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. IX. How Justinus whilst he was yet living, took Ju∣stinianus to be his Colleague in the Empire.

THe same Justinus having passed the eighth year of his Empire, a 1.1 and also nine months and three days [of his ninth year,] Justinianus his Sisters Son is made his Colleague in the Em∣pire, being proclaimed on the first [day of the month] Xanthicus, or Aprill, in the Five hun∣dredth seventy fifth year of Antioch's being stiled a free City. And when these affairs had pro∣ceeded in this manner, Justinus removes from his Empire here [on earth,] * 1.2 ha∣ving ended his life on the first day of Löus, or the month August, when he had reigned four months with Justinianus, and had b 1.3 held the Empire [as well alone, as with a Colleague] nine compleat years [c 1.4 one month,] and three days. [Further,] when Justinianus was invested with the sole Go∣vernment of the whole Roman Empire, and the Synod at Chalcedon had been asserted over all the most Holy Churches, by the order of Justinus, as I have related; the affairs of the Ecclesia∣stick constitution were as yet disturbed in some Provinces; and especially at the Imperial City, and at Alexandria: Anthimus then Governing the Bishoprick of Constantinople, and Theodosius presiding over the Church at Alexandria. For both [these Prelates] asserted one Nature [in Christ.]

Notes

• a 1.1

  The Au∣thour of the Alexan∣drian Chro∣nicle, in∣stead of, three days, has made it, five. For he writes, that Justi∣nianus was made Au∣gustus by Justinus, after eight years nine months and five days of Ju∣stinus's Empire, on the Calends of Aprill, in the Consu∣late of Ma∣vortius; which was the year of Christ 527. But the Authour of that Chro∣nicle disa∣grees from himself: for he relates, that Justinus entred on the Em∣pire on the ninth day of the month July, in the year of our Lords Na∣tivity 518. From which time to the Calends of Aprill in the year 527, there are eight years, and as many months, together with one and twenty days. But if we follow Cedrenus, who relates that Justi∣nianus was made Augustus by Justinus on the fourteenth of Aprill, then the Computation of the Alexandrian Chronicle will be most certain. Vales.
• * 1.2

  Or, Ha∣ving un∣dergone his perfect day.
• b 1.3

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. In the Tellerian Manuscript, I found it written, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and had held the Imperiall Government, or, the Empire: which reading pleases me best. Vales.
• c 1.4

  From Evagrius's own Computation 'tis apparent, that these words [one month] must be added here. For in regard he has said a little before this, that on the Calends of Aprill of this year, the eighth year of Justinus's Reign was compleated, and that he had reigned over and above, nine months and three days; the Consequence is, that on the Calends of August of the same year, nine years were passed toge∣ther with one month and three days. Whence 'tis Collected, that Justinus's Reign is to be begun from the twenty eighth day of June, ac∣cording to Evagrius's Sentiment. Vales.