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.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blackefriers by Ludgate,; 1577.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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CAP. XLIII.

The rebellion and tyranny of Vitalianus.

VItalianus a Thracian rebelled against Anastasius, ouerranne Thracia, Mydia, as farre as O∣dyssus and Anchialus, marched towardes Constantinople with a greate multitude of peo∣ple, which had no certaine dwelling, but roged about and lay in the fleldes: the Emperour sent Hypatius to geue him battail. But Hypatius being betrayed of his owne souldiers, taken aliue, and ransomed with a greate summe of money: Cyrillus made expedition agayust him, fought a daū∣gerous and a doubtfull fielde, so that many beganne to flee. Agayne when Cyrillus by pursuing af∣ter the enemy & calling agayne his owne souldiers seemed to haue the vpper hand, Vitalianus tur∣ned him vnto Cyrill and as the souldiers recoyled of spite, he tooke him in Odyssus. Last of all be in∣uaded the wholl cuntrey vnto Sycae, destroying with sword and consuming with fire all that lay in his way, purposing fully to take Constantinople and to be crowned Emperour. As he pitched his campe in Sycae, Marinus Syrus (mentioned before) went from the Emperour with a great nauy to geue him battaill. Wherefore whē theyr armies came nigh together the ones front was towards Sycae, the others towards Constantinople. First & that for a while they sturre not, next they skir∣mish and florish vpon the water no otherwise then daliaunce, In the ende they close theyr nauies & fought a sore battaill about Bytharia where Vitalianus hauing lost the greater parte of his power was altogether discouraged, and tooke his flight. Away went his souldiers with all speede so that the day after there coulde not one of the souldiers be seene either passing ouer the seaes, or wande∣ring about the city. The reporte goeth that Vitalianus abode a while in Anchialus and there liued quietly. Furthermore an other sorte of Barbarians, who likewise liued abroade cut ouer the seae and inuaded Pylas a city in Cappadocia. About the same time Rhodos on a certaine night now the third time was shaken with a wonderfull great earthquake and in manner all ouerthrowen.