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. VIII. Concerning Zeno's Return.

BUT Zeno having (as 'tis reported) [seen in his sleep] the Holy a 1.1 Proto-Martyr Thecla, famous for her many Conflicts, who incited him, and made him a promise that his Empire should be restored to him; marched his Army towards Byzantium. And having with gifts, corrupt∣ed those who besieged him, he drives out Basiliscus who had held the Empire two years; and delivers him to the enemy after he had made his escape to the Holy Rails [of the Altar.] On this account Zeno dedicated a spa∣tious Church, eminent for its * 1.2 splendidness and beauty, to the Proto-Martyr Thecla, at Seleucia scituate in the Coun∣try of Isauria, and beautified it with many and Imperial Sacred gifts, which are preserved till these our times. Further, Basiliscus is sent into the Re∣gion of the Cappadocians, † 1.3 in order to his being put to death: but he is b 1.4 slain in that Station named c 1.5 Acusus, together with his wife and children. And Zeno makes a Law, which abro∣gates what had been constituted by the Tyrant Basiliscus in his Circular Letters. Then also Petrus surnamed Fullo is driven from the Church of the Antiochians; and Paulus from that of the Ephesians.

Notes

• a 1.1

  The Greeks who de∣light much in Epithets, are wont to grace each Saint with proper and pecu∣liar Titles. Thus they com∣monly term Thecla the Apostle and Proto-Martyr. They call her an Apostle, because, like an A∣postle, she had preacht the Faith of Christ in many places: and they style her Proto-Martyr, in regard as Stephen was the first Martyr of Christ amongst men, so was she the first amongst wo∣men; as Basilius Seleuciensis does attest in his first book con∣cerning the Life and Miracles of the blessed Thecla. She is called Thecla by way of contraction, in∣stead of Theoclia. For thus the same Basilius does frequently term her. Vales.
• * 1.2

  Or, Excellency.
• † 1.3

  Or, being about to die.
• b 1.4

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. With Eva∣grius a∣grees Mal∣chus in the first book of his By∣zantine History, and Candidus Isaurus in the second book of his Histories; both which Authours relate, that Basiliscus was killed by the sword. But the other Historians tell us, that he dyed by hunger and cold, together with his wife and children. This disagreement of Writers in reference to Basiliscus's death, is taken notice of by Theophanes in his Chronicon, pag. 107. Vales.
• c 1.5

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. So also the name of this Station is written in Ni∣cephorus. But Cedrenus and Theophanes term it Cucusus. Marcel∣linus and the Authour of the Alexandrian Chronicle call it Leminis and Limnae, a Castrum [or, Castle] of Cappadocia, into which Basi∣liscus was thrust together with his wife and children; and the gate of one of the Towers, wherein he was inclosed, being stop't up, he perished there by hunger and cold. Vales.