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Marcus Aurelius, also called Verus, and Lucius Aurelius and Commodus for 19 years. Lucius Caesar, while performing sacred rites in Athens, saw a fire carried across the sky from west to east. Lucius Caesar, having subjugated the Parthians, triumphed over them. Vologases, king of the Parthians, overran the land of the Romans. Peregrinus the philosopher, having lit a fire at the festival, burned himself, imitating Calanus the Brahman, the gymnosophist in the time of Alexander. Polycarp, the most holy bishop of Smyrna, was perfected by martyrdom for Christ during a persecution that occurred throughout Asia. Many also in Gaul contended lawfully for Christ, whose martyrdoms have been recorded as a memorial for those who came after. The Romans fought the Germans and Sarmatians and Dacian Quadi, and a pestilential disease, becoming prevalent, reached as far as Rome. Lucius the emperor died in the ninth year of his reign. Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis in Asia, a holy man, flourished, and Melito, bishop of the Sardians in Lydia, who also presented a book of apology to Antoninus on behalf of the Christians. 431 Dionysius, bishop of Corinth, a holy man, was well-known. Oppian, a poet of fishing, a Cilician by race, flourished. By the prayers of Christians, the Roman army, about to be destroyed by thirst among the Quadi, was saved when God sent rain and destroyed the enemy Germans and Sarmatians with a thunderbolt, as Antoninus himself testifies in a letter. Pertinax led the army. The 11th bishop of the Romans, Anicetus, for 11 years, in whose time Polycarp was in Rome. The 12th bishop of the Romans, Soterichus, for 9 years. The 6th bishop of Antioch, Theophilus, for 13 years. Various writings of this Theophilus exist and are extant. The 10th bishop of Alexandria, Agrippinus, for 12 years. The 21st bishop of Jerusalem, Gaius, for 3 years. The 22nd bishop of Jerusalem, Symmachus, for 2 years. The 23rd bishop of Jerusalem, another Gaius, for 3 years. The 24th bishop of Jerusalem, Julianus, for 4 years. The false prophecy among the Phrygians arose. Herodian, an excellent grammarian, flourished.

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years of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, also called Verus. Galen, an excellent physician, a Pergamene by race, flourished. Julianus the lawgiver in Rome and Fronto the rhetor. 432 Aristides of Smyrna, a sophist. Nicostratus the speech-writer. Oppian of Cilicia, poet of fishing. Sextus, nephew of Plutarch of Chaeronea, the philosopher. Atticus the Platonist philosopher. Antoninus appointed Commodus, his own son, as partner in the empire. He triumphed over the enemies with him. The emperors Antoninus and Commodus provided distributions and all kinds of spectacles, and they remitted the public taxes and burned the debt records in the Roman Forum. being well-disposed, they renewed laws and ordinances. Antoninus died of a disease in Pannonia, or as some others say, in Spain. The 13th bishop of the Romans, Eleutherius, for 15 years. The 7th bishop of Antioch, Maximus, for 13 years. The 25th bishop of Jerusalem, Elias, for 2 years. The 26th bishop of Jerusalem, Apion, or as some say Capito, for 4 years. Smyrna, a city of Asia, fell in an earthquake, and for its rebuilding, taxes were remitted for 10 years.

YEAR OF THE WORLD 5672 In the 172nd year of the divine incarnation the 15th Roman emperor reigned

Commodus for 13 years. Commodus was proclaimed Augustus by the senate. 433 He triumphed over the Germans. Irenaeus, bishop of the city of Lugdunum in Gaul, shone with divine words and deeds. The Serapeum in Alexandria was burned down. A thunderbolt burned the libraries in the Capitol and other parts of it. Of the in

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Μάρκος Αὐρήλιος ὁ καὶ Οὐῆρος, Λούκιός τε Αὐρήλιος καὶ Κόμοδος ἔτη ιθʹ. Λούκιος Καῖσαρ ἱερουργῶν ἐν Ἀθήναις εἶδε πῦρ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν εἰς ἀνατο λὴν κατ' οὐρανὸν φερόμενον. Λούκιος Καῖσαρ Πάρθους ὑποτάξας κατ' αὐτῶν ἐθριάμβευσεν. Οὐολόγεσσος Πάρθων βασιλεὺς τὴν Ῥωμαίων χώραν κατέδραμε. Περεγρῖνος ὁ φιλόσοφος ἐν τῇ πανηγύρει πῦρ ἀνάψας ἑαυτὸν ἐνέπρησε μιμούμενος Κάλανον Βραχμᾶνον τὸν κατὰ Ἀλέξανδρον γυμνοσοφιστήν. Πολύκαρπος ὁ ἱερώτατος Σμύρνης ἐπίσκοπος τῷ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ μαρτυ ρίῳ ἐτελειώθη διωγμοῦ κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν γεγονότος. Πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὰς Γαλλίας νομίμως ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ ἤθλησαν, ὧν τὰ μαρτύρια ἀναγέγραπται εἰς μνημόσυνον τοῖς μετέπειτα. Ῥωμαῖοι Γερμανοὺς καὶ Σαυρομάτας καὶ ∆άκας Κουάδους κατεπά λαισαν, λοιμώδης τε νόσος ἐπικρατήσασα μέχρι Ῥώμης ἔφθασε. Λούκιος αὐτοκράτωρ ἐνάτῳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἔτει ἐτελεύτησεν. Ἀπολλινάριος ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεραπόλεως τῆς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ, ἱερὸς ἀνήρ, ἤκμαζε, καὶ Μελίτων Σαρδιανῶν ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Λυδίας, ὃς καὶ βίβλον ἀπολογίας Ἀντωνίνῳ ὑπὲρ Χριστιανῶν ἐπέδωκε. 431 ∆ιονύσιος ἐπίσκοπος Κορίνθου, ἱερὸς ἀνήρ, ἐγνωρίζετο. Ὀππιανὸς ἁλιευτικῶν ποιητὴς ἤκμαζε Κίλιξ τῷ γένει. Ταῖς Χριστιανῶν εὐχαῖς ὁ Ῥωμαίων στρατὸς δίψει διαφθείρεσθαι μέλ λων ἐν Κουάδοις περισῴζεται θεοῦ ὕσαντος καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους Γερμα νοὺς καὶ Σαυρομάτας σκηπτῷ διαφθείραντος, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς Ἀντωνῖνος ἐπιστέλλων μαρτυρεῖ. Περτίναξ ἡγεῖτο τοῦ στρατοῦ. Ῥωμαίων ἐπίσκοπος ιαʹ Ἀνίκητος ἔτη ιαʹ, ἐφ' οὗ Πολύκαρπος ἐν Ῥώμῃ. Ῥωμαίων ιβʹ ἐπίσκοπος Σωτήριχος ἔτη θʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ςʹ ἐπίσκοπος Θεόφιλος ἔτη ιγʹ. Θεοφίλου τούτου συγγράμματα διάφορά εἰσι καὶ φέρονται. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀγριππῖνος ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων καʹ ἐπίσκοπος Γάιος ἔτη γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κβʹ ἐπίσκοπος Σύμμαχος ἔτη βʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κγʹ ἐπίσκοπος Γάιος ἄλλος ἔτη γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κδʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἰουλιανὸς ἔτη δʹ. Ἡ κατὰ Φρύγας συνέστη ψευδοπροφητία. Ἡρωδιανὸς γραμματικὸς ἄριστος ἤκμαζε.

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Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ καὶ Οὐήρου ἔτη Γαληνὸς ἰατρὸς ἄριστος ἤκμαζε τῷ γένει Περγαμηνός. Ἰουλιανὸς νομοθέτης ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ Φρόντων ὁ ῥήτωρ. 432 Ἀριστείδης Σμυρναῖος σοφιστής. Νικόστρατος λογοποιός. Ὀππιανὸς Κίλιξ ποιητὴς ἁλιευτικῶν. Σέξτος ἀδελφιδοῦς Πλουτάρχου τοῦ Χαιρωνέως φιλοσόφου. Ἀττικὸς Πλατωνικὸς φιλόσοφος. Ἀντωνῖνος κοινωνὸν τῆς βασιλείας Κόμοδον ἴδιον παῖδα ἀνέδειξεν. Ὁ αὐτὸς κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων σὺν αὐτῷ ἐθριάμβευσεν. Ἀντωνῖνος καὶ Κόμοδος οἱ αὐτοκράτορες διανομὰς καὶ θέας παντοίας παρέσχον, τά τε δημόσια τέλη ἀνῆκαν καὶ τοὺς τῶν χρεῶν χάρτας ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥωμανισίας ἀγορᾶς κατέφλεξαν. νόμους καὶ διατάξεις εὖ συνειδότες ἀνενεώσαντο. Ἀντωνῖνος ἐν Παννονίαις, ὡς δέ τινες ἄλλοι, ἐν Σπανίαις νόσῳ τελευτᾷ. Ῥωμαίων ιγʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἐλευθέριος ἔτη ιεʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ζʹ ἐπίσκοπος Μάξιμος ἔτη ιγʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κεʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἠλίας ἔτη βʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κςʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀπίων, οἱ δὲ Καπίτων, ἔτη δʹ. Σμύρνα πόλις τῆς Ἀσίας σεισμῷ κατεπτώθη καὶ πρὸς ἀνοικοδομὴν ἀνείθη τῶν φόρων ἔτη ιʹ.

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Κόμοδος ἔτη ιγʹ. Κόμοδος ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου Σεβαστὸς ἀνηγορεύθη. 433 Ὁ αὐτὸς κατὰ Γερμανῶν ἐθριάμβευσεν. Εἰρηναῖος ἐπίσκοπος Λουγδόνων πόλεως Γαλλίας θείοις λόγοις καὶ πρά ξεσι διέλαμπε. Τὸ Σεραπεῖον ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ κατεφλέχθη. Τὰς ἐν τῷ Καπετωλίῳ βιβλοθήκας καὶ ἄλλα τούτου μέρη σκηπτὸς κατέφλεξε. Τοῦ ἐν