The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus - Coptic ...

[34] THESE ARE THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND
BOOK OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF
EVAGRIUS
1. Concerning Emperor Marcian, and what signs came previously
to predict imperial rule for him.
2. Concerning the Synod at Chalcedon, and what was the origin of
the gathering.
3. Description of the house of prayer of the martyr Euphemia
which is at Chalcedon, and an account of the wonders which occur in it.
4. Concerning what was set in motion and de¢ned at the Synod,
and that Dioscorus of Alexandria was deposed while Theodoret and
Ibas and certain others were recalled.
5. Concerning the unrest which occurred at Alexandria, as a result
of the election of Proterius, similarly too at Jerusalem.
6. Concerning the drought which occurred, and famine and
plague; how in certain regions the earth miraculouslybrought forth fruits.
7. Concerning the murder of Valentinian and Rome’s capture;
and concerning others who ruled it.
8. Concerning the death of Marcian and the reign of Leo; and that
the heretics at Alexandria slew Proterius, and transferred the archbishopric
to Timothy Aelurus.
9. Concerning the Encyclicals of Emperor Leo.
[35] 10. Concerning what the bishops and Symeon on the column
responded.
11. Concerning the exile of Timothy Aelurus and the election of
Timothy Salophaciolus, and concerning Gennadius and Acacius of
Constantinople.
12. Concerning the earthquake which occurred at Antioch, 347
years after that under Trajan.
13. Concerning the ¢re at Constantinople.
14. Concerning universal misfortunes.
15. Concerning the marriage of Zeno and Ariadne.
16. Concerning Emperor Anthemius of Rome, and those who ruled
after him.