The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville - Pot-pourri

5502 Diocletian, 20 years. After sacred books were
burnt, he made martyrs.
5504 Galerius, 2 years. [He performed nothing
worthy of recounting.]
36. 5534 Constantine, 30 years. The Nicene synod is
assembled.
5558 Constantius, 24 years. The
Anthropomorphite heresy rises.
5560 Julian, 2 years. From being a Christian, he
became a pagan.
37. 5561 Jovianus, 1 year. He converted back to
Christianity.
5575 Valentinian, 14 years. The Goths convert to
heresy.
5581 Gratian, 6 years. Priscillian becomes well
known.
5590 Valentinian, 9 years. Jerome is commended
in Bethlehem.
5593 Theodosius, 3 years. John Anachorite
became famous.
38. 5606 Arcadius, 13 years. John Chrysostom
flourished.
5621 Honorius, 15 years. Bishop Augustine
became famous.
5648 Theodosius, 27 years. The heresiarch
Nestorius lived.
15 The complex manuscript variants at the end of this book are
treated by Reydellet 1966: 417–19.
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39. 5654 Marcian, 6 years. The synod of Chalcedon is
gathered.
5670 Leo the Elder, 16 years. Egypt rants with the
error of Dioscorus.
5687 Zenon, 17 years. The heresy of the
Acephalites arose.
40. 5714 Anastasius, 27 years. Bishop Fulgentius is
acclaimed.
5722 Justinus, 8 years. The heresy of the
Acephalites is rejected.
5761 Justinian, 39 years. The Vandals are destroyed
in Africa.
5772 Justinus, 11 years. The Armenians accept faith
in Christ.
41. 5779 Tiberius, 7 years. The Langobards seize Italy.
5800 Mauricius, 21 years. The Goths convert to the
Catholic faith.
5807 Phocas, 7 years. The Romans are slaughtered
by the Persians.
42. 5824 Heraclius governs for the seventeenth year.
[During the fourth and fifth year of the most
religious ruler Sisebut] the Jews in Spain
convert to Christianity.
[Thus is summarized the whole period, from the beginning
of the world up to the present tenth year of the most
glorious prince Recesvintus, which is the year 696 of our
era, the year 5857.] The remaining time of the sixth age
is known to God alone. 15