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Spain in a camp which is named Helena; on account of this, since the state was thrown into turmoil, Vetranio,at Mursa, and Nepotian, at Rome, became emperors. whom he had sent to look after the Gallic provinces, ends his life among the Senones with a noose.
a Gennadius the forensic orator, is considered notable at Rome.
a At Rome, the people rebelling against the followers of Magnentius are betrayed by Heraclides the senator. b The rhetor Minervius of Bordeaux teaches at Rome with great success.
b The head of Nepotian paraded through the city on a pike, and many proscriptions and slaughters of noblemen carried out. 2370 17 c Gallus Caesar, deceived by his cousin Constantius, under whose suspicion he had come because of his outstanding inborn ability, is executed at Histria. 354
14 c The insignia of imperial power taken away from Vetranio by Constantius at Naissus. 351 d Silvanus, having revolted in Gaul, died on the twenty-eighth day.
d Magnentius conquered at Mursa, in which battle the Roman forces were ruined. e The rhetor Victorinus and my teacher Donatus the grammarian are considered notable at Rome, of whom Victorinus even merited a statue in the forum of Trajan.
e Gallus, cousin of Constantius, made Caesar.
15 f Gallus crushed the Jews, who after killing the soldiers by night had taken possession of arms in order to rebel, with the slaughter of many thousands of men, even up to those of innocent years, and turned over to fire their cities, Diocaesaria, Tiberias and Diospolis, and very many towns. 352
f Paulinus and Rodianus, bishops of the Gallic provinces, driven into exile on account of the faith.
18 g The rhetors Alcimus and Delphidius teach with great success in Aquitania. 355
h Donatus, from whom we have mentioned above that the Donatists took their name, is expelled from Carthage: certain followers of his they also call Montensians from those that first began to have a church at Rome on a hill.
g Some of the nobles of Antioch killed by Gallus.
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16 i Jubilee according to the Hebrews h Magnentius of Lugdunum kills himself in the palace by his own hand; and his brother Decentius, 353 i Eusebius bishop of Vercellae, and Lucifer and Dionysius, bishops of the churches of Cagliari and Milan, also
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Pancratius a Roman presbyter and Hilarius a deacon are condemned to exile with distance between them by the Arians and Constantius. apostle Andrew and evangelist Luke were received from the people of Constantinople with marvellous goodwill.
21 a Nicomedia utterly destroyed by an earthquake; the neighbouring cities partially damaged. 358
a Julian, brother of Gallus, is named Caesar at Milan.
b Paulinus bishop of Treves dies in exile in Phrygia.
19 b Anthony the monk dies in his 150th year in the desert. He was accustomed to recount to many who came to him about a certain man Paul the Theban of wonderful blessings, whose death we have ourselves explained in a brief book. 356
c Evantius, most learned of grammarians, died at Constantinople, in whose place Chrestus is brought from Africa.
22 d Synods held at Ariminum and Seleucia in Isauria, in which the ancient faith of the fathers was condemned, first by the treachery of ten delegates, then by all. 359
10 c Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, by the plotting of Saturninus bishop of Arles and the rest who with him were Arians, having been expelled to Phyrgia for three years, composes books about our religion.