The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.

CHAP. XXIX. Concerning Zeno's Death, and the Proclaiming Anastasius Emperour.

FUrther, Zeno dying Childless, of a disease [termed] an Epilepsie, after the seventeenth year of his Empire; his brother Longinus, who had arrived at great power, entertained an hope, that he should invest himself with the Empire. But he proved unsuccesfull in his desires. For Ariadne encircled Anastasius with the [Im∣perial] Crown, who had not yet arrived at the Senatorian Order, but was inrolled in that termed * 1.1 The Schole of the Silentiarii. More∣over, Eustathius relates, that from the beginning of Diocletian's Empire to Zeno's death and the Proclaiming of Anastasius, there passed Two hundred and seven years: from the † 1.2 Empire of Augustus, Five hundred thirty two years and seven months: from the Reign of Alexander the Macedonian Eight hundred thirty two years, and likewise seven months: from the Reign of the Romans and Romulus, One thousand fifty two years, and moreover seven months: from the destruction of Troy, One thousand six hundred eighty and six years, with seven months. This

Anastasius had his originall extract at the City Epidamnus, which is now termed Dyrrachium: and [succeeded] Zeno in his Empire, and married * 1.3 his Wife Ariadne. And in the first place he sends away Longinus (Zeno's bro∣ther, who bore the dignity of a Magister, which Officer the Ancients termed The Prefect of the Offices in the Pallace;) into his own Country. Then, [he gave] many other Isaurians [a like liberty of returning into their own Coun∣try,] who requested the same thing of him.

Notes

• * 1.1

  See D^r Howell's History se∣cond part; pag. 51.
• † 1.2

  Or, Mo∣narchy.
• * 1.3

  Zēno's.