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Having subdued the Sarmatians through the children of Dometianus and Kyrenalius. 417 From Eusebius: Titus, having besieged the Jews and destroyed Jerusalem, killed 60,000 men. And Josephus also says that 1,100,000 perished by famine and sword, and another 30,000 were sold as captives. And he says the reason for so great a multitude being found in the city was the feast of Passover, during which all of the nation, having gathered together, were shut up as in a prison. For it was necessary for those who plotted against our savior during the days of Passover to suffer, at no other time than then, the penalty for what they had dared. Vespasian rebuilt the Capitol, which had been burned. Sedition in Alexandria. The Colossus of Rhodes was re-erected, 127 feet in length, out of bronze. A great plague in Rome, so that for many days more than ten thousand died each day. In Cyprus three cities fell in an earthquake. Vespasian, having sent out colonies, died of a disease. Ignatius the God-bearer, bishop of Antioch, for 30 years. YEARS OF THE WORLD 5566 Years of the divine incarnation 66 The remaining years of Agrippa, king of the Jews Until this Agrippa the Younger, the kingdom of the Jews under foreigners was abolished, having lasted 100 years, as follows: Herod the first, who killed the infants in Bethlehem, 37 years. Archelaus his son, 9 years. Herod his brother, 24 years. Agrippa, son of Herod, the Herod eaten by worms, 7 years. 418 Agrippa his son, called the Younger, 23 years. In total, 100 years. The whole time is summed up according to this chronography from Adam until the second year of Vespasian as 5567 years. And from the flood, 3325. And from the first year of Abraham, 2255. And from the exodus of the people through Moses, 1751 years. And from the first building of the temple through Solomon, 1088 years. And from the second building, that is, the second year of Darius, 574 years. And from the second building, years And from the siege of Antiochus, 258 years. And from the salvific cross, 34 years. YEARS OF THE WORLD 5575 Years of the divine incarnation 75 8th Emperor of the Romans, Titus son of Vespasian, 2 years. The senate having sent an embassy, as some say, Titus was proclaimed a god in the second year of his reign, and immediately died by divine wrath; but as the Greeks record, his brother Domitian killed him with poison out of love for sole rule. And they say he showed the city and the whole Roman empire to be fortunate in its affairs in a short time, if any of those before him. In his time, the great fire in Rome. In his time also Mount Vesuvius, breaking open at its summit, poured forth so much fire as to burn up the adjacent country along with its cities. But Domitian, as has been said, out of envy of his success and love for the 419 emperorship, having murdered him with poison, reigned after him for 12 years, or with him, 14, and according to others, 15, having made the worst use of his power, pursuing every form of cruelty and greed and murderous action and shameful deeds, so that even the palace itself was filled with licentiousness. This man banished Nerva as a conspirator against his rule and on his account he imprisoned Apollonius of Tyana the philosopher as his friend, having shaved him and brought him in chains to court. but not even so did he persuade the philosopher not to rebuke and laugh at what was being done. Then they tell the tale that he spoke the famous verse to him and immediately vanished, as Philostratus attests: "You will not kill me, since I am not fated to die." Domitian banished many nobles from Rome; then he also built a temple without wood; he ordered men to be made eunuchs; He proclaimed his own wife Augusta. He expelled the mathematicians and philosophers from Rome a second time. Three virgin priestesses of Hestia were condemned, having been convicted of unchastity. and again Cornelia the chief virgin priestess of Hestia was buried alive, having fallen into unchastity. In his time the Dacians and Nasamones, having risen up against the Romans, were destroyed. Domitian celebrated a triumph

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Σαρμάτας διὰ τῶν παίδων παραστησάμενος ∆ομετιανοῦ καὶ Κυρεναλίου. 417 Εὐσεβίου Τίτος Ἰουδαίους πολιορκήσας καὶ τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα κατασκάψας ςʹ μυριάδας ἀνδρῶν ἐφόνευσε. φησὶ δὲ καὶ Ἰώσηππος λιμῷ καὶ μαχαίρᾳ ριʹ μυριάδας ἀπολέσθαι, καὶ ἄλλας τρεῖς μυριάδας διαπεπρᾶσθαι αἰχμαλώ των. αἴτιον δὲ τοῦ τοσοῦτον πλῆθος κατὰ τὴν πόλιν εὑρῆσθαί φησι τὴν τοῦ πάσχα ἑορτήν, ἐν ᾗ πάντες οἱ τοῦ ἔθνους συνεληλυθότες ὡς ἐν εἱρκτῇ συνεκλείσθησαν. ἔδει γὰρ τοὺς ἐν ἡμέραις τοῦ πάσχα ἐπιβεβουλευκότας τῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν μὴ ἄλλοτε ἢ τότε τὰ ἐπίχειρα ὧν ἐτόλμησαν παθεῖν. Οὐεσπασιανὸς τὸ Καπετώλιον ἐμπρησθὲν ἀνῳκοδόμησεν. Ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ στάσις. Ὁ κολοσσὸς Ῥόδου ἀνεστάθη μῆκος ποδῶν ρκζʹ ἐκ χαλκοῦ. Λοιμὸς κατὰ τὴν Ῥώμην μέγας, ὡς καθ' ἡμέραν ὑπὲρ μυρίους θνήσκειν ἐπὶ πολλὰς ἡμέρας. Ἐν Κύπρῳ τρεῖς πόλεις σεισμῷ κατεπτώθησαν. Οὐεσπασιανὸς ἀποικίας ἐκπέμψας τελευτᾷ νόσῳ. Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ θεοφόρος ἔτη λʹ. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΞΣ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη ξςʹ Τὰ ὑπόλοιπα Ἀγρίππα Ἰουδαίων βασιλέωσ Ἕως τοῦ μικροῦ τούτου Ἀγρίππα ἡ ὑπὸ ἀλλοφύλων βασιλεία τῶν Ἰουδαίων κατηργήθη διαρκέσασα ρʹ ἔτη οὕτω· Ἡρώδης πρῶτος ὁ τὰ νήπια ἀνελὼν ἐν Βηθλεὲμ ἔτη λζʹ. Ἀρχέλαος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη θʹ. Ἡρώδης ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη κδʹ. Ἀγρίππας ὁ υἱὸς Ἡρώδου, ὁ σκωληκόβροτος Ἡρώδης, ἔτη ζʹ. 418 Ἀγρίππας ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ὁ μικρὸς λεγόμενος, ἔτη κγʹ. Ὁμοῦ ἔτη ρʹ. Συνάγεται ὁ πᾶς χρόνος κατὰ τόδε τὸ χρονογράφιον ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως ἔτους δευτέρου Οὐεσπασιανοῦ ἔτη εφξζʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ γτκεʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ πρώτου ἔτους Ἀβραὰμ βσνεʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς ἐξόδου τοῦ λαοῦ διὰ Μωυσέως ἔτη αψναʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πρώτης ἐπισκευῆς τοῦ ναοῦ διὰ Σολομῶνος ἔτη απηʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς δευτέρας ἐπισκευῆς ἤτοι δευτέρου ἔτους ∆αρείου ἔτη φοδʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς δευτέρας ἐπισκευῆς ἔτη Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Ἀντιόχου πολιορκίας ἔτη σνηʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ σωτηρίου σταυροῦ ἔτη λδʹ. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΟΕ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη οεʹ Βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων ηʹ Τίτος υἱὸς Οὐεσπασιανοῦ ἔτη βʹ. Τῆς συγκλήτου πρεσβευσαμένης, ὥς τινες, Τίτος θεὸς ἀνηγορεύθη δευ τέρῳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἔτει, καὶ παραχρῆμα θνήσκει θεηλάτως· ὡς δὲ Ἕλληνες ἱστοροῦσι, φαρμάκῳ ∆ομετιανὸς αὐτὸν ἀνεῖλεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἔρωτι τῆς μοναρχίας. εὐδαίμονα δέ φασιν αὐτὸν ἀποδεῖξαι τοῖς πράγμασι τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν ὅλην Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ, εἴπερ τινὰ τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ. ἐπ' αὐτοῦ ὁ μέγας κατὰ τὴν Ῥώμην ἐμπρησμός. ἐπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ Βέσβιον ὄρος κατὰ κορυφῆς ῥαγὲν πῦρ ἀνέβλυσε τοσοῦτον, ὡς κατα φλέξαι τὴν παρακειμένην χώραν σὺν ταῖς πόλεσιν. Ἀλλὰ τοῦτον ∆ομετιανός, ὡς εἴρηται, φθόνῳ τῆς εὐπραγίας καὶ τῷ τῆς 419 αὐτοκρατορίας ἔρωτι φαρμάκῳ δολοφονήσας βασιλεύει μετ' αὐτὸν ἔτη ιβʹ, σὺν αὐτῷ δὲ ιδʹ, κατὰ δὲ ἄλλους ιεʹ, κάκιστα χρησάμενος τῇ ἀρχῆ, ἅπαν ὠμότητος καὶ πλεονεξίας καὶ φονικῆς πράξεως καὶ αἰσχρουργίας εἶδος μετιών, ὡς καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ βασίλεια πληρωθῆναι τῆς ἀκολασίας. οὗτος Νερ βᾶν μετέστησεν ὡς ἐπίβουλον τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ δι' αὐτὸν Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν Τυανέα φιλόσοφον ἐφρούρησεν ὡς φίλον αὐτοῦ, κείρας αὐτὸν καὶ δέσμιον ἀγαγὼν εἰς δικαστήριον. ἀλλ' οὐδ' οὕτως ἔπεισε τὸν φιλόσοφον μὴ τοῖς πραττομένοις ἐπιπλήττειν καὶ ἐγγελᾶν. τότε μυθεύονται καὶ τὸ πολυθρύ λητον ἔπος εἰρηκέναι πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ παραχρῆμα γενέσθαι ἄφαντον, ὡς Φιλόστρατος μαρτυρεῖ· οὐ μέν με κτενέεις, ἐπεὶ οὔτοι μόρσιμός εἰμι. ∆ομετιανὸς εὐπατρίδας πολλοὺς μετέστησε Ῥώμης· τότε καὶ ἄξυλον ναὸν κατεσκεύασεν· εὐνουχίζειν ἄνδρας ἐκέλευσεν· Σεβαστὴν ἀνηγόρευσε τὴν ἰδίαν γαμετήν. Τοὺς μαθηματικοὺς δεύτερον ἀπήλασε φιλοσόφους τῆς Ῥώμης. Τῆς Ἑστίας τρεῖς παρθένοι ἱέρειαι κατεδικάσθησαν ἁλοῦσαι φθορᾷ. καὶ αὖθις Κορνηλία ἡ πρώτη τῶν τῆς Ἑστίας παρθένων ἱέρεια ζῶσα κατωρύγη φθορᾷ περιπεσοῦσα. Ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ ∆άκες καὶ Νασαμῶνες ἐπαναστάντες Ῥωμαίοις διεφθάρησαν. ∆ομετιανὸς ἐθριάμβευσε