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and gently reminded him about the treason. But when he saw him wandering irreclaimably, turning to him who had once stepped on the back of his robe as he was entering before the emperor, he said: "Do not hurry, for you are hastening to enter the Dihippion." And he, disturbed at the saying along with others who heard it, did not understand the prophecy, which, having come to pass after 15 years in the third year of Constantine the persecutor, in the 12th indiction, persuaded everyone that it had been prophesied by divine grace to the ingrate. For Constantine, after prevailing over the usurpation of the empire by his son-in-law Artavasdos, flogged this Anastasios along with other enemies in the Hippodrome and paraded him through the Dihippion naked, seated backwards on a donkey, as one who had conspired with his enemies against him and had crowned Artavasdos, as will be shown in its proper place. And while in Byzantium this sacred and divine Germanos flourished as a champion of the doctrines of piety, fighting like a beast-fighter against Leo of the same name and his supporters, in elder Rome Gregory, the all-holy apostolic man and co-enthroned with Peter the chief, shone forth in word and deed, who caused Rome and Italy and all the western lands to revolt from both the political and ecclesiastical obedience to Leo and the empire under him. And in Damascus in Syria John Chrysorrhoas, presbyter and monk, the son of Mansour, an excellent teacher, shone forth in life and word. But he cast Germanos out from his throne, as being under his authority; while Gregory most clearly rebuked him through letters for things known to many, and John with the bishops of the east subjected the impious one to anathemas. On the 7th of the month of January of the 13th indiction, on the 3rd day of the week, the impious Leo held a silentium against the holy 409 and venerable icons in the tribunal of the 19 Accubita, having also summoned the most holy patriarch Germanos, thinking to persuade him to sign against the holy icons. But the noble servant of Christ, not being persuaded at all by his abominable evil doctrine, rightly dividing the word of truth, renounced the high priesthood, handing over his omophorion and saying after many didactic words: "If I am Jonah, cast me into the sea. For without an ecumenical council it is impossible for me to innovate the faith, O emperor." And going away to his ancestral home in the so-called Platanion, he lived in quiet, having been high priest for 14 years, 5 months, and 7 days. On the 22nd of the same month of January they ordained Anastasios, falsely so-named, a disciple and syncellus of the same blessed Germanos, who agreed with Leo's impiety, being appointed false bishop of Constantinople through love of worldly power. But Gregory, the holy prelate of Rome, as I said before, repudiated Anastasios along with his libelli, having rebuked Leo through letters as being impious, and caused Rome along with all of Italy to revolt from his empire. The tyrant, therefore, becoming enraged, intensified the persecution against the holy icons, and many clergy and monastics and pious laity ran great risks for the orthodox word of faith, taking up the martyr's crown. Anastasios, bishop of Constantinople, for 24 years. ιδʹ. ζʹ. ʹ. αʹ. κεʹ. In this year Masalmas campaigned against Romanía and, coming to Cappadocia, he took the fort of Charsianon by treachery. ιεʹ. ηʹ. ζʹ. βʹ. κʹ. In this year Masalmas campaigned against Turkia and, having reached the Caspian Gates, he turned back in fear. ιʹ. θʹ. ηʹ. γʹ. κζʹ. In this year the emperor Leo married the daughter of the Khagan, ruler of the Scythians, to his son Constantine, having 410 made her a Christian and named her Irene; who, having learned the holy scriptures, excelled in piety, refuting their impiety. And Mu'awiyah, the son of Hisham, campaigned against Romanía and, having come as far as Paphlagonia, he returned with many captives. And he

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καὶ πρᾴως τὰ περὶ προδοσίας ἀνεμίμνησκεν. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀνεπιστρόφως αὐτὸν ἑώρα πλανώμενον, ἐπιστραφεὶς πρὸς αὐτὸν πατήσαντά ποτε τὰ ὀπίσθια τῆς στολῆς αὐτοῦ, εἰσιόντος αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἔφη· "μὴ σπεῦδε, φθάζεις γὰρ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸ διΐππιν." ὁ δὲ ταραχθεὶς ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ σὺν ἄλλοις ἀκούσασιν ἠγνόει τὴν πρόρρησιν, ἥτις πέρας λαβοῦσα μετὰ ιεʹ ἔτη τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ διώκτου, ἰνδικτιῶνος ιβʹ, πάντας ἔπεισεν ἐκ θείας χάριτος προφητευθῆναι τῷ ἀγνώμονι. Κωνσταντῖνος γὰρ μετὰ τὴν τοῦ γαμβροῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀρταυάσδου ἀνασοβὴν τῆς βασιλείας ἐπικρατήσας Ἀναστάσιον τοῦτον τύψας σὺν ἄλλοις ἐχθροῖς ἐν ἱππικῷ διὰ τοῦ διϊππίου γυμνὸν ἐπ' ὄνου καθήμενον ἐξανάστροφα ἐπόμπευσεν, ὡς τοῖς ἐχθροῖς συνανασκάψαντα αὐτόν, καὶ τὸν Ἀρτάυασδον στέψαντα, ὡς δηλωθήσεται ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τόπῳ. καὶ ἐν μὲν τῷ Βυζαντίῳ πρόμαχος τῶν ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας δογμάτων ὁ ἱερὸς οὗτος καὶ θεσπέσιος ἤκμαζε Γερμανὸς θηριομαχῶν πρὸς τὸν φερώνυμον Λέοντα καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ συνασπιστάς, ἐν δὲ τῇ πρεσβυτέρᾳ Ῥώμῃ Γρηγόριος, ὁ πανίερος ἀποστολικὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ Πέτρου τοῦ κορυφαίου σύνθρονος, λόγῳ καὶ πράξει διαλάμπων, ὃς ἀπέστησε Ῥώμην τε καὶ Ἰταλίαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἑσπέρια τῆς τε πολιτικῆς καὶ ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ὑπακοῆς Λέοντος καὶ τῆς ὑπ' αὐτὸν βασιλείας. ἐν δὲ τῇ κατὰ Συρίαν ∆αμασκῷ Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσορρόας, πρεσβύτερος καὶ μοναχός, ὁ τοῦ Μανσούρ, διδάσκαλος ἄριστος, βίῳ καὶ λόγῳ προέλαμπεν. ἀλλὰ Γερμανὸν μὲν ὡς ὑπ' αὐτὸν ὄντα ἐκβάλλει τοῦ θρόνου· Γρηγόριος δὲ αὐτὸν δι' ἐπιστολῶν ἀριδήλως ἐλέγχει τῶν τοῖς πολλοῖς ἐγνωσμένων, καὶ Ἰωάννης σὺν τοῖς τῆς ἀνατολῆς ἐπισκόποις τοῖς ἀναθέμασι τὸν ἀσεβῆ καθυποβάλλει. τῇ δὲ ζʹ τοῦ Ἰαννουαρίου μηνὸς τῆς ιγʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, ἡμέρᾳ γʹ τῆς ἑβδομάδος, Λέων ὁ δυσσεβὴς σελέντιον κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων 409 καὶ σεπτῶν εἰκόνων ἐκρότησεν ἐν τῷ τριβουναλίῳ τῶν ιθʹ ἀκουβίτων, προσκαλεσάμενος καὶ τὸν ἁγιώτατον πατριάρχην Γερμανόν, οἰόμενος πείθειν αὐτὸν ὑπογράψαι κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων εἰκόνων. ὁ δὲ γενναῖος τοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος μηδ' ὅλως πεισθεὶς τῇ μυσαρᾷ κακοδοξίᾳ αὐτοῦ, τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας ὀρθοτομήσας ἀπετάξατο τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην ἐπιδοὺς τὸ ὠμοφόριον καὶ εἰπὼν μετὰ πολλοὺς διδασκαλικοὺς λόγους· "ἐὰν ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰωνᾶς, βάλετέ με εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν. χωρὶς γὰρ οἰκουμενικῆς συνόδου καινοτομῆσαι πίστιν ἀδύνατόν μοι, ὦ βασιλεῦ." καὶ ἀπελθὼν ἐν τῷ λεγομένῳ Πλατανίῳ εἰς τὸν γονικὸν αὐτοῦ οἶκον ἡσύχασεν, ἀρχιερατεύσας ἔτη ιδʹ μῆνας εʹ καὶ ἡμέρας ζʹ. τῇ δὲ κβʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰαννουαρίου μηνὸς χειροτονοῦσιν Ἀναστάσιον τὸν ψευδώνυμον μαθητὴν καὶ σύγκελλον τοῦ αὐτοῦ μακαρίου Γερμανοῦ συνθέμενον τῇ Λέοντος δυσσεβείᾳ, διὰ φιλαρχίαν κοσμικὴν προχειρισθεὶς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ψευδεπίσκοπος. Γρηγόριος δέ, ὁ ἱερὸς πρόεδρος Ῥώμης, καθὼς καὶ προέφην, Ἀναστάσιον ἅμα τοῖς λιβέλλοις ἀπεκήρυξεν ἐλέγξας τὸν Λέοντα δι' ἐπιστολῶν ὡς ἀσεβοῦντα, καὶ τὴν Ῥώμην σὺν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἀπέστησεν. ἐκμανεὶς οὖν ὁ τύραννος ἐπέτεινε τὸν κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων εἰκόνων διωγμόν, πολλοί τε κληρικοὶ καὶ μονασταὶ καὶ εὐλαβεῖς λαϊκοὶ ὑπερεκινδύνευσαν τοῦ ὀρθοῦ τῆς πίστεως λόγου τὸν μαρτυρικὸν ἀναδησάμενοι στέφανον. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη κδʹ. ιδʹ. ζʹ. ʹ. αʹ. κεʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσε Μασαλμᾶς τὴν Ῥωμανίαν καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς Καππαδοκίαν παρέλαβε δόλῳ τὸ Χαρσιανὸν κάστρον. ιεʹ. ηʹ. ζʹ. βʹ. κʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστράτευσε Μασαλμᾶς τὴν Τουρκίαν καὶ φθάσας τὰς Κασπίας πύλας φοβηθεὶς ἀνέστρεψεν. ιʹ. θʹ. ηʹ. γʹ. κζʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Λέων ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν θυγατέρα Χαγάνου, τοῦ τῶν Σκυθῶν δυνάστου, τῷ υἱῷ Κωνσταντίνῳ ἐνυμφεύσατο, ποιή410 σας αὐτὴν Χριστιανὴν καὶ ὀνομάσας αὐτὴν Εἰρήνην· ἥτις ἐκμαθοῦσα τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα διέπρεπεν ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ τὴν τούτων δυσσέβειαν ἐλέγχουσα. Μαυΐας δέ, ὁ υἱὸς Ἰσάμου, ἐπεστράτευσε τὴν Ῥωμανίαν καὶ ἐλθὼν ἕως Παφλαγονίας ἀνέκαμψε μετὰ αἰχμαλωσίας πολλῆς. ὁ δὲ