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a nocturnal thunder and lightning having occurred, a part of the imperial workshop of the gold-embroiderers was set on fire in the goldsmiths' quarter. But after holy Pascha the emperor campaigned against the Armeniacs with all the other themes as well. And on the 20th of the month of May of the 1st indiction, on the Lord's day of Pentecost, having fought them, he conquered by the treachery of the Armenians with them who betrayed them, arrested them, and killed Andronikos, their spatharios and tourmarch, and Theophilos the tourmarch and Gregorios, bishop of Sinope, and the rest he subjected to punishments and confiscations. And having bound a thousand from their fortress, he led them into the city through the gate of Blachernae, on the 24th of the month of June, the 2nd day, and having inscribed their faces with tattooed ink, "Armeniac conspirator," he scattered them in Sicily and the other islands. But their Armenian traitors, having received no honor from the emperor, handed over the fortress of Kamachon to the Arabs. 4. 9. 25. 10. In this year in the month of October, of the 2nd indiction, the Arabs took the fortress of Thebasa by agreement; for which reason they also released its commanders to go to their own homes. 5. 10. 20. 11. In this year, the emperor, hating his wife Maria at the instigation of his mother who was aiming at power so that he might be condemned by all, forced her to become a nun, and having persuaded her, tonsured her in the month of January, of the 3rd indiction. And in the month of April he campaigned against the Arabs; and on the 8th of the month of May, having fought one of their raiding parties in a place called Anousa, he conquered and routing them, pursued them as far as the river. And having gone down to Ephesus and having prayed at the Theologian, he remitted the trade-tax of the festival, being 100 pounds of gold, for the service of the holy apostle and evangelist John. And in the month of August, the emperor crowned Theodote the cubicularia as Augusta and was unlawfully betrothed to her. 2. 11. 27. 12. In this year, in the month of September, of the 4th indiction, the emperor celebrated his marriage with Theodote in the palace of St. Mamas for 40 days. And in the month of April of the same 4th indiction, on the 7th day, at a nocturnal hour, a most terrible earthquake occurred on the island of Crete. And there was also a very terrible one in Constantinople on the 4th of May. But Kardamos, the lord of Bulgaria, declared to the emperor, "Either send me tribute, or I am coming as far as the Golden Gate and will lay Thrace waste." But the emperor, putting horse dung into a cloth, sent it to him, saying, "Such tribute as befits you, I have sent you. But you are an old man; and I do not wish you to weary yourself coming here; but I am coming as far as Markellai, so come out. And whatever God judges." And the emperor, having sent to the thematic armies across the straits, assembled his people and came as far as Versinikia, and Kardamos came as far as the forest of Abroleba and, losing his nerve, remained in the grove. But the emperor, having encouraged his people, went as far as the bare ground of Abroleba, challenging him for 17 days. But he did not dare, but returned as a fugitive to his own lands. And at the same time, the Arabs also came as far as Amorion, and having accomplished nothing, returned, having taken captives in the surrounding areas. And in the same year, Plato, the hegoumen of Sakkoudion, broke communion with Tarasios the patriarch, as he had received the emperor into communion and had permitted the catechist to tonsure his wife Maria, and had permitted abbot Joseph, the hegoumen of the Katharoi, to crown him with Theodote. And when the emperor learned this, he sent Bardanios, the patrikios and domestikos of the schools, and John, the comes of the Opsikion, 471 and he brought Plato into the city and shut him up in a cell in the church of the Archstrategos in the palace; and the other monks along with his nephews, after flogging them, they exiled to Thessaloniki, whom the mother of the emperor defended, as to the

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νυκτερινῆς βροντῆς καὶ ἀστραπῆς γενομένης, ἀνήφθη μέρος τοῦ βασιλικοῦ ἐργοδοσίου τῶν χρυσοκλαβαρίων κατὰ τὸν χρυσίωνα. μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἅγιον πάσχα ἐπεστράτευσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς κατὰ τῶν Ἀρμενιάκων μετὰ καὶ πάντων τῶν λοιπῶν θεμάτων. καὶ τῇ κʹ τοῦ Μαΐου μηνὸς τῆς αʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, ἡμέρᾳ κυριακῇ τῆς πεντηκοστῆς, πολεμήσας αὐτούς, δόλῳ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖς Ἀρμενίων προδεδωκότων νικήσας συλλαμβάνει αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀναιρεῖ Ἀνδρόνικον, σπαθάριον καὶ τουρμάρχην αὐτῶν, καὶ Θεόφιλον τουρμάρχην καὶ Γρηγόριον, ἐπίσκοπον Σινώπης, τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς ζημίαις καὶ δημεύσεσι καθυπέβαλεν. χιλίους δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κάστρου αὐτῶν δεσμήσας ἐν τῇ πόλει εἰσήγαγε διὰ τῆς πόρτης Βλαχερνῶν, μηνὶ Ἰουνίῳ κδʹ, ἡμέρᾳ βʹ, ὧν ἐπιγράψας τὰ πρόσωπα μέλανι κεντητῷ, "Ἀρμενιάκος ἐπίβουλος," διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς ἔν τε Σικελίᾳ καὶ ταῖς λοιπαῖς νήσοις. οἱ δὲ προδόται αὐτῶν Ἀρμένιοι μηδὲν φιλοτιμηθέντες παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τὸ κάστρον Κάμαχον παρέδωκαν τοῖς Ἄραψιν. δʹ. θʹ. κεʹ. ιʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος βʹ, παρέλαβον οἱ Ἄραβες τὸ κάστρον Θήβασαν ὑπὸ λόγον· διὸ καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτοῦ ἀπέλυσαν πορευθῆναι εἰς τὰ ἴδια. εʹ. ιʹ. κʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει μισήσας ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα Μαρίαν ὑποβολῇ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ μητρὸς ἐφιεμένης τῆς ἀρχῆς πρὸς τὸ καταγνωσθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ πάντων, ἐξεβιάσατο αὐτὴν τοῦ γενέσθαι μονάστριαν, καὶ πείσας αὐτὴν ἀπέκειρε μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος γʹ. καὶ τῷ Ἀπριλλίῳ μηνὶ ἐπεστράτευσε κατὰ Ἀράβων· καὶ τῇ ηʹ τοῦ Μαΐου μηνὸς πολεμήσας μεθ' ἑνὸς κούρσου αὐτῶν ἐν τόπῳ ἐπιλεγομένῳ Ἀνοῦσαν, νικήσας καὶ τρέψας ἤλασεν ἕως τοῦ ποταμοῦ. καὶ κατελθὼν εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εἰς τὸν Θεολόγον εὐξάμενος τὸ κωμέρκιν τοῦ πανηγυρίου, ρʹ λιτρῶν χρυσίου ὄν, ἐκούφισε πρὸς θερα4 πείαν τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου καὶ εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ἰωάννου. τῷ δὲ Αὐγούστῳ μηνὶ ἔστεψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Θεοδότην τὴν κουβικουλαρέαν εἰς ἀυγούσταν καὶ ἐμνηστεύθη αὐτὴν παρανόμως. ʹ. ιαʹ. κζʹ. ιβʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει, μηνὶ Σεπτεμβρίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος δʹ, ἐποίησε τὸν γάμον ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ Θεοδότης ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ τοῦ ἁγίου Μάμαντος ἡμέρας μʹ. τῷ δὲ Ἀπριλλίῳ μηνὶ τῆς αὐτῆς δʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, ἡμέρᾳ ζʹ, ὥρᾳ νυκτερινῇ, γέγονε σεισμὸς ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Κρήτῃ φοβερώτατος. ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει μηνὶ Μαΐῳ δʹ πάνυ φοβερός. Κάρδαμος δέ, ὁ κῦρις Βουλγαρίας, ἐδήλωσε τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι "ἢ τέλεσόν μοι πάκτα, ἢ ἔρχομαι ἕως τῆς Χρυσῆς πόρτης καὶ ἐρημῶν τὴν Θρᾴκην." ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς βαλὼν καβαλλίνας ἀλόγου εἰς μανδῆλιν ἔπεμψεν αὐτῷ εἰπών, ὅτι "οἷα μέν σοι πρέπει πάκτα, ἀπέστειλά σοι. γέρων δὲ εἶ· καὶ οὐ θέλω ἵνα κοπιάσῃς ἕως τῶν ὧδε· ἀλλ' ἐγὼ ἔρχομαι ἕως Μαρκέλλων, καὶ ἔξελθε. καὶ εἴ τι κρίνει ὁ θεός." καὶ ἀποστείλας ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὰ περατικὰ θέματα ἐσώρευσε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως Βερσινικίας, καὶ ὁ Κάρδαμος ἦλθεν ἕως τοῦ δασέος Ἀβρολέβα καὶ δειλιάσας ἔμεινεν ἐν τῷ ἄλσει. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς παραθαρρύνας τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν ἕως τοῦ γυμνοῦ Ἀβρολέβα, προσκαλούμενος αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ιζʹ. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἐτόλμησεν, ἀλλ' ἐπανῆλθε φυγὰς εἰς τὰ ἴδια. τῷ δ' αὐτῷ χρόνῳ καὶ οἱ Ἄραβες ἦλθον ἕως τοῦ Ἀμωρίου, καὶ μηδὲν ἀνύσαντες ὑπέστρεψαν αἰχμαλωσίαν εἰς τὰ περίχωρα ποιήσαντες. Τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει Πλάτων, ὁ τοῦ Σακκουδίωνος ἡγούμενος, ἀπέσχισε τῆς κοινωνίας Ταρασίου τοῦ πατριάρχου, ὡς δεξαμένου τὸν βασιλέα εἰς κοινωνίαν καὶ ἐπιτρέψαντος τῷ τε κατηχητῇ τοῦ κουρεῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ Μαρίαν, καὶ τῷ ἀββᾷ Ἰωσήφ, τῷ ἡγουμένῳ τῶν Καθαρῶν, τοῦ στεφανῶσαι αὐτὸν μετὰ τῆς Θεοδότης. καὶ τοῦτο γνοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπέστειλε Βαρδάνιον, τὸν πατρίκιον καὶ δομέστικον τῶν σχολῶν, καὶ Ἰωάννην, τὸν κόμητα τοῦ Ὀψικίου, 471 καὶ εἰσήγαγε τὸν Πλάτωνα ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ἀπέκλεισεν εἰς ἐγκλείστραν ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ ἀρχιστρατήγου ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ· τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς μοναχοὺς σὺν τοῖς ἀνεψιοῖς αὐτοῦ τύψαντες ἐξώρισαν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ, οὓς ὑπερασπίζετο ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὡς τῷ