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of him. The emperor, having flogged 451 and tonsured those who had revolted, exiled them to Cherson and the regions under guard and security. b'. b'. ē'. ib'. In this year, Thoumamas, son of Vakas, invaded Romanania and, having taken captives, returned. And Telerigos, the lord of the Bulgars, fled to the emperor; and he made him a patrician, having married him to the cousin of his wife Irene. And having received him after he was baptized from the holy font, he greatly honored and loved him. g'. g'. th'. ig'. In this year, Thoumamas encamped at Dabekon and rebelled. And Leo the emperor sent out the armies of the Romans, and 100,000 entered Syria, whom Michael Lachanodrakon of the Thracesians led, and Artavasdos the Armenian of the Anatolics, and Tatzates of the Boukellarians and Karisterotzes of the Armeniacs, and Gregorios, son of Mousoulakios, of the Opsikians, and they surrounded Germanikeia. And Isvaali, the uncle of Madi, was there, and they took all his camels, and they were about to take Germanikeia as well, had not Isvaali persuaded Lachanodrakon with gifts, and he withdrew from the fortress and went out to plunder the countryside, and having taken captive the heretical Jacobite Syrians, he returned again to the fortress. And Thoumamas, sending an army from Dabekon and amirs, they fought with the Romans, and five amirs and two thousand Arabs fell, as they say; and on Friday they returned. For they had entered on Sunday. And the emperor, having held a Maioumas at Sophianai, sat on a tribunal with his son, and thus the generals celebrated the victory. 452 And he also transported the heretical Syrians to Thrace and settled them there. d'. d'. i'. id'. In this year, Madi, the ruler of the Arabs, being angered, sends Asan with a large force of both Black-robed ones and of those from Syria and Mesopotamia, and he came down as far as Dorylaion. The emperor, however, ordered the generals not to fight them in a pitched battle, but to secure the fortresses and to bring in the people for their defense, dispatching also great commanders for each fortress, and for them to raise select soldiers, three thousand each, and to follow them in order to prevent raiding parties from scattering and to burn in advance with fire both the pastures of the beasts of burden and any provisions that might be found. And as they were encamped at Dorylaion for 15 days and were deprived of necessities, their horses became emaciated; and there was a great loss among them. And returning they besieged Amorion for one day, and seeing it was well-fortified and had a large garrison, they returned having accomplished nothing. Paul, bishop of Constantinople, for 5 years. e'. e'. ia'. a'. In this year Madi, the ruler of the Arabs, comes to Dabekon with a great force and armament and sends his son Aaron against Romanania, and he himself returns to the holy city. And he sends Mouchesias, called the Zealot, and gives him authority to make the servants of the Christians apostatize and to lay waste the holy churches; and he comes as far as Emesa and proclaims that he will not force any to become a Saracen except those of infidel origin, until the Jews and Christians were revealed. And immediately he began to torture them impiously, as neither Lysias nor Agricolaos ever did, and he destroyed many. But women conquered his madness by the grace of Christ our God, and they were Nubians, the wife of the archdeacon of Emesa, and the wife of the son of Hesaias, having been tortured much and not yielding to the impiety. For having received a thousand lashes and having been tried by many 453 other tortures, they received the crown of victory from Christ. And he reached as far as Damascus and laid waste many churches, not heeding the promise given to the Christians by the Arabs. and on the 2nd of the month of February, of the 3rd indiction, on Cheesefare Sunday, he died

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αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τοὺς μὲν νεωτερίσαντας 451 δείρας τε καὶ κουρεύσας ἐξώρισεν εἰς Χερσῶνα καὶ τὰ κλίματα ὑπὸ παραφυλακὴν καὶ ἀσφάλειαν. βʹ. βʹ. ηʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει εἰσῆλθε Θουμάμας ὁ τοῦ Βάκα εἰς Ῥωμανίαν καὶ λαβὼν αἰχμαλωσίαν ὑπέστρεψεν. καὶ προσέφυγε Τελέριγος, ὁ τῶν Βουλγάρων κύριος, εἰς τὸν βασιλέα· καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸν πατρίκιον ζεύξας αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ Εἰρήνης ἐξαδέλφην. δεξάμενος δὲ αὐτὸν βαπτισθέντα ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας κολυμβήθρας μεγάλως αὐτὸν ἐτίμησε καὶ ἠγάπησεν. γʹ. γʹ. θʹ. ιγʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐκάθισε Θουμάμας εἰς τὸ ∆άβεκον καὶ ἐστασίασεν. Λέων δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπέλυσε τὰ στρατεύματα τῶν Ῥωμαίων, καὶ εἰσῆλθον ἐν Συρίᾳ χιλιάδες ρʹ, ὧν ἡγοῦντο Μιχαὴλ ὁ Λαχανοδράκων τῶν Θρᾳκησίων, καὶ Ἀρτάυασδος ὁ Ἀρμένιος τῶν ἀνατολικῶν, καὶ Τατζάτης τῶν Βουκελλαρίων καὶ Καριστερότζης τῶν Ἀρμενιάκων, καὶ Γρηγόριος ὁ τοῦ Μουσουλακίου τῶν Ὀψικιάνων, καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν τὴν Γερμανίκειαν. καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ Ἰσβααλί, ὁ θεῖος τοῦ Μαδί, καὶ ἔλαβον πάσας τὰς καμήλους αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤμελλον παραλαμβάνειν καὶ τὴν Γερμανίκειαν, εἰ μὴ διὰ δώρων ἔπεισε τὸν Λαχανοδράκοντα ὁ Ἰσβααλί, καὶ ἀνεχώρησε τοῦ κάστρου καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς πραῖδαν τῆς χώρας, καὶ αἰχμαλωτεύσας τοὺς αἱρετικοὺς Ἰακωβίτας Σύρους πάλιν ὑπέστρεψεν ἐν τῷ κάστρῳ. καὶ πέμψας Θουμάμας στρατὸν ἐκ τοῦ ∆αβέκου καὶ ἀμηράδας, ἐπολέμησαν μετὰ τῶν Ῥωμαίων, καὶ ἔπεσον πέντε ἀμηράδες καὶ δύο χιλιάδες Ἄραβες, ὥς φασιν· καὶ τῇ παρασκευῇ ὑπέστρεψαν. ἦσαν γὰρ εἰσελθόντες τῇ κυριακῇ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ποιήσας Μαϊουμᾶν ἐν Σοφιαναῖς ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ σένζου μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὕτως ἐθριάμβευσαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ τὰ ἐπινίκια. 452 ἐπέρασε δὲ καὶ τοὺς αἱρετικοὺς Σύρους ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ καὶ κατῴκισεν αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ. δʹ. δʹ. ιʹ. ιδʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει θυμωθεὶς ὁ τῶν Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Μαδὶ πέμπει τὸν Ἄσαν μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς Μαυροφόρων τε καὶ τῶν τῆς Συρίας καὶ Μεσοποταμίας, καὶ κατῆλθεν ἕως τοῦ ∆ορυλαίου. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς διετάξατο τοῖς στρατηγοῖς μὴ πολεμῆσαι αὐτοὺς δημόσιον πόλεμον, ἀλλ' ἀσφαλίσασθαι τὰ κάστρα καὶ λαὸν εἰσενεγκεῖν πρὸς παραφυλακὴν αὐτῶν, ἀπολύσας καὶ ἄρχοντας μεγάλους κατὰ κάστρον, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἐπᾶραι ἐπιλέκτους στρατιώτας ἀνὰ τριῶν χιλιάδων καὶ παρακολουθεῖν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸ μὴ σκορπίσαι κοῦρσα καὶ προκαίειν πυρὶ τάς τε νομὰς τῶν ἀλόγων, καὶ εἴ που εὑρίσκοιτο δαπάνη. καθεσθέντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ∆ορυλαίῳ ἡμέρας ιεʹ καὶ λειφθέντων αὐτῶν τὰ πρὸς τὴν χρείαν, ἐπτώχευσαν τὰ ἄλογα αὐτῶν· καὶ πολλὴ ἅλωσις ἐγένετο εἰς αὐτά. καὶ ὑποστρέφοντες παρεκάθισαν τὸ Ἀμῶριν ἡμέραν μίαν, καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸ ὠχυρωμένον καὶ πολλὴν ἐξόπλισιν ἔχον ὑπέστρεψαν μηδὲν ἀνύσαντες. Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος Παῦλος ἔτη εʹ. εʹ. εʹ. ιαʹ. αʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἔρχεται Μαδί, ὁ τῶν Ἀράβων ἀρχηγός, εἰς τὸ ∆άβεκον μετὰ πολλῆς δυνάμεως καὶ ἐξοπλίσεως καὶ ἀποστέλλει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Ἀαρὼν ἐπὶ τὴν Ῥωμανίαν, καὶ αὐτὸς ὑποστρέφει ἐπὶ τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν. καὶ πέμπει Μουχεσίαν, Ζηλωτὴν λεγόμενον, καὶ δίδει αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν ἀποστατεῖν τοὺς δούλους τῶν Χριστιανῶν καὶ ἐρημοῦν τὰς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας· καὶ ἔρχεται ἕως Ἐμέσης καὶ ἐπαγγέλλεται μὴ ἀναγκάζειν εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἀπὸ ἀπίστων εἰς τὸ μαγαρίσαι, ἕως ἂν ἐφανερώθησαν οἱ Ἑβραῖοι καὶ Χριστιανοί. καὶ εὐθέως ἤρξατο ἀθέως βασανίζειν, ὡς οὐδὲ Λυσίας καὶ Ἀγρικόλαός ποτε, καὶ πολλοὺς ἀπώλεσεν. γυναῖκες δὲ ἐνίκησαν αὐτοῦ τὴν μανίαν χάριτι Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ αὐταὶ νουβίτισσαι, ἡ τοῦ ἀρχιδιάκονος Ἐμέσης, καὶ ἡ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἡσαΐου, πολλὰ βασανισθεῖσαι καὶ μὴ ὑπείξασαι τῇ ἀσεβείᾳ. ἀπὸ γὰρ χιλιάδος βουνεύρων λαβοῦσαι καὶ ἄλλων 453 πολλῶν κολαστηρίων πειραθεῖσαι τὸν στέφανον τῆς νίκης παρὰ Χριστοῦ ἐκομίσαντο. ἔφθασε δὲ καὶ ἕως ∆αμασκοῦ καὶ πολλὰς ἐκκλησίας ἠρήμωσε μὴ προσχὼν τῷ δοθέντι λόγῳ τοῖς Χριστιανοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀράβων. τῇ δὲ ʹ τοῦ Φεβρουαρίου μηνὸς τῆς γʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος ἡμέρᾳ κυριακῇ τῆς Τυροφάγου τέθνηκε