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that both his letters and men be sent to be present at the synod. And he sent Peter, the steward of his church, and Peter, the abbot of Saint Sabas, honorable men and adorned with every virtue. And both the empress and the patriarch sent to Antioch and to Alexandria; 461 for the peace with the Arabs had not yet been broken. And they brought from Antioch John, the great and renowned, sharing in holiness in word and deed, and who had been syncellus of the patriarch of Antioch, and Thomas of Alexandria, a zealous and most devout man, who also became distinguished as archbishop of the great city of Thessalonica in Illyricum. Ruler of the Arabs, Aaron, for 23 years. 2. 1. 17. 2. In this year Moses, the ruler of the Arabs, died, and Aaron, his brother, held the rule in his place; who also showed many evils to the Christians. In the same year, the emperors sent and summoned all the bishops under their authority, with the arrival of both letters and men sent from Rome by Pope Adrian, as we said before, and from Antioch and Alexandria. And on the 7th of the month of August of the 9th indiction, having taken their seats in the church of the holy apostles in the imperial city, they began to read aloud the holy scriptures and to compare them with each other, with the emperors watching from the catechumena. But the people of the Scholae and the Excubitors and the other regiments, having been incited by their own commanders, and holding the teaching of their evil teacher, having drawn their swords, came upon them, threatening to kill both the high priest and the orthodox bishops and abbots. And when the empress, through her household attendants who were present, tried to restrain them, they were not persuaded, but rather dishonored her further. And when the patriarch rose and entered the bema with the orthodox bishops and monks, the bishops who were of their evil mindset came out to them shouting, "We have con462 quered;" and by the grace of God those frenzied and inhuman men harmed no one, and so, with the synod dissolved, each departed to his own home. 7. 2. 18. 3. In this year, the empress sent Staurakios the patrician and logothete to Thrace in the month of September, at the beginning of the 10th indiction, to the thematic troops from across the straits who were then there, and persuaded them to cooperate with her and to expel from the city the impious people, whom the avenger Constantine had enlisted and trained. And pretending that she was about to campaign against the eastern parts, as the Arabs were coming out, the entire imperial service and the court went out as far as Malagina. and having entered, those from the outside themes took control of the city. And sending to them, she declared to them that, "Send me your arms, for I have no need of you." And they, having been foiled by God, gave them up. Then, putting their families on ships, she banished them from the city, ordering each to depart to his own land, in which he was born. And having made her own army and commanders obedient to her, in the month of May, again sending to every place, she summoned the bishops to come to the city of Nicaea in Bithynia for the synod to take place there. And throughout the whole summer they all gathered in Nicaea. But the representatives from Rome and the East she had not dismissed, but kept them. And on the 9th of the month of September of the 11th indiction, on the Lord's day, a very great eclipse of the sun occurred at the 5th hour of the day, while the divine liturgy was being celebrated. 8. 3. 19. 4. In this year Tarasios, the most holy archbishop of Constantinople, went out to the city of Nicaea; and the holy and ecumenical 7th synod of 350 bishops was convened; and the catholic church received back its ancient adornment, nothing new

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πεμφθῆναι γράμματά τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπους πρὸς τὸ εὑρεθῆναι ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ. καὶ ἀπέστειλε Πέτρον, τὸν οἰκονόμον τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ Πέτρον, τὸν ἡγούμενον τοῦ ἁγίου Σάβα, ἄνδρας τιμίους καὶ πάσῃ ἀρετῇ κεκοσμημένους. ἀπέλυσε δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἥ τε βασίλισσα καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης· 461 ἀκμὴν γὰρ ἡ πρὸς τοὺς Ἄραβας εἰρήνη οὐκ ἦν λυθεῖσα. καὶ ἤνεγκαν ἐκ μὲν Ἀντιοχείας Ἰωάννην τὸν μέγαν καὶ περιβόητον λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ ἁγιωσύνης μετέχοντα καὶ σύγκελλον τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἀντιοχείας γεγονότα, καὶ Θωμᾶν Ἀλεξανδρείας, ἄνδρα ζηλωτὴν καὶ εὐλαβέστατον, ὅστις καὶ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος τῆς ἐν τῷ Ἰλλυρικῷ μεγαλοπόλεως Θεσσαλονίκης γενόμενος διέπρεψεν. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Ἀαρὼν ἔτη κγʹ. ʹ. αʹ. ιζʹ. βʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Μωσῆς, ὁ τῶν Ἀράβων ἀρχηγός, τέθνηκεν, καὶ ἐκράτησεν Ἀαρών, ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ἀντ' αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀρχήν· ὃς καὶ πολλὰ κακὰ τοῖς Χριστιανοῖς ἐνεδείξατο. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει ἀποστείλαντες οἱ βασιλεῖς προσεκαλέσαντο πάντας τοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν ἐξουσίαν αὐτῶν ἐπισκόπους, καταλαβόντων καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης πεμφθέντων ὑπὸ τοῦ πάπα Ἀδριανοῦ γραμμάτων τε καὶ ἀνθρώπων, ὡς προέφημεν, καὶ τοῦ Ἀντιοχείας καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείας. καὶ τῇ ζʹ τοῦ Αὐγούστου μηνὸς τῆς θʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος προκαθίσαντες ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ἐν τῇ βασιλίδι πόλει ἤρξαντο τὰς ἁγίας γραφὰς ὑπαναγινώσκειν καὶ ἀντιβάλλειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, τῶν βασιλέων ἐν τοῖς κατηχουμένοις ὁρώντων. ὁ δὲ λαὸς τῶν σχολαρίων τε καὶ ἐκσκουβιτόρων καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ταγμάτων ὑποβληθεὶς ἐκ τῶν οἰκείων ἀρχόντων, ἔχοντες καὶ τὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ πονηροῦ αὐτῶν διδασκάλου, γυμνώσαντες τὰ ξίφη ἐπῆλθον αὐτοῖς, ἀπειλοῦντες θανατοῦν τόν τε ἀρχιερέα καὶ τοὺς ὀρθοδόξους ἐπισκόπους τε καὶ ἡγουμένους. τῆς δὲ βασιλείας διὰ τῶν παρεστώτων αὐτῇ οἰκειακῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀναστέλλειν τούτους πειρωμένης, οὐκ ἐπείσθησαν, ἀλλ' ἢ μᾶλλον προσητίμασαν. ἐγερθέντος δὲ τοῦ πατριάρχου καὶ ἐν τῷ βήματι εἰσελθόντος μετὰ τῶν ὀρθοδόξων ἐπισκόπων τε καὶ μοναχῶν, οἱ τοῦ πονηροῦ φρονήματος αὐτῶν ὄντες ἐπίσκοποι ἐξῆλθον πρὸς αὐτοὺς βοῶντες τό, "νενική462 καμεν·" καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ χάριτι οὐδένα ἠδίκησαν οἱ μανιώδεις ἐκεῖνοι καὶ ἀπάνθρωποι, καὶ οὕτω διαλυθείσης τῆς συνόδου ἀπῆλθεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ ἴδια. ζʹ. βʹ. ιηʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀποστείλασα ἡ βασίλισσα Σταυράκιον τὸν πατρίκιον καὶ λογοθέτην ἐν τῇ Θρᾴκῃ τῷ Σεπτεμβρίῳ μηνί, ἀρχῇ τῆς ιʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, πρὸς τὰ περατικὰ θέματα ἐκεῖσε τηνικαῦτα ὄντα, ἔπεισεν αὐτοὺς συνεργῆσαι αὐτῇ καὶ ἐξεῶσαι τῆς πόλεως τὸν δυσσεβῆ λαόν, ὃν ὁ ἀλάστωρ Κωνσταντῖνος ἐστράτευσέ τε καὶ ἐπαίδευσεν. καὶ πλασαμένη φωσατεύειν μέλλειν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀνατολικὰ μέρη, ὡς τῶν Ἀράβων ἐξελθόντων, ἐξῆλθε πᾶσα ἡ βασιλικὴ ὑπουργία καὶ ἡ κόρτη ἕως τῶν Μαλαγίνων. καὶ εἰσελθόντες οἱ τῶν ἔξω θεμάτων ἐκράτησαν τὴν πόλιν. ἀποστείλασα δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς δηλοῖ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι "πέμψατέ μοι τὰ ἄρματα ὑμῶν, χρείαν γὰρ ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔχω." οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ θεοῦ ματαιωθέντες ἔδωκαν αὐτά. τότε βαλοῦσα τὰς φαμιλίας αὐτῶν ἐν πλοίοις ἐξώρισεν αὐτοὺς τῆς πόλεως, κελεύσασα ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ χώρᾳ ἕκαστον ἀπελθεῖν, ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθη. καὶ ποιήσασα στρατὸν ἴδιον καὶ ἄρχοντας πειθηνίους αὐτῇ, τῷ Μαΐῳ μηνὶ πάλιν ἀποστείλασα κατὰ παντὸς τόπου προσεκαλέσατο τοὺς ἐπισκόπους παραγενέσθαι ἐν τῇ Νικαέων πόλει τῆς Βιθυνίας πρὸς τὸ ἐκεῖ γενέσθαι τὴν σύνοδον. καὶ διὰ τοῦ καλοκαιρίου ὅλου συνήχθησαν πάντες ἐν Νικαίᾳ. τοὺς δὲ Ῥώμης καὶ ἀνατολικοὺς ἐκ προσώπου οὐκ ἦν ἀπολύσασα, ἀλλ' εἶχεν αὐτούς. τῇ δὲ θʹ τοῦ Σεπτεμβρίου μηνὸς τῆς ιαʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, ἡμέρᾳ κυριακῇ, ἔκλειψις γέγονεν ἡλίου, ὥρᾳ εʹ τῆς ἡμέρας, τῆς θείας λειτουργίας ἐπιτελουμένης, μεγίστη. ηʹ. γʹ. ιθʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐξῆλθε Ταράσιος, ὁ ἁγιώτατος ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, ἐν τῇ Νικαέων πόλει· καὶ ἐκροτήθη ἡ ἁγία καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ ζʹ σύνοδος τνʹ ἐπισκόπων· καὶ ἀπέλαβεν ἡ καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία τὸν ἀρχαῖον κόσμον αὐτῆς, οὐδὲν καινὸν