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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: BOOK III 159
with each other and summoning their own synods, Peter anticipated this
by dying and Athanasius succeeded to his see. He attempted to bring
together those who had separated, but he did not prevail since the
parties were divided into di¡erent opinions. Subsequently this Athanasius
dispatched synodical letters to Palladius, the bishop of the city of
Antiochus after Peter, and behaved similarly concerning the Synod at
Chalcedon. The same was also done by John, who succeeded to the see
at Alexandria after Athanasius. And after Palladius, the prelate at
Antioch, died and Flavian succeeded to his throne, Solomon, an elder of
Antioch, was sent by him to Alexandria, conveying synodical letters
and seeking reciprocal missives from John to Flavian. And after John
another John succeeded to the see of Alexandria. These matters
proceeded in this way as far as a certain point in Anastasius’ reign: for
he expelled Euphemius. I have had to link these together in sequence for
the sake of clarity and comprehension. 76 [122]
24 But Zeno, on the advice of Illus, also slew Armatus the relative of the
empress Verina: when this man had been sent against him by Basiliscus,
Zeno had won him by gifts, made him an ally instead of an enemy, and
appointed his son Basiliscus as Caesar in the city of Nicaea; but after
re-entering Byzantium he murdered Armatus and designated his son
Basiliscus as priest instead of Caesar. Subsequently this man was
accorded episcopal rank. 77
Pope Felix as well as Peter, but his inconsistent stance was revealed. Euphemius attempted
to restore communion with Felix, but his e¡orts were rebu¡ed since he refused to remove the
names of Acacius and Fravita from the diptychs (on which see n. 66 above): Theophanes
135:17^20. For the awkward position of the patriarchs of Constantinople, see Grillmeier,
Christ II.1 263^6.
76 The material for this dense synchronism was provided by Zachariah vi.4, 6^7; Evagrius’
presentation was determined by that of his source, except that he omitted Zachariah’s
information on Jerusalem. Peter Mongus died on 29 October 489; his successor Athanasius
occupied the see until his death on 17 October 496; he was followed by John (496 ^ 29 April
505) and John II (505 ^ 22 May 516), who were too late to be included in Zachariah’s synchronism,
which ended in 491.
At Antioch Peter the Fuller, who had returned to his see for the third and last time after
the deposition of Calandion in 484, died in 489; he was followed by Palladius (490^8) and
Flavian (498^512). At Constantinople Euphemius was removed in spring 496 (cf. iii.30 at n.
96, and iii.32 with n. 113 below).
77 After the long section on the doctrinal consequences of the Henoticon for which
Zachariah was the basic source (iii.9^23), Evagrius returns to secular events recorded by