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unfortunately the Heruli again invading with a very large fleet in various places of the Roman country and being hard-pressed sometimes by naval battles, sometimes by storms, and sometimes by plague, by which the same Claudius was seized and ended his life. After him, Quintillus held power for 17 whole days and died.

YEAR OF THE WORLD 5764. 264 years of the divine incarnation. the 28th emperor of Rome reigned

Aurelian, 6 years. Aurelian subdued the Palmyrenes and subjected Gaul, in whose time they say that Philostratus the Athenian historiographer and Longinus flourished. 470 At that time Zenobia rises up against the Romans, having gathered a very large force, and takes control of Egypt, having slain Probus who was then the Roman general there. Aurelian, unable to bear this news, comes with an army and near Antioch in Syria at a place called Immae, he destroys the Palmyrenes, and having captured Zenobia, he brought her to Rome, and having used great clemency, he honorably marries her to a man from the senate. He also prevails over the Gauls who were then in revolt. And having set out against the Scythians, he is killed by his own army, having fallen into a mutiny between Byzantium and Heraclea in the so-called New Fort of the Thracians, as he was about to initiate a certain persecution against the Christians. The same man also built a temple of the Sun in Rome, wondrous with gold and stones. But having abandoned Trajan's Dacia to the barbarians, and having settled men and women in the middle of Moesia on both sides, and it was to be called Middle Dacia. 5th of the Persians, Vararanes reigned 17 years. 26th bishop of Rome, Dionysius, 8 years. 16th bishop of Antioch, Domnus, 3 years. 17th bishop of Antioch, Cyrillus, 15 years. 15th bishop of Alexandria, Maximus, 8 years. 37th bishop of Jerusalem, Mazabanes, 21 years.

YEAR OF THE WORLD 5765. 265 years of the divine incarnation. 29th emperor of the Romans

Aurelian, the aforementioned, 6 years. In his 6th year, Aurelian, as he was about to initiate a persecution against the Christians, is prevented by a divine thunderbolt. And a plot having been made against him by his own men, he was assassinated in the New Fort. 471 After him, Tacitus reigns for 6 months. When he was slain in Pontus, Florianus reigns for 88 days. When he was slain in Tarsus, Probus reigns for 6 years, 4 months. Together they make 7 years. YEAR OF THE WORLD 5770. In the 270th year of the divine incarnation. In the 3rd year of Probus, Anatolius, the bishop of Laodicea, was known for excelling in philosophical studies. In the 4th year of Probus, the utterly destructive perdition of the mad Manichaeans was introduced into the life of men. In the 6th year of Probus, Saturninus the general began to build the new Antioch, who later, having rebelled against the Roman rule, was slain in Apamea by his own men. Probus was slain in Sirmium. 32nd emperor of the Romans, Carus with his sons Carinus and Numerian, 2 years.

YEAR OF THE WORLD 5775. 275 years of the divine incarnation. In the first year of Carinus

when Numerian came to Antioch and wanted to enter the church and observe the mysteries of the Christians, Saint Babylas prevented him, saying: "It is not lawful for you to see the mysteries of the Christians, being polluted by idolatrous sacrifices." And Numerian, becoming angry, murdered him. 27th bishop of Rome, Felix, 5 years. 472 Of the Roman church after Felix, Eutychianus became bishop for 8 months; after him, Gaius was the 28th bishop for 15 years. 18th bishop of Antioch, Cyrillus, 15 years. 15th bishop of Alexandria, Maximus, 18 years. 16th bishop of Alexandria, Theonas, 19 years. 38th bishop of Jerusalem, Hymenaeus, 12 years.

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δυστυχῶς Αἴλουροι πάλιν εἰσβαλόντες ναυτικῷ πλείστῳ κατὰ διαφόρους τόπους τῆς Ῥωμαίων χώρας καὶ ποτὲ μὲν ναυμαχίαις, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ χειμῶσι, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ λοιμῷ πιεσθέντες, ὑφ' οὗ κατασχεθεὶς ὁ αὐτὸς Κλαύδιος τελευτᾷ τὸν βίον. μεθ' ὃν Κεντίλ λιος κατέσχεν ὅλας ἡμέρας ιζʹ καὶ ἀπέθανε.

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Αὐρηλιανὸς ἔτη ςʹ. Αὐρηλιανὸς τοὺς Παλμυρηνοὺς ἐχειρώσατο καὶ Γαλλίαν ὑπέταξεν, ἐφ' οὗ φασι Φιλόστρατον τὸν Ἀθηναῖον ἱστοριογράφον καὶ Λογγῖνον ἀκμάσαι. 470 Τότε Ζηνοβία κατὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐπαίρεται, δύναμιν ἀθροίσασα πλείστην, καὶ Αἰγύπτου κρατεῖ, Πρόβον ἀνελοῦσα τὸν ἐκεῖ τότε στρατηγοῦντα Ῥωμαίων. ταύτην τὴν ἀκοὴν Αὐρηλιανὸς οὐκ ἐνεγκὼν ἔρχεται μετὰ στρα τιᾶς καὶ πλησίον Ἀντιοχείας τῆς κατὰ Συρίαν ἐν Ἴμμαις καλουμένῳ χωρίῳ τοὺς μὲν Παλμυρηνοὺς διαφθείρει, Ζηνοβίαν δὲ χειρωσάμενος εἰς Ῥώμην ἤγαγε, καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ χρησάμενος πολλῇ συνάπτει ταύτην ἐνδό ξως ἀνδρὶ τῶν ἐν γερουσίᾳ. Κρατεῖ δὲ καὶ Γάλλων κινηθέντων τότε. Ὁρμήσας δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ Σκύθας ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας στρατιᾶς ἀναιρεῖται στάσει περιπεσὼν μεταξὺ Βυζαντίου καὶ Ἡρακλείας ἐν τῷ καινῷ λεγομένῳ φρου ρίῳ τῶν Θρᾳκῶν, μέλλων τινὰ κατὰ Χριστιανῶν κινεῖν διωγμόν. Ὁ δ' αὐτὸς καὶ Ἡλίου ναὸν ἐν Ῥώμῃ κατεσκεύασε χρυσῷ καὶ λίθοις ἀξιάγαστον. Τὴν Τραϊανοῦ δὲ ∆ακίαν βαρβάροις ἀφεὶς ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας εἰς τὸ μεσαίτατον τῆς Μυσίας στήσας ἑκατέρωθεν, ∆ακίαν δὲ μέσην ὀνομάζεσθαι. Περσῶν εʹ Οὐραράκης ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιζʹ. Ῥώμης κςʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆ιονύσιος ἔτη ηʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ιςʹ ἐπίσκοπος ∆όμνος ἔτη γʹ. Ἀντιοχείας ιζʹ ἐπίσκοπος Κύριλλος ἔτη ιεʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ιεʹ ἐπίσκοπος Μάξιμος ἔτη ηʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων λζʹ ἐπίσκοπος Μαζαβάνης ἔτη καʹ.

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Αὐρηλιανὸς ὁ προγεγραμμένος ἔτη ςʹ. Τῷ ςʹ αὐτοῦ ἔτει Αὐρηλιανὸς μέλλων διωγμὸν κινεῖν κατὰ Χριστιανῶν θείῳ κεραυνῷ διακωλύεται. συσκευῆς δὲ γενομένης περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν κατ' αὐτὸν ἐδολοφονήθη ἐν καινῷ φρουρίῳ. 471 Μεθ' ὃν βασιλεύει Τάκητος μῆνας ςʹ. Οὗ σφαγέντος ἐν Πόντῳ βασιλεύει Φιλωριανὸς ἡμέρας πηʹ. Οὗ σφαγέντος ἐν Ταρσῷ βασιλεύει Πρόβος ἔτη ςʹ, μῆνας δʹ. Ὁμοῦ γίνονται ἔτη ζʹ. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΨΟ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη σοʹ Τῷ γʹ ἔτει Πρόβου Ἀνατόλιος ὁ Λαοδικείας ἐπίσκοπος φιλοσόφοις μαθήμασι διαπρέπων ἐγνωρίζετο. Τῷ δʹ ἔτει Πρόβου ἡ τῶν μανέντων Μανιχαίων πανώλεθρος ἀπώλεια τῷ τῶν ἀνθρώπων παρεισήχθη βίῳ. Τῷ ςʹ ἔτει Πρόβου Σατορνῖνος στρατοπεδάρχης τὴν καινὴν Ἀντιόχειαν ἤρξατο κτίζειν, ὃς ὕστερον ἐπαναστὰς τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῇ ἐσφάγη ἐν Ἀπαμείᾳ ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων. Πρόβος ἐσφάγη ἐν Σερμείῳ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς λβʹ Κᾶρος σὺν τοῖς παισὶ Καρίνῳ καὶ Νουμεριανῷ ἔτη βʹ.

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