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Chronographia by Johannes Malalas

Background and Biography
Background and Biography

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English from Jeffries et al (1986)

30. In the 15th year of the Antiochos the Leper, son of Dionikes, mentioned above, emperor of Syria, a man called Tigranes, emperor of the Armenians, came and fought a great battle with Antiochos. After defeating Antiochos, Tigranes, emperor of the Armenians, captured Antioch the Great and his empire, taking away from him all that he possessed. The emperor Antiochos fled from Tigranes to Persian territory. Pompeius Magnus came out from Rome because of Caesar and attacked the Cilicians, who had rebelled against him; and when he had defeated them, he made war also on Tigranes, emperor of the Armenians. After defeating him, he captured Armenia, Cilicia and Syria, putting an end to these toparchies too. He laid claim to the Antiochenes and, entering the city of Antioch, he made it subject to the Romans, giving generously to them and rebuilding the bouleutorion, for it had fallen down. He honoured the Antiochenes since they were Athenians by descent.

Greek from the Bonnae Edition (Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae)

καὶ ἐξεδίκησε τοὺς “Ἀντιοχεῖς, καὶ eloἦλϑεν ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ᾿Αντιοχέων πόλει, ποιήσας αὐτὴν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίους, χαρισάμενος αὐτοῖς πολλὰ καὶ κτίσας τὸ βουλευτήριον " πεσόντα γὰρ ἦν ἐτίμησε δὲ αὐτούς, ὡς ix γένους ᾿Aϑηναίους ὄντας.

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  • He laid claim to the Antiochenes and, entering the city of Antioch, he made it subject to the Romans, giving generously to them and rebuilding the bouleutorion, for it had fallen down
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  • Antioch
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