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filled the granaries with produce. During his reign Germanos was transferred from the metropolis of Kyzikos to Constantinople, and the declaration of transfer was proclaimed: "By the vote and approval of the most God-loving bishops, the divine grace which always heals the weak and fills up what is lacking, transfers Germanos, the most holy president of the metropolis of the Kyzikenes, to be archbishop of this God-guarded and queenly city in the reign of Emperor Artemios." And the emperor, learning that a Saracen fleet had set out to cut wood in Phoenicia, equipped a fleet and sent it out to burn this timber. But when the fleet arrived at Rhodes, it mutinied, and they renounced the emperor and killed their general John himself with a sword, and immediately sailed against the queenly city. And when they arrived at Adramyttion, they found there Theodosios, a pious and unassuming administrator, and proclaimed him emperor. When Artemios learned this, having fortified the city, he took refuge in the city of Nicaea. The city's fleet and that of Theodosios warred against each other for up to six months. But Theodosios, crossing to the Thracian regions with a heavy force, took the city, and having corrupted the guards in the 1.787 wall of Blachernae with gifts, he gained entry. And the sailors, plundering the city, wrought a very great capture, sparing nothing. And they seized Patriarch Germanos and the officials of Artemios and led them away to Nicaea. Seeing them, Artemios, having received a promise of immunity, put on the monastic habit and was exiled to Thessalonica. But Leo the Isaurian, being general of the Anatolics, fighting for Artemios, did not submit to Theodosios, having as a fellow combatant Artabasdos the Armenian, general of the Armeniacs, to whom he also agreed to give his own daughter. Theodosios, emperor of the Romans for 2 years, in whose reign Masalmas, the chief of the Saracens, campaigned against the Romans. And coming to the region of Amorion, he writes to Leo, the general of the Anatolics, "The empire of the Romans is fitting for you. Come, therefore, and let us speak of matters of peace." But he, having sent envoys to him and made proposals of peace, and having been proclaimed emperor, came to Nicomedia with a very large army. There, encountering the son of Theodosios in war and capturing him along with the entire imperial service and the officials of the palace, he took Chrysopolis. And Theodosios, having received from him a promise of immunity, yielded the empire to him, becoming a cleric together with his son. This man was also a goldsmith. He died in Ephesus, and was placed in the church of Saint Philip 1.788 under the ground, and on his tomb is written, "Health." And some of the locals say that he performs miracles. And Masalmas, coming to Pergamon, took it; for at the suggestion of a certain magus, the people of the city brought a pregnant woman and cut her open, and having boiled the infant in a cauldron, for this God-detested sacrifice all who wished to fight dipped the sleeves of their right hands, and from there by the just judgment of God they were delivered to their enemies.

Year of the world #22σθʹ, of the divine incarnation 703, Leo, also called Konon, the Isaurian and iconoclast, reigned for 24 years. A few years before the reign of Leo, certain Jews from Laodicea in Phoenicia came to Izes, the chief of the Arabs, promising him that he would hold the rule of the Arabs for 40 years, if he would destroy the venerable icons honored in the churches of the Christians throughout his entire domain. Persuaded by these things, the foolish Izes decreed a universal edict against the holy and venerable icons. But by the grace of Christ and the intercessions of the all-pure Theotokos and of all the saints, he died soon after and was not able to dispatch it throughout his territory; for not yet had a year passed, and the divine justice came upon

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γεννημάτων τὰ ὡρεῖα ἐπλήρωσεν. ἐπὶ τούτου Γερμανὸς ἐκ μητροπόλεως Κυζίκου μετατίθεται εἰς Κωνσταντι νούπολιν, καὶ κιτατώριον μεταθεσίμου ἐκπεφώνηται "ψήφῳ καὶ δοκιμασίᾳ τῶν θεοφιλεστάτων ἐπισκόπων ἡ θεία χάρις ἡ πάντοτε τὰ ἀσθενῆ θεραπεύουσα καὶ τὰ ἐλλείποντα ἀναπληροῦσα μετατί θησι Γερμανὸν τὸν ὁσιώτατον πρόεδρον τῆς Κυζικηνῶν μητροπό λεως εἰς ἀρχιεπίσκοπον ταύτης τῆς θεοφυλάκτου καὶ βασιλίδος πό λεως ἐπὶ Ἀρτεμίου βασιλέως." μαθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὅτι στόλος ἐξῆλθε Σαρακηνικὸς πρὸς τὸ κόψαι ξύλα εἰς τὸν Φοίνικα, ἐξαρ τύσας στόλον ἐξαπέστειλε πρὸς τὸ καῦσαι τὴν τοιαύτην ξυλήν. ἐλθόντος δὲ τοῦ στόλου ἐν τῇ Ῥόδῳ, ἐστασίασε, καὶ τὸν μὲν βα σιλέα ἀνέσκαψαν τὸν δὲ στρατηγὸν αὐτὸν Ἰωάννην ῥομφαίᾳ ἀνεῖ λον, καὶ εὐθέως κατὰ τῆς βασιλίδος ἀνέπλευσαν. ἐλθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ Ἀτραμυτίῳ, εὗρον ἐκεῖσε Θεοδόσιον διοικητὴν εὐσεβῆ καὶ ἀπράγμονα, καὶ ἀνηγόρευσαν αὐτὸν βασιλέα. ὅπερ μαθὼν Ἀρτέμιος, τὴν πόλιν ὀχυρώσας ἐν Νικαίᾳ τῇ πόλει κατέφυγεν. ὁ δὲ τῆς πόλεως στόλος καὶ ὁ τοῦ Θεοδοσίου μέχρι μηνῶν ἓξ ἀλλήλοις κατεπολέμουν. ὁ δὲ Θεοδόσιος διαβὰς ἐπὶ τὰ Θρᾳκῷα μέρη ἐν ὄχλῳ βαρεῖ τὴν πόλιν καταλαμβάνει, καὶ τοὺς ἐν τῷ τείχει 1.787 τῶν Βλαχερνῶν φύλακας δώροις διαφθείρας τὴν εἴσοδον ἔσχε. τὴν δὲ πόλιν οἱ πλώϊμοι πραιδεύσαντες μεγίστην εἰργάσαντο ἅλω σιν, μηδενὸς φεισάμενοι. τὸν δὲ πατριάρχην Γερμανὸν καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας Ἀρτεμίου συλλαβόμενοι ἐν Νικαίᾳ ἀπήγαγον. οὓς θεα σάμενος Ἀρτέμιος, λόγον τε ἀπαθείας λαβών, τὸ μοναδικὸν πε ριεβάλετο σχῆμα, καὶ εἰς Θεσσαλονίκην ἐξορίζεται. Λέων δὲ ὁ Ἴσαυρος τῶν ἀνατολικῶν στρατηγὸς ὤν, Ἀρτεμίου ὑπερμαχῶν οὐχ ὑπετάγη Θεοδοσίῳ, ἔχων συναγωνιζόμενον Ἀρτάβασδον Ἀρμένιον στρατηγὸν τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν, ᾧ καὶ δοῦναι συνέθετο τὴν ἰδίαν θυγατέρα. Θεοδόσιος βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων ἔτη βʹ, ἐφ' οὗ Μασαλμᾶς ὁ τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ἀρχηγὸς ἐπεστράτευσε κατὰ Ῥωμαίων. καὶ πρὸς τὰ μέρη τοῦ Ἀμωρίου γενόμενος γράφει πρὸς Λέοντα τῶν ἀνα τολικῶν στρατηγόν "ἡ βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων σοι ἁρμόζει. ἐλθὲ οὖν καὶ λαλήσομεν τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην." ὁ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀποστεί λας ὑπάτους καὶ λόγους εἰρήνης ποιησάμενος, καὶ ὡς βασιλεὺς φημισθείς, ἐπὶ τὴν Νικομήδειαν ἔρχεται μετὰ πλείστου στρατοῦ. ἐν ᾗ τῷ τοῦ Θεοδοσίου υἱῷ περιτυχὼν ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ χειρωσάμενος μετὰ τῆς βασιλικῆς ὑπηρεσίας πάσης καὶ τῶν ἐν τέλει τοῦ παλα τίου, καταλαμβάνει τὴν Χρυσόπολιν. ὁ δὲ Θεοδόσιος λόγους ἀπαθείας παρ' αὐτοῦ λαβὼν παρεχώρησεν αὐτῷ τῆς βασιλείας, κληρικὸς σὺν τῷ υἱῷ γενόμενος. οὗτος ἦν καὶ χρυσογράφος. τελευτᾷ δὲ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, καὶ τίθεται ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ ἁγίου Φιλίππου 1.788 ὑπὸ γῆν, γράφει δὲ ἐν τῷ τάφῳ αὐτοῦ Ὑγεία. λέγουσι δέ τινες τῶν ἐντοπίων θαυματουργεῖν αὐτόν. Ἐλθὼν δὲ Μασαλμᾶς ἐν Περγάμῳ ταύτην παρέλαβεν· εἰση γήσεσι γάρ τινος μάγου ἐνέγκαντες οἱ τῆς πόλεως ἔγκυον γυναῖκα ταύτην ἀνέτεμον, καὶ τὸ βρέφος ἐν κακάβῳ ἑψήσαντες εἰς τὴν τοιαύτην θεοβδέλυκτον θυσίαν πάντες οἱ πολεμεῖν βουλόμενοι τὰ μανίκια τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς αὐτῶν ἔβαψαν, κἀντεῦθεν δικαίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσει τοῖς ἐχθροῖς παρεδόθησαν.

Κόσμου ἔτος #22σθʹ, τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ψγʹ, Λέων ὁ καὶ Κόνων, ὁ Ἴσαυρος καὶ εἰκονομάχος, ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη κδʹ. πρὸ ὀλίγων τινῶν χρόνων τῆς βασιλείας Λέοντος Ἑβραῖοί τινες ἐκ Λαοδικείας τῆς Φοινίκης ἦλθον πρὸς Ἰζὴθ τὸν ἀρχηγὸν Ἀράβων,ἐπαγγελλόμενοι αὐτῷ ἔτη μʹ κρατῆσαι τῆς Ἀράβων ἀρχῆς, εἰ τὰς ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τῶν Χριστιανῶν τιμωμένας σεπτὰς εἰκόνας ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἀρχῇ αὐτοῦ καταλύσει. τούτοις πεισθεὶς ὁ ἀνόητος Ἰζὴθ δόγμα καθολικὸν ἐψηφίσατο κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ σεπτῶν εἰ κόνων. ἀλλὰ χάριτι Χριστοῦ καὶ ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς πανάγνου θεοτόκου καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων συντόμως τεθνηκὼς οὐ διαπέμψαι αὐτὸ ἠδυνήθη εἰς τὴν ἐπικράτειαν αὐτοῦ· οὔπω γὰρ διῆλθεν ἐνιαυτός, καὶ ἡ θεία δίκη μετῆλθεν