Προθέματα
notices, public notices
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jun 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] advertisements.1 "And the emperor Valentinian set up notices [to the effect] that if anyone had been treated unjustly by Sallustius the commander, he should approach the emperor."2
This emperor burned [sc. to death] the praepositus Chrysaphius.3
This emperor burned [sc. to death] the praepositus Chrysaphius.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προθέματα· προγραφάς. καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς προθέματα, ἵνα, εἴ τις τι ἠδίκηται παρὰ Σαλουστίου τοῦ ἐπάρχου, προσέλθῃ τῷ βασιλεῖ. οὗτος ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τὸν πραιπόσιτον ἔκαυσε Χρυσάφιον.
Betacode
*proqe/mata: prografa/s. kai\ e)/qhken o( *ou)alentiniano\s o( basileu\s proqe/mata, i(/na, ei)/ tis ti h)di/khtai para\ *salousti/ou tou= e)pa/rxou, prose/lqh| tw=| basilei=. ou(=tos o( basileu\s kai\ to\n praipo/siton e)/kause *xrusa/fion.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword, a neuter noun, is in the (nominative and) accusative plural, extracted from the quotation given. Similar glossing in ps.-Zonaras. ↩
- 2John Malalas Chronographia 338.4-5 Dindorf, now XIII.28 Thurn (260); cf. Jeffreys et al. (183-184) and sigma 64. On Valentinian, see beta 72, omicron 762. ↩
- 3Chrysamphius in some mss; but at sigma 64 the name of the praepositus is Rhodanos. ↩
References
L.A. Dindorf, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Bonn 1831)
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
Linked from2 entries
- π898ΠαιτῖταentreatiesThe term [is] Latin. It signifies a bill of demand amongst Romans. "Chrysaphius the praepositus ["prefect"] used to seek petita [from] Theodosius the emperor.
- σ64ΣαλούστιοςSallustius, Salustius; SalutiusCommander of [the] praetorians; [it was he] who put forward Valentinian as emperor. And he, having become emperor, appointed a successor to him and set up public notices, [to the effect] that, if a person had received…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Aug 2026
- added bibliography n.2 — Ronald Allen
- typo translation — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth