The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus - Coptic ...

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: BOOK V 277
16 When John, who was also called Catellinos, departed from the life
here, Bonosus was entrusted with the helm of the bishopric of Rome, and
after him another John, and in turn Pelagius. But for that of the queen
city, after John there was Eutychius, his predecessor. And after Apollinarius,
John inherited the see of Alexandria, and after him Eulogius.
And to the episcopacy of Jerusalem after Macarius came John, who had
striven in the life without possessions in the monastery called that of the
Sleepless. There were no innovations in the state of the Church. 59
17 When Tiberius Caesar was steering the empire for the third year, at
precisely midday itself a violent agitation of the earth occurred in the
city of the Theopolitans and neighbouring Daphne. All Daphne indeed
fell victim to the shaking, while in Theopolis both public and private
buildings were split apart right to the ground, but did not, however, bow
their knee to the foundations. 60 There also occurred several other things
worthy of a long account, both in Theopolis itself and in the imperial
city, which threw both into confusion and whipped them up into the
greatest uproars; these had their origin in religious enthusiasm and had
a godly end, as I shall go on to tell.
18 A certain Anatolius, who originally was one of the masses and a
tradesman but who subsequently insinuated himself ^ how I do not
know ^ into o⁄cial positions and other a¡airs, was residing in the city
of the Theopolitans, where indeed he pursued his current business
a¡airs. Through these he became a particular associate of Gregory, the
according to whom the king was only allowed to go out to ¢ght against another king; this
last version, which is phrased in terms of the crucial factor of personal royal prestige, is
probably the most accurate. See Whitby, ‘King’ 227^8. Khusro was also troubled by
unrest in the Persian army, sparked o¡ by the public failure of his recent campaign (Theophylact
iii.15.3^6).
59 At Rome, John III died in July 574, to be succeeded after almost a year’s interval by
Benedict (575^9), who was followed by Pelagius II (579^90); the reference to a second John
is an error (cf. iv.39, with n. 138 above, for another error about the papal succession). At
Constantinople, John scholasticus died on 31 August 577, and Tiberius brought back from
exile his predecessor Eutychius, who was a long-standing friend of the emperor. At Alexandria,
Apollinarius was followed as Chalcedonian patriarch by John II (570^80) and Eulogius
(581^608). Macarius of Jerusalem died in 574/5, to be succeeded by John IV (575^94).
There were no changes to report at Antioch.
60 This earthquake in 577 (Tiberius’ third year as Caesar) is not otherwise recorded.