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against Dacians and Germans. The same forbade the planting of vines in the cities, and killed many of the nobles. Domitian ordered those of the family of David to be killed, so that no one of the royal family of the Jews might be left. This one, the second after Nero, persecuted Christians, and exiled John the Theologian the apostle to the island of Patmos, where he saw the revelation, as the holy Irenaeus says. Many Christians were martyred under Domitian, as Brettius relates, among whom was also Flavia Domitilla, cousin of Flavius Clemens the consul, who was exiled to the island of Pontia as a Christian; and Clemens himself was killed for Christ. But a certain Stephanus, one of the freedmen, through his goodwill towards his master Clemens, lay in wait for and killed Domitian, and was deemed worthy of honor by the senate for having freed the Romans from a very great shame. Anencletus became bishop of the Roman church after Peter the chief, for 2 years.

5576 YEARS OF THE WORLD. 76 years of the divine incarnation. Roman emperor

Domitian for 12 years. 5577 YEARS OF THE WORLD. 77 years of the divine incarnation. Of the Roman church

the 4th, Clemens, ruled for 9 years. 5578 YEARS OF THE WORLD. 78 years of the divine incarnation. Of him also the apostle in

the 1st epistle to the Philippians makes mention, saying: with Clement also, and with my other fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life. One genuine epistle of his to the Corinthians is extant, written as if from the Roman church, on the occasion of a sedition having then occurred in Corinth, as Hegesippus testifies, which is also read in the churches. 5th bishop of the Romans, Euarestus, for 9 years. In Rome many divine signs occurred and throughout the whole world. 3rd bishop of Alexandria, Aemilius, for 12 years.

421 5587 YEARS OF THE WORLD. 87 years of the divine incarnation. From Hegesippus concerning those of

the family of David and the Savior who were accused by the heretics to Domitian. There still survived those of the family of the Lord, sons of Judas, his so-called brother according to the flesh, whom they informed against as being of the family of David. The evocatus brought these men before Domitian. For he feared the coming of Christ, just as Herod did, and he asked them how much property they had or how much money they possessed. And they both said that they had only nine thousand denarii between them, half belonging to each of them, and this they said they did not have in silver, but in the valuation of only 39 plethra of land, from which they both paid their taxes and supported themselves by their own labor. 3rd bishop of Jerusalem, Justus, for 7 years.

5587 YEARS OF THE WORLD. 87 years of the divine incarnation. Apollonius of Tyana

and Euphrates, philosophers, flourished. 5588 YEARS OF THE WORLD. 88 years of the divine incarnation. The honors of Domitian

were taken down by the senate, and those who had been unjustly exiled returned; and some also recovered their property. 422 From the second book of Saint Irenaeus, bishop of Lugdunum, against the heresies, concerning Saint John the Theologian. And all the elders testify, who in Asia had met with John the disciple of the Lord, that John had delivered it. For he remained with them until the times of Trajan. In accordance with these things, Clement of Alexandria also in the

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κατὰ ∆ακῶν καὶ Γερμανῶν. Ὁ αὐτὸς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ἄμπελον φυτεύεσθαι ἐκώλυσε, πολλούς τε τῶν εὐπατριδῶν ἀνεῖλε. ∆ομετιανὸς τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους ∆αβὶδ ἀναιρεῖσθαι προσέταξεν, ἵνα μή τις Ἰουδαίων βασιλικοῦ γένους ἀπολειφθῇ. Οὗτος μετὰ Νέρωνα δεύτερος Χριστιανοὺς ἐδίωξε, καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν θεολόγον ἀπόστολον ἐν Πάτμῳ τῇ νήσῳ περιώρισεν, ἔνθα τὴν ἀποκά λυψιν ἑώρακεν, ὡς ὁ ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖός φησι. πολλοὶ δὲ Χριστιανῶν ἐμαρ τύρησαν κατὰ ∆ομετιανόν, ὡς ὁ Βρέττιος ἱστορεῖ, ἐν οἷς καὶ Φλαυία ∆ο μετίλλα ἐξαδελφὴ Κλήμεντος Φλαυίου ὑπατικοῦ ὡς Χριστιανὴ εἰς νῆσον Ποντίαν φυγαδεύεται· αὐτός τε Κλήμης ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ ἀναιρεῖται. τούτου 420 δὲ Στέφανός τις τῶν ἀπελευθέρων εἷς τῇ περὶ τὸν δεσπότην εὐνοίᾳ Κλή μεντα ἐνεδρεύσας τὸν ∆ομετιανὸν ἀνεῖλε, τιμῆς τε παρὰ τῆς συγκλήτου ἠξιώθη ὡς αἴσχους μεγίστου Ῥωμαίους ἀπαλλάξας. Τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἐκκλησίας ἐπίσκοπος γέγονε μετὰ Πέτρον τὸν κορυ φαῖον Ἀνέγκλητος ἔτη βʹ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΟΣ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη οςʹ Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς

∆ομετιανὸς ἔτη ιβʹ. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΟΖ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη οζʹ Τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἐκκλησίας

ἡγήσατο δʹ Κλήμης ἔτη θʹ. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΟΗ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη οηʹ Τούτου καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος ἐν

τῇ πρὸς Φιλιππησίους μέμνηται αʹ ἐπιστολῇ εἰπών· μετὰ καὶ Κλήμεντος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν συνεργῶν μου, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα ἐν βίβλῳ ζωῆς. τούτου ἐπιστολὴ μία γνησία Κορινθίοις φέρεται ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἐκκλησίας γραφεῖσα, στάσεως ἐν Κορίνθῳ συμβάσης τότε, ὡς μαρτυρεῖ Ἡγήσιππος, ἥτις καὶ ἐκκλησιάζεται. Ῥωμαίων εʹ ἐπίσκοπος Εὐάρεστος ἔτη θʹ. Ἐν Ῥώμῃ θεοσημίαι πολλαὶ καὶ καθ' ὅλης τῆς οἰκουμένης γεγόνασιν. Ἀλεξανδρείας γʹ ἐπίσκοπος Αἰμίλιος ἔτη ιβʹ.

421 ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΠΖ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη πζʹ Ἡγησίππου περὶ τῶν ἐκ

γένους ∆αβὶδ καὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος ὑπὸ τῶν αἱρετικῶν διαβληθέντων τῷ ∆ομετιανῷ Ἔτι δὲ περιῆσαν οἱ ἀπὸ γένους τοῦ κυρίου υἱῶν Ἰούδα τοῦ κατὰ σάρκα λεγομένου αὐτοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, οὓς ἐδηλάτευσαν ἐκ γένους ὄντας ∆αβίδ. τούτους ὁ ἰούκατος ἤγαγε πρὸς ∆ομετιανόν. ἐφοβεῖτο γὰρ τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὡς καὶ Ἡρώδης, καὶ ἠρώτησεν αὐτοὺς πόσας κτήσεις ἔχουσιν ἢ πόσων χρημάτων κυριεύουσιν. οἱ δὲ εἶπον ἀμφότεροι ἐννακισχίλια δη νάρια ὑπάρχειν αὐτοῖς μόνα, ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν ἀνήκοντος τοῦ ἡμίσεως, καὶ ταῦτα οὐκ ἐν ἀργυρίοις ἔφασκον ἔχειν, ἀλλ' ἐν διατιμήσει γῆς πλέθρων λθʹ μόνων, ἐξ ὧν καὶ τοὺς φόρους ἀναφέρειν καὶ αὐτοὺς αὐτουργοῦντας διατρέφεσθαι. Ἱεροσολύμων γʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἰοῦστος ἔτη ζʹ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΠΖ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη πζʹ Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεὺς

καὶ Εὐφράτης φιλόσοφοι ἤκμαζον. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΠΗ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη πηʹ ∆ομετιανοῦ αἱ τιμαὶ

καθῃρέθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου, καὶ οἱ ἀδίκως ἀπελασθέντες ἐπανῆλθον· ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ ἀπέλαβον τὰς οὐσίας. 422 Τοῦ ἁγίου Εἰρηναίου ἐπισκόπου Λουγδόνου ἐκ τοῦ βʹ λόγου τοῦ πρὸς τὰς αἱρέσεις περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ θεολόγου Καὶ πάντες οἱ πρεσβύτεροι μαρτυροῦσιν οἱ κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἰωάννῃ τῷ τοῦ κυρίου μαθητῇ συμβεβληκότες παραδεδωκέναι τὸν Ἰωάννην. παρέ μεινε γὰρ αὐτοῖς μέχρι τῶν Τραϊανοῦ χρόνων. Τούτοις ἀκόλουθα καὶ Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεὺς ἐν τῷ