Chronicle 1.19–2.52
Authorship disputed: Migne prints a composite recension: part 2 is Prosper's chronicle; part 1 (a chronology from Adam, drawn from Jerome's Chronicle) and the appendix are not certainly his.
Latin text: Migne, PL 51 (Latin text: Migne, Patrologia Latina, digitized by Open Greek and Latin (patrologia_latina-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 1
1.19PL 51:577–581
Verum cum Felix ab Arianis fuisset in sacerdotio substitutus, plurimi perjuraverunt et post annum reverso in Urbem Liberio, cum Felice ejecti sunt. LIMENIO ET CATULINO. Magnentio apud Augustodunum arripiente imperium, Constans haud longe ab Hispania, in castro cui Helena nomen est, interficitur: ob quam rem turbata republica, Vetranio Mursa, Nepotianus Romæ imperatores facti. SERGIO ET NIGRIANO. Nepotiani caput pilo per Urbem circumlatum. Vetranioni apud Naissum a Constantio regium insigne detractum, et Magnentius Mursæ magna reipublicae clade superatus est. POST CONS. SERGII ET NIGRIANI. Gallus, qui et Constantius, Constantii patruelis Cæsar factus. CONSTANTIO V ET CONSTANTIO CÆS. CONSTANTIO VI ET CONSTANTIO CÆS. II. CONSTANTIO VII ET CONSTANTIO CÆS. III. Magnentius Lugduni in palatio propria manu seipsum interficit, et Decentius frater ejus, quem ad tenendas Gallias Caesarem miserat, apud Senonas laqueo vitam finiit. Gallus Cæsar sollicitatus a Constantio patruele, cui in suspicionem ob regiam indolem venerat, in Istria occiditur. Paulinus et Rhodanius Galliarum episcopi in exsilium ob fidem trusi. Eusebius quoque Vercellensis episcopus, et Lucifer Calaritanæ Ecclesiae, et Mediolanensis Ecclesiae Dionysius episcopus, Pancratiusque Romanus presbyter, et Hilarius diaconus, distantibus inter se, ab Arianis et Constantio damnantur exsiliis. ARBETIANO ET LOLLIANO. Julianus frater Galli Mediolani Caesar appellatur. CONSTANTIO VIII ET JULIANO CÆS. Antonius monachus centesimo anno aetatis suae in eremo moritur, solitus multis ad se venientibus de Paulo quodam Thebæo miræ beatitudinis viro plurima memorare. Hilarius Pictaviensis episcopus factione Saturnini Arelatensis episcopi, reliquorumque qui cum illo erant Arianorum, in Phrygiam pulsus, libros de nostra religione composuit. Reliquiæ Timothei apostoli Constantinopolim invectae. Sarmata, Amathas, et Macarius discipuli Antonii insignes habentur. Liberius episcopus Romanus in exsilium mittitur. CONSTANTIO IX ET JULIANO CÆS. II. Ossa Andreæ apostoli et evangelistæ Lucae Constantinopolim inlata. Paulinus Treverorum episcopus in phrygia exsulans moritur. DATIANO ET CEREALE. Synodus apud Ariminum et Seleuciam Isauriae facta, in qua antiqua Patrum fides decem primo legatorum, dehinc omnium proditione damnata est. EUSEBIO ET HYPATIO. Gratianus, qui postea imperator factus est, nascitur. Hilarius episcopus, cum apud Constantinopolim librum pro se Constantio porrexisset, ad Gallias rediit. Omnes pene Ecclesiae toto orbe sub nomine pacis et regis, Arianorum consortio polluuntur. Gallia per Hilarium Ariminensis perfidiæ dolos damnat. CONSTANTIO X ET JULIANO III. Constantius Mopsocrenis inter Ciliciam Cappadociamque moritur. JULIANUS, XXXVIII, regnat annis duobus et mensibus octo. Juliano ad idolorum cultum converso, blanda persecutio fuit, illiciens magis quam impellens ad sacrificandum, in qua multi ex nostris voluntate propria corruerunt. TAURO ET FLORENTIO. Georgio per seditionem populi incenso, qui in loco Athanasii ab Arianis fuerat ordinatus, Athanasius rediit. Eusebius et Lucifer episcopi de exsilio revertuntur, e quibus Lucifer, adscitis aliis duobus confessoribus, Paulinum Eusthatii episcopi presbyterum, qui se numquam hæreticorum communione polluerat, in parte catholica Antiochiæ episcopum facit. Prohæresius sophista Atheniensis, lege data ne Christiani liberalium disciplinarum doctores essent, cum sibi specialiter Julianus concederet ut Christianos doceret, scholam sponte deseruit. MAMERTINO ET NEVITTA. Æmilianus ob ararum subversionem Dorostori a Vicario incenditur. JULIANO III ET SALUSTIO. Ecclesiae Antiochiæ clausae: et gravissima imminentis persecutionis procella Dei voluntate sopita est. Nam Julianus in Persas profectus, nostrum diis suis post victoriam sanguinem voverat, ubi a quodam simulato perfuga ad deserta perductus, cum fame et siti magnam partem exercitus perdidisset, occisus est. JOVIANUS, XXXIX, regnat menses vi, alias VIII. JOVIANO ET VARRONIANO. Synodus a Meletio et suis Antiochiæ facta, in qua Homousio Anomæoque rejecto, medium inter hæc Homoiousion Macedonianum dogma vindicaverunt. Jovianus cruditate, sive odore prunarum moritur. Post quem VALENTINIANUS tribunus scutariorum apud Nicaeam Augustus appellatus, fratrem Valentem Constantinopoli in communionem regni assumit. VALENTINIANUS et VALENS, XL, regnaverunt annis XIV, mensibus quinque. VALENTINIANO ET VALENTE. GRATIANO ET DAGALAIPHO.
But when Felix had been substituted in the priesthood by the Arians, very many broke their oath, and a year later, when Liberius returned to the City, they were driven out together with Felix. LIMENIUS AND CATULLINUS. When Magnentius seized the empire at Augustodunum, Constans was killed not far from Spain, in the fort called Helena; because of this the state was thrown into confusion, and Vetranio at Mursa and Nepotianus at Rome were made emperors. SERGIUS AND NIGRINIANUS. The head of Nepotianus was carried on a pike through the City. At Naissus Vetranio was stripped of the royal insignia by Constantius, and Magnentius was defeated at Mursa with great loss to the state. AFTER THE CONSULSHIP OF SERGIUS AND NIGRINIANUS. Gallus, also called Constantius, the cousin of Constantius, was made Caesar. CONSTANTIUS V AND CONSTANTIUS CAESAR. CONSTANTIUS VI AND CONSTANTIUS CAESAR II. CONSTANTIUS VII AND CONSTANTIUS CAESAR III. Magnentius killed himself with his own hand in the palace at Lyons, and Decentius his brother, whom he had sent as Caesar to hold the Gauls, ended his life with a noose among the Senones. Gallus Caesar, summoned by his cousin Constantius, whose suspicion he had incurred because of his kingly character, is killed in Istria. Paulinus and Rhodanius, bishops of the Gauls, were driven into exile for the faith. Eusebius bishop of Vercelli too, and Lucifer of the church of Cagliari, and Dionysius bishop of the church of Milan, and Pancratius, a Roman presbyter, and Hilary the deacon, were condemned to exile in places far apart from one another by the Arians and Constantius. ARBETIO AND LOLLIANUS. Julian, brother of Gallus, is named Caesar at Milan. CONSTANTIUS VIII AND JULIAN CAESAR. Antony the monk dies in the desert in the hundredth year of his age; he used to tell many who came to him a great deal about a certain Paul of Thebes, a man of wonderful blessedness. Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, driven into Phrygia by the faction of Saturninus bishop of Arles and of the other Arians with him, composed books on our religion. The relics of Timothy the apostle were brought to Constantinople. Sarmata, Amathas, and Macarius, disciples of Antony, are held notable. Liberius, bishop of Rome, is sent into exile. CONSTANTIUS IX AND JULIAN CAESAR II. The bones of Andrew the apostle and Luke the evangelist were brought to Constantinople. Paulinus, bishop of Trier, dies in exile in Phrygia. DATIANUS AND CEREALIS. A synod was held at Ariminum and at Seleucia in Isauria, at which the ancient faith of the Fathers was condemned, first by the betrayal of ten envoys, then of all. EUSEBIUS AND HYPATIUS. Gratian, who later became emperor, is born. Bishop Hilary, having presented to Constantius at Constantinople a book in his own defense, returned to the Gauls. Almost all the churches throughout the world, in the name of peace and of the king, are defiled by fellowship with the Arians. Gaul, through Hilary, condemns the deceits of the perfidy of Ariminum. CONSTANTIUS X AND JULIAN III. Constantius dies at Mopsucrenae, between Cilicia and Cappadocia.
JULIAN, thirty-eighth, reigns two years and eight months. When Julian turned to the worship of idols, there was a persecution by flattery, enticing rather than forcing people to sacrifice, in which many of our people fell of their own will. TAURUS AND FLORENTIUS. When George, who had been ordained by the Arians in Athanasius's place, was burned in a popular riot, Athanasius returned. The bishops Eusebius and Lucifer return from exile; of them Lucifer, joining two other confessors to himself, makes Paulinus, presbyter of Bishop Eustathius, who had never defiled himself by communion with heretics, bishop of the catholic party at Antioch. Prohaeresius, an Athenian sophist, when a law was passed that Christians should not be teachers of the liberal disciplines, and Julian granted him by special favor permission to teach, of his own accord gave up his school. MAMERTINUS AND NEVITTA. Aemilianus is burned at Durostorum by the vicar for overturning altars. JULIAN III AND SALLUSTIUS. The churches of Antioch were closed, and the very heavy storm of an impending persecution was calmed by God's will. For Julian, setting out against the Persians, had vowed our blood to his gods after the victory; there, led into the desert by a certain feigned deserter, after he had lost a great part of his army by hunger and thirst, he was killed.
JOVIAN, thirty-ninth, reigns six months, or eight. JOVIAN AND VARRONIANUS. A synod was held at Antioch by Meletius and his followers, in which, rejecting the Homoousion and the Anomoean, they claimed for the Macedonian dogma the Homoiousion, in between these. Jovian dies of indigestion, or of the fumes of coals. After him VALENTINIAN, tribune of the shield-guards, hailed Augustus at Nicaea, takes his brother Valens into partnership in the rule at Constantinople.
VALENTINIAN and VALENS, fortieth, reigned 14 years and five months. VALENTINIAN AND VALENS. GRATIAN AND DAGALAIFUS.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Chronicle covers the struggles over the empire after Constans, the exile of Nicene bishops under Constantius, the death of Antony, the councils of Ariminum and Seleucia, Julian's persecution and death, and the accession of Valentinian and Valens.
- The judgment on Ariminum and Seleucia (359) and on Meletius's synod at Antioch (363) is Jerome's, followed by Prosper; translated as written. Paul of Thebes is the subject of Jerome's Life of Paul. "Rhodanius" reads the printed "Rhoduuus".
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; leaked footnote letter; leaked footnote letter and OCR slip; line-break debris): ab ttispania, in castro Cui → ab Hispania, in castro cui; Constanlio → Constantio; SERGIl ET NiGRiANI → SERGII ET NIGRIANI; CÆS. tlt. → CÆS. III.; suspicionem a ob → suspicionem ob; Rhoduuus → Rhodanius; Dio- nysius → Dionysius; presby- I ter → presbyter; beatitUdinis → beatitudinis; Pbrygiam → Phrygiam; in- vectae → invectae; JULIANO CiES. II → JULIANO CÆS. II; tsauriae facia → Isauriae facta; CONSTANIO X ET JULIIANO → CONSTANTIO X ET JULIANO; Cappado- ciamque → Cappadociamque; JulianO ad idolorum cultum converso, blanda perseculio → Juliano ad idolorum cultum converso, blanda persecutio; voluhtale → voluntate; FLORENf10 → FLORENTIO; confessotribus → confessoribus; calholica → catholica; Æmiliunus → Æmilianus; difs suis → diis suis; fame et liti magnam parlem cxercitus → fame et siti magnam partem exercitus; alias vui → alias VIII; Meletio ct suis → Meletio et suis; Homoiousion a Macedonianum → Homoiousion Macedonianum; rooritur → moritur; annis e XIV, menSibus → annis XIV, mensibus; CRATIANO → GRATIANO.
Extrabiblical texts: Chron. (Eusebius and Jerome, Chronicle; allusion)
Topics: Heresy, Persecution, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 1.19 (PL 51:577–581; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/1-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.20PL 51:581–583
Apollinaris Laodicenus episcopus multimoda religionis nostrae scripta componit: qui postmodum a fide catholica deviavit, condens haeresim, quae ipsius nomine nuncupatur: et cujus hic error est, ut asserat Jesum solam carnem sine anima suscepisse, vel animam vitalem tantum, non etiam rationalem. quoniam ipsum Verbum vim mentis impleverat: ipsam autem carnem non de Maria assumptam, sed Verbi aliquid in carnem fuisse conversum. Procopius, qui apud Constantinopolim tyrannidem invaserat, apud Phrygiam Salutarem exstinctus est, multis partium ejus caesis atque proscriptis. Romanæ Ecclesiæ XXXV ordinatur episcopus DAMASUS annis XVIII. Hoc tempore fuit secundum schisma, Ursicino Antipapa, quod eo per collectam Romae synodum ejecto, duravit mensibus sex, anno Domini CCCLXIX (Hæc ex libri margine). Valens ab Eudoxio Arianorum episcopo baptizatus nostros persequitur. LUPICINO ET JOVINO. GRATIANUS Valentiniani filius Ambianis imperator factus. Hilarius episcopus Pictavis moritur. VALENTINIANO II ET VALENTE II. VALENTINIANO N. P. ET VICTORE. VALENTINIANO III ET VALENTE III. Athanaricus rex Gothorum in Christianos persecutione commota, plurimos interficit, et de propriis sedibus in Romanum solum expulit. Eusebius Vercellensis episcopus moritur. Constantinopoli apostolorum martyrium dicatur. Lucifer Calaritanus episcopus moritur, qui cum Gregorio episcopo Hispaniarum, et Philone Libyae, numquam se Arianæ miscuit pravitati. Sed dum vigorem justitiæ erga correctionem eorum qui cesserant non relaxat, ipse a suorum communicatione descivit. GRATIANO ET PROBO. MODESTO ET ALINTHEO. Didymus Alexandrinus multa de nostro dogmate per notarios commentatur, qui post quintum nativitatis suae annum luminibus orbatus, elementorum quoque ignarus fuit. VALENTINIANO IV ET VALENTE IV. Eunomius discipulus Aetii Constantinopoli agnoscitur, a quo haeresis Eunomiana, quæ Filium Patri non consubstantialem dicit esse, sed similem. Cujus error est dissimilem asserere Patri Filium, et Filio Spiritum sanctum. GRATIANO III ET EQUITIO. POST CONS. GRATIANI Et EQUIТII. Quia superiore anno Sarmatae Pannonias vastaverunt, iidem consules permansere. Post Auxentii seram mortem, Mediolani Ambrosio, episcopo constituto, omnis ad fidem rectam Italia convertitur. Aquileienses clerici quasi chorus beatorum habentur. Valentinianus subita sanguinis eruptione, quae Græce apoplexia vocatur, Brigitione moritur. Post quem GRATIANUS assumpto in imperium VALENTINIANO fratre cum patruo Valente regnat. Valens legem dedit ut Monachi militarent, nolentes fustibus necarentur. VALENTE V ET VALENTINIANO. Photinus in Galatia moritur, a quo Photinianum dogma inductum, Paulo Samosateno et Artemone, de quibus supra dictum est, conceptum auctoribus. GRATIANO IV ET MEROBAUDE. Alemannorum multa millia apud Argentariam oppidum Galliarum ab exercitu Gratiani cæsa. Gens Hunnorum Gothos vastat, qui a Romanis sine armorum depositione suscepti rebellant. VALENTE VI ET VALENTINIANO II. Superatis Romanis, Gothi funduntur in Thracia. Valens de Antiochia exire compulsus, sera poenitentia nostros de exsilio revocat. Lacrymabile bellum in Thracia: in quo deserente equitum praesidio, Romanæ legiones usque ad internecionem a Gothis cæsæ sunt. Ipse autem Valens cum sagitta saucius fugeret, et ob dolorem nimium sæpe equo laberetur, ad cujusdam villae casam deportatus est. Quo persequentibus barbaris, incensa cum eodem domo, sepultura quoque caruit.
Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea, composes many kinds of writings on our religion; he later strayed from the catholic faith, founding the heresy that is named after him. His error is to assert that Jesus took on flesh alone without a soul, or only a living soul, not also a rational one, since the Word itself had filled the place of the mind; and that the flesh itself was not taken from Mary, but something of the Word was turned into flesh. Procopius, who had seized tyranny at Constantinople, was put to death at Salutaris in Phrygia, and many of his party were killed and proscribed. DAMASUS is ordained thirty-fifth bishop of the Roman church, for 18 years. [At this time there was the second schism, with Ursicinus as antipope; it lasted six months, until he was cast out by a synod gathered at Rome, in the year of the Lord 369. (This from the margin of the book.)] Valens, baptized by Eudoxius, bishop of the Arians, persecutes our people. LUPICINUS AND JOVINUS. GRATIAN, son of Valentinian, was made emperor at Ambiani. Bishop Hilary dies at Poitiers. VALENTINIAN II AND VALENS II. VALENTINIAN, NOBILISSIMUS PUER, AND VICTOR. VALENTINIAN III AND VALENS III. Athanaric king of the Goths, raising a persecution against the Christians, kills very many and drives them from their homes onto Roman soil. Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli, dies. At Constantinople the martyrium of the apostles is dedicated. Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, dies; he, with Gregory, a bishop of the Spains, and Philo of Libya, never mixed himself with the Arian depravity. But while he did not relax the rigor of justice in correcting those who had given way, he himself withdrew from communion with his own people. GRATIAN AND PROBUS. MODESTUS AND ARINTHAEUS. Didymus of Alexandria writes many commentaries on our teaching through stenographers; he lost his sight after the fifth year of his life, and did not even know the letters of the alphabet. VALENTINIAN IV AND VALENS IV. Eunomius, disciple of Aetius, becomes known at Constantinople; from him comes the Eunomian heresy, which says the Son is not consubstantial with the Father, but like him. His error is to assert that the Son is unlike the Father, and the Holy Spirit unlike the Son. GRATIAN III AND EQUITIUS. AFTER THE CONSULSHIP OF GRATIAN AND EQUITIUS. Because the Sarmatians had laid waste the Pannonias the year before, the same consuls remained. After the late death of Auxentius, when Ambrose was made bishop of Milan, all Italy is converted to the right faith. The clergy of Aquileia are held to be like a choir of the blessed. Valentinian dies at Brigetio of a sudden hemorrhage, which in Greek is called apoplexy. After him GRATIAN, having taken his brother VALENTINIAN into the empire, reigns with his uncle Valens. Valens issued a law that monks should serve as soldiers, and that those unwilling should be beaten to death with clubs. VALENS V AND VALENTINIAN. Photinus dies in Galatia; from him the Photinian dogma was introduced, conceived by Paul of Samosata and Artemon, of whom we spoke above. GRATIAN IV AND MEROBAUDES. Many thousands of Alamanni were slain by the army of Gratian at Argentaria, a town of the Gauls. The nation of the Huns lays waste the Goths, who, received by the Romans without laying down their arms, rebel. VALENS VI AND VALENTINIAN II. The Romans having been defeated, the Goths pour into Thrace. Valens, forced to leave Antioch, by a late repentance recalls our people from exile. A lamentable war in Thrace, in which, the cavalry support deserting, the Roman legions were cut down by the Goths to utter destruction. Valens himself, wounded by an arrow as he fled, and often slipping from his horse because of his great pain, was carried to the hut of a certain villa. When the barbarians pursued him there and burned the house with him in it, he was deprived even of burial.
John 1:14 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: The Chronicle covers Apollinaris's heresy, Damasus's election, Valens's persecution of the Nicenes, the deaths of Hilary, Eusebius of Vercelli, and Lucifer, Didymus, Eunomius, Ambrose's election at Milan, and the disaster of Adrianople, where Valens died.
- The bracketed sentence on Ursicinus is printed in the edition with the note "This from the margin of the book": it is a marginal addition taken into the text, not Prosper's own entry. The accounts of Apollinaris and Eunomius follow Augustine, Heresies 55 and 54. "Valentinian, nobilissimus puer" reads the printed "N. P."; the printed "Brigitione" is Brigetio. The account of Valens's death is Jerome's.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; leaked footnote letter; leaked footnote letter and OCR slip; line-break debris and OCR slip; split word): episcopuS multimOda → episcopus multimoda; qul postmudum a Me catholica → qui postmodum a fide catholica; Ut asserat Jesum solam carnem sine anima suscepisse, Vel → ut asserat Jesum solam carnem sine anima suscepisse, vel; iMpleverat → impleverat; prescriptis → proscriptis; UrsiCino → Ursicino; N. P. IT VlCTORE → N. P. ET VICTORE; eipulit → expulit; mortitur → moritur; pravitati. a Sed → pravitati. Sed; ces- serant non relaxat, Ipse → cesserant non relaxat, ipse; dogmato → dogmate; clementorum → elementorum; VALENTIANO IV → VALENTINIANO IV; dicit else → dicit esse; V ALENTINIANO → VALENTINIANO; Arlemone → Artemone; millia a apud Argeniariam → millia apud Argentariam; exercilu Gratiani cxsa → exercitu Gratiani cæsa.
Extrabiblical texts: Chron. (Eusebius and Jerome, Chronicle; allusion)
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Persecution, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 1.20 (PL 51:581–583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/1-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2.0PL 51:583
Hucusque Hieronymus presbyter ordinem praecedentium digessit annorum. Nos quae consecuta sunt adjicere curavimus. Igitur Valente a Gothis in Thracia concremato, GRATIANUS cum fratre VALENTINIANO, XLI, regnavit annis VI.
Up to this point Jerome the presbyter set out the order of the preceding years. We have taken care to add what followed. So, after Valens had been burned by the Goths in Thrace, GRATIAN with his brother VALENTINIAN, forty-first, reigned six years.
Notes and citation
Summary: Prosper states that Jerome's chronicle ends here and that what follows is his own continuation, beginning with Gratian and Valentinian II.
- From here on the Chronicle is Prosper's own work rather than his abridgment of Eusebius and Jerome.
Extrabiblical texts: Chron. (Eusebius and Jerome, Chronicle; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.0 (PL 51:583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-0). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.1PL 51:583
AUSONIO ET OLYBRIO COSS. Gratianus post mortem patrui, Theodosium Theodosii filium in consortium assumit imperii, et ei regnum tradit Orientis. Theodosius summa felicitate multis atque ingentibus præliis Gothos superat et e Thracia expellit. Longobardi ab extremis Germaniae finibus, Oceanique protinus littore, Scandiaque insula, magna multitudine egressi, et novarum aedium avidi, Iborea et Aione ducibus Vandalos primum vicerunt. Sempronius vir apprime eruditus agnoscitur. Ea tempestate Priscillianus episcopus de Gallecia, ex Manichæorum et Gnosticorum dogmate, hæresim nominis sui condidit.
AUSONIUS AND OLYBRIUS, CONSULS. Gratian, after the death of his uncle, takes Theodosius, son of Theodosius, into partnership in the empire, and hands over to him the rule of the East. Theodosius, with the greatest good fortune, defeats the Goths in many great battles and drives them out of Thrace. The Lombards, setting out in a great multitude from the farthest borders of Germany, from the very shore of the Ocean and the island of Scandia, and eager for new homes, under the leaders Ibor and Aio first defeated the Vandals. Sempronius, a man of the highest learning, becomes known. In that season Priscillian, a bishop from Gallaecia, founded a heresy of his own name out of the dogma of the Manichees and the Gnostics.
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Summary: Gratian makes Theodosius emperor of the East, Theodosius defeats the Goths, the Lombards migrate, and Priscillian founds his heresy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked footnote letter; line-break debris): COSS. a Gratianus → COSS. Gratianus; Ocea- nique → Oceanique.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.1 (PL 51:583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-1
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2.2PL 51:583–585
GRATIANO V ET THEODOSIO COSS. Pro catholica fide multa sublimiter Ambrosius scribit. Theodosius cum Thessalonicæ ægrotaret, ab Ascholio ejusdem civitatis episcopo baptisma suscepit. Procurante Gratiano, eo quod Theodosius aegrotaret, pax firmatur cum Gothis. Synodus Patrum CLXXX apud Constantinopolim celebrata est contra Macedonium, Spiritum sanctum Deum esse negantem.
GRATIAN V AND THEODOSIUS, CONSULS. Ambrose writes many things on the catholic faith in a lofty manner. Theodosius, when he was ill at Thessalonica, received baptism from Ascholius, bishop of that city. Through Gratian's management, since Theodosius was ill, peace is confirmed with the Goths. A synod of 180 Fathers was held at Constantinople against Macedonius, who denied that the Holy Spirit is God.
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Summary: Ambrose writes on the faith, Theodosius is baptized, peace is made with the Goths, and the Council of Constantinople condemns Macedonius.
- The council is the Council of Constantinople (381); Prosper gives 180 bishops (the tradition later fixed 150).
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- Digital text corrected (leaked footnote letter; leaked footnote letter and OCR slips): scribit. e Theodosius cum Thessalonicæægrotaret, ab Ascholio ejusdem civitatis episcopo baplisma → scribit. Theodosius cum Thessalonicæ ægrotaret, ab Ascholio ejusdem civitatis episcopo baptisma; Patrum a CLXXX → Patrum CLXXX; negantem. b → negantem..
Topics: Baptism, Heresy, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.2 (PL 51:583–585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.3PL 51:585
SIAGRIO ET EUCHERIO COSS. Martinus, episcopus Turonorum, Galliæ civitatis multis clarus habetur. Gregorius Nazianzenus, vir sua ætate eloquentissimus et Hieronymi præceptor, obiit.
SYAGRIUS AND EUCHERIUS, CONSULS. Martin, bishop of Tours, a city of Gaul, is held famous for many things. Gregory of Nazianzus, the most eloquent man of his age and Jerome's teacher, died.
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Summary: Martin of Tours is famous, and Gregory of Nazianzus dies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked footnote letter): EUCIIERIO → EUCHERIO; obiit d → obiit..
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.3 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4PL 51:585
ANTONIO ET SYAGRIO COSS. Athanaricus, rex Gothorum, apud Constantinopolim xv, quo fuerat susceptus, die occiditur.
ANTONIUS AND SYAGRIUS, CONSULS. Athanaric king of the Goths dies at Constantinople on the fifteenth day after he had been received there.
Notes and citation
Summary: Athanaric king of the Goths dies at Constantinople.
- The printed "Occiditur" ("is killed") is probably a slip for obiit; Athanaric died a natural death. Translated "dies" by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked footnote letter): Atbanaricus → Athanaricus; die e Occiditur → die occiditur.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.4 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5PL 51:585
MEROBAUDE II ET SATURNINO COSS. Arcadius, Theodosii imperatoris filius, Augustus appellatur. Petronius Bononiensis episcopus, vir studiis et sanctitate clarus, moritur.
MEROBAUDES II AND SATURNINUS, CONSULS. Arcadius, son of the emperor Theodosius, is named Augustus. Petronius, bishop of Bologna, a man famous for learning and holiness, dies.
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Summary: Arcadius is made Augustus, and Petronius of Bologna dies.
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- Digital text corrected (leaked footnote letter): moritur f. → moritur..
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.5 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.6PL 51:585
RICIMERE ET CLEARCHO COSS. Honorius, Theodosii filius, nascitur. Romanæ Ecclesiæ post Damasum SIRICIUS XXXVI praefuit annis xv. In Britannia per seditionem militum Maximus imperator est factus, quo mox ad Gallias transfretante, Gratianus Parisiis Merobaudis magistri militum proditione superatus, et fugiens, Lugduni captus atque occisus est. Maximus Victorem filium suum Caesarem consortem regni facit. VALENTINIANUS cum Theodosio, XLII Romanorum, regnavit annis VII.
RICIMER AND CLEARCHUS, CONSULS. Honorius, son of Theodosius, is born. After Damasus, SIRICIUS presided over the Roman church as thirty-sixth, for 15 years. In Britain Maximus was made emperor through a mutiny of the soldiers; when he soon crossed over to the Gauls, Gratian, betrayed by Merobaudes, the master of the soldiers, was defeated at Paris, and, fleeing, was captured and killed at Lyons. Maximus makes his son Victor Caesar and partner in his rule.
VALENTINIAN with Theodosius, forty-second of the Romans, reigned 7 years.
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Summary: Honorius is born, Siricius becomes bishop of Rome, and the usurper Maximus overthrows and kills Gratian.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; line-break debris and OCR slip): Britanuia → Britannia; transire- tante → transfretante.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.6 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.7PL 51:585
ARCADIO ET BAUTONE COSS. Hoc tempore Hieronymus presbyter toto jam mundo clarus habitat in Bethleem, egregio ingenio et studio universae Ecclesiæ serviens. Priscillianus in synodo Burdegalensi se damnandum intelligens, ad imperatorem Maximum provocavit, auditusque Treviris ab Evodio praefecto prætorio, a Maximo gladio addictus est, cum Eucrocia Delphidii rhetoris conjuge, et Latroniano, aliisque erroris consortibus. HONORIO N. P. ET
ARCADIUS AND BAUTO, CONSULS. At this time Jerome the presbyter, already famous throughout the world, lives in Bethlehem, serving the whole church with outstanding talent and study. Priscillian, realizing at the synod of Bordeaux that he would be condemned, appealed to the emperor Maximus; heard at Trier by Evodius, the praetorian prefect, he was condemned to the sword by Maximus, together with Euchrotia, wife of the rhetorician Delphidius, and Latronianus, and others who shared his error. HONORIUS, NOBILISSIMUS PUER, AND
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Summary: Jerome lives at Bethlehem, and Priscillian, appealing to Maximus, is executed at Trier with several followers.
- The last consular heading continues in the next section ("...Evodius, consuls").
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip and stray letter; line-break debris and OCR slip): inge- Dio → ingenio; praefecto prætono, I a Maximo → praefecto prætorio, a Maximo; conjugc → conjuge.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.7 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.8PL 51:585
EVODIO COSS Burdegalæ quædam Priscilliani discipula nomine Urbica, ob impietatis pertinaciam per seditionem vulgi lapidibus extincta est.
EVODIUS, CONSULS. At Bordeaux a certain disciple of Priscillian named Urbica was stoned to death in a popular riot because of her obstinacy in impiety.
Notes and citation
Summary: A follower of Priscillian named Urbica is stoned by a mob at Bordeaux.
- The consular heading begins at the end of the previous section ("Honorius, nobilissimus puer, and Evodius").
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.8 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.9PL 51:585
VALENTINIANO III ET EUTROPIO COSS.
VALENTINIAN III AND EUTROPIUS, CONSULS.
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Summary: A consular year with no entry.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.9 (PL 51:585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.10PL 51:585–587
THEODOSIO II ET CYNEGIO COSS. Maximus tyrannus a Valentiniano et Theodosio imperatoribus in tertio ab Aquileia lapide spoliatus indumentiis regiis, sistitur et capite damnatur: cujus filius Victor eodem anno ab Arbogaste comite est interfectus in Galliis.
THEODOSIUS II AND CYNEGIUS, CONSULS. The tyrant Maximus is stripped of his royal garments by the emperors Valentinian and Theodosius at the third milestone from Aquileia, brought to trial, and condemned to death; his son Victor was killed in the same year by Count Arbogast in the Gauls.
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Summary: Valentinian and Theodosius defeat and execute the usurper Maximus, and his son Victor is killed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; split word and leaked footnote letter): Maxirnus → Maximus; Aqnileia → Aquileia; cu jus filius Victor a eodem → cujus filius Victor eodem.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.10 (PL 51:585–587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.11PL 51:587
TIMASIO ET PROMOTO COSS. Ithacius et Ursacius episcopi, ob necem Priscilliani, cujus accusatores fuerant, Ecclesiæ communione privantur. Longobardi, eorum ducibus defunctis, primum sibi regem creaverunt Algelmundum Aionis filium, qui regnavit annis XXXIII.
TIMASIUS AND PROMOTUS, CONSULS. The bishops Ithacius and Ursacius are deprived of the communion of the church because of the death of Priscillian, whose accusers they had been. The Lombards, their leaders having died, made a king for themselves for the first time, Agelmund, son of Aio, who reigned 33 years.
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Summary: Priscillian's episcopal accusers are excommunicated, and the Lombards choose their first king.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): accusalores → accusatores; lilium → filium.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.11 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.12PL 51:587
VALENTINIANO IV ET NEOTERIO COSS. Signum in coelo, quasi columba pendens ardensque per dies xxx apparuit. Theodosius venerabile Joannis Baptistae caput ex vim Coslai Constantinopolim deportans, septimo ab urbe lapide, in Basilica, quam magno sumptu in ejus honorem erexerat, recondit. TATIANO ET SYMMACHO COSS. Eugenius favore Arbogastis confisus, imperium sibimet usurpavit.
VALENTINIAN IV AND NEOTERIUS, CONSULS. A sign appeared in the sky for 30 days, like a burning dove hanging there. Theodosius, bringing the venerable head of John the Baptist to Constantinople from a village of Cosilaus, placed it at the seventh milestone from the city, in a basilica which he had built at great cost in John's honor. TATIANUS AND SYMMACHUS, CONSULS. Eugenius, trusting in the favor of Arbogast, usurped the empire for himself.
Notes and citation
Summary: A sign appears in the sky, Theodosius enshrines the head of John the Baptist at Constantinople, and Eugenius usurps the empire.
- "From a village of Cosilaus" translates the garbled "ex vim Coslai" by sense (Sozomen names the village Cosilaus).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip and leaked footnote letter; leaked footnote letter; stray mark; stray mark and OCR slip): COSS. e Signum → COSS. Signum; deportans. septimo → deportans, septimo; quam, magno sumptu in ejus honorem creverat → quam magno sumptu in ejus honorem erexerat; CUSS. e Eugenius → COSS. Eugenius.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.12 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.13PL 51:587
ARCADIO II ET RUFINO COSS. Valentinianus ad vitæ fastidium nimia Arbogastis magistri militum austeritate ductus, laqueo apud Viennam periit. Arbogastes magister exercitus, mortuo Valentiniano, cujus exitu gravabatur, Eugenium in Galliis imperare facit. THEODOSIUS, XLIII Romanorum, cum jam per XIV regnaret annos, regnat cum Arcadio et Honorio filiis annis III.
ARCADIUS II AND RUFINUS, CONSULS. Valentinian, driven to weariness of life by the excessive harshness of Arbogast, master of the soldiers, perished by a noose at Vienne. Arbogast, master of the army, after the death of Valentinian, by whose end he was implicated, makes Eugenius ruler in the Gauls.
THEODOSIUS, forty-third of the Romans, having already reigned 14 years, reigns with his sons Arcadius and Honorius for 3 years.
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Summary: Valentinian II dies by hanging at Vienne, Arbogast sets up Eugenius, and Theodosius reigns with his sons.
- "By whose end he was implicated" translates "cujus exitu gravabatur"; the sense may be "whose death weighed on him."
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; stray letter; words joined in the digital text): Yalentinianus ad vitæfastidium → Valentinianus ad vitæ fastidium; Arbogaistes → Arbogastes; cujus I exitu → cujus exitu; Eugeniumin → Eugenium in; cumArcadio → cum Arcadio; annis m. → annis III..
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.13 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.14PL 51:587
THEODOSIO III ET ABUNDANTIO COSS. Honorium pater suus Theodosius in eodem loco, ubi quoque fratrem ejus Arcadium Caesarem fecerat, principem constituit, XVII ab urbe milliario, cum hora tertia tenebrae factæ sunt.
THEODOSIUS III AND ABUNDANTIUS, CONSULS. His father Theodosius made Honorius emperor in the same place where he had also made his brother Arcadius Caesar, at the seventeenth milestone from the city, when at the third hour darkness came on.
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Summary: Theodosius makes Honorius emperor amid a darkening of the sky.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-break debris; stray mark): fe- cerat → fecerat; factæ, sunt → factæ sunt.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.14 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.15PL 51:587
ARCADIO III ET HONORIO II COSS. Joannes monachus anachoreta clarus habetur: qui ornatus prophetiæ gratia, Theodosium consulentem de eventu belli quod adversus Eugenium movebat, victorem futurum prædixit.
ARCADIUS III AND HONORIUS II, CONSULS. John, a monk and anchorite, is held famous; adorned with the grace of prophecy, he foretold to Theodosius, who consulted him about the outcome of the war he was waging against Eugenius, that he would be the victor.
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Summary: John the anchorite foretells Theodosius's victory over Eugenius.
- John of Lycopolis in Egypt.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.15 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.16PL 51:587
OLYBRIO ET PROBINO COSS. Theodosius Eugenium tyrannum vincit et perimit. Augustinus, beati Ambrosii discipulus multa facundia doctrinaque excellens, Hippone regio in Africa episcopus ordinatur. Hoc tempore Claudianus poeta insignis habetur. Theodosius imperator Mediolani moritur. ARCADIUS, XLIV, Romanorum, cum jam regnasset annis XII, regnat cum fratre HONORIO annos XIII.
OLYBRIUS AND PROBINUS, CONSULS. Theodosius defeats and destroys the tyrant Eugenius. Augustine, a disciple of the blessed Ambrose, excelling in much eloquence and learning, is ordained bishop at Hippo Regius in Africa. At this time the poet Claudian is held notable. The emperor Theodosius dies at Milan.
ARCADIUS, forty-fourth of the Romans, having already reigned 12 years, reigns with his brother HONORIUS for 13 years.
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Summary: Theodosius defeats Eugenius and dies, Augustine becomes bishop of Hippo, and Arcadius and Honorius reign.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; line-break debris): multi facundia → multa facundia; Hyppone r< gio → Hippone regio; imperatur Mediolani → imperator Mediolani; re- gnasset → regnasset.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.16 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.17PL 51:587
ARCADIO IV ET HONORIO III COSS Terræmotus per dies plurimos fuit, coelumque ardere visum est. Orosius Hispanus presbyter, vir eloquens, et historiarum cognitor claret.
ARCADIUS IV AND HONORIUS III, CONSULS. There was an earthquake over many days, and the sky was seen to burn. Orosius, a presbyter of Spain, an eloquent man and well versed in history, is famous.
Notes and citation
Summary: Earthquakes and a burning sky; Orosius is famous.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): llispanus → Hispanus.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.17 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.18PL 51:587
CÆSARIO ET ATTICO COSS. Flacilla nata est Arcadio filia. Evagrius incredibilis abstinentiæ monachus, et in sacris litteris eruditus apud Ægyptios habetur insignis. Concilium Carthaginis, ubi Hipponensis concilii statuta firmantur et inseruntur.
CAESARIUS AND ATTICUS, CONSULS. Flacilla is born, a daughter of Arcadius. Evagrius, a monk of incredible abstinence and learned in the sacred writings, is held notable among the Egyptians. A council at Carthage, where the decrees of the council of Hippo are confirmed and inserted.
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Summary: A daughter is born to Arcadius, Evagrius is famous in Egypt, and a council at Carthage confirms the decrees of Hippo.
- The council of Carthage (397) confirmed the canons of the council of Hippo (393), including the list of canonical books.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; missing stop; stray mark and OCR slips): filia Evagrius → filia. Evagrius; monachus. et in sacris litteris eruditas apud Ægyptis → monachus, et in sacris litteris eruditus apud Ægyptios; Conciliurn Carthaginis, ubi Ilipponensis → Concilium Carthaginis, ubi Hipponensis.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.18 (PL 51:587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.19PL 51:587–589
HONORIO IV ET EUTYCHIANO COSS. ANASTASIUS XXXVII Romanæ Ecclesiæ episcopatum tenet annos III, dies XII. MANLIO THEODORO V. C. COS. Cum hoc consulatum inierat Eutropius Eunuchus, qui mox honore et vita exutus est.
HONORIUS IV AND EUTYCHIANUS, CONSULS. ANASTASIUS holds the episcopate of the Roman church as thirty-seventh for 3 years and 12 days. MANLIUS THEODORUS, VIR CLARISSIMUS, CONSUL. With him the eunuch Eutropius had entered the consulship, who was soon stripped of his office and his life.
Notes and citation
Summary: Anastasius becomes bishop of Rome, and the eunuch Eutropius, consul, falls and is put to death.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; OCR slips and leaked footnote letters): Ecclesi episcopatum tenet annosIII, dies XII. a MIANLIO THEODORO V. C. l'OS.A Cum → Ecclesiæ episcopatum tenet annos III, dies XII. MANLIO THEODORO V. C. COS. Cum; Eunucbus, qui mox honorcet vita exutusest → Eunuchus, qui mox honore et vita exutus est.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.19 (PL 51:587–589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.20PL 51:589
STILICONE ET AURELIANO COSS. Gothi Italiam Alarico et Rhadagaiso ducibus ingressi. VINCENTIO ET FRAVITO COSS. Joannes Constantinopolitanus et Theophilus Alexandrinus illustres episcopi habentur. Sed utrumque obscuravit discordia, quæ eo usque processit, ut Joannes a Theophilo oppressus, Pontum exsilio pergere cogeretur; cum tamen communionem ejus maxima pars episcoporum, Romani pontificis exemplum secuta, servaverit.
STILICHO AND AURELIANUS, CONSULS. The Goths entered Italy under the leaders Alaric and Radagaisus. VINCENTIUS AND FRAVITTA, CONSULS. John of Constantinople and Theophilus of Alexandria are held illustrious bishops. But discord darkened both, and it went so far that John, crushed by Theophilus, was forced to go into exile in Pontus; yet the greatest part of the bishops, following the example of the Roman pontiff, kept communion with him.
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Summary: The Goths invade Italy, and John Chrysostom is driven into exile by Theophilus, though most bishops, with Rome, stay in communion with him.
- John of Constantinople is John Chrysostom.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR debris; OCR slip; OCR slip and leaked footnote letter; OCR slips; stray mark): inI, • I- gressi → ingressi; $COSS → COSS; Costantinopolitanus c, et → Constantinopolitanus et; ultumque obscuravit discordia, quræ → utrumque obscuravit discordia, quæ; opp essus, Pontum cxsilio → oppressus, Pontum exsilio; exemplum secula → exemplum secuta.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.20 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.21PL 51:589
ARCADIO V ET HONORIO V COSS. Pollentiæ adversus Gothos vehementer utriusque partis clade pugnatum est. INNOCENTIUS, XXXVIII Romanæ Ecclesiae praeest episcopus annis xv, mensibus II, diebus xxi. THEODOSIO
ARCADIUS V AND HONORIUS V, CONSULS. At Pollentia a battle was fought against the Goths, with heavy losses on both sides. INNOCENT presides as thirty-eighth bishop of the Roman church, for 15 years, 2 months, and 21 days. THEODOSIUS
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Summary: The battle of Pollentia against the Goths, and Innocent becomes bishop of Rome.
- The consular heading continues in the next section ("Theodosius Augustus and Rumoridus").
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked footnote letter and words joined): COSS. a Pollentiæadversus → COSS. Pollentiæ adversus.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.21 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.22PL 51:589
AUGUSTO ET RUMORIDO COSS. Carthaginense concilium habitum de Donatistis. Eudoxiæ Arcadii uxoris statua super porphyriticam columnam posita est.
AUGUSTUS AND RUMORIDUS, CONSULS. A council of Carthage was held concerning the Donatists. A statue of Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius, was set up on a porphyry column.
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Summary: A council at Carthage on the Donatists, and a statue of the empress Eudoxia is erected.
- The consular heading begins at the end of the previous section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray letter): RUMORIDO I COSS → RUMORIDO COSS; Arcadii moris → Arcadii uxoris; porpbyriticam → porphyriticam.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.22 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.23PL 51:589
HONORIO VI ET ARISTENETO COSS. Eudoxia uxor Arcadii diem clausit. STILICONE II Et
HONORIUS VI AND ARISTAENETUS, CONSULS. Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius, died. STILICHO II AND
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Summary: The empress Eudoxia dies.
- The consular heading continues in the next section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark and split word): COSS. # Eudo xia → COSS. Eudoxia.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.23 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.24PL 51:589
ANTHEMIO COSS. Radagaisus in Thuscia multis Gothorum millibus cæsis, ducente exercitum Stilicone, superatus et captus est.
ANTHEMIUS, CONSULS. Radagaisus, after many thousands of Goths had been slain in Tuscany, with Stilicho leading the army, was defeated and captured.
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Summary: Stilicho defeats and captures Radagaisus in Tuscany.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips): Radagaisus iii Thuscia multis Cothorum millibus ccesis → Radagaisus in Thuscia multis Gothorum millibus cæsis.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.24 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.25PL 51:589
ARCADIO VI ET PROBO COSS. Vandali et Alani Gallias, trajecto Rheno, pridie kal. Januarias ingressi. HONORIO VII ET
ARCADIUS VI AND PROBUS, CONSULS. The Vandals and Alans crossed the Rhine and entered the Gauls on the day before the Kalends of January. HONORIUS VII AND
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Summary: The Vandals and Alans cross the Rhine into Gaul on 31 December.
- The consular heading continues in the next section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked footnote letter): Vandafi → Vandali; Rheno, a pridie → Rheno, pridie; HONORIO tII ET → HONORIO VII ET.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.25 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.26PL 51:589
THEODOSIO II COSS. Constantinus ex infima militia, ob solam speciem nominis, in Britannia tyrannus exoritur, et ad Gallias transit.
THEODOSIUS II, CONSULS. Constantine, from the lowest ranks of the army, arises as a tyrant in Britain solely because of the appeal of his name, and crosses into the Gauls.
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Summary: The usurper Constantine III rises in Britain and crosses to Gaul.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip and debris): Galhas transit. " I, i → Gallias transit..
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.26 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.27PL 51:589
BASSO ET PHILIPPO COSS. Arcadius imperator Constantinopoli moritur. HONORIUS, cum THEODOSIO fratris filio, XLV Romanorum, regnavit annis xvi. HONORIO
BASSUS AND PHILIP, CONSULS. The emperor Arcadius dies at Constantinople.
HONORIUS, with THEODOSIUS, his brother's son, forty-fifth of the Romans, reigned 16 years. HONORIUS
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Summary: Arcadius dies, and Honorius reigns with his nephew Theodosius II.
- The consular heading continues in the next section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): PIIILIPPO → PHILIPPO; xvi. HONORiO → xvi. HONORIO.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.27 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.28PL 51:589
VIII ET THEODOSIO III COSS. Vandali Hispanias occupaverunt. Attalus Romæ imperator factus, qui mox privatus regno, Gothis cohaesit. FLAVIO VARRONE V. C. CONSULE. Roma orbis quondam victrix, a Gothis Alarico duce capta, et ob hoc solus fuit Orientalium patrum consul, quod et in sequenti anno observatum est. THEODOSII AUGUSTI IV CONSULATU. Constantinus per Honorii duces Constantium et Ulphulam, apud Arelatense oppidum victus et captus est, cujus filium Constantem in Hispania regnare orsum Gerontius Comes, in Maximum quemdam tyrannidem transferens, interemerat.
VIII AND THEODOSIUS III, CONSULS. The Vandals occupied the Spains. Attalus was made emperor at Rome; soon deprived of the rule, he attached himself to the Goths. FLAVIUS VARRO, VIR CLARISSIMUS, CONSUL. Rome, once conqueror of the world, was taken by the Goths under their leader Alaric; and for this reason there was only one consul, of the Easterners, which was observed in the following year as well. IN THE FOURTH CONSULSHIP OF THEODOSIUS AUGUSTUS. Constantine was defeated and captured near the town of Arles by Honorius's generals Constantius and Ulphila; Count Gerontius had killed his son Constans, who had begun to reign in Spain, transferring the tyranny to a certain Maximus.
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Summary: The Vandals occupy Spain, Alaric's Goths take Rome, and the usurper Constantine is captured at Arles.
- The opening completes the consular heading begun in the previous section ("Honorius VIII and Theodosius III"). The sack of Rome was in 410.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR slips and leaked footnote letters; stray letters): Coihis J cohaesit FLAVIO VARRONE V. C. CONSULE k. Roma → Gothis cohaesit. FLAVIO VARRONE V. C. CONSULE. Roma; consul, I, quod I in et sequenti → consul, quod et in sequenti; THEODUSII → THEODOSII; mper Ilonorii → per Honorii; Aretatense oppidum victus et capins esi, cujus lilium → Arelatense oppidum victus et captus est, cujus filium; tyrannide.n → tyrannidem.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.28 (PL 51:589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.29PL 51:589–591
HONORIO IX ET THEODOSIO V COSS. Maximo in Hispania, regno ablato, vita est concessa, eo quod modestia humilitasque hominis affectati imperii invidiam non merebatur. Gothi rege Athaulpho Gallias ingressi. Eodem tempore Heros vir sanctus, et beati Martini discipulus, cum Arelatensi oppido episcopus præsideret, a populo ipsius civitatis insons, et nulli insimulationi obnoxius, pulsus est, inque ejus locum Patroclus ordinatus, amicus et familiaris Constantii magistri militum, cujus per ipsum gratia quærebatur. Quæ res inter episcopos regionis illius magnarum discordiarum causa fuit. LUCIANO VIRO CLARISSIMO CONSULE. Hujus collega in consulatu fuit Heraclianus, qui novarum in Africa rerum reus, et honorem amisit et vitam. Burgundiones partem Galliæ propinquantem Rheno obtinuerunt. Jovinus et Sebastianus fratres in Galliis regno arrepto interempti. Hac tempestate Pelagius Brito dogma nominis sui contra gratiam Christi, Cœlestio et Juliano adjutoribus, exseruit, multosque in suum traxit errorem, prædicans unumquemque ad justitiam voluntate propria regi, tantumque accipere gratiæ, quantum meruit: quia Adæ peccatum ipsum solum læserit, nec posteros ejus obstrinxerit; unde et volentibus possibile sit omni carere peccato: omnesque parvulos tam insontes nasci quam primus homo ante prævaricationem fuit, nec ideo baptizandos, ut peccato exuantur, sed ut sacramento adoptionis honorentur. CONSTANTIO V. C. CONSULE. Attalus Gothorum consilio et præsidio tyrannidem resumit in Galliis.
HONORIUS IX AND THEODOSIUS V, CONSULS. Maximus in Spain, his rule taken away, was granted his life, because the modesty and humility of the man did not deserve the odium of having aimed at the empire. The Goths under King Athaulf entered the Gauls. At the same time Heros, a holy man and disciple of the blessed Martin, while he presided as bishop of the town of Arles, was driven out by the people of that city, though innocent and liable to no accusation; and in his place Patroclus was ordained, a friend and intimate of Constantius, master of the soldiers, whose favor was sought through him. This matter was the cause of great discord among the bishops of that region. LUCIANUS, VIR CLARISSIMUS, CONSUL. His colleague in the consulship was Heraclianus, who, charged with revolution in Africa, lost both his office and his life. The Burgundians took the part of Gaul near the Rhine. The brothers Jovinus and Sebastianus, having seized the rule in the Gauls, were killed. In this season Pelagius the Briton put forth the dogma of his own name against the grace of Christ, with Caelestius and Julian as his helpers, and drew many into his error, preaching that each person is guided to righteousness by his own will, and receives as much grace as he has merited; that Adam's sin harmed him alone and did not bind his descendants; that therefore it is possible for those who will it to be free of all sin; and that all little children are born as innocent as the first man was before his transgression, and are baptized not to be stripped of sin but to be honored with the sacrament of adoption. CONSTANTIUS, VIR CLARISSIMUS, CONSUL. Attalus, by the counsel and protection of the Goths, takes up the tyranny again in the Gauls.
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Summary: Heros of Arles is unjustly expelled and replaced by Patroclus, and Pelagius, with Caelestius and Julian, spreads his teaching against the grace of Christ.
- The summary of Pelagius's teaching is Prosper's. Placing Julian of Eclanum among Pelagius's first helpers anticipates his later role.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; line-break debris; stray mark): affe- ctati → affectati; Callias ingressi → Gallias ingressi; Mar lini discipulns,cum → Martini discipulus, cum; insons, et " nulli → insons, et nulli; famaliaris → familiaris; disco' diarum → discordiarum; Jovinus ct Sebastianus fratres in GallUs → Jovinus et Sebastianus fratres in Galliis; Pclagius → Pelagius; quantum mernit → quantum meruit; carcre → carere.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.29 (PL 51:589–591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.30PL 51:591
HONORIO X ET THEODOSIO VI COSS. Attalus a Gothis ad Hispanias migrantibus neglectus, et præsidio carens, capitur, et Constantio patricio vivus offertur. Athaulphus a quodam suorum vulneratus interiit, regnumque ejus Wallia, peremptis qui idem cupere intelligebantur, invasit.
HONORIUS X AND THEODOSIUS VI, CONSULS. Attalus, neglected by the Goths as they moved to the Spains and lacking protection, is captured and handed over alive to the patrician Constantius. Athaulf died, wounded by one of his own men, and Wallia seized his kingdom, having killed those who were understood to desire the same.
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Summary: Attalus is captured, and Athaulf is murdered and succeeded by Wallia.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): regnumque ejns → regnumque ejus.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.30 (PL 51:591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.31PL 51:591
THEODOSIO VII ET PALLADIO COSS. Placidiam Theodosii imperatoris filiam, quam Romae Gothi ceperant, quamque Athaulphus conjugem habuerat, Wallia pacem Honorii expetens reddit, ejusque nuptias Constantius promeretur. ZOSIMUS, XXXIX Romanæ Ecclesiæ episcopatum suscipit, anno i, mensibus it, diebus IX. Quo tempore Pelagianis, jam a pontifice Innocentio prædamnatis, Afrorum vigore, et maxime Augustini episcopi scientia resistebatur.
THEODOSIUS VII AND PALLADIUS, CONSULS. Wallia, seeking peace with Honorius, returns Placidia, daughter of the emperor Theodosius, whom the Goths had captured at Rome and whom Athaulf had had as his wife; and Constantius wins her in marriage. ZOSIMUS takes up the episcopate of the Roman church as thirty-ninth, for 1 year, 9 months, and 9 days. At that time the Pelagians, already condemned beforehand by Pope Innocent, were resisted by the vigor of the Africans and above all by the knowledge of Bishop Augustine.
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Summary: Placidia is returned and marries Constantius, Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome, and the Africans, led by Augustine, resist the Pelagians.
- "Nine months" reads the printed "it" by sense; the Liber Pontificalis gives Zosimus 1 year, 9 months, 9 days.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked footnote letter; line-break debris; stray letter): ejusqne → ejusque; Quo V tempore → Quo tempore; præ- damnatis → prædamnatis; episcopi e scientia → episcopi scientia.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.31 (PL 51:591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.32PL 51:591
HONORIO XI ET CONSTANTIO II COSS. Honorius triumphans Romam ingreditur, praeeunte currum ejus Attalo, quem Liparae vivere exsulem jussit.
HONORIUS XI AND CONSTANTIUS II, CONSULS. Honorius enters Rome in triumph, with Attalus walking before his chariot; he ordered Attalus to live in exile on Lipara.
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Summary: Honorius triumphs at Rome and exiles Attalus to Lipara.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.32 (PL 51:591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.33PL 51:591
HONORIO XII ET THEODOSIO VIII COSS. Hoc tempore Constantius servus Christi, ex Vicano Romæ habitans, et pro gratia Dei devotissime Pelagianis resistens, factione eorumdem multa pertulit, quae illum sanctis confessoribus sociaverunt. Concilio apud Carthaginem habito CCXIV episcoporum, ad papam Zosimum synodi decreta perlata sunt: quibus probatis, per totum mundum haeresis Pelagiana damnata est. Valentinianus Constantii et Placidiæ filius nascitur, sexto nonas Julias. Romanæ Ecclesiæ XL episcopatum agit BONIFACIUS annis III, mensibus VIII, diebus vi. MONAXIO ET PLINTA COSS. Hoc tempore fuit tertium schisma, Eulalio Antipapa per Honorium Cæsarem ejecto, quod duravit annis duobus. Constantius patricius pacem firmat cum Wallia, data ei ad habitandum secunda Aquitania, et quibusdam civitatibus confinium provinciarum.
HONORIUS XII AND THEODOSIUS VIII, CONSULS. At this time Constantius, a servant of Christ, formerly a vicar, living at Rome and most devotedly resisting the Pelagians on behalf of the grace of God, suffered many things through their faction, which joined him to the holy confessors. A council of 214 bishops was held at Carthage, and the decrees of the synod were brought to Pope Zosimus; when he had approved them, the Pelagian heresy was condemned throughout the whole world. Valentinian, son of Constantius and Placidia, is born on the sixth day before the Nones of July. BONIFACE holds the episcopate of the Roman church as fortieth, for 3 years, 8 months, and 6 days. MONAXIUS AND PLINTA, CONSULS. At this time there was the third schism, the antipope Eulalius being cast out by Honorius Caesar; it lasted two years. The patrician Constantius makes peace with Wallia, giving him Second Aquitaine to live in, with certain cities of the neighboring provinces.
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Summary: The council of Carthage of 418, approved by Zosimus, condemns Pelagianism throughout the world; Valentinian III is born, Boniface becomes bishop of Rome, and the Visigoths are settled in Aquitaine.
- "Formerly a vicar" reads the printed "ex Vicano" as ex vicario. The schism of Eulalius is reported as "two years" in the printed text; the episode lasted about a year (418–419).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; line-break debris and OCR slips; words joined in the digital text): CCXIVepiscoporum → CCXIV episcoporum; nascilur → nascitur; PLINTA CUSS → PLINTA COSS; qui. busdam civilatibus connnium → quibusdam civitatibus confinium.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.33 (PL 51:591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.34PL 51:591
THEODOSIO IX ET CUNSTANTIO III COSS. Constantius ab Honorio in consortium regni assumitur. Hieronymus presbyter moritur anno ætatis suæ XCI, pridie kal. Octobris.
THEODOSIUS IX AND CONSTANTIUS III, CONSULS. Constantius is taken by Honorius into partnership in the rule. Jerome the presbyter dies in the ninety-first year of his age, on the day before the Kalends of October.
Notes and citation
Summary: Constantius III becomes co-emperor, and Jerome dies on 30 September.
- "Ninety-first" reads the printed "ICI" as XCI.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-break debris; stray letters and OCR slip): as- sumitur → assumitur; moritur It anno ætatis suæ ICI → moritur anno ætatis suæ XCI.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.34 (PL 51:591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.35PL 51:591
AGRICOLA ET EUSTATHIO COSS. Constantius imperator moritur.
AGRICOLA AND EUSTATHIUS, CONSULS. The emperor Constantius dies.
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Summary: Constantius III dies.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.35 (PL 51:591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.36PL 51:591–593
HONORIO XIII ET THEODOSIO X COSS. Hoc tempore exercitus ad Hispanias contra Vandalos missus est, cui Castinus dux fuit, qui Bonifacium virum bellicis artibus praeclarum, inepto et injurioso imperio, ab expeditionis suae societate avertit. Nam ille periculosum sibi atque indignum ratus eum sequi quem discordem superbientemque expertus esset, celeriter se ad portum urbis, atque inde ad Africam proripuit, idque reipublicæ multorum laborum initium fuit.
HONORIUS XIII AND THEODOSIUS X, CONSULS. At this time an army was sent to the Spains against the Vandals, led by Castinus, who by his inept and insulting command turned Boniface, a man distinguished in the arts of war, away from sharing in his campaign. For Boniface, thinking it dangerous and unworthy for himself to follow one whom he had found quarrelsome and proud, quickly hurried to the port of the City and from there to Africa; and that was the beginning of many troubles for the state.
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Summary: Castinus's quarrel with Boniface during the campaign against the Vandals sends Boniface to Africa, beginning many troubles.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Vandatos → Vandalos; Cassinus dux → Castinus dux; ralus eum → ratus eum.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.36 (PL 51:591–593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.37PL 51:593
MARINIANO ET ASCLEPIODOTO COSS. Placidia Augusta a fratre Honorio pulsa, ad Orientem cum Honorio et Valentiniano filiis proficiscitur. CŒLESTINUS, XLI, Romanæ Ecclesiæ præsidet episcopus annis IX. Longobardorum XI regnavit Lamissus meretricis filius annis III. Honorius moritur, et regnum ejus Joannes occupat connivente, ut putabatur, Castino, qui exercitui magister militum praefuit. THEODOSIUS, XLVI, Romanum imperium tenet annis xxx. CASTINO ET
MARINIANUS AND ASCLEPIODOTUS, CONSULS. The Augusta Placidia, driven out by her brother Honorius, sets out for the East with her children Honoria and Valentinian. CELESTINE presides as forty-first bishop of the Roman church, for 9 years. Lamissus, son of a prostitute, reigned as eleventh king of the Lombards, for 3 years. Honorius dies, and John seizes his rule, with the connivance, it was thought, of Castinus, who commanded the army as master of the soldiers.
THEODOSIUS, forty-sixth, holds the Roman empire for 30 years. CASTINUS AND
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Placidia is exiled to the East, Celestine becomes bishop of Rome, Honorius dies, and John usurps the West.
- "Nine years" reads the printed "II" by sense (Celestine was bishop 422–432); "Honoria" reads the printed "Honorio". The entry on the Lombard king is a later insertion found in some manuscripts. The consular heading continues in the next section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; leaked footnote letter): proliciscitur → proficiscitur; annis II. It Longobardorum XI regna vit Lamissus meretricit → annis IX. Longobardorum XI regnavit Lamissus meretricis; CASTINO ET d → CASTINO ET.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.37 (PL 51:593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.38PL 51:593
VICTORE COSS. Theodosius Valentinianum amitæ suæ filium Cæsarem facit, et cum Augusta matre sua ad recipiendum occidentale mittit imperium: quo tempore Joannes, dum Africam, quam Bonifacius obtinebat, bello reposcit, ad defensionem sui infirmior factus est. THEODOSIO XII ET VALENTINIANO COSS. Placidia Augusta, et Valentinianus Cæsar mira felicitate Joannem tyrannum opprimunt, et regnum victores recipiunt, data venia Aetio, quod Hunni quos per ipsum Joannes acciverat, ejusdem studio ad propria reversi sunt. Castinus autem in exsilium actus est: quia videbatur Joannem sine conniventia ipsius regnum non potuisse assumere. Valentinianus decreto Theodosii Augustus appellatur. Arelas nobile oppidum Galliarum a Gothis multa vi oppugnatum est, donec imminente Aetio non impuniti discederent. THEODOSIO XII ET VALENTINIANO II COSS. Patroclus Arelatensis episcopus a tribuno quodam barbaro multis vulneribus laniatus occiditur: quod facinus ad occultam jussionem Felicis magistri militum referebatur cujus impulsu creditus est etiam Titus diaconus vir sanctus Romæ pecunias pauperibus distribuens interemptus.
VICTOR, CONSULS. Theodosius makes Valentinian, the son of his aunt, Caesar, and sends him with his mother the Augusta to recover the Western empire. At that time John, while he was seeking by war to get back Africa, which Boniface held, was made too weak to defend himself. THEODOSIUS XI AND VALENTINIAN, CONSULS. The Augusta Placidia and Valentinian Caesar, with wonderful good fortune, crush the tyrant John and, victorious, recover the rule; pardon was given to Aetius, because the Huns, whom John had summoned through him, returned to their own lands through his efforts. Castinus, however, was driven into exile, because it seemed that John could not have assumed the rule without his connivance. Valentinian is named Augustus by decree of Theodosius. Arles, a noble town of the Gauls, was attacked with great force by the Goths, until, as Aetius approached, they withdrew, not unpunished. THEODOSIUS XII AND VALENTINIAN II, CONSULS. Patroclus, bishop of Arles, is killed, torn with many wounds by a certain barbarian tribune; the crime was attributed to a secret order of Felix, master of the soldiers, at whose instigation it is believed that Titus too, a holy deacon distributing money to the poor at Rome, was killed.
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Summary: Valentinian III and Placidia overthrow the usurper John, Aetius is pardoned, the Goths besiege Arles, and Patroclus of Arles is murdered.
- The second consular heading is printed "Theodosio XII" twice; the first should be XI. "Victor" completes the heading begun in the previous section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked footnote letter; line-break debris; stray letter): amitx → amitæ; matre e sua → matre sua; Joannes I acciverat → Joannes acciverat; appella- tur → appellatur; nili. tum → militum.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.38 (PL 51:593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.39PL 51:593
HIERIO ET ARDABURE COSS. Bonifacio, cujus potentia gloriaque intra Africam augebatur, bellum ad arbitrium Felicis, quia ad Italiam venire abnuerat, publico nomine illatum est, ducibus Mavortio, et Galbione, et Sinoce: cujus proditione Mavortius et Galbio, cum Bonifacium obsiderent, interempti sunt: moxque ipse a Bonifacio dolo detectus, occisus est. Exinde gentibus, quae navibus uti nesciebant, dum a concertantibus in auxilium vocantur, mare pervium factum est, bellique contra Bonifacium cœpti in Sigisvullum comitem cura translata est. Gens Vandalorum ab Hispania ad Africam transit.
HIERIUS AND ARDABUR, CONSULS. Against Boniface, whose power and glory were growing in Africa, war was declared in the name of the state at the will of Felix, because he had refused to come to Italy; the generals were Mavortius, Galbio, and Sinox. By the treachery of Sinox, Mavortius and Galbio were killed while besieging Boniface, and soon Sinox himself, his deceit discovered by Boniface, was killed. From then on the sea became open to peoples who did not know how to use ships, since they were called in to help by those contending, and the conduct of the war begun against Boniface was transferred to Count Sigisvult. The nation of the Vandals crosses from Spain to Africa.
Notes and citation
Summary: War is waged against Boniface in Africa, its generals are killed, and the Vandals cross from Spain to Africa.
- "Peoples" reads the printed "gemitibus" as gentibus; the Vandals, called in by the contending parties, learned to use the sea.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; leaked footnote letter and words joined): poteniia → potentia; arbitriumFelicis, quia ad Italiam venirem → arbitrium Felicis, quia ad Italiam venire; G ilbione,et Sinore → Galbione, et Sinoce; Exinde gemitibus → Exinde gentibus; concerlanlibus in anxilium → concertantibus in auxilium; Bonifaciuin cæpti → Bonifacium cœpti; Vandalorum o ab Hispaniaad → Vandalorum ab Hispania ad.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.39 (PL 51:593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-39). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.40PL 51:593
FELICE ET TAURO COSS. Nestorius Constantinopolitanus episcopus novum Ecclesiis molitur errorem inducere, praedicans Christum ex Maria hominem tantum, non etiam Deum natum, eique divinitatem collatam esse pro merito. Cui impietati præcipua Cyrilli Alexandrini episcopi industria, et papæ Cœlestini repugnat auctoritas. Pars Galliarum propinqua Rheno, quam Franci possidendam occupaverunt, Aetii comitis armis recepta.
FELIX AND TAURUS, CONSULS. Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, attempts to bring a new error into the churches, preaching that Christ was born of Mary a man only, not also God, and that divinity was conferred on him according to merit. This impiety is opposed by the outstanding diligence of Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, and the authority of Pope Celestine. The part of the Gauls near the Rhine, which the Franks had occupied to possess it, was recovered by the arms of Count Aetius.
Notes and citation
Summary: Nestorius teaches that Christ was born of Mary a mere man, and Cyril and Pope Celestine oppose him; Aetius recovers land on the Rhine from the Franks.
- The account of Nestorius's teaching (divinity conferred on Christ for merit) is Prosper's, linking it to Pelagianism as in his own Epitaph of the Nestorian and Pelagian heresies; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip and leaked footnote letter): tantuin, a non → tantum, non; Rbeno → Rheno.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.40 (PL 51:593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.41PL 51:593–595
FLORENTIO ET DIONYSIO COSS. Felice ad patriciam dignitatem provecto, Aetius magister militum factus est. Agricola Pelagianus, Severiani Pelagiani episcopi filius, Ecclesias Britanniae dogmatis sui insinuatione corrupit. Sed ad actionem Palladii Diaconi, papa Coelestinus Germanum Antissiodorensem episcopum vice sua mittit, et deturbatis hæreticis, Britannos ad catholicam fidem dirigit.
FLORENTIUS AND DIONYSIUS, CONSULS. Felix having been advanced to the dignity of patrician, Aetius was made master of the soldiers. Agricola, a Pelagian, son of the Pelagian bishop Severianus, corrupted the churches of Britain by insinuating his dogma. But at the instance of Palladius the deacon, Pope Celestine sends Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, in his place, and, the heretics having been routed, he directs the Britons to the catholic faith.
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Summary: Aetius becomes master of the soldiers, and Pope Celestine sends Germanus of Auxerre to Britain to combat Pelagianism.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked footnote letter; split word): factus est q. Agricola → factus est. Agricola; Palladii Dia coni → Palladii Diaconi; mittit, a et deturbatis → mittit, et deturbatis.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.41 (PL 51:593–595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.42PL 51:595
THEODOSIO XIII ET VALENTINIANO III COSS, Aetius Felicem cum uxore sua Padusia, et Grunnitum diaconum, cum eos insidiari sibi præsensisset, interemit. Augustinus episcopus per omnia excellentissimus moritur tal. Septembris, libris Juliani inter impetum obsidentium Vandalorum, in ipso dierum suorum fine respondens, et gloriose in confessione Christianæ gratiæ perseverans.
THEODOSIUS XIII AND VALENTINIAN III, CONSULS. Aetius, having perceived that Felix, with his wife Padusia, and Grunnitus the deacon were plotting against him, killed them. Bishop Augustine, most excellent in all things, dies on the fifth day before the Kalends of September, answering the books of Julian at the very end of his days amid the assault of the besieging Vandals, and gloriously persevering in the confession of Christian grace.
Notes and citation
Summary: Aetius kills Felix, and Augustine dies during the Vandal siege of Hippo, still answering Julian's books and confessing grace.
- "The fifth day before the Kalends of September" (28 August) reads the printed "tal." by sense; the number of the day is missing in the printed text. Augustine's last work was the unfinished reply to Julian of Eclanum.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips): Actius Felicem cum uxore sua Padnsia → Aetius Felicem cum uxore sua Padusia.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.42 (PL 51:595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-42). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.43PL 51:595
BASSO ET ANTIOCHO COSS. Congregata apud Ephesum plus ducentorum synodo sacerdotum, Nestorius cum hæresi nominis sui, et cum multis Pelagianis, qui cognatum errori suo juvabant dogma, damnatur. Ad Scotos in Christum credentes ordinatur a papa Cœlestino Palladius, et primus episcopus mittitur.
BASSUS AND ANTIOCHUS, CONSULS. A synod of more than two hundred bishops having gathered at Ephesus, Nestorius is condemned together with the heresy of his name, and with many Pelagians who were supporting a dogma akin to their own error. Palladius is ordained by Pope Celestine and sent as the first bishop to the Scots who believe in Christ.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Council of Ephesus condemns Nestorius and the Pelagians, and Celestine sends Palladius as first bishop to the Irish Christians.
- The "Scots" are the Christians of Ireland. The Council of Ephesus (431) condemned Nestorius and the Pelagian Caelestius.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): sacerdorum → sacerdotum; crrori → errori; epicopus → episcopus.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.43 (PL 51:595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.44PL 51:595
AETIO ET VALERIO COSS. Romanæ Ecclesiae XLII præficitur episcopus XISTUS, annis VIII, diebus XIX, totius Urbis pace et consensione mirabili. Bonifacius ab Africa ad Italiam per Urbem venit, accepta magistri militum dignitate: qui cum sibi resistentem Aetium prælio superasset, paucos post dies morbo exstinctus est. Aetius vero cum deposita potestate in agro suo degeret, ibique eum quidam inimicus ejus repentino incursu opprimere tentasset; profugus ad Urbem, atque illinc ad Dalmatiam, deinde per Pannoniam ad Hunnos pervenit, quorum amicitia auxilioque usus, pacem principum et jus interpolatæ potestatis obtinuit. THEODOSIO
AETIUS AND VALERIUS, CONSULS. XYSTUS is placed over the Roman church as forty-second bishop, for 8 years and 19 days, with wonderful peace and agreement of the whole City. Boniface came from Africa to Italy and through the City, having received the dignity of master of the soldiers; when he had defeated Aetius, who resisted him, in battle, he died of disease a few days later. Aetius, having laid down his power, was living on his estate; when a certain enemy of his tried to overwhelm him there by a sudden attack, he fled to the City, and from there to Dalmatia, and then through Pannonia reached the Huns; making use of their friendship and help, he obtained peace with the emperors and the right to his interrupted power. THEODOSIUS
Notes and citation
Summary: Xystus III becomes bishop of Rome, Boniface defeats Aetius and dies, and Aetius flees to the Huns and with their help regains his power.
- The consular heading continues in the next section.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; OCR slips and line-break debris; leaked column number and OCR slip; leaked footnote letter; line-break debris and OCR slips; split word and OCR slips): Romaniæ Ecclesiae XLII præficitur episcopus XiSTUS → Romanæ Ecclesiae XLII præficitur episcopus XISTUS; Italiam e per Urbem → Italiam per Urbem; Ae tium prælio supcrasset, paucos post dies morlio → Aetium prælio superasset, paucos post dies morbo; quid am I inimicus ejus repcn- Uno → quidam inimicus ejus repentino; Ur- bem, atque illinc. ad Dalmatiam, deinde per Pannoniamad Hunnos pervenit, quorum amicilia → Urbem, atque illinc ad Dalmatiam, deinde per Pannoniam ad Hunnos pervenit, quorum amicitia; 745THEuDOSiO → THEODOSIO.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.44 (PL 51:595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.45PL 51:595
XIV ET MAXIMO COSS. Maxima urbis regiæ pars Septentrionalis per tres dies continuos incensa collapsaque est, mense Augusto. Joannes Monachus cognomento Cassianus Massiliæ insignis et facundus scriptor habetur. Colliguntur omnes anni usque ad consulatum Theodosii XIV et Maximi. A xv Tiberii anno et passione Domini, anni CCCCVI. Ab instauratione templi sub Dario, anni DCCCCLIV. Ab olympiade prima et Isaia propheta, anni MCCX. A Salomone et prima ædificatione templi anni MCCCCLXVI. A Moyse et Cecrope rege Atticæ, anni MDCCCCXC. Ab Abraham et regno Nini et Semiramidis, anni MMCCCCLI. A diluvio autem, usque ad Abraham, anni MLXXI. Ab Adam vero, usque ad diluvium, anni MMCCXLII. Sunt itaque ab Adam, usque ad tempus supra scriptorum consulum quinquies mille DCCLXII.
XIV AND MAXIMUS, CONSULS. The greatest, northern part of the royal city burned and collapsed over three continuous days, in the month of August. John the monk, surnamed Cassian, is held to be a notable and eloquent writer at Marseilles. All the years up to the consulship of Theodosius XIV and Maximus are gathered thus: from the fifteenth year of Tiberius and the passion of the Lord, 406 years; from the restoration of the temple under Darius, 954 years; from the first Olympiad and the prophet Isaiah, 1,210 years; from Solomon and the first building of the temple, 1,466 years; from Moses and Cecrops king of Attica, 1,990 years; from Abraham and the reign of Ninus and Semiramis, 2,451 years; from the flood to Abraham, 1,071 years; and from Adam to the flood, 2,242 years. So from Adam to the time of the consuls written above there are 5,762 years.
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Summary: A great fire at Constantinople, Cassian is famous at Marseilles, and Prosper sums up the years from Adam to 435.
- "The royal city" is Constantinople. Several numerals are garbled in the printed text ("MCCCCLX V!", "MMCCCCL", "quinquies mille LCCLXII"); they are given by sense. The flood-to-Abraham figure (1,071) differs from the 942 given earlier.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray letter and mark; words joined and OCR slips; words joined in the digital text): collapsaque est,mense → collapsaque est, mense; facundus Iscriptor habetur.. → facundus scriptor habetur.; consulaLum → consulatum; passione Domini,:ina' CCCCVI → passione Domini, anni CCCCVI; olympiadeprima etIsaia propheta, anniMCCX. A Silomone et prima ædificatione templi ani MCCCCLX V!. → olympiade prima et Isaia propheta, anni MCCX. A Salomone et prima ædificatione templi anni MCCCCLXVI.; MMCCCCL A diluvio → MMCCCCLI. A diluvio; amni MLXXI → anni MLXXI; quinquies mille LCCLXII → quinquies mille DCCLXII.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.45 (PL 51:595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.46PL 51:595
ASPARE ET AREOBINDA COSS.
ASPAR AND AREOBINDUS, CONSULS.
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Summary: A consular year with no entry.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.46 (PL 51:595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-46). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.47PL 51:595–597
THEODOSIO XV ET VALENTINIANO IV COSS. Pax facta cum Vandalis, data eis ad inhabitandum per Trigetium Africæ portione, Hippone III idus Februarii. Eodem tempore Gundicarium Burgundionum regem intra Gallias habitantem Aetius a bello obtinuit, pacemque ei supplicanti dedit, qua non diu potitus est. Siquidem illum Hunni cum populo atque stirpe sua deleverunt.
THEODOSIUS XV AND VALENTINIAN IV, CONSULS. Peace was made with the Vandals at Hippo on the third day before the Ides of February, a portion of Africa being given them to live in, through Trigetius. At the same time Aetius overcame in war Gundicar, king of the Burgundians, who was living within the Gauls, and gave him peace at his supplication; he did not enjoy it long, for the Huns destroyed him with his people and his stock.
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Summary: Peace is made with the Vandals, and Aetius defeats the Burgundians, whom the Huns then destroy.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; line-break debris): re- gem → regem; pacem'tue ei supplicanti dedit. qua non diu potitus esi → pacemque ei supplicanti dedit, qua non diu potitus est.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.47 (PL 51:595–597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-47). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.48PL 51:597
ISIDORO ET SENATORE COSS. Gothi pacis placita perturbant, et pleraque municipia sedibus vicina suis occupant, Narbonensi oppido maxime infesti, quod cum diu obsidione et fame laboraret, per Littorium comitem ab utroque periculo liberatum est. Siquidem per singulos equites binis tritici modiis advectis, strenuissime et hostes in fugam vertit, et civitatem annona implevit.
ISIDORE AND SENATOR, CONSULS. The Goths break the terms of peace and occupy most of the towns near their homes, being especially hostile to the town of Narbonne; when it had long suffered from siege and famine, it was freed from both dangers by Count Litorius. For, having each horseman bring two measures of wheat, he most vigorously put the enemy to flight and filled the city with provisions.
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Summary: The Goths break the peace and besiege Narbonne, which Count Litorius relieves.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked footnote letter and OCR slip): perturbant, el pleraque → perturbant, et pleraque; comitema ab utroque p< riculo → comitem ab utroque periculo; modris → modiis; in lugam → in fugam.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.48 (PL 51:597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-48). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.49PL 51:597
AETIO II ET SIGISVULTO COSS. Bellum adversus Gothos Hunnis auxiliantibus geritur. In Africa Geisericus, rex Vandalorum, intra habitationis suæ limites volens catholicam fidem Ariana impietate subvertere, quosdam nostrorum episcoporum, quorum Possidius, et Novatus, ac Severianus clariores erant, eatenus persecutus est, ut eos privatos jure basilicarum suarum, etiam civitatibus pelleret, cum ipsorum constantia nullis superbissimi regis terroribus cederet. Valentinianus Augustus ad Theodosium principem Constantinopolim proficiscitur, filiamque ejus in matrimonium accipit. Eodem anno piraticam barbarorum fœderatorum desertores exercuerunt. Per idem tempus quatuor Hispani viri, Arcadius, Probus, Paschasius, et Eutychius dudum apud Geisericum merito sapientiæ et fidelis obsequii chari clarique habebantur: quos rex, ut copulatiores sibi faceret, in Arianam sectam transire præcepit. At illi facinus constantissime respuentes, excitato in rabidissimam iram barbaro, primum proscripti, deinde in exsilium acti, tum atrocissimis cruciati suppliciis; ad postremum diversis mortibus interempti, illustri martyrio mirabiliter occubuerunt. Puer autem Paulillus nomine, frater Paschasii et Eutychii, pro elegantia formæ atque ingenii admodum regi acceptus, cum a professione atque amore catholicæ fidei nullis minis deturbari posset, fustibus diu cæsus, ad infimam servitutem damnatus est: ideo, ut apparet, non interfectus, ne de superata sævitia impii regis etiam illa aetas gloriaretur. THEODOSIO XVI Et
AETIUS II AND SIGISVULT, CONSULS. War is waged against the Goths with the Huns as allies. In Africa Gaiseric, king of the Vandals, wishing to overturn the catholic faith within the bounds of his settlement with the Arian impiety, persecuted certain of our bishops, of whom Possidius, Novatus, and Severianus were the more famous, to the point of depriving them of the right to their basilicas and even driving them from their cities, since their constancy yielded to none of the terrors of the most arrogant king. The Augustus Valentinian sets out for Constantinople to the emperor Theodosius and receives his daughter in marriage. In the same year deserters from the barbarian federates practiced piracy. About the same time four Spanish men, Arcadius, Probus, Paschasius, and Eutychius, had long been dear to Gaiseric and highly regarded by him for the merit of their wisdom and faithful service; to bind them more closely to himself, the king ordered them to go over to the Arian sect. But they most steadfastly rejected the crime, and the barbarian, roused to the most rabid anger, first proscribed them, then drove them into exile, then tortured them with the most atrocious punishments; at last they were killed by various deaths and died wonderfully in an illustrious martyrdom. A boy named Paulillus, the brother of Paschasius and Eutychius, much liked by the king for the elegance of his looks and mind, when he could be shaken by no threats from his profession and love of the catholic faith, was long beaten with clubs and condemned to the lowest slavery: not killed, it appears, so that even that young age should not glory in having overcome the cruelty of the impious king. THEODOSIUS XVI AND
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Summary: Gaiseric persecutes the catholic bishops of Africa and martyrs four Spanish courtiers who refuse to become Arians; Valentinian III marries Eudoxia at Constantinople.
- The consular heading continues in the next section. Possidius of Calama was Augustine's biographer.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; leaked footnote letter and OCR slip; leaked margin letter and OCR slips): gcritur → geritur; habitationis suar, limites → habitationis suæ limites; Possidius, ct Novatus → Possidius, et Novatus; persecutus est. ut eos privatos iure basilicarum suarum, etiam civitat bus pelleret, cum i; sorum constantia nullis superbissimi regis terroribus ccderet → persecutus est, ut eos privatos jure basilicarum suarum, etiam civitatibus pelleret, cum ipsorum constantia nullis superbissimi regis terroribus cederet; proficiscitur, e filiamque ejus in matrimonium acipit → proficiscitur, filiamque ejus in matrimonium accipit; et R Eutychius dudum atud Geisericum merito sapientiæ et fidciis → et Eutychius dudum apud Geisericum merito sapientiæ et fidelis; quos rcx → quos rex; prianum proscripti → primum proscripti; adimodum → admodum.
Topics: Persecution, Martyrdom, Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.49 (PL 51:597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-49). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.50PL 51:597
FAUSTO COSS. Hoc quoque anno iidem piratæ multas insulas, sed præcipue Siciliam vastavere. Adversum Gothos in Gallia quædam prospere gesta.
FAUSTUS, CONSULS. In this year too the same pirates laid waste many islands, but especially Sicily. Certain successes were won against the Goths in Gaul.
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Summary: Pirates ravage Sicily, and there are successes against the Goths in Gaul.
- The consular heading begins at the end of the previous section ("Theodosius XVI and Faustus").
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): piraUe → piratæ; quxdam → quædam.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.50 (PL 51:597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-50). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.51PL 51:597–599
THEODOSIO XVII ET FESTO COSS. Littorius qui secunda ab Actio patricio potestate Hunnis auxiliaribus præerat, dum Aetii gloriam superare appetit, dumque aruspicum responsis et dæmonum significationibus fidit, pugnam cum Gothis imprudenter conseruit, fecitque intelligi, quantum illa, quae cum eodem periit, manus prodesse potuerit, si potioribus consiliis quam sua temeritate uti maluisset, quando tantam ipse hostibus cladem intulit, ut nisi inconsideranter prælians in captivitatem incidisset, dubitandum foret, cui potius parti victoria ascriberetur. Hac tempestate Julianus Eclanensis jactantissimus Pelagiani erroris assertor, quem dudum amissi episcopatus intemperans cupido agitabat, multimoda arte fallendi correctionis spem præferens, molitus est in communionem Ecclesiæ irrepere. Sed his insidiis Xistus papa diaconi Leonis hortatu vigilanter occurrens, nullum aditum pestiferis conatibus patere permisit: et ita omnes catholicos de rejectione fallacis bestiæ gaudere fecit, quasi tunc primum superbissimam hæresim apostolicus gladius detruncasset. Per idem tempus Vitricus reipublicæ nostrae fidelis, et multis documentis bellicis clarus habebatur. Pax cum Gothis facta, cum eam post ancipitis pugnæ lacrymabile experimentum, humilius quam umquam antea poposcissent. Aetio rebus quæ in Galliis componebantur intento, Geisericus, de cujus amicitia nihil metuebatur, XIV kalendas Novembris Carthaginem dolo pacis invadit, omnesque opes ejus, excruciatis diverso tormentorum genere civibus, in jus suum vertit, nec ab Ecclesiarum despoliatione abstinens, quas et sacris vasis exinanitas, et sacerdotum administratione privatas, non jam divini cultus loca, sed suorum jussit esse habitacula; in universum captivi populi ordinem saevus, sed praecipue nobilitati et religioni infensus, ut non discerneretur hominibus magis, an Deo bellum intulisset. Hanc autem captivitatem Carthago subiit anno postquam Roma esse coeperat DLXXXV. VALENTINIANO AUGUSTO V ET ANA-
THEODOSIUS XVII AND FESTUS, CONSULS. Litorius, who, second in power after the patrician Aetius, commanded the Hunnish auxiliaries, while he sought to surpass the glory of Aetius, and while he trusted in the responses of soothsayers and the signs of demons, rashly joined battle with the Goths, and made it clear how much that force which perished with him could have achieved, had he chosen to follow better counsels rather than his own rashness; for he himself inflicted such slaughter on the enemy that, had he not fallen into captivity by fighting inconsiderately, it would have been doubtful to which side the victory should be ascribed. In this season Julian of Eclanum, a most boastful champion of the Pelagian error, whom an intemperate desire for the episcopate he had long lost was driving, holding out the hope of amendment with many kinds of deceit, attempted to creep into the communion of the church. But Pope Xystus, at the urging of the deacon Leo, watchfully meeting these snares, allowed no entry to open for these pestilent attempts; and so he made all catholics rejoice at the rejection of the deceitful beast, as though the apostolic sword had then for the first time cut down this most proud heresy. About the same time Vitricus was held loyal to our state and famous for many proofs in war. Peace was made with the Goths, when, after the lamentable experience of a doubtful battle, they had asked for it more humbly than ever before. While Aetius was intent on the affairs being settled in the Gauls, Gaiseric, from whose friendship nothing was feared, on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of November invaded Carthage by a treacherous peace, and took all its wealth into his own possession, torturing the citizens with different kinds of torments. Nor did he refrain from despoiling the churches, which, emptied of their sacred vessels and deprived of the ministry of the priests, he ordered to be no longer places of divine worship but dwellings for his own people. Savage toward every rank of the captive people, but especially hostile to the nobility and to religion, so that one could not tell whether he had made war more on men or on God. Carthage underwent this captivity in the 585th year after Rome had come to be. VALENTINIAN AUGUSTUS V AND ANA-
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Summary: Litorius is defeated by the Goths, Pope Xystus at Leo's urging rejects Julian of Eclanum's attempt to return, and Gaiseric seizes Carthage, plundering its churches.
- The fall of Carthage to the Vandals was on 19 October 439. "585th year after Rome had come to be" is as printed; the figure seems to count from the destruction of Carthage (146 BC), not from the founding of Rome. The consular heading continues in the next section ("Valentinian Augustus V and Anatolius").
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip and line-break debris; OCR slips; OCR slips and line-break debris): potestatc → potestate; Acui gloriam → Aetii gloriam; at uspicum → aruspicum; conscruil → conseruit; cum codem periit → cum eodem periit; quam tua temeritate → quam sua temeritate; taniam ipse hosti. bus → tantam ipse hostibus; forcl, cui potius parti victoria:scr iberetur → foret, cui potius parti victoria ascriberetur; nulluni → nullum; Pax cUn Gothis facia, cum cam post ancipitis pu- gnx lacrymabile experimentum, humilius quam uraquam anlca → Pax cum Gothis facta, cum eam post ancipitis pugnæ lacrymabile experimentum, humilius quam umquam antea; Actio rebus → Aetio rebus; Ecclesitrum → Ecclesiarum; quas ct sacris → quas et sacris; religoni → religioni.
Topics: Heresy, Persecution
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.51 (PL 51:597–599; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-51). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.52PL 51:599
THOLIO COSS. Defuncto Xisto episcopo, XL amplius diebus Romana Ecclesia sine antistite fuit, mirabili pace atque patientia præsentiam diaconi Leonis exspectans, quem tunc inter Aetium et Albinum amicitias redintegrantem Galliæ detinebant. Quasi ideo longius esset abductus, ut et electi meritum, et eligentium judicium probaretur. Igitur LEO diaconus legatione publica accitus, et gaudenti patriae præsentatus, XLIII Romanæ Ecclesiæ episcopus ordinatur. Geisericus Siciliam graviter affligens, accepto nuntio de Sebastiani ab Hispania ad Africam transitu, celeriter Carthaginem rediit, ratus periculosum sibi ac suis fore, si vir bellandi peritus recipiendae Carthagini incubuisset. Verum ille amicum se magis quam hostem videri volens, diversa omnia apud barbari animum quam praesumpserat reperit: eaque spes causa illi maxima et calamitatis et infelicissimae mortis fuit. CYRO V. C. CONSULE. Theodosius imperator bellum contra Vandalos movet, Areobinda, et Anaxilla, atque Germano ducibus cum magna classe directis: qui longis cunctationibus negotium differentes, Siciliae magis oneri, quam Africæ præsidio fuerunt. DIOSCORO V. C. ET
TOLIUS, CONSULS. After the death of Bishop Xystus, the Roman church was without a bishop for more than 40 days, waiting with wonderful peace and patience for the presence of the deacon Leo, whom the Gauls were then detaining while he restored friendship between Aetius and Albinus; as though he had been taken farther away so that both the merit of the one elected and the judgment of the electors might be proved. So LEO the deacon, summoned by a public embassy and presented to his rejoicing homeland, is ordained forty-third bishop of the Roman church. Gaiseric, severely afflicting Sicily, on receiving news that Sebastian had crossed from Spain to Africa, quickly returned to Carthage, thinking it would be dangerous for himself and his people if a man skilled in war applied himself to recovering Carthage. But Sebastian, wishing to appear a friend rather than an enemy, found everything in the barbarian's mind otherwise than he had presumed; and that hope was the chief cause of his calamity and most unhappy death. CYRUS, VIR CLARISSIMUS, CONSUL. The emperor Theodosius makes war against the Vandals, sending a great fleet under the generals Areobindus, Anaxilla, and Germanus; but they, putting off the business with long delays, were more a burden to Sicily than a defense to Africa. DIOSCORUS, VIR CLARISSIMUS, AND
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Summary: Leo the Great is elected bishop of Rome in his absence in Gaul, Gaiseric ravages Sicily and kills Sebastian, and Theodosius's fleet against the Vandals accomplishes nothing.
- The opening completes the consular heading begun in the previous section. The consular heading at the end continues in the next section.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip and leaked margin letter; OCR slips; OCR slips and leaked footnote letter; leaked footnote letter): alque patientia a praesentiam diacnni Lconis → atque patientia præsentiam diaconi Leonis; Aelium et Albinnm → Aetium et Albinum; Qnsi ideo longius esset ahductus, ut et electi meritum, et eligentium judiciuin → Quasi ideo longius esset abductus, ut et electi meritum, et eligentium judicium; accitus, ot gaudenti → accitus, et gaudenti; transitu, e celeriter → transitu, celeriter; magis quain hostem → magis quam hostem; Yandalos movet R Areobinda → Vandalos movet, Areobinda; cunctationibns → cunctationibus.
Cite (SBL): Prosper of Aquitaine, Chron. 2.52 (PL 51:599; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prosper-chronicon/2-52). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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