The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories

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Title: The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories
Author: Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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CAP. XII.

Theodosius the Emperour left Arcadius his sonne and Emperour at Constantinople, went towards Millayne to wage battail with Maximus the Bryttaine.

THeodosius the Emperour for y^• aforesaid cause was wonderfull sory: he gathered greate po∣wer* 1.1 to go against the tyrant & feared greatly lest Maximus would cōspire the death of Va∣leutinianus y^• yonger. Then came also legats from y^• Persians to conclude peace betwene thē & the Emperour it was the very same time y^• his sonne Honorius was borne by his wife Placilla y^• Empresse, in y^• consulship of Richomelianus & Clearchus the neenth of September. A litle before whē y^• aforesaid men were consuls Agelius y^• Nouatian bishop finished the mortal race of his natu∣rall life. The yeare following being the first cōsulship of Arcadius Augustur & Vadon, after y^• Timo∣theus bishop of Alexandria departed this life, Theophilus succeeded him in the bishoprick. The se∣cond yeare whē Demophilus the Arian bishop had chaunged this life, y^• Arians sent for Marinus out of Thracia a man of their owne crue & appointed him their bishop. Marinus in whose time y^• Ariās were deuided among thēselues (as it shalbe shewed hereafter) liued not many dayes after, where∣fore they call Dorotheus out of Antioch in Syria & assigne him their bishop. The Emperoure lea∣uing his sonne Arcadius at Constātinople marched forewards to geue battail vnto Maximus. As he came to Thessalonica he found the souldiers of Valentinianus all dismayed & quite discouraged: because y^• necessitie had constrained them to take the tyrant Maximus for an Emperour. Theodo∣sius shewed himselfe openly to seeme of nere nother side. For whē Maximus had sent embassadours vnto him he neither receaued neither reiected thē: yet was he sory y^• the Empire of Rome should be oppressed with tyranny vnder colour of the Emperiall title. Therefore he gathered his power together and made hast to Millayne, for Maximus was lately come thither.

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* 1.1

Anno Dom▪ 388.

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