξώρισεν. ἐβασίλευσε δὲ Φιλιππικὸς μὲν ἔτη βʹ καὶ μῆνας θʹ, Ἀρτέμιος δὲ ἔτος αʹ καὶ μῆνας γʹ. Λέων δέ, τῶν ἀνατολικῶν στρατηγὸς ὤν, Ἀρτεμίου ὑπερμαχῶν οὐχ ὑπετάγη Θεοδοσίῳ· εἶχε δὲ συμπνέοντα αὐτῷ καὶ συντρέχοντα Ἀρτάυασδον Ἀρμένιον, τῶν Ἀρμενιάκων στρατηγόν, ᾧκαὶ συνέθετο δοῦναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα εἰς γυναῖκα· ὃ καὶ πεποίηκεν.

Κόσμου ἔτη σηʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη ψηʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Θεοδόσιος ἔτος αʹ. αʹ. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Σουλεϊμὰν ἔτη γʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Γερμανὸς ἔτη ιεʹ. βʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ἰωάννης ἔτη λʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσε Μασαλμᾶς κατὰ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ προέπεμψε Σουλεϊμὰν μετὰ στρατοῦ διὰ ξηρᾶς, Οὔμαρον δὲ διὰ θαλάσσης. αὐτὸς δὲ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν μετὰ πολλῆς ἀποσκευῆς πολεμικῆς ἧκεν. Σουλεϊμὰν δὲ καὶ Βάκχαρος ἐπὶ τὸ Ἀμώριον φθάσαντες γράφουσι πρὸς Λέοντα, τὸν στρατηγὸν τῶν ἀνατολικῶν, ὅτι 387 "οἴδαμεν, ὅτι ἡ βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων σοι ἁρμόζει, ἐλθὲ οὖν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἂς λαλήσωμεν τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην." θεωρήσας οὖν ὁ Σουλεϊμὰν τὸ Ἀμώριον στρατὸν μὴ ἔχον καὶ πρὸς τὸν στρατηγὸν ἐν ἔχθρᾳ διακείμενον διὰ τὴν πρὸς Ἀρτέμιον συμμαχίαν, παρεκάθισεν αὐτό, βουλόμενος ἐκεῖ ἐκδέξασθαι καὶ τὸν Μασαλμᾶν. ἅμα δὲ ἐπλησίασε τῇ πόλει, ἤρξαντο οἱ Σαρακηνοὶ εὐφημεῖν τὸν στρατηγὸν Λέοντα βασιλέα, παρακαλοῦντες καὶ τοὺς ἔσω τὸ αὐτὸ ποιεῖν. ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ τοῦ Ἀμωρίου, ὅτι οἱ Σαρακηνοὶ πόθῳ αὐτὸν εὐφήμουν, εὐφήμησαν καὶ αὐτοί. γνοὺς δὲ ὁ στρατηγὸς ὅτι ταξάτων καὶ ἀρχόντων οὐκ ὄντων μέλλει ἀπολέσθαι τὸ Ἀμώριον, δηλοῖ τῷ Σουλεϊμάν, ὅτι "ἐὰν θέλῃς ἵνα ἔλθω πρός σε καὶ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην λαλήσωμεν, διὰ τί παρακαθέζῃ τὴν πόλιν;" ὁ δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν· "ἐλθέ, καὶ ἀναχωρῶ." καὶ λαβὼν ὁ στρατηγὸς λόγον παρ' αὐτοῦ μετὰ τριακοσίων καβαλλαρίων παραγίνεται πρὸς αὐτόν. ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ Ἀγαρηνοί, φορέσαντες τὰ λωρίκια καὶ τὰ κατάφρακτα αὐτῶν ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἠπλήκευσεν ἀπὸ ἡμίσεως μιλίου τοῦ φωσάτου αὐτῶν. ἐπὶ τρισὶ δὲ ἡμέραις προερχομένου αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς, ἐλάλουν τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην καὶ τοῦ ἀναχωρῆσαι αὐτοὺς τῆς πόλεως. οἱ δὲ ἔφασκον, ὅτι "στοίχησον τὴν εἰρήνην, καὶ τότε ἀναχωροῦμεν." γνοὺς δὲ ὁ στρατηγὸς ὅτι βούλονται αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι, ἐκάλεσεν ἐκ τῶν ἐμφανῶν Σαρακηνῶν πλείστους εἰς δεῖπνον, καὶ ἐσθιόντων αὐτῶν ἀπέστειλε Σουλεϊμὰν τρισχιλίους Σαρακηνοὺς λωρικάτους κυκλῶσαι καὶ φυλάττειν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸ μὴ διαδρᾶσαι. ἡ δὲ βίγλα γνοῦσα ἐδήλωσεν αὐτῷ, ὅτι "πλῆθος Σαρακηνῶν κύκλῳ ἡμῶν ἵστανται