Georgius Syncellus, Chronographical Selection

Commodus, having removed the head of the solar colossus at Rhodes, set up his own. A great fire burned the palace of Rome and the house of the virgins and many other things. Commodus, having killed the honorable men in the senate, among whom were both Julianus the lawgiver and Antoninus his own nephew, was slain in the palace by a certain Narcissus, the emperor's horse-tamer. 14th bishop of the Romans, Victor, 12 years. 7th bishop of Antioch, Maximus, 13 years. 8th bishop of Antioch, Serapion, 25 years. 10th bishop of Alexandria, Agrippinus, 12 years. 11th bishop of Alexandria, Julius, 10 years. 12th bishop of Alexandria, Demetrius, 43 years. 27th bishop of Jerusalem, Maximus, 4 years. 28th bishop of Jerusalem, Antoninus, 5 years. 29th bishop of Jerusalem, Valens, 3 years. 30th bishop of Jerusalem, Narcissus, 4 years.

434 YEARS OF THE WORLD 5685 Of the divine incarnation, year 185 16th of the Romans

Helius Pertinax reigned for 6 months. 17th of the Romans, Severus, reigned for 18 years. Pertinax was proclaimed king of the Romans by the senate and the people, an excellent man, taking great care of military affairs; for this reason he is killed by the soldiers, having reigned according to Eusebius for 6 months, but according to others not even three full months; after whom Julianus, called Didius because he bought the empire with money, reigned and is deposed from power after two months by the friends of Severus. And Severus, having become emperor, immediately killed the murderers of Pertinax. Clement the Stromatist, presbyter of Alexandria, an excellent teacher, shone brightly by composing works in the philosophy according to Christ. Pantaenus, a philosopher from the Stoics, was distinguished in the divine word. Africanus, a Christian historian, flourished. Leonides, the father of Origen, was martyred when a persecution occurred in Alexandria. Musianus, an ecclesiastical writer, was known. Origen, the foolish-minded, being vainglorious in Alexandria, innovated with Greek doctrines. May Eusebius of Pamphilus, who extols him as being of like mind, be counted with him. Severus kills through his own generals Niger, a general who had revolted against the state and subdued Byzantium, and who had gathered a Persian force near Nicaea, the metropolis of Bithynia, and Vologases the king of the Persians and other barbarians, and he retakes Byzantium 435 by siege, having destroyed the allies of Niger. Severus, having made war against Vologases and the Persians, put him to flight and made him a fugitive, and he retook Nisibis, which had long before been betrayed to the Persians. 14th bishop of Rome, Victor, 12 years. 15th bishop of Rome, Zephyrinus, 19 years, but according to Eusebius 12 years. 8th bishop of Antioch, Serapion, 25 years. 12th bishop of Alexandria, Demetrius, 43 years. 30th bishop of Jerusalem, Narcissus, 4 years. 31st bishop of Jerusalem, Dolichianus, 12 years.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 5696 Of the divine incarnation, year 196 The remaining of the 17th of the Romans

of emperor Severus years Severus, as Vologases, king of the Persians, fled towards Nisibis and other cities betrayed to the Persians, which had previously belonged to the Romans, subdued them. Severus subjugated the Adiabeni and Arabs who had allied with Niger. The same man subdued Colchis, that is, Lazica. Severus, having come to Rome, killed Albinus who had set himself up as tyrant at the city of Lugdunum. Severus, having gone to Britain, dies from a severe disease, that is, epilepsy. 15th bishop of the Romans, Zephyrinus, 19 or 12 years. 8th bishop of Antioch, Serapion, 25 years. 436 12th bishop of Alexandria, Demetrius, 43 years. 31st bishop of Jerusalem, Dolichianus, 12 years. 32nd bishop of Jerusalem, Dius, 8 years.

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Ῥόδῳ ἡλιακοῦ κολοσσοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀφελὼν Κόμοδος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἔστησεν. Ἐμπρησμὸς μέγας τὸ παλάτιον Ῥώμης καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τῶν παρθένων καὶ ἄλλα πλεῖστα ἐνέπρησε. Κόμοδος τοὺς ἐν γερουσίᾳ τιμίους ἀνελών, ἐν οἷς καὶ Ἰουλιανὸν νομο θέτην καὶ Ἀντωνῖνον ἴδιον ἀδελφιδοῦν, ὑπὸ Ναρκίσσου τινὸς ἱπποδαμα στοῦ βασιλέως διαφθείρεται ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις. Ῥωμαίων ιδʹ ἐπίσκοπος Βίκτωρ ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ζʹ ἐπίσκοπος Μάξιμος ἔτη ιγʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ηʹ ἐπίσκοπος Σεραπίων ἔτη κεʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀγριππῖνος ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιαʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἰούλιος ἔτη ιʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιβʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ημήτριος ἔτη μγʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κζʹ ἐπίσκοπος Μάξιμος ἔτη δʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κηʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντωνῖνος ἔτη εʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων κθʹ ἐπίσκοπος Οὐάλης ἔτη γʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων λʹ ἐπίσκοπος Νάρκισσος ἔτη δʹ.

434 ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΧΠΕ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη ρπεʹ Ῥωμαίων ιςʹ

ἐβασίλευσεν Ἑλύιος Περτίναξ μῆνας ςʹ. Ῥωμαίων ιζʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σευῆρος ἔτη ιηʹ. Περτίναξ ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου καὶ τοῦ δήμου βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων ἀνηγο ρεύθη ἄριστος ἀνήρ, σφόδρα τῶν στρατιωτικῶν προνοῶν· ὑπὸ στρατιωτῶν ἀναιρεῖται διὰ τοῦτο, βασιλεύσας κατὰ μὲν Εὐσέβιον μῆνας ςʹ, κατὰ δὲ ἄλλους οὐδὲ τρεῖς ὅλους· μεθ' ὃν βασιλεύσας Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ κληθεὶς ∆ίδιος διὰ τὸ χρήμασι τὴν βασιλείαν ὠνήσασθαι καθαιρεῖται τῆς ἀρχῆς μετὰ δύο μῆνας ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων Σευήρου. Σευῆρος δὲ βασιλεύσας εὐθὺς τοὺς Περτίνακος φονευτὰς ἀνεῖλε. Κλήμης ὁ Στρωματεὺς πρεσβύτερος Ἀλεξανδρείας ἄριστος διδάσκαλος ἐν τῇ κατὰ Χριστὸν φιλοσοφίᾳ συντάττων διέλαμπε. Πάνταινος φιλόσοφος ἀπὸ στωικῶν ἐν τῷ θείῳ λόγῳ διέπρεπεν. Ἀφρικανὸς ἱστορικὸς Χριστιανὸς ἤκμαζε. Λεωνίδης Ὠριγένους πατὴρ ἐμαρτύρησε διωγμοῦ γεγονότος ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ. Μουσιανὸς ἐκκλησιαστικὸς συγγραφεὺς ἐγνωρίζετο. Ὠριγένης ὁ ματαιόφρων ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ κενοδοξῶν Ἑλληνικοῖς δόγμασιν ἐνεωτέριζε. τοῦτον Εὐσέβιος ὁ Παμφίλου ὡς ὁμόφρων ἐκθειάζων σὺν αὐτῷ λογισθείη. Νίγερα στρατηγὸν ἐπαναστάντα τοῖς πράγμασι καὶ τὸ Βυζάντιον χει ρωσάμενον κατά τε Νικαίας μητροπόλεως Βιθυνίας Περσικὴν δύναμιν ἀθροίσαντα, καὶ Οὐλίγισσον τὸν Περσῶν βασιλέα καὶ ἄλλους βαρβάρους ὁ Σευῆρος ἀναιρεῖ διὰ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ στρατηγῶν, τό τε Βυζάντιον ἀναλαμβάνει 435 πολιορκίᾳ, διαφθείρας τοὺς Νίγερος συνδρόμους. Σευῆρος πρὸς Οὐλίγισ σον καὶ Πέρσας πολεμήσας φυγάδα τοῦτον τρεψάμενος κατέστησε, τήν τε Νίσιβιν ἀνέλαβε, πάλαι προδοθεῖσαν Πέρσαις. Ῥώμης ιδʹ ἐπίσκοπος Βίκτωρ ἔτη ιβʹ. Ῥώμης ιεʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ζεφυρῖνος ἔτη ιθʹ, κατὰ δὲ Εὐσέβιον ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ηʹ ἐπίσκοπος Σεραπίων ἔτη κεʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιβʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ημήτριος ἔτη μγʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων λʹ ἐπίσκοπος Νάρκισσος ἔτη δʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων λαʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ολιχιανὸς ἔτη ιβʹ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΧˉζΣ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη ρζςʹ Τὰ ὑπόλοιπα Ῥωμαίων ιζʹ

βασιλέως Σευήρου ἔτη Σευῆρος Οὐλιγίσσου Περσῶν βασιλέως φυγόντος πρὸς τὴν Νίσιβιν καὶ ἄλλας πόλεις Πέρσαις προδοθείσας, Ῥωμαίοις δὲ πρότερον ἀνηκούσας, παρεστήσατο. Σευῆρος Ἀδιαβηνοὺς καὶ Ἄραβας συμμαχήσαντας τῷ Νίγερι καθυπέταξεν. Ὁ αὐτὸς Κολχικὴν ἤτοι Λαζικὴν παρεστήσατο. Σευῆρος εἰς Ῥώμην ἐλθὼν Ἀλβῖνον τυραννήσαντα κατὰ Λουγδόνων πόλιν ἀνεῖλε. Σευῆρος εἰς Βρεττανίαν ἐλθὼν νόσῳ πολεμίᾳ τελευτᾷ ἤγουν ἐπιλη ψίᾳ. Ῥωμαίων ιεʹ ἐπίσκοπος Ζεφυρῖνος ἔτη ιθʹ ἢ ιβʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ηʹ ἐπίσκοπος Σεραπίων ἔτη κεʹ. 436 Ἀλεξανδρείας ιβʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ημήτριος ἔτη μγʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων λαʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ολιχιανὸς ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων λβʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ῖος ἔτη ηʹ.