Ἀναστάσιος

Anastasios, Anastasius

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Emperor of [the] Romans. This man was inclined to baseness and all at once he turned the kingdom into an aristocracy. He sold all the magistracies and associated with wrong-doers and was inclined to an insatiable desire for money, so the provinces were emptied of their accounts; and because of this unusual and strange thing men were astounded. For he did not even ward off invading barbarians with weapons, but he achieved peace by buying them off with money. In addition to these things, he also inquired into the property of deceased men, bestowing his own deficit on everyone in common. For he took the property and after a short time distributed it to them in the guise of piety; and in the cities which he stripped of their inhabitants he rebuilt the houses, so as to arrange carefully the [income] accruing and surround it with three garlands.¹ In his reign, terrible afflictions fell upon the cities in Libya because of those called the Mazikoi. For they been put under the power of the grandson (through his daughter) of Marinos. This grandson was a young man possessed of great frivolousness. And after this man again it was his son Basianos. And he acted outrageously toward them and surpassed the licentiousness of the one who ruled before him, thus making the Libyans prefer the former state of affairs, which for some of them meant the memory of poverty and for others the memory of death. Thus, if it is permissible to speak of [this], those who were lucky enough to win favor from the bloodline of Marinos were supported by the possessions of the Libyans and the Egyptians.
Saint Theodosios, the abbot, lived during the reign of Anastasios. This Anastasios was a heretic.²
The emperor Anastasios himself built the long wall 60 miles from the city, extending from the sea on the north to the south for a length of 50 miles and with a width of 20 feet;³ and he placed moles on the harbour of Julian. The same man also built the great dining hall, the one in Blachernai, which is called "Anastasian" even to this day; ⁴ and the Mocisian cistern.⁵

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀναστάσιος, Ῥωμαίων βασιλεύς. οὗτος ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον τραπεὶς πᾶσαν ὁμοῦ τὴν βασιλείαν εἰς ἀριστοκρατίαν μετέστησε, τὰς μὲν ἀρχὰς ἁπάσας ἀπεμπολῶν καὶ τοῖς ἀδικοῦσι συγχωρῶν καὶ πρός γε χρημάτων ἀκόρεστον ἐπιθυμίαν τραπεὶς, ὡς κενὰς ἐντεῦθεν γενέσθαι καταλόγων τὰς ἐπαρχίας, καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄηθες καὶ ξένον καταπεπλῆχθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας. οὐδὲ γὰρ ὅπλοις τοὺς ἐπιόντας βαρβάρους ἠμύνετο, ἀλλὰ χρήμασι τὴν εἰρήνην ἐξωνούμενος διετέλει. πρὸς δέ γε τούτοις καὶ τὰς τῶν τελευτώντων οὐσίας ἐπολυπραγμόνει, κοινὴν ἅπασι δωρούμενος τὴν πενίαν. ὧν γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐλάμβανε τὰς οὐσίας, τούτοις μετ' ὀλίγον διεδίδου τῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας τρόπῳ· καὶ ὧν ἐγύμνου πόλεων τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας, τὰς οἰκοδομὰς ἀνενέου, ὡς καὶ τὴν ἐνεγκαμένην ἐπιμελῶς κοσμῆσαι καὶ τρισὶ περιβαλεῖν στεφάνοις. ἐπὶ δὲ τούτου δειναὶ ταῖς κατὰ Λιβύην πόλεσιν ἐπέσκηψαν θλίψεις ὑπὸ τῶν καλουμένων Μαζικῶν. ἐδέδοντο γὰρ θυγατριδῷ Μαρίνου ἐς ἡγεμονίαν ἀνδρὶ νέῳ καὶ πολὺ τὸ κοῦφον κεκτημένῳ· καὶ μετ' ἐκεῖνον αὖθις Βασιανῷ τῷ παιδί. ὁ δὲ οἷς ἔπραξε παντοίως τὰς τοῦ πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἄρξαντος ὑπερβαλόμενος ἀσελγείας ἔδωκε Λίβυσιν αἱρεῖσθαι τὰ πρότερα, καὶ ταῦτα τοῖς μὲν πενίας, τοῖς δὲ θανάτου μνήμην καταλείψαντα. οὕτως, εἰ δέοι εἰπεῖν, οἵ τε ἀφ' αἵματος τὴν Μαρίνου παρευτυχήσαντες εὔνοιαν τοῖς Λιβύων διαφερόντως καὶ Αἰγυπτίων ἐνεφορήθησαν κτήμασιν. ὅτι ἐπὶ Ἀναστασίου τοῦ βασιλέως ἦν ὁ ἅγιος Θεοδόσιος, ὁ κοινοβιάρχης. αἱρετικὸς δὲ ἦν οὗτος ὁ Ἀναστάσιος. ὅτι Ἀναστάσιος αὐτὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔκτισε τὸ μακρὸν τεῖχος πρὸ μιλίων τῆς πόλεως ξʹ, διατείνας ἐκ τῆς κατὰ ἄρκτον θαλάσσης εἰς μεσημβρίαν μῆκος μὲν μιλίων νʹ, εὖρος δὲ ποδῶν κʹ· καὶ τῷ Ἰουλιανοῦ λιμένι προβόλους τίθησιν. ὁ αὐτὸς κτίζει καὶ τὸν μέγαν τρίκλινον, τὸν ἐν Βλαχέρναις, ὃς Ἀναστασιακὸς μέχρι τῆς δεῦρο λέγεται· καὶ τὴν κινστέρναν τὴν Μωκισίαν.

Betacode

*)anasta/sios, *(rwmai/wn basileu/s. ou(=tos e)pi\ to\ xei=ron trapei\s pa=san o(mou= th\n basilei/an ei)s a)ristokrati/an mete/sthse, ta\s me\n a)rxa\s a(pa/sas a)pempolw=n kai\ toi=s a)dikou=si sugxwrw=n kai\ pro/s ge xrhma/twn a)ko/reston e)piqumi/an trapei\s, w(s kena\s e)nteu=qen gene/sqai katalo/gwn ta\s e)parxi/as, kai\ pro\s to\ a)/hqes kai\ ce/non katapeplh=xqai tou\s a)/ndras. ou)de\ ga\r o(/plois tou\s e)pio/ntas barba/rous h)mu/neto, a)lla\ xrh/masi th\n ei)rh/nhn e)cwnou/menos diete/lei. pro\s de/ ge tou/tois kai\ ta\s tw=n teleutw/ntwn ou)si/as e)polupragmo/nei, koinh\n a(/pasi dwrou/menos th\n peni/an. w(=n ga\r au)to\s e)la/mbane ta\s ou)si/as, tou/tois met' o)li/gon diedi/dou tw=| th=s eu)sebei/as tro/pw|: kai\ w(=n e)gu/mnou po/lewn tou\s e)noikou=ntas, ta\s oi)kodoma\s a)nene/ou, w(s kai\ th\n e)negkame/nhn e)pimelw=s kosmh=sai kai\ trisi\ peribalei=n stefa/nois. e)pi\ de\ tou/tou deinai\ tai=s kata\ *libu/hn po/lesin e)pe/skhyan qli/yeis u(po\ tw=n kaloume/nwn *mazikw=n. e)de/donto ga\r qugatridw=| *mari/nou e)s h(gemoni/an a)ndri\ ne/w| kai\ polu\ to\ kou=fon kekthme/nw|: kai\ met' e)kei=non au)=qis *basianw=| tw=| paidi/. o( de\ oi(=s e)/prace pantoi/ws ta\s tou= pro\ au)tou= a)/rcantos u(perbalo/menos a)selgei/as e)/dwke *li/busin ai(rei=sqai ta\ pro/tera, kai\ tau=ta toi=s me\n peni/as, toi=s de\ qana/tou mnh/mhn katalei/yanta. ou(/tws, ei) de/oi ei)pei=n, oi(/ te a)f' ai(/matos th\n *mari/nou pareutuxh/santes eu)/noian toi=s *libu/wn diafero/ntws kai\ *ai)gupti/wn e)neforh/qhsan kth/masin. o(/ti e)pi\ *)anastasi/ou tou= basile/ws h)=n o( a(/gios *qeodo/sios, o( koinobia/rxhs. ai(retiko\s de\ h)=n ou(=tos o( *)anasta/sios. o(/ti *)anasta/sios au)to\s o( basileu\s e)/ktise to\ makro\n tei=xos pro\ mili/wn th=s po/lews c#, diatei/nas e)k th=s kata\ a)/rkton qala/sshs ei)s meshmbri/an mh=kos me\n mili/wn n#, eu)=ros de\ podw=n k#: kai\ tw=| *)ioulianou= lime/ni probo/lous ti/qhsin. o( au)to\s kti/zei kai\ to\n me/gan tri/klinon, to\n e)n *blaxe/rnais, o(\s  *)anastasiako\s me/xri th=s deu=ro le/getai: kai\ th\n kinste/rnan th\n *mwkisi/an.

Notes (5)

Anastasios I (reigned 491-518), a.k.a. A. Dikoros (delta 1103), A. the Silentiary (alpha 2078). See Hugh Elton at De imperatoribus Romanis: web address 1.
The present entry's material is John of Antioch frs.215-216 FHG (4.621), now = frs. 312-313 Roberto, with additional material (for which see notes 2-5 below).
1What this last phrase means is unclear. ↩
2cf. theta 144 (end). ↩
3Again at tau 461. ↩
4Again at tau 983. ↩
5Again at kappa 1648.

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Revision history12 revisions · last 6 Jun 2024

6 Jun 2024typo translation — Ronald Allen
4 Jul 2015expanded primary note — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2015updated a ref — David Whitehead
28 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
28 Feb 2012more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 May 2008tweaked end of tr — David Whitehead
18 Oct 2006corrected x-ref — David Whitehead
4 Dec 2005more keywords; restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005added keyword — Catharine Roth
1 Aug 2002added link — Catharine Roth
10 Jun 2002modified translation; added notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Oct 2000Modified translation. — William Hutton
22 Oct 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Greek original · Adler’s text

Betacode

*)anasta/sios, *(rwmai/wn basileu/s. ou(=tos e)pi\ to\ xei=ron trapei\s pa=san o(mou= th\n basilei/an ei)s a)ristokrati/an mete/sthse, ta\s me\n a)rxa\s a(pa/sas a)pempolw=n kai\ toi=s a)dikou=si sugxwrw=n kai\ pro/s ge xrhma/twn a)ko/reston e)piqumi/an trapei\s, w(s kena\s e)nteu=qen gene/sqai katalo/gwn ta\s e)parxi/as, kai\ pro\s to\ a)/hqes kai\ ce/non katapeplh=xqai tou\s a)/ndras. ou)de\ ga\r o(/plois tou\s e)pio/ntas barba/rous h)mu/neto, a)lla\ xrh/masi th\n ei)rh/nhn e)cwnou/menos diete/lei. pro\s de/ ge tou/tois kai\ ta\s tw=n teleutw/ntwn ou)si/as e)polupragmo/nei, koinh\n a(/pasi dwrou/menos th\n peni/an. w(=n ga\r au)to\s e)la/mbane ta\s ou)si/as, tou/tois met' o)li/gon diedi/dou tw=| th=s eu)sebei/as tro/pw|: kai\ w(=n e)gu/mnou po/lewn tou\s e)noikou=ntas, ta\s oi)kodoma\s a)nene/ou, w(s kai\ th\n e)negkame/nhn e)pimelw=s kosmh=sai kai\ trisi\ peribalei=n stefa/nois. e)pi\ de\ tou/tou deinai\ tai=s kata\ *libu/hn po/lesin e)pe/skhyan qli/yeis u(po\ tw=n kaloume/nwn *mazikw=n. e)de/donto ga\r qugatridw=| *mari/nou e)s h(gemoni/an a)ndri\ ne/w| kai\ polu\ to\ kou=fon kekthme/nw|: kai\ met' e)kei=non au)=qis *basianw=| tw=| paidi/. o( de\ oi(=s e)/prace pantoi/ws ta\s tou= pro\ au)tou= a)/rcantos u(perbalo/menos a)selgei/as e)/dwke *li/busin ai(rei=sqai ta\ pro/tera, kai\ tau=ta toi=s me\n peni/as, toi=s de\ qana/tou mnh/mhn katalei/yanta. ou(/tws, ei) de/oi ei)pei=n, oi(/ te a)f' ai(/matos th\n *mari/nou pareutuxh/santes eu)/noian toi=s *libu/wn diafero/ntws kai\ *ai)gupti/wn e)neforh/qhsan kth/masin. o(/ti e)pi\ *)anastasi/ou tou= basile/ws h)=n o( a(/gios *qeodo/sios, o( koinobia/rxhs. ai(retiko\s de\ h)=n ou(=tos o( *)anasta/sios. o(/ti *)anasta/sios au)to\s o( basileu\s e)/ktise to\ makro\n tei=xos pro\ mili/wn th=s po/lews c#, diatei/nas e)k th=s kata\ a)/rkton qala/sshs ei)s meshmbri/an mh=kos me\n mili/wn n#, eu)=ros de\ podw=n k#: kai\ tw=| *)ioulianou= lime/ni probo/lous ti/qhsin. o( au)to\s kti/zei kai\ to\n me/gan tri/klinon, to\n e)n *blaxe/rnais, o(\s  *)anastasiako\s me/xri th=s deu=ro le/getai: kai\ th\n kinste/rnan th\n *mwkisi/an.

Notes (5)

Anastasios I (reigned 491-518), a.k.a. A. Dikoros (delta 1103), A. the Silentiary (alpha 2078). See Hugh Elton at De imperatoribus Romanis: web address 1.
The present entry's material is John of Antioch frs.215-216 FHG (4.621), now = frs. 312-313 Roberto, with additional material (for which see notes 2-5 below).

1What this last phrase means is unclear. ↩

2cf. theta 144 (end). ↩

3Again at tau 461. ↩

4Again at tau 983. ↩

5Again at kappa 1648.

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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Translation

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Notes (5)

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